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The June 6 Saratoga Town Council meeting began with approval of the agenda, previous minutes and the town’s bills. The council briefly discussed a fundraising car wash for the speech team to be held June 24 in the town parking lot. Councilman Faust asked if the parking lot needed to be closed off earlier and the mayor said that would be taken care of. Mayor Glode mentioned that the town had received a resolution from Teton County detailing how that county was taking care of the new liquor l...
After a very hectic Memorial Day Weekend where we covered everything from teacher retirement parties, open houses, graduations and the many Memorial Day Services in east county I showed up to work Monday to try to sort through the depressingly large array of photos and stories at hand. Needless to say, I was very tired to start with as I started to figure out where everything would go. About 30 minutes into Memorial Day I got a phone call from a friend I don’t hear from that often. I was happy to hear from Chris until I caught the tone in h...
The Riverside Council met Thursday to appoint representatives to two Carbon County boards, renew liquor licenses and go over the camping situation when the Whatfest event comes to town in late July. Riverside Hospitality (Bear Trap) and Mangy Moose Riverside L.L.C. (Mangy Moose) had their liquor license renewed. In addition to the renewals, both venues received special permits to stay open 24 hours on July 27 during Whatfest, an event taking place in Riverside July 28–29. The town council a...
On Thursday at 7 p.m. Encampment Town Council met to approve a new representative for the Carbon County Visitors Council and filled three vacancies with the Planning Commission. The May 2017 payroll, contracted liabilities and the monthly regular bills totaled $38,728.29 was approved to be paid by the council. $11,000 was approved to purchase the mosquito chemical for fogging along with $1,600 for fireworks. The council approved the payment of $1,236.00 for the repair of the garage door at the...
Wednesday in Medicine Bow, the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met to discuss the new liquor laws and their bearing municipalities, and to elect new officers. Michelle Serres, whose term of chair was ending, was replaced by Steve Nicholson. Morgan Irene, vice chair, was succeeded by Lindy Glode and Nicholson, who was Secretary/Treasurer, had his position taken over by DeBari Martinez. The council discussed liquor law revisions and the effect they are going to have on Carbon County. County commissioners Leo Chapman and John Johnson...
The Saratoga Town Council met Tuesday for its second regular meeting of the month where it voted to annex the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Hayden-Brush Creek District Ranger office just south of town. The vote to annex the USFS office into town came after a public hearing held May 4 at the Platte Valley Community Center where about 20 residents appeared to make their opinions on the matter known. The vote passed by a margin of three to one, with one council member absent. The USFS originally approached the Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers...
Josh Craig says he and his friends have always wanted to give back to the community they grew up in. Mother Mountain Anglers (MMA) club was founded with this concept in mind. MMA is a non-profit that started out as a fishing club, but disc golf has taken over in subject when the club meets. How did this happen? Two years ago Margaret Weber, who was a Riverside council member at the time, approached Craig about the feasibility of setting up a disc golf course in Riverside park. Riverside funded the nine hole project and disc golf came to Carbon...
The Saratoga Town Council held a public hearing Thursday at Platte Valley Community Center to allow citizens and council members to discuss a proposal to annex the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) facility into the town. Nearly 20 members of the public were in attendance, not including USFS employees and members of the news media. Of members of the public who spoke, several were in favor of annexing the USFS property, but several others were opposed, some citing a failure by the town to address existing sewer issues that could be exacerbated by a...
At the Saratoga town council meeting Tuesday, council members had a break from routine business to discuss the police department, with one person lodging a complaint and another offering praise for the Saratoga Police Department. One female resident of Saratoga took the podium during public comment time to complain that, as a victim of crime, she felt officers of the Saratoga Police Department did not show enough respect and concern for female victims. This allegation was in direct contrast to effusive praise offered by another Saratoga...
After going through routine business on the agenda, the Saratoga Town Council stopped to discuss Dan Ferrin, the new zoning officer hired by the town, and the impacts the position will have. Council members hope filling the position—which went unfilled for several months—will mitigate or eliminate the sorts of conflicts that recently erupted over a Colorado-based contractor beginning a new building without receiving proper clearance from the Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (sewer board) and others. The new part time zoning off...
Dear Editor, I would like to share some serious concerns about the proposed annexation in front of the present Town Council and being discussed by the Saratoga Planning Commission. To begin with I would like to express my support for the annexation of the U.S. Forest Service because I believe that this will have a very minor effect on this community because the majority of the employees that work at this facility are residents of the town of Saratoga so are already part of the equation for factoring in the load on the waste treatment plant. My...
The Saratoga Planning Commission’s Tuesday meeting, mostly dealing with routine matters, was punctuated by the commission rescinding a building permit for a new structure being constructed in Saratoga. The board also heard from one relatively new resident to Saratoga, a civil engineer, who expressed interest in being appointed to the board. Randy Raymer, of R.G. Raymer Construction of Saratoga, approached the board at the meeting to bring attention to a home being constructed at 13th and Walnut Streets in the southwest corner of town. Raymer wa...
During the Riverside Town Council meeting Thursday, Riverside council member Liz Swynarczuk resigned from the position of Park Director and turned those duties and projects over to council member Cheesbrough. Cheesborough will find herself working closely with Encampment residents Josh Craig and Shannon Fagan on the Frisbee disc golf tournament slated for June 23-24. Fagan said the tournament is named “The Tale of Two Cities” because Encampment’s nine hole disc course will be used along with...
The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board met Wednesday at Saratoga Town Hall. Besides routine business, the board briefly discussed issues of zoning and building permits in the town. Randy Raymer, owner of R.G. Raymer Construction appeared before the board to inform members that a construction project in town was stopped the night before by the Planning Commission after he told them the building was being built without water or sewer connections as required. Raymer reiterated to the sewer board many of the issues he brought up the night...
Vivian Gonzales, former town clerk for Hanna is now the acting Hanna Recreation and Park Director. The Hanna Recreation Center was in flux for several months when Jerry Leturgey resigned as director. Several candidates were considered over the months, but none were the right fit for the job. The olympic size pool was closed during this time, because no one at the center had a pool operator certificate and lifeguard credentials. This was disappointing to many seniors who did water aerobics in...
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) property just outside town limits may soon be just inside Saratoga. Residents and businesses will also be paying more for sewer tap fees after the Saratoga Town Council meeting Tuesday. After dispensing with routine matters, the council discussed the annexation of the USFS ranger station into the town of Saratoga. The council then voted to accept changes to ordinances that would increase the sewer tap fees. Melanie Fullman, Hayden/Brush Creek District Ranger, spoke to the council about the desire of the USFS to...
The Saratoga Garden Board met Monday to discuss plans for the approaching growing season, as well as efforts to separate itself from the Town of Saratoga. At the Monday meeting, the board discussed joining the Saratoga HUB, a nonprofit associated with the Boys’ and Girls’ Club, a 501(c)(3). The HUB had expressed interest in helping the garden board, according to garden board members. The garden board relied on the town of Saratoga to be its financial agent for a sizable USDA grant, but late last year a controversy erupted after allegations of f...
The Saratoga Police Department announced a program intended to curtail drug crimes in town by keeping closer tabs on accused or convicted drug offenders not in jail. Under the new initiative, Saratoga police officers will conduct drug testing on people on bond, supervised probation, or who are on unsupervised probation if those people have conditions imposed by the court barring them from using or possessing drugs, according to Robert Bifano, Chief of Police of the Saratoga Police Department. “We have a meth problem here in this town that we n...
A large wedding, a memorial service and a rare astronomical event—a total solar eclipse—could be a boon or a bust for organizers of the 23rd annual Steinley Cup, Saratoga’s microbrew beer fest, which will be held Aug. 19 in Saratoga. Stacy Crimmins, CEO of the Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, told members of the Saratoga Town Council Tuesday that innkeepers in Saratoga have been reporting since fall that they are about 95 percent booked that weekend due to the wedding and the memorial service, meaning many loyal visitors to the event might ha...
The Saratoga Town Council met Tuesday for its second meeting of the month to handle routine business and discuss the rapidly approaching summer season. Council members approved a 24-hour alcoholic beverage permit for Duke’s bar to remain open and serve drinks for 24 hours during the weekend of the upcoming Wyoming Open pool tournament to be held March 31 through April 2. The council also approved a special event application for the Aug. 19 Steinley Cup (see story on the front page). Chief of Saratoga Police Department Robert Bifano told m...
Ann Calvert, new Hanna town clerk, with help of past town clerk Vivian Gonzales, started the Hanna town council meeting March 21. The council discussed the water project and the applications needed for State Revolving Fund (SRF) and Mineral Royalties Grant (MRG) loans. Mayor Tony Poulos and council members Tracy Fowler, Bob Patton, Linda Schisel and Pat Gregory were present. Karl Smith, from Saratoga firm Engineering Associates, went before the council to explain what the costs for the water...
A controversy that has been simmering between the Saratoga Community Garden Board and the Saratoga Town Council may be on its way to an amicable solution after a recent discussion between Garden Board member Steve Deorio and members of the Saratoga Town Council last week. For weeks, the Garden Board and Town Council members struggled to come to accord and find a way to spin the garden board off into a self-managing nonprofit. The issue began late last year during a town council meeting where council member Will Faust suggested the garden be...
The Saratoga town council, short two members, met briefly Tuesday and quickly dispensed with routine business. Mayor Ed Glode and councilman Will Faust were not present at the meeting, leaving councilman Richard Raymer holding the gavel. After routine business such as approving minutes, paying the bills and noting correspondence, public statements and council comments, the council moved onto matters such as the town’s new 9-1-1 system and planning for upcoming recreational events as the town begins to prepare for spring and summer. Police C...
The Saratoga Town Council met Tuesday for routine business and to discuss issues facing the town, but the conflict between the council and members of the Saratoga Community Garden Board flared up, leading to heated exchanges. The council announced the removal of a gravel bar in the North Platte near the WY-130 bridge as well as the final price tag for the project before discussing improvements to the airport runways that will close the facility for a time. The council then took up discussion about the garden board and the logistics behind conve...
The Saratoga Community Garden, at its Monday meeting, discussed the process for the group to become a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit as well as preparations for the upcoming growing season. As a non-profit, the community garden would then manage its own funds and grants without relying on the town of Saratoga to act as a custodian of funds. The move to convert the group to a nonprofit group came after a controversial two months that saw members of the garden board pitted against town council members. In December, town council member Will Faust raised...
