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The contract for the Master Plan Consulting was approved at the Saratoga Town Council meeting on July 21. It outlines various goals for Community Builders, Inc. (CBI), the hired contractor based out of Douglas, Wyo., to complete in order to improve Saratoga. The contract emphasizes population growth, noting that the Platte Valley has lost residents in the past 30-35 years, though recently population change has slowed. In order to draw new residents, they will discuss and analyze housing inventor...
The Saratoga Department of Public Works (DPW) was presented the “Caught Doing It Right” award by the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce. They were recognized at the Saratoga Town Council Meeting on July 21. The certificate acknowledged them for beautifying the town. “This month we had them as the recipients because they’ve just done so much progress in a short period of time,” said Stacy Crimmins, Chief Executive Officer of the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. “They put the fence up around...
1 Years Ago Trout! Fried in Camp Ovens Two Days Rip-Roaring Old Time at Encampment August 5th and 6th A week from today and tomorrow, Encampment will celebrate the 2nd annual fish fry, That is going to be some fry, too, by the way. Don’t ask us to attend to any business on them two days next week cause we won’t be to home, to nobody. We’re going to be up there filling both sides of our faces with fish and other good things at the open air dinner, and taking in the evening events, among which is the bucking contest with a $200 purse, $125,...
At 6 p.m. on July 8 at Saratoga Town Hall, the Airport Board determined that a contract they have with a company to re-pave the taxiway will have to be terminated for re-bid after a contract technicality arose. Dave Shultz, Engineer at Sage Engineering, explained how the gravel material that the company STC Construction was planning on using is insufficient for this project – because of the fact that the consultant did not specify in his contract that he would be using that material. This b...
At the July 1 Town of Saratoga Master Plan meeting, a top consultant was chosen for the bid to create a Town Master Plan for Saratoga. Community Builders Incorporated (CBI), a company out of Douglas, Wyo. was chosen out of five other contenders for the bid to create this plan. The choice was made using a Consultant Evaluation Ranking system provided by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). They will be providing funding for the plan and wanted to ensure that the town went through a...
At 1 p.m. on April 24, the Master Planning Committee met with stakeholders to discuss who would be involved in creating the Town of Saratoga Master Plan; and they decided to schedule a second meeting to further research the consultants who bid on the project. Originally, the intention for many was to make a decision that day; however, after some time debating over the intended method of making the choice, the group thought calling references should be an important part of the equation....
Friday July 3 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. National Fish Hatchery Tours The Hatchery is celebrating their 100th anniversary with tours of their facility north of Saratoga. See how they breed and hatch brown and rainbow trout fish before stocking area lakes. Tour the new facility for the rearing and breeding of the endangered Wyoming toad for reintroduction into the wild. 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. Kid’s Fish Kids age 12 and under can bring their rods and tackle boxes to the pond at the Saratoga Resort & Spa for a free evening of catching trout. Non-resident kids n...
The Saratoga Town Council approved a $10,000 payment to upgrade the police servers. The current server has lasted for seven years. The servers will be migrated likely in November for the upgrade. The police are optimistic that they will get a long wear, Captain Rob Bifano told council at their regular meeting June 16. Mayor Glode remarked he plans to add community reports during Council meetings. This would be a time for community groups—such as the Boy Scouts or school students working on t...
The South Central Wyoming Emergency Services (SCWEMS) board approved the updated ambulance director’s job description at its June 10 meeting. The board also approved the station manager’s job duties. SCWEMS held a workshop June 2 to discuss the job description and job duties. Vice Chairman Ken Drain explained to the board that it will take longer to change the bylaws. The board had hoped to complete the bylaws this month, but after review at the June 2 meeting, Drain felt the board needed to...
Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode asked the Saratoga Planning Commission what they would like to see in a planner. The consensus was to have a planner that works closely with the Planning Commission and follows through on the wishes of the Planning Commission. Chuck Bartlett, the Town Engineer who also served as the planner, resigned from all town positions last month. Glode also asked the members what they needed from the governing body. The members of the Planning Commission discussed the job descriptio...
On June 24, Medicine Bow Fuel and Power LLC will host a biannual meeting as part of the permit process for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality/Industrial Siting Council (DEQ/ISC). The meeting, to be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Medicine Bow Community Center, (221 Pine St., Medicine Bow) is a progress report which will include a timeline with critical path key dates, according to a public notice advertisement running in the Saratoga Sun. Condition 18 of Permit DEQ/ISC 07-01 required...
Don Sherrod has found he is not in a very popular position. He has been appointed by the Saratoga Town Council to start work on cleaning up areas in the town of Saratoga. Sherrod told the council June 2 that he would like to have someone from the council to fill out the board that he and Randy Raymer are serving on for the clean up. The ordinance passed by the Saratoga Town Council in 2010 has a lot of leeway, Sherrod told the council. Sherrod asked the council for permission to proceed to...
A few changes were made to the town of Saratoga’s 2015/2016 fiscal budget at the meeting on June 2. The anticipated general fund revenue and income remained at $3,259,936.00, but the enterprise fund revenue and income was increased by $13,380.00. The changes were reflected in the Water fund. No changes were made in the expenditures of either fund. The ordinance was passed on the second reading by the Saratoga Town Council. On June 15 at 5:30 p.m., the Saratoga Town Council will hold a special m...
The nuisance ordinance is starting to take life, again. It is a touchy subject and the ordinance garners a lot of discussion in the Saratoga Sun office. There are lots of arguments for or against the ordinance and its enforcement. We are a town that depends on tourism, especially in the summer. Many of our business owners depend on tourism to supplement their businesses the rest of the year. Should concerned residents who think the town looks “trashy” be able to tell other residents what they should do to their property to make it look mor...
I must decline credit for the supposed “confusion” caused at the last Saratoga Town Council meeting by the mention of the possibility of a rate increase at the Saratoga Landfill. While I do speak often about recycling in our community at the landfill, as I did in that meeting, I did not mention the possibility of a rate increase. Furthermore my utterances should never be considered official statements of the business of that board, as was so clearly pointed out by the boards’ chairman. Instead please accept them as the rambling of an old man w...
The Saratoga Town Council passed Ordinance 830 on its first reading May 19 at its regular meeting. Ordinance 830 is the 2015/2016 town budget. For the first time in years, the public was presented with a comprehensive budget breaking down the general fund and Enterprise Funds, including perceived revenue and expenditures. Currently the general funds anticipated revenues are $3,259,936.00 while the Enterprise Funds are $4,092,324.18. Anticipated expenditures are $3,256,855.00 for the general...
When the first patient at Deseret Health and Rehab was released on May 7, Dr. Dean Bartholomew approached Mike Glode, chairman of the Corbett Medical Foundation about covering bounced checks of employees at the nursing home. In an emergency meeting May 8, the board made the decision to offer their support. That afternoon, the paychecks were distributed and The Rawlins National Bank began processing paychecks using funds from the Corbett Medical Foundation to ensure the employees would be paid....
Richard Hodges caused confusion in the audience during the Saratoga Town Council meeting when he announced that Sierra Madre Solid Waste Disposal District (Landfill Board) had passed the third reading of an ordinance to increase landfill fees from $17 to $20 at their May meeting. Guy Jansa asked the mayor why the ordinance wasn’t passed through the town council like other ordinances. Mayor Ed Glode said the Landfill Board is a Joint Powers Board and includes Encampment and Saratoga. Randy R...
The Wyoming Business Alliance (WBA) has been hosting Tour23 meetings in every county of Wyoming. On May 20 the WBA stopped in Rawlins, the 15th of 23 counties so far. Tour23 is about job creation, Bill Schilling president of the WBA told the 26 leaders in attendance representing all but three communities in Carbon County. Stacy Crimmins, Chief Executive Officer for the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce (SPVCC) was at the meeting representing the Platte Valley. Also attending from the...
Brad Cary told the Saratoga Town Council May 5 that the Hughes fire in April drove home the potential of conflagration areas in the town of Saratoga by the Saratoga Volunteer Department. The fire department wants to spend a lot more time preplanning and viewing structures that may need some mitigation. Cary reported that 15 firefighters have had 45 days of training by attending three firefighter schools, and with that type of training, has it has lowered the Insurance Services Offices (ISO) rating has dropped from six to four because of the...
Chuck Bartlett, town engineer for the town of Saratoga, submitted his resignation before the meeting ended Tuesday night. Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode said the council did not act on the resignation Tuesday night. Bartlett's resignation is effective May 27....
It's not unusual to see bicyclers traveling through Saratoga, since the town is located on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail. Unless it is in April. Two bicyclists stopped in Saratoga April 26 and were enjoying some craft beer at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. They really didn't want to bike out to Saratoga Lake Campground after they day they had. Kim and Vince Hytrek overheard them and offered them an option–camp in their backyard. The two young men gladly accepted. On April 27, Dan Riccio, of P...
As the town nears the end of its budget sessions with the departments, the Saratoga Town Council will start studying the revenue side, Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode said. For the past three weeks, each department has been meeting with the Saratoga Town Council and explaining to them the needs for each department. “There has been good cooperation and I think the council is enjoying the process,” Glode said. Every department is different, Glode explained. The last session is Thursday, where the cou...
Future scribes scribbled their way to several awards last week when students from Encampment, Medicine Bow, and Saratoga were announced as the 2015 District Young Authors Winners for Carbon County School District #2 (CCSD#2). The Wyoming Young Authors contest is a writing contest for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade and is sponsored by the Wyoming Reading Council. Students are invited to write original, creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry. According to Encampment english teacher...
Road work on the First Street Bridge in Saratoga will begin May 4 according to Aaron Spenny with the Woming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). Spenny was on the town of Saratoga Town Council agenda April 21 to explain the work that will be done on the bridge, which is serviced by WYDOT. First Street is Highway 230/130 through Saratoga. Spenny explained a signal light will located on the bridge as traffic will be down to one lane during the construction period, which is expected to last...
