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The Saratoga Planning Commission held its monthly meeting on Tuesday April 14 where among other items on the agenda, it met with Dave Johnson about his Dec. 9 request for review of his plans to divide his property at 118 N 2nd St. The variance in question would be for Johnson’s lot to be divided at a 50-foot width instead of the 60 feet required by the municipal code because it would cut into Johnson’s back porch if he were to divide the property at the required 60 feet. Johnson is req...
LiDAR is an extremely efficient way to topographically survey a broad swath, said Craig Kopasz, a civil engineer with PMPC/Engineering Associates. LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging is a remote sensing method used to examine the surface of the earth, according the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website. At the April 7 Saratoga Town Council meeting, there some was confusion about what the LiDAR is being used for by a member of the audience. He thought...
Reprint of this story from the April 18, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS The Department is Organized and Sufficient Fire Protection is Assured The Grand Encampment fire department met Monday evening at the office of Davis & Ashley for permanent organization. Nearly all the volunteers were present and much interest was manifested. Jack Ball was elected chief of the department, Ad Ball assistant, Charles C...
1 years ago: April 8, 1915 Why is a liar. This paper last week took exception to a county paper trying to take credit for condemning excessive expenditures by the County Commissioners of this county on roads and bridges. What we had reference to in particular, was the expenditure from 1908 to 1912, and which matter this paper called attention to, and for which we were abused by the Rawlins Journal, and one or two others. Now comes poor old “bad stomach Bill” of the Journal, taking all the credit, for being the paper to whom we had ref...
Discussing potential funding sources and how to receive the funding was the primary topic for the River Restoration meeting held last Thursday. The meeting was held a week after their monthly meeting to smooth out plans for the geothermal penetrating radar (GPR), sand bar removal and intended funding sources. Joe Parsons and Glen Leavengood, from the Saratoga Encampment Rawlins Conservation District, expressed their concerns about the committee focusing attention on the sandbar removal—which i...
On March 17, Barb Beck with Beck Consulting, presented the draft of the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan of Carbon County (MHMP) to the Carbon County Council of Governments (COG). The meeting, held in Sinclair, was to familiarize the COG members with what was in the MHMP and what kinds of hazards the county faces. The MHMP is now available for public review on the Carbon County Clerk's website and the town of Saratoga's website, or a hard copy can be reviewed in each of the 10 communities clerk...
All over the town of Saratoga, manholes are being painted white by the town streets crew in preparation for the LiDAR survey. Once all of the conditions are perfect for a flyover to do the LiDAR survey, it will be done, Craig Kopasz, with PMPC, reported at the Saratoga Town Council meeting March 17. A helicopter will fly in from Cheyenne and fly low over the town for the survey. Thirty days after the flyover, the survey will be provided to the town. The LiDAR survey will be used by the town of...
For those who are waiting for the fencing ordinance to be finalized, they are going to be waiting a little bit longer. The Saratoga Planning Commission met March 10 to discuss the new fencing ordinance that had been rewritten by planning commission member Tom Knickerbocker. Discussion went on for nearly an hour before the board decided to remove most of the wording to simplify the ordinance. The ordinance is to be amended with the changes and presented to the board for next month. The reason...
The Saratoga Master Planning Committee is soliciting proposals for professional services to assist the governing body in updating the town’s Master Plan, according to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) submitted at Wednesday’s Master Plan Committee meeting. The goal of the process is to develop a Master Plan for the town of Saratoga for the next 20 years. The RFQ will assist the committee on the updated plan in considering its policy decisions, land use planning, zoning ordinance mod...
Liz Swynarczuk was sworn into office at Thursday’s town council meeting in Riverside. The council discussed the State Land and Investment Board grant, putting out for bids to have the flooring in the Riverside Town Hall Meeting Room replaced, and Mayor Leroy Stephenson shared his experiences at the RiskMAP meeting, which was reported in the March 11 edition of the Saratoga Sun. The council also heard from Stacy Crimmins, of the Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, who informed the council m...
The Saratoga Town Council approved the mayor to sign a contract for a LiDAR survey of Saratoga in the amount of $34,000. That amount will be divided between the budgets of the streets, water, planning and sewer departments. The amount taken from each department’s fund is $8,500. The final product would depend on weather conditions, but is expected to be complete by the end of April. Mayor Ed Glode explained to the audience that the LiDAR survey is an integral tool for updating the flood map f...
Have you wondered what a difference recycling make? For Knights of Columbus, it has allowed them to make an impact in the lives of many. The Knights of Columbus Snowy Range Council in Saratoga collects aluminum cans by placing trailers around town for residents to conveniently recycle. All recyclers have to do is put the cans in a trash bag and drop them off at two locations – one is at the American Legion, and the other location is at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. “Generally, we take in about $2,000 p...
Ordinance 829 passed on the third reading at the Feb. 17 Saratoga Town Council with little fanfare. The ordinance, which had met opposition in previous meetings did not face any opposition during the final reading. The resolution puts apartment buildings and mobile homes in residential for sewer rather than as commercial, which means that each apartment will be charged a sewer fee. In the Feb. 18 edition of the Saratoga Sun, it was mistakenly reported that apartments would be considered commercial and pay 80 percent of the water usage. This is...
Guy Jansa, of Jansa Apartments in Saratoga, pleaded with the Saratoga/Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (Water and Sewer Board), to not recommend Ordinance 829 as written to the Saratoga Town Council. Jansa argued the new rates would be a hardship on apartment owners like his mother, Nancy Jansa. The ordinance had beenreferred back to the Water and Sewer Board because of the turnover on the board. Three water and sewer board members had been elected to the governing body. Glee Johnson,...
The Saratoga planning commission received input from Mayor Ed Glode at its Feb. 10 meeting on changing the bylaws to allow the Saratoga Town Council appointed member to have a vote on the planning commission. Will Faust, the council member who was appointed by Glode to serve on the planning commission, told the commission he was comfortable with having another members of the planning commission to report to the town council, when he was in disagreement with the commission. The Saratoga Planning...
The new lease and rental fee for the Saratoga Airport Board was tabled for one more month because the new town attorney was still reviewing the leases, Lance Grubb reported to the board. Erickson and Roberts LLC was appointed as Saratoga’s town attorney at the Feb. 3 council meeting, replacing Tom Thompson. The new appointment has slowed the process of the leases. In December, Dave Worthington had questions about the new lease and rental fee, but the item was tabled. In January, the airport boar...
Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury discussed with the council as well as members of Encampment Public Works, his concern over the recent vandalism of the Encampment Park restrooms at the regular council meeting last Thursday. “I guess somebody went in there and [defecated] all over the place. So, I’ve had [Public Works] put some padlocks on it so once you guys do shut down for the season, put them on there,” Salisbury said. “I think another thing is to do is maybe invest in some of these cameras...
Ed Glode is finishing up his second month as the new mayor of Saratoga and last week was a busy one for the new mayor. Glode attended the Planning Commission meeting and the Carbon County/Saratoga Impact Joints Powers Board (Water and Sewer Board) and took a tour with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and members of the Water and Sewer Board of the sewage treatment facility north of Saratoga. Glode, who had never had a full tour of the facility said he learned a lot on the tour Feb. 10 and now fully understands the need for the new...
Saratoga Chief of Police Tom Knickerbocker reports the new patrol officer and part-time dispatcher have been hired pending the finalization of Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) vetting process. “They’ve both actually been hired,” said Knickerbocker. Knickerbocker said that both candidates, Cindy Talbott as part-time dispatcher and Bobby Chitwood as part-time patrol officer have passed their pre-requirements from Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (POST) which includes a physiolo...
Field Representatives for U.S. Senator John Barrasso, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi and U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis will be in Carbon County to visit with residents on Feb 11. Anyone with questions, comments or concerns in relation to federal agencies or legislation is welcome to attend. Field Representatives Kelly Carpenter, Irene Parsons and Nancy Prosser will be available to meet from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Encampment Town Hall Council Chambers located at 614 McCaffrey Ave., from 11 a.m. to noon at the Platte Valley Community Center in...
A new understanding of what the town of Saratoga can do to the Platte River and finishing Tyler Pickett Park topped the matters Ed Glode talked to the Saratoga Sun about on Friday. According to Glode the town has already inspected two main gravel bars in the North Platte River within town limits. One is near the Bridge Avenue bridge and the other is above the Highway 130 bridge. Glode, town engineer Chuck Bartlett and Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger went to Cheyenne...
Councilman Will Faust ran on a platform of clearing up the town of Saratoga financial reports for its citizens. At a recent town council meeting Faust could be heard discussing his ideas on how to present public reports of town finances with Town Clerk Suzie Cox. In an interview with the Saratoga Sun Faust said financial transparency is “paramount to anybody dealing with public funds.” He said he wants anybody to be able to read through the town audit and have a rough overview of the town fin...
At a well-attended Saratoga Town Council meeting the most contentious topics were the hiring of a new part-time police dispatcher, part-time patrol officer and the wording of Ordinance 829. According to Chief of Police Knickerbocker, there has been significant overtime pay due to Saratoga police dispatchers and patrol officers over the last couple of years. Discussing dispatchers Knickerbocker said to the town council, “As you are aware, right now, we are paying dispatchers 20 hours overtime p...
Editor’s note: Two of the questions asked in this interview are from anonymous readers. We encourage you to submit more questions to [email protected]. To contact Mayor Glode directly, call his new phone number at 307-329-3313. By Erik Gantt [email protected] Mayor Glode attended the Wyoming Association of Municipalities Winter Workshop along with councilman Richard Raymer this week. Glode and Raymer went to several workshops on governmental policy and rules. Glode attended w...
Robert Lee (Bob) McCargar, age 84, of Saratoga, passed away Jan. 10, 2015 at Deseret Health and Rehabilitation in Saratoga. He was born Oct. 6, 1930 in Baggs, Wyoming to Alfred and Edith (Wise) McCargar. He spent his childhood on Muddy Creek near Baggs and in the North Platte Valley near Saratoga. As a child he either wanted to be a cowboy or a soldier. He was lucky over the course of his life and worked as both. As a young man, he worked on many ranches in the North Platte Valley. In 1948, he...