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The amendment to the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance for the town of Encampment was passed after it’s third and final reading. Town Clerk Doreen Harvey stated the only change in the third reading was that the attorney’s advice that the term “alcoholic liquors” be replaced with the term “alcoholic beverages”. Councilman Gary Stull moved to approve the third and final reading and the motion was passed. According to Harvey, “There is one small update since the regular meeting minutes. The Town made a motion to accept an offer for... Full story
Mayor Ed Glode said he came away from the River Restoration meeting last week with a good feeling. A sentiment that both Jeff Streeter with Trout Unlimited and Joe Parsons with the Saratoga-Encampment- Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) echoed. Committees were formed to go forward with the long term project while considering short-term options. The plan has two different concepts that the committee is considering, Glode said. In the meantime, Glode is still weighing...
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... Full story
The South Central Sage-Grouse Local Working Group is considering recommendations from the public in relation to the Wyoming Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan’s core area map at its next meeting at 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23 at the Rawlins Bureau of Land Management office located at 1300 N. Third St. Any person proposing changes to a core area boundary are asked to provide the local working group with maps and/or written descriptions along with an explanation of their proposal in advance of the meeting. These documents can be e...
Bio-Domes were the main topic of discussion last Thursday night when Mayor Leroy Stephenson and the rest of the Riverside Town Council talked about improvements to the towns wastewater lagoon facility. The Bio-Domes would be placed in the lagoons to create a bacterial film to help digest the solids in the lagoons and clean up the dissolved oxygen levels of the lagoons, this helps the other good bacterium work on through the winter months which, “are our most problematic,” acc...
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...
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 Januar...
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....
Deadlines are fast approaching for the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (Landfill Board). When asked how things are progressing, Chairman of the Landfill Board Randy Raymer said, “What we’re going to do is focus on our base estimate to meet the minimum requirements, so we can get the transfer station open and close the landfill.” Raymer is referring to the fact the Landfill Board along with several others in the state have missed the Jan. 1, 2015 deadl...
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...
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. G...
Editor’s note: We are beginning a weekly dialogue with new Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode, this is intended to become a weekly series of questions and answers. Glode said he was impressed with the turnout at his first council meeting as mayor. “It was a very positive result on the attendance, and we would like to see the room full every town council meeting,” Glode said. He added that one of his goals with the new council is to keep the operations of the town open to the publi...
The filing period for the Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees expired Monday. Jim Hinkle filed for the unexpired term of Area 2. Hinkle was appointed after Greg Bartlett resigned. Incumbent Diana Berger has also filed for Area 2. Incumbent Tonya Bartholomew has filed for Area 3. KayCee Alameda and James Sewell have filed for Area 4, which is an at large position. All of these candidates live in or near Saratoga. Linda Crane, of Elk Mountain, has filed for area 1. These names will be included on the general...
On Jan. 21 the Carbon County Republican Party met to select three applicants to be considered for the Carbon County Commissioners seat left vacant by Jerry Paxton. Paxton resigned his commission seat to fulfill his duties as House District 47 Representative. Carbon County Republican Party Chairman Mike Kelley said they had received eight applicants and went through several rounds to select the three finalists, John Johnson, of Elk Mountain; Ron Platt, of Encampment and Matt...
It can be hard for a conservative guy to support raising taxes, but that is what freshman representative for House District 47, Jerry Paxton, did when he voted for the 10-cent gas tax. “When I first looked at it, I wasn’t crazy about it,” Paxton said. But Paxton did some research and discovered he could support the tax based on what he found out. Paxton said Wyoming has pulled around a quarter of a billion dollars out of the general fund over the past three years to supplement...
Members of the public applauded after Councilman Steve Wilcoxson read from two letters at the Saratoga Town Council meeting Tuesday. The first was one he had written to the Planning Commission to apologize for his behavior at its Dec. 11 meeting. In that letter, Wilcoxson also said the board was not equally enforcing the zoning regulations of the town of Saratoga and the zoning ordinances should be changed to reflect what has long been allowed. Wilcoxson wanted to read his...