2012 Campbell County Annual Report

2012 Campbell County

Annual Report

CAPITAL for a DAY

CAPITAL for a DAY

Message from the

Campbell County Commissioners

“Our mission is to provide quality, efficient and cost effective services for all Campbell County Residents through sound decision making and fiscal responsibility.”

Campbell County Commissioners Office 500 S. Gillette Ave 682-7283

2012 continued to be a very significant year for Campbell County; with a stable economy and a historically high assessed valuation. This year three of our outstanding leaders will leave their respective posts, County Fair Coordinator Betty Hough retired in June having served with the Fair for twenty five years.

Commissioners Christopher R. Knapp and Stephen F. Hughes will officially complete their terms of office on the 2nd of January. Commissioner Knapp served three full terms, beginning in 2001; Commissioner Hughes served one full term, beginning in 2009, after serving as a Gillette City Council Member. We extend our appreciation to these three individuals for their commitment and dedication of service. We also welcome Commissioners-Elect Garry G. Becker and Mark A. Christensen, and look forward to serving with these two gentlemen.

The theme of our 2012 Annual Report is Capitol for a Day, and on September 11th we were honored to host Governor Matt Mead, Secretary of State Max Maxfield, State Auditor Cynthia Cloud and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill to Campbell County. There was a full day of activities and tours for the four State Elected Officials, beginning with a warm greeting at the Campbell County

Airport, including students from Sage Valley and Twin Spruce Junior Highs and the Campbell County High School Marching Band. The schedule included tours of the Northern Drive, Madison Water and Southern Industrial Road projects, visits with local Elected Officials, Business and Industry Leaders, a public forum with Students and luncheon engagements with children, senior citizen and business groups. Capitol for a Day culminated with a public picnic at Cam-plex and a stirring 9 11 Memorial Ceremony. The Board of Commissioners would like to thank our County Employees, the City of Gillette, Town of Wright, Campbell County School District, Campbell County Memorial Hospital, Gillette College, the Chamber of Commerce, our Business and Industry Partners, and all of you, our Citizens for your contributions and participation with Capitol for a Day. Very commendably organized and facilitated by Kendra R. Como, the Campbell County Capital for a Day celebration was a great success, and will hopefully be repeated across the State.

2012 saw Campbell County’s assessed valuation reach an all-time record of $5.8 billion. Through October of this year, the number of individuals employed in Campbell County held steady at over 27,000 and the unemployment was at 3.7%. The Greencore gas pipeline, traveling through Campbell County, was recently completed, and the development of uranium leases continues. We anticipate a slight decline in assessed valuation for the next year with a dip in the production of coal, oil and gas.

Commissioners Dan Coolidge, Micky Shober, Chris Knapp, Steve Hughes, Matt Avery

In the past year, we have completed several infrastructure projects, including: • The re-alignment of the Union Chapel and Fairview Roads.

• Phase I of the Northern Drive belt loop road, from Garner Lake to Little Powder River Road.

Additionally, the County successfully negotiated a sale of the Parks & Recreation property along the South Douglas Highway to the Hospital for the new Pioneer Manor, and acquired a State section of land adjacent to Highway 14/16 and Northern Drive, Phase II, for future development.

Current infrastructure to be completed or under construction in 2013: • Northern Drive belt loop road, Phase II, from Little Powder River Road to U.S. Highway 14/16.

• Wright Recreation Center Project.

• Bell Nob Golf Course Clubhouse.

• Children’s Developmental Services Building Expansion.

Our goals for 2013 include:

Capitol For A Day event on September 11, 2012 with State Elected Officials and Campbell County Commissioners.

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• Maintaining a high quality of services and programs within a budget established on stable revenue streams.

• Retirement of the County Bonds on

the Joint Powers Recreation Project, June 2013.

• Continued support of the City of Gillette, State of Wyoming and area Improvement and Service Districts efforts to develop the long term regional water distribution system, and establishment of the Regional Water Panel.

• Completion of the Campbell County Comprehensive Plan.

• Facilitate Strategic Planning meeting and set objectives.

• Continued investment in the Capital Replacement Reserve and Long Term Maintenance Accounts.

The 2012 Annual Report for Campbell County includes interesting and informative statistics, data and accomplishments from all of our Offices, Boards and Departments, including several Capitol for a Day photographs.

We appreciate the excellent work and dedication of all our County Employees. We invite your continued participation and involvement at Campbell County meetings, programs and activities. Thank you for the opportunity to be of service.

Board Members

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Airport Board

Eugene Routledge, Secretary/ Treasurer Tonja Cale Dave McCormick, Director 682-7406

Penny Schild, President Jeff Robinson, Vice President Joel Ohman, Treasurer/ Secretary Steven Rozier Erika Peckham Jay Lundell, Director 686-1042

Public Health Board

Carol Hungerford, D.D.S. Stacy Hobbs, Vice-Chairman Linda Wegher, Fiscal Officer Doug Evans, Chairman James Naramore, M.D. Dr. Kirtikumar L. Patel M.D., 682-7275 County Health Officer Della Amend, R.N., BC, Director 682-7275

Board of Commissioners 2013 Dan Coolidge, Chairman Matt Avery Micky Shober Garry Becker Mark Christensen

Building Code Appeals Board

Richard Robert Cisneros Jr. Delbert Parks Matt Tonn Rod Mathis John Simon Kevin King, Director 682-1970

CARE Board

Matt Sorenson, Chairman Christy Schomer, Vice Chairman Lori Jones, Secretary Traci Knutson Vicki Gunderson Stasi Shippy, Treasurer Micky Shober, Commissioner Danny Preston Mary Silvernell

Children’s Developmental Services Carol Yonkee, Chairwoman Scott Wiley, Vice Chairman Julie Fall, Secretary Linda Mohr Clifford Knesel Jr. ,Treasurer Earlene Vandeventer, Director 682-2392

Community Juvenile Services Joint Powers Board Micky Shober Kevin McGrath Jeani Stone Sheri England Bonnie Volk Della Amend Peter Edis Susan Cahill

Public Land Board

LD Gilbertz, Secretary Mary Silvernell Andy Fitzgerald, Vice Chair Jordan Ostlund Charlene Murdock Robert “Nick” Jessen Brian Baglien, Treasurer Dan Barks, General Manager 682-0552

Chris Beltz and Governor Mead at the Capital For A Day public picnic held at Cam-plex.

Linda Jennings Kevin Allen Jim Hloucal Sherry Bertoncelj

Corrections Board

Judge Dan Price Heidi Hockett Lowe Jeff Rech Craig Deuter Bill Pownall, Secretary/Treasurer Lori Gorseth John Gutierrez Jim Hloucal, Chair Tammy Akovenko

Fair Board

Jake Boller Myles Haugen Dave Slattery, Vice-Chairman Sharon Rinker, Chairperson Debra Sneathen Steve Schrater Scotty R. Hayden Bobbi Jo Heald, Fair Board Coordinator 687-0200

Fire Board

Sherwin (Buddy) Cater, Chairman Kevin Van Dyke, Secretary/ Treasurer

Frank Latta Chris Knapp Ron Holmes Scott Rankin Chuck Dobkins Don Huber, Chief 682-5319

Nicholas De Laat, Citizen at Large Marilyn Mackey, Agriculture John M Daly, Water W. Ben Wieser, Environmental Robert Grant, Oil and Gas Curt Shatzer, Wildlife

Lodging Tax Joint Powers Board

Predator Management District

Charles Schlesselman, Chairman Debby Zolnoski, Treasurer Brenda Boss, Vice-Chairman John Flocchini Randi Sulzbach Brandi Beecher Margaret Timmer, Secretary

Library

Karen Johnson, Vice Chair Matthew Sorenson, Chairman Vicki Kissack, Treasurer Philippe Chino Kyle Ferris Patty Myers, Director 687-0009

Natural Resources & Land Use Committee

Rick Law, Mining Timothy Morrison, Conservation Dist.

Jason Oedekoven, Cattle Merv Griswold, Sportsman Ted Edwards, Sheep Gib Bell, Cattle Dan Reimler, Cattle Tom Edwards, Sheep Murphy Love, Sportsman Dave Daigle, Sportsman B.J. Clark, Sportsman

Planning Commission

Kanti Patel Kevin Couch Blaine Geer, Vice-Chair Douglas Gerard Vicki Schlautmann, Chair Megan Nelms, Director 682-1970

Parks & Recreation

Dave Rearick Trevor Larson Scott Matheny, Chaiman

Rockpile Museum

Chris Smith, Vice-Chair Bill Carson Everett Knapp Nola Wallace, Chair Denise Tugman, Secretary/ Treasurer Terry Girouard, Director 682-5723

Senior Center Board

Gary Jahnke, Vice-Chairman Jack Matheny, Secretary Jeanne Haakinson, Chairman Nello Williams Teri Bagwell, Treasurer Carol Graf Sam Bennett Leslie Haight, President ex de Facto Cathy Konrath, Director 686-0804

Weed and Pest Board

Ted Edwards, Treasurer Leslie Drake, Vice-Chair James Tarver, Secretary Charles Tweedy, Chairman Duane Joslyn Quade Schmelzle, Director 682-4369

Campbell County Departments Emergency Management David King, Coordinator

Extension Service

Jessica Gladson, Director

686-7477 682-7281

Human Resources/Risk Management Charlotte Terry, Director

687-6355

Information Technology Services

Road & Bridge

Juvenile Probation

Public Works Department

Phil W. Harvey, Manager

Susan L. Cahill, Esq., Director

682-7860 682-0746

Office of the Commissioners Robert P. Palmer, Director

Gary Lowry, Director Kevin King, Director County Landfill Building and Planning

682-4411 685-8061 682-9499 682-1970

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Campbell County Assessor’s Office

Back row: Erin Slattery, Angela Williams, Jackie Casey, Cindy Langley and Cheryl Uhler. Front row: Hazel Vassar, Alicia Gilliland, Patty Brown, Deb Malli, Shanda Shatzer and Troy Clements, Assessor

Campbell County Assessor’s Office 500 S. Gillette Ave Ste 1300 682-7266

Once again we have set another record with the highest Assessed Valuation in Campbell County’s

100 year history, $5.8 billion. And even though 2013 & 2014 could see lower numbers valuation wise, we continue to be very blessed with the resources that are readily available to us and others.

Oil has again become a major player in the south end of the county. In doing our rural review this fall, I was surprised to see the number of drilling rigs,

new well sites, and traffic associated with those activities. However, coal production has declined considerably due to mild temperatures last winter, as well as consumers being over stockpiled.

Residential and Commercial values continue to remain fairly steady with some areas seeing a 3-5% drop. New construction, however, is also keeping steady with the anticipation of our economy making a comeback in the near future.

We added a new member to our crew in July with the retirement of longtime Chief Appraiser Lynn Allar. Patty Brown was gracious enough to join our team, and has been an outstanding addition. Many of you may have met Patty in the Treasurer’s Office where she worked for 5 years prior.

Our goal is to continue collecting, entering, and storing accurate and clean data for valuation purposes. Our mapping, GIS, and online services are second to none, and are updated daily to help serve other entities as well as the public.

We would like to wish you all a prosperous and safe new year.

Campbell County Adult Drug Court Campbell County Adult Drug Court 500 S. Gillette Ave, Ste. 2500 687-6470

Do you think that the Campbell County Adult Drug Court is a “Hug-a Thug” program? This program is one of the hardest things our participants have, or will, experience. They tell us where they will be at any given time and we check. They are required to have a 40 hour a week job, attend a minimum of 112 hours of treatment, attend court session each Tuesday at 4 p.m., attend two AA, or NA, or other acceptable classes a week, have 2 random UA’s a week, wear an ankle monitor for 30 days, and turn in a weekly schedule informing Drug Court where they will be at all times.

Each participant is required to pay a minimum of $2,700 toward the program costs.

In 2011, there were over 670 persons charged with Alcohol-related driving charges and over 460 charged with drug charges. In addition to those numbers, there were 331 persons charged with Drug and Alco-

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hol charges. These numbers do not include MIP’s and Intoxicated Pedestrians.

Adult Drug Court allows for corrective action to be taken by interrupting the repetitive cycle through rehabilitation. Drug Court treats the problem, not the symptoms. Drug Court is strictly voluntary and an individual must pass a screening by the Drug Court Operational Team and by the Drug Court Judge to be accepted into the program. Adult Drug Court only accepts felony offenders with either drug or alcohol convictions. The participant cannot have any felony violence convictions.

Once accepted into the program, the participant begins a strict regiment as the operational team starts the process of helping the participant change their life. Treatment; where the participant goes and who they associate with; random UA’s (twice weekly to start), weekly schedules; work, school or both; and weekly court appearances, are controlled and mandatory.

Our program started in 2002 and we had our first graduation in February 2003. There were three gradu-

ates. Since that time, we have had 120 graduates for a total of 123. Over 85 percent of our graduates have not reoffended within the 3 years we track our graduates. Some graduates have opened their own businesses; become supervisors and managers; and are good employees. On May 21, 2013, we will celebrate our 10th year of having participants graduate our program.

All of our graduates are being invited back to help us celebrate.

Adult Drug Court is funded under a Wyoming Department of Health grant applied for yearly and the County Commissioners give a 25.1% cash match.

This is a requirement to receive the state funding. We apply yearly for 1% funding from the County and the City and have received an award for the past two years. The participants also pay a monthly fee, which gives them ownership in the program. The grants pay the majority of the treatment. Drug Court personnel are paid through the State Grant.

What are the benefits to the Taxpayer? Without Drug Court involvement, the participant could spend up to a year in jail. At the present cost

to house an inmate, the cost, for one year in our jail, would be $6 0 , 3 2 3 .5 5 .

Even at 6 months, the cost would be $30,161.73.

Our program costs less than $10,000 per participant. With Drug Court, treatment costs are less, there is less crime to support a habit; as a working citizen, participants pay taxes instead of using tax dollars, are able to get fines paid, pay restitution and get children back from DFS. Costs associated with caring for babies that were prematurely exposed to drugs or alcohol range from $750,000 to $1.4 million.

We had one child born to a participant this last year.

In 2012, there were fourteen graduates. Currently, we have 25 participants in different phases of our program. Please come and see what we are accomplishing. We have court each Tuesday at 4 p.m.

CAM-PLEX Multi-Event Facilities Cam-plex Multi-Event Facilities 1635 Reata Drive • 682-0552 Ticket Office 682-8802

Your CAM-PLEX Multi-Event Facilities continued to serve Campbell County and Northeast Wyoming by hosting 627 event days attended by 330,000 people, not including all the folks who rented the barn or pavilion for general riding. Spirit Hall Ice Arena was host to an additional 46,500 attendees from October to April.

Additionally, the events at CAM-PLEX brought in nearly $20,000,000 in economic impact to our local businesses.

CAM-PLEX Winter Western Rodeo CAM-PLEX continGeorge Jones ues to offer facilities to accommodate diverse events each year.

Energy Hall is the setting for many banquets, school events, meetings, conferences, receptions and training seminars. Central Pavilion houses various trade shows, craft fairs, gun shows, aucPerforming Arts Workshop tions, and car shows.

East Pavilion and Barn #3 are steadily booked with local horseback riders as well as team roping, rodeos, and dog shows. Morningside Park and Wrangler Arena continue to host demolition derbies, fair activities, Cowboy States Reining Horse Show outdoor horse shows, 4-H events, and general riders.

The Wyoming Center, open now for over four years, has hosted a wide variety of events including local and national trade shows, RV rallies, banquets, weddings, seminars, state conferences, comWild West Championship Wrestling munity fundraisers, hockey tourna- Tournament Youth ments, public ice skating, ultimate fighting, concerts, and so much more. George Hong with special guests The Gillette Jones & Lonestar performed concerts Chamber Singers, Jump With Jill that were well attended by Gillette and and Beakman On The Brain. “Special Events” in 2012 were Riders In surrounding area residents.

In 2012, citizens of Gillette, Campbell County, and surrounding community enjoyed the following performances on the Heritage Center stage. The “Theater Series” brought in Pilobolus, Macbeth, Titanic and Miracle On 34th Street. The “Family Friendly” shows suitable for youth and the entire family included On Ensemble, Sylvester And The Magic Pebble, Alash, Are You My Mother?, Twinkle Twonkle, Missoula Children’s Theatre production of King Arthur’s Quest, Super Scientific Circus, Rock The Presidents, Alpin

The Sky, Gillette’s Got Talent, Kathleen Madigan, Men Of Worth and the 2012 Performing Arts Workshop performance of The King And I. Additionally, the Heritage Center partnered with the Campbell County School District and other entities in the community to provide residency activities with Alash, Alpin Hong, Craicmore, Macbeth, On Ensemble, Paul Taylor, and Men Of Worth.

The Heritage Center Gallery displayed numerous visual artist’s works including: John Werbelow’s Natural Inspiration, Chris Amend

Lonestar

The Ins and Outs of Existential Entanglements, Herb Kalenberg Honest Observation And Abstract Conceptualization, Scotch & Watercolor Society From Pen To Paper, Joan Sowada Come Out and Play, artwork from Campbell County School District students, and the 24th Annual Invitational Christmas Wreath Exhibit.

CAPITAL for a DAY The 22nd Annual CAM-PLEX Winter Western was held in February and continued the tradition as a popular and well attended event. The event kicked off with Western Favorite Riders In The Sky in the Heritage Center Theater. Additional weekend entertainment for the community included The Coors Pro Rodeo, Melgaard Construction Bulls & Broncs, the Town and Country Trade Show, free stage shows by local entertainers, team roping, barrel racing, stock dog trials, and the ever popular petting zoo.

New to Gillette and CAM-PLEX in February 2012 was the Wild West Championship Wrestling Tournament. Over 800 wrestlers and their families traveled to Gillette from 10 states for this event held in the Wyoming Center.

CAM-PLEX hosted the Cowboy States Reining Horse Show in June with 600 attendees using over 350 horse stalls for the 5 days.

Adding to a busy summer were 5 RV Rallies with 1,147 RV’s on site, conventions, wedding receptions, equestrian events, dog shows, training seminars and reunions.

The Campbell County Fair, produced by the Fair Board, utilized all buildings at CAM-PLEX in early August. The fair was well attended and featured events such as the Energy Town Pro Rodeo, Demolition Derby and country greats John Conlee with special guests Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band. Craig Morgan also made an appearance in concert. Watch for upcoming announcements for the 2013 fair concert!

The two largest indoor garage sales in Wyoming were hosted by CAMPLEX in April and October. Local bargain hunters flocked to the Wyoming Center to find their treasures among the booths.

The work of our CAM-PLEX Marketing staff has paid off for 2013 as we will host four large RV Rallies during the summer. These rallies will bring more than 4,000 RV’s and 8,000 visitors to our community with an estimated economic impact of $4,000,000.

Please visit our web site at: www. cam-plex.com to view the schedule of upcoming events and to learn more about your CAM-PLEX facilities.

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Information Technology Services the technology was deployed in several other departments for initial testing.

The Network staff also began planning for a move to a new network operating sys-

Beth Kirsch focused much of her time on the County’s financial system, JD Edwards, as well as Kronos, the time and attendance application. A proposal to revamp the fixed

permit to print on the same laser printers that are used to print registrations. These two changes allow the TreasurInformation Technology er’s Office to print three difServices (ITS) provides techferent documents on one laser nical support on the printer. In the past, three County’s voice and printers were used to prodata network for 23 duce the three documents.

County departments.

Rocky Marquiss moved These services range titles data from outdated from basic computer jukebox technology to assistance and troumore modern disk storbleshooting to comage. This move provides plete network designs. greater flexibility and reliAdministrative staff ability for handling the prepared the buddata. He also started the get, facilitated capital process to update techpurchases, and pronology that will allow us vided overall directo move the financial systion for projects. tem into our blade cenColeen Winterholler, ter. This will reduce power the Senior Adminconsumption, and more Standing: Natalie Linneman, Steve Danaher, Bob Overman, Cathy Raney, Rocky Marquiss, Phil Harvey, Beth Kirsch, Dustin Cooper. Seated: istrative Assistant, David Kelsay, Nicki Lindahl, Rhonda Larmer, Coleen Winterholler, Justin Penning. importantly, allow us to obtained her Certified move forward with that Software Asset Manpiece of the Disaster install a closed circuit video tem. Although the current sys- asset system was brought forager (CSAM) certification and arraignment system. This sys- tem has served the County ward, so Beth spent time facil- Recovery plan. continued to evaluate various tem will allow arraignments well over many years, it has itating meetings with repNicki Lindahl spent some software license management to be conducted via a telecon- become increasingly difficult resentatives from various of the year learning the Motor packages. ference type link rather than to interface newer technolo- County departments to deter- Vehicle System and preparThe Network Support divi- spending time and money to gies into it. mine the scope of the proj- ing for the transition that will sion is responsible for main- transport defendants to the User Support provides ect. She also worked to bring see her become the lead protaining network security, Courthouse. It has a tentative numerous services for County accrual information from the grammer on this module. She ensuring reliable access to completion date by year end computer users. These include JD Edwards system into Kro- also worked closely with other resources, and planning and will provide significant conducting software training nos. departments to create custom technical projects for other savings to the County. classes, providing front line Natalie Linneman contin- solutions, such as automating departments. The three NetVirtual Desktop technical support, and spear- ued her document manage- the process of EEO reporting work Analysts, Steve DanaI n f r a s t r uc t u r e heading other technical proj- ment work this year by over- to the State. Additionally, she her, Dustin Cooper, and ects as needed. User Support seeing the creation of docu- served as the technical supDavid Kelsay, completed staff worked closely with Net- ment categories and auto filing port liaison for Elections. multiple projects and Justin Penning installed, work Support to deploy and for the Landfill. She also colmade progress on several support VDI. They also spent laborated with Public Works configured, and implemented others. many hours testing applica- staff by facilitating training on the internal Intranet website; The most notable projit was adapted to the Countion compatibility with the data entry. ect was the complenew Windows operating sysThe programming staff con- ty’s specific needs from the tion of the infrastructure tem. sists of three programmers ground up and is still ongoing. upgrade. The Sheriff’s Rhonda Larmer provided dedicated to developing and This year Campbell County Office, Children’s Centraining to County com- maintaining custom programs standardized its digital sigter, Library, Public Health, puter users for the new ver- for the County’s financial sys- nage solution and Justin took and Recreation Center sion of Microsoft Word and tem while the fourth mem- the lead on a project to conare now connected to the coordinated the training to ber is charged with developing figure and install displays at Courthouse via high speed the Courthouse and Children’s coincide with the upgrade to web applications. fiber links. This has vastly (VDI), along with an upgrade the new software. The Fully Bob Overman continued Developmental Services. The improved access to resources to the Windows 7 operating Automated Courts Transac- to maintain the Motor Vehi- VDI solution affects all areas at those locations and pro- system, continued to be the tion System (FACTS) remains cle System and implement of IT, so Justin expanded his vides enough bandwidth for main focus and significant a key application and Rhonda improvements to the system. knowledgebase by assisting future expansion needs. progress was made this year continued to provide lead sup- For example, he designed an support staff with setting up Collaboration with the in that regard. The Clerks and port on this program for the in-house Motor Vehicle Sales and troubleshooting the new Facilities Maintenance staff Treasurers were moved to thin Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Tax receipt and modified the thin clients. continued and upgrades to clients with good results and Probation, and District Court. Non-Commercial Temporary continued on page 7 video surveillance systems Campbell County Info Tech. Services 500 S. Gillette Ave, Ste. 2500 687-6470

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were made at numerous locations around the County. The Network staff also started a joint project with the City of Gillette and State of Wyoming Circuit Court to design and

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Information Technology Services continued from page 6

Following up on a Needs Assessment from last year, Cathy Raney, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordinator, successfully launched the 311GIS system which can be found at http://www.ccgov.net/ mapping/311GIS_Splash.html.

This system will provide citizens with another avenue to notify County staff of issues needing attention, such as road maintenance.

Another notable accomplishment this year was the Special Achievement in GIS award from Esri at the annual International User Conference in San Diego, CA. The GIS Cooperative of Campbell County, the City of Gillette and the town of Wright was the one entity in the State of Wyoming nom-

inated to receive such an award. The award was received for the work done to bring the GIS data of the three governmental units together into a single unified database.

Work on another major project, a Safety Management System for the Gillette-Campbell County airport, which will be using similar technology to the 311GIS, is proceeding well with an anticipated release for testing in the first quarter of 2013.

Campbell County Rockpile Museum Campbell County Rockpile Museum 900 W. Second Street 682-5723

The Museum serves as the local history center for Campbell County. The Campbell County Rockpile Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve and interpret the objects and documents important to the county’s history. The mission is accomplished through permanent and temporary exhibits, educational programs and events, and assisting individuals and organizations with research projects concerning Campbell County.

The number of visitors showed a strong increase from last year with 14% more patrons attending events and programs and viewing exhibits. The Museum served visitors from all states except Rhode Island and from 32 foreign countries from all parts of the world, including China, Chile, South Africa, Sweden, and Russia.

In May, the Museum received the REACH Attraction of the Year Award from the Wyoming Office of Tourism. The REACH award is for Rare and Exceptional Achievement for Customer service and Hospitality, and only one institution/ organization in the state receives the award each year. It is not only an honor to receive the award, but an indication of the Museum’s success in serving both residents and visitors to the area, and promoting the history of the area.

A number of new, permanent and temporary, exhibits were installed this year.

Temporary exhibits included They Served with Honor, Stimson Colors Wyoming and Benson’s Art Shop.

The Benson exhibit featured local cowboy artist, Jake W. Benson, and brought together many of his little seen paintings completed during the 1930’s through 1950’s.

The permanent exhibit additions include the restored 1920’s homestead

Pilfered Pocket Watch, while February introduced a new program, Inventions Day. The final Family Day event in December offered old-fashioned Christmas crafts. With assistance from parents, volunteers, and staff, children made spool ornaments, corn cob snow-

Families enjoyed making old-fashioned Christmas ornaments at one of the Museum’s Winter Family Day events.

cabin, The Oil Patch, and a redesign of the Native American artifacts exhibit.

The updating of Grandma’s Attic, the new Tool Identification hands-on exhibit, and the accessible sheep wagon are popular new features this year.

Last year’s The Unquiet Utes exhibit, which was developed in-house and built from the museum’s collection, was turned into a traveling exhibit allowing the Museum to reach an even broader audience. The traveling exhibit is currently in Montrose Colorado with installations also planned for museums in Wyoming and South Dakota.

The education department began the year with Winter Family Day events. January featured Mystery at the Museum with junior detectives analyzing clues and solving The Case of the

men, candy trains and variety of other decorations.

During the spring months the Museum continued to support the School District’s educational mission by offering the Civil War Day event for all 700-plus sixth grade students. With assistance from the School District and the Rockpile Museum Association this year’s event included a first-person presentation of Abraham Lincoln. “President Lincoln” also gave a public presentation at Gillette College. The Pioneer School program for third and fourth grade classes and the Museum Scavenger Hunt rounded out the programming for the school groups and kept staff busy for the rest of the school year.

The fall events included the Homestead Heritage Festival and the 17 th

Annual Native American Artifact Show.

The festival included Lakota food, Dutch oven cooking, the Basque dancers, the Gillette Ganglat Fiddle Club, and numerous stations to try your hand at “homestead skills”. Between 350 and 400 people filled the Museum’s buildings and grounds during the day’s event.

The educational programs and exhibits are the most visible aspects of the Museum’s mission, but at least equally important is the Museum’s collection mission. This year we received fortyseven donations totaling over 775 items that help highlight and document the County’s history.

You can help your Museum continue developing a strong collection, which highlights the history of Campbell County and Northeast Wyoming, by donating artifacts and documents.

It was another good year for the Campbell County Rockpile Museum with many accomplishments. The year would not have been as successful without a great deal of help from individuals and organizations.

The Museum Board and Staff would like to thank the following for their help and support in making history entertaining as well as educational: the Campbell County Historical Society; the Pumpkin Buttes Chapter of the Wyoming Archaeological Society; the Campbell County High School Honor Society; the Gillette College Student Government; the Living Historians of the Wyoming Frontier; the Big Horn Basque Club; the Gillette Ganglat Fiddle Club; the School District; the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department; the Campbell County Public Library; our Museum volunteers; the Rockpile Museum Association; and the Experience Works staff.

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CAPITAL for a DAY Campbell County Public Library • 2101 S. 4J Road • Gillette, WY • 307.687.0009

Gillette •

Wright Branch Library • 305 Wright Boulevard • Wright, WY • 307.464.0500

LIBRARY 2012 • Wright

CCPLS Mission: To provide diverse cultural opportunities for reading, learning and entertainment to all citizens of our community. We lead the way to a universe of information with personal service and technology.

2,383

Children (+7%) attended 53 events at WBL

229

1,950

484,055

Adults (+12%) attended 25 events (+31%) at WBL

Meeting Room Use (+28%)

Items Circulated

1,016

278,332 Questions Answered (+5%)

Outreach Patrons Visited

10,351

1,013

Teens (+45%) attended 504 events (+23%) at CCPL

Adults (+37%) attended 216 events (+64%) at CCPL

17,756

254,448

Children (+12%) attended 314 events at CCPL

Database Queries (+24%)

190,569 Collection Size

266

Teens (+77%) attended 102 (+410%) events at WBL

Campbell County Public Library • 2101 S. 4J Road • Gillette, WY • 307.687.0009

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Gillette •

Wright Branch Library • 305 Wright Boulevard • Wright, WY • 307.464.0500

LIBRARY 2012 • Wright

Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Campbell County Sheriff’s Office 600 W Boxelder 682-7271

In 2011, the Sheriff’s Office began utilizing the WyoLink statewide radio communication system. Upon implementation of this system and throughout previous years, local emergency responders had identified the need for an additional “low level” radio site in the Gillette area to improve hand-

held radio communications. A funding proposal was submitted to and approved by the State of Wyoming in the fall of 2012. The new radio tower was then constructed and equipped just west of the Sheriff’s Office. By the end of December, 2012, the new tower site will be fully functional and will enhance the radio communications of all WyoLink users in the Gillette area.

In 2012, the Sheriff’s Office continued its commitment to increase road-

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way safety. The Sheriff’s Office dedicated thousands of personnel hours to traffic safety patrols through utilization of a dedicated Traffic Officer and through overtime funding provided through the Wyoming Department of Transportation. The grant funding allowed officers to be assigned to work additional hours specifically for impaired driving enforcement, and high visibility traffic enforcement.

DARE UPDATES CURRICULUM: DARE is keeping it REAL. The elementary school program dedicated to keeping kids away from drugs is making a few changes.

DARE is adding the slogan, “Keepin’ it Real”. REAL is an acronym for Refuse, Explain, Avoid, and Leave.

The new curriculum is still given by DARE officers from the Campbell

County Sheriff’s Office. The curriculum is more studentinvolved. It has more interactive videos, and substance abuse will continue to be the topic.

There is still a chapter on alcohol and tobacco, but they’ve included other topics, like bullying, stress, and support systems. The program

for elementary schools will now also be more multi-media to adapt to the more tech-savvy students. The Sheriff’s Office started implementing the program in September, 2012.

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2012 FACTS AT A GLANCE

**ALL FIGURES ARE FROM JAN. 1, 2012 TO DEC. 1, 2012**

INDIVIDUAL CRIME INCIDENTS/ SERVICES PROVIDED

TOTAL NUMBER

Animal Control Services Provided

1,356

Burglary/Break and Enter

78

Driving with Suspended License

287

Drug-related Investigations

181

DWUI

153

Family Fight Responses

196

Larceny (including vehicle theft)

219

Minor in Possession of Alcohol

83

TOTAL CRIMES/SERVICES PROVIDED

TOTAL NUMBER

Total Crime Responses/Services Provided

13,192

Total Crime Responses/Services Provided Inside Town of Wright

832

Busiest Day of the Week

Friday

CITATIONS ISSUED

TOTAL NUMBER

Speeding Citations Issued

563

Total Citations Issued

2,482

For an emergencey call 911.

The detention center continues to renovate its existing inmate housing areas, updating both the physical and technological components of the facility. The facility has been excellently maintained throughout the years, but constant use, 24 hours a day, eventually takes its toll. These updates are essential in providing a safe and secure environment for both staff and inmates.

Throughout 2012, the Sheriff’s Office maintenance staff has taken on the large task of renovations to the adult housing area. Painting, plumbing, shower upgrades, and door repairs were just a fraction of what was included in the work that was completed.

Much of the labor was contributed by inmate workers.

Hundreds of hours in inmate labor, provided over the course of the year, amounted to a significant cost savings in taxpayer dollars. Much of the painting and larger scale parts of the project could not have been

accomplished without these workers.

In addition to the adult inmate housing area project, Sheriff Pownall has also committed to updating electronic hardware, as well. The electronics are responsible for door controls, video cameras, and intercoms throughout the secure portion of the facility. Staff safety and minimizing liability often hinge on these crucial parts of technology. The video visitation will also be improved and provide a wider range of options for family members who wish to visit. A video arraignment system has also been installed between the Sheriff’s Office and Circuit Court. In the coming months, the court will be conducting video arraignments, which will minimize the need for inmates to be transported from the jail to the courthouse each day. Few transports directly relates to reduced costs and increased safety for staff and inmates.

CCDC INMATE POPULATION 2004

2005

2006

Adult Males

2,195

2,561

2,458 2,693

2,843 2,802 2,388 2,344 2,349

Adult Females

562

649

604

606

691

788

726

739

728

Juvenile Males

138

151

156

161

128

106

141

106

102

64

64

76

59

29

42

50

32

3,721

3,725

3,297

3,239 3,211

Juvenile Females 56 2,951

2007

3,425 3,282 3,536

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Average Daily Population (2012) – 115 . **ALL FIGURES PROVIDED ARE FROM JAN. 1, 2012 TO DEC. 1, 2012**

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Clerk of District Court Campbell County Clerk of District Court 500 S. Gillette Ave, Ste. 2400 682-3424

The year 2012 was a busy year for the Clerk of District Court Office, with three Judges and three courtrooms the Sixth Judicial District is one of the busiest districts in the state. Cases filed in our district are more complex and require significantly more legal filings compared to the other District Courts in Wyoming.

The duties of the Clerk of District Court are set forth in both Wyoming Statutes and Wyoming Court Rules.

These duties are to keep the journals, records, books, dockets, and papers pertaining to the District Court. Other duties include collecting, receipting, recording and processing all monies paid to or through the court. The office enters orders for child support matters and judgments, both civilly and criminally.

The District Courts in Wyoming are responsible for handling felony criminal cases, civil matters above $50,000.00, probate cases, adoptions and domestic relations. In addition, the district courts are also the state’s juvenile courts.

One of our biggest challenges is pro se litigants. These cases are our citizens wanting to complete their own legal work. Pro se cases require much more of our time than cases filed by attorneys.

My office is their initial contact with the court. We can help them with processes and procedures, but cannot give out legal advice.

Again this year we have tracked down criminal defendants who owe the county money. Many of the defendants have served their time, paid their restitution, but still owe the county money. After paroled from prison, they no longer have a probation officer to track the progress of payments to the court. With a letter from our office, many begin payments.

The Clerk of Court summons jurors for District Court jury trials. Jurors are paid at the rate of $30.00 per day plus

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Campbell County Coroner’s Office The 2012 annual report for the Campbell County Coroner’s Office records a decline in the number of cases investigated compared to 2011.

The report is based upon data that is submitted with a portion of December not accounted for. As of the date of this report the office was at 77 calls with 5 declined. The 2012 investigations included cases dealing with assisting other agencies for help in notification of next of kin, cases that were declined by this office and cases that were deferred to other counties after investigation indicated so. I have broken down some of the statistics that have been of interest throughout the years and noted some of the changes each year brings. Statistics include age, manner of death, gender, seatbelt/helmet use, and alcohol and drug involvement. 2012 concluded with the following: Campbell County Coroner’s Office 600 W. Boxelder 687-6179

mileage, and most trials are completed within three days, but can last much longer. The Supreme Court Office generates a random computer list of possible jurors for our county. This list is compiled of names from drivers’ license records and voter registration lists. Jurors are required to appear four times, serve on a jury trial or complete their four-month term. We had a total of 11 jury trials in 2011.

The Clerk of Courts office has trained staff to receipt and distribute child support payments. Our core staff function in concert with the Sixth Judicial District Child Support Authority and the State Disbursement Unit staff ensure that child support is distributed in a timely fashion according to federal and state requirements.

We continue to have success with Sandcastles. This program requires parents who are going through a divorce to enroll their children ages six to seventeen in a three and a half hour, one time group session prior to the finalization of the divorce. The program is facilitated by school counselors. It provides a safe environment for the children to discuss issues that worry them and to ask questions. Parents are invited and encouraged to attend the last half hour of the session in order for them to have a better understanding of what their children are feeling and to be able to develop a closer relationship with their children.

Planning a trip overseas?? Pick up a passport application at the Clerk of District Court Office, or for passport and travel information, please visit www. travel.state.gov. Applications are processed by the Clerk’s Office and forwarded to the regional passport office.

Our goal has always been and will remain to help each and every person who walks into our office in a professional, efficient and respectful manner.

Age - 0 to 100 years old 0-20 (6) 21-40 (13) 41-60 (26) 61-80 (19) 81-100 (13)

Manner of Death Natural - 47 Accidental - 6 Traffic deaths - 9 Suicides - 12 Homicides - 0 SIDS/Stillborn - 2 Undetermined - 0

Gender - 42 Males (55%) 35 Females (45%)

Seat Belt use in traffic deaths 1 belted 1 - no helmet

Other statistics include: Avg age of deaths - males 59 years, females 54 year Accidental - 9 traffic, 9 drug, 2 falls Drug related deaths – 9 Frequency by the time of the day called: 0001-0800 – 28.57% 0801-1600 – 42.85% 1601-2400 – 28.57%

Calls by days of the week Monday - 14%, Tuesday - 14%, Wednesday - 14%, Thursday - 20%, Friday - 13%, Saturday -12%, Sunday - 14%.

In all of the years as coroner, I have and will continue to thank all of the very valuable people who assist the Coroner’s Office in the performance of our duties. Many people and organizations work together to help make this office successful in our commitment to the citizens of Campbell County. I greatly appreciate their assistance and time. I would like to thank my deputies Rita Mashak and Laura Sundstrom for their help. My thanks to all the personnel with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department, Gillette Police Department, Campbell County Fire Department, Campbell County Memorial Hospital staff and EMS personnel, Dr. Woodward, Campbell County doctors and assistants, Wyoming Hwy Patrol, Wyoming Crime Lab Personnel, Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations and Dr. Habbe from Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota. With the assistance from all involved, we are able to provide professional service to our citizens.

Campbell County Human Resources Risk Management Department Campbell County Human Resource/ Risk Management Depart.

500 S. Gillette Ave Ste 1200 687-6355

The Mission of the Campbell County Human Resources and Risk Management Department is to support County departments, boards and agencies in the recruitment, retention and protection of Campbell County resources and assets — the most valuable of which is our employees.

Northeastern Wyoming saw the Cost of Living Index increase from an average of 1.35% in 2010 to 3.6% in 2011 and then decrease again to the current average of 1.5% as of the end of the second quarter of 2012. Nationally, as well as statewide, unemployment rates continue to decrease. Wyoming’s unemployment rate of 5.2% as of the end of June 2012 continues to compare favorably with the national rate of 8.2%. This downward trend, although slowing, continues to put pressure on the labor market.

The health plan continued to expend less than anticipated by ending fiscal year 2011/2012 under

Cindy Silbaugh accepting a service award at the annual employee’s picnic.

Charlotte Terry, Jamie Mallon and Tina Honeycutt

budget by 2.42%. However, the total actual cost of providing health care continues to increase, up 9.8% from the previous fiscal year. Although this increase is still less than the national average, improving the health of employees and their dependents continues to be a major goal. The revamped Wellness Program, rolled out in the fall of 2012, provided a measurement of the overall health of our employees and targeted areas for improvement. The employee sup-

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port of this program was overwhelming, with almost 80% of our employees turning out for the blood draw which will provide the baseline information necessary for the development of personalized and targeted programs and training.

Employee safety continues to be a high priority for Human Resources/Risk Management. Spear-headed by the Safety Committee, the County has achieved its goal of implementation of a unified county wide safety program that qualified for the discounted workers compensation rate programs offered by Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. That program plus the Safety Discount Program, for which an application has been submitted, will equate to a current annual savings of $40,000 and as much as $95,000 in the next few years. A new safety intranet web page provides convenient access to comprehensive training materials, OSHA programs and forms that support each department’s unique safety efforts.

The success of these efforts is evident as all County divisions qualified for the Safety Incentive Program for 2012. Something in which every County employee should be very proud of!!

Starla Kuhrt & Nancy Ratcliff displaying their 35 year Service Award!

The Safety Committee hard at work!

Road and Bridge Campbell County Road and Bridge 1704 S 4J Road 682-4411

As we approach the end of 2012, we have to reflect and compare this year to previous years. Many things always stay the same, but by the same token many things change it almost seems daily.

There is never a happy medium for us.

We had a very dry year that took a toll on our roads.

The crusher crew started at our Hakert Pit in Johnson County, back to Elmore on north Garner Lake and finishing the year back up at Hakert. We

crushed 60,447 tons of gravel at Hakert and 35,012 tons scoria and chips at Elmore.

The blades put on 14,166 hours. They were busy with dust control, maintaining, helping the Fire Department with fire lines and reclamation of those lines.

The belly dumps were busy as they put on 414,379 miles hauling gravel to road projects and stockpiling in the yard.

They also hauled rotomill to the yard from the T7 road project.

Plowing snow, sanding roads, hauling gravel, scoria chips, and reject material kept the end dumps busy. They put on 105,296 miles. This crew is also respon-

sible for crack sealing, patching, hauling sand for Cam-plex and replacing and cleaning autogates. They also worked on culvert projects on Bitter Creek and Rocky Point.

The sign crew was on the go replacing damaged signs, putting up new signs and working on the sign project from a state grant.

The CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation Air Quality) was used for 20 miles on the Echeta Road. The water trucks and water tankers put on a lot of miles. 1,489,042 gallons of Mag Water was used for dust abatement. We used our rotary grinder to help with the process.

Overlay projects were done on Garner Lake, Force and Fairview.

Our shop crew stays busy k e e p i n g all the equipment working. They hauled 64,053 gallons of gasoline and diesel to other entities.

Training was a part of our year. In January everyone completed Defensive Driving and in February, 8 hours of MSHA Refresher was completed.

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Campbell County Fire Department

Campbell County Fire Department 106 Rohan Ave 682-5319

Incident Responses The Campbell County Fire Department (CCFD) responded to more than 2,200 incidents in 2012. Seventeen career firefighters, four career command staff, and approximately 150 volunteers answered these calls from CCFD’s 10 fire stations. In addition, we also have 50 rural Firefighter’s who are part of a rural system which assists in protecting the far reaches of our county.

In early 2008 the fire department instituted 24-hour in-station coverage from Fire Station One in order to provide better response services and minimize losses. This enhanced service— provided by career and volunteer firefighters—has been very beneficial to the community.

CCFD firefighters were especially busy with 226 wildland fires in 2012 due to unseasonably high temperatures and severe drought conditions.

The entire organization including career firefighters, volunteer firefighters, rural firefighters, maintenance staff, and administrative staff are to be commended for their tireless efforts during this time.

Nine “Seasonal Firefighters” were hired and served at CCFD from June 1 through September, 2012. These personnel helped the fire department to respond to a number of wildland fires while in their earliest stages thereby minimizing damage.

Fire department officials would like to thank Campbell County Road and Bridge for supplying dozers, blades, and equipment operators at many of the largest wildland fires. The Campbell County Sheriff’s Department is also to be commended for their expertise in dispatching and for assisting with traffic control at wildland scenes.

Finally, local Ranchers, Wyoming State Forestry, and the Bureau of Land Management are deeply appreciated as they assisted on many wildland fires.

CCFD Staff Four position changes occurred within the Fire Department’s career staff in 2012.

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• In January, Patrick Olson was named to a Firefighter position.

Hailing from Fargo, North Dakota, Patrick and his new wife, Amanda purchased and moved into a home in Gillette.

• Shane Kirsch was also named as a career Firefighter after having served as a Volunteer Firefighter at CCFD for three years. Shane is a lifelong citizen of Gillette.

• In early June, Matthew Moore joined the Fire Department as its Maintenance Supervisor. Matt and his wife Katrina relocated to Gillette from Mississippi.

• After an extensive interview process, Michael Davis was named to CCFD’s Inspector position. Michael and his wife, Vonda moved to Gillette from Loveland, Colorado.

The Fire Department recently conducted the most successful Volunteer Firefighter recruitment drive ever undertaken at CCFD. Thirty-nine new recruits will join forces with existing firefighters at CCFD’s 10 fire stations.

These recruits’ training will begin with the annual CCFD Firefighter Recruit Academy starting in late-January.

Also in January, it is anticipated that 14 current Probationary Firefighters will progress into full Firefighter Membership. These members will assume more responsibility on their respective crews since obtaining a wide variety of skills, certifications, and experience. In addition, these members will join the ranks of firefighters who are authorized to provide duty shift coverage at Fire Station One. The Fire Department has a sevenmember Joint Powers Fire Board.

These members are appointed by the City of Gillette, the Town of Wright, and Campbell County. The Board assures financial accountability, strategic planning, and makes certain that a safe and productive working environment is maintained.

Current Fire Board Members include Sherwin (Buddy) Cater, Chuck Dobkins, Ron Holmes, Chris Knapp, Frank Latta, Scott Rankin, and Kevin VanDyke.

Training In order to learn new skills and refine old ones, training is a major

New Rescue Truck

focus at CCFD. In 2012 firefighters attended 621 classes (for a total of 10,358 hours of training).

CCFD conducted a Firefighter II Academy to provide advanced firefighter training and certification.

Twenty-two firefighters attended weekly classes beginning in March and extending through May, 2012. This course was a very successful venture as 21 of the 22 participants earned Wyoming Firefighter II certificates.

Training Chief Ron Smith will manage the training of CCFD’s largest ever Firefighter I Academy. Thirty-nine new probationary firefighters will learn the basic skills of structural firefighting, wildland firefighting, hazardous material response, rescue techniques, and more.

Public Education Every year CCFD provides Public Education (Pub Ed) to literally thousands of Campbell County’s children and adults. October is National Fire Safety Month, and during October, 2012, CCFD administered Pub Ed to more than 1,500 kids.

In these classes, kids are taught why and how fire and smoke are dangerous, what can cause fires, and how fires can be prevented. They also learn about items they might encounter that are unsafe to touch (i.e. lighters, pills, knives, electrical plugs).

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tions and Investigations Divisions. He manages all aspects of permits and inspections for development projects, buildings, suppressions systems, and fire alarms. In doing so, Eric assists and coordinates with citizens, developers, contractors, and funding entities. alike learn why it is important that all homes have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and why families should have and practice Exit Drills at their homes. Seniors are taught about cooking fires, keeping their homes “fire safe,” and good egress routes so they can exit safely should they encounter a fire.

Wal-mart and Home Depot have donated residential smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to the Fire Department. Firefighters distribute and install these detectors to homeowners who do not have proper detection equipment. Destination Imagination, a group from Lakeview Elementary School, solicited $1,700 in donations which will be used to continue this program.

CCFD provides Public Education at a variety of community events such as the Pumpkin Festival and the Children’s Festival. In addition, Public Education issues public service announcements for a variety of recurring safety issues.

Inspections and Investigations Divisions The Inspections Division has greatly enhanced the services it provides to the community with the addition of a new inspector. The Fire Inspector position has been filled by Mike Davis.

He will perform inspections on daycares, respite care facilities, fireplaces, construction projects in addition to addressing courtesy customer complaints and courtesy visits. Mike will also conduct fire investigations and assist with plan reviews in the absence of the Fire Marshal.

With the addition of the new Inspector, Fire Marshal Eric Acton now oversees all activities within the Inspec-

based on their age, accumulated mileage, general condition, and amount of repairs.

The Fire Department expects to replace two apparatus in 2013. Both units are Wildland Response Apparatus; one is a Type IV unit (as described above), and the other is a Type VI unit (which is a smaller version of wildland unit).

ment. All that grill space was needed to feed the more than 3,800 people who swung by the Fire Department for breakfast. The Fire Department bought 400 pounds of pancake mix and 300 pounds of sausage for the event.

• Participate in Jackalope Jump (benefitting Special Olympics)

Vehicles and Apparatus Every year the City of Gillette’s Fleet Management Division works cooperatively with CCFD personnel to administer the CCFD Vehicle Replacement Program. The Fire Department is continually challenged to keep its fleet of vehicles up-to-date and ready to respond at a moment’s notice.

In 2012 CCFD replaced aging apparatus with the following units: • Combination Tender/Pumper: This apparatus features a 1250 GPM pump, storage room for fire hose and other gear, and a 2,500-gallon tank. This unit will be placed at Fire Station Ten in the Nickelson Little Farms area.

• Type IV Wildland Unit: More commonly known as a “Brush Truck,” this is the larger of the two types of quick response Wildland Units at CCFD. It includes 4X4 capabilities, a 1,000-gallon water tank, and foam firefighting capability. This workhorse is capable of operating in some of Campbell County’s most rugged territory.

• Rescue Response Vehicle: Station One’s old Rescue apparatus had accumulated excessive mileage making it eligible for replacement.

The Fire Department has steadily increased its usage of this vehicle as the number of medical/rescue calls has risen sharply over the past several years.

These apparatus were acquired through a Vehicle Replacement Plan which is administered with the assistance of the City of Gillette’s Fleet Manager, Patrick Martin. In this plan, vehicles are earmarked for replacement

Community Activities The Campbell County Fire Department continually strives to maintain a prominent position within the community. Every year the Fire Department is involved in wide variety community service activities.

Last year’s Muscular Dystrophy “Fill the Boot Drive” was chaired by Jason Budd. A total of $13,977 was raised which is a new all-time record for CCFD. Included was an informal competition amongst CCFD’s 10 fire stations. Wright’s Station Nine handily won this competition by bringing in more than $6,000 of donations.

The Fire Department is involved in a wide variety of other community activities including the following: • Organize the annual CCFD Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast: • The department uses a large cast iron skillet, along with several different cooking tops all set up in the equipment bay of the Fire Depart-

• Participate in Shop with a Cop (benefitting needy children at Christmastime) • Supply a fire truck and crew for demolition derbies • Provide rides on a fire truck for Campbell County High School teams winning a Wyoming State Championships throughout the year • Guns and Hoses Blood Drive As 2012 ends, your Campbell County Fire Department eagerly anticipates taking on the challenges of a new year.

The dedicated staff and volunteers of the CCFD are committed to continually improving the quality of services provided to Campbell County’s residents and visitors.

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University of Wyo. Campbell County Extension

Horticulture, Hannah Hopp During 2012, Hannah Hopp worked on 3 major project areas including Master Gardeners, Community Gardens, and the Garden Walk. Time was also spent on yard calls and walk-in requests for identification of trees, shrubs, insects, and diseases. The Master Gardener Course will be offered again in 2013. Visit http:// www.ccgov.net/departments/extension_ office/horticulture.html for more information about the course and application forms.

The Farmers’ Market is a service provided by the Master Gardeners to give local residents a chance to buy and sell local fresh produce, baked goods, jams, jellies, soaps, art and more. There was an average of 21 vendors weekly from midJuly through September. The move to the College Tech Center parking lot was a wonderful decision and helped increase traffic averaging 400-800 customers

each Saturday. The Master Gardeners are currently working on a Winter Market (Market in the Morning) for the future.

The College Community Garden has seen some improvements over the past year. During the end of May three different style hoop houses were built. In September, Honor Camp Members came and built the fence. The garden is still on track to open to the public in 2013.

The Town of Wright has also decided to develop a new Community Garden. The area has been supplied by the Town of Wright south of their maintenance shop.

There is a good possibility that it will be up and running in 2013 as well.

This was the second year that the Master Gardeners put on the Garden Walk.

There were 4 houses on the walk this year that varied greatly in landscapes.

There was a great turn out of people who came despite the hot summer heat.

Cent$ible Nutrition Program, Lori Jones Cent$ible Nutrition is an educational program that helps families learn basic nutrition, food resource management, food safety, and cooking skills. There is no charge for the series of eight classes.

A cookbook and several kitchen items such as a refrigerator thermometer and a set of dry and liquid measuring cups are some of the incentive items to remind families what they have learned.

There were 130 families enrolled in the Cent$ible Nutrition program in 2012.

The average family enrolled has three to five members. The positive results are that 44% of those families now plan meals ahead of time more often. The families also think about healthy food choices when deciding what to feed their family members. Research shows that when a family practices meal planning, everyone is more likely to get their daily nutrients. Of those families, 37% now read the Nutrition Facts label when deciding what to purchase. Families are making choices based on nutrition rather than convenience or appearance. The most important change is that 32% now pay more attention to thawing food safely and storing food in a safe manner. Families that use unsafe thawing and storing habits sometimes have mild symptoms of food-borne illness. With food safety it is always best to be safe rather than sorry.

Food resource management takes into consideration things like planning meals

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ahead, shopping with a list, and buying only what you can use before it spoils.

There were 83% of the families that made improvements in at least one food resource management category. There were 86% of the families that improved their nutrition practices. Nutrition practices include choosing whole grains, offering at least three different vegetables daily, offering two different fruits daily, watching fat intake, and choosing milk or juice over drinks with no nutritional value. Food safety practices were improved by 44% of the families. Food safety includes keeping cold foods cold, heating or reheating to proper temperatures, avoiding cross-contamination, sanitizing, and safe thawing practices.

This category historically has the least improvement. One of the reasons is that more families are coming into the program with good food safety practices.

Some of the agencies Cent$ible Nutrition partners with are Early Head Start, Head Start, Wyoming Family Literacy, Department of Family Services, Workforce Development, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Probation and Parole, Wright Community Assistance, Westwood High School, Campbell County High School, and the YES House. If you are interested, please call Lori at 682-7281 to enroll in Cent$ible Nutrition.

4-H/Youth Educator, Jessica Gladson Campbell County 4-H again saw a year of record enrollment with close to 600 youth participating in a variety of educational seminars, events, local and state contests, and state and national trips. We are very thankful to our 270+ volunteers that help make all of these programs possible.

The Campbell County 4-H Horse program had great success with the continued growth of timed rodeo events including team roping, breakaway roping, goat tying, calf roping and dummy roping. The horse project also continues to grow in halter, showmanship, trail, and English riding. This year more than 100 youth participated in the horse program.

The 4-H Clover Corrals town facility for urban youth to raise sheep, swine, goats, rabbits and poultry was full and youth reported an increase in the areas of responsibility and teamwork in their lives and project related interactions.

Campbell County 4-H also remains a presence at the Youth Ag Expo. In 2012, we focused on “Field to Table” and wool felting. The “Field to Table” program educated youth on the nutritional value of whole wheat grains and how they get from a farmer’s field to their table. This included youth being able to grind their own flour from wheat with hand grinders. The wool felting allowed for education on the sheep industry in the textile area.

The 4-H Clover Bud program continued to be strong with over 60 youth ages 5 to 8 participating. Our young members in this program are able to experience 4-H opportunities along with special ones of their own. The highlight of their year was again a two day camp with activities that included how to be a good friend, healthy living, science, and cooking.

The largest 4-H sponsored activity of 2012 was the annual Campbell County 4-H Camp. The camp is held at the Mallo Camp facilities in the Black Hills and lasts 4 days and 3 nights for 4-H members and 6 days and 5 nights for Young Leaders. 4-H Young Leaders arrive at camp the day before the campers to undergo intensive leadership training to help facil-

itate the small groups they are in charge of during camp. The leadership training consists of team building sessions that facilitates camaraderie between the older 4-Hers and give them insight on leading the younger 4-Hers in a social setting away from home. The Young Leaders, which are 4-Hers who are 13 and older, are involved with the planning and implantation of the camp schedule, educational activities and execution of the activities at camp.

Campbell County 4-H Camp is designed for youth to rotate through workshops, activities and programming throughout the week in a small group setting. The groups are designed to enhance a sense of community and facilitate growth for our members. As a group they attended sessions during the week that focused on citizenship, team building, cultural knowledge, digital video, rifle, archery, cultural awareness, wilderness survival, canoeing, and physical activity.

The Campbell County 4-H Young Leader program has seen growth and expansion in membership. There is now nearly 200 teens involved in the County program. The 4-H program has been working in partnership with the teens to create opportunities to utilize their leadership training within our community.

In an effort to increase community awareness, Campbell County 4-H has been working with the school district’s CAT (after school) programs and the Boys and Girls Club. Starting the 2012 school year, 4-H visits the after school programs at Prairie Wind, Paintbrush, Pronghorn, and Sunflower Elementary and Twin Spruce Junior High once a week. Students participate in different activities each week that involve nationwide 4-H mandates such as science, fitness, and health as well as well-known 4-H project areas.

We are pleased to announce that Kimberly Bell has joined our staff filling the part-time 4-H position. Kim’s focus will be on working with afterschool programs.

University of Wyoming Campbell County Extension 412 S. Gillette Avenue • 682-7281 http://www.ccgov.net/departments/ extension_office/index.html

Children’s Developmental Services of Campbell County (CDS-CC) Campbell County Children’s Development Services 1801 Four-J Road 682-2392

Early Intervention Program If a child is determined to be eligible for education services, a partnership with the family begins in order to develop an educational plan individualized to their child’s specific needs. Services are determined based on Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Wyoming Chapter 7 Rules and Regulations. Collaboration with outside agencies may also be included in order to meet the specific needs of the child and family. We received 100% compliance on the Division of Developmental Services review, which is held every three years.

MISSION: All of CDS-CC services are guided by our Mission Statement: “The mission of the Children’s Developmental Services of Campbell County is to serve the community by providing comprehensive quality early childhood services for children and their families, in caring and compassionate integrated environments, so that all children may achieve their fullest potential as unique individuals in society.”

What is Children’s Developmental Services of Campbell County?

We are a non-political subdivision of County Government which provides early intervention/early childhood services for infants and preschool age children with disabilities and their families.

Without our services, many families would be at a loss as to where to turn for support and direction.

The Children’s Developmental Services of Campbell County fulfills the function of being able to provide an array of services through one provider, utilizing a team of professionals and specialists. This is collaboration in its truest sense. Each component of services is not the sole support of all operational costs. Children’s Developmental Services of Campbell County operates on sound budget principles, including equitable allocations to all funding sources. Annual financial audits are completed with 100% compliance.

SERVICES PROVIDED: Three major service components: • Early Intervention for children birth to school age with developmental disabilities.

• Early Education/Child Care for children 2 ½ to school age.

• Early Head Start for pregnant women, infants and toddlers.

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CDS-CC provides early intervention services for children with disabilities birth to kindergarten age who reside in Campbell County. We provide screening and assessment in all areas of development including communication, motor, social, self-help, cognitive, vision and hearing. All of these services are provided free of charge to families and are funded by State and Federal Educational Grants and Campbell County Government.

CDS-CC Statistics: • Currently serving over 293 children with disabilities which is a 199% increase since 2000 • Services are provided in-center, in homes, community preschools and child care facilities • Services are available in the community of Wright • Over 1,100 children were screened in 2012 • Of those 1,100 children, 160 were identified as a child with a disability and an educational plan was developed

Early Intervention Services provided may include: • Developmental Preschool • Home-Based Educational Services • Speech Therapy • Occupational Therapy • Physical Therapy • Consultation for Feeding and Behavior Issues CDS-CC is currently participating in an Engagement Classroom Model research project with Siskin Children’s Institute of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The research includes methods for arranging classroom environments, organizing the adults in a preschool classroom, improving transitions between activities, behavior management and data collection. It also provides methods for improving the development of educational plans.

Early Education/Child Care The Early Education Childcare Program serves children age 2 ½ to kindergarten. The program offers five full day sessions and six half day preschool sessions. Classrooms are multi-age and provide an inclusive environment for disabled and nondisabled children to participate in regular classrooms with adaptations and modifications as needed. The IDEA requires that children participate in activities with an age appropriate peer group. A sliding fee scale is established for child care services with priority given to single, low income working parents. A flat fee for half day preschool is required. All services are offered twelve months

out of the year and account for 4.4% of available childcare in the community. 8-10% of children and families are placed by the Department of Family Services or are court ordered for abuse, neglect, prevention or drug endangerment. 17-20% of children and families receive income assistance from the Department of Family Services. Parenting classes (Love and Logic and Common Sense Parenting) are provided 24 weeks of the year.

Children’s Developmental Services is accredited through the National Association for the

Education of Young Children and is a Wyoming licensed child care facility.

Philosophies: Creative Curriculum is used to guide teacher’s facilitation of children’s development and learning, which is based on five fundamental principles: • positive adult interactions and relationships • social-emotional competence • constructive, purposeful play supports • the physical environment • teacher-family partnerships continued on page 16

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• Children’s development and progress is tracked through Teaching Strategies GOLD, an online assessment tool.

The Pyramid model is a tiered approach in addressing children with social-emotional concerns or challenging behaviors. This model focuses on: • nurturing and responsive relationships • high quality supportive environments • targeted social emotional supports • intensive interventions

Early Head Start Early Head Start (EHS) services are provided free to pregnant women, children birth to age three and their families in home based and interactional settings, using “Parents as Teachers” curriculum. Early Head Start has established School Readiness Goals to ensure children are prepared to begin kindergarten ready to learn. Each child’s readiness is measured by numerous methods of data collection, including Teaching Strategies GOLD, an online assessment tool.

Early Head Start programs enhance children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development; assist pregnant women to access comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care; support parents’ efforts to fulfill their parental roles; and help parents move toward self-sufficiency.

In Campbell County, EHS maintains full enrollment for 36 families, approximately 9% of the total eligible population. The services for these families consist of weekly home visits and twice monthly family interaction activities. There is currently a waiting list of 25 families. During the past year, EHS offered 1,620 home visits and 48 family interactions to 48 children age birth to

three, and six (6) pregnant women and their families. In addition to the child development activities provided, 97% of the enrolled population also received preventative medical care, while 62% have received dental care.

Father Involvement activities included the participation of 23 fathers.

Early Head Start’s most recent Federal Review occurred from June 13 – 18, 2010. Based on the information gathered during the review, it was determined that Children’s Developmental Services Early Head Start was in compliance with all applicable Head Start Performance Standards, laws, regulations and policy requirements. No corrective actions were required.

Educational Benefits of early intervention Science has produced a compelling body of evidence that children who receive early intervention during a time when 90% of brain development occurs, have a significantly higher rate of success in school. Services provided to children with delays during the preschool

Additional Information: website: http://www.ccgov.net/departments/cds email: bac70@ccgov.net phone: 307-682-2392 fax: 307-682-8463

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years greatly reduces, if not eliminates, ongoing problems that would need to be addressed at greater cost in public school.

Cost benefits of quality Early Education/Child Care/Intervention Programs: Projections have been made that quality early childhood child care programs demonstrate substantial costsavings. According to the High Scope Perry Pre-School Project (Shore, R. 1997 Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development. New York: Families and Work Institute) for every dollar invested in the program they had yielded savings of $7.16 in costs that might have been incurred if the program had not existed. The program’s savings to taxpayers (in constant 1992 dollars discounted annually to 3%) is estimated to be $88,433 per child from the following sources:

• Savings in schooling, due primarily to a reduced need for special education services.

• Higher taxes are paid by preschool participants because they had higher earnings once they enter the workforce.

• Savings in welfare assistance and other social service programs.

• Savings of the criminal justice system and to potential victims of crimes.

Other impacts of the study indicate: • Monthly earnings of $2,000 or more.

• Owning their own homes.

• Owning second cars.

Campbell County Weed & Pest Campbell County Weed & Pest 213 Stocktrail Ave 682-4369

The 2012 season started about a month earlier than normal and went fast. The hot dry conditions took hold in early spring and never let go all summer. The summer crews kept busy and a lot got accomplished with their help.

The early spring was noticed by all and we had to submit our chemical bid about a month earlier than normal to keep up with demand. Likewise, we usually have to find the summer help something to do to keep them busy until the weeds really take off, however, this year it seemed like they

couldn’t get here early enough to keep up with the weed growth.

The dry year also had its effect on the hay production, as only three certifications were done. Twenty five certifications were completed in 2011. Of the three completed this summer, only one landowner called in for a hay certification on his 36 acres. Last year’s certified hay acreage totaled 1,760 acres.

The two other certifications were from landowners with wheat straw, which totaled 681 acres.

It was tough finding help this year and we only had three familiar faces return for jobs this summer. The new leafy spurge crew learned fast and they treated about 60 more acres than last year with a total of 173 acres over the 40,000 acre area they walked. The two

person road crew was also new, but it didn’t take long for them to get things figured out and they completed the weed treatment on all of the county roads. The Spray Logger mapping system for the road crew pickup worked better this year with a new pump and flow meter, and it helped with the record keeping and mapping of the road crew’s progress throughout the summer. The road crew treated a total of 74 acres.

The dry spring and summer was pretty hard on mosquito populations.

The two person mosquito crew treated the five mile radius around Gillette in record time. With continued monitoring throughout the summer, the dips proved that the early mosquito treatments were keeping populations

CAPITAL for a DAY down. With a summer’s worth of treatment already completed, the crew was soon itching for something else to do.

Luckly for them, a large area needed surveyed for Russian Knapweed, so with GPS’s in hand, they set out to record data. Although it was just the two of them, they did a fantastic job of covering the area thoroughly. The data gave us a very good picture of the areas that require a program to aerially treat the knapweed starting, hopefully, in the fall of 2013.

With the help from our crews this year, our work was completed and the summer, although it went fast, was successful. Most of the crew members said they would be back next year, so we are looking forward to a productive 2013 season as well.

Campbell County Treasurer’s Office Responsibilities Campbell County Treasurer’s Office 500 S. Gillette Ave Ste 1700 in the Treasurer’s 682-7268 office include the licensing of motor vehicles, the collection of sales tax, the collection of property taxes, the distribution of revenues received to the proper entities, the accounting of the revenues and disbursements, the registration of mobile machinery, the movement of mobile homes, and the payment of bonds issued for the hospital, the school, and the county. Shirley Study was re-elected as Campbell County Treasurer in 2010 and will continue to employ thirteen full time employees who share the responsibilities of the office.

By the end of June 2012, our office collected and distributed $436,045,307 to various governmental entities. The distribution of these funds is dictated by Wyoming Statutes.

We have an optional 1% sales tax that has been in effect since December 1, 1976.

The following shows the collections at the end of each fiscal year for the past five years: Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008

$11,487,733

Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2009

$12,850,848

Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2010

$ 9,671,206

Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2011

$11,221,890

Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2012

$11,149,930

On May 3, 2011, at a special election, the voters of Campbell County approved a capital facilities tax in the amount of 1% to collect a total of $110 million. We began collecting the tax on October 1, 2011. The Town of Wright and the Wright Water and Sewer District

Nancy Ratcliff, Patricia Arp and Shirley Study at the Town of Wright personation during Capitol For A Day event on Sept. 11, 2012.

will receive $15 million of the monies collected for certain identified improvements and the City of Gillette will receive $95 million for the Gillette Regional Water Supply Project. By the end of June 2012, the City of Gillette had received $16,103,898 and the Town of Wright and the Wright Water and Sewer District had received $2,621,565.

There was a change to the Gold Star license plate in 2012. This plate is for a spouse, parent or grandparent of a service member who died during military service. The legislature added sibling and child to the list of who qualifies for this plate. The applications are in our office and once filled out can be sent to the Wyoming Veteran’s Commission for approval. The Wyoming Veteran’s Commission will pay the $30.00 application fee through 2012.

The Department of Transportation offers a Novelty plate for anyone who would like a Wyoming license plate with a name on it. This plate cannot be displayed on a vehicle. There is a fee of $5.00 per plate, plus $2.00 shipping. The applications are in our office and also on the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s website: www.dot.state.wy.us/wydot/titles_plates_

registration/specialty_plates.

A disabled veteran who provides an affidavit from the Veteran’s Administration that he/she receives fifty percent (50%) or more service connected disability compensation from the veteran’s administration shall qualify for a disabled veteran’s plate. The disabled veteran is exempt from registration fees for one vehicle, other than a commercial vehicle, motorcycle, multipurpose vehicle, bus or motor home. Starting July 1, 2011, the disabled veteran can now choose a military plate, a veteran plate or a disabled veteran plate as his/ her exempt plate.

The State of Wyoming offers a property tax relief for people that qualify. Your total personal assets cannot exceed $106,485 per adult household member and your household income needs to be equal to or less than the greater of three fourths of the median household income for the county in which you reside. Three fourths of Campbell County’s median household income for 2011 was $58,590. The personal assets include real estate, bank accounts and investments.

However, this does not include the value of your home, a car for each adult household member, and any retirement accounts (IRA’s, 401K plans, medical savings, etc). You have to be a resident of Wyoming for the past five years. The State of Wyoming handles the review of the applications and the issuance of the refunds.

Applications can be turned into our office or mailed to the State of Wyoming. The applications must be received by the first Monday in June and refunds are issued beginning in August.

The employees of the Campbell County Treasurer’s office will continue to strive to serve their customers with efficient and friendly service throughout the year to come.

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Campbell County Attorney’s Office 500 S. Gillette Ave, Ste B200 682-4310

The County Attorney’s Office is responsible for the prosecution of criminal offenses occurring in Campbell County and represents and advises the various county entities in civil matters. Jeani Stone was elected Campbell County Attorney in 2002, and began her term in 2003. Jeani just completed her tenth year as Campbell County & Prosecuting Attorney. Charlene Edwards, Carol Seeger, Brooke Steele, Dan Reade, Jacquelyn Brown, Lori Gorseth, Glen Asay, Valerie Thomas, Lisa Finkey and Ronald Wirthwein served as Deputy County & Prosecuting Attorneys in 2012.

Support staff during 2012 included Myrna Clark, Lyla Fevold, Toni Ellis, Carolyn Waldrop, Jackie Adair, Doug Marler, Jill Hampelman, Teresa Kirkpatrick, Renee Proffitt, Jody McGee, Kelly Wallem, Cheri Beyersdorf, Maureen Costello, Samara Stroum, Marcy Hoeskstra, Jessica Van Eaton and Holly Filhart. Bill Monahan, Monica Eskew-Weber, Andrea Paxton, and Brenda Christopherson served in the Campbell County Attorney’s Office Crime Victim/Witness Office.

The County Attorney’s Office supervises the Campbell County and City of Gillette Juvenile Diversion, Teen Intervention and Early Age Intervention Programs. The Juvenile Diversion Office staff in 2012 consisted of Erica Wood, Erin Wiley, Krista Thurma, Holly Filhart, and Randy Monk.

FELONY CASES During 2012, the County Attorney’s Office prosecuted 250 felony defendants compared to 211 felony defendants in 2011, 223 felony defendants in 2010, 217 in 2009, 247 in 2008, and 191 in 2007. The Deputy County Attorneys assigned to District Court had 9 felony jury trials, compared to 11 in 2011, 20 in 2010, 15 in 2009, 19 in 2008 and 13 trials in 2007.

In addition, the felony attorneys filed 64 probation revocations with an additional 33 revocations that contained remand to the penitentiary for a total of 97, compared to 88 in 2011, 126 in 2010, 117 in 2009, 85 in 2008 and 94 probation revocations in 2007.

By comparison, in 2011, there was 1 sexual assault with an adult victim , 13 sexual assaults with minors and 1 sexual battery for a total of 15. In 2010, there were 7 adult victims of sexual assault, 17 sexual assaults with minors, and 3 sexual battery cases, for a total of 27. In 2009, there were 10 adult victim sexual assault cases and 18 sexual assaults with minors, for a total of 28, compared to 31in 2008 and 20 in 2007.

MISDEMEANOR CASES The volume of misdemeanor cases in 2012, totaled 9,925, which is an increase from the previous year.

In 2011, 9,064 misdemeanor charges were filed, compared to 9,867 misdemeanor charges in 2010; 10,888 misdemeanor charges in 2009; 10,106 misdemeanor charges in 2008; 9,859 misdemeanor charges in 2007; 8,523 misdemeanor charges in 2006 and 7,254 misdemeanor charges in 2005.

Driving While Under the Influence charges in 2012 were lower than years previously. In 2012, 646 individuals were charged with Driving While Under the Influence compared to 691 individuals in 2011, 872 in 2010, 1,008 in 2009, 1,002 individuals in 2008, 900 individuals in 2007 and 680 in 2006.

20 of the 646 DUIs were bound over to the District Court for felony DUIs, as a result of the defendant having multiple prior DUI convictions in a short period of time.

The Deputy County Attorneys assigned to Circuit Court participated in 10 jury trials in 2012, compared to 12 in 2011, 17 in 2010, 18 in 2009, 11 jury trials in 2008, 16 in 2007, 18 in 2006 and 13 in 2005.

In 2012, 233 victims of domestic violence were provided services by the Campbell County Attorney’s Office, compared to 202 in 2011, 220 in 2010, 274 in 2009, 266 in 2008, 243 victims in 2007, 234 cases in 2006, and 249 in 2005.

2012 Domestic Violence Related Crimes

Charges

Number of Victims

Family Violence Battery

111

108

Family Violence Battery 2nd Offense

2

2

Felony Family Violence Battery

3

3

54

54

2012 Sexual Assault Crimes

Charges

Number of Victims

Unlawful Contact Family Violence

Sexual Assault of Minor in 1st Degree

Protection Order Violations

19

14

6

2

Sexual Assault of Minor in 2nd Degree Sexual Assault in the 1st Degree

False Imprisonment

9

9

9

4

Felonious Restraint

1

1

3

3

Aggravated Assault

13

12

Sexual Assault in the 2nd Degree

1

1

Felony Strangulation of Household Member

14

13

Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Assault in the 1st Degree

5

1

Misdemeanor Stalking

16

16

Sexual Battery

3

3

Felony Stalking

1

1

Total:

27

14

Total:

243

233

Crime victims were notified of criminal proceedings by mail, phone, and office conferences. Victims were given verbal notification of their rights as victims as well as written notification by way of letters and brochures. The Crime Victim Coordinators attended criminal hearings with victims who chose to attend, provided emotional support and answered questions the victim may have had during the hearing. The Crime Victim Office assisted victims in filing Crime Victim Compensation applications, recovering restitution, and provided struggling victims with emergency funds through food and gas gift cards. The Crime Victim Office attended monthly staff meetings and collaborated on open cases and debriefed on closed cases, evaluating services that were provided to the victim, as well as process analysis and evaluation.

JUVENILE COURT CASES

Juvenile court cases involve neglected and abused children, delinquent children and children in need of supervision. There were 354 new Juvenile Court cases in 2012, compared to 311 in 2011, 321 in 2010, 319 in 2009, 265 in 2008, 288 juvenile cases in 2007, 235 in 2006 and 231 in 2005. Of those, 122 were delinquent children, compared to 92 in 2011, 78 in 2010, and 96 in 2009. In 2012, 36 children were filed into Juvenile Court as Children in Need of Supervision, compared to 29 in 2011, 32 in 2010, and 38 in 2009. In 2012, there were 78 neglect proceedings, compared to 59 in 2011, 71 neglect proceedings in 2010, and 51 in 2009. Fifty-two probation revocation proceedings were filed in in 2012, compared to 65 in 2011, 69 revocation proceedings in 2010, and 61 in 2009. In 2012, 66 contempt of court proceedings were filed for non-compliant parents, or juveniles, compared to 66 contempt of court proceedings in 2011, 71 contempt of court proceedings in 2010 and 71 contempt of court proceedings in 2009. Court-ordered treatment, counseling, probation, community service and the importance of education are emphasized in juvenile court. continued on page 19

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taxes obtaining judgments totaling over 1 million dollars and collected over $113,758.95 in delinquent tax in 2012.

The civil department provides legal assistance to the Campbell County Commissioners and other county elected officials, boards and departments.

In addition, a deputy county attorney is assigned to advise the Sheriff’s Department and jail of civil issues that may arise. The civil department handles matters such as employment issues, roads, planning and zoning, taxation and assessment, collections, contract review and drafting, and involuntary commitment proceedings for individuals suffering from mental illness and as a result, poses a danger to themselves or others and requires court ordered treatment. In 2012, 154 individuals were detained for evaluation, compared to 119 detained in 2011, 109 detained in 2010, 125 detained in 2009, 114 detained in 2008 and 97 detained in 2007. The civil department was successful in legal actions for delinquent

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JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAM Campbell County Attorney’s Office Juvenile Diversion Program 500 S. Gillette Ave, Ste B300 687-6311

The Juvenile Diversion Program, the Teen Intervention Program, and the Early Age Intervention Program are all programs supervised by the Campbell County Attorney’s Office.

The Juvenile Diversion Program is in collaboration with the Gillette Police Department, Campbell County School District, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department, and the Campbell County Attorney’s Office, City of Gillette Municipal Court, City of Wright Municipal Court, Campbell County Circuit Court, and the 6th Judicial District Court.

The 2012 Juvenile Diversion Team consisted of Erica Wood, Randall Monk, Krista Thumma, Erin Wiley and Holly Filhart. Devonn Sosa was the Community Service Supervisor for the program, located in the Campbell County Juvenile Probation Department, who also works closely with this program.

The Juvenile Diversion Program’s mission statement is to turn mistakes made by first time juvenile offenders into an educational opportunity and decrease recidivism of criminal activity. The Juvenile Diversion Pro-

In April 2012, Campbell County Crime Victim Office in coordination with Gillette Abuse Refuge Foundation, Gillette Police Department Victim Advocates, and Sexual Assault Response Team placed ads in the local paper to promote Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault awareness, local victim service agencies, and community awareness events.

Campbell County Attorney Jeani Stone presented at the Gillette Abuse Refuge Foundation’s “Take Back the Night Speak Out.” The Campbell County Attorney’s Crime Victim Office also sponsored a sexual assault awareness project, “Denim Day” in collaboration with Gillette Abuse Refuge Foundation and Gillette Police Department Victim Advocates.

Deputy County Attorneys and the Campbell

gram focuses on modifying a juvenile offender’s thinking patterns, curtail their criminal activity, improve school performance, improve parent/child communication, boost self-esteem and encourage positive decision making.

The Program offers juveniles a record of no conviction if they successfully complete the six to twelve month probation program under the supervision of the Diversion Officers.

To be accepted into the Juvenile Diversion Program, juveniles must meet eligibility requirements and complete a screening process. Youth who have not been convicted of a previous crime and who otherwise qualify for the program must submit to random drug and alcohol testing, maintains a curfew, complete a corrective thinking course, community service, maintain good grades, and often seek outside counseling services.

The Juvenile Diversion program began in 1999, largely in response to the overload of the juvenile court system. It has been very successful for juveniles who have committed their first time offense.

This program strives to provide the necessary interventions early.

Statistics reveal that since the program’s inception in September of 1999 through December of 2012, 6,018 juveniles have been screened for the program. Of those, the program has admitted 1,441 juveniles into the program since it began. In 2012, 104 new juveniles participated in the pro-

County Crime Victim Office attended several trainings this year to include strangulation training, Crimes Against Children Conference, and Annual Victim Services Conference.

COLLABORATION OF EFFORTS During 2012, several agencies have assisted the Campbell County Attorney’s Office in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The Campbell County Attorney’s Office acknowledges the cooperation and excellent job done by the Gillette Police Department, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Division of Criminal Investigation, Adult Probation and Parole, Campbell County Juvenile Probation, Campbell County Fire Department, Gillette Abuse Refuge Foundation and the Department of Family Services in the investigation of cases and assistance given to the County Attorney’s Office.

gram, for a total of 171 juveniles served throughout the year. During 2012, 88 juveniles completed diversion, 31 failed, and 57 juveniles are still in the program, overlapping from the year previous the number of juveniles.

During the past 13 years, the Juvenile Diversion Program has been tracking recidivism, or additional criminal offenses committed by Campbell County youth. For the time frame of January 1, 2005 through July 31, 2012 statistics indicate that only 13.6% of juveniles who graduated from the Juvenile Diversion Program reoffended, compared to 53% who reoffended who opted to not participate in the program. This indicates a 86.4% success rate for those who participated in the Juvenile Diversion Program in not re-offending compared to only

accountable for their actions.

The Juvenile Diversion Program is currently in its thirteenth year of operation and is seeing remarkable gains in changing criminal thinking and reducing recidivism. The Diversion Officers’ backgrounds are unique to many other programs in the United States as ours has both members of law enforcement and those trained in social work.

A key component of the program is to improve communication within the family. In addition, education and maintaining grades are emphasized and improved following the corrective thinking class and the diversion program.

The Juvenile Diversion Officers continue to participate in Camp Postcard, a weeklong camp which works with at-risk youth. During 2012, 14

47% success rate for those who opted to not participate in the program.

The Diversion Program utilizes corrective thinking, a theory based on Dr. Stanton Samenow, which focus on decision making skills within youth and retraining the thinking process of youth to hold “themselves” more

fifth and sixth graders attended Camp Postcard with the Diversion Officers.

Since the Juvenile Diversion Program implemented Camp Postcard, 105 atrisk youth have benefitted from Camp Postcard. continued on page 20

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TEEN INTERVENTION PROGRAM Campbell County. Attorney’s Office Teen Intervention Program 687-6311

In late fall of 2005, the Diversion Program developed and began the Teen Intervention Program, which is a voluntary program designed for youth 12-17 years of age who are exhibiting defiant and out-of-control behaviors such as skipping school, alcohol or controlled substance use, and disrespectful behavior toward parents and/or school personnel.

The program works on modifying behavior through intervention in the home and school, bolstering academic

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performance and self esteem increasing community safety, and strengthening the individual and family unit, prior to any criminal charges.

During 2012, 2 juveniles joined the Teen Intervention Program. To date, there have been 49 youth and their families who have participated in the Teen Intervention Program.

Campbell County Attorney’s Office Early Age Intervention 687-6311

The Early Age Intervention Program which began in 2001, is a voluntary program that is offered to youth between the ages of 5-12, who are participating in the E identified as at-risk. Youth arly Age Intervention Program do not need a pending criminal offense to enroll in the program. They must meet eligibility requirements to be accepted into the program.

The Early Age Intervention Program encourages parents to attend parenting classes and counseling with their child.

Contact with the school, siblings and parents, is a key component of the program. Involvement in community activities is explored. In addition, many juveniles in the Diversion, Early Age and Teen Intervention Programs participate at the local community garden.

The Early Age Intervention Program has assisted 226 youth and their families since the inception of the Early Age Program. Ten juveniles were admitted to the program in 2012. Nine juveniles completed the program, no juveniles failed the program and six carried over for services into 2013.

Campbell County Clerk Campbell County Clerk’s Office 500 S. Gillette Ave 682-7285

The County Clerk’s Office provides a variety of services to the citizens of Campbell County. The employees in this office take pride in their work, continuance of friendly, efficient public service and excellent public record keeping.

The County Clerk is the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners and attends all of their meetings.

The titling department consists of eight full time employees. This part of the Clerk’s Office handles titling of motor vehicles and filing of personal, federal and state tax liens. Motor vehicle titles issued in 2012 totaled 24,416, averaging over 94 titles per day.

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sible for issuing marriage licenses which totaled 370 in 2012. Congratulations to all the newlyweds.

The County Clerk’s Office handles the paperwork involving the county retail liquor licenses along with the malt beverage and cater-

ing permits for the county.

The recording section (vault) consists of six full time employees. This section deals with oil and gas leases, royalty deeds, warranty and quit claim deeds. Mortgages, oil and gas liens are also filed in this part of the clerk’s office along with overriding royalties, affidavits of heirship, survivorship and notary public, military discharges and powers of attorney. The land records department has been busy with various business and residential subdivisions.

Two employees work in the payroll/ accounts payable section of the Clerk’s Office.

They handle all areas of pay-

roll from enrollment of new employees to issuing payroll checks and payment of all taxes and benefits associated with payroll. An average of 788 employees received paychecks from this office. On an average there are approximately 718 accounts payable checks issued per month. In addition, we have one full time employee responsible for the budget process and financials.

The Election’s Office conducted the Primary and General elections this year. The General Election had a great turn out, Campbell County Citizens casted 17,653 ballots. From the Primary Election thru the General Election there were 5,297 new registered voters with 3,534 being registered on General Election Day. In addition, all formation elections and enlargement elections for special districts are done thru the Elec-

tion’s Office.

The Clerk’s Office collected over $710,706 in revenue for 2012 for the recording of documents, titles, marriage licenses, and miscellaneous receipts.

Campbell County Juvenile Probation Campbell County Juvenile Probation 500 S. Gillette Ave, Suite B600 682-0746

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Mission of the Juvenile Probation Office: improving the juveniles’ competencies to live as productive citizens.

Under the Courts’ direction, the Juvenile Probation Caseloads: During calendar year 2012, the Juvenile Probation Office hanOffice shall equally implement the goals of com- dled a total of 569 open cases, 397 of which were newly filed during the year. munity protection and victim restoration, while The breakdown between the Juvenile, Circuit and Municipal Courts is as follows:

All Open Cases

New Cases Filed

Court

Total Juveniles

Males

Females

Total Juveniles

Males

Females

District Court (Including Juvenile Drug Court)

241

178

63

115

81

34

Circuit Court

7

4

3

28

21

7

Courtesy Supervision

2

0

2

3

1

2

Out of County

3

3

0

2

2

0

Municipal Court – Juveniles

61

42

19

45

31

14

Municipal Court – 18 to 21 (Including Youth Intervention)

83

58

25

Community Service

172

135

37

69 135

51 106

17 29

Total Open Cases

569

420

149

397

293

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Drug & Alcohol Offenses: Regardless of the Court of referral, or the level of supervision, a high percentage of youth entering the system are involved with alcohol or drug use.

Cases involving alcohol and/or other illegal substances include charges for DUI, Minor in Possession (of alcohol), and possession or use of illegal drugs.

From 2007 through 2012 alcohol and other drug-related offenses made up 22.7%, 27.7%, 33.2%, 30.5%, 30.8% and 36%, respectively, of the cases handled throughout the year. Of the open cases handled by the Juvenile Probation Office during 2012, 204, or 36%, involved drugs and/or alcohol.

Drug and Alcohol Offenses The Juvenile Probation Office will continue with aggressive efforts to detect the use of synthetic and other drugs by the youth referred for supervision. Whenever permitted by court order, or with parental permission, youth will be tested randomly for drug and/or alcohol use. Probationers and their parents are made fully aware that possession and/or use of all drugs and alcohol, including these synthetic products, are considered to be a probation violation with potentially significant consequences.

Brandy Edlund, Felice Acosta, Brenda Parks, Nicole Burris, Connie Scigliano, Lindsay Fitzgerald, Andreah Kramer, David Anderson, Susan Cahill, Cody Dobson, Devonn Sosa, Judy Ratcliff, Shelly Eliason, Deb Lind-Adsit

Juvenile Probation Supervision: Youth are assigned to one of our Juvenile Probation Officers: Deb Lind-Adsit, Brenda Parks, Felice Acosta, Connie Scigliano or Andreah Kramer. Intensive supervision probation is provided for Juvenile & Family Drug Court by Brandy Edlund.

Terms and conditions of probation vary by case and include some combination of the following: • Regular meetings with juveniles and parents • Visits to home, school, community service or work • Academic Monitoring – school grades, attendance, discipline • Random drug/alcohol testing • Searches of home, vehicles and/or

electronic devices • Mental Health evaluation and/or counseling • Substance Abuse evaluation and/ or treatment • Community Service • Employment and Payment of Restitution / fines • Assigned Curfew • House Arrest / Electronic Monitoring / GPS • Restriction on associates In Juvenile Court cases, parents/ guardians are also assigned a variety of terms and conditions which may include providing supervision for their child, cooperation with the Juvenile Probation Office and participation in a variety of treatment modalities.

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Court Supervised Treatment Court, parental involvement may be Programs (also known as Drug ordered and include participation in family counseling, family substance Courts): The mission of the Campbell County Juvenile & Family Drug Court, together with its Youth Intervention Track, is to decrease the use of alcohol and other drugs, as well as offenses related

to their use, and to improve the mental health, life skills and competencies of Program Participants.

Juvenile & Family Drug Court: The Campbell County Juvenile & Family Drug Court (“JFDC”) began operations in 2002, and provides services for juvenile offenders between the ages of 13-17 with substance abuse issues, and their families, and focuses on juvenile crime involving the use or misuse of drugs and/or alcohol. The potential participant may be diagnosed with either drug and/or alcohol dependency or abuse to meet admission criteria. The length of the JFDC Program ranges from 6-10 months depending upon the participant’s diagnosis, treatment plan and individual progress.

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abuse programming and weekly court attendance.

Key Components include: • Weekly Court sessions • Substance Abuse Treatment groups and individual sessions • Individual Mental Health Counseling • Intensive Supervision Probation • Frequent random urinalysis / breathalyzer testing • Immediate sanctions/incentives for program successes and infractions.

• The $450.00 program fee includes the cost of substance abuse treatment and family program, and individual and/or family mental health counseling.

The program utilizes a “team approach” in which the Judge, County Attorney, Defense Attorney, Juvenile Probation, Department of Family Services, Substance Abuse Treatment Provider, Mental Health Therapist and School District jointly address the needs of the substance abusing juvenile.

JFDC has completed nearly eleven years of operation. To date, 57 juveniles and 125 family members, for a total of 182 participants, have entered into the Juvenile & Family Drug Court Program. During the

course of program participation, there have been many successes: • 86 participants have successfully graduated from JFDC (25 Juveniles and 61 family members) • 100% juveniles were in high school, became high school graduates or obtained their GED • 81.48% juveniles showed academic improvement • 64.71% juveniles had decreased school discipline referrals • 64% juvenile graduates have had no new alcohol/drug related offenses since graduation • 98.31% juveniles have been involved in an extra-curricular activity, obtained employment or completed community service • 95.52% of the drug/alcohol testing produced clean UA test results

Juvenile & Family Drug Court Youth Intervention Track (17-21 year old): In September 2010, the Youth Intervention Track was implemented in an effort to address the needs of the underserved young adults with substance abuse related disorders. Seeming to “fall between the cracks”, this population is too old to participate in Juvenile & Family Drug Court but does not qualify for admission into the Adult Drug Court program.

The Campbell County JFDC Youth Intervention Track (“YIT”) focuses on youth 17–20 years old, who are referred from Municipal Court, Circuit Court, or Juvenile Court. The offenses generally include DUI’s and/or 3rd and subsequent MIP’s (Minor in Possession), although 2nd MIP’s may be considered. Parental involvement is not required in the YIT Program.

The potential participant may be diagnosed with either drug and/or alcohol dependency or abuse to meet admission criteria. Participants are channeled to appropriate substance abuse treatment groups and also receive mental health counseling. The length of the JFDC Program ranges from 6-10 months depending upon the participant’s diagnosis, treatment plan and individual progress.

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• Mental Health Needs Assessment and Treatment • Frequent random urinalysis / breathalyzer testing • Immediate sanctions / incentives for program successes and infractions Some participants may also need corrective thinking, anger management, or referrals to commu-

nity services such as Vocational Rehabilitation, GARF, Council of Community Services, etc.

JFDC YIT has completed nearly two and a half years of operation. To date, 22 youth have actively participated in the program. During the course of program participation, there have been many successes: • 9 youth have successfully graduated from JFDC YIT • 9 youth are currently participating in JFDC YIT • 91.30% of youth were in high school, became high school graduates or obtained their GED • 78% of active youth have had no new alcohol/ drug related offenses since graduation • 95.65% of youth have been involved in an extracurricular activity, obtained employment, completed community service, or attended post-secondary education classes • 91.15% of the drug/alcohol testing produced clean UA test results

Municipal Court Probation Supervision: In July, 2009, the Juvenile Probation Office, in collaboration with the City of Gillette Municipal Court, began providing supervision to youth under 18 years of age, as well as those 18-21. Municipal Court supervised probation is generally for a term of six months and may require substance abuse or mental health evaluations and/or treatment.

During calendar year 2012: • 45 new juvenile cases were referred for supervised probation • 69 new youth 18-21 year old cases were referred for supervised probation • 38% of the juveniles supervised had alcoholrelated offenses • 83% of the 18-21 group supervised had alcoholrelated offenses • 18% of juveniles were referred for participation in the Youth Intervention Track, Court Supervised Treatment Program • 62% of the 18-21 group were referred for participation in the Youth Intervention Track, CourtSupervised Treatment Program.

Probationers are also placed on terms and conditions similar to District and Circuit Courts and supervised

by Probation Officers David Anderson and Cody Dobson, who are employed by the City of Gillette.

Community Service: Crucial to the probation process is requiring that the juvenile make amends to either an individual victim or the community in general. Probationers may be directed to make payments of restitution, court fines and/ or reimbursement for Court-appointed counsel, as well as to perform hours of community service.

Community Service Supervisor, Devonn Sosa, provides supervision services to both the Juvenile Probation Department and Juvenile Diversion Program, assigning and supervising community service hour requirements imposed upon the juveniles through the Municipal, Circuit, Juvenile and Juvenile & Family Drug Courts, as well as those which are a condition of the Juvenile Diversion Program.

She additionally teaches both TEG and Corrective Thinking Classes. Benefits include more timely completion of Court orders, serving as an on-going reminder to our youth that these orders should be taken seriously, and saving the costs which accrue with delayed compliance. This year, juveniles supervised by the Community Service Supervisor paid monies or performed community service hours as follows:

Corrective Thinking Curriculum: The use of Corrective Thinking classes, which are aimed at teaching youth to become more accountable for their actions and develop their decision-making processes, continues into year seven. The Juvenile Probation Officers are trained in, and utilize on a daily basis, Corrective Thinking methods to help juveniles focus on the choices that they have made to bring them into the court system. Corrective Thinking addresses the juveniles’ thinking errors and reluctance to be accountable for their actions, providing youth with the tools necessary to make better decisions and avoid future involvement in the criminal justice system.

In the year to come, the Juvenile Probation Staff will continue to work cooperatively with its juvenile service partners – Municipal, Circuit and District Courts, Department of Family Services, YES House, and Community Service Restitution Attorney Fees Fines Total local counselHours Performed Paid to Victims Paid Paid Monies Paid ing and treatThrough ment agenAll Courts Juvenile Court Juvenile Court Juvenile Court Juvenile Court cies, Camp6,303.75 $32,702.28 $3,293.00 $325.00 $36,320.28 bell County School District, Law Enforcement and the County AttorTobacco Education Group (TEG): Those ney’s Office, among others – toward our mutual juveniles who have committed a tobacco-related goal of holding juveniles accountable and offense may be required to attend the TEG Class improving the quality of their lives. We conin addition to their community service require- tinue to be thankful to the Campbell County ment. The TEG Class, which includes elements Commissioners for their support of these essenof lecture, video, demonstration and discussion, tial juvenile programs. aims to move the participant through the stages of preparation and action to quit tobacco use.

During 2012, 45 juveniles completed the program.

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Our mission is to provide a variety of safe, modern and affordable Parks and Recreation facilities and activities that will enhance the quality of life by promoting good health and well being for all citizens and visitors in Campbell County.

Campbell County Park & Recreation 205 W. Shoshone Ave • Admin - 682-7406 Gym - 682-8527 • Pool - 682-5470 South Gym - 686-9160 • Wright - 464-0198

participants from local community businesses. The events kicked off with a Dart BBQ at the Ice Arena.

The events then moved onto the following competitions: Golf, Bowling, Dodgeball, Horseshoes, Billiards, Wallyball and Waterslide Obstacle Course. A “Minute To Win It” contest was added to each event allowing teams to earn an extra 20 points toward their team total making the games just a bit more interesting! Businesses were encouraged to come out and participate at a recreational level outside of the stressful work environment.

Other Special Events offered throughout the year by the Recreation Center include the Second Annual Climbing Tower Competition (41 competitors), Easter Egg Hunt, Fly Fishing class, Hip Hop Dance class, Dog Obedience class, Dodgeball Tournament, Bench Press Challenge, Jingle Bell Hike to Santa and the Secret Santa Program.

The Climbing Tower staff offered numerous classes for the climbing community. Stone Basics, an introduction class for students 15 years of age and older, taught the basic skills needed to safely climb on their own at the climbing tower and was an introduction to belay techniques. Tower Techniques took their climbing to greater heights! This class focused on movement, learning advanced climbing skills and training techniques & methods to improve their “mental game”.

Tower Leaders was an introductory class for lead climbing. Advanced skills were covered in depth.

The Annual Fourth of July Celebration provided the community with free events throughout the day.

Events included the fireman pancake feed, Firecracker 4 mile road race (343 participants), Parade , Mud Volleyball, Free Hot Dog Feed (6,000 hot dogs and chips served), Strong Man/Woman Challenge, Firemen Water Fights, Kids Games (2 bikes raffled off for a boy and a girl) and live music and live entertainment.

with participation. There were a 112 softball teams (1,792 players) in the league including men’s, women’s & coed leagues. Basketball stayed steady at 49 teams (490 players). Adult volleyball is also seeing a good showing at the courts with a total of 155 teams (1,395 players) for the spring and fall seasons.

Other tournaments and competitions offered this year were a Dodgeball Tournament that brought in 9 teams (72 players); bench press competition that brought in 17 participants; and the 3rd Annual Dave Cross Memorial Volleyball Tournament which had 18 teams (144 players) participate. In addition to our Annual Bench Press Competition we added our 2nd Annual USA Power lifting Competition; we had 31 lifters enter the competition that involved the Bench Press, Squat and Deadlift. We had lifters that traveled from Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. The karate program had another great year with a total of 444 participants. We also saw 413 Dancers in 11 months (January-November). As

Adult Programs 2012 was another great year for the adult programs. All leagues and classes are staying steady

Recreation Center The Recreation Center, a 190,000 square foot facility, has an amazing array of activity space for everyone in Campbell County. The facility houses a yeararound leisure and lap pool with a diving tower, a 42 foot climbing tower, a Kid’s Zone babysitting service, three court gymnasium, weight area, cardio area, 4 racquetball courts, three fitness rooms, upper level walking /running track, locker room facilities, concession area and a Field House. The main focus of the Field House is the impressive 200 meter track, 6 lanes across and was designed to meet NCAA standards. The track is surrounded by 5 tennis courts with divider nets that allow simultaneous practice of tennis, indoor soccer and track and field events.

There is also room for 1000 spectators.

The Recreation Center recorded 333,280 visits in 2012. The climbing tower alone had more than 5234 different individuals climb to the top of the Devil’s Tower replica since opening. 717 individuals are belay certified. The leisure pool averaged over 400 visits a day during the summer and continues to be the most popular activity in the new facility.

Recreation The Feet Don’t Fail Me Now road race series draws runners and walkers of all levels and ability to participate in a great community activity encouraging a healthy lifestyle. Other races included the Razor City Splash & Dash Triathlon and the Turkey Trot 5K (with a turnout of 286 runners and walkers). The second annual Indoor Team Marathon took place on the 200 meter track in February. A total of 15 teams and 90 runners participated in the Indoor Team Marathon, each runner completing 35 laps for a total of 26.2 miles.

Fitness classes were booming with many new participants trying a variety of classes to keep a balance in their exercise routines. Fitness classes included Water Aerobics, Power Flex, Cycling, Pilates, Yoga, Cardio Fitness, Step Aerobics, Zumba, Kickboxing and Jazzercise. The department encouraged participants to cross train with cardio classes and weight training. CCPR personal training program was offered by appointment only and was used for one on one fitness and exercise advice. Ten certified personal trainers were available at a variety of times.

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A total of 1,128 children participated in swim lessons along with about 200 private lessons. Other activities offered were lifeguard, water safety instructor and scuba classes. Private rentals and birthday parties have continued to be two favorite activities.

We had 24 private rentals and 240 birthday parties.

Now offering birthday parties on weekdays MondayThursday from 6-8 p.m. has caught patrons attention and they are booking about 1 a week so it is becoming popular. Milk Splash Fridays (a new event) was a designated time for parents and their children 6 and younger to socialize with other families and to enjoy the water together. After the swim, each child then enjoyed a carton of milk and a special snack. This event has taken off very well, we have an average of about 40 patrons at this event.

Throughout this year our Water Aerobic classes have taken off and we have had about 350 participants each month. Water walking brings in new patrons all the time along with the regulars to walk with the current or not with the current.

Wright Recreation Center a whole the adult programs brought in 343 teams (4,781 Participants) which is 189 more participants than we had in 2011.

Youth Programs CCPR had another great year for the Youth Programs. Nearly every program realized an increase in participation from previous years. Soccer, Basketball and Kids Camp were the most popular programs in 2012. Soccer, which is divided into two sessions (Fall and Spring), had 1534 participants. Youth Basketball, grades 4 – 6 grades, continued to be strong in Gillette with a total of 440 ball players. 1st – 3rd grade Bantam Basketball Program had 477 future basketball stars participating in the program. In 2012, both basketball programs combined experienced a 118 kid increase from 2011.

The summer was a big hit with Kids Camp bringing in a total of 588 campers, down 28 from last year.

Other programs that are going strong are Girls Softball (174 participants), Kid’s Night Out (339 kids), Hershey Track and Field Meet (74 participants), and Lil’ Slugger Baseball (77 sluggers). Our third year of Mini-Volleyball brought in a total of 118 participants in the spring of 2012. We experienced growth in 2012 and look forward to another great year in 2013.

Intramural Programs The Intramural Programs at the Recreation Center continued to offer youth of many ages an opportunity to participate in recreational sports and fun activities in 2012. Many of the programs experienced an increase in participants: programs such as Junior High Volleyball, Junior High Boys and Girls Basket-

ball, Junior High Golf and Junior High Tennis. During the season the boys and girls get to experience the excitement of traveling to surrounding communities for away games; but still get the opportunity to play the majority of their games at the New Recreation Center Gyms and Bicentennial Park.

The Blades and Avalanche Youth Hockey Program was also a continued success with an increase in participants. There were over 70 plus participants in each 8 week sessions of the program. CCPR is very fortunate to have the elite Junior Hockey team coach and mentor the participants - making the program fun and successful for each participant.

The High School Intramural Programs such as Flag Football, Basketball and Dodgeball are always a good way for the students to kick back and play the games they love! With over 250 participants in our High School Intramural Programs, CCPR continues to have fun and grow in numbers.

Summer trips to various places such as Tie Hack Reservoir, Rushmore Water Slide Park, Cook Lake, Flag and Wheels and Gulches of Fun offered summertime fun and excitement for all youth ages 12-16.

As with all programs - CCPR continued to stress their main goals in 2012: Positive sportsmanship and attitudes, hard work and dedication, developing fundamentally sound skills and HAVING FUN! Overall, 2012 was another great year for the Intramural Programs at the Recreation Center!

Aquatics The most popular activities at the new leisure and lap pool include lap swimming, water walking in the current channel, water aerobics and open swim with

The excitement of the entire Wright community is immeasurable as we watch the daily progression of the new facility. The Wright Recreation Center closed on June 22, 2012 in preparation for demolition of the old facility and construction of the new facility. Prior to closing, the Wright Recreation Center was successful in 2012 attracting patrons of all age groups and fitness levels.

The pool closed on May 18, 2012, yet contributed to this success. With only three months of Swimming Lessons offered, 60 youth participated. This was an increase of 10 over the same three months in 2011. Over 40 patrons enjoyed Water Aerobics. Daily open swim and lap swim pool hours remained popular. Dive-In Movie, Water Carnival and the giant “Yellow Fellow” inflatable brought approximately 70 youth to these special pool events. The pool undeniably helped attract the 2,079 “drop-in” visits and the 2,144 “pass” visits from January through June of 2012.

Before closing, the community enjoyed a week packed with final pool fun. From family “Glow Swim” night, to “T-Shirt” Tuesday and “Inflatable” afternoons, 145 patrons enjoyed the last days in the old pool. The finale was an amazing “Dog-gone It” day with over 20 patrons taking advantage of a fun swim with their dog.

The youth programs offered prior to closing in 2012 were successful, and many had increased participation. For our pre-school age children, we had 21 partake in the Play for Pre-K program, an increase of 12.

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took advantage. Spring Soccer had 29 participants.

Indoor Nerf Flag Football increased by 13 participants with 23. Mini Volleyball jumped to 53 participants, an increase of 11. Boys 4 – 6 grade Basketball increased by 12 with 31 joining. After the Recreation Center closed, we continued to offer Youth Basketball by using various buildings in Wright for practice. Bantam Basketball for boys and girls in 1 – 3 grades had 36 participants, up 4 from 2011. Bantam teams enjoyed playing games in Gillette for the first time. Our 4 – 6 grade Girls Basketball numbers remained the same with 25 joining in 2012. Dance classes continue at the Wright Library during construction with 225 participants in 2012, an increase of over 100 from 2011.

Although many special events were put on hold due to construction of the new facility; we had the annual Easter Egg Hunt with 110 youth hunting eggs and visiting the Easter Bunny. Nearly 100 kids bundled up for the outdoor Hike to Santa.

Fitness classes offered at the Wright Recreation Center had a great deal of interest prior to closing.

Cycling, Yoga, Weight Training and Akai Ryu Dojo Karate had 108 combined participants in the first five months of 2012. These numbers are consistent with 2011.

The Wright Recreation Center continues a positive working relationship with the School District. Elementary swim lessons were completed in our pool.

JH Boys basketball practices were held at the WRC gymnasium along with several games. A total of 773 students used the Wright Recreation Center from January to May 2012.

During the summer months, Parks Maintenance was especially busy with a record number of Little League teams. Keeping the baseball fields and children’s park immaculately groomed in addition to planting trees and completing the crucial projects essential in preparing for construction, gave little time to spare for this hard working crew.

Recreation staff drove 101,228 miles in 2012 maintaining and providing programs for the citizens of Campbell County.

Parks staff completed several improvements to the parks this year along with the standard maintenance activities. Several sidewalks and walking paths were repaired in Bicentennial Park along with new toilet fixtures and floor in the restroom facilities at the soccer fields. Lasting Legacy Park saw the replacement of some deteriorating asphalt walking paths to new concrete pathway and the soccer field was renovated to provide a better playing surface and to provide for better drainage.

The biggest and most notable improvement to Lasting Legacy Park came in the fall when after two years of raising the needed funds, the Bricks For Vets committee was able to move the “United We Stand” and “Salute to a Fallen Soldier” bronze sculptures to the Veteran’s Memorial. New concrete and lighting

coverage on the sports turf areas and replacement of old sprinkler heads with new heads to improve water distribution and coverage.

The Festival of Lights display at Cam-Plex Park was able to add five new displays with the addition of a new power transformer and several power pedestals located along the park’s roadway. With the additional power, there is now room for more displays which will continue to make the Festival of Lights the premier holiday lighting event in the region.

for the memorial wall was placed in front of the wall along with pedestals for the placement of the sculptures and engraved plaques honoring veterans who have served their country in the military. The new memorial plaza is one of the nicest in the region and will serve as a continuing reminder of the service to our country of so many dedicated citizens.

Parks staff is continuing to work on landscape water reduction with the construction of mulched landscape beds at some of the County facilities.

Landscape improvements were completed at the Public Health building, Public Library and around the parking garage at the Courthouse. Landscape water reduction in the parks includes monitoring of

Off season use of the Campbell County Ice Arena saw Roller Derby become another activity that the community can enjoy.

Spirit Hall saw an average 7600 people in the rink per month either watching, skating or participating in some sort of activity ranging from skating lessons to hockey or figure skating. The Gillette Hockey Association averaged 18 games per month for their youth hockey program and the rink provided 4316 people hours of fun just enjoying the opportunity to ice skate.

Ice Arenas Campbell County Ice Arena and Spirit Hall Ice Arena continue to be very popular facilities each year.

Hockey is by far the largest user of the two rinks.

With the addition of the Gillette Wild Tier III hockey team, popularity of skating continues to increase.

Parks Division The Parks Division maintains 28 parks and County facilities in and around Gillette and Wright.

Staff members maintain 12 ball fields for youth and adult softball and baseball, 4 soccer pitches for both recreational youth soccer and community soccer use and 8 outdoor tennis courts for community use.

Bicentennial Park, Cam-plex Park and Lasting Legacy Park are the largest and most used parks in the system and take the most resources to maintain.

Maintenance crews racked up over 3000 hours on mowers, went through 2 tons of ball field chalk for softball and baseball field lines, sprayed 225 gallons of athletic field paint to place outfield foul lines on baseball and softball fields and to place boundary lines on soccer fields and spread 30 tons of turf grass fertilizer on the park turf all in an effort to make the parks and play fields safe and enjoyable. Parks and

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Bell Nob Golf Course 2012 started off unseasonably warm, and finished off one of the nicest and busiest falls ever.

The weather was so nice that for the first time greens were aerated in March and by mid April the golf course was in midsummer condition. The weather stayed nice and by late May we were seeing above normal temperatures and with the lack of rain fall it turned out to be one of the hottest and driest summers on record.

The Club House project that has been in the planning stages since last fall started in May with the construction of new number 1 green and fairway complex. The sod from the old putting green was installed on the new number 1 green to ensure all the golf course greens will have the same characteristics. The new hole will be open this season and the golf course will be back to a par 72.

Other areas addressed were new tees and cart path on number 2 along with an expanded and improved practice area with

a new 10,000 square foot putting green and 2 new chipping greens.

This summer was busy and hectic as construction on the new Club House started in June. The new building and location will serve as a focal point for the course and we are sure golfers will be excited to use the new building this season.

The new club house includes expanded pro shop facilities, a larger dining room with 2 outdoor patios and an area dedicated to junior golf and summer programs for kids. The new location will offer better views of the course and a more relaxing environment for both staff and customers.

The building is scheduled to open April 1st 2013, just in time for the golf season.

The landscaping around the building will be the last thing to take place and should be completed by mid June.

The staff at Bell Nob is looking forward to next season and doing everything we can to make your golfing experience the best we can. As always our goal is to provide the best playing experience.

Campbell County Fair Campbell County Fair Board 1635 Reata Drive 687-0200

The 2012 Campbell County Fair started the year with the news that Betty Hough, fair manager for 20 years, would retire in June. In March, Bobbi Jo Heald was selected as her replacement. Bobbi Jo received 3 months training with Betty, working together until June of 2012. Plans for the 2012 Fair were well underway in June.

The theme for the 2012 Fair was “Dancing with the Steers” and there was a lot of great music to listen and dance. The Fair kicked off with an outstanding concert by American country music artist, Craig Morgan, followed later in the week by another great concert with John Conlee and special guests, Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band.

Both concerts were enjoyed by all who attended.

The Fair had a tremendous lineup of Free Stage Entertainment starting on Thursday. The Axe Women of Maine, a group of champion women loggers provided great entertainment in the Plaza, as well as, the Pet Stop Petting Zoo. Under the Tent, the Copper Mountain Band provided the visitors with wonderful music. Michael Mezmer, hypnotist also performed, providing amazement and entertain-

ment for all those watching. The Doo-Wah Riders stopped in on Sunday for two performances. Their music is enjoyed every time they come to Gillette.

They performed a special song written for Betty and her retirement. All the while in the Plaza, the All Aboard train made its’ stops and provided visitors with transportation around the grounds.

In the Wyoming Center, the Fair had Young Guns Wild West Entertainment set up next to the Kids Corral. Young Guns provided hours of entertainment for the kids, while parents were shopping at the trade show or sitting and enjoying the sounds of Fair.

In the Wyoming Center Bill Crowley drew his amazing caricature drawings and Mango & Dango, the theatrical circus duo, performed their acts of hilarity and dexterity.

The Fair Trade Show was held in the Wyoming Center for the fourth year. There were over 120 booths set up this year. Other events included the Dachshund Races, Fiddle Contest, Fair Talent Show, Pioneer Dinner, Jackpot Roping, Jackpot Team Penning and Ranch Sorting, Youth Rodeo and the MiniAnimal Show. In 2012, there was increased participation in all the 4-H, FFA and Open Class Livestock shows as well as a great showing of Energy Hall exhibits.

The 9th Annual Energy Town Pro Rodeo on Friday and Saturday night featured Burch Rodeo Stock. The Neighborhood Free Barbecue, sponsored by energy producers in Campbell County, was enjoyed by over 4,000 people. The 2012 attendance at the Pro Rodeo was up a little from 2011. The slight increase in attendance might be due to not having the National High School Finals in 2012. The rodeo featured Mutton Bustin, and Jason Goodman with the Percheron Thunder. The Demolition Derby was held on Sunday afternoon with a packed house once again.

The Youth Livestock Sale had another great year.

With the increase in participation, so were the numbers in the sale. The sale had 23 more units sold in 2012 than 2011. The Youth Livestock Buyers were very supportive once again, this years’ sale total was $458,206 – up $3,000 from the 2011 Sale. We greatly appreciate all the buyers who come out to support the youth of Campbell County.

The 2013 Fair will be held July 29th through August 4th, with the Youth Livestock Sale on the 5th of August. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend and participate in the 2013 Campbell County Fair.

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Campbell County Health Department Division of Public Health Nursing Service 2301 Four-J Road 682-7275

The mission of the Campbell County Health Department is to promote health, prevent disease, protect our community, and empower people in Campbell County to optimize their quality of life.

The Public Health office is staffed by 14 Public Health Nurses, 1 Home Health Aide, 4 Administrative Staff, and 1 Public Health Response Coordinator. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program has 1 Nutritionist, 2 part time Nurses, and a WIC Technician. Della Amend RN-BC is the Executive Director of the Department. Dr. Kirtikumar Patel is the County Health Officer. The agency is governed by the Campbell County Board of Health appointed by the County Commissioners.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING provides client centered quality care and services at the individual, family and community level. We are the local provider for many Wyoming Department of Health programs. Public Health is a licensed home health agency through the Wyoming Department of Health.

Four core functions of Public Health are to: • Prevent disease and injury • Promote healthy lifestyles • Protect community health • Prepare for emergencies and health threats The agency provides services to our county citizens with the following Public Health programs: Adult Health and Home Health home visits, Adult Health Maintenance Clinics at the Senior Center, Soup Kitchen, Public Health office, and the Wright Town Hall, Long Term Care assessments, health screenings and referrals to community and state agencies for colonoscopy and breast and cervical cancer screening. Maternal Family Health programs provide Welcome Home visits for new mothers and babies, Nurse Family Partnership, Best Beginnings, and Children’s Special Health. Public Health Nurses provide services to the Children’s Developmental Center. Programs for the prevention of communicable disease include all immunization clinics for children, adults, influenza, and world travel. Tuberculosis screening tests, rapid strep testing, HIV/Hepatitis/STD counseling and testing, communicable disease follow up and referral, and classes to instruct others on disease prevention are also provided.

The Health Department is involved in community coalitions that promote healthy lifestyles for our citizens. We have representation on the Substance Abuse Advisory Council, the Suicide Prevention coalition, the Tobacco Prevention coalition, Life R U Ready program, the Interagency Coordinating Council, the Child and Adult Protec-

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tion teams, and the Brain Injury Support group.

We also present monthly for the County Connection program on the Gillette Public Access television channel. The agency is collaborating with Campbell County Memorial Hospital on a Community Health Needs Assessment using information from a community wide survey, data from the Wyoming Department of Health and County Health Rankings to identify the health risks of county residents. This information can be used for health program development in the future.

PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM is funded through a grant by the Wyoming Department of Health Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program.

The Public Health Response Coordinator assists the Public Health Nurses in preparing the agency and community for a public health emergency. A county wide exercise was held in May. Community partners participating in the exercise were the Sheriff’s Department, the Gillette Police Department, CCMH, the National Guard, and Campbell County Emergency Management along with the Public Health Nurses.

WOMEN’S, INFANT’S, AND CHILDREN (WIC) PROGRAM is contracted with the Wyoming Department of Health to provide nutrition counseling and supplemental food packages to eligible clients. Pregnant, breast feeding, or post partum mothers, infants, and children up to age five, who meet nutritional, health, and financial criteria, are eligible for these services. The average active enrollment per month is 1,100 clients and each client is seen four times a year for assessment, nutritional education, and/or benefit pickup.

Vivian Watson vaccinating the flu bug.

CLIENT CONTACTS by PHNS December 1, 2011 – November 30, 2012 Adult/Home Health visits 3652 LT 101 assessments 297 Maternal/Child visits 3,825 Communicable Disease visits 161 Immunizations 3,032 Flu vaccinations 3,777 Communicable disease screening 2,155 Adult Health screening 1,158 Child Health screening 1,279 Class participants 594

Gillette-Campbell County Airport Gillette–Campbell County Airport 2000 Airport Road 686-1042

Fixed Base Operator

sive accomplishments: Todd Chatfield, Operations Supervisor; Terry Fundenberger, Operations Officers; Doug Barrett, Operations Technician II; and Bob Bren, Operations Technician I.

Airlines which discontinued its air service to the community on May 17, 2012.

However, the GCC Airport continues to provide strong competitive air fares regionally. GCC Airport is cur-

Flightline, Inc. is the Airport’s fixed base operator and provides certified aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, charter flights, hangar rentals, and aircraft fueling services. Flightline’s total fuel flowage into aircraft decreased 43% from 2011. Flightline, Inc. set an all-time record for total fuel sales in 2011 at just under one million gallons.

In 2012 the GCC Airport continued a strong marketing and advertising campaign. The Airport contracted Forecast, Inc. as a consultant to help the Airport develop new marketing and advertising strategies towards local air service. The consultant has met with United and Delta Airlines and continues to be successful in getting both airlines to offer competitive air fares.

The majority of the funding necessary to maintain a successful marketing and advertising campaign comes from grants received from the Wyoming Aeronautics Division which is matched by the County Commissioners.

The GCC Air Traffic Control Tower realized a 18% decrease in operations of aircraft landings and take-offs. The Airport’s control tower typically operates from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m. seven days a week. There are a total of three fulltime air traffic control tower personnel, with one part-time controller filling in for vacations.

The heart and soul of any Airport organization is Airport Operations.

The formal certification of the GilletteCampbell County Airport was issued May 26, 1981 by the Federal Aviation Administration which requires Airport Operations to keep the Airport functioning safely, securely, and efficiently. These responsibilities include daily inspections; reporting of problems; informing tenants and users of current conditions; monitoring corrections and coordination of overall Airport activities.

Annually the Gillette-Campbell County Airport is inspected by the Federal Aviation Administration for its compliance to Federal Aviation Regulation Part 139. Four out of the last five annual FAA Part 139 certification inspections, the Gillette-Campbell County Airport has received reports of no discrepancies.....in other words, perfect inspection scores.

On September 11th the GilletteCampbell County Airport Operations personnel were commended by Governor Matt Mead for their dedication that ensures the safety, securely, and efficiency of the Airport. Governor Mead recognizes the following Airport Operations personnel for their impres-

other area airports. The Web site is www.iflygillette.com The GCC Airport’s Web site offers automatically updated flight schedules, and visual flight tracking of commercial air service aircraft. The GCC Airport also is part of the social network by implementing FaceBook™, and Twitter™.

Airport Marketing

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Governor Mead recognizes Airport Operations personnel September 11, 2012 at the Gillette-Campbell County Airport

Airport Grant and Aid In 2012, the GCC Airport received over one million dollars in grants from the Wyoming Aeronautics Commission, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Typically, federal grant projects are paid 95% by the FAA, 3% by the Aeronautics Division and 2% by local county match. The grants were used this year for constructing additional general aviation aircraft ramp, service road relocation, land acquisition, pavement markings (painting), replacement of concrete sections, and air service marketing.

Airport Board Members Seated in the front row left to right is Todd Chatfield, Operations Supervisor; Shelly Besel, Financial Specialist; Bob Bren, Operations Technician I; and Doug Barrett, Operations Technician II. Not pictured Terry Fundenberger, Operations Officer.

Airline Service In 2011 the GCC Airport had their best year in the history of the Airport by serving a total of 62,256 passengers with commercial air service. This was a 14% increase from 2010. However, in 2012 the GCC Airport realized a slight decrease in passenger travel by approximately 1%. This decrease was attributed to the loss of Great Lakes

rently served by Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to Denver, Colorado, Salt Lake City, Utah and Rock Springs, Wyoming. The GCC Airport continues to provide FREE parking, and short security screening lines. The Airport continues to offer a “booking engine” on their Web site where one may actually book flights from our local Airport, and also compare air fares with

The Airport board is comprised of five members appointed by the County Commissioners, and the board generally meets the third Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m. in the Fulkerson Airport Operations Facility.

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Engineering/Surveying • Planning/ Zoning • Building • Facilities • Landfill • Recycle • Fleet PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Director: Kevin C. King, P.E. Welcome to the 2012 Annual Report for the Campbell County Public Works Department. It has been a very busy and productive year for our department and we are proud to share a bit of our story with you. As with last year, on the capital construction front we have a number of projects in various stages of planning, construction, or post-construction phases. Our major building projects in planning, and/or construction this year include the Wright Rec Center and the Children’s Developmental Services expansion. We also had a big year in road construction with completion of the first phase of Northern Drive and the Union Chapel-Fairview road project. A representative sample of projects is compiled under the Engineering Division section of this report.

The rewrite of the county comprehensive plan is well underway and progressing quickly-titled Leave Your Mark, County Comprehensive Plan 2013, the project promises to provide a unique opportunity for the citizens of Campbell County to be actively involved in shaping the future of our County. The City of Gillette is also updating their Comprehensive Plan, affording the opportunity for both entities to coordinate the plans in the outlying areas close to the present city limits. Be watching for ads, press releases, news articles, GPA TV and others for more information on the plan. Also, you can visit the County website at www.ccgov.net and click on the Public Works Department then the Planning and Zoning page for a link to the Comprehension Plan page for the project.

Here you can keep current with the status of the project, pending meetings and other information on the study.

Facebook® users can link from here as well. Leave Your Mark!

Regional Water Phase I extension design is progressing well. Phase I includes lines into Antelope Valley/Antelope Valley Business Park, and west down Force Road, initially serving Bennor Estates and Cook Road. The City has funding applications submitted with the state, hoping to secure construction funding for Phase I during this year’s legislative session. The eventual build out of all planned extensions will take a number of years to complete and are all dependent upon securing state funding to be used in conjunction with the Capital Facilities Tax passed last year by the voters in Campbell County.

Our department strives for continuous improvement and welcomes feedback from the citizens we serve. We are always on the lookout for new technologies and tools to increase our efficiency and decrease our costs, following my mantra that if it doesn’t add value, it adds cost.

In the coming year, we will continue to develop, improve and maintain our infrastructure investments for the citizens of this great County.

Our door is always open and we are here to serve the citizens of Campbell County to the best of our abilities.

Enjoy the report.

Campbell County Public Works 500 S Gillette Ave, Ste 1400 685-8061

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ENGINEERING DIVISION Manager: Phillip Giffin, P.E., Engineering Services Manager The Engineering Division is designed: • to take responsibility for project development, design development, construction oversight and management, construction budgets and the remodeling and modifications to all capital facilities owned

by Campbell County

• to administer permit authority for small wastewater facilities, publicly-owned sewage collection facilities, and publicly-owned water distribution facilities as delegated by DEQ • to provide services to Joint

Powers Boards for construction of facilities that fall under these boards • to recommend and administer District Support Grant applications • to provide Engineering review of subdivision cases

2011-2012 Construction Projects • Gillette Regional Water • Northern Drive Phase 1 construction • Union Chapel – Fairview Road construction • Campbell County Senior Center expansion • Enzi Drive pathway • Fire Station #7 – Camplex • Robertson Circle water and sewer • Southern Industrial roads project • County parking lot maintenance • County paved subdivision

street sweeping and maintenance • County bike path weed spraying • County road maintenance • Fairview Road overlay • Garner Lake Road overlay • Force Road Overlay • Detention Center “A” Pod • Hilight Road alteration • T7 Road alteration • Gillette Library north parking lot and sidewalk repairs • Garner Lake Road crosswalk – Camplex • Adon Road drainage struc-

ture • Bittercreek Road drainage structure • Svalina Wetland mitigation • Courthouse parking garage concrete repairs • Children Development Services playground surface • Gillette Library dumpster enclosure • Landfill Transfer Station lighting • Landfill road improvements • Bell Nob Clubhouse construction • Swanson Road paving

2011-2012 Project Designs, ROW, Studies • Robertson Circle water and sewer • Gillette Regional Water project • Landfill scales and scale house – north site • Northern Campbell County

road culverts –multiple locations • Union Chapel - Fairview Road design • Donkey Creek wetlands at Adon, Svalina and Sunny Slope Roads

• Wright Recreation Center design • Northern Drive ROW and Phase I and II design • Bell Nob Clubhouse design • Swanson Road paving design

With continued population growth, the Department of Public Works strives to ensure that the best possible services are available to the residents of the County. The department works as a team to ensure public services are housed in safe, adequate facilities; that roads and dust control continue to be a high priority, and that the citizens of Campbell County receive the highest level of professionalism and knowledge available. continued on page 31

Northern Drive – Phase I (Looking west from a point near Garner Lake Road)

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PLANNING & ZONING DIVISION County Planner & Zoning Administrator: Megan Nelms The purpose of the Planning and Zoning Division is: • to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the present and future residents of Campbell County • to establish reasonable standards for design and construction of subdivisions and re-subdivisions in order to promote harmonious layout and use of the land, and to ensure accurate and legal descriptions and monumentation of subdivisions • to guide the public and private policy and action in order to provide adequate and convenient transportation, utilities, educational and other public facilities, parks, recreation, civil defense, fire protection, light and air • to minimize population and traffic congestion, air and water pollution, flood damage resulting from inadequate land planning, including provisions for minimum area and width of lots and tracts, proper location and width of streets and roads, adequacy of water source and sewage and solid waste disposal methods, and adequacy of drainage and flood control facilities • to protect and preserve the value of land and buildings throughout Campbell County, to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings, and to safeguard the common interests of the public, the landowner and the subdivider.

2012 was time for the Planning and Zoning Division to review the existing development regulations in the County and begin work on the Campbell County Comprehensive Plan. The number of subdivision requests and re-zoning requests was down for 2012.

The kick-off of the Campbell County Comprehensive Plan Update 2013 began at the beginning of 2012. Over the course of the past 12 months the Citizen Advisory Committee, comprised of 15 city and county residents, has been working diligently on the plan update. They have held bi-monthly meetings to take citizen input and review survey responses, thereby developing the draft plan.

The Committee and County staff sent out two citizen input surveys during the year and held a series of open house workshops in Rozet, Wright, Gillette and Recluse.

The plan’s main focus is land use, with other proposed chapters on economic development, infrastructure and City/County/Town cooperation. This guiding document will establish goals and objectives for Campbell County’s future. A final first draft of the plan will be released to the public in early 2013. County staff and the Citizens Advisory Committee will hold a series of public workshops designed to receive input on the plan goals and objectives and the future land use map. Please come and give us your thoughts and opinions for Campbell County’s future. Leave Your Mark!

BUILDING DIVISION Manager: Keith Bowar, Building Code Official The Building Division is designed: • to provide information and help in determining the applicable building codes for new construction, additions, and remodel projects • to issue permits and perform inspections per the Chapter 4 Rules Regulating Construction adopted in Campbell County • to provide assistance and information regarding the minimum type of permitting and inspections required for the type of construction and use of buildings • to explain and help persons unfamiliar with construction or with using the adopted codes to understand what is required of them in order to obtain a permit and inspections or to simply explain how best they can get through their project

CAPITAL for a DAY IRC - International Residential Code, IMC - International Mechanical Code and IPC International Plumbing codes, as well as the 2011 NEW - National Electrical Code (which is already being utilized).

We welcomed Todd Probasco, Senior Building Inspector, to our staff in early May, 2012. Todd is a great addition to our department. He is very knowledgeable in the codes and is adapting well to the building inspection environment of Campbell County.

A Building Division website is maintained under the Public Works Department and we encourage all citizens to visit that site. There are a number of helpful how–to guides available. We also encourage foot traffic to our business office for a “hands on” with your questions and projects. Handouts are available for the public at our front desk.

We look forward to serving the citizens of Campbell County in 2013.

The year of 2012 was a busy year for the Building Division.

Permit and inspection numbers are up slightly from the previous year. We are working to get the new Chapter 4 Rules for Regulating Construction adopted with the new 2012 IBC - International Building Code,

SURVEYING DIVISION Manager: Tony Knievel, L.S., Chief Surveyor The Surveying Division is responsible for: • conducting all land surveys for Campbell County and overseeing and creating plats of all official surveys made on file in strict conformity to the field notes of the survey • performing research, evaluating and determining original property boundaries and land ownership within the County • providing assistance in construction staking for County projects including roads, and site development • coordination of GPS surveys within the County • developing specifications and standards for various surveys • providing engineers, lawyers, planners, government officials, and the public with surveying expertise as needed

• providing support and expertise in reviewing subdivision plats and easement documents during the planning process • 2011-2012 Surveying Projects • Landfill CD pit expansion (1st Phase) • North Landfill aerial photography project • North Landfill volume updates • Lasting Legacy re-subdivision • Valley View Addition Tract 1 and Tract G re-subdivision • Valley View Addition Record of Survey • LX Bar Ranch Record of Survey • County road petition research 1929-1936 In 2012 the Surveying Department became its own Division within the Public Works Department.

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Solid Waste And Recycling Division

RECYCLE/DIVERSION PROGRAM Manager: Phillip Giffin, Engineering Services Manager The recycle / diversion program points of interest include: • The recycle rate at the Campbell County Landfill was 6.6% in the fiscal year 2011-2012. It should be noted that this rate only includes recycle material processed by the County landfill. It does not include materials diverted from the landfill and transfer station operations, such as the City yard waste & compost program, and shingles diverted to ICM for recycling. Even with these diversion efforts the recycle rate continues to increase.

• The national recycle rate is 26%; this rate includes all recycling efforts in a community. This high rate indicates that our community has an opportunity to substantially increase our recycling. This opportunity is addressed in the Landfill Strategic Plan.

• Efforts continue to increase our recycle rate. As noted above, the Campbell County School District continues to increase its recycle program at all of its schools. Also several businesses have started programs or increased their recycling efforts. Curbside recycling is increasing through efforts of the City to improve service. They are also working to increase recycle efforts at large events at the CamPlex. We continue to see increased usage of the recycle trailer drop-off centers. We are investigating meth-

ods to improve this service while reducing the time required in collecting and maintaining these sites.

• We are continuing to test, bale and truck our co-mingled recyclables to a Denver Material Recovery Facility (MRF). If this proves to be feasible, it will allow us to add other products to our recycle stream and will allow our operations to grow, with little immediate effect on capital and manpower.

• Our landfill cost study showed that recycling is a net cost to our community. Additionally, it is the obligation of the landfill to handle the community’s solid wastes in a responsible manner. Community values lead us in our efforts to find methods and markets to divert wastes and increase recycling in ways that are sustainable.

• Recycle processing operations presently include #1 and #2 plastics, corrugated cardboard, newspaper, office paper, magazines, phone books, steel cans, aluminum cans, lead acid batteries, used oil, scrap metal, appliances, clean wood waste, yard waste, and household hazardous waste such as paints, antifreeze, pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals.

• Campbell County has one of the largest recycling and waste diversion programs in Wyoming, thanks to the commitment of our community.

Manager: Phillip Giffin, Engineering Services Manager The purpose of the Solid Waste Division is to: • Provide a modern, safe, efficient and environmentally responsible system for transferring and disposing of municipal, construction and demolition solid waste.

• Store, transfer and dispose of household hazardous waste and used oil in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

• Provide a modern, safe, efficient and environmentally responsible system to divert products from the solid waste stream through recycling and other means.

Solid Waste Division points of interest for 2011: • Filling of Phase II for 2012 of the balefield will be completed December 31, 2012. Operations in Phase III East began in May, 2012. Phase III East has a capacity to hold 6 years of municipal solid waste (MSW). The design and excavation for the West portion of Phase III and the completion of the leachate ponds, gives us a head start to hold an additional 9 years of capacity, as only the liner and drainage system will need to be installed prior to use. These new cells will serve the County for a total of 16 years.

• A major permit amendment was awarded by DEQ for the construction of a vertical and horizontal expansion of the Construction & Demolition (C&D) pit. This expansion will allow for 9 years increased capacity at average rates. This is the last expansion in the C&D pit permitted area. The construction is nearing completion for the horizontal expansion. We are presently placing some C&D waste in the vertical portion of this expansion.

• C&D tonnage was a healthy 13,811 tons in 2011-2012; this was significantly less than the 25,805 tons for 2010-2011. This decline was due to the reduction of roof repairs as a result of damage from hailstorms in 2010, and

the diversion of remaining shingles to Intermountain Construction & Materials, who started a shingle recycling program in 2011. This diversion and recycling program will reduce the tonnage spikes the County has experienced in the past due to large damaging hailstorms.

• The 45,567 tons of MSW handled in 2011-2012 was a record amount for the Campbell County Landfill. This total included 3,567 tons of dried drilling mud from the oil and gas exploration taking place in the southern part of Campbell County. The previous record tonnage was 43,218 tons in 2007.

• The 2011-2012 total landfill tonnage of 59,134 was well short of the record tonnage of 67,128 tons experienced in 2010-2011.

Approximately 12,000 tons of the 2010-2011 record came from C&D shingles.

• Utilizing data from the Burns & McDonnell Engineering Rate Study completed in 2011 and data from our Landfill scale system, an in-house cost study has been completed, showing incremental costs for each area of our operations. Working in conjunction with our strategic plan, it gives us direction on how to economically operate the landfills with sustainable diversion and recycling.

• The Burns & McDonnell Engineering Strategic Plan looked at our solid waste handling strategy and shows that its costs and environmental effectiveness compare favorably with other systems. The plan also shows that we are at, or exceeding, capacity at all of our transfer station and recycling facilities. It recommends designing and constructing new facilities at a more strategic location. The Campbell County Solid Waste Division is looking at locating a new resource recovery center and transfer station on the State section recently purchased by the continued on page 33

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County. The location of this State section, just off Northern Drive, would be convenient for our customers and would reduce our transfer distance to the landfill.

By doing this we could build easily expandable facilities that would be safer and much more efficient for our community.

• Because our MSW and C&D transfer stations are working at capacity, it creates inefficiencies in our operations. High solid waste volumes necessitate operations to be open 10 hours per day for 5 ½ days per week to keep up with demand. Several changes in operations, such as a more efficient baler and bagging system, walking floor trailers to transfer wastes and recyclables, along with changes in waste handling strategies, have improved safety and increased productivity. The new strategic plan indicates that besides building new facilities, the best strategy to handle these increased volumes is by encouraging recycling, waste diversion and waste reduction and reuse.

• The transfer station and landfill operations are striving to improve accessibility and convenience for the community while improving safety. This is a challenge considering the age and size of our facilities, coupled with the above capacity constraints and high traffic due to high solid waste vol-

umes.

• A new bagging system for our baler began operating in the spring of 2011; it replaced the wire tie system used previously. We have found that this bagging system has reduced the amount of spillage from the baling, loading, transfer and landfilling operations, improving safety and efficiency while eliminating most litter. This in turn has reduced the manpower needed to pick the litter up.

• The enforcement of covered load requirements has greatly reduced the litter along Westover Road and outside the baler building, resulting in reduced manpower needed to pick up litter. Utilizing walking floor trailers to transfer both the MSW bagged waste and the C&D wastes has virtually eliminated litter from our operations along the highway, helping to keep Gillette and Campbell County clean.

The Facilities Maintenance Division provides maintenance and/or custodial services for the following Campbell County facilities: Maintenance Only Gillette Abuse Refuge Foundation (GARF) Landfill MSW, C&D and Recycle bldgs.

Weed & Pest Wright Public Safety Building (4) Sheriff’s Office Towers Ice Barn Arena Y.E.S. House Sheriff’s Office (assist) Gillette College (assist) Joint Powers Fire Board (assist) Senior Citizen’s Center (monitor) Cam-Plex (provide advice) Warren House Various Highway Lights

Maintenance and Custodial Campbell County Courthouse George Amos Memorial Building Campbell County Rec Center Campbell County Public Health Campbell County Library - Gillette Children’s Developmental Services & Annex Campbell County Road & Bridge Landfill Scale House Rockpile Museum Campbell County Airport Bell Nob Clubhouse Old Fire Station #1 Wright Recreation Center Campbell County Library - Wright

The combined experience of our Facilities Maintenance staff enables us to perform most repairs in-house, resulting in significant savings to the County. It also provides the ability to respond to and maintain County facilities in a timely manner and at the highest level for the safety and well-being of employees and the public.

Our Custodial staff is second to none and takes great pride in their jobs. Their dedication is evident in the appearance of the facilities to which they are assigned.

In 2012 the Commissioners directed the Division to centralize custodial services for a majority of County facilities. This consolidation brought the Rec Centers in Gillette and Wright, the libraries in Gillette and Wright, Children’s Developmental Services, the Campbell County Airport, the Rockpile Museum and Public Health under the Facilities Maintenance Division. This consolidation will allow us to standardize our custodial cleaning products, paper, and supplies, resulting in savings to the taxpayers. The centralized staff will be cross-trained, enabling them to work in a variety of County facilities as demand arises.

The Facilities Maintenance Division staff members are dedicated public servants that strive to maintain the facilities at the highest level. Their advanced certifications have allowed us to obtain Contractor’s Licenses from the City of Gillette for Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and General Contracting. With these certifications comes a responsibility for ongoing education; last year, we qualified to start an apprenticeship Electrical Program within our department.

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DIVISION Manager: Vern Fundenberger, Facilities Manager The Facilities Maintenance Division is designed: • to provide ongoing maintenance functions to County facilities • to develop and institute preventative maintenance programs to maximize the useful life of County facilities • to maintain clean, attractive and safe environments for County employees and the general public • to identify and mitigate potential hazards in County facilities • to team with contractors to complete capital construction and improvement projects in County facilities • to oversee and manage the installation, repair and monitoring of fire and security systems • to provide project management and oversight of capital construction improvements

This chart reflects the relative percentage of total maintenance costs (parts and labor) for the Campbell County facilities that fall under this Division. This past year, the Recreation Center accounted for about 71% of our total maintenance costs. The Courthouse was the next largest at about 11%.

This chart reflects the relative percentage of total heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) maintenance costs (parts and labor) for the Campbell County facilities that fall under this Division. This past year, the Recreation Center accounted for about 62% of our total HVAC maintenance costs. The Courthouse was the next largest at about 17%.

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FLEET MANAGEMENT DIVISION Manager: Rod Warne, Fleet Manager The Fleet Management Division of the Public Works Department exists to “Keep Campbell County’s Employees on the Move” which is the motto for Fleet Management.

Here are some quick statistical figures about the county’s fleet: • Campbell County’s light vehicle fleet is comprised of 183 vehicles. These include assigned vehicles to various County departments and fleet pool vehicles which can be checked out on a daily basis.

• Year-end mileages were not available at press time for this report; however, based upon averages and projections, total miles traveled in 2012 will likely be close to 2011 miles traveled. In 2011, County light fleet vehicles traveled 1.91 million miles, up from 1.85 million miles in 2010.

• 14 County departments are directly assigned County vehicles based upon factors that include specialized needs/use, miles driven and a demonstrated daily need of a County vehicle for County business.

• The other County departments utilize 11 vehicles from the fleet pool by checking them out on an “as needed” basis. These vehicles are available on a daily basis and are checked out at the Courthouse.

• All departments may check out fleet pool vehicles for out of town travel.

• Fleet pool vehicle statistical use charts are included below. The charts show trends in miles traveled and vehicle usage for the year (pool vehicles only).

In 2012, both usage and miles traveled for the fleet pool vehicles were down.

Uses were down approximately 10% and miles traveled were down approximately 14%.

• The average cost per mile for the fleet pool vehicles for 2012 was $0.55 per mile. This is up $.08 cents compared to 2011. These costs include insurance, operating costs (maintenance & fuel) and replacement costs. The increase in cost is attributed to some higher maintenance costs on two older vehicles.

• In 2012, the average four wheel drive cost per mile for selected departments with assigned vehicles was found to be $0.66. This is up $0.03 per mile and likely attributed to an increase in gasoline prices.

• Other 2012 statistical charts are included below: Fleet Management accomplishments for 2012 include: • continued specialized and required safety training on the 60-foot bucket truck for county employees who may need to use the truck • continued working relationship with Information Technology in monitoring vehicle expenditures in the County’s computer system for the fleet maintenance system • continued working relationship with the Campbell County Commissioner’s office and County Clerk’s office to maintain funding for county vehicle replacement account - the original process created a savings account which ensures monies are available for replacing vehicles as they become ready for replacement • continued collaboration with Human Resources/Risk Management to provide monthly National Safety Council Defensive Driving training - seven classes with 142 students were taught during 2012 • the Fleet Manager continues to serve as an Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator to ensure the functionality of the office during the absence of the Emergency Management Coordinator • the Fleet Manager continues to serve as a representative on the Employee Recognition Committee and the Countywide Communications Committee

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Campbell County Emergency Management Agency Campbell County Emergency Management Agency 500 S. Gillette Ave, Ste. 1100 686-7477

The processes involved in “Warning the Public” has been a major focus for the Campbell County Emergency Management Agency (CCEMA) in 2012.

IPAWS In October, Campbell County became one of only two Wyoming Counties to be certified to issue public warnings through the new IPAWS portal created by the federal government. (Teton County is the other one.) The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a new nationwide system initiated by a 2006 Presidential Executive Order and in order gain access to using it, jurisdictions have to complete specialized training and jump through a number of paperwork hurdles.

IPAWS is basically a secure Federal portal into which authorized users can send Common Alerting Protocol – or CAP – compliant warning messages and from that portal, the messages will be redistributed to IPAWS compliant warning systems.

Before these standards were set, most warning systems had their own proprietary protocols and none of them spoke the same language. Now, they are standardizing the types and formatting of warning messages so they can be delivered across a broad range of warning systems without having to be reformatted for each type of system.

Okay, what does all that mean? It means that once we have the hardware/software in place, we can generate IPAWS alerts which can automatically trigger on the Emergency Alert System over radio and TV for our county, it will also automatically go to the National Weather Service for alerts on Weather Radio, and can also distribute brief messages on CMAS.

CMAS The Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) is just starting to be used in our part of the country, most of us don’t know that our smart phones come with CMAS built in. CMAS is basically is a built in emergency text message delivery feature.

With IPAWS, we can go in and designate the area we want to warn and CMAS will select the cell towers of all companies serving that designated area.

It will then push the very brief message out on all of those systems, and any smart phone that is physically

within that area, no matter what company provides your service, you will get the message, even if you don’t subscribe to text messaging.

And, this is one of those “Free of Charge” things.

The Feds mandated there are no fees for those getting the CMAS message for air time or data usage. The message is quite brief, it might say “Tornado Warning for the area you are in, or something similar. It is strictly a notification that you need to go to other resources to learn more. It does NOT contain any specifics or details about the event.

Warning Plan Update CCEMA worked with Campbell County’s mines this year to improve our coordination should an “orange cloud” generated by a mine blast approach populated areas. This came from a review of a January 2012 incident which stayed high in the air but caused us to rethink how we work together. CCEMA undertook a major update to our warning and notification plan and how we prepare to pass along notices and information to the public if necessary.

Those efforts are also expected to continue into 2013 as CCEMA builds partnerships for increased public education efforts. We will be focusing on making useful information available in a variety of methods so our citizens are able to make informed decisions about their personal safety in all types of emergency situations.

Siren Test Change As the year came to a close, CCEMA is officially making a change in the monthly public warning siren tests in Wright, and we are considering doing the same in Gillette. In November, a shift worker in Wright made an outstanding suggestion…asking if we could simply change the time of the monthly siren test (the second Tuesday of each month at about 10:40 a.m.) to earlier in the morning, before he and other day-sleepers were settled in and sleeping. After taking public comment from Wright citizens, we’ve decided to move it to 8:15 a.m. in Wright on test day. We have also heard similar complaints from day-sleepers in Gillette over the years and will be asking for public comment this winter to see if Gillette residents would like us to make a similar change on the timing of our monthly siren tests.,

Staying in touch with you CCEMA is now in our third year of issuing alerts through the CityWatch® automated telephone notification system. This computerized system can send voice messages to telephones and cell phones as well as emails and text messages. Anyone can create an account in the system via the internet or by contacting CCEMA, and when weather threatens or incidents occur which we feel you should know about, we utilize the system to issue advisories. Most of them are

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via email and text messaging, but sometimes we will also use the system to issue voice messages. You can sign up on-line by going to the county’s website (www. ccgov.net) and following the link to the Emergency Management Advisories Registration Page.

We also work closely with the City of Gillette and their social media efforts on Facebook and Twitter, communicating with the public through both of these accounts. If you haven’t signed up for those social media feeds, go to the City’s website and follow the directions. And, the county has been laying the groundwork for similar communication efforts in coming months.

And, if you’re on the web and wanting to see what advisories we have issued, you can find it at the CCEMA website (http://www.ccgov.net/departments/ emergency_management/Advisories.html) We post much of the same information we send out on CityWatch® to that webpage. Anything posted to that advisories page will remain for 8 hours before disappearing. Due to system limitations, once a message is posted, we can’t revise or retract it…so look in each message as they scroll up on the screen for the date and time we have included. There may be a more recent update in the queue.

And, you can call into the Campbell County Government Community Information line at 685-1067. If we have weather advisories underway, pressing 2 at the main menu will take you to that voice message, and if we have other advisories issued, pressing 3 will let you hear that message.

CCEMA is still one of the smallest agencies in the county, with only Coordinator David King officially on the payroll. However, he relies heavily on Public Health Response Coordinator Charlie Messenheimer and County Fleet Manager Rod Warne as Deputy County Coordinators. Noland Peacock is the Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Gillette, and Keith Lind is the EMC for the Town of Wright.

Your Campbell County Emergency Management Agency is located at the Courthouse and we try to keep timely information stocked in the brochure rack in the Courthouse lobby. Stop by and help yourselves to any of that material. You can find us on the web on the county’s website and, if you’re in the Courthouse and looking for the office, we’re located within the Commissioner’s Office, Suite 1100.

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Commissioner

Commissioner

Commissioner

Commissioner

Commissioner

Steve Hughes 682-7283

Dan Coolidge 682-7283

Chris Knapp 682-7283

Matt Avery 682-7283

Micky Shober 682-7283

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Troy Clements 682-7266

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Clerk

Clerk Of District Court

Susan Saunders 682-7285

Nancy Ratcliff 682-3424

Jeani Stone 682-4310

Coroner

Sheriff

Treasurer

Tom Eekhoff 687-6179

Bill Pownall 687-6160

Shirley Study 682-7268