2010 Campbell County Annual Report

2010 CampbEll County

Annual ReporT

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.”

2010 was a significant year for Campbell County. While our economic conditions mirrored the downturn experienced in other parts of the State and country, overall we have fared fairly well. The County’s Assessed Valuation decreased for the first time in over a decade, however at slightly over $5 billion it was our second highest valuation in history. The number of worker’s in Campbell County diminished by 4.9% from the previous year and our unemployment rate held steady at 4.8%.

We appreciate the voters of Campbell County for your continued support of the Optional One Percent Sales Tax and renewed approval at the general election in November.

The collection of sales tax has leveled and revenue is comparable to 2008. Over the last year Black Hills Corporation fired up the WYGEN III electrical generation facility and Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station is nearing completion. Gas Pipelines, Wind Power and renewed Uranium Exploration garnered interest in 2010, while coal, oil and natural gas development were steady.

In March 2010, the new Campbell County Recreation Center and Sports Facility on Shoshone Drive was completed and opened to the public. Average daily attendance has doubled from the previous facility The Joint Powers Fire Board new Fire Station Number 9 in Wright was finished and placed in operation this past summer. The Memorandum of Understanding and Joint Powers Agreement for Regional Water were completed and executed in 2010 between Campbell County and the City of Gillette.

Current infrastructure under construction and scheduled to be completed in 2011.

K The Campbell County Senior Center Expansion Project, jointly funded by the County and City of Gillette, will be finished in early 2011.

K The Youth Emergency Services (YES) House Center of Hope is being built adjacent to their new campus on Gurley Avenue, funded with private donations and contributions by the City of Gillette and Campbell County.

K Major infrastructure projects in the early stages of development include the Northern Drive belt loop road, expansion of the Landfill and the regional water pipeline system.

On the cover 1. Interior of the first courthouse (old school building).

2. Exterior of the first courthouse. 3. Exterior of the second courthouse (old Daly Mansion). 4. Exterior of the current courthouse (pre-remodel). 5. Current Courthouse.

Photographs are courtesy of the Campbell County Rockpile Museum.

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Message from the

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

Further achievements in 2010 are highlighted below: Accomplishments

Our goals for 2011 include:

Hilight Road relocation project coordinated between the Cloud Peak Energy and the County.

• Decrease in the fiscal year budget of over thirty percent, established Local Estimating Revenue Group to enhance budgeting process.

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

• Celebration of the Centennial anniversary of Campbell County in 2011.

• Set aside sufficient funding to retire bonds on the Recreation/Sports Facility in 2013.

• Continued investment in the Capital Replacement Reserve and Depreciation Accounts, providing for the future of Campbell County.

• Continued efforts with the City of Gillette, State of Wyoming and Improvement and Service Districts to establish a long term regional water distribution system.

• Completion of the Campbell County Senior Center Expansion and Fire Station Number Seven.

• Consolidation of financial record keeping and payroll services.

• Initiate Strategic Planning and Budget Performance Measurement objectives.

• Maintain annual mill levy at 11.05.

• Continued investment in the Capital Replacement Reserve Account.

We thank Commissioners Edwards and Sancher for their years of service and commitment to Campbell County, and welcome Commissioners Avery and Shober.

The 2010 Annual Report for Campbell County includes interesting and informative statistics, data and accomplishments from all of our agencies.

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

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

Board Airport Board

Jerry Dilts, President Penny Schild, Vice President Jefferey Robinson, Secretary/Treasurer Kelly Peters Charles Yannis Ph D Jay Lundell, Director . ........................ 686-1042

Members

Michelle Geffre Jeani Stone Ron Wirthwein Sheri England Bonnie Volk Della Amend Mike Purcell Susan Cahill

Board of Commissioners

Building Code Appeals Board

Arlyn Magnuson - HVAC Daryl Orbeck - Masater Electrician Van Ewing - At Large Delbert Parks - Master Plumber Matt Tonn - General Contractor Kevin King, Director.............................682-1970

CARE Board

Heidi Lowe, Chair Matt Sorenson, Vice Chairman Lori Jones, Secretary Wendy Hauck, Treasurer Traci Knutson Stasi Shippy Dan Coolidge Danny Preston Christy Schomer

Chief Jim Hloucal, Chairman Sheriff Bill Pownall, Vice Chairman Judge Dan Price William J. Edelman Diane Ford Tammy Akovenko Norman (Buckey) Walters Paul Phillips Craig Deuter

Natural Resource & Land Use Committee

Fair

Sharon Rinker, Chair Dave Slattery, Vice Chairman Linda Lynch, Secretary/Treasurer David Robinson Glen Terry Debra Sneathen Steve Schrater Betty Hough, Fair Board Coordinator ...................687-0200

Kathy Kintz Del Rae Cox Patty Myers Heidi St. Claire Miranda Miller

Clifford Knesel, Chairman Carol Yonkee, Vice Chair Karen Reynolds, Secretary Scott Wiley, Treasurer Julie Fall Earlene Vandeventer, Director............ 682-2392

Community Juvenile Services Joint Powers

Roy Edwards Duane Evenson Rod Hauge Bill Pownall

Public Health Board

Library

Halls of Art Committee

Children’s Developmental Services

Kirtikumar L. Patel M.D...................... 682-7275

Jan White, Chairman Karen Johnson, Vice Chairman Kevin Anders, Treasurer Matt Sorenson Cindy Arndt Patty Myers, Director..........................687-0009

Corrections Board

Stephen F. Hughes, Chairman Christopher R. Knapp Dan Coolidge Matt Avery Micky Shober

Public Health Officer

Nolene Wright, Secretary Charles Schlesselman, Treasurer Ralph Kingan Aftab Khan Nasima Khan

Joint Powers Fire Board

Sam Saunders, Chairman Marilyn Mackey, Vice Chairman Tom Johnson , Secretary/Treasurer Christopher R. Knapp Chuck Dobkins Ron Holmes Buddy Cater Don Huber, Chief............................... 682-5319

Lodging Tax Joint Powers Board Steve Hughes, Chairman Duane Evenson, Vice Chairman

Marilyn Mackey, Chair - Agriculture John Daly - Water Ben Weiser Environmental Marion Scott - Wildlife Robert Grant - Oil and Gas Greg Schaefer - Mining Brenda Schladweiler - Conservation District Shane Pearson - Citizen at Large

Predator Management District

Murphy Love - Sportsman Dan Reimler - Cattle Tom Edwards - Sheep Jason Oedekoven - Cattle Pete Quinnell - Sportsman Dave Daigle - Sportsman Jerry Dilts - Sheep Ken Ford - Sportsman Tom Mills - Sheep Gib Bell - Cattle

Public Land Board

Mark Christensen , Chairman Andy Fitzgerald, Vice Chairman Greg Lindblom, Secretary Brian Baglien, Treasurer Charlene Murdock LD Gilbertz Jordan Ostlund Dan Barks, General Manager.............682-0552

Rockpile Museum

Tommie Butler, Chairman Tammy Jo Schafer, Vice Chair Everett Knapp, Secretary/Treasurer Leland Turner Sally Ferris Terry Girouard, Director .................... 682-5723

Senior Center Board

Planning Commission

Vicki Schlautmann, Chairman Jim Nielson, Vice Chairman Dale Janota Blaine Geer Donna Robbins Kevin King, Director.............................682-1970

Parks & Recreation

Doug Evans, Chairman Maggi McCreery, M.D., Vice Chairman Linda Wegher, Financial Secretary Stacy Hobbs Nektarias (Nick) Bouzis D.D.S, Della Amend, R.N., BC, Director........ 682-7275

Trevor Larson, President Wade Burr, Secretary/Treasurer Eugene Routledge Patrick Carpenter Scott Matheny Dave McCormick, Director . ............. 682-7406

Les Haight, Chairman Jeanne Haakinson, Vice Chairman Gary Jahnke, Secretary Teri Bagwell, Treasurer Jack Matheny Nello Williams Lee Wittler

Weed and Pest Board

Charles Tweedy, Chairman Leslie Drake, Vice Chairman Duane Joslyn, Secretary Ted Edwards James Tarver Allen Mooney, Director.......................682-4369

Campbell County Departments Emergency Management

David King, Coordinator

Extension Service

Bill Taylor, Interim Director

Phil W. Harvey, Manager

682-7281

Susan L. Cahill, Esq., Director

Human Resources/Risk Management

Charlotte Terry, Director

Information Technology Services

686-7477

687-6355

Juvenile Probation

Gary Lowry, Director

682-0746

Kevin King, Director County Landfill Building and Planning

Office of the Commissioners

Robert P. Palmer, Director

Road & Bridge

682-7860

Public Works Department

682-4411

685-8061 682-9499 682-1970

682-7283

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Clerk

Campbell County

The County Clerk's Office is mandated by 2010. Marriage licenses take less time to issue as Wyoming State Statute to provide a variety of the result of the new system. services to the citizens of Campbell County. The The County Clerk's office also issues malt bevemployees in this office take pride in their work erage and catering permits for county wide funcand continuance of friendly and efficient public tions. service and excellent public record keeping.

The recording section (vault) consists of seven The titling department consists of seven full full time employees. This section deals with oil time employees. This part of the Clerk's office and gas leases, royalty deeds, warranty and quit handles titling of motor vehicles and filing of per- claim deeds. Mortgages, oil and gas liens are also sonal, federal and state tax liens. Motor vehicle filed in this part of the clerk's office along with titles issued in 2010 totaled 20,432, averaging overriding royalties, affidavits of heirship, surover 86 titles per day. New legislative changes on vivorship and notary public, military discharges motor vehicle titling took effect January 1, 2010. and powers of attorney. The land records departSome of those new changes include the titling of ment has been busy with various business and snowmobiles, boats and all trailers. residential subdivisions.

The Campbell County Clerk's office is responTwo employees work in the payroll/ sible for issuing marriage licenses accounts payable section of the Clerk's y which totaled 367 in 2010. Congratoffice. They handle all areas of payroll Campbell Count Clerk’s Office ulations to all the newlyweds. The from enrollment of new employees to ette Ave Clerk's office implemented a new 500 S. Gill7285 issuing payroll checks and payment of 682state wide marriage license system in all taxes and benefits associated with

Weed The busy year we’ve had has made time fly. In the fall of 2009, Tanya Daniels left us, leaving an assistant supervisor spot to fill. We hired Steve Schmitz for the position. He is a University of Wyoming graduate, with a B.S. in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management. He has experience in weed control, as he worked for Teton County Weed and Pest as a seasonal employee. He started March 1st 2010 and did a good job leading the spray crews this year.

We again had an excellent crew to spray leafy spurge. They worked hard all summer to complete their spraying, and treated a total of 86.4 acres of leafy spurge. The two person road crew also did a good job treating noxious weeds along the county roads. Our mosquito crew did a great job treating water within a 5 mile radius of Gillette.

Their efforts paid off as Campbell County didn’t have any reports of West Nile Virus this year. Merv Griswold again had our Highway bid and treated a total of 55 acres along the state highways.

The biggest project of the summer was our grasshopper program. We first started with a landowner meeting in January. There was a larger than expected turnout, and interest to sign up for the program was

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payroll. An average of 780 employees received paychecks from this office. On an average there are approximately 718 accounts payable checks issued per month. Campbell County implemented a centralized payroll system. As a result, the County Clerk's office does payroll and accounts payable for all county entities, except the Fire Department and Cam-plex. We have one full time employee responsible for the budget process and financials.

The Election Office conducts the primary and general elections, and all formation elections and enlargement elections for special districts. The Election Department was busy with preparing and conducting the 2010 primary and general elections.

The Clerk's office collected over $675,394 in revenue for 2010 for the recording of various instruments, titles, marriage licenses, and miscellaneous receipts.

Pest

immense. We set a deadline to sign up for March 1, but because of the large blocks being put together and continuing interest we left the sign up open until May 1st.

The RAATs (Reduced Area and Agent Treatment) program was used so only half of the total acres were actually sprayed, although all were protected. We used 1 ounce of Dimilin per acre to control the grasshoppers, one ounce of crop oil, three ounce of canola oil, and 8 ounce of water for a total of 13 ounce of soluWith over 300 landowners signing up for the program, tion per acre. The aerial application was contracted out over 1.4 million acres were protected with Weed and to the lowest bidder and was awarded to Klinkenborg Pest’s program. Of the 1.4 million, 1.2 million acres Aviation out of Parkersburg, Iowa. At one time they were private, close to 110 thousand were state acres, had seven planes spraying, but most of the county was and almost 109 thousand acres were BLM. We also treated with six planes. The group of pilots were great to work with and did an excellent job for us. had a few USDA-APHIS blocks put together which Overall, landowners were pleased with the protected another 131 thousand results of the spray program. We’ve heard very acres. The total amount of protected Campbell County Weed & Pest few complaints and have received many comacres in Campbell County was close Stocktrail Ave 213 pliments from them. Surveys were sent out to 1.6 million acres.

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Emergency Management Agency

Can you believe it’s been five years since the “Generation II” version of the county’s CityWright Tornado? That tragedy occurred on Watch® automated telephone warning system August 12, 2005 and it is still shaping plans and for use in notifying our visitors of severe weather training in Campbell County. events.

As 2005 ended, the first-ever “Joint Hazard We had conducted a small-scale test of the Mitigation Plan” for Campbell County, the City system during the Airstream RV rally a few of Gillette and Town of Wright was in its final weeks before the NHSFR, and the system stages of development and it gained FEMA was successful. When severe weather moved approval in February 2006. Those federally- through during the middle of the week, we were required plans must be updated and re-approved able to notify rodeo contestants and visitors via

by FEMA every five years and as 2010 drew to a text-messages, emails and automated telephone close, we have been in the middle of that update. calls of the storm’s approach and expected time What is it all about? It is a planning process of arrival. that forces us to look at what natural or man-made Additional improvements to the system since hazards we might possibly face, assess their risks then have been made and it’s now a major comand potential impact, and then identify ways we ponent in the EMA toolbox and we’ll continue can minimize (mitigate) their potential to cause to expand its usage in coming months. death, injury or property damage. FEMA not As an agency with one full-time employee, only looks at the plan that we submit, but also CCEMA relies heavily upon other agencies and the process we use to develop it. They require volunteers to get things accomplished. Durus to have as much community involvement as ing 2010, we’ve participated in numerous planpossible in every part of the process. Taking the ning meetings and trainings, and have also tried lead on this project, Campbell County Emer- to close the gap created by “David’s Theory of gency Management obtained a planning grant Semi.” That theory is built on the premise that from FEMA during 2010 and used that money “David could get hit by a Semi today…and if so, to hire a consulting firm to help us through the who will know how to pick up the reins in the process. Nearly 50 different people have been interim.” involved in the “Local Planning Team” meetings After all, a key function for Emergency Manheld in November and December,” and will be agement is to plan for worst-case scenarios! involved during the first two months of 2011 Those efforts have involved Public Health as the final draft is prepared. An internet sur- Response Coordinator Charlie Messenheimer vey was also prepared and over 400 individuals and County Fleet Manager Rod Warne as “Depgave their input by completing it, uty EM Coordinators” in a lot of those so we’ve deeply appreciated the planning and training efforts. Both are public’s help. “volunteers” in terms of emergency manCampbell County Emergency When the National High agement responsibilities, and CCEMA Management Agency School Finals Rodeo came to deeply appreciates their agencies and 500 S. Gillette Ave, town last summer, the Campsupervisors allowing them the necessary Ste. 1100 bell County Emergency Mantime to be able to help with the EMA 686-7477 agement Agency rolled out the effort.

WEED AND PEST

With funding provided by the Wyoming Department of Health, CCEMA hosted a “Moulage Refresher” class last August in conjunction with the annual Mine-Rescue Competition.

The class brought in moulage artists from across the state to meet in a half-day training refresher taught by one of the leading experts in the field, and they then practiced their injury simulation skills over the next two days during the Mine-Rescue competition.

CCEMA contracted with Gillette Public Access to produce a three-hour training DVD from the class which was then provided to all the moulage artists. Unfortunately, moulage is one of those “fragile skills” that if you don’t use them regularly, you forget some of the little tips and techniques, so this has been a major boost to the moulage efforts in Wyoming.

The multi-year warning siren upgrade process continued in 2010, with three new public warning sirens being installed. Even in a tight budget year, the County Commissioners continued to support this upgrade process and provided funding for two more that will be installed in early 2011.

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 building and looking for the office, we’re located within the Commissioner’s Office, Suite 1100.

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and they also showed that most of the land owners were happy with the entire program. The biggest complaints we had were from those who happened to be in the spray swath of the planes. When the planes were finished flying, the complaints were few and far between.

We had a very busy summer and got a lot accomplished. We were happy with the work done by our crews and also very pleased with the professionalism the pilots displayed throughout the grasshopper program. The amount of acres treated this year led to desirable results and grasshopper numbers were brought to an acceptable level. The survey data gathered by USDA-APHIS shows there won’t be a need for a large

scale grasshopper program next year in Campbell County. We will still have on hand Eco Bran and various pesticides for property owners who wish to treat grasshoppers on their properties, should they be needed. As spring nears, spray crews will again be hired to conduct the noxious weed control around the county, and we are looking forward to another busy summer.

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Assessor’s

Office

Hurray…It looks as though we are siderably higher than prebeginning to make our way out of the dicted…the second highrecession here in Campbell County!!! est value ever recorded!

Our county may not have gotten hit I predict 2011’s assessed quite as hard as many counties in value will mirror 2010, our great state of Wyoming, but the but with our economy effects of the downed economy were looking brighter all the still very detrimental to many busitime…that could change nesses. Property sales are starting to as well. increase ever so slightly, and although I continue to be selling prices have decreased, they blessed with hard workseem to remain consistent with the ing, dedicated employees! market values in our office.

We are constantly busy Our two main minerals in Campwith gathering data, data bell County, coal and oil, keep us on Front Row: Hazel Vassar, Deb Malli, Angela Williams, Shanda Shatzer. Second Row: Everett entry, valuing property, top of the Knapp, Troy Clements, Lynn Allar, Cheryl Uhler. Back Row: Cindy Langley, Jackie Casey, Alicia property review, as well leader board Gilliland, Erin Slattery and Butch Schell as sharpening our assessin assessed ing skills with continuing of Campbell County’s economy for the last decade Campbell County value, with hints of has continued to slow down considerably.

Assessor’s Office education classes, seminars, and workshops.

500 S. Gillette Ave increasing sales volumes We hope you all have a blessed New Year, and I had the pleasure of working with a local ReveSte 1300 in 2011.

The methane play please stop by anytime! nue Estimating Committee this past year, and much 682-7266 that boosted many facets to our surprise the total assessed value came in conK Troy D. Clements & Staff

Rockpile Museum The county’s museum depart- neer School, the Native American ment serves as the local history Artifact Show and Buttes Trip center for the county’s residents were mixed with the new winand visitors.

The Rockpile ter Family Days. The hands-on Museum fulfills its mission by Family Day events focused on a collecting and preserving the museum mystery, leather craft, objects and documents impor- dinosaurs, and Christmas crafts. tant to the county’s history, and A variety of speakers presented presenting these materials in edu- interesting programs on high cational exhibits and informative school rodeo, Wyoming’s prehistory, World War I impacts, Boy programs.

In carrying out our mission Scouts, and pronghorn. Additionthis year, CCRM welcomed over ally, the Museum hosted Mary 10,000 residents and visitors from Kelley’s Gillette book signing.

Changes to the Museum’s 48 states and 28 foreign countries from Singapore and Turkey to exhibits have included five new Ecuador and Belgium. Visitors exhibits on county growth and to the Museum increased slightly government, ranching, uranium, from last year with visitors from county sheriffs and dinosaur/fosoutside the U.S. increasing signifi- sils. The dinosaur/fossil exhibit features outstanding fossils on cantly.

The Museum staff stayed very loan from Daniel Weischedel.

Temporary exhibbusy presenting a variety its over the past of educational and Campbell County year have focused entertaining proRockpile Museum on the Boy Scouts, grams. Traditional eet 900 W. Second Str High School favorites such as the 682-5723 Rodeo, WyoCivil War Day, Pio6

ming’s Pronghorn, and Native American Rock Art. Staff efforts to keep the exhibits fresh and timely insures that there is something new for residents and visitors to experience at the Museum.

Some of these programs were made possible through partnering with the Campbell County 4H, the Campbell County Chapter of the State Historical Society and the Rockpile Museum Association. Their time, equipment and/or financial support have greatly enhanced the Museum’s programs.

Thirty-five donations of 306 items were given to the Museum over the past year. Some of the items donated include: the Oriva schoolhouse, large railroad blueprints and horse-drawn vehicles.

The Oriva Schoolhouse was moved to the Museum grounds in August. Mrs. Morrish’s granddaughters, Dani Haakinson and Jayme Fristam, generously donated the school. Paul Hladky

and Cyclone Drilling undertook the multi-faceted project of moving the school to the museum.

The Rockpile Museum Association was also instrumental in the project by financing the site preparation and foundation for the school. This was a major project for the Museum, which would not have been possible without the incredible commitment of all those involved.

In the early 1960’s the school had been moved by Clyde and Betty Morrish to their property on the east side of town. The school had served the Oriva community for many years, and was called the Beck-Oriva School throughout much of the 1940’s.

Originally located to the southeast, the Beck School was moved in and replaced Oriva’s first school.

The railroad blueprints, which were kindly donated by Ken and Ruthele Newby, were created in 1928, and contain fascinating

information and detail about the buildings and track layouts for the Gillette rail yard and the Wyodak (Peerless) areas.

The museum also increased the variety of its horse-drawn vehicle collection with the donation of a spring wagon and a buckboard. These restored wagons have been on loan to the museum for a number of years, and have now been generously donated by Gene and Pat Litton.

The Campbell County Rockpile Museum continues to collect objects, papers and photographs that document the county’s and region’s history. The Museum’s excellent collection is the result of the generosity of the area’s residents. Although the Museum’s storage and exhibition facilities are limited, you can help to continue building an outstanding Collection by donating to the Museum objects, papers and photographs important to Campbell County’s history.

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

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

Your Libraries 2010 Your Libraries 2010

Our CCPLS Mission: To provide diverse cultural opportunities for reading, learning and entertainment to all citizens of our community.

We lead the waydiverse to a universe information for withreading, personallearning service and technology.

Our CCPLS Mission: To provide culturalofopportunities entertainment to all citizens of our community. We lead the way to a universe of information with personal service and technology.

Literacy is considered to be the ability to read, write, speak, and compute at a certain level. In 2010, your libraries in Gillette and Wright were important components assisting children through to elevate their literacy levels inatmany areas.level. In 2010, your libraries in Gillette and Wright were important Literacy isin considered to be the abilityadults to read, write, speak, and compute a certain The thousands of children who attended the hundreds programs theirinlibraries increased their literacy through stories, games, crafts, and music. components in assisting children through adults to elevateoftheir literacyatlevels many areas.

Programs included: Snowflake Carnival, Fancy Nancy Tea Party, summer reading programs, author visits, as well through as sevenstories, weekly games, story time events at music. your The thousands of children who attended the hundreds of programs at their libraries increased their literacy crafts, and libraries in Gillette and Wright.

Programs included: Snowflake Carnival, Fancy Nancy Tea Party, summer reading programs, author visits, as well as seven weekly story time events at your Teensinincreased theirWright. literacy skills through events such as a weekly anime club and gaming club, monthly Teen Advisory Board meetings, and special libraries Gillette and events like increased author visits, and teen sponsored book sales.such Teenasvolunteers assistedclub withand children’s that allowed them asBoard well asmeetings, kids to learn things.

Teens their literacy skills through events a weekly anime gamingprograms club, monthly Teen Advisory and new special Adult literacy increased in various areas, too.

Numerous adults attended one-on-one computer classes, musicial performances, a theatrical performance, events like author visits, and teen sponsored book sales. Teen volunteers assisted with children’s programs that allowed them as well as kids to learn new things. a filmAdult discussion database classes, andtoo. our Numerous annual usedadults bookattended sale. During Banned Books Week it was musicial obvious that CCPLS patrons valued their freedom literacyseries, increased in various areas, one-on-one computer classes, performances, a theatrical performance, to readdiscussion as they voted fordatabase their favorite “banned” books. a film series, classes, and our annual used book sale. During Banned Books Week it was obvious that CCPLS patrons valued their freedom Literacy support also obvious through the generous to read as they votedisfor their favorite “banned” books. donations given to the Library Endowment Challenge. Nearly $500,000 was raised and matched.

These donations will be used to further the CCPLS mission of providinggiven opportunities to increase literacy in our community.

Literacy support is also obvious through the generous donations to the Library Endowment Challenge.

Nearly $500,000 was raised and matched.

Patrons of allwill ages their literacy in various areas at CCPLS opportunities in 2010. 2011 offer even more opportunites.

These donations beincreased used to further the CCPLS mission of providing to will increase literacy in our community.We invite you to join us.

Patrons of all ages increased their literacy in various areas at CCPLS in 2010. 2011 will offer even more opportunites. We invite you to join us.

2010 in Numbers • Patrons Registered: 26,019 2010 in Numbers

•• Hours CCPL and WBL Open: 5,651 Patrons Registered: 26,019 •• Patrons per Hour: 38 Hours CCPL and WBL Open: 5,651 •• Questions Answered: Patrons per Hour: 38241,090 •• Average Questions Answered Questions Answered: 241,090per Hour: 38 •• Collection Size: 186,450 Average Questions Answered per Hour: 38 •• Items Circulated: 480,673 Collection Size: 186,450 •• Average Circulation per Patron: 2 Items Circulated: 480,673 •• Database 189,549 -- up 29% Average Queries: Circulation per Patron: 2 •• Meeting Room Use: 1,597 -up 21% Database Queries: 189,549 -- up 29% •• Outreach Patrons Visited: -- up 18% Meeting Room Use: 1,597 1,138 -- up 21% •• CCPL Children: 17,210 children Outreach Patrons Visited: 1,138attended -- up 18%334 events •• CCPL Young Adults: 6,056 teens attended 334 242 events CCPL Children: 17,210 children attended •• CCPL adults (+87%) events (+50%) CCPL Adults: Young 486 Adults: 6,056 teensattended attended97 242 events •• WBL Children: 2,453 children (+28%) attended 52 events CCPL Adults: 486 adults (+87%) attended 97 events (+50%) •• WBL Adults: 152 teens attended 10 events52 events WBL Young Children: 2,453 children (+28%) attended • WBL Young Adults: 152 teens attended 10 events

Literacy -- Storytimes • Summer Reading • Book Sales • Book Character Visits • Teen Events Celebrating Your Freedom to Choose YouSales Read• --Book @ Your Libraries Literacy -- Storytimes • Summer ReadingWhat • Book Character Visits • Teen Events Celebrating Your Freedom to Choose What You Read -- @ Your Libraries

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Information Technology Services Information Technology solution, and implementing a Services (ITS) is responsible thin client network design for for providing technical support the Library’s public computer services to 23 different County network. This design will sigdepartments. These services nificantly reduce the resources range from basic computer required by Library personnel assistance and troubleshooting to administer the network and to complete network designs. will help realize future cost savAdministrative personnel ings since thin clients don’t have worked to formulate the budto be replaced as often as tradiget, facilitate capital purchases tional computers. and direct departmental Each Network Support staff workload. Coleen Winterhol- Standing: Natalie Linneman, Steve Danaher, Bob Overman, Cathy Raney, Rocky Marquiss, Phil Harvey, member completed numerous ler, the Senior Administra- Beth Kirsch, Dustin Cooper. Seated: David Kelsay, Nicki Lindahl, Rhonda Larmer, Coleen Winterholler, solo projects as well. Steve Dantive Assistant, completed the Justin Penning. aher made significant strides by requirements to obtain her upgrading all County phone the final testing phase, it should be in pro- County’s accounting system.

Certified Software Manager systems and he has nearly comNatalie Linneman made progress pleted the conversion to Voice Over IP (CSM) certification. This, in conjunction duction by the end of the year.

Justin Penning continued to expand the this year for the Commissioner’s Office (VOIP). He also worked diligently toward with further training she recently received County’ s Intranet by working with various and Public Works with software pack- a solution to consolidate all County servthrough the International Association of departments to develop content and add- ages designed to improve efficiency and ers into a single, manageable directory.

Information Technology Asset Managers ing a number of dynamic forms to the site. increase communication. The first piece of When complete, this will reduce the (IAITAM), will help the department stay He was instrumental as well in developing software performs two functions; the staff overhead associated with user account abreast of licensing compliance. the solution to offer video of public meet- in these departments can now move docu- administration by unifying the underlying ITS employs a staff of four programings on the County’ s Internet site. ments through a workflow process elec- processes. mers; three develop and maintain custom The three members of the User Suptronically, and they can archive all docuiSeries programs for the County’s finanDustin Cooper completed the migraport division provide a number of services ments they receive from all sources. Once tion of physical servers to a blade cencial system while the others focus on web for County computer users. These include the documents are archived, they become ter at the Sheriff ’s Office and worked to applications.

Bob Overman continued to maintain conducting software training classes, pro- keyword searchable which improves the establish a high speed fiber link between the Motor Vehicle System and imple- viding front line technical support, and ability to quickly retrieve all documents the Courthouse and the Sheriff ’s Office. ment changes consistent with State man- spearheading technical projects as needed. related to a specific subject. The second This link will present the County with Rhonda Larmer maintained the Fully piece of software allows Commissioner opportunities to provide other services dates. One of the more noticeable for the Automated Courts Transaction System and Planning Commission meetings to be that can improve productivity and reduce year was the completion of programming (FACTS) system and this year she worked viewed via the County website. Once the costs. Another project he completed was which allows new veteran license plates closely with the District Court Office to meeting is published, each agenda item is the installation of a secondary firewall for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast integrate changes to State statutes.

She also time-stamped, so one can simply click on designed to provide enhanced security Guard, and Merchant Marines to be continued to provide software training on the item of interest and view the meeting scanning at the network level. issued. various software applications to County at that point. To view a meeting, please Rocky Marquiss completed major David Kelsay spent much of the year personnel.

To supplement the classroom visit the following : http://www.ccgov. performing work that is “behind the upgrades to the County’s financial records server this year and connected the system training, she began developing a support net/agenda.html scenes”, but important nonetheless. He to a storage area network (SAN). The page on the County’s Intranet. This page added extra network connectivity in many SAN provides a common “pool” of disk will enable County personnel to quickly Network Support different departments in order to enhance space to be shared among various servers. find answers to many commonly asked The Network Support division is technological services, he assisted in a This effectively lowers the overall cost of support questions. number of major projects, and he played a Beth Kirsch spent most of the year responsible for maintaining network secudata storage since disk space is used more rity, ensuring reliable access to resources, Continued on page 9 effectively. He also worked closely with working alongside the Clerk’s Office and and planning technical projects for other the Assessor’s and Treasurer’s Office to Human Resources staff to develop proto- departments. develop a way to handle property tax par- col for the time-clock project. Numerous A number of network personnel guidelines had to be updated cels within multiple districts. projects were completed Nicki Lindahl continued her work before the system could be implemented this year. Some of the with the Landfill program and improved and this process took several months to more notable collabworkflow efficiency by integrating scale complete. In October, the first phase of orative efforts include departments went live on the weights directly into the prosystem and others will follow completing the network gram. Another major proy Campbell Count s in the coming months. Fur- installation at the new gram she developed is a “point Info Tech. Service thermore, Beth completed the Recreation Center, comof sale” program for Camp500 S. Gillette 00 25 work required to consolidate pleting the migration of Ave, Ste. bell County Weed & Pest.

687-6470 the financial records of sev- video surveillance sysAlthough the program is still in eral County agencies into the tems to a standardized 8

Sheriff’s Office 2010 FACTS AT A GLANCE INDIVIDUAL CRIME INCIDENTS/ SERVICES PROVIDED Animal Control Services Provided

TOTAL NUMBER 1,423

Burglary/Break and Enter

In 2010 the using the system required extenCampbell County sive planning and data collection Sheriff ’s Office throughout 2010, as well as training took a leadership of all employees. role in the efforts During 2010 the Sheriff ’s Office to standardize proSpecial Response Unit accomtocols for the recording of inter- plished a significant team goal views of suspects during criminal with the acquisition of an armored investigations. CCSO Lieutenant personnel transport vehicle. The Eric Seeman served on a commit- vehicle was acquired as a militee to develop a model policy for tary surplus, and was completely the Wyoming Association of Sher- upgraded and made ready for use iffs and Chiefs of Police. The policy through SRU team labor, and low was developed and implemented. cost or donated other local services.

In 2010, the Campbell County An equivalent commercially manuSheriff ’s Office interview rooms factured vehicle costs a minimum were equipped with a state-of-the- of $100,000.00, with some art system that allows all officers the vehicles significantly more ability to video and audio record all expensive. By using perinterviews conducted at the facility. sistence and creativity, our In November 2010, the Sher- SRU team now has a valuAdult iff ’s Office began using the Kronos able tool at a cost Males Workforce Central to the taxpayers Adult timekeeping system. of approximately Females Campbell County The system, which $6,000.00. This Juvenile e ffic Sheriff ’s O automates recording of vehicle will pro- Males 600 W Boxelder Juvenile 71 682-72 employee work hours vide an immensely Females and payroll processes, increased level is being implemented of safety for our throughout Campbell Count y officers when approaching government offices. Preparation for dangerous situations.

Information Technology Services key role in customizing and maintaining the County’s suite of security applications.

Cathy Raney, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) coordinator, completed a couple of notable projects this year. The first was an integration project using CartoPac. This solution allows field inspectors in the Public

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Driving with Suspended License

245

Drug-related Investigations

151

DWUI

287

Family Fight Responses

229

Larceny (including vehicle theft)

237

Minor in Possession of Alcohol

59

TOTAL CRIMES/SERVICES PROVIDED

TOTAL NUMBER

Total Crime Responses/Services Provided Total Crime Responses/Services Provided Inside Town of Wright Busiest Day of the Week

12,980 831 Friday

CITATIONS ISSUED

TOTAL NUMBER

Speeding Citations Issued

435

Total Citations Issued

2,646

K For an emergencey call 911 K CCDC INMATE POPULATION 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2,042

2,195

2,561

2,458

2,693

2,843

2,802

2,388

516

562

649

604

606

691

788

726

162

138

151

156

161

128

106

141

46

56

64

64

76

59

29

42

2,766

2,951

3,425

3,282

3,536

3,721 3,725 3,297

Average Daily Population (2010) – 143.

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Works Office to download data and access it via a GPS device. The second one is a soils calculator; this tool aids the Assessor’s office in determining how much of a land owner’s property is either irrigated or range land. This, in turn, provides them with a more accurate assessment of the property value. Currently,

she continues to work on a project to integrate an existing County software application with one produced by Geographic Technologies Group. This interconnect will provide an easy to use web interface for the public to view new Planning Commission cases online.

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Cam-plex Your CAM-PLEX MultiEvents Facilities continued to serve Campbell County and Northeast Wyoming by hosting more than 400 events using over 575 event days (excluding general riders) attended by over 350,000 people. Additionally, the events at CAM-PLEX brought in nearly $23,000,000 in economic impact to our local businesses.

CAM-PLEX continues 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, auctions, and car shows while East Pavilion and Barn #3 are steadily booked with local horseback riders as well as team ropings, rodeos and dog shows.

Morningside Park and Wrangler Arena continue to host demolition derbies, fair activities, outdoor horse shows, 4-H events and general riders.

The Wyoming Center, open now for over two years, has hosted a wide variety of events including local and national trade shows, RV rallies, banquets, weddings, seminars, state conferences, community fundraisers, hockey tournaments, ultimate fighting, public skating, concerts, and so much more.

The CAM-PLEX Heritage Center continues to provide Campbell County, Gillette and surrounding communities with high quality entertainment. Our “Theater Series” brought in a variety of performances in 2010 including 100 Years of Broadway; Cirque Mechanics Birdhouse Factory; Cabaret; and The Wonder Bread Years. The Arts In Education performances specifically target entertainment suitable for our youth and the entire fam-

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ily. Audiences enjoyed shows including The Hobbit; Chasing George Washington: A White House Adventure; Rocket & the Queen of Dreams; Harold and the Purple Crayon; Nate the Great; Hot 8 Brass Band; Knuffle Bunny; Ferdinand The Bull; Alpin Hong; and MatheMagic.

“Special Events” in 2010 were The Bar J Wranglers with special guests The Whitlocks; Masters of Magic; Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Pinocchio; Deer Camp: The Musical; Michael Londra: Celtic Yuletide Beyond the Star; and the 2010 Performing Arts Workshop performance of Suessical The Musical. Additionally, the Heritage Center hosted residency activities with Hot 8 Brass Band, Alpin Hong , and Buffalo Bill Boycott.

The Heritage Center Art Gallery featured visual art exhibits by local artists and organizations such as Advocacy for Visual Arts (AVA) C o m munity Arts Center; Shane Nannemann; Ariane Jimison & Maria Stiles; and Edie Reno.

The gallery also hosted a show with Campbell County School District art classes showcasing art from all grade levels.

Regional exhibits included works by Uncommon Cloth and t. stardust. The final display of 2010 was the 21st annual charity Christmas Wreath Exhibition which also featured Christmas trees decorated with

ornaments created by local preschool children.

The 20th Annual CAMPLEX Winter Western was held in February and continued the traditon as a well attended event.

The event kicked off Thursday

night with The Bar J Wranglers.

Additional weekend entertainment for the community included The Coors Pro Rodeo, Town and Country Trade Show, Free Stage shows by The Whitlocks, Team Roping, Barrel Racing, Stock Dog Trials, Dog Agility Trials, and the ever popular Petting Zoo. The CAM-PLEX facilities were bustling in July with The National High School Finals Rodeo. High School Cow-

Multi-event Facilites boys and Cowgirls along with their families (estimating 6,000 people) came to town as part of the event. They filled over 1,200 RV sites and kept the town businesses busy during the week-

produced by the Fair Board, utilized all the buildings at CAMPLEX in early August. The fair was well attended by the public and featured events such as the Energy Town Pro Rodeo,

long event.

Watch for their return in 2011!

C A M PLEX hosted the Cowboy States Reining Horse Show in June with 400 attendees using over 350 stalls for the five days.

In September, The North American Dog Agility Pre-Championships were held in Barn 3, while East Pavilion was the host site for the Dog Agility Championships.

Added to a busy summer were RV rallies, conventions, wedding receptions, roping events, training seminars and reunions. CAM-PLEX hosted the American Coach Association RV Rally, and Airstream International RV Rally all with a total of 1,300 RV ‘s on site.

The Campbell County Fair,

Demolition Derby and country great LeAnn Rimes in concert.

The two largest indoor garage sales in Wyoming were hosted

by CAM-PLEX in April and October. Local bargain hunters flocked to the Wyoming Center to find their treasures among the booths.

Major events in 2011 will include the Escapade RV Rally, the Cowboy States Reining Horse Show, the North American Dog Agility Trials and the National High School Finals Rodeo. The dates for the NHSFR will be July 17-23, 2011.

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.

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

Road

& Bridge

Busy, busy, busy are the three 12,432 tons. We wrapped up the words to describe Road & Bridge. year at our Hakert Pit moving there We have everyday maintenance in August. Another 64,384 tons of and upkeep of our county roads, gravel was made. We had our MSHA but with the Bison Pipeline coming training done in February. through Campbell County our work The trucks kept busy hauling load increased the last half of 2010. gravel, crushed scoria and scoria Our crusher started at the Ken- chips. 233,559 tons of crushed gravel nedy Pit crushing 74,957 tons of was hauled to various jobs and to the gravel. In July we took the crusher county yard to mix with rotomill. to our Elmore Pit to They hauled 2,194 tons crushed crush scoria and scoscoria and 4,212 tons ria chips for scoria chips.

Campbell County a total of With the miles of Road & Bridge gravel roads we main1704 4-J tain, the blades were 411 682-4 non- stop. Blades were non-stop main-

taining the miles of county gravel roads. The blades were also used for dust control and fire lines, as well as gravel piles in the yard, the Wright Fire Department parking lot, and CAM-PLEX.” We don’t forget our paved roads.

A nine mile overlay was done on the Hilight Road, four miles on the Haight and from I-90 north to the end on American Ranch Road.

Patching and crack sealing was done on a variety of roads.

Dust control is never ending on the roads. We are trying a new approach where we actually grind the Mag water right into the material on the road. We are still mix-

ing the rotomill with gravel at our screening plant in the yard to help with the dust.

Signing has always been a huge part of our every day chores. We “lose signs and posts to age, vandalism, and people running over the posts and to age.

With our great shop crew, we continue to have things up and running in a very short time. The guys hauled 53,220 gallons of diesel and 11,858 gallons of gasoline to our equipment and to other departments.

Guess you could say they keep the county running!

Coroner’s Office The 2010 annual report for the Campbell County Coroner’s Office started out much slower than the previous year, ending with 99 calls, nine declined cases and one agency assist. The transition to the newly built morgue for the Campbell County Coroner’s Office has taken place and is located next to the Campbell County Sheriff ’s Office. The 2010 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, seat belt/helmet use, alcohol and drug involvement. 2010 ended with the following: Age of Death

28 28

Age- 2 mo to 95 years old

Average age of deaths-males 56.7 years; females 71.6 years In 2009 males 60%, females 40% Traffic deaths 5 in 2009 Suicide 2010 - 10 males, 2 females

Suicide 2009 - 7 males, 1 female

Suicide 2008 - 5 males, 2 females SIDS - no change Accidental - 3 traffic, 3 drug, 2 falls, 1 atv, 2 other Drug related deaths - 1 suicide

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0-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 81-100

Manner of Death

Other statistics include:

Natural – 74 Accidential – 11 Traffic Deaths – 3 Suicides – 12 Homicides – 0 SIDS – 1 Undetermiend –0

Death By Gender

1 12 74

3 11

47% 53%

Seat Belt use in traffic deaths l/2 belted 1 - no helmet Frequency by the time of the day called: 0001-0800 - 29% 0801-1600 - 42% 1601-2400 - 28%

In all of the years as coroner, I have and will continue to thank all of the very valuMale 47 Female 52 able 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 Calls by days of the week commitment to the citizens of Campbell County. I greatly appreciate their assistance Monday - 17%, and time. I would like to thank my deputies Rita Mashak, Lee Centner, Kaye Penno and Niesha Hanzlik for their help.

Tuesday - 14%, My thanks to all the personnel with the Campbell County Sheriff ’s Department, Gillette Police Department, Campbell Wednesday - 12%, County Fire Department, Campbell County Memorial Hospital staff and EMS personnel, Dr. Woodward, Campbell Thursday - 13%, County doctors and assistants, Wyoming Highway Patrol, Wyoming Crime Lab Personnel, Wyoming Friday -15%, Division of Criminal Investigations, Dr. Pat Allen of Forensic Pathology Consultants of Loveland, ColoCampbell County Saturday -13%, Coroner’s Office rado and Dr. Habbe from Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota. With the assisSunday - 15%.

600 W. Boxelder tance from all involved, we are able to provide professional service to our citizens.

687-6179 K Thanks again. Tom Eekhoff - Coroner.

0-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 81-100

3 8 28 28 31

Natural – 74 Accidential – 11 Traffic Deaths – 3 Suicides – 12 Homicides – 0 SIDS – 1 Undetermiend –0

74 11 3 12 0 1 0

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Gillette-campbell County Airport Fixed Base Operator The airport has finished the final refurbishment phase of one of the large hangars occupied by Flightline, Inc. This phase included a complete re-insulation of the hangars interior walls. 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 increased slightly year over year.

For more information concerning services at Flightline, Inc. call (307) 6867000.

Air Traffic Report The GCC Air Traffic Control Tower realized a nine percent increase in operations of aircraft landings and take-offs.

The airport’s control tower operates from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. seven days a week. Controlling local aircraft traffic provides a much safer environment for all air travelers. There are a total of three fulltime air traffic control tower personnel, with one part-time controller filling in for vacations. Occasionally the control tower personnel hold meetings with local pilot groups to discuss communications, and safety topics.

Airport Operations The three airport operations employees are responsible ensuring the airport is safe and secure for all users, and they wear many “hats”. Their primary duties include (1) aircraft rescue and fire fighting, (2) snow removal operations, (3) airport systems maintenance, (4) vehicle operations and maintenance, (5) airport security, and (6) wildlife hazardous management. They are the lifeline to all airport activities. Their presence at the airport is generally from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

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Snow removal equipment

Airline Service The GCC airport had their best year in the history of the airport by serving a total of 56,471 passengers utilizing its commercial air service in 2010. This was a 10 percent increase from 2009 year-end totals. The GCC airport realized a10 percent decrease in air fares the last few months of 2010. GCC airport was able to maintain service from three airlines over the course of the year and offered almost 14 flights daily. Great Lakes Airlines had service to Denver, Billings, and Miles City; while SkyWest Airlines offered service to Salt Lake City as a Delta Connection, and to Denver as United Express.

Airport Marketing In 2010 the GCC airport continued a strong marketing and advertising campaign. The airport contracted Forecast,

Airport Board Members The airport board is comprised of five members appointed by the county commissioners, and the airport board generally meets the third Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m. in the airport meeting room.

The airport executive director and board members were: Jay Lundell, Executive Director Kelly Peters, President Jerry Dilts, Vice President Hein K. Kalkem, Secretary/ Treasurer Jeff Robinson, Member Penny Schild, Past President

Inc. as a consultant to help the airport develop new marketing and advertising strategies towards local air service. The consultant met with United and Delta airlines and was successful in getting both airlines to lower their fares to be more competitive with other regional airports such as Rapid City Regional airport. The airport re-structured the

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 construction, land acquisition, marketing, and preventative maintenance for GCC Airport.

The Passenger Screening area

Jet entourage for visitors Warren Buffett and Bill Gates

remodel was a well-received addition to the terminal, from passengers, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the airlines. After the remodel the airport was able to expand the secure area for screened passengers by over 60 extra seats, add more concessions for passengers before boarding the plane, and added bathrooms inside the secured area.

With increasing activity and airline flights per day, parking congestion was also starting to become a concern.

With the help of the FAA, state and the county, GCC airport was able to design and construct an expansion to its existing parking lot. With the completion of the parking lot expansion GCC airport added an additional 169 spaces for a total of 443 parking spaces. Parking at Gillette–Campbell the airport continues to County Airport 2000 Airport Road be free.

airport Web site to include a “booking engine” which allowed those visiting the Web site to actually book flights from our local airport. 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 became part of the social network by implementing Facebook, and Twitter.

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.

Airport Grant and Aid In 2010, the GCC airport received $860,000 in grants received from the Wyoming Aeronautics Commission,

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FIRE DEPARTMENT

For the Campbell County Fire Department (CCFD), 2010 proved to be an eventful and productive year. The fire department responds to approximately 2,000 emergency calls throughout Campbell County’s 5,000-square-mile service area each year. CCFD’s response services include structural fire, wildland fire, rescue, and hazardous materials responses. In 2011 CCFD personnel contributed more than 96,600 hours toward firefighter training and emergency response activities.

Fire Board The seven members of CCFD’s Board of Directors represent and were appointed by the City of Gillette, the Town of Wright, and Campbell County. In addition, Joe Hallock (Stevens, Edwards, Hallock, & Carpenter, P.C.) has provided legal support to the organization for the past three years. The Fire Board’s current members and their represented entities are as follows: • Buddy Cater (Campbell County) • Chuck Dobkins (City of Gillette) • Ron Holmes (Town of Wright) • Secretary/Treasurer Tom Johnson (City of Gillette) • Chris Knapp (Campbell County) • Vice-president Marilyn Mackey (Campbell County) • President Sam Saunders (Campbell County) The Fire Board’s responsibilities include oversight of the budget, operations, construction projects, policy and standard operating procedures, and strategic planning. This group normally meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month. This dedicated group of Fire Board Members works diligently to assure that Campbell County’s increasing emergency response demands will continue to be met in the coming years.

Photograph by CCFD Photographer Tina Dickey

CCFD operates from ten fire stations, two of which are staffed with career personnel (Station One in Gillette, and Station Nine in Wright). Station One has been staffed on a 24-hour basis since September 2009, and this has resulted in quicker emergency responses and a significant reduction in property losses.

CCFD is host to Region One of the seven Wyoming Regional Response Hazmat Teams (RRT) which respond to significant hazardous materials incidents in Northeastern Wyoming. Region One’s primary response area includes the areas of Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sheridan, and Weston Counties.

With the assistance of a $50,000 FEMA grant, CCFD began a focused volunteer firefighter recruitment program in 2009.

Annual “Personnel Needs Assessments” were conducted to help identify stations requiring additional firefighters. Then advertising campaigns were organized using direct mail, newspaper, and/or radio ads. Since the inception of this program, more than 50 new volunteer firefighters have joined CCFD at several targeted fire stations.

In addition to emergency responses, CCFD is involved in a variety of other activities. Fire Marshall Eric Acton and the Personnel and Operations fire crews visually inspect local businesses, CCFD’s firefighting force includes 21 daycare facilities, and schools to assure career and more than 160 volunteer fire- compliance with fire codes. Fire Marshall fighters. Two maintenance personnel and A c t o n also provides area builders four administrative staff serve as with pre-construction support for the organization. Other plan reviews.

Campbell County ancillary groups include the AuxilPublic Education serFire Department iary, the Fire Cadets, CCFD’s Phoe Av n vices are provided annuha Ro 6 10 tographer Tina Dickey, and Rural 682-5319 ally to more than 2,000 Firefighting members. local students. These

classes are administered at Station One where students learn about fire prevention and safety.

CCFD is also involved in a variety of annual charitable/community service events. These include the annual Christmas Tree Burn fundraiser, MDA Fill-theBoot, Relay for Life, July 4th Pancake Feed, and a Halloween Treat Street.

Donna Lhotak-Crippen joined the fire department’s administrative team as the new Comptroller in October. Donna brings to CCFD more than 25 years of accounting and business management experience.

Training Division The CCFD Training Division is responsible for coordinating and providing entry level training for new members to the department, continuing training and education for current members, advanced training for all members (volunteer & career), and specialized training opportunities for those members participating in special operations such as hazardous materials response.

The Training Division also provides training to private industry through partnerships with various mine rescue teams and safety personnel from the oil and gas industry. Fire extinguisher training was provided to more than 400 private industry employees in 2010.

In 2010 six CCFD personnel attended training at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Two of these were two-week courses and the other four were six-day courses. This training was provided by the United States Fire Administration at no cost to the fire department.

Three CCFD personnel attended a two-week Hazardous Materials Technician course in Pueblo, Colorado. Expenses for this training were provided by grant funding from the State of Wyoming.

The CCFD Training Division conducted a Spring Recruit Academy with 13 new members completing the coursework. The Training Division is currently preparing for the spring 2011 Recruit Academy which will provide training for new volunteer firefighters for CCFD’s new Fire Station Seven.

Division Chief Dale Izatt attended the prestigious National Fire Service Staff and Command Course in March of 2010. In December two CCFD members completed an Ice Rescue instructor’s course, and they will begin training CCFD’s members in February 2011.

Training Chief Ron Smith continues to serve as a member of the Wyoming Firefighter Certification Committee. This committee—appointed by the State Fire Marshal—is responsible for the establishment of training and certification standards for firefighters in the State of Wyoming.

Facilities On September 24th the Town of Wright, Campbell County, and CCFD celebrated the grand opening of a new Fire Station Nine at 301 Sagebluff Drive in Wright. This 13,800-square-foot facility includes four drive-through bays, a generous administrative/office area, a Community Room, a Training Room, four dorms, a kitchen/dining area, and a Turn-out Gear Room. This facility now enables CCFD to provide the best possible emergency response services in the town of Wright as well as all of Southern Campbell County.

The Town of Wright contributed 4 ½ acres of land, and a State Lands and Investment Board grant was secured to provide primary funding for the project. The State of Wyoming, Campbell County, and the Town of Wright are to be commended for their cooperative efforts in building the new fire station in Wright.

In 2009 the City of Gillette’s GIS Department assisted the fire department in identifying optimum placement of fire stations throughout the City. This will help Continued on page 15

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General

Extension

Service

The office was moved from the old recreation center to the George Amos Memorial Building during the year. This was a major effort for Public Works, IT, and the Extension Office, using several months to find the proper facility and then preparing for and accomplishing the move.

Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) – Lori Jones Cent$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 are some of the incentive items to remind families what they have learned.

There were 135 families enrolled in the Cent$ible Nutrition program in 2010. Almost half of the families have four or five members. The positive results are that 41% 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, 52% 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 40% 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 born illness. With food safety it is always best to be safe rather than sorry.

Food resource management takes into consideration things like planning meals ahead, shopping with a list, and buying only what you can use before it spoils. There were 84% of the families that improved at least one food resource management category. There were 80% of the families that improved their nutrition practices. Nutrition practices include choosing whole grains, offering

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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 40% 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 shows 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$ible Nutrition partners with are Early Head Start, Head Start, Even Start, Department of Family Services, Workforce Development, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Wright Community Assistance, Westwood High School, Campbell County High School, and the YES House. If you are interested, please call Lori at 682-7281 to enroll in Cent$ible Nutrition.

Horticulture – Lori Bates:

During 2010, Lori Bates worked on three major project areas including Master Gardeners, Community Garden and the Farmers’ Market. The remainder of the time in this position was spent with walk-in requests for answers to specific questions as well as visits to individual residents to help homeowners identify issues with trees, shrubs and turf.

The Master Gardeners joined forces with The City of Gillette, to provide the second annual Speaker Series devoted to educating Campbell County residents on water wise options for the home garden. The Campbell County Master Gardener program grew in 2010 with a total of 15 local community members completing the Master Gardener course. three of the 15 trainees have already completed their 40 hours of volunteer service to become official Master Gardeners. 2011 classes will begin in January.

The Community Garden is located Profitable and Sustainable on the corner of 1st and Rohan. Sixty Agriculture (SMRR) – plots measuring 400 square feet are available to community members each Vacant spring for planting a vegetable garden.

Little programming was accomIncreased interest in the Community plished in this program due to the Garden this year resulted in a waiting position vacancy. Area Educators from list to get in. A hoop house was an excitneighboring counties orgaing addition to the garden nized a series of programs on in April of 2010. The hoop animal feeding which were house was made possible Cooperative offered in the county. A new Extension Service through a grant by the Wyoeducator was hired to fill this 412 S Gillette ming Department of AgriAvenue position beginning January culture. Some of the produce 682-7281 10, 2011. grown inside the hoop house

were 1-2 lb. tomatoes, over 100 cucumbers off one plant and greens still growing inside as of December!

The Farmers’ Market is a service provided by the Master Gardeners to give local residents a chance to buy and sell local produce. The Farmers’ Market grew considerably in 2010 with a new location in the Gillette College parking lot.

An average of 15 vendors selling fresh produce, local meats, and arts & crafts attended weekly from mid July through September. A booth was held by the Campbell County Master Gardeners to help answer questions and educate the 200-700 residents making their way through the market on a weekly basis.

Community Development Education (CDE) – Bill Taylor Area CDE Educator, Bill Taylor, provided Financial Literacy classes for clients of 10 county and city agencies, educating approximately 150 residents in proper practices to manage their personal finances. In addition, CLIMB Wyoming requested Bill provide financial training for all their graduating students.

Training in board governance was provided to numerous appointed, elected, and nonprofit board members through a double training sponsored by the County and a double training sponsored by the city of Gillette. Approximately 50 board members received training.

4-H and Youth Development – Jessica Gladson, Erin Curtis As the University of Wyoming 4-H / Youth Educators for Campbell County, Jessica Gladson and Erin Curtis worked with more than 270 4-H volunteers and over 460 youth to develop a wide array of educational seminars, events, local and state contests, and state and national trips.

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with judges in more than 60 project areas, including animals, welding, fabric and fashion, leathercraft, woodworking, visual arts, family and consumer sciences, rabbits, shooting sports and geology. The largest 4-H project area locally is the horse project The Campbell County 4-H Horse program had great success with the 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 120 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. Tours of this facility are available through the Extension Office to continue to educate youth in our community on information on livestock and agriculture. This unique program for our county continues to grow every year.

Campbell County 4-H also remains a presence at the Youth Ag Expo. In 2010, 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

FIRE DEPARTMENT CCFD to deliver the best possible service to Gillette’s citizens for many years to come.

As recommended by the GIS study, a new Fire Station Seven will soon be built in the area of Cam-plex on the corner of Martingale Drive and Garner Lake Road. Groathouse Construction was named the Construction Manager at Risk and CTA Architects Engineers was awarded the architectural contract for the construction project. The new Station Seven’s projected completion date is September 1, 2011.

The fire department’s Maintenance Department will soon move their operations into the former Gillette College Diesel Tech building located at the intersection of Second Street and 4-J Road. This facility can accommodate each of CCFD’s apparatus including its large Ladder Truck. After remodeling work is completed, an April 1, 2011 move-in date is anticipated.

Apparatus The fire department’s Vehicle Replacement Program is

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 57 youth ages 5-8 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, marbles

and tracks, and cooking.

The largest 4-H sponsored activity of 2010 was the annual Campbell County 4-H Camp. The camp is held at the Mallo Camp facilities in the Black Hills and lasts four days and three nights for 4-H members. 4-H Young Leaders arrive at camp the day before the campers to undergo leadership training to help facilitate 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, 4-Hers who are 13 and older, are involved with the planning and implementation of the camp schedule and educational activities.

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, robotics, rifle, archery, cultural awareness, wilderness survival, archery, canoeing, and physical activity.

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Photograph by CCFD Photographer Tina Dickey

administered cooperatively by Gillette’s Fleet Management Division and CCFD personnel. It is a continual challenge to keep the fire department’s fleet of staff and response vehicles up-to-date and ready to respond at a moments notice.

In 2010 the fire department took delivery of two new fire engines. The new Engine One serves as Station One’s frontline response unit, and the new Engine Three is housed at Station Three near Dalbey Memorial Park. Two depart-

ment staff vehicles were also replaced as part of the Vehicle Replacement Plan.

Station Nine will receive a new combination Tender/ Pumper Unit in 2011. This type of apparatus is a relatively new concept for CCFD; a similar unit was placed into service in 2007 at Station Twelve in Rozet. The new Station Seven in the Cam-plex area will also receive a new fire engine in 2011.

CCFD’s Maintenance Staff works hard to keep all the fire department’s apparatus “response-ready.” Career maintenance employees Bob Maul and Dan Grace are often joined in the shop during severe fire activity by volunteers including Terry and Vivian Hayes, Mark Renner, and Galen Lee. These individuals are to be commended as their contributions are a vital part of CCFD’s operations.

The dedicated people of your Campbell County Fire Department continually strive to improve the quality of services they provide to Campbell County’s residents and visitors. Together they eagerly anticipate facing the challenges and seizing the opportunities of 2011 and beyond.

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Children’s Developmental Services OUR VISION: To promote the value of every child.

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.”

GOALS: Will nurture each child in developing a positive self-image, knowing he/ she is accepted as an individual, while maintaining a sense of belonging.

Provide maximum opportunities to discover, explore and problem solve, in order to make independent choices within a developmentally appropriate and inclusive environment.

In order for families to enhance understanding of child development, opportunities will be given to be involved in CDSCC programs and the greater community.

Embrace a comprehensive vision of health in order to promote a wholesome lifestyle.

Provide a high quality, safe environment to ensure each child’s right to learn.

Honor each child and family’s cultural, linguistic, racial and socioeconomic diversity in order to increase the self-awareness of everyone.Commit to maintain and promote high standards of Early Childhood and Early Intervention services through quality staff in a state of the art early childhood program, and maintain fiscal responsibility and integrity through proactive governance.

The Children’s Developmental Services of Campbell County shall serve the needs of children regardless of race, sex, color or national origin.

VALUE STATEMENT: We believe in maintaining an organization built on integrity, that respects the value of each individual, and promotes personal and professional growth of all who are associated with CDS-CC.

SERVICES PROVIDED: Three major service components: ** Early intervention for children birth to school age with developmental disabilities. ** Early education/child care for

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children 2 ½ to school age. ** Early Head Start for pregnant women, infants and toddlers.

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.

We screen infants and young children birth through five for delays in development.

Screenings include: cognitive, motor, social, self help skills, speech and language, hearing, and vision. We provide evaluation and planning in partnership with families to design an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) for children demonstrating developmental delays that can assist the child in developing his/her full potential. Services are provided in a transdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on collaborative consultation utilizing a diverse group of professionals including regular education teachers, special education teachers, physical and occupational therapists, speech/language pathologists,

tal disability. We are the only agency licensed by the State of Wyoming to provide these services in our Region, which consists of Campbell County.

We are NAEYC accredited and are a Wyoming licensed child care facility.

The child care component provides an inclusive environment for disabled and non-disabled children to participate in regular classrooms with adaptations and modifications as needed.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that children shall participate in activities with an age appropriate peer group. The

Jamie Hendryx, Physical Therapist, doing adaptive strength training.

Lacey Baker, Occupational Therapist, providing sensory and fine motor therapy.

Early Intervention Preschool Classroom provides an environment for children with and without disabilities to interact and promote maximum developmental growth.

We provide Early Head Start services for pregnant women, children birth to age three and their families, in home based and interactional settings, using “Parents as Teachers” curriculum.

We offer parenting classes several times during the year including: Parenting with Love and Logic, and Common Sense Parenting.

Supervisor,

Natalie Terrell, Early Intervention Inclusion performing a vision screening with a Photo Screener.

Who Uses the Services?

and the family. We refer to other specialists This past year over 891 children were and agencies as may be necessary to meet referred to Children’s Developmental Serthe unique needs of individual vices’ screening and evaluachildren and families. We conCampbell County tion program. On average, Children’s sult with families to help them one out of four of these chilDevelopment Services meet the challenge of raising a 1801 Four-J Road dren is identified as develop682-2392 young child with a developmen-

mentally delayed and in need of early intervention and related services. 276 children and families are currently participating in the early intervention component of the program. Services for children with disabilities have increased 132% since 2000. The Early Head Start (EHS) program is for lowincome infants, toddlers, pregnant women and their families. EHS 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 20% 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 31 families. During the past year, EHS offered over 1600 home visits and 55 family interactions to 52 children aged birth to three, and two pregnant women and their families. In addition to the child development activities provided, 98% of the enrolled population also received preventative medical care, while 50% received dental care. The Child Care component is serving an average of 58 children age 2 ½ to kindergarten age with a waiting list of 182 age eligible children and 98 children too young to receive child care services.

The half day preschool program which is held two half days per week, is serving an average of 40 children with delays and 40 children without; with a waiting list of 152 eligible children and 103 children too young to receive preschool services.

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sliding fee scale is established for child care services, and a flat fee for half day preschool.

Parenting classes were provided 22 weeks of last year to a total of 38 individuals. Babysitting is provided while parents are taking these classes.

8-10% of children and families are placed by Department of Family Services or court ordered for abuse, neglect, prevention, or drug endangerment.

17-20% of children and families receive income assistance from Department of Family Services.

Children’s Developmental Services of Campbell County has been serving families for 43 years and operates a variety of programs accessing local, state and federal funds for the benefit of children and families. It is the belief of this agency that when resources can be combined, yet allocated appropriately, it is a more cost efficient and people efficient way of doing business.

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 oper-

Suzie Eastman, Speech Language Pathologist performing a hearing screening.

ates on sound budget principles, including equitable allocations to all funding sources.

Annual financial audits are completed with 100% compliance. We received 100% compliance this year on the Division of Developmental Services review which is held every three years. Every three years all Early Head Start programs are monitored by the Office of Head Start; during this year’s triennial review, we were determined

to be 100% compliant with the Head Start Regulations.

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 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 cost-savings. According to the High Scope Perry Pre-School Project (Shore, R. (1997) Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Develop-

ment. 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 reduced need for special education services. ∙Higher taxes 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: Report monthly earnings of $2,000 or more. ∙Own their own homes. ∙Own second cars.

Parks & Recreation Department Bell Nob Golf Course 2010 Started off very slow and cold, and finished with one of the nicest and busiest falls ever. The staff used this time to complete some fall projects and get ready for this coming season. The best part of this year was, “We used no city water to maintain the golf course in 2010”.

The most noticeable of last year’s projects was the completion of the new irrigation reservoir that covers 14 acres and holds a little over 42 million gallons of water that come from our wells at the golf course. We are able to fill the pond through the winter months and then draw from the reservoir during the summer to maintain the golf course. The storage allows us to be self supporting and not have to put a strain on the city’s water system.

The golf course now has four wells that produce the water for the reservoir. Two of the wells are in the Wasatch formation and two are in the Fort Union formation. The unique thing about this project is that neither of the formations was conducive to growing grass

but when the two were mixed together they created a good source of irrigation water.

16 Fairway was widened this spring and two acres of sod installed, this should help speed up play. Holes 1 and 9 were widened this fall and should be ready to go this coming season.

One other area that was addressed this past season was the mowing of native rough. A wide area mower was purchased and areas that slow down play were targeted. In all this past year the golf course staff started mowing 30 acres of native rough. We have identified several other areas that will be mowed next season.

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 conditions possible.

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Parks & Recreation Department 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.

New Recreation Center Campbell County Parks and Recreation, the Campbell County School District and the City of Gillette joined hands to create a program that serves a wide variety of needs under one roof. The 190,000 square foot facility has an amazing array of activity space for everyone in Campbell County. The new facility houses a year-around leisure and lap pool with a diving tower, a 42 foot climbing tower, a Kid’s Zone babysitting service, three court gymnasium, weight

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area, cardio area, four 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, six lanes across and was designed to meet NCAA standards. The track surrounds five 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 facility officially opened on April 7th, 2010 and since that date there have been 229,874 visits recorded. This is more than 100,000 visits over the same time last year in the old Recreation Center. The climbing tower alone had more than 2,500 different individuals climb to the top of the Devil’s Tower replica. The leisure pool averaged over 500 visits a day dur-

to provide a new full size basketball court. Additional improvements included painting all of the backstops at Bicentennial Park and moving a picnic shelter closer the playground area making it more accessible for the public and some grading and landscape work to improve drainage around the playgrounds and basketball court at the Wright Recreation Center.

With the opening of the new Recreation Center this year, the Parks Division was tasked with maintaining the new grounds around the facility. Over 200 new trees were planted along with an array of ornamental grasses and perennials which will grow into some very colorful gardens in future years. A new children’s garden was also established near the playground area of

Parks provide an area for people to gather, play or relax. Children especially love to go to the park to play on the playground or just run in the grass. A main goal of the Parks Division is to provide and maintain safe facilities for the residents. Improvements that were completed this past year were the installation of two new youth playgrounds, one at CAM-PLEX Park and one at the Rockpile Community Center.

These two playgrounds were surfaced with engineered wood fiber which provides a handicapped accessible surface to children playing on the equipment. Other improvements included the replacement of old chain link fencing around the baseball fields and softball fields, the installation of yellow fence cap on two of the fields and the resurfacing Campbell County of the tennis courts & Recreation Park at Bicentennial Park.

205 W. Shoshone Ave The old basketball 682-7406 - Admin and tennis courts at Gym-682-8527 the Wright RecrePool-682-5470 ation Center were S. Gym-686-9160 removed and new Wright-464-0198 concrete was placed

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ing the summer and continues to visitors to the excellent facilities be the most popular activity in the available in Campbell County. Sevnew facility. eral youth and adult hockey tournaments are held in the facility as well Rockpile Community as hosting either a college hockey game or Junior A hockey game to Center bring a different level of hockey to The Rockpile Community town for the community enjoyCenter hosts the Council of Com- ment. The rink in Spirit Hall is a full munity Services Soup Kitchen pro- NHL size rink that offers plenty of gram on a daily basis. This program room for recreational skating, figis the major user of the Commu- ure skating or ice hockey. The rink nity Hall with an estimated 27, 375 offers a full concession stand and people using the program. heated lobby and seating area for The Community Hall is avail- spectators. able for rent to hold meetings, wedSpirit Hall is open for skating ding receptions, parties and com- from October through March munity events. every year. Hockey is by far the largest user of the facility with Ice Arenas 21,908 spectators and particiSpirit Hall Ice Arena located pants using the rink. The Gillette in the Wyoming Center at CAM- Hockey Association averaged PLEX is continuing to grow in use 18 games per month in Spirit and has opened the eyes of many Hall. The rink provided hours of fun for 6,308 people who just

the Recreation Center to provide additional learning and play for the children in the babysitting area. The Parks Division also acquired the grounds of the new Wright Fire Station.

The Festival of Lights at CAM-PLEX Park improved this year with the addition of two new displays and the addition of LED lights which reduced energy use for the displays. The community has really enjoyed this program and continues to support the light displays. An estimated 113,000 people watched the lighting display this year.

The Parks Division maintains 28 parks and County facilities in and around Gillette and Wright. Staff members maintain twelve ball fields for youth and adult softball and baseball, soccer fields for both youth and community soccer use, and eight tennis courts for community use. CAM-PLEX Park, Lasting Legacy Park and Bicentennial Park are the largest parks in the system and take the most resources to maintain.

Wright Recreation Center

The Wright Recreation Center had another successful year in 2010. The diversity of the Center attracts all age groups and fitness levels and is the perfect place to meet new friends while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

The community was kept well informed of all activities and events. The Recreation Center has numerous youth programs that are an important part of keeping youth active. The Spring Soccer Program had 33 boys and girls from grades 1 - 6 join.

Fall Flag Football and Indoor Nerf Flag Football had 27 participants. Bantam Basketball, played by 1st through 3rd graders, had 33 participants and 4th through 6th grade basketball teams had 39 boys and girls. Mini Volleyball was popular with 41 girls in grades 2 through 6 participating. New programs included Teenage Dodgeball and “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” in 2010 which targeted the teen/pre-teen age group. Summer Kids Camp programs kept 30 kids busy with biking, hiking, fishing and enjoying our local parks.

Swimming lessons, offered throughout the year, are a great option for all ages. This year a total of 138 youth and six adults participated. Other classes held in the pool are Water Aerobics, Mom and Tot swimming classes, CPR and Lifeguard training.

enjoyed recreational skating, figure skating, recreational hockey or broom ball.

The Campbell County Ice Arena is opened for the year in late October and is used on a regular basis for hockey practice, overflow game situations during tournaments, recreation center programs and figure skating practice. Private rentals are available at both ice arenas.

There are also hours set aside for lap swimming and open swim.

The giant “Yellow Fellow” inflatable submarine was a popular event in the pool. We had over 143 youth participate in 6 different “Yellow Fellow” events. The pool attracted many of the 5,373 daily “drop-in” visits in 2010, as well as 5,759 membership visits.

The Wright Recreation Center saw an increase of 575 membership visits in 2010.

There are many other special events that attracted youth and adults to the Recreation Center.

The most popular events were the Dive-In Movies which drew 92 youth. The annual Easter Egg Hunt brought 174, the Turkey Shoot Free Throw Contest had 145 attend and over 100 bundled up for the outdoor Hike to Santa. Other special events in 2010 were the Water Carnival, Pre-School Halloween Party, Family Bingo/Roller Skate, three summer trips to the Campbell County Pool and City Pool along with one trip to Spirit Hall Ice Arena in Gillette.

The Wright Days 5K Run/Walk had 31 participants. The 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament was the biggest yet with ten teams and 34 participants. Mud Volleyball was added to the 2010 summer fun bringing eleven teams and 62 participants. All together, 805 people attended special events in 2010, up by over 100 from 2009.

The Wright Recreation Center has many talented fitness

instructors who teach a wide variety of classes for adults and youth. Cycling, Yoga, Aerobics, Water Aerobics, Weight Training, Dance and Akai Ryu Dojo Karate are offered. An average of 344 participants took advantage of our classes in 2010 which is an increase of over 30 from last year.

The Wright Recreation Center played a vital role in coordinating school activities. 7th & 8th grade Volleyball and Basketball practices, games and tournaments were held at the facility. The gym was also utilized during Varsity Basketball and Wrestling tournaments. Elementary school swim lessons were held at the pool for six weeks every school year.

School usage numbers in 2010 totaled 6,408 students. AAU Volleyball teams also used the gymnasium for ten weeks each spring. A total of four volleyball teams, ranging from grades 3 - 7, practiced three times per week.

The addition of an outdoor basketball court has brought an increase of youth to the park area of the Recreation Center. This addition included irrigation and a picnic shelter making the area more family friendly. The Parks Maintenance crew also made improvements at the baseball fields. Their constant grooming of the fields, along with new fencing and gates, new flower planters and shrubs made this area perfect for Flag Football and Soccer leagues as well as Little League Baseball.

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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. 54 people participated in all five races and received a Polar Heart Rate monitor to enjoy music as they continued to participate in a healthy lifestyle. Other races included the Razor City Splash and Dash Triathlon, the Turkey Trot 5K (with a turnout of 236 runners and walkers in the Field House because of the cold temperatures) and the Polar Bear 5K Race.

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 and Silversneakers ROM. 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 oneon-one fitness and exercise advice.

Six certified personal trainers were available at a variety of times.

The 2010 Corporate Games included nearly 300 participants from local community businesses.

The events kick off with a Dart BBQ at the Ice Arena. The events then move onto the following competitions: Golf, Bowling, Darts, Dodgeball, Horseshoes, Billiards, Wallyball and Waterslide Obstacle Course. Campbell County Memorial Hospital topped the A division and Interstate Power Systems won the AA division. Businesses were encouraged to come out and participate at a recreational level outside of the stressful work environment.

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 Masters 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. Tower Youth was an introductory class specifically designed for teens. They learned basic skills needed to climb safely at the Tower.

The Annual Fourth of July Celebration provided the community with free events throughout the day and into the evening with a fireworks display. Events included the fireman pancake feed, Firecracker 4 mile road race (292 participants), Parade , Mud Vo l l e y b a l l , Free Hot Dog Feed (6,000 hot dogs and chips served), Strong Man/ Woman Challenge, Firemen Water Fights, Kids Games (two bikes raffled off for a boy and a girl) and live music and entertainment by Boggie Machine (70’s disco music).

The fireworks display was accompanied by music broadcast on Kool 105.3.

Other Special Events offered throughout the year by the Recreation Center include the First Annual Hay Bale Maze (2,150 participants through the 1300+ bale maze), First Annual Climbing Tower Competition (48 competitors), Easter Egg Hunt, Fly Fishing class, Hip Hop Dance class, Dog Obedience class, Scrapbook Workshops, Dodgeball Tournament, Bench Press Challenge,

300+ Wyoming Christmas Ornaments branded to send to the Capital Christmas Tree in Washington D.C., Jingle Bell Hike to Santa (200 jumpy balls given to kids by Santa) and the Secret Santa Program.

Adult Programs

2010 was another great year for the adult programs. All leagues and classes are staying steady with participation. There were 131 softball teams (2,096 players) in the league including men’s, women’s and coed. Basketball stayed steady at 48 teams (480 players). Adult volleyball also saw a good showing at the courts with a total of 119 teams (1,190 players) for the spring and fall seasons. Wallyball brought out four teams (24 players).

Other tournaments and competitions offered included a Dodgeball Tournament (six teams, 48 players), Bench Press Competition (five participants with the winner pressing 470 lbs.) and the 1st Annual Dave Cross Memorial Volleyball Tournament (22 teams, 176 players). The karate program had another great year with a total of 499 participants. There were also 35 Hip Hop Dance and 14 Square Dance participates. The adult programs brought in 330 teams (4,567 Participants) in 2010.

Youth Programs

What a great year for the Youth programs at CCPR. Basketball, Soccer and Kids Camp had the most participants in 2010. The two sessions of soccer (Fall & Spring) had 1,437 kids learning this great sport. Youth basketball teams in grades 4th-6th saw 403 lacing it up on the hardwood. 1st - 3rd grade Bantam basketball program had 353 youngsters running drills and shooting hoops on Saturday mornings. A special thanks to the Lady Pronghorns and Coach

Rider for a great clinic. The summer youth programs saw a lot of participants. Kids Camp was a success with 632 campers throughout the nine-week program. Girls Fast Pitch Softball had 141 girls swinging for the fences. The Hershey Track & Field Meet was a bit wet but still had 44 athletes competing to advance to the state meet. There were 25 kids that fished and hiked and 200 kids took advantage of the Kids Night Out program. Youth tennis lessons were offered for the first time in the Field House with 40 kids ages 5 - 11 participating.

Over 3,340 youth participated in the programs offered in 2010.

Intramural Programs

The Intramural Programs at the Recreation Center continued to offer youth of many ages an

the kids.

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 2010: positive sportsmanship and attitudes, hard work and dedication, developing fundamentally sound skills and HAVING FUN! Overall, 2010 was another great year for the Intramural Programs at the Recreation Center!

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opportunity to participate in recreational sports and fun activities in 2010. Many of the programs experienced an increase in participants: programs such as Junior High Volleyball, Junior High Boys and Girls Basketball, Junior High Golf and Junior High Tennis and Soccer.

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 50 plus participants in each eight-week session of the program. CCPR is very fortunate to have many great parents and volunteer coaches that help make this program fun and successful for

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 all the new play features. A total of 1253 children participated in swim lessons. Other activities offered were lifeguard, water safety instructor and scuba classes. Private rentals and birthday parties have continued to be two favorite activities. Special events included an Easter Egg Dive, Hawaiian Luau, Back to School BBQ, Family Fun Night and Christmas Break activities.

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.

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Adult Drug Court Wyoming is the number one state in the union for DWUI arrests. Wyoming is the eighth leading state in alcohol-related driving fatalities. Campbell County has been designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. In 2010 there were over 800 persons charged with Alcohol-related driving charges and over 380 charged with drug 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 acceptance 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 begins the process of changing the participant’s life. Treatment; such as where the participant goes and associates with; random UA’s (twice

weekly to start); schedules (work, school or both) and weekly court appearances, is controlled and mandatory.

Our program started in 2002, and we had our first graduation in February 2003. There were three graduates. Since that time, we have had 101 graduates for a total of 104. Almost 80 percent of our graduates do not re-offend. Some graduates have opened their own businesses; become supervisors and managers; and good employees.

Adult Drug Court is funded under a Wyoming Department of Health grant. We also receive 1 percent funding from the County and the City. The par-

ticipants also pay a monthly fee, get fines paid, pay restitution which gives them ownership and get children back from in the program. The grants pay DFS. Costs associated with the majority of the treatment. caring for babies that were preDrug Court personnel are paid maturely exposed to drugs or through the State Grant. alcohol range from $750,000 to What are the benefits to $1.4 million. We had two chilthe Taxpayer? Without Drug dren born to participants this Court involvement the partici- last year. pant could spend up to a year in In 2010, there were eleven jail. At the present cost to house graduates. Currently, we have an inmate, the cost would be 18 participants in different $23,725. With Drug Court, phases of our program. We also treatment costs are less, there have seven people waiting for is less crime to supadmittance. Please port a “habit,” as a come and see what Campbell County working citizen, par- Adult Drug Court we are accomplishticipants pay taxes ing. We have court e Gillett 500 S. Ave, Ste. 2500 instead of using tax each Tuesday at 687-6470 dollars, are able to 4:00 p.m.

Clerk of District Court The year 2010 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.

Duties of the Clerk of District Court, the only mandated county official, 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

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criminally. have served their time, paid The District Courts in their restitution, but still owe Wyoming are responsible for the county money. handling felony criminal cases, After paroled from prison, civil matters above $7,000.00, they no longer have a probaprobate cases, adoptions, and tion officer to track the progress domestic relations. In addition, of payments to the court. With the district courts are also the a letter from our office, many state’s juvenile courts. begin payments.

One of our biggest chalThe Clerk of Court sumlenges is pro se litigants. These mons jurors for District Court cases are our citizens wanting to jury trials. Jurors are paid at complete their own legal work. the rate of $30.00 per day plus Pro se cases require much more mileage, and most trials are of our time than cases filed by completed within three days, attorneys. My office is their ini- but can last much longer. The tial contact with the court. We Supreme Court Office genercan help them with processes ates a random computer list of and procedures, but cannot possible jurors for our county. give legal advice.

This list is compiled of names Again this year we from drivers’ license records have tracked down and voter regCampbell County criminal defendants istration lists.

Clerk of District Co urt who owe the county Jurors are 500 S. Gillette Av e, money. Many of required to Ste. 2400 these defendants either appear 682-3424

four times, serve on a jury trial or complete their four-month term. We had a total of 20 jury trials in 2010.

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 in a professional, efficient and respectful manner.

Juvenile Probation

New Challenges & New Solutions:

Substance abuse, of both drugs and alcohol, continues to be a major issue facing the Juvenile Probation Office. Use of synthetic marijuana, often referred to as Spice, has created unique challenges, as it was undetected by drug tests until recently. National, State and Local efforts are beginning to impact the battle against the many, newly available, synthetic drugs in our community.

Another ongoing challenge is meeting the needs of the older probationers – those youth close to “aging out” of the system at age 18, but still desperately in need of services. The introduction of Municipal Court 18-21 year old probation, as well as the Youth Intervention Track /Court-Supervised Drug Treatment Program, represent initial efforts to address the needs of this population.

Caseloads:

During calendar year 2010, the Juvenile Probation Office handled a total of 586 open cases, 383 of which were newly filed during the year. The breakdown between the Juvenile, Circuit and Municipal Courts is as follows: All Open Cases Court

Total Juveniles

Males

Females

District Court

211

137

74

Circuit Court

23

15

8

Courtesy Supervision

10

8

2

Out of County

2

2

0

Municipal Court

90

53

37

Community Service

202

144

58

Total Open Cases

586

390

196

New Cases Filed Court

Total Juveniles

Males

Females

District Court

81

53

28

Circuit Court

21

13

8

Courtesy Supervision

9

6

3

Out of County

0

0

0

Municipal Court

60

32

28

Community Service

173

122

51

Total Open Cases

383

251

132

Juvenile Probation Supervision: Youth are assigned to one of our Juvenile Probation Officers: Deb Lind-Adsit, Brenda Parks, Felice Acosta or Connie Scigliano.

Intensive supervision probation is provided

by Andreah Leu and 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

Back Row: Tom Sly, David Anderson, Connie Scilgiano, Brenda Parks, Brenda LindAdsit, Andreah Leu. Front Row: Felice Acotsa, Brandy Edlund, Susan Cahill

• Monitoring – school grades, attendance, discipline • Random drug/alcohol testing • Searches of home and/or vehicles • Mental Health evaluation and/or counseling • Substance Abuse evaluation and/or treatment • STARS Program • Community Service • Employment and Payment of Restitution • Assigned Curfew • House Arrest / Electronic Monitoring • 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.

From 2006 through 2010, alcohol and other drug-related offenses made up 17.7%, 22.7%, 27.7, 32.2% and 30.7%, respectively, of the cases handled throughout the year. Of the 586 open cases handled by the Juvenile Probation Office during 2010, 179, or 30.5%, involved drugs and/or alcohol.

Spice & Drug Testing:

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used its emergency scheduling authority to temporarily control five chemicals used in the manufacture of “fake pot”. At the same time, states across the country began efforts to create legislation making the use of these substances illegal or have added these substances to their controlled substances lists. In Wyoming, proposed changes to the Wyoming Controlled Substance Act are being prepared. In addition, several municipalities are moving forward with local responses. In December, both Buffalo and Sheridan passed local ordinances banning synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice) and similar efforts are under discussion by the Campbell County Substance Abuse Advisory Council.

Until recently, urinalysis testing was unable to detect the presence of spice. Currently, there are several independent laboratories which are able to test for the presence of Spice. The Juvenile Probation Office contracts with one of these chemical testing labs and since October 20, 2010, has received positive confirmations for Spice on 66 submitted samples.

The Juvenile Probation Office will continue with aggressive efforts to detect the use of Spice and other drugs by the youth referred for supervision. Whenever permitted by court order, or

Over the past year, there has been a dramatic rise in the use of synthetic marijuana, often known as spice or K2, in Campbell County. Spice, and similar products, is a smokable herbal blend or incense, being marketed as legal and providing a marijuana-like high. These products consist of plant material that has been coated with chemicals which mimic THC, Intensive Supervision Probation: the active ingredient For those juveniles who are unsuccess- in marijuana, and are ful with the standard probation approach, sold at some retail Nicole Burris, Devonn Sosa, Shelly Eliason & Judy Ratcliff Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) offers outlets, head shops with parental permission, youth will be tested another avenue to be successful before out-of- and over the Internet. The chemicals are not randomly for drug and/or alcohol use. Probahome placement is considered. In addition to approved for human consumption and there tioners and their parents are made fully aware the terms listed above, intensive supervision have been an alarming number of reports from that possession and/or use of all drugs and may include daily contact, weekly home visits, poison centers, hospitals and law enforcement alcohol, including these synthetic products, closed school campus, and multiple drug tests across the country regarding the use of these are considered to be a probation violation with per week. Since ISP was introduced into the products. potentially significant consequences.

Juvenile Probation office in 2002, 173 youth Users under the influence of these subhave received some level of ISP with out-of- stances exhibit side effects not commonly Juvenile Probation – Juvenile home placement being avoided in 62% of associated with marijuana use, such as: & Family Drug Court the cases. During 2010, 17 juveniles received • Increased heart rate New Program – Municipal Court intensive supervision services.

• Increased Blood Pressure robation Supervision: P Drug & Alcohol Offenses: Regardless of • Extreme Anxiety In July, 2009, the Juvenile Probation Office, the Court of referral, or the level of supervi• Vomiting in collaboration with the City of Gillette sion, a high percentage of youth entering the • Tremors Municipal Court, began providing supervisystem are involved with alcohol or drug use.

• Hallucinations sion to youth under 18 years of age, as well as Cases involving alcohol and/or • Seizures those 18-21. Municipal Court supervised proother illegal substances County ll pbe Cam Due to increasing abuse, the possesbation is generally for a term of six months and include charges for DUI, Juvenile Probation sion and/or use of Spice has been banned may require substance abuse or mental health Minor in Possession (of 500 S. Gillette Ave by the United States Army, United States evaluations and/or treatment. alcohol), and possession Suite B600 Air Force and United States Navy. In During calendar year 2010: or use of illegal drugs.

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Juvenile Probation

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Spice

Toxic Vapors

PCP

0

Refusal

2

Meth

0

Morphine

0

Cocaine

5 0

Spice

2

Toxic Vapors

0

PCP

0

Meth

0

Refusal

8

Morphine

7

Cocaine

15 10 5

Benzodiaz

19

20

Benzodiaz

As the community developed strategies to deal with alcohol-related issues in Campbell County, it became apparent that the 17-21 year old population posed its own special challenges.

In response, the Campbell County Juvenile & Family Drug Court implemented the Youth Intervention Track in an effort to address the needs of the underserved 17-21 year old alcohol/other drug -abusing population. Seeming to “fall between the cracks”, this population is

This Court Supervised Treatment Program may be offered to adjudicated youth 13-17 years of age, and their families, and focuses on juvenile crime involving the use of drugs and/ or alcohol, providing an alternative to juvenile incarceration and other long-term residential placements for juveniles entering the criminal justice system due to their dependency on alcohol and other substances. The key elements of the program include: • Weekly Court sessions • Family and Individual Counseling • Intensive Supervision Probation • Frequent random urinalysis / breathalyzer testing • Immediate sanctions/incentives for program successes and infractions.

The program utilizes a “team approach” in which the Judge, County Attorney, Public Defender, Juvenile Probation, Department of Family Services, Substance Abuse Treatment Provider, Family Therapist and School Dis-

Cannabinoids

New Program - Juvenile & Family Drug Court Youth Intervention Track (17-21 year old):

Juvenile & Family Drug Court:

Barbiturates

• 60 new juvenile cases were referred for supervised probation • 39 new youth 18-21 year old cases were referred for supervised probation • 38% of the juveniles supervised had alcohol-related offenses • 78% of the 18-21 group supervised had alcohol-related offenses • 17% of the 18-21 group were referred for participation in the Youth Intervention Track, Court-Supervised Treatment Program.

Probationers are also placed on terms and conditions similar to District and Circuit Courts and supervised by Probation Officers David Anderson and Tom Sly, who are employed by the City of Gillette.

Cannabinoids

75 112.5 150

Alcohol

37.5

Amphetamine

0

Barbiturates

Arson Assault/Battery Burglary Criminal Contempt Dangerous Missiles Delinquent Behavior Destruction of Property Disturbing the Peace DUI/ MIP/ MIC Family Violence Forgery Interference with an Officer Larceny Other Sexual Offense Shoplifting Substance Abuse Substance Abuse/ Toxic Vapors Tobacco Trespass/Criminal Entry Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle Weapons

Alcohol

January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010

trict jointly address the needs of the substance This year, juveniles supervised by the Comabusing juvenile and his/her family. munity Service Supervisor paid monies or perJFDC has completed nearly nine years of formed community service hours as follows: operation. To date, 50 juveniles and 108 family members, for a total of 158 participants, have entered into the Community Restitution Attorney Fines Total Monies Juvenile & Family Drug Court Service Paid to Fees Paid Paid Program. During the course of Hours Victims Paid Through Perfor med program participation, there Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Court Juvenile have been many successes: All Courts Court Court Court • 73 participants have suc0 cessfully graduated from 4,169.21 hrs $7,734.08 $919.00 $8,653.08 JFDC (20 Juveniles and 53 family members) Tobacco • 100% juveniles were in high school, Education Group (TEG): became high school graduates or obtained Those juveniles who have committed a their GED • 79.55% juveniles showed academic tobacco-related offense may be required to attend the Tobacco Education Group Class improvement • 61.36% juveniles had decreased school dis- (TEG) in addition to their community service requirement. The TEG Class, which includes cipline referrals • 91.67% juveniles reported improved fam- elements of lecture, video, demonstration and discussion, aims to move the participant ily relationships • 55% juvenile graduates have had no new through the stages of preparation and action to quit tobacco use. During 2010, 81 juveniles offenses since graduation • 60% juvenile graduates have had no new completed the program. alcohol/drug related offenses since gradu- Corrective Thinking Curriculum: ation The use of Corrective Thinking classes, • 100% juveniles have been involved in an which are aimed at teaching youth to become extra-curricular activity, obtained employmore accountable for their actions and ment or completed community service develop their decision-making processes, con• 94.10% of the drug/alcohol testing protinues into year seven. The Juvenile Probation duced clean UA test results Officers are trained in, and utilize on a daily Community Service: basis, Corrective Thinking methods to help Crucial to the probation process is requir- juveniles focus on the choices that they have ing that the juvenile make amends to either an made to bring them into the court system. individual victim or the community in general. Corrective Thinking addresses the juveniles’ Probationers may be directed to make pay- thinking errors and reluctance to be accountments of restitution, court fines and/or reim- able for their actions, providing youth with the bursement for Court-appointed counsel, as tools necessary to make better decisions and well as to perform hours of community service. avoid future involvement in the criminal jusCommunity Service Supervisor, Devonn tice system.

Mission of the Juvenile Probation Office: Sosa, provides supervision services to both the Juvenile Probation Department and Juvenile Under The Courts’ direction, the Juvenile Diversion Program, assigning and supervis- Probation Office shall equally implement the ing community service hour requirements goals of community protection and victim resimposed upon the juveniles through the toration, while improving the juveniles’ comMunicipal, Circuit, Juvenile and Juvenile & petencies to live as productive citizens.

In the year to come, the Juvenile ProbaFamily Drug Courts, as well as those which are a condition of the Juvenile Diversion Program. tion Staff will continue to work cooperatively She additionally teaches both TEG and Cor- with its juvenile service partners – Municipal, rective Thinking Classes. Benefits include more Circuit and District Court Judiciary, Departtimely completion of Court orders, serving as ment of Family Services, YES House, Peran on-going reminder to our youth that these sonal Frontiers, CCMH and local counseling orders should be taken seriously, and saving the agencies, Campbell County School District, costs which accrue with delayed compliance. Law Enforcement and the County Attorney’s Office, among others – toward our mutual 80 goal of holding juveniles accountable and 80 improving the quality of their lives. We con47 60 36 33 40 21 tinue to be thankful to the Campbell County 17 13 11 20 1 1 0 0 Commissioners for their support of these 0 essential juvenile programs.

K Susan L. Cahill, Director, Campbell County Juvenile Probation Amphetamine

too old to participate in Juvenile & Family Drug Court but has not reached the status of felony offender required for admission into the Adult Drug Court program.

This track focuses on youth 17 – 21 years old, who are referred from Municipal or Circuit Court with substance abuse-related disorders. The offenses primarily include MIP’s, DUI and DUIrelated offenses, as well as youth whose probation is revoked for substance use.

The Youth Intervention Track is an individualized, Court-managed treatment program ranging from 6-8 months in length. Key components include: • Weekly Court attendance (which decreases with program compliance) • Intensive Supervision Probation • Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment • Mental Health Needs Assessment • Frequent random urinalysis / breathalyzer testing • Immediate sanctions / incentives for program successes and infractions Some participants may also need mental health treatment, corrective thinking, anger management, or referrals to community services such as Vocational Rehabilitation, GARF, Council of Community Services, etc.

Initial Offenses for Juvenile, Circuit and Municipal Courts

Attorney’s Office K by Jeani L. Stone, Campbell County & Prosecuting Attorney 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 eighth year as Campbell County & Prosecuting Attorney, and re-elected in November, 2009, and is beginning her third term. Bill Edelman continues to serve as the Chief Deputy Attorney. Jack Sundquist, Charlene Edwards, Carol Seeger, Bill Eichelberger, Wendy Bartlett, Brooke Steele, Dan Reade, Jonah Buckley, Jacquelyn Brown, Lori Gorseth, Timothy Barrett, Doug Dumbrill and Valerie Thomas served as Deputy County & Prosecuting Attorneys in 2010.

Support staff during 2010 included Myrna Clark, Lyla Fevold, Toni Ellis, Carolyn Waldrop, Sandy Wilder, Debra Jennings, Jackie Adair, Lorene Stricker, Gail Eliasson, Danalynne Miller, Doug Marler, Sarah Roberts, Lisa Rang, Ellen Rehard, Teresa Kirkpatrick, Renee Proffitt, Jody McGee, Kelly Wallem, Cheri Beyersdorf, and Maureen Costello.

Bill Monahan, Monica Eskew and Charlie Hardin 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 consisted of Erica Wood, Janet Vaccari, Paula Martinez, Erin Wiley, and Randy Monk.

FELONY CASES

subsequently charged in that case. Nichols later committed suicide.

MISDEMEANOR CASES

During 2010, the County The volume of misAttorney’s Office prosecuted demeanor cases decreased 223 felony defendants, charged in 2010 compared to the two with 458 counts, compared previous years. In 2010, 9,867 to 217 in 2009, 247 in 2008, misdemeanor charges were and 191 in 2007. The Deputy filed, compared to 10,888 County Attorneys assigned to charges in 2009, 10,106 misdeDistrict Court had 20 felony meanor charges in 2008, 9,859 jury trials, compared to 15 in in 2007, 8,523 in 2006 and 2009, 19 in 2008 and 13 trials 7,254 in 2005. Of the 9,867 in 2007. In addition, the felony misdemeanor offenses in 2010, attorneys filed 126 probation 7,206 were traffic offenses. revocations, compared to 117 Driving While Under the in 2009, 85 in 2008 and 94 pro- Influence charges continued bation revocations in 2007. to be high, although lower this In 2010, there were seven year than years previously. In adult victim sexual assaults 2010, 872 individuals were filed, 17 sexual assaults with charged with Driving While minors and three sexual bat- Under the Influence, compared teries, for a total of 27. In 2009, to 1,008 in 2009, 1,002 indithere were ten adult victim sex- viduals in 2008, 900 individuual assault cases and 18 sexual als in 2007 and 680 in 2006. assaults with minors, for a total Twenty-eight of the 872 DUIs of 28, compared to 31in 2008 were bound over to the Disand 20 in 2007. Many of the trict Court for felony DUIs, as cases had multiple victims. a result of the defendant having In 2010, the County Attor- multiple prior DUI convictions ney’s Office successfully pros- in a short period of time. In July, ecuted a number of violent and 2010, a new law took effect that sexual offenders. In January, requires certain DUI offendGary Marquess was convicted ers to install ignition interlock of Aggravated Assault and Kid- devices on their vehicles to napping and declared a habit- require a breath sample before ual criminal. An appeal is pend- driving. Driving While Under ing. Sexual assault trials and the Influence as a result of huffcases continued to be prevalent ing has continued to be an issue in 2010. Carl Peterson was con- in Campbell County. A new victed of second degree sexual substance, “spice,” has made abuse of a minor and soliciting. an appearance in Campbell He was sentenced to 22-25 County, and the federal governyears in prison. Jay Gruwell was ment and local legislators are found guilty and sentenced to looking to add this substance as 4-7 years for third degree sexual an illegal substance. abuse of a minor. In SeptemThe Deputy County Attorber, 2010, an arrest was made neys assigned to in a 20 year old Circuit Court particrape case after Campbell County ipated in 11 jury triAttorney ’s Office DNA evidence als, compared to18 500 S. Gillette Ave, identified a in 2009, 11 jury triSte B200 suspect. Mark als in 2008 , 16 in 682-4310 Nichols was 2007, 18 in 2006

and 13 in 2005.

In 2010, 220 victims of domestic violence were provided services by the County Attorney’s Office, compared to 274 in 2009, 266 in 2008,

243 victims in 2007, 234 cases in 2006, and 249 in 2005.

These offenses included family violence battery, stalking and protection order violations. In 2010, there were 179 family violence battery offenses, 17 stalking offenses, 20 protection order violations, seven sexual assaults and 17 sexual assaults with minors. In addition, four felony battery family violence charges were filed in 2010, compared to six in 2009, two in 2008 and four in 2007. There were 45 charges of unlawful contact and 25 aggravated assaults filed in 2010.

In April, the County Attorney’s Office prosecuted four members of the Cemetery Board for open meeting violations. Ultimately, all four defendants’ cases were either dismissed by the court or the defendant found not guilty. It was one of the first set of cases tried under the Open Meetings Act.

JUVENILE COURT CASES Juvenile court cases involve neglected and abused children, delinquent children and children in need of supervision.

There were 321 new Juvenile Court cases in 2010, compared to 319 in 2009, 265 in 2008, 288 juvenile cases in 2007, 235 in 2006 and 231 in 2005.

Of those, 78 were delinquent children, compared to 96 in 2009; 32 children in need of supervision, compared to 38 in 2009; 71 neglect proceedings, compared to 51 in 2009; 69 revocation proceedings, compared to 61 in 2009; and 71 contempt of court proceedings, compared to 71 in 2009. Courtordered treatment, counseling, probation, community service and the importance of education are emphasized in juvenile court.

In 2010, Jeani Stone completed the second edition of the community Juvenile Services Manual to assist juvenile professionals and community members in identifying services in the community. In October, the County Attorney’s Office organized and collaborated with the Children’s Center in hosting Step Up for Kids Day to raise awareness on the needs of children.

CIVIL CASES & COUNTY LEGAL ISSUES The county civil department continued to be busy, advising the Campbell County Commission and all other elected officials, appointed county boards and county department heads. 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 stays busy with collecting delinquent taxes, road issues, planning and zoning, taxation and tax collection, contract review, and handling involuntary hospitalization proceedings for those individuals who were suffering from a mental illness and posing a danger to themselves or others and who required court ordered treatment. In 2010, 109 individuals were detained Continued on page 24

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compared to 125 in 2009, 114 in 2008 and 97 in 2007. Of the 109 individuals detained, eight resulted in Title 25 actions being filed.

A lawsuit filed by former Deputy Sheriff Dave Lauck was dismissed against the Campbell County Sheriff ’s Department after Lauck alleged being demoted after criticizing his co-workers and operations at the Sheriff ’s Department. The U.S. District Court’s dismissal was later affirmed by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, ending a lengthy civil lawsuit against the County.

In November, 2009, the County Commission dissolved a number of county boards.

However, in March 2010, an Attorney General’s opinion advised the Commission that such action was improper, and as a result, the Commission reinstated the boards. In September, the County was zoned for wind energy production.

CRIME VICTIM OFFICE

The Crime Victim/Witness Coordinators are instrumental in working with victims in criminal court cases in Circuit and District Court. The Coordinators provide victims of crime an understanding of the criminal justice system and support during the court process. The Crime Victim Office files Wyoming Crime Victim Compensation claims, provides emergency services for victims in the form of food and gas cards, and provides referrals to other victim service providers as needed.

During 2010, the Crime Victim Office took out ads in the local community paper informing the community about services provided by the Campbell County Attorney Crime Victim Office, stalking issues, elder abuse and sex offender registration. The Crime Victim Office participates on the Sexual Assault Response Team and Substance Abuse Advisory Council as representatives for the County Attorney’s Office.

JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAM The Juvenile Diversion Program, the Teen Intervention Program, and the Early Age Intervention Program are all programs supervised by the visors for the program, located Campbell County Attorney’s in the Campbell County JuveOffice. nile Probation Department, The Juvenile Diversion Prowho also works closely with this gram is in collaboration with program. the Gillette Police Department, The Juvenile Diversion ProCampbell County School Disgram’s mission statement is to trict, the Campbell County turn mistakes made by first time Sheriffs Department, and the juvenile offenders into an educaCampbell County Attorney’s tional opportunity and decrease Office, City of Gillette Municirecidivism of criminal activity. pal Court, City of Wright The Juvenile Diversion Program Municipal Court, Campbell focuses on modifying a juvenile County Circuit Court, and the offender’s thinking patterns, 6th Judicial District Court. curtail their criminal activity, The 2010 Juvenile Diversion improve school Team consisted of performance, Erica Wood, Randall C.C. Attorney’s Office improve parMonk, Paula MartiJuvenile Diversion ent/child comm gra Pro nez, Erin Wiley and m u n i c at i o n , Gillette Ave, S. 0 50 Janet Vaccari. Devonn Ste B300 boost selfSosa were the Com687-6311 esteem and munity Service Super24

The County Attorney’s Office hosted and collaborated with other agencies to provide a Community Safety Day for Boys’ and Girls’ Club youth during this past year.

COLLABORATION OF EFFORTS During 2010, 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, 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.

In May 2010, Deputy County Attor-

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, maintain 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

ney Jack Sundquist retired after serving the County Attorney’s Office for close to 20 years. In July, Wendy Bartlett, Deputy County Attorney was sworn in and took over the Honorable William S. Edwards’ Circuit Court Judgeship position. In November, the County Attorney’s Office suffered a large loss with the passing of Deputy County Attorney Bill Eichelberger, whose expertise and trial experience is greatly missed. In June, Jim Hloucal was appointed Gillette’s Police Chief, after Rich Adriaens resigned from the position to move to Sheridan.

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 2010, 5,094 juveniles have been screened for the program. Of those, the program has admitted 1,233 juveniles into the program since it began. In 2010, 115 new juveniles participated in the program, for a total of 189 juveniles served throughout the year. During 2010, 92 juveniles completed diversion, 31 failed, and 66 juveniles are still in the program, overlapping from the year previous the number of juveniles.

During the past ten 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, 2001

through July 31, 2010, statistics indicate that only 14 percent of juveniles who graduated from the Juvenile Diversion Program re-offended, compared to 50% who re-offended who opted to not participate in the program.

This indicates a 86 percent success rate for those who participated in the Juvenile Diversion Program in not re-offending compared to only 50 percent 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 Continued on page 25

Risk Management Resources The Mission of the Campbell job tasks/hazard analCounty Human Resources and ysis. The ultimate goal Risk Management Department is is a unified approach to to support County departments, safety that will increase boards and agencies in the recruitemployee awareness, ment, retention and protection of reduce injuries, and Campbell County resources and qualify the County for assets — the most valuable of a discounted Worker which is our employees.

Compensation rate.

Left to right – Charlotte Terry, Director; Tina Honeycutt; Gina Campbell County has been Carpenter We have already recvery fortunate this past year. ognized a significant reserve.

Despite economic conditions prevareduction in our Workers CompensaA priority of Human Resources/Risk lent throughout the country, Campbell Management during the last year has tion rate since beginning the effort.

County did not experience layoffs or been a focused effort on continuing the The generosity of county work shortages. We were in fact able work with the Safety Committee toward employees made the Annual to continue to reduce the turnover rate a unified County-wide safety program. Campbell County Food Drive from an all-time high of 15.4 percent in This process has required an extensive another success.

County fiscal 2006/2007 to the current rate of review of existing procedures for each employees donated 4,061 lbs 7.8 percent for fiscal 2009/2010 while division with regard to employee safety of food to the Council of Commaintaining a very competitive benefit training, environmental controls, and munity Services in November package and premium sharing structure.

2010.

With the help of our employees we were The Wellable to end fiscal 2009/2010 at only ness Com.37 percent over budget in our overall mittee continues to health benefit develop new ideas to fund.

The fund challenge employees Campbell County continues to to live a healthy life/ ce Human Resour rt. pa be adequately style. The 100 Miles De t en em Risk Manag e backed by a in 100 Days is a health 500 S. Gillette Av Ste 1200 healthy cash and fitness initiative 687-6355

designed as a tribute to the County’s centennial birthday and is in place to kick off a healthy 2011.

Ongoing projects for the department include work toward an intranet webpage for Risk Management, a searchable data base for County MSDS sheets, continuing to assist in the implementation of Kronos timeclock software, and continuously improving employee training and enrichment opportunities.

4,061 pounds of donated food

JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAM

The Early Age Intervention Program

Continued from page 24 The Early Age Intervention Program encourages parents which began in 2001, is a voluntary program of youth to hold “themselves” more accountable for their to attend parenting that is offered to youth between the ages of actions. classes and counseling 5-12, who are identified as at-risk. Youth parThe Juvenile Diversion Program is currently in its eleventh year with their child. Conticipating in the Early Age Intervention Proof operation and is seeing remarkable gains in changing criminal tact with the school, gram do not need a pending criminal offense thinking and reducing recidivism. The Diversion Officers’ backsiblings and parents is a key component of the to enroll in the program. They must meet eligigrounds are unique to many other programs in the United States program. Involvement in community activities bility requirements to be accepted into the proas ours has both members of law enforcement and those trained is explored. In addition, many juveniles in the gram. in social work. A key component of the program Diversion, Early Age and Teen Intervention is to improve communication within the family.

Programs participate at the local community In addition, education and maintaining grades garden. are emphasized and improved following the corThe Early Age Intervention Program has rective thinking class and the diversion program. assisted 206 youth and their families since the The Juvenile Diversion Officers continue to inception of the Early Age Program. Eleven participate in Camp Postcard, a week long camp juveniles were admitted to the program in which works with at-risk youth. During 2010, 2010. Eighteen juveniles 15 at-risk fifth and sixth graders attended Camp completed the program, ffice Postcard with the Diversion Officers. Since the orney ’s O on tt four juveniles failed the A . .C C nti e Interve Juvenile Diversion Program implemented program and nine carEarly Ag illette Ave, G 500 S. 300 Camp Postcard, 79 at-risk youth have benefit- L to R (back row): Janet Vaccari (Admin. Ass ried over for services into istant), Erica Wood (Juvenile Diversion Off Ste B icer), Erin Wiley (Early 1 1 ted from Camp Postcard.

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ne (County Attorney) . (In front) Paula Martinez & Randy Mo nk (Juvenile Diversion Officers).

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Attorney’s Office ing defiant and out-of-control behav- tion in the home and school, bolstering iors such as skipping school, alcohol or academic performance and self esteem controlled substance use, and increasing comdisrespectful behavmunity safety, ior toward parents and strengthand/or school ening the indipersonnel.

The vidual and famprogram works on ily unit, prior modifying behavior to any criminal through intervencharges.

TEEN INTERVENTION PROGRAM 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 exhibit-

During 2010, we had nine juveniles join the Teen Intervention Program.

To date, there have been 43 youth and their families who have C.C. Attorney ’s Office par ticipated Teen Intervention Program in the Teen 500 S. Gillette Ave, Intervention Ste B300 Program.

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Treasurer’s Office Responsibilities in the Treasurer’s 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 13 full time employees who share the responsibilities of the office.

By the end of June 2010, our office collected and distributed $427,598,989 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 July 1, 1986.

The following shows the collections at the end of each fiscal year for the past five years: Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2006

$9,053,842

Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2007

$10,705,358

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 $0

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The Campbell County Treasurer’s office held its annual tax sale on October 4, 2010 in the Commissioner’s Chambers. It is held late September or early October every year. We had 101 real properties with delinquent taxes this year compared to 179 last year. The number of people signed up to purchase the taxes was 35 compared to 51 last year.

We use a bingo machine for selling the taxes and everyone is assigned a number.

There are a few changes to motor vehicles beginning January 1, 2011. We now have a Gold Star license plate that can be issued to a spouse, parent or grandparent of a service member who died during military service. 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.

We are also requiring motor vehicle owners to bring in proof

$3,250,000

$6,500,000

$9,750,000

Back Row left to right: Rachael Knust, Jackie Blikre, Becky Brazelton, Yvonne Wagner, Shirley Study, Marilyn Howard, Ronda Hunter. Front row left to right: Sue Harrison, Patty Brown, Janelle Harvey, Marlo Kruckenberg, Ginger Boisvert, Cathy Dowdy, Marlene Lujan

of insurance when licensing a vehicle beginning January 1, 2011. If renewing by mail, we are requiring that motor vehicle owners send in a copy of their proof of insurance for verification. This proof needs to be brought into our office or sent through the mail every time the motor vehicle owner renews plates or licenses a new purchase. The Wyoming legislature has also approved an online system called Verisol for verification if necessary.

Companies having fleet insurance cannot be verified through Verisol.

W.S. 39-13-109 which deals with property tax relief had $13,000,000 some amendments in the 2009 general

session. The statute now reads hold member, and any retirethat the taxes need to be paid ment accounts (IRA’s,401K before the first Monday of June plans, medical savings, etc). You in order to qualify. They do have to be a resident of Wyonot have to be paid on time. ming for the past five years. The Your household income needs State of Wyoming handles the to be equal to or less than the review of the applications and greater of three fourths of the the issuance of the refunds. median household income Applications can be turned into for the county in which you our office or mailed to the State reside in order to qualify. Three of Wyoming. The applications fourths of Campbell County’s must be received by the first median household income Monday in June and refunds are for 2009 was $55,283. Your issued beginning in August. total personal assets cannot The employees of the Campexceed $100,000.00 per adult bell County Treasurer’s office household member. T h i s will continue to strive to serve includes real estate, their customers bank accounts and with efficient and Campbell County investments. Howfriendly service Treasurer’s Office 500 S. Gillette Ave ever, this does not throughout the Ste 1700 include the value of year to come.

682-7268 your home, a car for each adult house-

Public

Works

Engineering • Planning • Zoning • Building • Facilities • Landfill • Recycle • Fleet Welcome to the 2010 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. A few projects include: • Landfill 2 Phase 3 East New Cell is complete • Landfill Baler Replacement completed • Landfill Comprehensive Study is in progress

• Wright Library Manager’s Office constructed • Gillette College Technical Center construction completed • Parks & Recreation new facility construction is completed • WBC Robertson Industrial Project is complete • Campbell County Coal Belt Transportation Study/Plan is complete • Union Chapel/Fairview Intersection Project is in the design phase • Wright Recreation Center Preliminary Structural Study is completed • Numerous Improvement & Service Districts award grant funds for road maintenance and water projects

ENGINEERING DIVISION

Expansion • Sheriff Evidence Vault, Mezzanine and • County Road Culverts - various • Fire Station #9 - Wright A Pod Remodel • Union Chapel - Fairview Roads altera• Robertson Circle Water and Sewer • Road and Bridge Water Load Out tion • Slate Street extension • Hilight Road alteration • Donkey Creek wetlands at Adon, Sva• Hoadley Road Bridge Rehabilitation • Antelope Road alteration lina and Sunny Slope Roads • Cow Creek Structure on Cow Creek • Morrish School foundation • Wright Recreation Center outside Road • T-7 Bridge MSE Wall Repair Basketball Court • Bell Nob Water Wells • Wright Recreation Center Architec• Bell Nob Reservoir Repair Surveying tural Study • Donkey Creek Structures at Adon & • Old Hospital Subdivision Platting (re• Hart Road realignment Svalina Roads sub Senior Center) • Northern Drive ROW and Phase I • Courthouse remodel projects (Public • Amendment Plats to Rawhide and design Defenders Offices) WCW Subdivision • 4-J Facilities Study • Landfill Construction Demo Building • Survey to determine property bound- • Northern Campbell County CommuStairs aries in the 4J Master Plan area nity Center • Landfill Drainage Project • Road petition research from Commis- • Belle Fourche River Watershed • Landfill Employee Parking sioner Minutes 1911-1929 TDML study • Landfill Recycle Loading Dock • Monitoring Well and Quantities • Campbell County Road culvert review • Landfill Baler Bagging system Update for Landfill 1,2,3 • Court House Unallocated Space • Wright Library parking lot rehabilita- • Review and consulting on Hilight and Assessment tion T7 Road Plats With continued population growth, • County Parking Lot Maintenance • Northern Drive Survey Research the Department of Public Works strives • County Subdivision Street sweeping to ensure the best possible services are and maintenance 2009-2010 Project Designs, ROW, available to the residents of the county.

• County Bike Path Weed spraying Studies The department works as a team to • County Road Maintenance • Campbell County Coal Belt Transpor- ensure public services are housed in safe, • Hilight Road Overlay tation Study adequate facilities; that roads and dust • Haight Road Overlay • Drainage Study Intersection of High- control continue to be a high priority, • American Ranch Road Overlay way 59 and Southern Drive and that the citizens of Campbell County • Hoadley Road Overlay • Gillette Regional Water Joint Powers receive the highest level of professional• Echeta Road Overlay Agreement ism and knowledge available.

BUILDING DIVISION

• 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 to obtain a permit and inspections or to simply explain how best they can get through their project.

The 2010 year posed many challenges

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, publicly owned water distribution facilities and publicly owned non-discharging treatment works as delegated

by DEQ. • To provide services to Joint Powers Boards for construction of facilities that falls under these boards.

• To recommend and administer District Support Grant applications.

• To provide Engineering and Surveying review of subdivision cases.

2009-2010 Construction Projects • Campbell County Recreation Center • Gillette College Technical Education Center • Campbell County Senior Center

Manager: John Boniface III, Building Code Official The Building Division is designed: • To provide information and help in determining the applicable building codes for new construction, additions, and remodels and provide information regarding the appropriate zoning for a specific use of property.

• To issue permits for the Minimum Building Standards adopted in Campbell County.

• Senior Center Expansion, Remodel ciency and decrease our costs, following & Garage Addition are under con- my mantra that if it doesn’t add value, it struction adds cost. In the coming year, we will • Detention Center Expansion & continue to populate a document archival system that will allow us to search Remodel Project is completed Planning is underway for several for and recall documents efficiently and projects, including a comprehensive quickly. In addition, we will continue re-write of our zoning regulations and to make improvements to our web site a county comprehensive plan for land and educational products, making more information available to the public in a use.

Our department strives for continu- more convenient manner.

Our door is always open and ous improvement and we are here to serve the citity un Co welcomes feedback from ll be Camp zens of Campbell County to the citizens we serve. We Public Works e, the best of our abilities. Enjoy Av tte lle Gi S are always on the look 500 the report.

00 14 Ste for new technologies and K Kevin King. P.E., Director 685-8061 tools to increase our effiof Public Works

to the Building Division. We maintained a low overhead and reduction in staff. The division was very conscious of our budgeting for the fiscal year 2010 /

2011, cutting costs and trimming where ever possible. As we stand today, the division is well staffed and financially solid. The division has totally updated our web site and encourages all citizens to visit it. There are a number of helpful How To guides available. As a reminder, there are currently NO FEES for Certificate of Occupancy, permits, or inspections. Please take advantage of this free service from the Commissioners!

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Public SOLID WASTE - LANDFILL DIVISION Manager: Mark Swan, P.G., Environmental 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, to be recycled.

Solid Waste Division points of interest for 2010: • The construction of the new lined landfill cell, Landfill #2 Phase III east, took place in 2010. The east cell liner, protective cover, leachate collection system and leachate ponds were completed in October of 2010 and has an estimated capacity to hold 7 years of Campbell County’s municipal solid waste (MSW). The design and excavation for the west portion was also completed. The liner and drainage system will need to be installed prior to the east cell reaching capacity.

These new cells will serve the County for approximately 16 years.

• Construction & Demolition (C&D) tonnage was a record 23,179 tons in 2010. It was much higher than expected due to C&D debris from hail storms that did a large amount of damage in Campbell County and the town of Moorcroft. This storm debris, which was mostly shingles, accounted for approximately 50% of the C&D tonnage in 2010. This large increase resulted in Landfill #3 filling to near capacity by the end of the year.

Efforts are being made to design, permit and expand Landfill #3, before it reaches capacity near the end of this fiscal year.

• Municipal Solid Waste (MWS) normally very closely follows the population of a municipality. At 41,602 tons our MSW was higher than expected.

It grew 2.8% over the 2009 tonnage, but fell short of the 2007 record level of 43,218 tons.

• The 2010 total landfill tonnage was a record for Campbell County at 64,782 tons. This eclipsed the 2008 record by 6.2% and was 15.6% greater than 2009. Much of this record total 28

was a result of the 12,000 ton increase in C&D due to the spring hailstorms.

• New C&D walking floor trailers were purchased and used to transfer C&D solid waste to Landfill #3. These trailers had a payload of 3-4 times the previous side dump trailers. These trailers were very important in helping us handle the record levels of C&D. • Efforts continue to improve compaction and efficiency at Landfill #2.

Bale densities have increased substantially from a 2007 weight of 1700 lbs/ bale to the 2010 weight of 2600 lbs/ bale. This increase in density and an increase in packing density at Landfill #2 and the stripping and reuse of daily and intermediate cover has nearly doubled the remaining life of the landfill.

• Burns & McDonnell Engineering, an internationally renowned solid waste consulting firm, completed a Rate Study and a Strategic Plan for our Landfill, Transfer Station and Recycle Center operations. The rate study shows our existing rates create revenue that is equivalent to our existing costs, but they do not cover all our capital expenditures. Working in conjunction with our Strategic Plan it shows what rate strategy is required to put an enterprise system in place.

• The Strategic Plan looks at our Solid Waste handling strategy and shows that its costs and environmental effectiveness compare favorably with other systems. The plan also shows we are at or exceeding capacity at all our Transfer Station and Recycling Facilities. It recommends designing and constructing new facilities at a more strategic location. By doing this we would build easily expandable facilities that would be safer and much more efficient. Several sites are evaluated for the new facilities.

• Because our MSW and C&D Transfer Stations are working at capacity it creates inefficiencies in our operations. Record level solid waste volumes necessitate operations to be open 10 hours/day for 5 – days/week to keep up with demand. Several changes in operations such as a more efficient baler, walking floor trailers to handle comingled recyclables and C&D waste transfer 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 diverting more recyclables from the waste stream.

• The Transfer Station and Landfill

Works 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 increase in traffic due to increased volumes.

• A Methane Extraction System is operating in the Landfill #1 MSW landfill area to evacuate methane gas. Extracting methane gas minimizes the possibility of the build up and movement of gas to adjacent properties and migration to aquifers resulting on contaminated groundwater. This Landfill accepted MSW from the early years of Gillette’s history until 2001. DEQ required in 2010 that we drill additional groundwater wells around its perimeter.

PLANNING & ZONING DIVISION County Planner & Zoning Administrator: Megan Lehman 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 insure 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, and 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 of 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.

The year of 2010 was an exciting and demanding one for the Planning Division. There was a decrease in the overall number of cases; however, there were many more re-zoning requests, as well as special use permits for various projects in the County.

Megan Lehman completed her Master’s Degree from South Dakota State University in the fall of 2010. She received her Master of Science Degree in Rural Sociology and Community Development and was promoted to the position of County Planner and Zoning Administrator.

Many changes were made to County Subdivision and Zoning Regulations in 2010. A partial re-write of the Subdivisions Regulations was completed, which gave citizens better options when choosing to subdivide their property, including choosing on-lot wells and a new lot-line adjustment process. A complete re-write of the Zoning Regulations is expected to be completed in March of 2011. The new Zoning Regulations should increase the usability of the regulations for both citizens and staff, and will help the County in providing quality, user friendly development regulations. Finally, the Planning and Zoning Divisions looks forward to beginning an update to County Comprehensive Plan in 2011. The current plan has not been updated since 1998. An update of County land use and development philosophies will help guide development policies in the County as we continue to grow.

Public 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 statistical figures about the county’s fleet.

• Campbell County’s light vehicle fleet is comprised of 183 vehicles.

• In 2008, Campbell County employees drove light fleet vehicles 1.96 million miles. This does not include the large fleet vehicles that Landfill and Road & Bridge drive on a daily basis. In 2009, the light fleet was driven 1.73 million miles which is slightly less than estimated last year and is an 11% decrease. At the time of this report mileages were still being gathered and 2010 mileages will be estimated just over 1.8 million miles.

• 24 surplus vehicles were auctioned in March, 2010, resulting in revenue of $91,450.

• 17 County departments utilize the Fleet Pool through assigned vehicles to the departments that demonstrate

RECYCLE PROGRAM Manager: Julie Ruff, Recycle Manager The recycle program points of interest are: • The recycle rate at the Campbell County Landfill is near 7% while the rest of the state averages 6%. The recycle rate has dropped from 11% in the past year due to a large decrease in tire and poly-pipe recycling. Tire recycling was greatly reduced by eliminating the 750,000 used tire pile in December of 2009. Also efforts were made to divert as many tires as possible from the landfill operations to local tire recycle truckers. Reduction in coalbed methane operations due to the economic downturn and environmental pressures have greatly reduced the amount of poly-pipe we receive to recycle.

• While we are still above the 6% average recycle rate in Wyoming, the national recycle rate is 26%, which shows there is an opportunity to substantially increase our recycling efforts.

This opportunity is addressed in the

needs for utilization of a county vehicle for county business.

• The other County departments utilize 11 vehicles from the Fleet Management Pool by checking them out on an as needed basis. Also on an as needed basis, other county vehicles can be transferred for use in the Fleet Pool when not in use through assignment. An example would be use of specialized vehicles such as the 60 foot bucket truck or the vacuum truck. These vehicles are assigned to Fleet Management but utilized by all county departments. This gives us better use of the taxpayer’s dollar and ensures the vehicle is utilized as best as possible through sharing.

• Fleet Management Pool vehicle’s statistical use charts are included below.

The charts show trends in miles traveled and vehicle usage for the year (pool vehicles only). Some quick statistics show pool vehicle usage is up and for the second year in a row, pool vehicles were reduced by transferring them out to other departments as needed. Fleet pool vehicle miles traveled showed a 7% decrease in comparing 2009 and 2010 yet usage was up 10%.

• The fleet pool usage is evaluated and new Strategic Plan.

• Efforts were started to increase our recycle rate. The Campbell County School System has increased its recycle program to include all of its schools.

Also several businesses have started programs or increased their recycling efforts. This has increased the amount of commingled recyclables we handle by at least 50%. Curbside recycling is also getting larger through efforts of the City to improve service. They are also working at increasing recycle efforts at large events at the Camplex. We have also noticed increased usage of the recycle trailers. We are investigating methods to improve this service without increasing the time required to collect and maintain the drop-off sites.

• Even with the increased comingled recycling rate we have been able to handle the sorting and transfer without an increase in manpower.

• Building Maintenance has successfully increased

Works vehicles not utilized are transferred to another department with a greater need.

In 2009 there were 14 pool vehicles available and that was reduced to 12 as other vehicles were needed elsewhere in the county fleet. In 2010, one more vehicle was transferred out.

Accomplishments for 2010 include:

• Specialized and required safety training on the 60 foot bucket truck for county employees who may need to use the truck. Yearly training will continue in order to keep the employees current on safety practices and familiarization with the truck.

• Temporary transfer of a light fleet snow plow to the Courthouse for better utilization and more efficient work their recycling efforts by placing can and bottle recycle containers around the courthouse. They are investigating the feasibility of using recycling pickup service at all County facilities.

• Transferring commingled recyclables to the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Rapid City has been very successful. In the past we used manual labor to sort these recyclables and market them separately. This was a very costly and inefficient operation. By utilizing the “MRF” we are able to accomplish our recycling more efficiently, with less manpower and at less cost. We are also hauling compost back from Rapid City in exchange for these recyclables.

around the Courthouse.

• 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 that ensures monies are available for replacing vehicles when they are ready for replacement.

• Continued collaboration with Human Resources/ Risk Management to provide monthly National Safety Council Defensive Driving training and working to supervise the hail damage assessment and repairs on county vehicles.

• 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.

The compost will be used for reclamation projects at the Landfill facilities.

• Recycle processing operations 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 programs in Wyoming, thanks to the community commitment to recycling.

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Public FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DIVISION Manager: Vern Fundenberger, Facilities Manager The Facilities Maintenance Division provides maintenance and custodial services for the following Campbell County facilities.

Facilities Maintenance Care Facilities Airport Bell Nob Golf Course (assist) Children’s Developmental Services of CC Courthouse (Maint. & Custodial) YES House Campus Diesel Tech Center Extension Office

Public Health New Facility Public Health Old Facility Radio Towers Recycle Center Road & Bridge (Maint. & Custodial) Rockpile Museum Senior Citizens Center (Maint. & Custodial)

FAIR The 2010 Campbell County Fair was a great success in spite of the rainy weather we received.

We had a great deal of rain early in the week which created problems with our horse shows and Pro Rodeo, but we were able to change days and move events so that everyone was able to compete. Most other events are held inside, so the Fair proceeded in spite of the rain. week included the Pet Stop The theme for the 2010 Petting Zoo, the Fearless Fair was “There’s Magic in Flores Thrill Show and Washthe Fair” and there definitely board Willy on the plaza. were some magical times The Free Stage Tent featured during the week. Our Fair the ever-popular Doo-Wah kicked off with a wonderful Riders, Marcoux Corner and concert by superstar Leann hypnotist Michael Mezmer.

Rimes and special guest, Bill Crowley with Caricacomedian Dick Hardwick. tures America created his The Fair also presented a “magic” drawing wonderful concert in the theater later in caricatures of young and old the week featuring Kahuna alike in the Wyoming CenBeach Party, a tribute to ter and “Magic the Beach Boys. Both Mike” Winters concerts were well Campbell County e ntertained Fair Board attended and enjoyed with his magic 16 35 Reata Drive by all. tricks in the 687-0200 Free Stage EnterChildrens Corral tainment during the along with Fun 30

Works GARF House George Amos Memorial Library (Maint. & Custodial) Gillette Library Ice Barn Arena Landfill Parks & Recreation (assist)

Sheriff’s Office (assist) Weed & Pest Wright Library Wright Recreation Center Wright Safety Building New Rec. Center

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.

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OFFICE on the Go. The Fair Trade Show was held in the Wyoming Center for the second year.

This has been a great improvement for the Fair because there is unlimited room and the Fair can accommodate many more vendors. This year we had over 80 vendors ñ something for everyone.

Other events included the event that is fast becoming one of the most popular events, the Dachsund Races.

Also featured during the week were the Coal Country Fiddle Contest, Fair Talent Show, Pioneer Dinner,

Jackpot Roping, Sheep Lead, Youth Rodeo, Team Penning and Ranch Sorting and MiniAnimal Show. As always, we had a great audience for all the 4-H, FFA and Open Class livestock shows.

The 7th Annual Energy Town Pro Rodeo featuring the Burch Rodeo Stock was held on Friday and Saturday nights, with the Neighborhood Barbecue sponsored by the energy producers kicking off the rodeo weekend.

Attendance was down somewhat for the rodeo, which was ex pected as it foll o w s closely behind the Nat i o na l H i g h School Rodeo.

T h e Demolition Derby was held on Sunday afternoon

with a record attendance.

The Youth Livestock Sale was held on Monday night, following the Fair. The total on the sale increased by $24,000 over the 2009 sale with fewer animals being sold. We sincerely appreciate all the faithful buyers who come to the sale to support the youth of our county.

The 2011 Fair will be held on July 31st through August 7th with the Youth Livestock Sale to be held on August 8th. Be sure to mark your calendars and plan to attend and participate in the 2011 Campbell County Fair.

Public Works • To identify and mitigate potential hazards in County facilities.

• To team with contractors to complete capital construction projects.

This year about 184,000.00 • The installing, repairing and monitoring of fire and security systems.

• Project management and oversight of capital construction improvements.

The combined experience of our Facilities Maintenance Staff enables us to perform most repairs in-house, resulting in significant savings to the

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County. It also provides the ability to respond to and maintain County facilities 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 evidenced in the appearance of the facilities to which they are assigned.

The Facilities Maintenance Division staff members are dedicated public servants and we are fortunate to

have them as County employees.

My staff ’s certifications have allowed us to get contractors licenses from the City of Gillette for Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and General Contracting. With these certifications comes a responsibility for ongoing education. This year we qualified to start an apprenticeship Electric Program within our department.

We have seen a large increase in labor hours due to the addition of the new Recreation Center facilities.

Heatlh Department Division of Public Health Nursing Service 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, one Home Health Aide, one Public Health Response Coordinator, four Administrative Staff members, and two part time custodians. The Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program has one Nutritionist, one Nurse, and an Office Manager. Della Amend RN-BC is the Executive Director of the Department.

Dr. Kirtikumar Patel is the County Health Officer.

Public Health Nursing provides direct services in the areas of communicable diseases, prevention and health promotion, maternal and family health , pre admission screening for nursing home placement, and home health care for all ages. It is also the local provider for many Wyoming Department of Health Programs. Public Health is a licensed home health agency through the Wyoming Department of Health. Most services are provided at no or minimal cost.

The agency is governed by the Campbell County Board of Health appointed by the County Commissioners

Skilled nursing and personal care provided to individuals in the home setting under physician’s orders.

Long Term Care Assessment (LT101): This is a pre admission review for a long term care facility and the Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver program.

Maternal/Child and Family: Services to the mother before, during, and after pregnancy, care of the infant, the child and support to the parents. This program includes home and office visits for the infant and parents. It includes the Best Beginnings and Presumptive Eligibility programs, the Nurse Family Partnership program, Welcome Home visits, Children’s Special Health program and services as the nurse to the Children’s Developmental Our Services: Center.

Communicable Diseases: This proAdult Health: Nursing care of the gram includes all immunization chronic/stable adult in clinics for children, adults, flu, the home, office or clinic Campbell County and world travel. It also includes setting. Personal care by Health Department the throat culture program, the Home Health Aide Division of Public ce rvi Se HIV/Hepatitis/STD counselng may be included in this Health Nursi ad Ro J urFo 01 ing and testing, communicable 23 service.

682-7275 disease followup and referral.

Home Health:

The nurses also teach blood borne pathogen classes and other classes to prevent the spread of diseases.

The agency has offered extended vaccinations clinics this year to protect the people of our community from the seasonal and H1N1 influenza. We coordinated with the Campbell County School District to offer H1N1 vaccinations at school clinics.

In August 2010 the new school immunization requirements went into effect. All school children were to have two Varicella (chickenpox) vaccinations along with the previous required vaccines to be compliant with the law. The school district estimated that 4,500 students would need further immunizations in order to not be excluded from school. We worked with the staff and school nurses to set up extended clinics, develop individual immunization plans for each student who was not up to date, and worked with parents to notify them of the clinics and the requirements. A date was set that by April 7, 2011 all students should have had the opportunity to get the needed vaccinations from Public Health or their personal health care provider. From July 1, 2010 to December 15, 2010 3337 patients have been immunized and 3826 have received the seasonal influenza vaccine.

Public Health Preparedness and Response Program: This program is funded by a grant from the Wyoming Department of Health Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program with funding from Homeland Security.

The Public Health Response Coordinator

assists the Public Health Nurses to prepare the agency and the community to respond to a public health emergency. He also is a member of the Local Emergency Preparedness Committee and coordinates training with the County Emergency Manager.

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): This program is contracted with the Wyoming department of Health to provide nutrition counseling and supplemental food packages to eligible clients. Pregnant, breast feeding, or postpartum 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 1,200 clients and each client is seen four times a year for assessment and nutritional educa-

Client Contacts

by PHNs July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 Program Adult Health Home Health LT 101 Maternal/Child Communicable Disease Immunizations Seasonal flu vaccines H1N1 flu vaccines Walk-in- clinic screening

Total Contacts 3,731 1105 372 2984 2450 3374 6020 7957 2215

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Elected Officals

32

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

Assessor

Attorney

Troy Clements 682-7266

Jeani Stone 682-4310

Clerk

Clerk Of District Court

Susan Saunders 682-7285

Nancy Ratcliff 682-3424

Coroner

Sheriff

Treasurer

Tom Eekhoff 687-6179

Bill Pownall 687-6160

Shirley Study 682-7268