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The Newcastle City Council invited representatives of Weston County and other local governments to discuss the duture of emergency dispatch services in Newcastle and Weston County, Wyoming.
Tone has changed but the result is so far unchanged
The Newcastle City Council took what appeared to be a first step towards a deal that would have meant Weston County would only have one dispatch center for all emergency responders, but the Board of Weston County Commissioners declined to accept...
The Newcastle City Council will be holding another public meeting to discuss dispatch operations in Newcastle and Weston County on April 12 at 5 p.m. in the city council chambers located at 10 W. Warwick.
On April 4, Mayor Pam Gualtieri attended the Board of Weston County Commissioners meeting...
After months of silence over the ongoing dispatch battle between the city of Newcastle and Weston County — aside from an occasional letter to county officials — the city addressed the issue publicly during the council’s Feb. 6 meeting. Several council members and Mayor Pam Gualtieri highlighted...
Weston County Deputy Attorney Jeani Stone responded to recent criticism of the lack of progress on projects, including an employee handbook, during the Oct. 4 Board of Weston County Commissioners meeting.
“You have had years of dysfunction and lack of good work on your employee handbook and HR (...
Photo by Alexis Barker/NLJ
On April 11, during one of several dispatch meetings held over the last year, Newcastle Police Chief Sam Keller, Upton Police Chief Susan Bridge, and Weston County Sheriff Bryan Colvard sat together at the front of the room. During the meeting, deputy county attorney Jeani Stone presented the options that each of the involved entities would have to consider moving forward.
Two dispatch centers — one run by the Sheriff’s office and another by the Newcastle Police Department — are on the horizon for Weston County.
The Board of Weston County Commissioners voted on May 2 in favor of a dispatch center operated by the Weston County sheriff. According to Deputy County...
It all comes down to this, months of work on the part of Jeani Stone, the deputy county attorney; Weston County Sheriff Bryan Colvard; and Newcastle Chief of Police Sam Keller to sort through and hammer out dispatch issues and contracts have finally been completed. Stone will present the...
Weston County Deputy Attorney Jeani Stone, told the county commissioners at their March 15 meeting that she was on the cusp of a possible solution to the city-county dispatch woes. She hoped to present her ideas to the commissioners on April 12 at a meeting in Upton. That date had not been...
The Weston County Commission has instructed Gilbert Nelson, Weston County Emergency Management coordinator, to begin exploring the cost of purchasing the equipment and setting up its own dispatch center. For the project, the county would potentially use some of the $1.2 million in American Rescue...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
As the tension between the city of Newcastle, town of Upton and Weston County continues over dispatch services provided by the city, Newcastle prepared a detailed look at the costs associated with dispatch services for the county.
Mayor Pam Gualtieri told the News...
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