The Riverside Town Council appointed two new members to the Sierra Madre Joint Powers Board to fulfill expiring terms at their meeting Thursday.
Councilman Leroy Stephenson nominated Riverside resident Ed Golden to fill a three-year term.
Councilwoman Helen Weiland nominated Bill Walters to fill the one-year position.
Saratoga and Hanna received new ambulances from grants prepared by the South Central Wyoming Emergency Services Joint Powers Board.
Weiland said Riverside will get a newer ambulance when they acquire Saratoga’s first-out ambulance and Encampment will get a refurbished four-wheel drive ambulance from Carbon County Memorial Hospital.
The council approved a motion to support the Platte Valley Arts Council by purchasing a membership.
The council also approved a motion to decline participation in a joint powers board that would oversee a critical access hospital in the Valley. The hospital was proposed to the council in September by Dean Dragon.
“I don’t believe a critical access hospital can be sustained and I would not like to see the town get involved in a joint powers board to go forward with this,” Weiland said.
The next Riverside council meeting will be Jan. 10, 2013.
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