Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury discussed with the council as well as members of Encampment Public Works, his concern over the recent vandalism of the Encampment Park restrooms at the regular council meeting last Thursday.
“I guess somebody went in there and [defecated] all over the place. So, I’ve had [Public Works] put some padlocks on it so once you guys do shut down for the season, put them on there,” Salisbury said.
“I think another thing is to do is maybe invest in some of these cameras ... Just to put up somewhere where we can kind of do that.”, Salisbury said of his idea to deter further vandalism.
Councilman Gary Stull agreed with the idea that “Two night cameras be purchased to be placed randomly around town as needed,” Stull said in a motion. The council voted unanimously in favor of the motion.
Katrina Bergeson, of Public Works, confirmed that they are looking into purchasing “game cameras” that use infrared technology, more commonly known as night-vision, and that they are working with Encampment Chief of Police Grayling Wachsmuth on where and how to place the cameras around town.
Town clerk catches
bank error
Encampment Town Clerk Doreen Harvey expressed her concerns about The Bank of the West, which holds the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) loan account. The town of Encampment uses this account to build up its main street businesses.
“I don’t think I have anything that needs to be discussed unless you guys want to consider moving the EDC loan from Bank of the West to the Bank of Commerce,” Harvey said in response to Salisbury’s request of anything to add.
According to Harvey, the bank mistakenly sent out a signature card to an unauthorized person. A signature card can include various information about the account including the legal signature(s) of those authorized to access the bank account.
“I’ll probably get over it but I’m pretty irritated that they handed out a signature card to an unauthorized member of the public,” Harvey said.
“That was very irresponsible,” councilwoman Cindy Hamilton said. “There should be consequences.”
When the Saratoga Sun asked for more information regarding the mishandled card, “It’s taken care of,” Salisbury said.
Tuesday morning, the Saratoga Sun contacted Salisbury about the signature card incident. He had no comment.
Karen Youngberg, of Bank of the West, also had no comment.
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