Transfer station approved

Fiscal conservatism ruled the day at the Feb. 4 Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting.

The special use permit for the proposed solid waste transfer station at the Saratoga landfill was approved unanimously, as recommended by the Carbon County planning and development department. Commissioner Sue Jones abstained from the transfer station vote as she was representing the applicant, the Upper Platte River Solid Waste District.

However, a request to replace a full-time administrative assistant at the Saratoga office of Carbon County Public Health may have more immediate impacts on...