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Following a six-week long test in 2019 of a three-lane configuration on Main Street in downtown Sheridan that yielded positive results from the public, the City and WYDOT transformed Main Street last October from its traditional four lane traffic pattern to three lanes. Sheridan Police Chief Travis Koltiska, while providing an update to the Sheridan City Council at their most recent meeting, was asked by Councilman Clint Beaver if the new configuration has made it safer downtown.
Councilman Clint Beaver and Police Chief Travis Koltiska
The three-lane pattern includes one travel lane in each direction with a center turn lane, and a diagonal hatched buffer zone between the parallel curbside parking and the travel lanes. The buffer zone is intended to offer motorists an additional four feet of room for parallel parking and exiting and entering their vehicles.
The Sheridan City Council approved first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 4 of City Code, which pertains to alcoholic beverages. Amending the ordinance is necessary because of the Wyoming Legislature’s approval of House Bill 13 that regulates alcoholic and malt beverages in the state. Sheridan Police Chief Travis Koltiska said the area of the City’s current ordinance on alcohol delivery that stipulates that an employee of the license holder must be the one that makes the delivery won’t be changing with the amendment.
Police Chief Travis Koltiska
The new legislation that goes into effect on July 1 requires the Council to amend City Code to adjust delivery requirements, make changes to the definition of the serving area as well as winery and distillery permit changes. The ordinance amending City Code will also remove the requirement that license holders notify the Clerk’s Office within 15 days of a notice of final conviction within the amelioration process.
Replacing Portable Radios
The Sheridan Police Department will soon be equipped with 35 new Motorola portable radios. Sheridan Police Chief Travis Koltiska says that the new radios will replace the current Motorola radios that the department has been using for the past two decades.
Chief Koltiska
Chief Koltiska said the purchase is a budgeted item through the Police Department budget. The staff recommendation to award the bid to ComTech of Casper in the amount of $149,933 will be considered by the City Council at an upcoming meeting.
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