Councilman resigns

When Moorcroft’s council came together Monday night, Councilman Owen Mathews, who has been absent a number of times over the last two years due to a change of personal circumstances, sent in a letter of resignation, which was approved.

Election for Mathews’ seat is in November, so the council chose to leave the vacancy until then, according to Clerk/Treasurer Cheryl Schneider.

Noonan Park

The town has received two bids for construction of the new permanent bathrooms in Noonan Park that will be paid from the remaining monies of the sixth cent tax return (or “SPOT” tax).

However, the council discovered a potential issue with the specifications advertised by the town and, after ascertaining advice from town attorney Patrick Carpenter, chose to send an email to each bidder, clarifying ambiguous language within said specifications and, with the clarification, an extra step of guarantee from the contractors. The body will make a decision based on the responses at the next meeting.

Treat Street

Parent Advisory Board President Angie Peters asked the governing body about the feasibility of producing the Halloween Treat Street this year amidst the unusual health considerations with the COVID-19 threat, admitting to not knowing the current regulations, if any, determined by Wyoming governor Mark Gordon.

She explained that, even with all the families who attend the day’s festivities, “I don’t think we have more than 250 in that gym at one time. We have some who come early and others come later.”

If allowed to carry out the event, everything would run the same with the exception of masks, “One of our members will buy the [plain white cotton] masks for kids to decorate to go with their costumes.”

Councilman Ben Glenn advocated the event, “I’m all for going forward with it, it’s such a good thing for our community.”

Mayor Dick Claar agreed. The council approved the request to conduct Treat Street Friday, October 30, “As long as state regulations don’t shut it down,” the mayor added.