Council Minutes/Bills

Town of Moorcroft

Special Meeting of the Council

Wednesday, November 20th, 2024

Town Council Present: Mayor Ben Glenn, Councilmembers Dale Petersen, Austin Smith, Heidi Humpal and Robert Stewart

Town Representatives Present: Clerk/Treasurer Jesse Connally and Public Works Director Scott Green

Mayor Glenn called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance was said. Roll call was taken.

Councilmember Smith motioned to go into Executive Session at 6:01pm to discuss personnel. Councilmember Humpal seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

Regular meeting of the Council reconvened at 6:10pm.

Councilmember Smith motioned to hire April Hiser for the open Public Works Technician position at $25.00/hour. Councilmember Petersen seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

With no further business to discuss, Councilmember Petersen motioned to adjourn the meeting at 6:11pm. Councilmember Smith seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

Ben Glenn, Mayor

ATTEST:

Jesse Connally, Clerk/Treasurer

Town of Moorcroft

Regular Meeting of the Council

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024

Town Council Present: Mayor Ben Glenn, Councilmembers Dale Petersen, Heidi Humpal, Austin Smith, and Bob Stewart

Town Representatives Present: Clerk/Treasurer Jesse Connally, Police Chief Bill Bryant, Public Works Director Scott Green, Town Attorney Pat Carpenter and HDR Representative Heath Turbiville

Mayor Glenn called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance was said. Roll call was taken.

No Guests present.

Councilmember Petersen motioned to approve the Consent Agenda items 1 & 2, Councilmember Smith seconded. All ayes, motion carried. Councilmember Petersen motioned to approve Consent Agenda #3, Councilmember Stewart seconded. All ayes, with Councilmember Smith abstaining. Motion carried. Councilmember Smith motioned to approve Consent Agenda item #4, Councilmember Petersen seconded. All ayes, with Mayor Glenn abstaining. Motion carried.

Clerk Connally updated the Council on the clerk’s office. Clerk Connally presented Resolution 8-2024:

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF MOORCROFT, WYOMING FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

Councilmember Petersen motioned to approve Resolution 8-2024 and Councilmember Smith seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

Clerk Connally presented Mayor and Council with an amendment to the ARPA Grant agreement between SLIB and the Town increasing the Town’s total award amount by $60,743.00 for a total award amount of $860,743.00. Councilmember Petersen motioned to approve the ARPA Local Government Grant 1409 Amendment, Councilmember Humpal seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

Councilmember Smith motioned to cancel the next scheduled council meeting on December 25, 2024 due to it being on the Christmas holiday, Councilmember Humpal seconded. All ayes, motion carried. The next scheduled council meeting will be held on January 8th, 2024 at 7:00pm.

Director of Public Works Green updated Council on the public works department. Green advised Council of estimates received from companies for compaction of garbage at the landfill. Possible closure of landfill would be summer of 2025. Discussion was had on replacing some of the Christmas decorations around town. Green will look into costs to replace these items. Texas Trails playground equipment will be installed this spring. Councilmember Petersen asked Green about employee training and refreshers that are needed. Green stated that he will have employees refreshed or trained on all town equipment.

Police Chief Bryant updated the Council on the police department. Councilmember Smith motioned to accept the resignation of Officer Blaylock effective December 3, 2024, Councilmember Stewart seconded. All ayes, motion carried. Advertising for the open police officer position has started.

HDR Representative Turbiville updated the council on the Town’s projects. Splash Pad still looking at spring construction. Powder River Water Project Phase II is still projecting a spring start date and some materials have been delivered to the town shop. N. Little Horn water documents have been sent back to the state and asked if Council was ready to start bidding for this project. Mayor Glenn advised to wait until the signed documents come back from the state before putting the project out to bid. Locks project is completed and Turbiville requested to accept the final completion of the project and advertise the closing. Councilmember Petersen motioned to accept final completion of the locks project and Councilmember Smith seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

Jeff Holberg updated Council on the fire department. Responded to a couple fire calls and a traffic accident. Trainings are on Saturday mornings. Bi-laws are still being reviewed by Officers during their meetings.

MTC report was moved to New Business on the Agenda.

No EMS report.

New Business: Powder River Energy Corporation Street Lighting Agreement tabled to the next council meeting, Council requests a representative from PREC to come and speak with the Council about the requested agreement.

Discussion began on the MTC renovation. Mayor Glenn turned the meeting over to Mayor Pro-Tem Petersen at 7:50pm due to a conflict of interest and left the room. Bids for the MTC renovation were opened on December 5th, 2024 at 2:00pm at Town Hall. Workshop was held on December 11, 2024 at 5:30pm to review all the bids that were received. Mayor Pro-Tem Petersen opened the topic for discussion or motion. Discussion was had at length regarding this project. Council meeting went into a quick recess at 8:32pm for a break. Council reconvened at 8:42pm to continue discussion. Mayor Pro-tem Petersen again asked if there was any additional discussion needed on this project. Councilmember Smith to approve Glenn Construction for the MTC Remodel sections A-M excluding L, including demolition and bid bond in the amount of $653,947.00, Councilmember Stewart seconded. Councilmembers Smith, Stewart and Petersen ayes, Councilmember Humpal nay, motion carried.

With no further business to discuss, Councilmember Smith motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:54 pm. Councilmember Humpal seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

Dale Petersen, Mayor Pro-Tem

ATTEST:

Jesse Connally, Clerk/Treasurer

DECEMBER BILL LIST 1

307 BUBBLES-PD&PW WASHES- $20.82; AFLAC-EMPLOYEE PAID INSURANCE-Nov&Dec- $1,038.40; ARETE DESIGN GROUP-BIDDING AND NEGOTIATION- $1,664.40; AT&T-PD PHONES- $380.00; BLACK HILLS ENERGY-NOV.DEC.UTILITIES- $739.55; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD-EMPLOYEE HEALTH$14,946.00; CASEY TENKE TRUCKING-COAL TRANSPORTATION- $881.63; CCFS-FUEL- $885.92; CDS-TOWN SUPPLIES- $219.52; CITY OF GILLETTE-BASE RATE- $164.10; COLLINS COMMUNICATIONS-FIRE ALRM MONITORING- $41.00; COMMTECH-PD SUPPLIES- $50.52; CONNALLY,JESSE-NOVEMBER&DECEMBER CLEANING- $1,050.00; CONTRACTORS SUPPLY-HYDRANT REPLACEMENT&TOWN SUPPLIES- $5,611.68; CROOK COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH-EMPLOYEE INFLUENZA VACCINE- $54.56; CROOK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE-DECEMBER DISPATCH SERVICE- $2,100.00; CRUM ELECTRIC SUPPLY-MTC SUPPLIES/LIGHTS- $348.48; DELTA DENTAL-EMPLOYEE DENTAL- $831.00; DIGITAL ALLY-PD CAMERA/DECEMBER PAYMENT- $8,110.75; ENERGY LABS-WATER TESTING- $563.00; EMPLOYMENT TESTING SERVICES-HISER PREEMPLOYMENT- $38.00; GILLETTE STEEL-MTC REMODEL- $481.50; GREAT WEST-EMPLOYEE PAID RETIREMENT- $225.00; GW REPAIR-DIAGNOSING AND REPAIR POLICE CAR- $2,039.35; HAWKINS-CYLINDERS- $100.00; HDR-ENGINEERING FEES- $26,585.67; HIGH ROCK PROPERTIES-DEPOSIT REFUNDED- $119.34; HOSKINSON CONTRACTING-LAGOON-HYDROGEN SULFIDE PLUMBING- $2,878.40; IRS-11/20/24,12/04/24,12/18/24- $16,771.99; KOTZ,EDWARD-DEPOSIT REFUNDED- $51.22; L&J MOTOR REPAIR-PW MOTOR REPAIR- $994.63; MARCO-PD COPIER- $115.43; MATTHEW BENDER& CO-WY. COURT RULES 2024 SUPPLEMENT- $109.43; MOORCROFT AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-CHAMBER BUCKS- $275.00; MOORCROFT EQUIPMENT RENTAL-DRAIN SNAKE&BOOM LIFT- $342.25; MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS-CONTROL HEADS EMS- $874.62; NORCO-EMS OXYGEN,MTC SUPPLIES- $187.89; OMEGA COMPUTERS-PD MAINTENANCE- $85.00; ONE CALL-NOVEMBER TICKETS- $3.75; ONSOLVE-CODE RED RENEWAL- $2,138.54; PAYROLL-11/20/24, 12/04/24,12/18/24- $53,986.25; PETERSON,KARI-NOVEMBER MTC CLEANING- $1,300.00; PINNACLE BANK-POSTAGE- $304.41; POSTMASTER-POSTAGE RENEWAL&STAMPS- $715.00; POWDER RIVER HEATING-TH HEAT REPAIR- $1,341.07; QUILL-RECIEPT BOOKS&TAX FORMS- $314.44; RANGE-PHONES- $397.96; RAPID FIRE PROTECTION-ANNUAL INSPECTIONS- $475.00; REEVES COMPANY INC-POLICE NAME PINS- $53.30; SUNDANCE LAW-NOVEMBER LEGAL FEES- $1,120.20; SUNDANCE TIMES-YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION& PUBLICATION- $341.50; TOP OFFICE-CLERK COPIER- $216.60; TORGERSONS-SKID STEER TROUBLESHOOT& REPAIR- $2,001.97; USA BLUE BOOK-HYDRANT WRENCH- $338.75; VISA-PD FUEL,MTC FIRE MARSHALL REVIEW,SUPPLIES- $8,685.22; VSP-EMPLOYEE VISION- $118.68; WAM-REGISTRATION-PETERSEN- $265.00; WEBT-EMPLOYEE LIFE- $27.75; WESTERN WASTE-NOVEMBER PICK UP- $13,764.00; WOLF MOUNTAIN COAL-COAL FOR MTC- $1,658.16; WYO ASSOCIATION OF RURAL WATER-2025 RENEWAL- $495.00; WY DEPT. OF REVENUE-STARFISH SALES TAX- $212.62; WYDOT-LICENSE PLATES- $280.00; WYOMING FIRST AID & SAFETY-HAND SANITIZER REFILL- $6.99; WYOMING NETWORK-WEBSITE UPDATES- $25.00; WYOMING RETIREMENT-EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT- $7,249.74; WYOMING RETIREMENT-VOLUNTEER RETIREMENT- $431.25; WYOMING WATER SOLUTIONS-GALLONS OF WATER- $7.50

TOTAL $190,251.70

DECEMBER BILL LIST #2

KARES-DECEMBER OPERATIONS&EMT REFRESHER- $2,881.00

TOTAL$2,881.00

DECEMBER BILL LIST 3

GLENN CONSTRUCTION-POWDER RIVER WATER LINE REPAIR- $4,380.00

TOTAL $4,380.00

Publish: December 19, 2024