Council

Town of Moorcroft

Regular Meeting of the Council

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

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

Town Representatives Present: Clerk/Treasurer Jesse Connally, Police Chief Bill Bryant, Town Attorney Pat Carpenter and HDR Engineer Heath Turbiville

Mayor Glenn called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm and the Pledge of Allegiance was said. Roll call was taken, all present.

Newly elected Councilmembers Dale Petersen and Heidi Humpal read their Oath of Office for their new term.

Guest Quentin Rogers, Powder River Energy Corporation Vice President of Engineering and Technical Services, appeared in front of Council to speak with them regarding the new Street Light Contract and explain the new LED lights that will be installed in town streetlights. Attorney Carpenter asked Rogers about certain areas of the contract, Carpenter will speak with PREC’s contract contact and speak with them about the areas in question and come to a resolution to get it finalized. Council will revisit this at the first meeting in February to allow Carpenter time to speak with PREC.

Councilmember Smith motioned to approve the Consent Agenda items 1 & 2, Councilmember Humpal seconded, all ayes motion carried. Councilmember Petersen motioned to approve Consent Agenda item 3, Councilmember Humpal seconded, all ayes, Councilmember Smith abstained, motion carried.

Clerk Connally gave her department report to council.

Councilmember Smith motioned to approve Option 2 for Resolution 1-2025 Closure Dates, Humpal seconded. Discussion was had regarding the dates closed for Christmas Holiday, whether to stay closed on the Friday after Christmas or have employees return that Friday. Vote was taken on the motion and second with Councilmembers Smith and Humpal voting aye, and Councilmembers Petersen, Stewart and Mayor Glenn voting nay. Motion died. Councilmember Smith motioned to approve Option 1 for Resolution 1-2025, Councilmember Stewart seconded. Vote was taken on the motion with Councilmembers Smith, Petersen, Stewart and Mayor Glenn voting aye, Councilmember Humpal nay. Motion carried.

Councilmember Smith motioned to approve Resolution 2-2025 Town Appointments, Councilmember Petersen seconded, all ayes, motion carried. Discussion was had regarding the set fee for the disposal of intact mobile homes being taken for disposal at the landfill and the fee not being enough to cover costs of disposal. Councilmember Petersen motioned to set the fee for mobile home disposal at the Town’s Landfill at $2500, Councilmember Humpal seconded, all ayes, motion carried. Councilmember Humpal motioned to approve Resolution 3-2025 – List of Fees, with the addition of the mobile home fee under the landfill portion, Councilmember Stewart seconded, all ayes, motion carried.

Clerk Connally continued her report. Liquor license renewal dates and public hearing have been set. Updated rosters have been received from Fire & EMS and Connally has updated this information with Worker’s Comp and Wyoming Retirement. Councilmember Smith motioned to allow purchase of copy machine for Clerks office and switch to Marco, Councilmember Humpal seconded, all ayes, motion carried.

Public Works Director Green was absent, Mayor Glenn gave his report. Allison gave his departmental report. Discussion was had regarding the large Dump Truck that the town has that is not being used. Councilmember Petersen motioned to surplus the Dump Truck, Councilmember Stewart seconded, all ayes, motion carried. Public Works will gather serial # and specs on the Dump Truck to run the surplus ad. Public Works is troubleshooting electrical issues with one of the work trucks. Christmas lights should be coming down within the next few weeks.

Chief Bryant gave his departmental report. Chief Bryant has been working to clear out Lost & Found items from the police storage area. Pictures of items have been listed on PD Facebook page and a few items have been returned to rightful owners. He is also working with the Town Attorney on the legal part regarding disposal of unclaimed items. No applications have been received yet for the open officer position, he has had some interest calls.

HDR Engineer Turbiville updated the Council regarding the town projects. Powder River Water Phase II and Splash pad are still planning a Spring start to construction. North Little Horn project, town is still waiting on signed documents from the state. Landfill closure looks to be sometime during the summer months. Locks project has been finalized with the approval of the final retainage payment and town can begin grant reimbursement.

No Fire, EMS or MTC report.

No New Business. No Old Business.

Councilmember Petersen motioned to go into Executive Session at 8:01 pm to discuss personnel, Councilmember Smith seconded, all ayes, motion carried.

The regular meeting of the council reconvened at 8:36 pm. Councilmember Stewart motioned to move Director of Public Works Green’s salary to $60,000 per year, effective next pay period. Councilmember Humpal seconded. All ayes, motion carried. Councilmember Stewart motioned to hold a council retreat in February, with the date to be decided at the next scheduled council meeting. Councilmember Humpal seconded, all ayes, motion carried.

With no further business to discuss, Councilmember Petersen motioned to adjourn at 8:38 pm and Councilman Stewart seconded. All ayes, motion carried.

Ben Glenn, Mayor

ATTEST:

Jesse Connally, Clerk/Treasurer

JANUARY BILL LIST #1

307 SECURITIES- KEY FOBS- MTC- $250.00; AT&T- POLICE PHONES- $381.20; BLACK ANCHOR PRODUCTS- BATTERIES- FD- $330.00; BLAYLOCK,HUNTER- DEPOSIT REFUND- $50.00; CROOK COUNTY CLERK- ELECTION COSTS- $3,312.22; CRUM ELECTRIC- LED LIGHTS- MTC- $404.35; CYS REPAIR- SNOW PLOW MAINTENANCE- $325.00; ENERGY LABS- WATER TESTING- $518.00; GOOD ELECTRIC- STREET LIGHT REPAIR- $631.53; GREAT WEST- EMPLOYEE PAID RETIREMENT- $150.00; G.W REPAIR- PD VEHICLE REPAIR- $608.46; HARVEYS LOCK & SECURITY- INSTALLING HARDWARE & SOFTWARE- $22,955.92; HAWKINS- CYLINDERS- $130.00; HDR- ENGINEER FEES- $15,867.23; IRS- 12/31/2024- $5,051.19; LOW VOLTAGE INTEGRATORS- ALARM MONITORING- $861.90; MARCO- PD COPIER- $115.43; NORCO- SUPPLIES AND CYLINDER RENTAL- $953.87; PAYROLL- 12/31/2024- $16,664.66; PETERSON,KARI- DECEMBER MTC CLEANING- $1,300.00; POWDER RIVER ENERGY- STREET LIGHTS & ELECTRICITY- $10,171.33; QUILL- SUPPLIES FOR TH - $98.91; RANGE- OFFICE PHONES- $396.73; TOP OFFICE- CLERK COPIER- $285.20; UPTON COOP- CLEAR&DYED FUEL- $2,673.17; VISA- SUPPLIES- $1,122.35; WALMART- WATER- $29.82; WAM- WAM REGISTRATION- HUMPAL- $265.00; WEST MED- OCT, NOV. BILLING SERVICES- $200.00; WESTERN WASTE- DECEMBER PICKUP- $13,764.00; WOLF MOUNTAIN COAL- MTC COAL- $3,327.34; WY DEPT. OF REVENUE- STARFISH SALES TAX- $312.31; WY DEPT. OF WORKFORCE SERV.- WORKERS COMP VOLUNTEERS- $853.50; WY. DEPT. OF WORKFORCE SERV.- WORKERS COMP EMPLOYEES- $3,635.30; WYOMING NETWORK- WEBSITE UPDATES- $25.00; WYOMING RETIREMENT- VOLUNTEER RETIREMENT- $412.50; WYOMING RETIREMENT- EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT- $10,858.21; WY WATER QUALITY & POLLUTION- PW MEMBERSHIP- $60.00

TOTAL $119,351.63

JANUARY BILL LIST #2

K.A.R.E EMS SOLUTIONS- AMBULANCE OPERATIONS DECEMBER- $2,700.00

TOTAL $2,700.00

Publish: January 16, 2025