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Thayne Town Council
Meeting,
Present:
Mayor Don
Aullman.
Councilmembers; Jim
Bartelson, and Lorell Woolley.
Clerk Joan Jensen
Mayor Aullman called the meeting to
order and welcomed those in
attendance.
Mayor Aullman asked Kathy
Tomassi to lead us in the Pledge
of Allegiance.
Councilman Titensor and Councilman
Luthi were not in attendance.
Mayor Aullman stepped
down as Mayor for the meeting in
order to make a full quorum for
voting.
Mayor Aullman then asked
for approval of the June 9th
and June 23rd council
meetings.
Councilman Bartleson
approved the previous read
minutes.
Acting Councilman Aullman
seconded the motion.
Sherri Merritt represented the Thayne
Ambulance Board.
Sherri gave each council
member a copy of their calls for
the second quarterly report for
them to review.
Sherri reported that they
have had six calls already in
the month of July.
Sherri reported that
things are going well.
The Thayne Ambulance
donation letters are ready to be
sent out.
They are asking for
donations to purchase an Auto
Pulse machine.
This machine will do the
compressions on a patient
allowing the EMT’s to have free
hands for doing other
procedures.
The annual movie night
fund raiser is scheduled for
Friday, July 23rd.
They will be showing the
movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks
the Squeakual”.
The EMT”s are also
planning on joining with the
Thayne Fire Department
volunteers to do a demolition
car at the fair.
The EMT members feel that
this will help promote the
Thayne Ambulance.
Sherri reported that they
have three youth BEC’s they are
working with this summer.
Sherri stated that they
are still having problems with
the garage door.
Mayor Aullman asked
Sherri if the EMT’s wanted the
town to fix the problem.
Sherri said that they had
contacted someone to come and
fix the door.
Mayor Aullman thanked the
members of the Thayne Ambulance
Board and expressed appreciation
for all their efforts in keeping
the Thayne Ambulance running
smoothly.
Bret Merica represented the Thayne
Volunteer Fire Department.
Bret reported that things
are going well.
Bret asked the council
where we were at regarding the
remodel of the fire department
building.
Mayor Aullman informed
him that the plans were ready
and that we were advertising for
bids in this week’s paper.
Bret reported that the
fire department is preparing for
the Thayne Little Britches Rodeo
scheduled July 24th
and also the golf tournament.
Planning and Zoning had one permit
submitted.
Ray Wheeler submitted a
permit for an agriculture shed.
He is tearing down two
older sheds and replacing them
with the proposed building.
Mayor Aullman stated that
he meets all of the town’s
setbacks and regulations.
Councilman Bartleson
asked if the old hay shed was
coming down and Clerk Jensen
responded that she was not sure.
Councilman Bartleson
asked Clerk Jensen to check on
the status of the old hay shed.
Councilman Bartleson made
the motion to approve the
building permit for Ray Wheeler.
Councilman Woolley
seconded the motion.
Council discussed the status of the
parking for Juan’s House of
Taco’s.
Mayor Aullman said that
he would meet with Juan and Don
Snider regarding the parking.
Kathy Tomassi was next on the agenda.
She informed those in
attendance that she is running
for the position of Lincoln
County Treasurer.
She stated her
qualifications and things that
she would like to see changed
with the treasurer’s office.
Ordinance # 261 regarding the water
and wastewater connection fees
was approved on third and final
reading in a motion made by
Councilman Bartleson.
Councilman Woolley
seconded the motion.
Ordinance # 262 regarding the TIPS
ordinance was reviewed by those
in attendance.
Matt Hubbard asked the
council to reconsider that every
employee needed to have the TIPS
training.
Matt expressed his
opinion that not every employee
needed the training.
He felt that only the
owner and the employees that
served alcohol should be
required to have the training.
Matt also stated that it
was a burden on his business to
have to pay for his employees to
take the class and also pay for
their time to attend the class.
Matt stated that he
thought it was a great program
but that it would be expensive
for the liquor license holders
and maybe they could have the
liquor license fees reduced.
Councilman
Woolley stated that we needed to
amend the motion to read only
the owners and employees that
serve liquor be required to have
the TIPS training.
Council agreed with the
amendment.
Councilman Woolley made
the motion to approve Ordinance
# 262 regarding the TIPS
training on 2nd
(second reading).
Councilman Bartleson
seconded the motion.
Ordinance # 263 increasing the cost of
a business license from $25 to
$50 was approved on second
reading.
Councilman Bartleson made
the motion to approve Ordinance
# 263.
Councilman Woolley
seconded the motion.
Ordinance # 264 regarding an increase
in building permits from $10 to
$25 was approved in a motion on
2nd (second reading)
made
by Councilman Bartleson.
Councilman Woolley
seconded the motion.
Debbie Merica was next on the agenda.
Debbie asked the council
for an extension on the paving
of the street in their
subdivision.
They had an agreement
with the Town of Thayne that
they would have the street paved
by September 2010.
Debbie asked for an
extension for this project
because of the drop in sales
with the local economy.
They would like to sell
some property before they are
required to pave the street.
They also asked the town
if they would adopt the street
when the paving was complete.
Council stated that the
Town of Thayne would adopt the
street when it was completed and
met all the town’s requirements.
Mayor Aullman asked them
to get a new quote for the
paving and submit that with
their bond to make sure that the
bond would cover the costs.
Terri Merica expressed
her opinion that the town should
have required Kevin Paul to have
a deadline for finishing his
subdividing of his property and
infrastructure.
Councilman Woolley stated
that the town was not going to
penalize them for not being able
to sell their property.
When the town adopts the
street, the town will have to
make arrangements with Kevin
Paul to push our snow onto their
property in the winter time
until they are able to finish
their infrastructure.
Mayor Aullman stated that
the town would have to have a
copy of their bonds and quotes
for our agreement with the
Mercia’s and also with Jim
Stoker.
Terri asked when the town
was going to take over their
infrastructure of water and
sewer lines.
Mayor Aullman stated that
we already have.
The water and sewer lines
have passed their inspections
with Sunrise Engineering and the
town has adopted that
infrastructure.
Merica’s also wanted to
review that the town had given
them six water and sewer
connection‘s free for the
infrastructure that they put in.
Council agreed with them
and also reminded them that it
stipulates this in the agreement
that was previously signed with
the town.
Robert Hood represented Sunrise
Engineering.
Robert informed the
council that Rex Radford had
contacted him regarding bidding
documents for the fire
department project.
They gave him the
standard bidding forms and did
not charge the town for these
documents.
Robert reported that they
did an inspection regarding the
Meadows Subdivision and prepared
a list of items that needed to
be resolved.
Robert and Ron both
looked at the project today and
thus far nothing had been done
to correct the items on the
list.
The town has given them
until August 1, 2010 to correct
the items before they are shut
off from the town’s services.
Robert was doubtful that
they could have all the items
resolved by August 1.
Robert reported to the council that
Johnson Excavation is going out
of business.
He stated that the town
was protected because of the
payment and performance bonds
that are in place.
Robert assured the town
that they would not have to pay
additional fees to finish the
project.
Robert stated that the
normal procedure for this is
that the bond company will bring
in another company to finish the
project.
Robert sent a letter to
Johnson Excavation regarding
that the startup date for the
project was scheduled for July
19th, 2010 and had
nine working days to finish the
project before liquidated
damages would be charged.
Robert will also contact
the town’s attorney regarding
this project and submit to him
all the documentation.
Clerk Jensen asked Robert if he had
contacted the construction
company regarding the lights on
Myers Street.
Robert said that he would
contact them.
Ron asked if the warranty
on the project could be extended
because of the problems we are
having with the photo cell on
the lights.
Ron said that this is the
third time we have had to
contact them regarding these
lights.
Robert said that he would
send a letter to them asking
them to get to the bottom of
this problem.
Ron Coleman reported to the council
regarding the maintenance
report.
Ron informed the council
that he had met with Asphalt
Maintenance regarding crack sill
for the streets in the town.
Ron suggested that the
town do the crack sill on the
streets to protect them.
Asphalt Maintenance gave
Ron a price of $2,100 a ton and
figured that they could do all
the streets in the town for five
or six tons.
Ron informed the council
that Vannoy and Osmond Streets
were in the worst condition.
Ron also informed the
council that we needed three
items before we could start
reading the meters.
Jorgensen Engineering
would like to monitor our water
usage for the water tank study
grant.
Robert Hood, with Sunrise
Engineering, stated that he
would check and see if these
items had been purchased by
Johnson Excavation for the meter
project.
Robert will also check
with the State of Wyoming to see
if the town can move forward on
the SCADDA project or if we will
have to turn the purchase of
these items over to the new
contractor.
Council discussed what
would be the best way to inform
the town residents’ regarding
what is happening with the meter
project.
Council decided that we
needed to send a notice in the
mail to each resident regarding
the project after we have met
with the bonding company and the
engineers.
Ron informed the council
that we are having a problem
with the lack of water pressure.
Ron has tested the water
pressure at several places and
there is a lack of pressure.
Robert Hood suggested
that maybe we have bad meters or
need to flush out the lines.
Robert suggested to Ron
that he should measure the
pressure upstream of the
hydrants.
Mayor Aullman asked
Robert to work with Ron and
figure out our problems before
we meet with the bonding
company.
Mayor Aullman thanked Ron
for the great work he has been
doing for the town.
Council went into executive session.
Council reviewed the bills for
payment.
Councilman Bartleson made
the motion to approve the bills
for payment.
Councilman Woolley
seconded the motion.
General Account:
Salaries:
10,332.41
Insurance
1,813.32
Parade prizes
335.00
Retirement
877.96
FICA
2,666.71
Quill
296.69
DUP
500.00
A Squared Builders
153.51
LVE
1,532.82
Thayne True Value
505.35
C & B Operations
149.21
Mavy’s Pest Control
335.00
Energy Lab
60.00
Echo Services
880.30
Thayne Debit Card
629.82
Chevron
286.00
Valley Market
94.98
WAM
410.00
Wy Public Health
6.00
Luthi & Voyles
1,395.00
Valley Computer
60.00
SEWER Acct:
All Star Auto
43.14
Salaries
1,853.16
Maverik
303.31
FICA
395.26
SV Disposal
187.50
Compression Pump
300.77
Silver Star
236.29
LVE
283.54
SV Independent
407.50
Thayne True Value
29.77
Galls
169.96
Energy Lab
225.00
PPS
217.50
Sunrise Engineering
2,839.00
Marsha Bagshaw
19.08
Nu-Tek
75.00
Wy Worker’s Comp
259.30
SV Chamber
450.00
Lincoln County Sheriff
495.00
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