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Thayne Town Council Meeting
June 9th, 2010
Present:
Mayor Don Aullman.
Councilmembers; Lorell
Woolley, Terry Titensor, Jim
Bartleson.
Clerk Joan Jensen.
Mayor Aullman called the meeting to
order.
Mayor Aullman asked Joe
Hewerd to lead the audience in the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Aullman called for approval of
the previous read minutes of May 13th,
2010.
Councilman Titensor made the
motion to approve the minutes.
Councilman Bartleson seconded
the motion.
Chief Turner was first on the
agenda.
He informed the council that
he had attended a class regarding
the lighting of the fireworks for
the 4th of July.
Chief Turner stated that it
was a very informative class and
would help us create a better
fireworks show for the community.
Chief Turner also asked the
town to make sure that the fire
department was covered with Wyoming
Worker’s Compensation when they are
helping with town events and fire
department fund raisers.
Clerk Jensen will check with
the worker’s compensation
department.
Chief Turner also asked the
council for approval on an Eagle
Scout project.
Jackson Hokanson approached
the fire department regarding
putting up a new sign for the fire
station and a flag pole with lights
for an Eagle Scout project.
Jackson felt that it would
cost around $1,000. 00 for the
entire project.
The fire department approved
the project with the funds coming
out of their donation account.
Chief Turner also asked the
council for approval regarding the
Eagle Scout project.
Councilman Titensor made the
motion to approve the Eagle Scout
Project and Councilman Bartleson
seconded the motion.
Chief Turner also informed
the council that they are getting
ready to send out their donation
letters.
The donation letters are
asking for funds to establish a
wellness program for their volunteer
fire fighters and also an upgrade on
one of their pumps. Councilman
Titensor asked about the
requirements for driving the new
rescue truck and if the volunteers
needed to have a CDL license.
Chief Turner responded that
with the weight limit of the truck
that it was his understanding that
you needed a CDL license to drive
it.
Chief Turner also stated that
there are only two firemen that are
qualified to drive the truck at this
time.
Councilman Titensor and
Councilman Bartleson both expressed
their opinions that we needed to be
legal when operating the truck and
that we needed to get everyone that
would be driving the truck to get a
CDL license.
Chief Turner informed the
council that he was nominated for
VFW State Fireman of the year.
Chief Turner will be
traveling to Casper next week for
the award ceremony.
Council congratulated him on
this award.
EMT’s was represented by Joe Hewerd.
The EMT’s have scheduled July
23rd as their movie at
the park fund raiser.
Joe informed the council that
the EMT’s will be helping at the
Maude Gaud horse shoe tournament.
Councilman Bartleson asked
Joe if the money that was donated by
the businesses was given to the
EMT’s.
Joe responded that he was not
sure.
Councilman Bartleson stated
that he would check with Star Valley
Ranch regarding this.
Joe also informed the council
that they are having trouble with a
garage door.
Joe said that the problem was
not happening all the time so he
thought that they just needed to
adjust the door.
The EMT’s will work on this
at their training meeting.
Councilman Bartleson asked
Joe to let Clerk Jensen know by
Friday if they were still having
problems with the door.
Council expressed their
appreciation to the EMT’s and all
that they do for the community.
Joe Hewerd was next on the agenda.
Joe asked permission from the
council to put his snow shack on
town property during the ball games
and soccer games.
Councilman Titensor made the
motion to allow Joe to run his snow
shack on town property during the
ball games.
Councilman Woolley seconded
the motion.
Ordinance # 261 concerning the water
and wastewater connection fees was
approved on second reading.
This ordinance allows for the
town to charge double price for
water and sewer hook on fees outside
the city limits.
Councilman Bartleson made a
motion to approve Ordinance #261 on
2nd (second) reading.
Councilman Woolley seconded
the motion.
Council discussed the TIPS program.
Discussion was on who should
be required to have this
certification.
Mayor Aullman stated that he
definitely felt that the owners of
the liquor license should have the
training.
Councilman Titensor commented
that he felt that anyone who was
serving liquor should be required to
have this training.
Council discussed that the
employees should have this training
within thirty days of employment and
suggested that the owners might
suggest this as a pre-employment
qualification for anyone who is
serving liquor to clients.
Clerk Jensen asked the
council how the town was going to
make sure that the employees were
certified in the TIPS program.
Councilman Titensor suggested
that it would be the owner’s
responsibility to let the town know
of their certification and if they
don’t have the certification, than
the town will penalize them with a
fine.
Council also discussed that
they would have to show their
certifications before their liquor
licenses were renewed.
Council asked Clerk Jensen to
send the liquor license holders a
copy of the ordinance and let them
respond before the second reading.
Councilman Woolley moved to
approve Ordinance # 262 on 1st
(first) reading regarding the TIPS
program for serving alcohol.
Councilman Titensor seconded
the motion.
Councilman Titensor reported to the
council regarding his meeting with
Star Valley Ranch and the EMS
contract with the Town of Thayne.
Council
discussed the contract and also the
fire trucks that are being housed at
Star Valley Ranch.
Councilman Titensor informed
the council that by having a
satellite station at Star Valley
Ranch that every resident there
should be able to qualify for an ISO
rating of six.
This is a significance saving
to each land owner.
Councilman Titensor stated
that he talked to them regarding
administrative costs, insurance,
equipment and maintaining costs
related to the fire department and
EMT’s.
Councilman Titensor also
informed the council that Star
Valley Ranch does not want to pay
anymore for these services than they
did last year.
Star Valley Ranch is hurting
just like the rest of the towns.
Star Valley Ranch expressed
their concerns over a lot of
foreclosures and unpaid assessments.
Councilman Titensor informed
Star Valley Ranch representatives
that the Town of Thayne is not
trying to overcharge them.
The town feels that we are
providing them EMS services for a
pretty minimal amount.
Council discussed the dollar
amount and having a yearly contract
or a contract for five years.
Bob King was present and he
stated that it was illegal for Star
Valley Ranch to sign a contract for
five years.
Bob stated that they cannot
sign a contract for longer than
their term of office.
Councilman Titensor made the
motion that the Town of Thayne
contract with Star Valley Ranch for
EMS services for 4 (four) years with
a dollar amount of $66,000 the first
year and a 3.5% increase for the
next three years.
Councilman Bartleson seconded
the motion.
Robert Hood represented Sunrise
Engineering.
He informed the council that
Johnson Excavation is doing clean up
around the town.
They are pouring sidewalks
and working on clean up with the
meter pits.
Robert informed the council
that Johnson Excavation would like
to hold off on the rest of their
meters until July 1st
because of the bad weather we have
been experiencing.
Johnson Excavation will bring
in a large crew to finish off the
project and meet their deadlines.
Council agreed that they were
willing to wait until July for the
project to be completed.
Clerk Jensen reminded Robert
that we still have not heard
anything regarding the billing
software that we will need for the
meters.
Robert also informed the
council that he had visited with
Butch Roberts regarding the water
easement.
Robert invited Butch and Jill
to come to the meeting tonight to
visit with the council regarding the
water easement.
Mayor Aullman informed Robert
that the town’s attorney sent a
letter to Meadow’s regarding their
subdivision.
The letter stated that they
needed to pass the inspection list
with their water and sewer lines by
July 1st, 2010 or they
would be disconnected from the
town’s water.
Mayor Aullman asked Robert to
have a punch list prepared for them
to review regarding the engineering
inspections.
Butch and Jill Roberts expressed
their concerns regarding the water
line that runs through their
property by the canal to their home.
Butch and Jill explained to
the council that the town never had
an easement for this water line.
Council explained that they
would like to have an easement for
the entire line.
Jill
stated
that
they would never give the town and
easement across their property.
Council asked Butch what they
planned on doing when the water line
needed to be replaced and that they
would probably be looking at
replacing the line in the near
future.
Council
discussed with the Robert’s that
they could bore under Hemmert Street
and provide a new water connection
or put a meter on the old water line
and they would be charged for all
the water that was used from that
point to their home.
The Robert’s would be charged
for all the holes that are leaking
in that old line and be responsible
for the upkeep of that line.
Council discussed the
different options they had regarding
the water line and the Robert’s
agreed that they would rather have a
new hookup.
The Town of Thayne will
provide the water line to their home
and also make sure that it is as
good as better with the cleanup
process.
The old water line will be
abandoned.
Councilman Bartleson made the
motion that the Town of Thayne cut
the sod and lay the water line to
the house.
The town will also temp the
ground and replace the sod as good
or better.
Councilman Titensor asked if
the Town of Thayne was setting
precedence by doing this for the
Robert’s.
Council discussed that the
town is only doing this for the
water developments that the Robert’s
put in several years ago.
Butch and Jill stubbed in
five water connections at their own
expense several years ago so the
town wouldn’t have to dig up Hemmert
Street.
They have used three of these
connections and have two left.
Councilman Woolley seconded
Councilman Bartleson’s motion
regarding the water line for the
Robert’s.
Mayor Aullman informed the council
that he attended the Wyoming
Business Council meeting that was
held at Riverton on June 3rd
to review the town’s Business
Facilities Grant for the old school.
Mayor Aullman stated that the
council approved our grant with
positive acceptance.
The final step for the grant
will be the State Lands and
Investment Board meeting that will
be held June 17th, in
Cheyenne.
Mayor Aullman will be
attending the meeting.
Ron Coleman submitted a maintenance
report to the council.
Ron explained to the council
that he has been working with DEQ
regarding the paperwork for the
sewer discharge permit.
DEQ was still in the mindset
that the Town of Thayne was having
spray fields.
They asked Ron why we were
doing all the unnecessary testing.
DEQ is reviewing our sewer
permit at this time.
Ron explained to the council
that they may require the town to
install a drain pipe into Flatcreek
just so that we can determine that
we do not have a discharge each
month.
They may also require us to
have more monitoring wells.
Ron informed the council that
we will just have to wait for DEQ to
reply back to us.
Ron also commented that they
had expressed that the Town of
Thayne would be putting themselves
in jeopardy if they were to trade
off some of the sewer land.
Ron asked them to send us a
letter stating this but they stated
that legally they could not give us
legal advice.
Ron submitted copies of sewer
land maps to each member of the
council and discussed the land swap
that they were considering doing
with Mr. Lainhart after the surveys
were completed by surveyor Scherbell.
After a lengthy discussion,
council asked Ron to mark the
measurements on the land for them to
go and review before a decision is
made.
Council also asked Ron about
the grease traps and where we were
at regarding having them all
installed and completed.
Ron said that he was going to
give each business a letter for them
to sign and turn into the town when
they were completed.
Ron will then inspect the
grease traps at each business to
make sure that they meet the town’s
requirements.
Councilman Woolley submitted quotes
for having electricity wired in at
the new recreation storage shed.
No action was taken at this
time.
Mayor Aullman reported to the
council that he and Councilman
Woolley had inspected the parking
area that was laid out by Don
Snider.
Mayor Aullman also informed
the council that the motel property
may be reverted back to Don Snider.
Council discussed that a
letter needs to be sent to Mr.
Snider requiring him to improve the
parking at Juan’s House of Taco’s
even if the property reverts back to
the original owner.
Mayor Aullman also informed the
council that there is a class being
offered at Western Wyoming College
for removing toxin materials from
buildings.
Mayor Aullman would like to
have Ron Coleman attend the class.
Councilmen were all in
agreement that it would be a benefit
to the town to have him attend the
class.
The class will be held June
24th at Rock Springs.
Council reviewed the bills for
payment.
Councilman Titensor made the
motion to pay the bills.
Councilman Bartleson seconded
the motion.
Council discussed increasing the
cost of business licenses’ from $25
to $50 a year.
Councilman Titensor made the
motion to increase the cost of a
business license to $50 on first
reading.
Councilman Bartleson seconded
the motion.
Council discussed increasing the
cost of building permits from $10 to
$25.
Councilman Bartleson made the
motion to increase building permits
to $25 on first reading.
Councilman Titensor seconded
the motion.
Ordinance #258 regarding the Town’s
General, Water, Fire Department,
Thayne Ambulance, Recreation, and
Severance Funds was passed on 2nd
(second) reading.
Councilman Bartleson made the
motion to pass Ordinance # 258.
Councilman Titensor seconded
the motion.
Ordinance # 259 regarding the town’s
sewer funds was passed on 2nd
(second) reading in a motion made by
Councilman Titensor.
Councilman Woolley seconded
the motion.
Ordinance # 260, providing for the
Mill Levy for the Town of Thayne for
the fiscal year 2010-2011 was passed
on 2nd (second) reading
in a motion made by Councilman
Bartleson.
Councilman Titensor seconded
the motion. Third and final reading of the budget for fiscal year 2010-2011 will be held June 23rd at 6:30 p.m.
General Account:
Salaries
9,644.63
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