C.C. Commissioners Unapproved Minutes...

C.C. Commissioners

Unapproved Minutes...

Unapproved Minutes, Board of Commissioners of 

Converse County, March 18, 2025

The regular meeting was called to order at 8:12 a.m. on March 4, 2025. Present in person were Commission Chairman Jim Willox; Vice-Chairman, Rick Grant; Commissioners Trent Kaufman and Donald Blackburn; and County Clerk, Karen Rimmer. Commissioner Robert Short was excused. Mr. John Shephard, Road & Bridge Foreman, provided departmental updates; no action was taken. Mr. Todd Mattson, HDR Engineering, Inc., provided major road projects updates. Mr. Kaufman moved to approve the Notice of Award for the Chalk Buttes and Ridgewater Road Reconstruction Project to Earthwork Solutions for a cost of 6934999.00; Mr. Grant seconded; the agreement will be presented at the next meeting for approval; motion carried. Ms. Kristin Watson, HR Director, provided department updates; no action was taken. Mr. Mike Jennings, Relic Services LLC, provided an overview of his proposal submitted for the Converse County Shooting Range Complex Improvements Project; the Commissioners requested that Mr. Jennings prepare a draft contract for consideration. Mr. Kaufman moved to recess into Executive Session pursuant to W.S. 16-4-405(a)(iii) on matters concerning litigation to which the governing body is a party or proposed litigation to which the governing body may be a party; Mr. Blackburn seconded. Motion carried and the regular meeting recessed 11:01 a.m. and reconvened at 11:31 a.m.; no action was taken. Ms. Candace Benedetta and Ms. Jeannie Brood, Glenrock Main Street, presented an overview of the Glenrock Veteran’s Park project; no action was taken. The regular meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. for lunch and reconvened at 1:00 p.m. Ms. Darcey Cowardin, Public Health Nurse Manager, provided departmental updates; the Commissioners authorized WY Probation and Parole to utilize the Public Health building in May for an after-hours training. Mr. Kaufman moved to recess into Executive Session pursuant to W.S. 16-4-405(a)(ii) to consider the appointment, employment, right to practice or dismissal of a public officer, professional person or employee, or to hear complaints or charges brought against an employee, professional person or officer; Mr. Blackburn seconded. Motion carried and the regular meeting recessed at 1:14 p.m. and reconvened at 1:27 p.m.; no action was taken. Ms. Alexandra Wilkinson, Ms. Diane Cox, and Ms. Erin Graham, CPAs with Porter, Muirhead, Cornia, & Howard (PMCH) provided an overview of the draft Converse County FY2024 financial statements and single audit. No action was taken. Mr. Paul Martin, Focus Clean Energy, and other representatives of Pronghorn H2 provided an overview of the potential wind, solar, and hydrogen project in Converse County near Glenrock; no action was taken. The Commissioners reviewed the revised Sage Park Major Subdivision covenants as presented by the owner, Mr. J.J. Butler. Mr. Grant moved to approve the Sage Park Major Subdivision application contingent upon the addition of plat note #11 that will be recorded with the plat; Mr. Kaufman seconded. It was stated for the record that the Declaration of Covenants Restricting and Governing Land for this subdivision were reviewed for content by the Commissioners and determined to be sufficient; no further discussion and motion carried. The Commissioners reviewed the final draft of the Acceptable Use of County Information Technology policy for Converse County with Mr. Chris Caskey, Technical Services Director. Mr. Blackburn moved to approve and adopt the Acceptable Use of Converse County Technology Information policy as revised effective immediately with full implementation by no later than October 1, 2025; Mr. Kaufman seconded; motion carried. The minutes of the March 4 and 5, 2025, regular meeting and Executive Session were approved ordered and filed. Mr. Grant moved to approve Feb. monthly reports: Public Health: 10999.36; Sheriff 2017.04; VOID Warrants: #69394 25.00 Sharyl Norman, lost/reissue; #70782 200.00 Romano Brown, not received/reissue; #70870 442.20 Amada Horr, lost/reissue; Mr. Kaufman seconded; the commission abstained from voting on warrants issued to themselves; motion carried. The regular meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m. A regular meeting of this Board will be held on Tues, and Wed., April 1 and 2, 2025, at 8:00 a.m., unless otherwise posted, at the Converse County Courthouse within Commission Chambers, located at 107 N. 5th Street, Douglas, Wyoming. The public is invited to attend. To get on the agenda, call the Clerk’s Office by the Thursday before the meeting. Per W.S. §18-3-516(f), access to county information can be obtained at www.conversecountywy.gov or by calling the County Clerk’s Office at (307) 358-2244.  

/s/ Karen Rimmer, County Clerk /s/ James H. Willox, Chairman

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