C.C. Commissioners Unapproved Minutes...

C.C. Commissioners

Unapproved Minutes...

Unapproved Minutes, Board of Commissioners of

 Converse County, Dec. 2 and 3, 2025

The regular meeting was called to order at 8:20 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2025. Present in person were Commission Chairman Jim Willox; Vice Chairman Rick Grant; Commissioners Robert Short, Trent Kaufman, and Donald Blackburn; and County Clerk Karen Rimmer. The Commissioners reviewed all warrants and documentation presented for the meeting. No action was taken. The minutes of the Nov. 18, 2025, regular meeting and Executive Sessions and the Nov. 24, 2025, Work Session were approved and ordered filed. Mr. Short moved to approve Nov. 2025 Accounts Payable in the amount of $3,791,644.51: 307 Healing Waters $60 Wellness; 5 ACES Printing $2,937.44 Printing; A Diamond Trucking $1,200 Road Maint; AT&T Mobility $2,145.17 Utilities; Airgas $56.58 Supplies; ALSCO $1,126.35 Svc; Amazon $3,211.74 Supplies; Arrow Electric $125 Svc; Artistic Custom Badge $316.50 Supplies; Atlas Office Products $844.81 Supplies; Atlas Premier Service $1,416.12 Lease; Atlas Reproduction $53.16 Supplies; Atlas Reprod/PEAC $755.85 Lease; B&B Leasing $1,285.97 Lease; B&B Aggregates $139,500 Road Maint; Bennett, Sandra $344 Svc; Bison Pump&Supply $864.77 Parts/Svc; Black Hills Energy $10,848.65 Utilities; Blackburn Cattle $6,452.50 Road Maint; Blackburn, Donald $64.40 Mileage; Bliss, Mary $164.50 Mileage; Bloedorn $85.82 Parts; Bob Ruwart Motors $180.25 Svc; The Body Shop $275 Wellness; Bomgaars $80.66 Parts; Bonanza Earth Relocators $19,542.50 Road Maint; Boys&Girls Club of Douglas $7,375 Allocation; Bright, Robin $150 Reimb; Brown, Kenneth $156 Legal; Bryan C Cropper DMD PC $445 Inmate Med; Carquest Douglas $1,582.51 Supplies; Casper Window and Door $562.32 Maint; CDW Government $6,670.57 Equip; Central Truck&Diesel $3,699.85 Parts/Svc; CenturyLink $4,636.95 Utilities; Certain Serenity Massage $300 Wellness; CIGNA $382,183.71 Ins; City of Douglas $4,054.62 Utilities; CleverPath IT $4,708.69 Svc; Coca Cola Bottling $68.25 Supplies; Converse County Fair Board $84,088.14 Allocation; Converse County Firewise $6,000 Allocation; Converse County Library $722,115.50 Allocation; Converse County Search&Rescue $300 Retirement; Cowboy Chemical $111.60 Supplies; Cowboy Supply House $851.84 Supplies; Croell $51,217.15 Road Maint; Daigle Law Group $295 Trng; Delta Dental $14,765 Ins; Dilts, Jerry $2,265 Rent; Douglas Broadcasting $360 Svc; Douglas Business Center $83.03 Supplies; Douglas Grocery $18.50 Supplies; Douglas Hardware $690.66 Supplies; Douglas Med Spa $120 Wellness; Douglas Tire Center $7,337.03 Tires; Douglas Trap Club $7,442.67 Allocation; DRU Consulting $1,750 Legal; Dustbusters Enterprises $5,876.88 Road Maint; E Benefits Admin $178.75 Ins; Earth Work Solutions $858,896.36 Road Maint; EWC/Douglas $40 Rent; FDL Architecture $3,545.92 Svc; Front Range Powerline $8,200 Svc; Gallegos, Joseph $46.08 Reimb; Geotec Industrial $3,840 Supplies; Glaxosmithkline $6,322.69 Supplies; Glenrock Golf Club $53,467 Svc; Gorman Funeral Homes $4,880 Allocation; Grainger $1,166.35 Supplies; Granite Telecommunications $1,802.72 Utilities; Grant, Richard $79.80 Mileage; GreatAmerica Financial $236.06 Lease; Greiner Ford $2,441.73 Parts/Svc; gWorks $8,000 Svc; H&J Trucking $1,200 Road Maint; Hard, Aaron $30 Reimb; Hard, Jessica $99.74 Reimb; Harris, Rebecca $18.84 Reimb; HDR Engineering $129,470.20 Road Maint; Health Merch $170 Supplies; Helping Hands Ministries $3,036.29 Allocation; Henry Land Co $194 Esmt; Henson, Tiffany $35 Mileage; High Country Behavioral Health $5,416.66 Allocation; Hilltop National $333 Ins; Homax Oil $42,893.31 Svc; Huxtable, Dixie $196 Mileage; ICS Jail Supplies $187.65 Supplies; IMA $7,916.74 Svc; Inner Strength Therapeutic Massage $120 Wellness; Jackson Group Peterbilt $733.61 Parts; Jerrys Welding $717.16 Parts/Svc; Johnson Controls $4,892.97 Svc; Justin Miller Trucking $9,135 Road Maint; KCK $1,200 Road Maint; Knife River $291,327.49 Road Maint; Kone $1,409.13 Maint; LabCorp $2,234.98 Svc; Laird, Daerrian $150 Reimb; Laramie Peak Humane Society $5,797.26 Allocation; Laramie Range Water $435 Svc; Larimer County Coroner $250 Svc; LeadsOnline $3,230 Svc; Lexisnexis $2,422.04 Subscrip; Loco Luna $3,520 Road Maint; Lopez, Jaqueline $35 Mileage; Massage Therapy $120 Wellness; The Master’s Touch $386.19 Svc; Matthiesen, Lindsey $1,016.40 Svc; McKesson Medical $134.57 Supplies; McKillip Trucking $1,200 Road Maint; McMahon, Cory $54.59 Reimb; MHCC $304,356.16 Allocation; Merck Sharp $6,386.12 Supplies; Midwest Connect $60 Supplies; Miller, Crimson $8 Reimb; Montes Siding $4,650 Svc; Moore’s Heavy Equipment $6,279.94 Parts; Morgan, Alma $56 Svc; Motion and Flow Control $209.52 Parts; Motorola $29,289.15 Svc; Mountain West Tech $104.95 Utilities; NAPA-Glenrock $11.99 Parts; Newman Signs $207 Parts; Niobrara Electric Assoc $63.88 Utilities; NMS Labs $676 Svc; Norco $59.01 Supplies; OReilly Automotive $9.98 Supplies; ODP Business $231.66 Supplies; Olsen, Christie $1,050 Road Maint; Palen Law $13,620 Legal; PartsOne $266.10 Parts; Peak Fitness $450 Wellness; Pierce’s Body&Paint $1,000 Svc; Pimentel, Esther $35 Mileage; Pitney Bowes $216.12 Lease; Plainsman Printing $536 Supplies; Pope Construction $175,698.70 Contract; Price Pumping $3,810 Road Maint; Price Trucking $1,200 Road Maint; Principal Life Ins $3,605.87 Ins; Priority Dispatch $425 Trng; Pure Raine Salon $400 Wellness; Quill $894.84 Supplies; R&R Rest Stops Casper $169.50 Svc; R&S Northeast $420.87 Supplies; Range $1,561.48 Utilities; Rapid Fire Protection $1,110 Svc; Reaper Logistics $2,505 Road Maint; Ricoh $13.34 Svc; Rocky Mountain Power $22,673.34 Utilities; Rocky Mountain Wash $298.96 Svc; Rons Supply $30.60 Supplies; S&L Industrial $28,527.40 Road Maint; Sams Club $269.60 Supplies; Schell, Joel $105 Mileage; Schell, Mary $70 Mileage; Seim Concrete $2,435 Svc; Shattos Frontier Drug $2,381.90 Inmate Med; Short, Robert $1,344.93 Trvl Reimb; ShredAmerica $782.28 Svc; Skidril Industries $85 Supplies; Smiley Face Logistics $1,200 Road Maint; Sole, Donna $545.06 Tax Refund State of WY-Lands&Investments $9,415 Cnstr Esmt; Stinson Lawn Care $6,000 Svc; Summit Food $20,868.04 Svc; Survival Armor $11,630.58 Supplies; T&S Mobile Hearing $1,600 Svc; Terra GIS $7,640 Svc; TGOB Material Solutions $65 Supplies; Thalken, Twyla $450 Svc; Top Office Products $622.13 Lease; Town of Glenrock $957.92 Utilities; Trane $4,273.17 Parts/Svc; Twiford, Calvin $4,714.73 Road Maint; Tyler Tech $18,959.62 Svc; Univ Of Wy $7,083 Salary; UW 4-H CC $695.83 Reimb; Vector Solutions $6,684.30 Trng; Verizon $213.22 Utilities; Visa $10,433.85 Supplies/Trvl Exp; Visionary $1,355.88 Utilities; Vyve Broadband $211.79 Utilities; Western Dakota Energy Assoc $100 Svc; Western Skies Tech $1,860 Svc; Western Sunset $17,898.95 Road Maint; Wilde, Shawn $245.80 Trvl Reimb; Wildflower Yoga $100 Wellness; WY Behavioral Institute $6,032 Svc; Wy Dept of Health-Public Health Nursing $21,765.15 Salary; WY First Aid&Safety $34.32 Supplies; WY Health Fairs $2,063 Wellness; WY Machinery $7,277.58 Parts/Svc; WY Public Health Lab $858 Svc; WY Rigging&Industrial $371.25 Parts; Youth Development $4,166.66 Allocation; ZLazyY Trucking $1,200 Road Maint; Zen Spa $320 Wellness; Clerk: $39,977.79; Clerk of District Court: $4,214.53; Mr. Grant seconded; the Commissioners abstained from voting on warrants pertaining to themselves; motion carried. Mr. Kaufman moved to approve the Esterbrook Hazardous Fuel Reduction 2025 CAFA (Firewise) contract between the WY State Forestry Division and Converse County in the amount of $243,000 for a term from date of execution through June 2030; Mr. Short seconded; motion carried. Mr. Kaufman moved to approve Change Order No. 1 for the Animal Shelter Expansion Project in the amount of $1,640 for additions to surveillance system/storage; Mr. Short seconded. It was explained for the record that this is a server for storage; no further discussion and motion carried. It was stated for the record that the Title Commitment for the purchase of the Killion property has been received and will be formally disputed. Mr. Chris Caskey, Technical Services Director, and Mr. Nate Hughes, Technical Services Administrator, provided updates on the sale of surplus County property. Mr. Short moved to authorize Mr. Hughes to approve the sale of any County vehicle when the reserve bid is not met so long as the minimum bid is at least 65% of the fair market value of the vehicle; Mr. Blackburn seconded; motion carried. Mr. Short moved to approve auction applications for two County vehicles: one 2019 Ram 1500 pickup, VIN #1C6RR7KT5KS717361, and one 2015 Ram 2500 VIN #3C6TR5DT0FG508341; Mr. Kaufman seconded; motion carried. The meeting recessed for lunch at 11:45 p.m. and reconvened at 1:52 p.m. Mr. Jason Wilkinson, Road & Bridge Superintendent, and Mr. John Shephard, Foreman, provided departmental updates; no action was taken. The meeting recessed at 3:20 p.m. and reconvened at 8:15 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2025. A County-wide business review began at 9:00 a.m. to discuss the Time & Attendance system and proposed changes to the Converse County personnel policy. No action was taken. Mr. Todd Burns, Chairman, Glenrock Golf Club, provided updates for the Club; no action was taken. Mr. Short moved to approve the Application to Participate in the Converse County Public Surplus Property Reallocation Process from Laramie Peak Humane Society; Mr. Kaufman seconded; motion carried. Mr. Short moved to approve the Application to Participate in the Converse County Public Surplus Property Reallocation Process from Children’s Advocacy Project; Mr. Blackburn seconded; motion carried. Ms. Morryah McCurdy, Executive Director, and Ms. Christian Skillman, Workforce Development Coordinator, both representing The Enterprise, provided organizational updates; no action was taken. Following discussion, Mr. Grant moved to approve and adopt the revised Converse County Personnel Policy effective Jan. 1, 2026, and subject to additional clerical and editorial corrections and clarifications as needed; Mr. Blackburn seconded; motion carried. The regular meeting adjourned at 12:25 p.m. The next regular Commission meeting will be Dec. 16, 2025, at 8:00 a.m., unless otherwise posted, and will be held at the Converse County Courthouse within Commission Chambers, located at 107 N. 5th Street, Douglas, Wyoming. The public are invited to attend. To be a part of 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

Publish: December 17, 2025 3336