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Six Glenrock residents handed in applications to fill the Glenrock Town Council seat left vacant by Bruce Vinnola. From there, all six interviewed in front of the council, which took a straw poll and made a recommendation to Mayor Steve Cielisnki, who makes a nomination that then must be approved by the majority of the council.

It appears Chase Anfinson will receive the nod, but here are brief summaries of the other six candidates. Council members noted how tough it was to decide between Anfinson and Roger Tresch, and also noted that Robert Paul Brown had an excellent interview.

Roger Tresh teaches at Glenrock High School. His application says he co-sponsors the Students Against Destructive Decisions at GHS and serves as an elder at his church.

“I think that a council member needs to be responsive to the people and listen to them, but that doesn’t always mean that they’re going to make the decisions that certain members of the community want,” Tresch said. “I think that a council member needs to see all sides of the issue.”

Sue Dills currently serves as Postmaster at the Glenrock Post Office and her husband, Craig Dills, works in the town’s Public Works department. Dills said that her career has been based around serving the public.

Dills listed “problem solving, conflict resolution . . . budgeting and finance, time management, planning and scheduling” and various employee management abilities as special skills she could bring to the council.

Jim Mortenson described himself as a semi-retired heavy equipment operator.

“I feel that we work for the people, the people don’t work for us,” Mortenson said.

Mortenson hopes to see new residents move into town and an increase in tourism.

He also said his construction background could give him insight into the infrastructure issues often faced by the town.

A former Glenrock Police Department officer, Robert Paul Brown described himself as a self-employed process server on his application.

Brown said he felt that the primary duty of a council member in Glenrock is to set the budget.

Brown also voiced support for development between Glenrock and I-25, calling the area “ideal.”

“I’d like to see some hotels, stores, maybe a gas station,” Brown commented.

Tim Feeback serves as a brand inspector with the Wyoming Livestock Board and wrote on his application that he was seeking the appointment in order to “be involved in the community.”

He said he would like to see Public Works issues improved and spoke specifically of snow removal. Feeback also predicted that budget issues would become the largest problem to face the town of Glenrock in the next five years and spoke against development between Glenrock and I-25.

This is part of the March 4, 2010 online edition of The Glenrock Independent.

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