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Official Commissioners Minutes
Commissioner Meeting April 17, 2012 The regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was brought to order by Chairman, Smokey Wildeman at 9:00a.m on Tuesday April 17, 2012. Those in attendance were Chairman Wildeman, Commissioner Delbert Eitel, Commissioner John Gibbs, County Attorney Kenneth DeCock, County Clerk Vicki Edelman and Commissioner’s Assistant Jennifer Jackson. Eitel moved to approve the minutes of the April 3, 2012 regular meeting. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. Gibbs moved to have Chairman Wildeman sign the Memorandum of Understanding Between the State of Wyoming, Office of the State Public Defender, Wyoming Guardians Ad Litem Program & Johnson County. Eitel seconded, motion carried. After a presentation given by Mrs. Julie Aubrey & Jacob Thompson a/k/a Jake the Shredder Guy, Gibbs moved to have Chairman Wildeman sign a Document Shredding Services Contract for a 6 month period of time for weekly shredding services at a charge of $30.00 per month. Eitel seconded, motion carried. Gibbs moved to approve the increase in cost of furniture for the New Judicial Center to $223,465.36 as presented by Dick Edgcomb, owner of the Office. Eitel seconded, motion carried. After discussion on the Planning & Zoning creation and in order to clear up any confusion Eitel moved to approve for signatures, Resolution #454 a Resolution Ratifying The Creation of the Johnson County Planning & Zoning Commission and Memorializing the same. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. Eitel moved to approve the awarding of the County Commissioners Scholarships as follows: From Buffalo 1.) Cameron Spade, 2.) Bryce McKenzie, and the alternate, Kaylee Reimler; from Kaycee 1.) Brylee Streeter and the alternate, Sarah Carr; the Renewal will go to Shawn Straub from Kaycee. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. The regular meeting recessed at 9:30am and was back in session at 9:41am. Lance Lopez met with the Commissioners to discuss the possibility of using some county land for a free ride area & motorcycle track. Chairman Wildeman & Commissioner Gibbs asked him to come back with a map of State, BLM & County land and they might be able to help him get something going. Gibbs moved to approve the purchase of 1.16 acres of land from Craig & Angel Lindblom along Lake DeSmet Road going into the Mikesell Potts Recreation Area for $10,000.00, as soon as ownership & deed are determined by deed which will be drawn up by the County Attorney. Eitel seconded, motion carried. Eitel moved to go into executive session regarding personnel at 10:00am. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. The regular meeting was back in session at 10:20am. Angela Jarvis and Olin Turner discussed the upcoming RMI with the Board. Jarvis & Turner reported on the activities to take place, the donations and in kind donations. They both feel this will be a big boost to Tourism this year and for years to come. Jarvis said this is the first time that RMI has been held in a city of less than 50,000 in population and the Chamber will not gain anything from this but the entire Northeastern Wyoming area will benefit from this event. Eitel moved to give the RMI function another $1,500.00 to help with the funding shortfall. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. Eitel moved to approve a pre-pay of $1,500.00 for the RMI event upon submission of a voucher and proper documentation to the Clerk’s office. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. Lucas Todd and Dr. Tracy Rhodes, Johnson County members of the LDCC met with the Commissioners to discuss Lake DeSmet and the future. Chairman Wildeman said the Board wants LDCC to understand they are not against recreation but need to be cautious with a 99 year lease with Game & Fish and not think about industrial use also. He further stated this was not a public hearing; they were just here for discussion between the LDCC & the Board. Todd stated the recreational use of the Lake is part of the reason for the quality of life that we have and we don’t want to lose that. Industry has come before with immature technology that has not gone anywhere. Game & Fish would pay $3,000,000.00 for the lease and take care of shoreline management for years to come. Rhodes gave some history to the lake and LDCC saying their modeling project has shown that recreation and industry can co-exist. This lease would take the burden from both Sheridan & Johnson County taxpayers for maintenance & upkeep of the Lake for a long time to come. Eitel said the length of the lease needs to be negotiated and maybe the Game & Fish could still help with the maintenance, address the elevation draw- downs but just make the lease for a shorter period of time. Kim Cannon, who appeared with Mr. Todd and Dr. Rhodes, advised LDCC, is in only the negotiation stages of the lease; there is no contract signed and they are still going back and forth. The long term vision would be for financial contribution for recreation with the junior water rights being leased to Game & Fish, their help with shoreline management and maintenance, a firm foundation for down river water rights and the agriculture future, and 30,600 acre feet of water for industrial use. The point was also made that this lease could be for 50 years but then all or part of the money paid would have to be reimbursed to Game & Fish. Eitel moved to have Chairman Wildeman sign the Notice of Award of Bid to Oxford Inc. for the Johnson County Roads 2011 Dust Suppression Project in the amount of $673,659.00. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. Eitel moved to have Chairman Wildeman sign the Contract Agreement between Johnson County Board of Commissioners & Oxford, Inc. for the Dust Suppression Project for 2011. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. Gibbs moved to have Chairman Wildeman sign the Notice to Proceed on the Dust Suppression Project for 2011. Eitel seconded, motion carried. Scott Pehringer, Road & Bridge supervisor updated the Commissioners on the Trabing Road Project, maintenance on other roads, sale of county property, the king property clean-up, and the proposed county fuel station. Chairman Wildeman requested that Cheryl Benner be available to take minutes at the weekly progress meetings on the Trabing project; and that she forward those minutes to the Commissioners. Pehringer said he would like to periodically take the Commissioners on a ride-around to keep them up to speed on the project. Eitel moved to adjourn for lunch at 11:57am. Gibbs seconded, motion carried. The regular meeting was back in session at 1:00pm and moved into the Board of Health Meeting. The regular meeting recessed at 1:40pm for the Commissioners to attend the formal ground breaking ceremony for the new school. The regular meeting was back in session at 2:30pm. Gibbs moved to approve the Refund of Taxes for 2011 #2561, Axiom Energy, LLC in the amount of $991.44 and for #2562, and Devon Energy Production in the amount of $48,256.74 as presented by Assessor Rogers. Eitel seconded, motion carried. Rogers explained these were state directives and also presented some Supplemental Tax bills for the Board’s information. The regular meeting adjourned to the Joint Powers Board meeting at 2:40pm. The regular meeting was back in session at 3:15pm. Other business discussed was the Grouse Mountain contract for the Agriculture Extension office, the security equipment for the new courtroom facilities, the bronze plaque at the Judicial Center and removal of the power pole between the Road & Bridge shop and the KC Emergency building in Kaycee. There being no further business to come before the Board, Eitel moved to adjourn the meeting at 3:21pm. Gibbs seconded, motion carried.
_________________________ Attest:_______________________________ Albert “Smokey” Wildeman Vicki Edelman, Johnson County Clerk
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