Town council bar nunn, wyoming

MINUTES OF THE MEETING

TOWN COUNCIL

BAR NUNN, WYOMING
The regular meeting of the Town Council of Bar Nunn was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 7:00 P.M., at 4820 N. Wardwell Industrial Avenue, Bar Nunn, Wyoming.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jerry Petty.
The roll was taken by Carol Pendley, Clerk Treasurer. Those present were Paula Stewart, John Blase, and Mayor Petty. Steve Hollister and Josh Brown were excused.

Mayor Petty led in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Next item on the agenda was the minutes of the May 3, 2011 Council Meeting. Paula made a motion to accept the minutes. John seconded the motion. Minutes were approved unanimously.
Financial Reports for, April 2011 were next. John made a motion, seconded by Paula to accept the Financial Reports for April 2011. Motion was unanimous.
The Attorney was not present but Jerry shared notes from Charlie. Charlie has reviewed the WAM-JPIC Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement, the Warning Siren – Access and Use Agreement, and the Mutual Aid Agreement; and provided comments to be submitted, as attached.

Charlie was in Cheyenne 14 hours yesterday. There were only 25 lawyers there and it went far better than expected. Things are moving along and negotiations are continuing for more consistent and reliable power.

Engineering Report was next on the agenda. Bill Johnson was present and presented an Estimate for crack sealing of McMurry Boulevard from RCH Parking Lot Maintenance. He is awaiting a second estimate from DLH before selecting a contractor. The project will be well below the amount needing to be bid. It will be at least two weeks before the project can be started which will be pushing end of fiscal year billing.

Bill presented the Bar Nunn Industrial Center Utilities and Tonkawa Surfacing Punch List items from the walkthrough conducted May 6, 2011, as attached.

Bill addressed the drainage concerns along Rimrock. The grading has been left to developers in the past, but will be addressed during the Zoning and Planning building permit approval process from now on. CEPI will be responsible for the drainage for the Vista Hills I Subdivision.

Bill reported the Tonkawa lots approved within the Vista Hills I Subdivision Plat will not be developed until the adjacent streets are platted and sewer line is constructed. A preliminary has been received for platting the next street, but the remaining two streets have not been submitted yet.

Bill has been having discussion with Brad Holwegner regarding the pipe to be installed under Salt Creek Highway. Brad has indicated they do not want to put the pipe in, and Bill is adamant it is needed and recommends council insist on it to properly deal with potential drainage.

Jerry reported Granite Peak is having two street ends (McMurry #1 Subdivision) finished and intersection cracks sealed.

Next item on the agenda was First reading of Ordinance #2011-02 "ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE (BUDGET) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2012”. Paula made a motion, seconded by John, to approve the Budget Ordinance on first reading. Motion was unanimous.
Parks and Recreation was next on the agenda. Marianne Magee, Chair, presented the winning Bar Nunn Arbor Day poster, drawn by Christian Ashbeck, Bar Nunn School. In addition to her written report she reported advertising the garage sale day on the Casper Area Convention Center and Visitor’s Bureau website; and Lisa Icenogle of Casper College will advertise it on Channel 3. Flyers are also being distributed.

Mayor Petty informed Marianne of potential monies in the upcoming budget for new playground equipment for Antelope Park. Parks and Rec and Council will probably meet later regarding same.

Petitions and Public Comment were next on the agenda.

Dowl HKM personnel, Jeff Fuller, Jeff Rosenlund, and Matt Ruder presented the “Bar Nunn Salt Creek Intersection and Bar Nunn Subarea Planning Traffic Study”. Josh Deiffel, Director of MPO – City of Casper, was also in attendance.

Jeff Fuller, Project Manager, introduced the traffic study project, being undertaken on behalf of Casper MPO. Mr. Fuller commended Council for undertaking the project.

Jeff Rosenlund presented the overview of principles in traffic and transportation planning.

Matt Ruder presented the scheduling of the project and meetings involved. There are four intersections along Salt Creek Highway that are involved: McMurry Boulevard, Prairie Lane, Sunset Boulevard, and Antelope Drive. These are the areas that will be addressed to handle the short term growth to the area in the first part of the study. The second part of the study will be how the town will ‘fill-in’ in working with developers to best connect new developments with existing transportation to make it work effectively. There have been traffic counts and study done the past week to gather information for completion of the study.

A handout of the presentation was given to Mayor and Council and will be available at Town Hall for review by anyone who is interested.

There will be additional public meetings during the project to keep everyone informed and to gain information. The first scheduled meeting is June 20^{th .}

Council Miscellaneous was next on the agenda.

The RFP for Engineer is on hold.

Steve Hollister has submitted verbal resignation from Council to Mayor Petty as he no longer lives in Bar Nunn. There will be an ad posted for anyone interested in filling the unexpired portion of the term until the next election.

There were no questions or comment from anyone regarding last Budget Work Session.

There will be a Budget Work Session following tonight’s Council Meeting.

Adecco has been sent the information for hiring a maintenance person. They will recruit, test, and send applications for consideration. (Goal is to have someone on board by July 1, 2011.)

Chuck Anderson reported a check will be arriving to hold the fire truck for review by interested parties in California. If they buy, they will submit balance of payment. If they decline, the check we are holding will be returned. Upon sale of the truck, 5% of the sale will be sent to the company who has been representing Bar Nunn in search of a buyer.

There being no further business to come before the council at this time, Paula made a motion to adjourn. John seconded and motion was unanimous.

Meeting adjourned 7:50 P.M., April 19, 2011.

Minutes approved June 7, 2011 Council Meeting.