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Commission approves routine bills, personnel actions and contracts; denies one damage claim
Summary
The Fremont County commission approved a series of routine items including a Title 25 payment, increased bonding limits, a right-of-way easement, a WYDOT CMAQ agreement amendment, personnel hires and a county economic development contract; it also denied a citizen claim for windshield damage.
Fremont County commissioners approved a package of routine items and contracts during the meeting and denied a private claim for windshield damage.
Key approvals included a Title 25 invoice for legal services, an increase in bond amounts per state statute, an agricultural lease addendum, a utility right-of-way easement, an amendment to a 2022 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) agreement with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, credit-card authorizations, and a contract to use economic-development tax funds for Second Street Farm LLC.
The board also authorized personnel actions: refilling the Riverton Museum program coordinator position at $32,498 annually, advertising for maintenance positions with a salary range of $41,300 to $46,600, and approving a journeyman mechanic salary range not to exceed approximately $52,500. Commissioners discussed a number of county vehicle repairs and an insurance claim for a totaled county plow truck; staff reported follow-up with the county liability pool for claims handling.
On a citizen claim filed for a vehicle windshield allegedly damaged by county snow-plow operations, legal staff recommended denying the claim and the commission voted to deny it, following the county liability pool recommendation.
Votes at a glance: • Title 25 legal services invoice — Paid to Natrona County legal department, $23,848.12 — Motion approved. • Bonding certificate increases (assessor and related offices) — Bond amount changed from $1,000 to $10,000 per state statute — Motion approved. • Agricultural lease addendum (addendum to lease commencing 05/01/2021) — Motion approved. • Utility right-of-way easement (permit ID 2025-0018, Riverview Cutoff Road) — Motion approved. • 2022 CMAQ subsequent agreement (Wyoming Department of Transportation with Fremont County) — Amendment approved (transcript reference to "arthmium chloride" for the project) — Motion approved. • Credit-card authorizations — Four cards at $2,500 each for departmental use (applicant: Casey Murray) — Motion approved. • Economic-development tax fund contract — Second Street Farm LLC (funding from MOVE committee) — Motion approved. • Riverton Museum program coordinator refill — Annual amount $32,498 — Motion approved. • Maintenance positions advertised — Maintenance 1–3, salary range $41,300–$46,600 — Motion approved. • Journeyman mechanic position — Salary range approved up to ~$52,500 — Motion approved. • Citizen claim for windshield damage (private citizen vs. county snow-plow) — Motion to deny the claim, following LGLP recommendation — Motion approved.
All motions listed above were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote unless noted otherwise in the transcript.
