City staff briefed on proposed temporary air-monitoring trailer behind recreation center
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City Attorney Mayberry told council that Air Resource Specialist (ARS), a DEQ contractor, has proposed placing a locked, trailer-mounted air-monitoring station behind the Rawlins Recreation Center and would pay the city $150 per month under a one-year license.
City Attorney Mayberry told the Rawlins City Council on Aug. 5 that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality contractor Air Resource Specialist (ARS), based in Fort Collins, has proposed placing a temporary mobile environmental monitoring station immediately west of the Rawlins Recreation Center.
Mayberry said the unit would be a locked, enclosed trailer with air-quality sensors mounted above it; ARS has operated similar stations for state monitoring and national-park projects. “All collected data is visible on the state DEQ website,” Mayberry told the council.
Under ARS’s proposal, the company would pay the city $150 per month for use of the site for approximately one year (with a possible six-month extension) and would supply and pay for utilities by connecting to a nearby power box behind the rec center. Mayberry characterized the planned agreement as a license (not a lease) that would be terminable by either party.
Council members asked procedural and practical questions about the site, what the trailer would look like, whether fencing or additional perimeter security would be required and whether the monitors would have recorded the smoke observed earlier that morning. Mayberry said ARS indicated the trailer is locked and ordinarily does not require added fencing, but the company is open to city-requested safety measures.
No formal vote was taken. Mayberry said he would circulate the proposal to department heads for comment and return to the council with more detail should the city choose to proceed with a formal licensing agreement.
Ending: Council asked staff to continue vetting the proposal (site, utilities, fee, contracting approach) and to report back; no contract was executed at the meeting.