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Lincoln County commissioners approve contracts, set BOE dates and review grant work
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At meetings May 2–3, 2023, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners approved a consent agenda including leases, WYDOT agreements and a behavioral health probation contract, set Board of Equalization hearing dates after 40 tax protests were filed, and authorized grant work and consultant solicitations.
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners approved a broad consent agenda on May 2 that included equipment leases, transportation agreement amendments and a behavioral health contract while also setting dates for the county’s Board of Equalization after numerous tax protests were filed.
Chairman Hansen and Commissioners Connelly and Bowers met May 2. The board voted to approve the consent agenda, which included minutes, adjustments to the assessment roll and voucher approvals. The record states the overarching consent-agenda motion was adopted but does not name the mover for that omnibus motion.
Among individual consent approvals, Commissioner Bowers moved and the board adopted an agreement with All West Communications to upgrade internet service at the Justice Center. Commissioner Connelly moved to sign a Dex Imaging master lease for three HP DesignJet T2600 printers at $668.31 per month for 63 months plus $192.45 per month for service contracts; that motion was adopted. The board also adopted a letter of support for Millennium Networks’ Wyoming CPF grant application and approved three Wyoming Department of Transportation amendment agreements for high‑risk rural roads and CMAQ dust suppression projects. Commissioner Bowers moved to approve a 10‑year lease through Caterpillar Financial Services for a 2023 Caterpillar 160 motor grader. Reappointments to the Weed and Pest Board and a 24‑hour catering permit for VR Tavern on the Greys for a June 3 event were also approved.
Commissioner Connelly moved to approve a contract between the Wyoming Department of Health Behavioral Health Division and Lincoln County for the county’s Adult Probation Program in the amount of $86,747.49 for the term July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024; the board adopted the motion.
County Assessor Debbie Larson told the board that 40 property owners had filed formal tax protests. In response, commissioners scheduled Board of Equalization hearings for June 21–23 and June 27 and agreed that protest applicants must appear in person for their hearings.
Destry Dearden, the county GIS/IT director, presented the rationale for the Justice Center internet upgrade and the equipment lease, arguing the county benefits from leasing with maintenance coverage rather than outright purchase without ongoing support. Mary Crosby, the county grant writer, said she would solicit proposals for consultant services on the transit and rail portions of a RAISE grant, requested permission to pursue an extension for an EDA infrastructure master plan grant, and said she needs County Attorney approval before signing a TerraPower nondisclosure agreement and producing a three‑minute video required for a TerraPower prize submission.
Insurance consultant Dennis McCormack reviewed monthly analysis and aggregate reports for the county insurance plan and stated the plan is running at about 70 percent of expected metrics. Sheriff Shane Johnson presented an employee appreciation letter. The board recognized staff service anniversaries.
On May 3 the commission approved multiple planning files — including Grover Narrows Subdivision (File 102 SS 23), Lone Pine Estates (File 103 SS 23), Little Pine Subdivision 6th Filing (File 106 AP 23) and White Tail Meadows 2nd Filing Amended (File 107 AP 23) — and recorded that File 103 CUP 23 (Sunroc/Depatco gravel pit) had been tabled by the applicant until June 7. Chairman Hansen raised a potential conflict because an applicant works in the planning office; Emmett Mavy, identified in the record as Planner II and the applicant, said he had not been involved in the planning of the project.
The record contains a detailed claims and payroll register (payroll listed as $464,114.80) with vendor payments for county operations, utilities, equipment and professional services; the board adjourned the May 3 meeting at 10:26 a.m.
Votes at a glance: All listed motions in the consent agendas and the planning approvals were adopted. Several motions in the meeting transcript either name the mover (for example, Commissioner Bowers or Commissioner Connelly) or state the motion was adopted without naming the mover; vote tallies were not specified in the minutes.
The board forwarded the Wildland Fire Management Annual Operating Plan to the County Attorney for review and did not take final action on it at these meetings. Mary Crosby will seek consultant proposals and must obtain County Attorney approval before signing the TerraPower NDA; the commissioners authorized her to solicit proposals for the RAISE transit and rail sections and to pursue the EDA extension.
The next procedural step for property‑tax protestors is to appear in person at the Board of Equalization hearings scheduled for June 21–23 and June 27.