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Votes at a glance: Riverton council approves claims, consent agenda, opts into opioid remnant settlement and selects top real-estate consultant
Summary
At its April 21 meeting the council approved committee claims and the consent agenda, authorized staff to select and negotiate with the highest-rated local real-estate brokerage, and voted to opt into a national opioid remnant settlement estimated to yield roughly $2,310 to Riverton.
The Riverton City Council took several procedural and procurement votes on April 21.
Consideration of claims: The finance committee recommendation to pay claims was moved by Councilwoman Karen Johnson and seconded by Councilwoman Rebecca Brothers; the committee report listed claims of $331,856.67, a credit-card amount of $6,113.46, and payroll and liabilities totaling $248,776.73 for an overall committee total of $586,746.86. The committee approved the claims by voice vote.
Consent agenda: The council approved the consent agenda (minutes of prior meetings, finance committee recommendations and other routine items) by voice vote; Councilman Mike Bailey announced an abstention on Bailey Enterprises line items.
Opioid remnant settlement: Staff presented an opportunity to opt into a national remnant-defendant opioid settlement (six regional defendants), with a total settlement pool of about $97.625 million. Riverton’s estimated share (0.23%) was reported as about $2,310.94. The council voted to opt into the settlement and authorized the city administrator to execute required documents.
Real-estate consultant selection: The council authorized staff to proceed with contract negotiations with the highest-rated local real-estate services firm in response to a recent RFQ for marketing and disposition of city industrial lots; both local firms scored highly in the selection committee’s evaluation and the council directed staff to finalize an agreement with the top-ranked respondent.
Other procedural actions: Council excused Councilman Larson (remote attendance was not available due to phone-system issues), removed Item 13 (utility rate adjustments) from the current agenda to allow more time for review, convened and recessed for an executive session on real estate under a Wyoming statute citation in the transcript, and adjourned at 10:26 p.m.
None of the votes at the meeting enacted new utility rates or appropriated additional funding for the animal-shelter discussion; the council asked staff to prepare a resolution for the PAUSE task-force proposal for consideration at a future meeting.
