[1:22] I'll continue.

[1:30] Yeah.

[2:09] exercise.

[2:19] This is

[2:50] There's

[3:27] What?

[3:34] » Did you break it?

[3:35] >> I broke it.

[3:38] As long as it's the only one that

[3:40] breaks. As long as yours all works.

[3:43] >> Okay.

[4:38] Sorry.

[5:04] I'm sorry.

[6:01] All right, we're going to call this

[6:02] meeting to order. September 15, 2026 at

[6:05] 6 p.m. Please join us for the pledge of

[6:07] >> allegiance.

[6:11] Algiance to the flag of the United

[6:13] States of America and to the republic

[6:16] for which it stands. One nation under

[6:19] God, indivisible, with liberty and

[6:22] justice for all.

[6:27] Thank you.

[6:29] Uh Lynn, will you open roll call,

[6:31] please?

[6:32] >> Madam Mayor Jacqueline Wells,

[6:34] >> Vice Mayor Daryl Garner,

[6:36] >> here.

[6:36] >> Council member Derek Elliot

[6:38] >> here.

[6:38] >> Council member, sorry, Council Member

[6:40] Tanya Lumen

[6:41] >> here.

[6:42] >> Council member Terry Patterson

[6:43] >> here.

[6:44] >> Council member Steve Sanger

[6:45] >> here.

[6:45] >> Council member Bruce Seol

[6:47] >> here.

[6:47] >> Thank you.

[6:49] >> All right, moving down to 2A. Uh,

[6:52] approve the agenda. Council me, member

[6:55] Sanger.

[6:56] >> I move to approve the September 15th,

[6:58] 2026 city council agenda as presented.

[7:00] >> Second.

[7:01] >> Okay, we have a first and second. Do we

[7:03] have any discussion? Okay, seeing none,

[7:06] will you open the online voting, please?

[7:09] >> Online voting is open.

[7:25] I'm having a bit of uh trouble here. If

[7:28] you just give me a

[7:31] >> a minute.

[7:32] >> Would you like to do verbal council

[7:33] member?

[7:35] >> Yes, please. Yay.

[7:37] >> Thank you.

[7:39] >> Online voting has closed. Motion passes

[7:41] with six yays.

[7:43] >> Okay.

[7:45] Moving down to the consent agenda.

[7:49] Councilman Sanger,

[7:50] >> I move to approve the city consent

[7:51] agenda of September 15, 2026 as

[7:54] presented. Second,

[7:57] >> we have a first and second. Any

[7:58] discussion?

[8:00] Seeing none, we'll open online voting,

[8:02] please.

[8:11] » Online voting is open.

[8:21] Online voting has closed. Motion passes

[8:24] with

[8:26] sorry, five yays and one nay. The one

[8:28] nay is council member Elliot.

[8:31] >> All right. Thank you. Okay, we're going

[8:33] to move down to item 4 A. Um, this is a

[8:37] public hearing approving the second

[8:39] reading and wave the reading of the

[8:40] ordinance pursuant to the Rollins

[8:42] Municipal Code Chapter 19.80

[8:46] amendments in section 19.16.020

[8:50] zoning map changing and zoning

[8:52] clarification of the property formerly

[8:54] known as the Lawrence [music] property.

[8:58] We have any discussion?

[9:02] All right, seeing none, we'll close the

[9:04] public hearing.

[9:06] >> [snorts]

[9:06] >> And we're going to open public comment.

[9:11] Um public comment resolution number

[9:13] 2C-1996

[9:15] sets a time limit for public comment of

[9:17] 5 minutes under the agenda item for

[9:20] citizens participation with the

[9:22] provision that the 5 minutes

[9:24] time limit may be increased at the

[9:26] request of a member of the public or any

[9:28] council member subject to vote of the

[9:30] council.

[9:32] have anyone here this week?

[9:35] Seeing none, close the public comment

[9:38] and we're going to move down to

[9:41] um 6A proclamation

[9:44] for fire prevention. Um

[9:50] so this proclamation is recognizing

[9:53] October 4th through the 10th as fire

[9:55] prevention week. I'd like to invite Fire

[9:57] Chief Alan Robertson to the podium to

[10:00] accept the proclamation and say a few

[10:02] words on this year's theme. Charge into

[10:05] fire safety. Safe charging is a

[10:07] superpower.

[10:14] » Hello, Chief Robinson. You'll have to

[10:15] accept Captain Pend.

[10:19] >> Thank you.

[10:23] Am

[10:25] I reading your proposition? I do not.

[10:28] >> All right.

[10:30] >> Okay. Well, thank you. We'll uh um

[10:35] do you guys want me to read the

[10:36] proclamation or just go ahead and move

[10:38] on?

[10:39] >> Thank you very much for declaring fire.

[10:42] >> All right.

[10:44] Going to move down to the community

[10:45] building award for September 2026. Um we

[10:49] have the members of the city of Rollins

[10:50] volunteer.

[10:52] Um

[10:54] recognition and recruitment committee

[10:56] come up.

[10:58] >> Hello honorable mayor, vice mayor and

[11:00] councel. The community builder award is

[11:02] a monthly award the city presents to

[11:04] local individuals, businesses and

[11:06] organizations for their volunteer

[11:07] service, sponsorship, promotion of

[11:10] programs and events, outstanding service

[11:12] in the interest of the city or for other

[11:13] contributions significant to Rollins's

[11:15] quality of life. The volunteer committee

[11:17] would like to present the September 2026

[11:19] Community Builder Award to Lola Armyo.

[11:31] So, I'm going to say some words about

[11:32] Lola and then Lola is going to also

[11:34] address the council in the community.

[11:36] When Lola opened her business in Rollins

[11:38] less than 2 years ago, she knew it was

[11:40] never just a business opportunity. Lola

[11:42] knew that LA Looks and More is also a

[11:44] place where she can support the

[11:45] community in ways close to her heart.

[11:47] And that dream has come true. Lola hosts

[11:50] at least at least one community event at

[11:51] her shop every single month. These add

[11:54] an important component to our community.

[11:56] Activities for kids, families, and

[11:57] adults to do. Whether it is teaching

[11:59] kids how to wrap grass gifts at

[12:01] Christmas time, inviting the Easter

[12:03] bunny to meet the kids, or a free

[12:05] daddyaughter hair stying class, she is

[12:07] always looking for creative ways to make

[12:08] the community better, especially for the

[12:10] children. Lola also hosts story times

[12:13] and old school coloring contests

[12:15] allowing kids to express their

[12:16] creativity and create something to be

[12:17] proud of. She has hosted back to school

[12:19] events and mommy and me tea parties. She

[12:22] knows that these events can really

[12:23] engage our youth and change their

[12:25] perspective. She loves her memories of

[12:27] attending community events when she grew

[12:28] up here and is actively dedicating her

[12:31] time and money to making new memories

[12:32] for kids now. Lola is always very

[12:35] generous for those in need locally. She

[12:37] donates prizes and items to support

[12:38] local causes and has also organized many

[12:40] raffles to coordinate giving to local

[12:42] families. Lola is an inspiration to all

[12:45] of us. She shows that any person can be

[12:47] creative and find a way to make a

[12:48] difference to our community. She loves

[12:50] doing things for children because they

[12:52] are our future. Every smile she can make

[12:54] light up a child's face is worth it for

[12:56] her. Let us all learn from Lola and

[12:58] think about ways we can make our

[13:00] community better from everyone,

[13:01] including the smallest. Thank you, Lola.

[13:10] Receiving the Community Builder Award is

[13:12] truly an honor. It is something I am

[13:14] incredibly grateful for. Giving back and

[13:16] being there for people around me has

[13:17] always been something I genuinely love

[13:19] to do. I believe that even the smallest

[13:22] act of kindness, support, or simply

[13:23] bringing people together can make a

[13:25] difference in someone's life. I never do

[13:27] these things expecting recognition. I do

[13:30] them because I truly love seeing our

[13:31] community come together and watching

[13:33] people support one another. Opening my

[13:35] shop has given me an even bigger

[13:37] platform and more opportunities to do what I loved

[13:41] already, giving back. From hosting

[13:43] events and fundraisers to creating

[13:45] opportunities for families to have fun,

[13:48] supporting local causes, and helping

[13:49] bring people together, my business has

[13:52] allowed me to turn that passion into

[13:53] something even bigger. I'm so thankful

[13:55] that I get to be a part of this

[13:56] community, and this award means so much

[13:58] because it reminds me that the time,

[14:00] effort I put into making our community a

[14:03] better place truly matters. I hope to

[14:05] continue creating spaces where people

[14:07] feel welcome, families can make

[14:09] memories, childrens can dream, and our

[14:11] community can come together to support

[14:13] one another. I am incredibly grateful

[14:15] for my family for the daily support. And

[14:17] a big thank you to everyone who has

[14:19] supported our events, donated,

[14:21] volunteered, participated, and continued

[14:23] to show up for our community. Thank you

[14:25] again for this incredible honor.

[14:32] And Lola is donating her um $100

[14:35] donation in her name to Cove. So here's

[14:38] your oh your plaque.

[14:41] >> And then we'll do a picture. Do you want

[14:42] anybody to come and join you for the

[14:43] picture?

[14:44] >> Oh yeah, my family's here.

[14:45] >> Okay. [laughter]

[14:47] >> I got a big crowd in there.

[15:00] And then somebody can hold the check.

[15:02] >> Yeah.

[15:05] » How about the tall people in the back?

[15:07] >> Just saying.

[15:10] >> Okay. Excuse

[15:11] >> you.

[15:15] » Oh, I'm so so used to being this person.

[15:19] I don't actually.

[15:37] [music]

[15:47] Thank you.

[15:52] » Congratulations, Lola.

[15:56] » Um, I just wanted to say I, you know, I work some pretty crazy hours. And Lola

[16:02] is now a neighbor in our in our little

[16:05] area right there. And every night I

[16:08] leave, I'm not the latest person at 1:00

[16:11] in the morning, 2:00 in the morning

[16:13] anymore. So, I've uh I have competition

[16:16] now. But she's she's been an absolutely

[16:18] wonderful neighbor. The events she puts

[16:20] on, they are they are awesome and um

[16:24] it's it's great to see. You've done a

[16:26] lot in two years.

[16:28] >> Appreciate it.

[16:30] >> Thank you.

[16:36] [clears throat]

[16:39] » All right, we're going to move down to

[16:40] 7A reports for Discover Army County

[16:43] Visitors Council update.

[16:47] I can't beat the tongue yet if we

[16:52] was told you wanted to hear from me

[16:53] instead of from Leslie. [laughter]

[16:55] So, um, honorable vice chairman, vice

[16:59] mayor, and council members, um, first I

[17:02] want to say thank you so much for giving

[17:03] me this opportunity several years ago.

[17:05] Um, after my husband died, it's meant a

[17:08] lot to me to be a part of this community

[17:10] and I really appreciate it. I've learned

[17:12] so much from this. So who we are from

[17:15] discover carbon county is a carbon

[17:17] county visitors council formed in 1987

[17:19] by a joint powers agreement among the

[17:22] carbon county commissioners in the towns

[17:24] of bags elk mountain encampment Hannah

[17:27] Medicine Bow Rollins Riverside and

[17:29] Saratoga. Our mission is dedicated to

[17:32] promoting Carbon County as a diverse

[17:35] yearround destination offering quality

[17:37] activities and attractions. And our

[17:40] vision statement [music] is we will be

[17:42] leading a year-round destination known

[17:44] for extraordinary outdoor activities,

[17:47] scenic beauty, western history, and

[17:49] welcoming communities while its

[17:51] residents enjoy sustainable economic

[17:54] growth, high quality of life, [music]

[17:56] and robust community pride. The lodging

[17:59] tax is coming up on the voting and that

[18:01] is a 2% um vote. And the tax on

[18:05] overnight stays at motel, hotels,

[18:08] campgrounds, bed and breakfast, guest

[18:10] ranches, resorts, and other lodging in

[18:12] Carbon County. They're paid by visitors,

[18:15] not by residents unless they um

[18:17] [clears throat] do a local stay. It was

[18:20] first approved by Carbon County voters

[18:21] in a special election in February um

[18:24] 1987 and renewed by voters every four

[18:27] years um at each general election site.

[18:30] And the use of the funds is defined by

[18:32] the state law um WS391521

[18:36] and there's some other things behind

[18:37] that. Um so the um

[18:42] the economic impact in 2025 [music]

[18:45] um $239.2

[18:47] 2 million was spent by travelers in

[18:50] Carbon County. Um part of the 5 billion

[18:54] statewide um from the Wyoming Office of

[18:57] Tourism in April 2026.

[19:01] 15.5 million was generated in revenue

[19:03] for local governments. 1680 jobs were

[19:07] supported in Carbon County by travel

[19:10] spending and visitors spending um

[19:14] reaches lodging, dining, groceries,

[19:16] transportation, entertainment, and

[19:18] retail and easing pressure for higher

[19:20] local taxes and reduced services. Um

[19:25] over 227,000

[19:27] was returned directly to m to

[19:30] municipalities where the tax was

[19:32] collected last fiscal year and so far

[19:36] this year since July this fiscal year

[19:38] we've given to Rollins over 20 or close

[19:40] to $22,000.

[19:43] Um, we gave 41 grants totaling more than

[19:45] $147

[19:47] to local organizations through Discover

[19:49] Carvin County's advertising and

[19:51] marketing sponsorship and signage grant

[19:54] programs. And grant supported events

[19:56] span every corner of the county from

[19:58] county fairs, museums, historical

[20:01] societies, search and rescue, music

[20:03] series, holiday festivals, sporting

[20:06] tournament tournaments, [music]

[20:07] and more. Um, we gave 41 organizations

[20:10] funding this last year.

[20:13] Um, the lodging tax is growing. It's

[20:15] increased over 2% from this last year,

[20:18] which is a very good thing. And

[20:20] collections have more than doubled since

[20:22] the 2021

[20:24] um season, reflecting the county's

[20:26] rebounding and expanding visitor

[20:28] economy.

[20:29] And I think you all got one of these

[20:32] today. This is our newest publication.

[20:34] Um, so more than 500 print, online,

[20:37] radio, and connected TV marketing

[20:39] initiatives were executive were executed

[20:42] in 2025. We had partnerships with

[20:45] Wyoming Office of Tourism, Spectrum

[20:47] Reach, Visit USA Parks, KHM, which was

[20:50] formerly Madden Media, and others

[20:53] expanded TV presence, video content, and

[20:56] trade show participation. Carbon County

[20:59] was featured in 95 plus articles and

[21:01] media placements including Travel and

[21:04] Leisure, National Geographic Traveler,

[21:06] Condaster Traveler, Forbes, Afar,

[21:09] Outside Magazine, US Today 10 Best, and

[21:13] Wyoming Tribune Eagle. And we also

[21:15] sponsored Y dot road information

[21:17] broadcasts carrying local tourism

[21:19] messages and advertising in the Carbon

[21:22] County Comet, which was taken to the

[21:24] local um hotels and lodging partners.

[21:28] Um and our local office, which Leslie is over, um they fulfilled more than

[21:33] 24,000 visitor information requests

[21:36] regionally, nationally, and

[21:38] internationally. We also partnered with

[21:40] the US Forest Service Service to staff

[21:43] the Brush Creek Visitor Center both for

[21:45] summer and winter. and um represented

[21:48] Carbon County at major industry events,

[21:51] Travel Exchange, International Inbound

[21:53] Travel Association Summit, Great

[21:56] American West, International Roundup, US

[21:59] IPAW, and the Governor's Conference on

[22:01] Hospitality and Tourism.

[22:04] And we are guided by a 10-year master

[22:06] plan um and all covering all 11

[22:10] communities and unincorporated areas.

[22:13] the planned goals. We coordinate

[22:15] business, civic, and government efforts,

[22:17] reduce duplication, track pack progress,

[22:20] and inspire community um improvements.

[22:23] And our plans includes partnerships,

[22:26] visitor experience upgrades, outdoor

[22:29] recreation development, and hospitality

[22:32] workforce support.

[22:34] um our recent progress, wayfinding and

[22:36] replacement signage assistance, byway

[22:38] planning, continental divide trail

[22:41] efforts, and updating hospitality

[22:43] workforce training. And we also, I think

[22:46] some of you have met um Cindy Loose, who

[22:49] is um our development specialist, and

[22:51] she identified 13 potential future

[22:54] destination development project

[22:56] opportunities across the county. Um,

[22:58] some of the things we did this last year

[23:00] besides what I've mentioned, we did

[23:02] complete the I80 bike path feasibility

[23:04] study. Um,

[23:07] we did get it down from over 30 million

[23:09] to 5 million, but we don't have the 5

[23:10] million yet, but we've got the study

[23:12] done, which is is really important. So,

[23:14] hopefully we can get Y DOT to work with

[23:16] us and make progress [music] on that in

[23:19] the future. Um, we've also partnered

[23:21] with the Carbon County Sheriff's Office

[23:22] to help create the Eastern Wyoming

[23:24] Avalanche Information Service System.

[23:27] And we've partnered with the Medicine

[23:29] Bow Museum to relocate the historic

[23:31] [laughter]

[23:32] fossil cabin, which is finally there.

[23:35] Um, we did partner with Cindy Lewis, the

[23:37] VIP marketing, um, to explain Carbon

[23:40] County's tourism master plan and assist

[23:42] in identifying potential destination

[23:45] develop projects to partner with us in

[23:47] the future. So the bottom line is

[23:50] residents rarely pay the lodging tax.

[23:54] Yet every community benefits from the

[23:56] visitors that it attracts. Um lodging

[23:59] tax dollars help discover Carbon County

[24:01] attract visitors who strengthen the

[24:02] local economy, expand the tax base, and

[24:06] support local businesses while funding

[24:08] better places to live and [music] not

[24:10] just visit. So the Carbon County lodging

[24:13] tax is paid by visitors and it's [music]

[24:15] invested in our community.

[24:17] So, does anyone have any questions?

[24:22] » Okay, thank you. I just want to step in

[24:24] and tell you how wonderful Mary Pat has

[24:27] been. She's a blessing to all of us.

[24:30] Thank you very much for having her on

[24:32] the board.

[24:33] >> What's

[24:40] a separate that's already this?

[24:44] >> Oh, I just see what you're saying.

[24:46] council

[24:51] for you.

[24:57] [clears throat]

[25:02] » Thank you very

[25:10] » All right. Thank you guys very much. All

[25:12] right, moving down to 7B. city manager

[25:15] and staff reports.

[25:18] It's all yours.

[25:19] >> Honorable Levias mayor and council, good

[25:21] evening. Uh just a few uh points for you

[25:24] tonight. Uh coming up, of course, is uh

[25:27] the dedication for our underpass and

[25:29] please come join the the urban systems,

[25:31] WOT, city of Rollins, of course, for a

[25:34] ribbon cutting and dedication of the 287

[25:37] bypass pedestrian underpass. That

[25:40] pedestrian underpass will be dedicated

[25:42] in memor memory of Patrick Casey McMaro.

[25:45] The event is scheduled for Thursday,

[25:47] September 24th at 5:30 p.m.

[25:51] Uh be happy to tell you that our annual

[25:53] cleanup for the Rollins Rec Center has

[25:55] gone well. We're still wrapping up some

[25:58] small projects, but the rec center is

[26:00] back open. I encourage everyone to come

[26:02] check it out. It's got a little bit of a

[26:04] facelift in some areas [clears throat]

[26:05] and uh and uh it's open on weekends. So,

[26:09] we got our winter hours back up.

[26:11] Uh, for council, a couple items here.

[26:14] Our COG meeting will be this Wednesday,

[26:16] so tomorrow, September 16th, at Elk

[26:19] Mountain at the community center, and

[26:21] that starts at 6 p.m.

[26:24] Um, I don't think there's the agenda.

[26:26] Didn't have too much on it, but uh,

[26:28] you're [music] all encouraged to come,

[26:29] of course. Our region 6 meeting for WHAM

[26:32] will be held here in Rollins on

[26:34] Wednesday, October 14th at the depot.

[26:36] And that'll be starting at 5:00 p.m.

[26:39] We're going to provide dinner. So,

[26:40] please uh let us know if you're going to

[26:42] make it so we can start doing a

[26:44] headcount uh both with staff and and

[26:47] with uh with Wham.

[26:49] >> When was that again?

[26:50] >> October 14th. That's a Wednesday. And

[26:53] it's at the depot. starts at 5:00 p.m.

[26:55] and the WHAM our WHAM representatives

[26:58] will probably be in town, Ashley and

[27:00] some of her [music] crew and so

[27:01] encouraged to come to that.

[27:04] >> Um lastly I have is uh as some of you

[27:07] may have noticed we had some divers in

[27:09] our water tanks recently. That's by

[27:12] design of course divers are wearing

[27:14] fully sealed dry suits designed to for

[27:17] work with inside potable drinking water

[27:19] work. Um they've been inspecting inside

[27:22] of the tanks and removing some sediment.

[27:24] Um we expect uh a full report for the

[27:27] tanks internal conditions probably this

[27:30] week.

[27:32] And with that, I would turn it over to

[27:35] our finance director for updates she'd

[27:38] like to give.

[27:44] So it's that time of year again. Our

[27:46] audits coming up. [music] The external

[27:48] audit is uh being done this year by

[27:51] Carver, Floric, and James. Again, that

[27:53] has begun and it's in full swing at this

[27:56] point in time. Um, also as the fiscal

[27:59] keepers of the city, I have to present

[28:02] to you the F66. The F66 was presented in

[28:06] your board docs. This is due to our

[28:08] state auditor's office by September

[28:10] 30th. So, I've presented to you that

[28:13] balanced report. Basically, on a very

[28:16] low level, this report

[28:18] takes our beginning bank balances, adds

[28:21] all of the revenue we received for the

[28:23] fiscal year, subtracts all of the

[28:25] expenses that we paid for the fiscal

[28:27] year, [music] and that should result in

[28:29] our ending bank balances. Um, and that's

[28:33] what makes it balance. So, just so

[28:35] you're aware of what it is that you are

[28:37] looking at. That is my full report

[28:40] today. Thank you.

[28:42] >> Thank you.

[28:43] All right, moving down to city reports.

[28:48] >> Thank you. Go ahead,

[28:49] >> Mayor. Uh, honorable vice mayor and

[28:51] councel. Um, just a few updates. Um, our

[28:55] law clerk, Shifa, uh, the bar results

[28:59] came out last week and she did pass. So,

[29:02] that's a great thing for her. Um, we're

[29:04] also making progress on completing a lot

[29:07] of the data points on the leans and

[29:10] surplus properties and some of those

[29:12] properties. And so we're making

[29:14] progress. It's just a lot of tedious

[29:16] work. Um,

[29:21] I continue working closely on a lot of

[29:23] ongoing projects right now with um some

[29:26] contract reviews and other projects that

[29:27] are that we are working with with

[29:29] finance um parks and wreck, DDA, public

[29:32] works and community development. And

[29:36] um I'm also keeping a breast of some

[29:40] rapidly changing um [sighs] uh

[29:43] legislation that that is coming through

[29:45] on the national level that has the

[29:47] potential to dramatically impact um city

[29:50] funding as a pass through from the

[29:52] federal level. So keeping a breast of

[29:54] that um I have kept council apprised on

[29:57] some of these updates that have come

[29:58] through and I will continue to do so.

[30:01] Also, next week I will be attending the

[30:04] IMLA International Municipal Lawyers

[30:06] Conference in Salt Lake City. And it's

[30:08] actually, you know, as nerdy as it

[30:10] sounds, it's actually an awesome

[30:12] conference. A bunch of nerdy lawyers

[30:14] talking about municipal things. So, I

[30:17] will be excited to report some of those

[30:19] learnings once uh uh at the next council

[30:22] session.

[30:23] >> Thank you.

[30:26] >> All right. Moving on to city council

[30:29] updates. Do we have any Councilman Sila?

[30:32] >> I've got a few questions. I guess uh

[30:35] where are we at on going out for bid on

[30:37] the chase stand for the baseball field

[30:42] if if we don't get that out sooner.

[30:46] >> So,

[30:51] we just talked about

[30:53] >> it's the middle of September. We're

[30:54] almost into October.

[30:55] >> Thank you, honorable Vice Mayor and

[30:57] Council. Uh we are working on the RFP

[30:59] for that right now. Um I was just

[31:01] talking to rec director Billy Hunt and

[31:03] we will be he will actually have his

[31:05] crews working on finding the water line

[31:08] that that we know exists there and then

[31:09] working with some plumbing companies to

[31:11] get going on the sewer line. So as soon

[31:14] as we get the RFP back, we're currently

[31:17] very busy on getting this booster

[31:19] station project off the ground and

[31:21] getting breaking ground on that

[31:22] hopefully at the end of this month. So,

[31:24] as soon as we get that uh in motion and

[31:26] broke ground, then we'll put a lot more

[31:28] focus on getting this RFP out to bid.

[31:30] >> Idea when the RFP is going to go out or

[31:32] >> what's that?

[31:33] >> An idea when we're going to send

[31:35] >> Don't know yet. I I got to get with uh

[31:37] our city engineer and see where he's at

[31:39] within that RFP.

[31:40] >> Okay.

[31:42] You're up there. I had some people ask

[31:44] me a couple questions this weekend. Is

[31:47] there a way some West Council go for a

[31:50] ride with you or engineer one them

[31:52] through Edinburgh?

[31:53] I had some questions brought to me on

[31:55] Edinburgh down there that

[31:57] >> Yeah, absolutely.

[31:58] >> Okay. Tomorrow afternoon work sometime

[32:00] or

[32:00] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[32:01] >> Okay. Whatever works for you tomorrow

[32:03] afternoon and we

[32:05] >> Yeah.

[32:06] >> There a couple of us wanted to meet with

[32:07] you and go kind of look

[32:08] >> go take a walk.

[32:10] >> We can do a walk or ride through or

[32:11] however.

[32:12] >> Okay. Absolutely. Any time.

[32:14] >> Yeah. Just let us know what time.

[32:16] >> Okay. We'll

[32:16] >> go from there. So, okay.

[32:17] >> We'll do.

[32:18] >> Okay. One question for the other one.

[32:21] Billy. Okay.

[32:23] Where are we at on the test sprinkler

[32:25] controllers at the cemetery? Are we

[32:27] going to get this done in time this year

[32:29] so we can kind of see time in head?

[32:32] Maybe we put them in this winter if we

[32:34] do that.

[32:34] >> Yeah, thank you honorable vice mayor and

[32:36] council. So, yes, we're moving actually

[32:38] really good on that. Um, we'll we'll

[32:41] probably be close to 50% by the end of

[32:45] this week of the system in place. I

[32:48] believe Mr. Sanger went out there and

[32:50] met with some of my staff and my

[32:52] understanding was you were pretty happy

[32:53] about it. Um, we think we have a good

[32:56] system in place that we're just moving

[32:58] forward with. We did price out some of

[33:00] the u uh solar which came back quite a

[33:04] bit more expensive than what we're

[33:05] currently using which is a battery

[33:07] operated system. A lot less digging but

[33:10] we still have to dig but we don't have

[33:11] to trench lines. Um, test system went

[33:15] really well. Um, and I think if you want

[33:17] to see a test system, we could probably

[33:19] do that for you early next week. Um, we

[33:21] just ordered the second component of uh,

[33:25] valves to finish completing it. But

[33:27] again, about the end of this week, we're

[33:28] about 50% done and a couple sections

[33:31] that are already watering are already

[33:32] getting a lot more greener. So, it's

[33:34] actually going really well. Just curious

[33:37] because if we have figured out before

[33:40] because we'll have a long fall, we

[33:41] always do that. A lot of times you can

[33:43] put stuff in that we're not using it,

[33:44] but we install it. So, we're ready for

[33:46] next spring.

[33:47] >> Yep.

[33:47] >> Is what I was looking at.

[33:48] >> Yeah, they've been working since last

[33:50] week on it. Have actually been moving

[33:52] very fast. Uh, second order of supplies

[33:55] should be in here pretty soon. Um, I

[33:58] think to do 75 75% of the cemetery is

[34:03] going to come right about $10,000,

[34:06] which is really under budget considering

[34:08] what you gave us. Um, and so if

[34:11] everything works according to plan, like

[34:13] we think it's going to, we're going to

[34:15] use some of that extra money to make

[34:16] sure we get some extra supplies so

[34:18] they're on stock and on hand so we can

[34:19] handle any breakage breakage or any

[34:21] issues that come up. And then just to

[34:23] answer your uh question on VFW is uh

[34:26] Nate and the crew will actually be out

[34:28] there tomorrow to start on the water

[34:30] line. So that'll be happening pretty

[34:31] quick this week as well.

[34:32] >> Okay. We just like see if you don't for

[34:35] bid because but that all takes time for

[34:39] that stuff.

[34:39] >> Yeah, I spoke with the uh the baseball

[34:42] board. Um the deadline really is May

[34:44] 30th to have that project completed

[34:46] which we've talked and we know [music]

[34:48] will be tough but our backup plan is for

[34:50] some reason if it doesn't get finished

[34:53] then we'll move up to the the sports

[34:55] complex up at the rec center but ideally

[34:57] we'd love to have it done.

[34:58] >> Yeah. I just don't see it moved. I just

[35:01] think

[35:01] >> I agree.

[35:03] Yep.

[35:04] >> Councilman,

[35:05] >> are the pipes for that sprinkler system

[35:09] down low enough that they won't break

[35:11] with the cold?

[35:12] >> We believe so. And it's all secured

[35:15] inside a box. And the wires are all

[35:18] coated to protect for flooding and

[35:20] everything. It's It's a pretty good

[35:22] system. So, we should

[35:23] >> freezing and temperatures. Not that it's

[35:26] been that way for the past two years,

[35:28] >> but um just to uh just making sure that

[35:32] the product we put in can survive the

[35:37] severe weather patterns that we have

[35:39] here.

[35:39] >> Yep. And then we'll blow out our systems

[35:41] as as well to make sure we're

[35:43] winterized. And [music] we'll probably

[35:44] start that process again depending on

[35:46] weather. But I'll get with Nate and

[35:48] we'll probably start looking at that in

[35:50] mid to late October on when that date is

[35:52] going to happen. But again, weather

[35:53] dependent. Thank you.

[35:55] >> You're welcome. Thank you.

[35:56] >> I had a question for Matt. The governor

[35:58] business forum, was there any employees

[36:01] that were interested in going to that?

[36:04] >> The governor's business forum.

[36:06] >> Mhm.

[36:06] >> Uh I don't think we had much feedback

[36:09] from the employees, although

[36:11] >> Okay.

[36:11] >> I can try and bring it up again. That's

[36:13] next week, right?

[36:16] >> Um November.

[36:17] >> November.

[36:17] It's in November. You have

[36:19] some time.

[36:19] >> No wonder. Yeah. Um sorry, honorable may

[36:22] vice mayor. Yeah. Um I'll try I'll try

[36:25] and circulate a little bit more. It's

[36:27] good that you get pointed out. It's

[36:28] always a very good uh statewide event.

[36:30] There's a lot

[36:31] >> to make those connections. Just

[36:33] wondering if anybody um our city

[36:36] employees were interested in attending.

[36:38] Well, and Council Member Lumen, I I

[36:40] think that especially even like a like a

[36:42] day trip for like somebody that may want

[36:44] to go over when we see what the I'll

[36:47] look through the full schedule and try

[36:48] and meet with the department heads and

[36:50] see if there's anything that might

[36:51] peique their interest specifically that

[36:54] to go over at least catch a couple

[36:55] things if not be there for the whole

[36:57] time. So,

[36:58] >> it's good.

[36:58] >> We'll get some we'll get some troops

[36:59] rallied to get over there.

[37:01] >> Thank you.

[37:03] >> Anyone else? Councilman Patterson,

[37:07] >> I'm going to bring it up every time

[37:08] until I get a good answer. Uh, where are

[37:11] we at with the Day Street project? This

[37:13] was supposed to be an emergency and that

[37:15] was how many months ago?

[37:18] >> No, we we're actually um we've been work

[37:21] the city engineer, sorry, honorable vice

[37:24] mayor and council member Patterson.

[37:26] We're we're working diligently with it.

[37:28] We have all the engineering of course

[37:30] kind of to that point when they're

[37:32] working on building the pumps for the station right now. And then

[37:38] we're working with the contractors to

[37:40] get them lined up so we can get the

[37:42] project going, get the excavations done,

[37:46] have all the contracts in place before

[37:47] then, so it'll be moving quickly. I I

[37:52] think that we all were very optimistic

[37:55] to and and to try and get it done as

[37:57] quickly as possible. We forced them to

[38:00] work as quickly as they could, but

[38:02] engineering does take some time and and

[38:05] that ended up taking I think a little

[38:06] bit longer than even the the engineers

[38:09] probably suspected it would. But I will

[38:12] say that better to take the time and do

[38:15] it right versus kind of rush it and and

[38:17] have like an issue that we got to go

[38:18] back and fix later on.

[38:20] And I think that talking to the public engineer, the city's engineer

[38:25] today, there is definitely a lot of he's

[38:28] got the Sunrise engineering group also

[38:32] double-checking what they're doing. He's

[38:34] double-checking what they got going on.

[38:35] And so it's going to be it'll still be a

[38:38] good push. I think we should be able to

[38:40] manage to get it um in place at

[38:42] November. I think we brought that up at

[38:44] the last meeting that that was probably

[38:46] the date we were shooting for in the

[38:48] beginning of November. now. But, um, but

[38:51] as soon as they get the the pump, the, you know, the actual physical piece

[38:56] that's going to go in there all built

[38:58] and then get it shipped, then I think

[39:00] the construction timing once it's on the

[39:02] ground here is like weeks. I mean, I

[39:04] think it it'll go really quickly once

[39:06] it's here. So, fear not.

[39:10] We're and and it's certainly obviously

[39:13] to your point because of the factor that

[39:16] we we viewed this as certainly an

[39:18] emergency that it's obviously priority

[39:20] number one for our public works team to

[39:23] try and make sure and get that going as

[39:24] quickly as they can.

[39:28] >> Anyone else?

[39:30] >> I have one question. Um the Lafaloma

[39:35] Street, have we do we have an up we not

[39:38] maybe not an update, but how how is the

[39:41] sewer doing on that street? Are we still

[39:43] having issues down there?

[39:48] » Yeah, I think Cody can handle that.

[39:50] >> Thank you, honorable Vice Mayor Councel.

[39:52] Um so we actually just got to test our

[39:54] brand new camera system that we got um

[39:57] on La Paloma this week. We actually did

[39:59] it on Monday because there's been a

[40:00] couple issues that arose up there. But

[40:02] we did find it's a big root ball coming

[40:04] out of one of the service lines that

[40:06] we're going to have to figure out how to

[40:08] get into and get that out of there. But

[40:11] all in all, running that camera up it,

[40:13] we did about 600 ft of it. Majority of

[40:15] it's in pretty good condition, but there

[40:17] is some sections that, you know,

[40:19] definitely

[40:20] are a little [music] iffy.

[40:23] >> Are there is there any urgency to any of

[40:25] that? Actually, we have we are going to

[40:27] go up there and do some root cutting and

[40:30] possibly some digging on it this week

[40:33] because of what [music] we saw in it.

[40:34] Okay.

[40:35] >> So, we we definitely there's a service

[40:37] with some a bunch of roots coming

[40:38] through it and we definitely have to get

[40:40] that out of there. Either a root cutter

[40:42] system or if it's bad enough, we might

[40:45] have to dig that one up. It's currently

[40:46] flowing right now. We can get our sewer

[40:48] jet past it and the camera shows water

[40:51] flows through it, but it is

[40:55] blocking about 50% of that pipe.

[40:57] >> Okay. Is it lower? Is it closer to uh El

[41:00] Rancho Drive?

[41:01] >> I think so. Yes.

[41:02] >> Yeah. Is it?

[41:03] >> Yeah.

[41:05] >> Um I think that's all I had on that one.

[41:08] >> I I did have I have a I had a question

[41:12] or a concern. In 2021, we passed uh

[41:18] rule that says that to bring a

[41:21] resolution or ordinance to the floor, it

[41:26] has to go through the city attorney

[41:27] first um before it can be presented. Um

[41:32] the issue I have with this is it kind of

[41:35] hamstrings us from putting something

[41:38] together and putting and bringing it

[41:39] forward. Um, for instance, I had one a

[41:44] few years ago that I wanted brought

[41:45] forward and it took it was almost 6

[41:48] months before it hit the floor and it it

[41:51] was held up um by previous council. Um,

[41:56] and it's one of those

[42:00] I think if you have an idea and you want

[42:02] to present it to the council to

[42:06] have reviewed and a resolution or

[42:08] ordinance, it shouldn't have to go there

[42:10] first. I think that should be the second

[42:12] step if council says, "Yeah, we like

[42:14] this idea." Um, and I was [music] kind

[42:17] of curious what everybody else's

[42:18] thoughts are on this because it it says,

[42:21] um,

[42:22] let me see if I got this.

[42:27] So we would strike the sentence that

[42:29] makes legal review a condition precedent

[42:32] before any resolution ordinance can be

[42:34] presented to the governing body.

[42:37] That's that's my heartache with it. I

[42:40] don't feel like that should be a

[42:41] requirement to bring something to the

[42:44] governing body. Councilman S. So you're

[42:48] suggesting that we could do it through

[42:50] work session, discuss the idea, put

[42:54] together an idea, then send it off to

[42:57] the as opposed to sending there first,

[43:01] then sorry, and then having to work through it from

[43:07] there. Just we could we could flush it

[43:09] all out first. Yes, that's the idea. Would we we would

[43:15] handle it first and then say, "Yep, we

[43:17] like this and then send it to legal for

[43:20] full review to make sure we didn't miss

[43:22] anything." But just curious,

[43:25] >> what's the change?

[43:26] >> It it would strike the sentence that

[43:28] makes legal review a condition precedent

[43:31] before any resolution or ordinance can

[43:33] be presented to this governing body.

[43:38] And it would just what it removes the

[43:39] bottleneck and it returns the power to

[43:41] introduce debate legislation directly to

[43:44] the council.

[43:48] » Okay.

[43:49] >> What resolution is this? I'm sorry.

[43:51] >> Um 1 0 1 0 1 0.

[44:00] » Honorable vice mayor.

[44:01] >> Yeah. So just uh kind of in the context

[44:06] a little bit of the discussion here. Um

[44:09] you know I think that nothing prohibits

[44:12] the council from talking to either the

[44:14] mayor or even myself and putting

[44:16] something on the agenda you know to

[44:18] discuss. I think that the pro the way

[44:22] the process works, which is kind of what

[44:24] we actually hit on at the last meeting

[44:26] where we brought in something with the

[44:28] parking and stuff like that and and

[44:30] talked about that in a work session kind

[44:31] of format and basically kind of in a way

[44:34] got the feel of council and if there was

[44:37] kind of a collective idea on which

[44:39] direction to move forward or not, then

[44:41] that ball starts to roll legislatively

[44:44] and then can go work on a resolution.

[44:48] the city attorney can work that out and

[44:50] then bring back that for a regular

[44:52] discussion to vote on per if it's an

[44:54] ordinance or if it's a resolution or

[44:55] whatever. So,

[44:57] >> so I I think that especially if you want

[44:59] to bring up something that maybe perhaps

[45:01] you think's maybe a problem, maybe

[45:04] causing you just want to have a

[45:05] discussion as far as that particular

[45:06] ordinance, I think it's totally fair to

[45:08] say try to try and see a future work

[45:10] session and we can, you know, put that

[45:13] on there and talk about that and and see

[45:15] what comes out of it. Yeah.

[45:18] Thank you, Councilman L.

[45:20] >> I don't think that uh resolution ever

[45:22] stopped

[45:23] um discussion. Well, at least in the

[45:27] past year and a half, hasn't stopped

[45:29] anybody from bringing up uh a topic for

[45:32] discussion. Um like you just spoke

[45:36] about.

[45:38] I think the main thing was to make sure

[45:40] the lawyer looks at it before the vote.

[45:44] So I think that was the intent of that we don't vote on something without

[45:50] the legal review happening first. It

[45:53] wasn't to stop

[45:55] people from discussing it first because

[45:58] before you put out a resolution, you

[46:00] want to make sure the whole council and

[46:01] the public knows what it is and get a

[46:05] feel of if it's something we need or if

[46:07] it's something we don't or if

[46:09] something's out of line before we give

[46:12] it to legal to

[46:15] uh cross the tees and touch the eyes.

[46:18] That was my thought on that resolution.

[46:22] I I think you

[46:23] >> but I think it can be used

[46:26] >> the opposite way as well. So maybe it

[46:29] needs clarified. I

[46:30] >> I think so. I've had it used against me

[46:32] as I wanted to bring something to the

[46:35] council and I couldn't because it didn't

[46:36] go to the attorney first for for review.

[46:39] Um and it and it so the text that it

[46:41] actually the text in 101 or 1.01.010 010

[46:46] the adoption um as a condition precedent

[46:49] every ordinance and resolution being

[46:51] presented to the governing body shall be

[46:53] reviewed by the Roman city attorney for

[46:55] legal compliance and sufficiency. So

[46:58] before you could bring it to to the

[47:00] council for review or to have the

[47:02] discussion it has it says it has to be

[47:06] go through um the attorney but

[47:09] >> all you'd have to add is presented for

[47:12] vote.

[47:14] two words for vote. Presented for vote,

[47:18] >> right?

[47:19] >> So, you can present anything for

[47:21] discussion,

[47:22] >> but if you're going to vote on it, has

[47:24] to go through the attorney.

[47:26] >> Thank you.

[47:28] >> Is that everything? Anybody else have

[47:30] anything? Okay. All right. We're going

[47:33] to move on. Thank you

[47:36] to

[47:38] Sorry, I'm just a little behind right

[47:40] here. Number 8A, an ordinance approving

[47:44] the second reading and wave the reading

[47:46] of ordinance pursuant to Rollins

[47:48] Municipal Code Chapter 19.8.

[47:51] Councilman second.

[47:52] >> I move to approve the second reading and

[47:54] wave the reading of the ordinance

[47:55] pursuant to Rollins Municipal Code

[47:57] Chapter 19.8 amendments and section

[48:00] 19.16.020

[48:02] 020 zoning map change changing the zone

[48:06] reclassification reszoning changes of

[48:09] the property formerly known as the

[48:10] Lawrence property. The lower portion of

[48:12] the property consisting of roughly 4.88

[48:15] 88 acres plus or minus located in the

[48:17] northwest one quarter of section 16

[48:20] township 21 north range 87 west 6 p.m.

[48:25] Rollins, Carbon County, Wyoming from

[48:27] Iindustrial to R 7.5 residential 7.5.

[48:33] The upper portion of the property

[48:34] consisting of roughly 9.15 plus or minus

[48:37] acres located in the west 1/2 section 16

[48:41] township 21 north range 87 west 6 p.m.

[48:47] uh Rollins Carbon County, Wyoming from

[48:50] industrial to C2 commercial C2.

[48:53] >> Second. Okay, we have a first and

[48:55] second. Do we have any discussion?

[49:01] » Have one more reading and then you can

[49:02] start advertising. Right.

[49:04] >> Yes, we have. This is a second one. So,

[49:06] we'll have the third one

[49:07] >> and then we'll make the changes.

[49:09] >> All right.

[49:13] » Okay. Seeing no more, we'll open online

[49:15] voting, please.

[49:26] Online voting is open.

[49:39] » Online voting is closed. The motion

[49:40] passes with six yays.

[49:42] >> Thank you. You okay? Moving down to new

[49:46] business. Um 9A ratification FAA fiscal

[49:51] year 2026 airport improvement program

[49:54] grant agreement for Rollins Municipal

[49:55] Airport Harvey field fuel farm project

[49:58] grant one of two. Councilman sing.

[50:00] >> I move to ratify the FAA airport

[50:03] infrastructure grant number

[50:04] 3-56-0023-027-

[50:10] 2026 for the Rollins Municipal Harvey

[50:13] Airport Harvey Field Fuel farm project

[50:16] with the mayor and the city attorney to

[50:18] execute the grant agreement and related

[50:21] documents. Second,

[50:24] >> we have a first and a [music] second. Do

[50:26] we have any discussion? Councilman Sing.

[50:29] >> So

[50:31] in I so I read through the grant and the

[50:33] grant names

[50:36] the mayor the

[50:40] um county commissioners and the board

[50:42] chair from the airport

[50:45] who who actually administers this grant.

[50:50] >> Uh Vice Mayor Gardner, Council Member

[50:53] Singer. Um, I believe Amy Bach, the uh,

[50:56] attorney for the airport board is

[50:57] present and as are other representatives

[51:00] of the airport board who are prepared to

[51:02] respond to any questions.

[51:09] So,

[51:11] uh,

[51:13] honored vice mayor and council, uh, the

[51:16] airport board will disperse these funds

[51:21] for the project schedule.

[51:23] Uh we have uh we've spent uh several

[51:28] months developing

[51:29] costs for the project, the inspection of

[51:32] the project, the

[51:35] and uh rounded up the contractor. We are

[51:39] uh

[51:42] the it's very structured, very

[51:45] structured. All payments are handled

[51:47] through the Black Cat Aviation System

[51:51] from the Wyoming DOT.

[51:54] The payments are reviewed at the state

[51:56] level and the federal level.

[51:59] We do not pay

[52:01] any monies out

[52:04] until they approve and send us a check

[52:08] for it. The grant approval means that

[52:12] yes, we get the grant. the monies do not

[52:15] come until after approval of the FAA and

[52:19] the Wyoming DOT that the charges are

[52:22] accurate and then they send us a check

[52:26] minus our local portion that we're

[52:28] responsible for to cover the cost of

[52:31] this project.

[52:34] >> The question is is who does that work?

[52:36] Who's doing that? Is that you guys that

[52:37] do that or because on here it says that

[52:42] with the mayor and the city attorney to

[52:44] execute the grant agreement and related

[52:47] documents. So is the related documents

[52:51] whatever it is that we have to send to

[52:53] them? Are you handling that side of it?

[52:56] Does the attorney handle that side of

[52:58] it? Do the county commissioners handle

[53:00] that side of it? Who's the one sending

[53:01] the documents to the FAA?

[53:04] >> They're done electronically. Um, but

[53:06] who's doing them?

[53:07] >> The engineering company, the engineering

[53:09] firm that we have

[53:12] >> prepares the documents, sends them to

[53:15] the FAA

[53:18] in the last five projects that I've

[53:20] worked with the airport for. There has

[53:23] been no involvement from the there has

[53:26] been no need for involvement from the

[53:27] city or the county in dispersement of

[53:31] these funds or anything after signing

[53:34] that you approve that we have made an

[53:38] acceptable decision to proceed with this

[53:40] project.

[53:40] >> Okay. So you guys are doing it

[53:42] >> correct? Okay. That was the question.

[53:48] Do we have any other questions?

[53:51] Any more comments?

[53:53] I do have a a small comment if I

[53:57] the FAA is very particular. Is the mayor

[54:01] capable of signing at this point in

[54:03] time?

[54:04] >> It's been signed.

[54:07] >> Uh we we are on a short time frame. It

[54:10] has to be

[54:12] >> we will lose availability of the grant

[54:14] on the 17th. So, I wanted to clarify

[54:18] that it it does require the mayor's

[54:21] signature at this point in time. If I

[54:23] needed to change that, now is the time.

[54:27] >> So, are both of these for uh improving

[54:31] the fueling system.

[54:34] >> Yes, ma'am. This is phase one.

[54:37] Uh we are installing a pad and some

[54:42] infrastructure improvements

[54:44] on the edge of the airport to be able to

[54:46] install the fuel tank. Phase two will be

[54:50] installing a

[54:53] pump

[54:54] uh a credit card system and a pump to

[54:57] make a self-s served fueling system

[55:00] available. 24.

[55:03] >> Uh we were able to

[55:06] [clears throat] uh

[55:08] Sinclair HF Sinclair generously donated

[55:11] a tank to us of a surplus to them which

[55:14] we were able to use for this project

[55:16] saving about $450,000.

[55:20] >> That's awesome.

[55:21] So,

[55:25] okay.

[55:26] Anyone else?

[55:31] Thank you, Vice Mayor Garner. Honorable

[55:32] council, uh just to clarify, um as as

[55:35] stated, the FAA is very particular about

[55:38] the documentation. Um as you can see

[55:41] from the motion, it is to ratify. So,

[55:43] the mayor and I have already executed

[55:45] this so that it can be passed on and um

[55:48] meet the timelines and deadlines

[55:49] required in order for the funding to be

[55:51] distributed.

[55:53] Thank you.

[55:55] All right. Go ahead and open

[55:57] online voting, please.

[56:07] Online voting is open.

[56:23] Online voting has closed. The motion

[56:25] passes with five A's and one abstaining.

[56:27] The one abstaining was council member

[56:29] Patterson.

[56:32] >> Right. Moving down to

[56:35] 9B. We appreciate uh the time of the

[56:38] council and we appreciate the ability to

[56:41] come and speak before you. The airport

[56:43] just like the city and local governments

[56:45] is faced with huge reductions and

[56:48] funding due to the recent changes of the

[56:50] state. Um it's very important that we

[56:53] all band together and um try and um

[56:58] educate regarding the importance of

[57:00] local tax funding.

[57:02] >> Thank you.

[57:05] All right. Um going to move down to 9B.

[57:09] Um

[57:11] ratification

[57:13] uh FAA fiscal year 2026 airport

[57:16] improvement program grant agreement for

[57:18] Rollins Municipal Airport Harvey Fields

[57:20] Fuel Farm Project Grant two of two.

[57:22] Councilman Singer. I move to ratify the

[57:24] FAA airport improvement program grant

[57:27] number 3-56-000023-028-2026

[57:34] with having the mayor and the city

[57:36] attorney to execute the grant agreement

[57:38] and any related documents necessary to

[57:40] effectuate acceptance of the grant.

[57:43] >> Second

[57:46] person do we have any discussion?

[57:50] We'll see that. We'll go ahead and open

[57:52] online voting.

[57:54] >> Online voting is open.

[58:10] » Online voting has closed. The motion

[58:12] passes with five yays and one abstain.

[58:14] The one abstaining was council member

[58:16] Patterson.

[58:17] >> Thank you.

[58:20] guys for joining us today. Um,

[58:23] go down to new business 9C,

[58:27] approve local government liability pool

[58:29] LGP board nomination of vacancies. Uh,

[58:33] Councilman Patterson

[58:35] >> move to appoint

[58:37] [cough and clears throat]

[58:38] who's the name.

[58:40] >> Well, they have three that are

[58:42] rerunning.

[58:44] Three positions that are open, but

[58:46] people that are in them are rerun.

[58:54] We don't have to appoint anybody from

[58:55] here. We can agree to to whatever

[58:57] they're

[59:01] » vice mayor gardner and council. So,

[59:05] council member uh Sanger is correct, you

[59:07] can elect somebody from the board,

[59:10] either the city council board or in

[59:13] under board docks, there are three

[59:15] individuals, but one is only running for

[59:19] council. It has to be council. There are

[59:22] three different districts. One is for

[59:24] county commissioners, the other one is

[59:27] for elected municipal office and then

[59:29] the other one is for special district

[59:32] at and then one is yes for special

[59:35] district. [music] So the three that are

[59:38] running the one that is running for

[59:40] council is

[59:43] Mike Bailey. He is the city of Riverton.

[59:47] He's on the council for Riverton.

[59:51] So you can elect him or you can elect

[59:53] one of the council members that is

[59:55] seated here.

[59:58] It is your choice.

[1:00:01] >> Is anyone interested in

[1:00:07] » No, right.

[1:00:08] >> Okay.

[1:00:09] >> Poison.

[1:00:13] I don't know how to proceed with

[1:00:14] following.

[1:00:18] Move to appoint the three names that the

[1:00:20] clerk.

[1:00:21] >> You only need one.

[1:00:22] >> We only have the one.

[1:00:23] >> Mike Bailey.

[1:00:24] >> Mike.

[1:00:24] >> We don't Mike Bailey, council member to

[1:00:28] the local li government liability pool

[1:00:31] or elected municipal pool position.

[1:00:35] Do we have a second?

[1:00:37] >> Okay.

[1:00:37] >> First and second.

[1:00:40] You have a discussion.

[1:00:42] Seeing none, we'll go ahead and open the

[1:00:44] line of online voting.

[1:00:48] » Okay. So, if you hold on, if we just

[1:00:55] I have a different laptop and I mine

[1:00:57] this is very different and I don't have

[1:00:59] the refresh button. So, the motion reads

[1:01:03] move to appoint Mike Bailey, council

[1:01:05] member, to the local government

[1:01:06] liability pool, LGLP for the elected

[1:01:10] municipal position. And that's what

[1:01:12] you're voting on. So I don't have the

[1:01:13] refresh button. So I cannot refresh to

[1:01:16] have you guys refresh.

[1:01:18] >> No, that's okay. Just close.

[1:01:21] It's just okay.

[1:01:24] >> Online voting is open.

[1:01:32] » I

[1:01:35] don't know the gun, but what the

[1:01:38] online voting has closed. The motion

[1:01:40] passes with six yays.

[1:01:43] >> All right, moving down to new business.

[1:01:45] Uh 9D, um approve Sage Creek Pipeline

[1:01:49] Cathotic Protection Rehabilitation

[1:01:51] Project change order number one.

[1:01:56] Councilman second.

[1:01:57] >> I move to approve Sage Creek Pipeline

[1:01:59] Cathotic Protection Rehabilitation

[1:02:01] Project change order number one in the

[1:02:03] amount of $79,200

[1:02:06] for testing to find highresistant

[1:02:08] joints.

[1:02:10] in pipeline that would need repaired for

[1:02:13] conductivity of the cathotic protection

[1:02:15] of the pipeline.

[1:02:16] >> Okay.

[1:02:18] And we have a first and second. Do we

[1:02:20] have discussion?

[1:02:22] >> Well, how long are we out here? Are you

[1:02:24] missing products or are we to make?

[1:02:27] >> Uh so we currently have our new uh depot

[1:02:31] anode and um

[1:02:34] all energized to the pipeline now. So we

[1:02:38] did where this came from was some

[1:02:40] preliminary testing that we did. We

[1:02:41] would go from station to station and

[1:02:43] energize certain stations and then we

[1:02:46] would do some ground testing on that to

[1:02:48] see if there was bad spots in the pipe.

[1:02:50] Once we got the the everything hooked up

[1:02:53] and the pipeline energized. Um we are

[1:02:57] now we're looking at test stations

[1:02:59] throughout the whole pipeline and

[1:03:01] testing in between them to try to figure

[1:03:03] out where we have these high resistance

[1:03:05] uh joints.

[1:03:09] >> So um having read through this thing it

[1:03:11] says having installed new test stations

[1:03:12] are you finding high resistant areas?

[1:03:15] >> Yes.

[1:03:15] >> Okay. Yes.

[1:03:16] >> So in up in this where it says that this

[1:03:19] money is for testing for the high

[1:03:21] resistance. When you find the high

[1:03:22] resistance, are you going to come back

[1:03:23] to us and ask we need to now dig and no

[1:03:27] >> deal with these or

[1:03:29] >> so what this is it's a it's a different

[1:03:31] kind of ground testing cuz so what what

[1:03:34] it's called I'm learning a whole lot

[1:03:36] about this uh this cathotic protection.

[1:03:40] It's called direct current variable uh

[1:03:42] gradients and it's where anywhere in the

[1:03:44] pipeline where there's an anomaly or the

[1:03:47] pipe is exposed to the dirt, the current

[1:03:49] will actually jump out into the ground

[1:03:51] and you can actually test for it on top

[1:03:53] and see that there's energized portions

[1:03:55] of the ground and we can dig these

[1:03:57] anomalies and actually find out where

[1:03:59] we're losing the power in the pipeline.

[1:04:02] And we did some preliminary digs out

[1:04:03] there and found anomalies. [music]

[1:04:05] So this this number was a not to exceed

[1:04:08] number. This is what they assumed in the

[1:04:10] pre-esting phase. And so that what we're

[1:04:13] hoping is that we could find most of

[1:04:14] them anomalies and just dig them up on

[1:04:17] site instead of having to expose say 600

[1:04:19] ft of pipe for full excavation of the

[1:04:22] pipe and then testing every individual

[1:04:24] joint. So this helps us kind of narrow

[1:04:26] down where we're at through between the

[1:04:28] two test station new test stations.

[1:04:31] That's what I'm saying.

[1:04:33] >> So, it's it's kind of a guarantee that

[1:04:36] if you're having high resistance,

[1:04:38] which means your [music] your

[1:04:40] electricity is not going through the

[1:04:42] line the way it's supposed to be, when

[1:04:43] you have that, you're trying to get rid

[1:04:46] of that so that you have

[1:04:48] >> so that you have good flow from point A

[1:04:50] to point B.

[1:04:50] >> Yes.

[1:04:51] >> When you find high resistance,

[1:04:54] >> something has to be fixed.

[1:04:55] >> Yes. That's the question I asked was,

[1:04:58] >> "Oh,

[1:04:59] >> once once we get done with the high

[1:05:01] resistance side of it, which is the

[1:05:02] 79,000,

[1:05:04] will we have to go back then and expect

[1:05:06] another change order for repair of those

[1:05:09] high resistance areas,

[1:05:12] or do we just let that electricity shoot

[1:05:14] off into the dirt?"

[1:05:15] >> No. No. We actually put into the project

[1:05:17] repairs of those joints. What we're

[1:05:18] trying to do is cut down the excavation.

[1:05:20] Yeah. We're not trying to dig up 2400 ft

[1:05:24] of pipe, you know, we want to try to

[1:05:25] just individual spots that we can we can

[1:05:28] locate. And now that we have the pipe

[1:05:31] energized, it's looking better. So, uh,

[1:05:33] we don't foresee this number being that

[1:05:35] high once we finish out that testing,

[1:05:38] but preliminary testings, we we just

[1:05:40] said, "Okay, give us what it would take

[1:05:42] if we had to test mo most of the line."

[1:05:44] So,

[1:05:44] >> I'm just curious about that. If you have

[1:05:46] to fix it,

[1:05:47] >> is that part of $79,000 or you come back

[1:05:51] to us and ask us for more?

[1:05:53] >> Yes, there's already quantities within

[1:05:54] that for repairs for a certain amount.

[1:05:58] You

[1:05:58] >> good? Okay.

[1:06:00] >> Anyone else? All right. Thank you. Go

[1:06:04] ahead and open online voting, please.

[1:06:06] >> Online voting is open.

[1:06:20] Online voting has closed. Mo motion

[1:06:22] passes with six yays.

[1:06:28] All right, we'll go ahead and adjourn

[1:06:30] this council meeting at 7:00. Um,

[1:06:36] our next city council meeting is October

[1:06:39] 6, 2026.

City Council Regular Meeting of September 15, 2026

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