July Town Council Brief

Kelly Jones is being sworn into office.

Justin Bekelja and Dave Coffey looking at the old water line.

On July 10 Glendo Town Council held their monthly meeting. Council member Kelly Jones was sworn into office. 

Dan Dugdale reported, “The water project, a million-dollar grant project, is basically wrapped up. We have to do some concrete work and move one fire hydrant.” Dave Coffey confirmed that they met with WyoDak and performed the substantial completion walk-through. “Dan brought for public viewing, some examples of why we need to replace your water system. These are some great examples of different kinds of pipes that are put together with various kinds of metal that are nicely corroding within your streets. This is a great project. I'm glad the town is getting some help from Water Development Commission to get that master plan done. This is a good move for the town in the right direction for public health and safety,” said Coffey. Josh Miller, co-owner of WyoDak thanked the council for hiring them to do the project, he also discussed possible surface mitigation options. Miller had an inquiry about when they would receive payment. The Town of Glendo has not yet received the check from the state. The town does not have the funds to write WyoDak a check, “We didn’t have the funds,” said Dan Dugdale, “that was the purpose of the million-dollar grant.” 

Dan Dugdale reported,  “The master plan that we've been working on for the last two years from rural water is substantially completed.” A public meeting will be held sometime in August where the master plan will be presented to the community. “It was agreed that they will publish that meeting in advance in the Merchant because everybody in this community gets the Merchant in their mailbox,” said Dugdale. Mayor Juschka added, “They'll be posted around town, also on the website. Thanks.”  Dugdale went on to ask head of maintenance, Steve Eller about the estimate from Badger for jetting the sewer lines.  Eller hasn’t had a response from Badger, Councilwoman Jones offered to go talk to them in Casper. Dugdale also mentioned that the Downey well’s pressure gauge needs to be changed.

Dan Dugdale on behalf of Heather Schoning: “She had brought up during the last meeting, about some of the properties that needed to be cleaned up, and evidently we're mowing one of them, or did mow one of them? She wanted to make sure we were billing them and wanted to know what we were billing them.” The Mayor responded by saying, “The lady personally hired, Steve.” Steve Eller responded, “I didn’t mow it, I weed-whacked it and it was basically on my time.”

Mayor Juschka: “I'd like to thank everyone who helped us and assisted us with the Glendo Days. It went off really well. It was very successful and well attended. I think everybody had a really good time. We received really nice thank you note from the Anderson family, for helping set up the tent at the park, Steve did that, thank you.”

Tristany Hoffman reported that she and Steve will be taking the water test again. Hoffman mentioned that Kelsey, the assistant clerk, is interested in taking some grant writing classes.  Councilwoman Jones mentioned that she had a few resources that they could use. 

Ordinance 273: Transient Travel Merchant replacing 267 Vendor Ordinance had its third and final reading: The permit will be a season pass from May 15 to October 15. The season pass would cost twenty-five dollars. Vendors will fill out an application and comply with Wyoming State Laws regarding selling their wares. The council allowed comments on the ordinance. There were no comments from the public. Ordinance 273 passed.

New Business

Curtis Fields' building permit for a shed on the back corner of his property was passed.

Tom Krizan gave an update on the EMS Golf Benefit that was held at the end of June. 104 people came to play golf but they had over 140 people show up to support and donate. “We grossed around $13,200 after expenses they will be able to write checks to the EMS and the Fire Department for $5,600.” He wanted to thank all who helped and volunteered, especially, “Bob Ruwart Motors for the potential giveaway of the pickup truck. We had to follow all PGA rules, and they were real stringent. Jim Ludvig for allowing us to put it on his property.”

Liquor Liscenses: The town moved into a public hearing to hear any concerns regarding the liquor licenses for Anglers Rest, Old Western, and Frontier Flame (transfer from Kims). There were no concerns or questions. Council approved all three liquor licenses. 

The next town council meeting is Wednesday, August 14 at 6:00 PM.