by Gabrielle David

gdavid@torringtontelegram.com

LINGLE – Wednesday evening, the Lingle Town Council was called to order, and began with the pledge of allegiance. 

The first agenda item was to approve the agenda and the last meeting’s minutes. Both were approved. 

The council then moved into public comment. Linda Cockett of the senior center had a request to renew the lease agreement. They discussed the renovations; The staff of the center thought it was wonderful. The renewal was approved. 

Next, the council moved to reports. 

Lingle Police Chief Andrews was not present, so councilman Tabitha Lambert reported on her behalf. Her report stated since the last meeting she has taught people about stop sign compliance and spoke to residents about vehicle registration and parking. She also taught locals and tourists about speed limits in the town. Chief Andrews has visited the district court and department of family services multiple times for open cases she is monitoring. She returned a dog to its family, helped a family get the resources they needed, and met some new people. She maintained her taser and AED and completed multiple vehicle identification number (VIN) inspections and background checks. 

Town attorney Anna Barnes was also not present so the council passed over legal items for this meeting. 

Town supervisor Logan Dailey then moved into maintenance items. The first report indicated they are working on the lead and copper inventory. He reported they are supposed to be sending the mailers out around next week and when they have completed it, they can move into data compilation in order to submit it. He also reported his attendance at a Wyoming Municipal Power Association (WMPA) meeting last week and he was told they may be looking at a 6.5% rate increase on electricity. He can get a breakdown for the council to look at the impact. 

There are people working to ease the burden so they likely will not see the increase until July. 

Next, Dailey reported the American Public Power Association is contracting with WMPA for a cost of service and redesign class and WMPA is paying to attend and half of two people to attend. This gives two council members the ability to attend for $275 each. 

He then reported how last week they finished up line school and it went well. He reported they got quotes for the dump trailer for the landfill, the quotes have been submitted, and they got two 2025 Top Hat DP100 6.5x12 foot hydraulic dump trailers. This totaled out to $19,600. They are responsible for $1,960 due to a matching grant. They also sent an email about community center upgrades and would like to have a discussion about this to make the center more marketable for other businesses and for the sake of transparency. 

His final report was a quote from Cheyenne Motor Sports. They sold the old dump truck, the grader, and the loader. They had around $31,000 from the auction and they are considering a 2024 Kawasaki Mule ProFX 1000 to better maintain the roads in the winter. 

This felt like the proper choice financially and logically for all the things they would use it for, according to Dailey. For example, snow removal and loading and tidying the landfill. The request for the purchase was approved. 

There was discussion and questions about the WMPA classes previously mentioned, the council decided to agree on who would attend at a later date. 

Lingle Volunteer Fire Department representative Kasey Bangerter was not in attendance so the council moved to administrative items. 

Richard Reyes, clerk/treasurer, reported he has spent some time working on follow-up paperwork. Friday, Tabitha will come and go over the rest of the documents. He also reported they had received a form for a license plate program for the town from the Department of Transportation and there were a lot of vehicles on the form which the town no longer has so he updated the list. He clarified he does not believe they have been paying for the vehicles they no longer own. He gave an update on the sewer fund and he shared they believe the funds will be going back to the state due to the inability to complete the project in the expected timeframe, however, they are working on keeping the funds so the project can still be completed. 

At this time, another public comment was made. Trinity Martin made a request to keep having 4H meetings in the community center. The request was accepted. 

The council then moved into unfinished business. First, was the VistaBeam termination of lease agreement. The termination was approved. Next was the Veteran’s Banner Program for the county. Mayor Micah Foster looked into the program and suggested they donate the $250 from the community gas funds. The motion was approved. 

The final item on the agenda was to appoint a Lingle representative to the Goshen County Tourism Promotion Joint Powers Board as the current representative’s term is ending. They are considering a local businessperson. 

There were no council items besides councilman Shelly Duncan sharing her appreciation for her fellow council members. They also did not need to have an executive session. 

The second September meeting was adjourned.