Resolving rates

Med Bow Town Council approves rate increases, hears about railroad’s 150th anniversary

The Medicine Bow Town Council met at 7 p.m. on April 9 at the town hall and started the meeting with the routine business of approving the agenda and paying bills. The council approved the liquor license for C Spear Bar and Grill which is tentatively opening on May 5.

Ordinance 1-2018 third reading was approved. It is an ordinance to grant High Plains Power a franchise to operate within the town limits of Medicine Bow.

Resolution 2018-2 was approved. It is a resolution raising the rates for sanitation collection service, mosquito control, sewer and water reserve in the Town of Medicine Bow. Rates are going from $90/month to $95/month.

Resolution 2018-3, a resolution amending the town personnel manual to give personal days instead of raises passed. Ordinance 2-2018, an annual appropriations ordinance for fiscal year 2018-2019 was approved for the first reading.

Jim Colman, South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services representative, said that as of their last meeting they had a full board and officers would be elected in June. Melissa Sykes is acting director.

High Country Joint Powers Board representative Toby Smith said there would be no increase for landfill use this year but there would be a large one anticipated next year. He said by July 2019 they were looking at a rate of $33-35 per month. Smith said it wasn’t a large increase for the town of Medicine Bow, but Hanna residents could have their rate would more than double. Smith said the landfill was changing hours and would close at 5 p.m. to give Mike Martin, landfill operator, time to cover the waste before the wind could possibly blow trash away.

Sharon Biamon, Medicine Bow Museum director, said she was having a celebration in August for the 150 year anniversary of the railroad reaching Medicine Bow in August, although the railroad reached the town in June. She said the museum will be recognized as an official Visitors Center this year and would carry stickers for their region. Biamon said the Visitors Council had given her a $2,000 grant but all bills and canceled checks had to be in by May.

The council approved Kevin Colman, mayor, to sign a resolution reflecting the council’s choice of Scenario One as presented by the Special Purpose Tax Board which would end the tax in October, require a payment up front from Medicine Bow between $4,000 and $5,000 for uncollected debt, and guarantee the non-bonding towns of Dixon and Hanna would receive the full amount they asked for from the residual payments before the tax ends.

The next scheduled town council meeting will be at 7 p.m. on May 14 at the Medicine Bow Town Hall.

 

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