Playgrounds and wells

The Riverside Town Council met on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Riverside Town Hall to a full house. Mayor Leroy Stephenson and council members Katie Cheesbrough and Fred Lorenz were in attendance.

Josh Craig, of Mother Mountain Anglers, came before the council to ask for support for the disc golf event on June 29, the Tale of Two Cities. The town park will be used. The council approved the date and support of $100 for the event.

Next, Stephenson acknowledged the 6th Penny Tax had been passed on May 7.

“The tax passed with 1,200 votes in favor and there were 400 votes saying no,” Stephenson said. “It was three to one.”

Cheesbrough said she was ready to purchase playground equipment.

“We have just under $18,000 and I have been looking at equipment for younger children since we have stuff for older children now,” Cheesbrough said. “It looks like there is some stuff in our price range.”

Dean Webb, resident of Riverside, asked what material the equipment was made of since some composites broke down after a few years.

Cheesbrough said it was a good question and she would be asking before she purchased any equipment.

Cheesbrough reminded Stephenson that the low lying grills in the park still needed to be removed. Stephenson said he would get it done.

The monitor board for the sewer has broken and Stephenson said it would cost $1,600 to fix it.

“There is no competition because only one company makes it, so we have to use them,” Stephenson said. “It is the name brand item, there is no generic.”

The council approved the expenditure for the monitor board.

Dan Jago was rewarded with a $100 credit at the Trading Post for doing the snow plowing this past year. Lorenz said the road groomer that was purchased recently had still not arrived, but should come any day.

Lee Ann Stephenson from the Sierra Madre Joint Powers Board (SMJPB) said SMJPB was looking at doing a new well water source report for Wyoming Rural Water. The last report was done in 2004. The assessment report will entail all the stakeholders around the water to make sure there are no problems. She said it was a voluntary program that will help the state have this information in case of development around the well.

With the 6th Penny tax being passed, she said the first project slated in the fall will be the water main river crossing rehabilitation because it will take the longest to prepare.

“It will entail lots of permitting and how it is going to happen, because there are a lot of ways of doing the river crossing,” Lee Ann said. “So we decided to go with it because it is going to take a while to gear up.”

Jan Cook, town clerk/treasurer, said Riverside resident Helen Weiland was going to a class identifying mosquitos offered by the University of Wyoming.

Leroy said he received a letter from council member Liz Swynarczuk who resigned from the town council in a letter dated May 7 effective immediately. The council approved her resignation.

The council approved an investment of $200 to the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation.

The council decided to wait for resident Sandy Martin to come back to them about how much money she has received from businesses for an ad in the Snake River Press before donating any funds to it.

Cheesbrough said she is still working on the consensus funding project.

The ordinance 225-Fiscal Year 2019-2000 budget was approved for its second reading. $3,000 has been allocated for old town hall.

Leroy said the renovations for the town hall should come under the $3,000.

The ordinance concerning shipping containers was discussed by the council and public. Leroy said the containers should be referred to as intermodal freight containers on advice of the town lawyer. Input was received from the public and the council decided to wait before taking any action.

“We are developing an ordinance that goes in our supplemental regulations in chapter six of our ordinances that addresses shipping containers in the town of Riverside,” Leroy said.

Cheesbrough acknowledged it would be helpful if ordinances were put on the town’s website for all to see. The town is waiting for some new software that will communicate with the printer to allow this, according to Cook.

“Soon as we get the new computer it will be able to talk to the printer and be able to scan things,” Cook said. “The old computer just doesn’t work with the printer.”

Town council meeting minutes could also be put on the town’s website. Currently the last town minutes on the site are from Feb. 9, 2017.

There was discussion on an ordinance that concerned right of way that was eventually tabled.

The town is looking at bids for a security camera for the town hall.

The council will have all the Jake Brake signs removed.

The Mill Levy for 2019-2020 was set at eight mills.

The next scheduled Riverside town meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on June 13 at the Riverside Town Hall.