TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2023, 6:30 PM
(Pre-Council Meeting begins at 6:15 pm)
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A. MOTION BY ___, seconded by ___, that the following changes to the Agenda be approved:
B. MOTION BY ___, seconded by ___, that the Agenda be set as submitted or changed.
Items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilor so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered on the Regular Agenda.
MOTION BY ____, seconded by _____, that the Consent Agenda be approved and that each specific action on the Consent Agenda be approved as indicated.
Action:
that Council approve the Minutes of the following City Council meetings: the Regular Meeting of August 15 and the Special Meetings of August 16, August 22 and August 29, 2023, and have them placed on file for public inspection.
[Bartholomew, CC]
Action:
Move to acknowledge receipt of the June 8, 2023, Traffic Safety Commission Minutes and place them on file for public inspection.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
to acknowledge receipt of the Board of Health regular meeting minutes from May 18, 2023 and place them on file for inspection.
[Bartholomew, CC]
Action:
Move to acknowledge receipt of the Minutes from the Monolith Ranch Advisory Committee’s April 13, 2023, Regular Meeting and place them on file for public inspection.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
that the Cemetery Deeds for August 16-31, 2023, be accepted, the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign and have them recorded in the Office of the County Clerk.
[Feezer, ACM]
Action:
that the following Resolution be adopted: BE IT RESOLVED: that all vouchers approved by the Finance Committee be allowed, warrants drawn on proper City funds in payment thereof, and the vouchers be placed on file in the Treasurer's Office subject to public inspection; and that Council authorize payment for the month-end payroll, light and gas charges, telephone charges, employee travel, other employee reimbursements, pay advances, refunds for City services, recording fees, postage, lease purchase and bond payments, self-funded employee health insurance claims, miscellaneous insurance claims, Council-approved bid items, outside attorney fees, other consulting fees, before normal City Council approval on the first Tuesday of September. These expenditures are to be paid subject to audit by the City of Laramie Finance Department.
[Wade, ASD]
Action:
That City Council acknowledge receipt of the change operating status to closed for Pamela J Delgado-Garcia dba Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant located at 111 Grand Ave effective July 1, 2023.
[Bartholomew, CC]
Action:
I move to award the contract for the replacement of Unit 764, Pickup Truck with Trade-In, to Bob Ruwart Motors (Chevrolet), Wheatland, WY in an amount not to exceed sixty-three thousand five hundred four dollars and eighty-three cents ($63,504.83) and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
that Council approve Amendment No. 2 to the September 7, 2021, contract between Steiner Thuesen PLLC and the City of Laramie to extend the term of the contract for the Greenhill Cemetery Columbarium Design Services and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Wilson, Cemetery/Hunter, Parks/Feezer, ACM]
Action:
To move that Council approve Resolution 2023-64, authorizing the appointment of a local attorney, H. Michael Bennett, as a Magistrate for the City of Laramie Municipal Court, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Wade, ASD]
Action:
To approve Resolution 2023-65, authorizing the City of Laramie to lease with an option to purchase Solid Waste equipment from Big Horn Federal Savings Bank, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Wade, ASD]
Action:
Move to approve Resolution 2023-68, appointing one member, Melissa Villalva, to the Laramie Advisory Commission on Disabilities with a term expiring October 31, 2026, and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign.
[Russell, HR Director]
that the following meeting be scheduled:
i. September 12, 2023, 6:00 pm - Work Session: Housing Update: City's Ongoing Effort to Influence Housing Availability in Laramie
ii. September 26, 2023, 6:00 pm - Work Session: Audit Open
iii. September 26, 2023, 6:00 pm - Work Session: Community Partner Funding
iv. October 24, 2023, 6:00 pm - Work Session: UW President Seidel State of the University Update
v. October 24, 2023, 6:00 pm - Work Session: Renters Experiences in Laramie
vi. November 14, 2023, 6:00 pm - Work Session: Reafetilis on rate updates for Utilities
[Bartholomew, CC]
[Amy Terrell, Laramie Regional Airport Director]
[Browne, Police Chief and Wade, ASD]
Introduction and First Reading.
[Teini, Planning]