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6 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 26, 2012
DAVID PECK
New North Big Horn Hospital Clinic physician
Deborah Brackett, MD, chats with Big Horn Federal
Branch Manager Joe Hatch during her "meet the
community" open house Tuesday afternoon at the
hospital.
Two open houses Friday
BY DAVID PECK
Lovell Inc. economic
development and LIFT In-
stitute/MPOWER Fitness
Studio are joining forces
for a pair of open houses
this Friday in Lovell.
Both open houses will
take place from 3-6 p.m. at
the respective buildings:
Lovell Inc. at 142 E. Third,
across the street from the
post office, and LIFT Insti-
tute at 440 Nevada Ave.,
across the street from
Haskell Furniture.
LOVELL INC.
Lovell Inc. will be
showing off its newly re-
furbished office and in-
cubator building, a proj-
ect wrapping up recently
thanks to a $330,599 grant
from the Wyoming Busi-
ness Council as part of
a $405,844 project. The
Town of Lovell and Lovell
Inc. matched the grant to
the tune of $75,245, Direc-
tor Sue Taylor said, via the
purchase of the building in
2008 and some initial im-
provements after the town
purchased it from Welch
Investment Limited Part-
nership (the Hazel Welch
family).
The building was for-
merly occupied by the U.S.
Forest Service and, later,
by Mountain Construc-
tion. Lovell Inc. occupied
the building in February of
2009.
Taylor said the town
bought the building with
the purpose of creating a
business incubator, and
Lovell Inc. helped write the
grant to upgrade the build-
ing. Lovell Inc. also exe-
cuted an operation man-
agement agreement, which
allows the organization to
operate the incubator pro-
gram.
The grant was submit-
ted in September of 2009
and awarded in December
of that year by the WBC.
The construction process
included asbestos inspec-
tion, followed by removal,
and it was during the re-
moval process that the old
building's floor fell a few
inches due to metal fatigue
in footers supporting the
floor.
An evaluation and re-
mediation process for the
floor probably delayed
the reconstruction by two
months, Taylor said. The
floor was jacked up, and a
new pier-style footer was
put in.
Post-floor reconstruc-
tion began in July of 2011
and included new roofing,
new windows, new me-
chanical systems (heat-
ing and air conditioning),
new plumbing and wiring,
exterior awnings, new in-
terior finishes, ADA com-
pliance work including a
remodeled restroom, hand-
icapped parking and a new
wheelchair ramp, and new
insulation.
The Lovell Inc. office
remains in the northeast
corner of the building near
the front door, and there
are three tenant spaces,
an expansion area in case
a tenant needs a larger
space, and a shared use
conference room.
Lovell Inc. is seeking
business incubator ten-
ants. Call 548-6707 and/or
come to the open house Fri-
day. Taylor said an incuba-
tor is for start-up business-
es, a home-based business
making the jump to com-
mercial space or a business
in transition.
LIFT/MPOWER
LIFT Institute (Lovell
Individual and Family
Therapy), owned and op-
erated by Michelle Croft,
LCSW, embraces a holistic
approach to mental health,
which incorporates posi-
tive psychology, including
wellness programs. All as-
pects of an individual's life,
physical healing, mental
health and wellness, emo-
tional well-being and spiri-
tual beliefs and values are
considered, according to a
company flyer.
LIFT Institute and
MPOWER Fitness Studio
are one entity, custom de-
signed to address the vary-
ing needs of clients who
wish to obtain optimal
mental health. MPOWER
Fitness also provides op-
portunities for those who
wish to participate solely
in fitness classes like Zum-
ba Fitness, Turbo Kick,
Zumba Toning and, coming
this fall, combination Yoga
and Pilates.
Croft invites people to
come and meet their pro-
fessional staff during the
open house and tour the
new facilities.
Town soon to take possession of old hospital
BY DAVID PECK
The Town of Lovell will
soon own the former North
Big Horn Hospital property
on 10th Street in Lovell.
Meeting for a special
meeting Tuesday at noon,
the Lovell Town Coun-
cil heard from Lovell Inc.
Director Sue Taylor that,
while the warranty deed
isn't ready for the town to
take possession of the prop-
erty from Elder Care Inc.,
it is close, with paperwork
in the final stages and such
items as a corporate resolu-
tion completed.
The council did vote
Tuesday to authorize May-
or Bruce Morrison to sign
an agreement with the Wy-
oming Business Council
to accept a $491,000 Com-
munity Development Block
Grant for the demolition of
the former hospital once the
town receives the warranty
deed. The town would then
proceed with a senior hous-
ing project.
Morrison carefully re-
viewed the agreement with
the council after it was re-
viewed by town attorney
Sandra Kitchen, and the
council approved the agree-
ment unanimously, with
Councilman Scott Allred
absent.
Once the deed is re-
ceived and the agreement
executed, next up is an as-
bestos inspection and a plan
for removal, followed by as-
bestos removal. Taylor said
the asbestos work could be
completed in the February-
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In other action Tues-
day, the council voted to ap-
prove a final pay request
for the reconstruction of the
Lovell Inc./Lovell Incuba-
tor building in the amount
of $8,783 to Penrose Con-
struction - the balance of
the contract.
The council then dis-
cussed the release of re-
tainage to Penrose for the
project. Taylor listed a few
minor punch list items that
need to be completed and
said that, while the town is
currently holding $28,179
in retainage, the project did
not reach substantial com-
pletion until Oct. 26 when
the contract called for final
completion by Oct. 3. The
contract allows for a penal-
ty of $500 per day for late
completion under the con-
tract, which would amount
to $11,500.
Taylor said she and
the mayor agree that there
should be some penalty but
also said that some of the
responsibility lies with the
architect that was oversee-
ing the project.
The council discussed a
lesser amount for a penalty
but also reviewed the con-
tract, which uses the word
"shall" in the section about
a $500 per day late penal-
ty. Taylor said Kitchen stat-
ed recently that the council
could choose a smaller pen-
alty amount, but Council-
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he would like Kitchen to
review that portion of the
contract again to see if the
town is obligated to assess
$500 per day.
In the end, the council
voted to release the retain-
age minus $11,500, which
amounts to $16,679, and
ask Kitchen to double check
the contract in regard to the
penalty language.
OPEN BURNING
Finally, Morrison an-
nounced that the town
would like to request a lon-
ger open burning period
again this spring, much like
the long fall period, due to
the work cleaning up the
hill near the Globe Canal as
part of the Firewise Project.
He said he believes there
were no complaints during
last fall's longer, spread-out
open burning period.
Town Clerk/Treasur-
er Valerie Beal said Town
Foreman Doug Savage re-
ported that people are us-
mg the vegetative waste
site near Constitution Park
properly.
The council voted to ap-
ply to the Wyoming Dept.
of Environmental Quality
for an open burning peri-
od running from March 15
through June 16.
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