March 22, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 3
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BY DAVID PECK
Lovell Mayor Bruce
Morrison last week ex-
pressed support for a pro-
posed Big Horn County-
wide sixth-cent sales tax
while reporting to the
Lovell Town Council about
recent meetings he had
regarding the proposal,
noting that he has a bet-
ter understanding of how
the process works after a
meeting of county mayors
the previous week.
Mayor Morrison made
his comments during the
regular meeting of the
town council on Tuesday,
March 13.
The sixth-cent sales
tax is a county-wide tax
for specific capital con-
struction projects, Morri-
son said, and six of nine
municipalities in the coun-
ty must approve a project
in order for the process to
move forward. When the
tax money pays off the
projects funded through
the sixth cent, the tax
comes off.
While the sixth-cent
proposal was initiated
by the Town of Greybull,
which wants to build
and maintain a commu-
nity swimming pool, the
Town of Lovell could par-
ticipate at any level, from
a $50,000 project to a $5
million project, Morrison
said, noting that the pop-
ulation of the community
doesn't matter.
There are four stages
to the funding mechanism,
Morrison said: 1) Town
councils must approve a
possible project; 2) Six of
nine municipalities must
participate; 3) The county
commissioners must ap-
prove the projects; and 4)
Voters must approve the
sixth-cent tax.
Morrison said that
during discussions, two
potential organizations
have emerged that could
use funding for a building:
the Lovell-Kane Museum
and the Pryor Mountain
Wild Mustang Center.
Morrison dd the. mu-
seum board is looking for
its first building to house
a museum, and the mus-
tang center has been rais-
ing money for years for a
larger facility than the log
building constructed a few
years ago east of town.
The idea Would be
to construct a facility to
house both the mustang
center and the museum on
land owned by the mus-
tang center east of Lovell.
"I guess I'm in favor
of pushing the sixth cent,"
Morrison said. "It's excit-
ing for these people."
Morrison said the pub-
lic will have a chance to
weigh in on the idea dur-
ing the Main Street Proj-
ect public meeting on April
5, and Lovell Clerk/Trea-
surer Valerie Beal noted
that the town must pass a
resolution by June so com-
missioners can give their
approval (or denial) in
July in order for the clerk
to put the measure on the
November General Elec-
tion ballot.
Morrison said that in
Lincoln County, which is
similar to Big Horn Coun-
ty, about 40 percent of the
sixth-cent tax is paid for
by out-of-county people do-
ing business in the coun-
ty, but Councilman Kevin
Jones said he would like to
hear from business own-
ers about their feelings re-
garding another cent add-
ed to the sales tax.
"We'll continue to meet
with people to generate en-
thusiasm," Morrison said.
"We'll see how it goes."
WATER AND SEWER
Engineer Frank Page
reported that the South
Phase of the Lovell Wa-
ter and Sewer Infrastruc-
ture Project is scheduled
to start up again in ear-
ly April. He said he's not
sure where Wilson Broth-
ers Construction will start
but said the company is
looking at starting at fin-
ishing the water line on
Nevada from 10th to Wy-
oming, then completing
the sewer line on Garfield
from 8th to the top of the
hill, then the under drain
on the Nevada Hill above
the Globe Canal. The com-
pany would then work on
10th and Wyoming in the
• area of the hospital and
complete the upper bench
work before moving below
the hill.
Once MDU is finished
with the company's gas
line project and the un-
der drain is installed; it
is hoped that Wilson can
complete reconstruction of
Nevada Avenue.
A public meeting on
the next and final phase of
the project - Main Street
- has been scheduled for
Thursday, April 5, from
6 to8 p.m. at the Lovell
Community Center.
Town Clerk/Treasur-
er Valerie Beal said she
received the certification
statement from the State
o£ Wyoming stating that
the town will comply with
the provisions of the resi-
dent preference law for
contractors and design
firms, a document neces-
sary for the town to receive
planning funding from the
State Loan and Invest-
ment Board. She said the
state answered some ques-
tions she had.
The council voted for
the mayor to sign the cer-
tification statement.
LOVELL INC.
Lovell Inc. Director
Sue Taylor reported the
nearly final contract fig-
ures on the Lovell Third
Street Incubator Building,
saying that Tuesday's bills
to be paid by the council
contained $8,100 in retain-
age to be paid to contrac-
tor Penrose Constrution,
with $3,400 held back as
a late-completion penalty
and some money needed
to complete a pavement
patch from the power pole
to the building for electric
service.
"This almost wraps up
the project," Taylor said,
noting that she would
still like to have concrete
poured on the east side of
the building to keep water
away from the brick. She
said there is still about
$12,000 in grant funding
available, with about $700
in outstanding bills yet to
be paid.
OLD HOSPITAL
PROJECT
The council voted to
accept a contract with
Northern Industrial Hy-
giene of Billings for the
final asbestos inspection
on the old Lovell hospital
building on 10th Street.
Taylor said the asbes-
tos inspection will be per-
formed in two phases by
Northern: 1) Finish the in-
spection and prepare a re-
port; then 2) Work on the
abatement design and help
the town with the contract
for abatement.
The inspection was
conducted this week
(March 20-21), Taylor
said.
FIREWISE
Big Horn County Fire-
wise Coordinator Chris
Weydeveld reported on the
progress of the Globe Ca-
nal fire mitigation proj-
ect and the Firewise pro-
gram in general. During a
PowerPoint presentation,
Weydeveld noted that the
Globe Canal was consid-
ered to be one of the top
priorities in the county
under the new Commu-
nity Wildfire Protection
Plan that came under the
Healthy Forest Protection
Act of 2004.
After the initial plan
worked only on Bighorn
National Forest projects,
the project received grant
money in 2008 for bottom-
land, and the Globe Canal
was identified as a high
priority. Firewise worked
with landowners to devel-
op individual mitigation
plans to reduce fuel load-
ing, increase the opportu-
nity to save structures and
identify what vegetation
could be removed.
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Weydeveld said there
came to be a lot of interest -
from the property owners
along the Globe Canal, es-
pecially since grant fund-
ing was offered on a 90-
10 split with up to $1,000
allowed per acre of land.
He showed a colored map
displaying the properties
that had plans developed
but were unsigned, plans
signed without applying
for grant money, plans
processed and approved,
plans being implemented
and plans where the work
has been completed.
He said there are 50
landowners and 60 parcels
along the canal covering
36 acres. So far, 10 percent
of the projects have been
completed and work is con-
tinuing.
Weydeveld said the
work must include herbi-
cide treatment and con-
tinuing maintenance and
monitoring. More grant
money was recently ap-
proved through the Bu-.
reau of Land Management,
Weydeveld said, and any-
one needing further infor-
mation can contact him
through Valerie Beal at
town hall or councilman
Jones.
In other action Tuesday:
• Mayor Morrison an-
nounced and the coun-
cil voted to accept the
appointments of Angie
Spann, Leeann Savage and
Tyler Ennis to the Lovell
Tree Board and Shane Pitt
to the Lovell Planning and
Zoning Commission. All
of the appointments run
through December of 2014.
• • The council voted
to send a letter to the Big
Horn County Clerk's Office
to request that the clerk's
office handle the 2012 elec-
tions for Town of Lovell
elected positions - mayor
and council - as required
by the county. The letter
must include a map of the
town boundaries and the
terms of office for the up-
coming elections, Beal said.
• Beal noted that the
town will host a meeting of
all town boards and com-
missions Thursday, March
22, at 7 p.m. at the Lovell
Community Center to pro-
vide information on meet-
ing procedures and respon-
sibilities while serving on
a municipal board, as well
as the role of each board
or commission under the
town code.
• Beal also noted that
the council needs to begin
to meet to start the pro-
cess of forming the 2012-13
budget.
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