• 16 [ The Lovell Chronicle I May 17, 2012
]Commssioners OKfunding for special districts Congressional Reps to hold
BY KARLA POMEROY
It didn't take long Tues-
day for the Big Horn Coun-
ty commissioners to spend
• nearly a half million dollars
, as they approved several
requests by special districts
' for county consensus block
grant funding, as well as
allocating funding toward
county projects.
South Big Horn County
Critical Care Access Hos-
pital Administrator Jackie
Claudson came to the com-
missioners first at their
regular meeting with an
application for $150,000 of
the county consensus fund-
ling.
She said they are seek-
ing funding from the State
: Loan and Investment
Board and the U.S.D.A.
' "We're hoping with con-
sensus money, it will show
- SLIB we are interested in
the project as a county.
"We have a building
, that's very old and some
• parts cannot be repaired,"
. Claudson said.
The project includes
upgrades to the emergency
room rand mechanical sys-
tem for the hospital. Ac-
' cording to the application,
the project "allows for the
continuation of basic health
care services for Basin,
Greybull, Manderson,
. Burlington, Shell, Hyatt-
ville and Emblem.
The project entails up-
grading constructing a
6,347 square foot module
to include the emergency
room, receiving and me-
chanical components. The
emergency room will be
upgraded to meet current
space, functionality and
equipment needs. The me-
chanical component of the
project is recommended by
engineers in order to sup-
port and facilitate current
and future expansion.
She said the consen-
sus money would be used
as a match for the miner-
al royalty grant from the
SLIB.
Grant said he has met
with Ryan Lance, direc-
tor of the State Lands and
Investment Office, and if
there would be consen-
sus money he would rec-
ommend funding. He then
moved to allocate $150,000
of the county's portion of
the consensus funding.
The motion was ap-
proved unanimously.
Linda Harp, who is as-
sisting the hospital with
grant writing, said the mo-
tion of support will be in-
cluded with the hospital's
mineral royalty grant ap-
plication due on June 1.
"I think this will be a
great addition to our hos-
pital," Grant said, encour-
aging the commissioners to
tour the hospital with State
Auditor Cynthia Cloud on
June 15. Cloud, as one of
the five elected officials
in the state, is part of the
SLIB.
County Operations
Manager Fred Werner pre-
sented a list for the county
consensus grant projects to-
talling $218,000 with alter-
native projects adding an-
other $285,000.
He said his priority
project is the $60,000 for a
new boiler at the Lovell an-
nex.
Mark Hillman and Har-
ry Devereaux, board mem-
bers • of Fire District No. 2,
said their project is the new
fire truck that was recent-
ly purchased for $100,000.
He said the district had to
make a quick decision to
purchase it at that price. He
said they financed $90,000
and they have $45,000 in
reserve and are looking for
$45,000 from the consensus
grant so they do not have to
be in debt.
The truck adds the
third class A pumper to the
district but to furnish it will
cost another $25,000 with
all the equipment.
Grant said, "I'm kind of
partial to fire districts so I'll
make a motion to approve
this request." Hinman sec-
onded despite Chairman
Jerry Ewen asking if they
wanted to wait to hear oth-
er requests. The motion
carried.
South Big Horn Senior
Citizens Director Cynthia
Johnson came request-
ing funding for new win-
dows. She said as a county
building she didn't know if
she needed to request as a
county building or as a spe-
cial district through the
South Big Horn Senior Dis-
trict.
Johnson said the first
priority is the window and
an ADA compliant door. To-
tal request is $74,000.
She said they are also
asking to resurface the
parking lot. She said the
base is there but it needs a
new "top." She said the cost
estimate is $6,000.
The county has
$416,564 to allocate in the
county consensus, minus
the $150,000 allocated for
the south big horn hospital
project earlier.
Hinman said he's par-
tial to senior centers and
a similar project was com-
pleted at the North Big
Horn Senior Center. He
moved, Grant seconded and
the motion carried.
The projects leave the
district with $141,000.
Grant Writer Maria
Eastman said the Hyatt-
ville Community Center is
seeking $50,000 to pay for
heating and ventilation sys-
tem in the gym ($41,500),
floor replacement in one
section and fence replace-
ment ($10,000). She said
they are offering a match of
$1o,ooo.
Grant moved to approve
half the request at $25,000.
Ewen added, "Hopefully
that puts them within their
reach."
For the additional
$116,000, the commission-
ers allocated four of the
projects requested by Wer-
ner -- $60,000 for the Lovell
annex boiler; $24,000 for
electrical upgrades on the
fairgrounds and $20,000
for the fair multipurpose
building heating and air
conditioning; and the fi-
nal $12,000 will be used
for continued renovations
of the land planning office
building.
BUDGET
The commissioners re-
ceived the first reading of
the budget and discussed
setting work sessions. Rev-
enues are down this year
and requests are at a fund-
ing level requiring 22 mills
with the county only al-
lowed to levy 12 mills. Gen-
eral fund requests are at
$15 million. The current
budget is $12.6 million.
Grant asked if they
should ask departments
to cut their budgets before
they begin working on the
budget.
Clerk Dori Noyes said
some departments have
their budgets set at similar
levels as the current bud-
get but all department bud-
gets include a 15 percent
increase for health insur-
ance. She recommended the
commissioners look at the
requests before asking for
cuts so they know the needs
and requests.
The commissioners set
a meeting for 9 a.m., Fri-
day, June 1.
office hours in Lovell
Karen McCreery, De-
nise Canfield and Ryan Mc-
Connaughey, field reps. for
Sen. Michael Enzi, Sen.
John Barrasso and Con-
gresswoman Cynthia Lum-
mis, will be holding office
hours in Lovell on Tuesday,
May 22, at the Lovell Town
Hall from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The public is invited
to stop by and discuss any
matters related to the fed-
eral government with the
reps. They will then relay
those concerns and com-
ments to the two Senators
and Congresswoman.
Correction:
In an article in last
week's Chronicle it was incor-
rectly stated that the Friends
of the Library provided prize
money to Rocky Mountain El-
ementary students who' won
an Arbor Day poster contest.
Cowley's Tree board spon-
sored the contest and provid-
ed the prize money.
From our Files
Come get your ice cream
100 Years Ago
The 00Wee00Progress
May 18, 1912
Ad: Ice cream now on
sale daily at "Bill" Eyre's.
Bring your best girl, tell us
what flavor you want and
we'll guarantee to please
you. Not but the best fla-
vor used and its pure cream
ice cream--the kind that
makes you want "just an-
other dish" and then one
more.
75 Years Ago
The Lovell Chronicle
May 20, 1937
The Powell Commer-
cial Club received a wire
from the office of Governor
Miller advising that the re-
maining portion of the By-
ron-Garland road had been
included in the projects to
be constructed this sum-
mer. Money has been set
aside for this badly needed
section of road and will cost
approximately $150,000.
50 Years Ago
The Lovell Chronicle
May 17, 1962
Construction of a 27-
unit trailer court has been
announced this week by
Mark Robertson. The court
will feature a central ser-
vice building complete
with coin operated washers
and dryers, cement pati-
os, curbs, graveled parking
spaces and drives. It will
be located between Shosho-
ne and Kansas avenues on
Second Street.
25 Years Ago
The Lovell Chronicle
May 21, 1987
Some movement has fi-
nally begun to find a solu-
tion to the old Cowley log
gym problem. One of the
main blockages keeping the
gym from being reopened
has been the need for some
costly renovations based on
the state fire marshal's re-
view and the many viola-
tions of the fire code noted.
The fire marshal has agreed
to allow a change to the fire
code, allowing the board to
decrease the maximum oc-
cupancy of the building,
thus easing the require-
ments.
Public notices
Primary. Electinn Proclamation
PRIMARY ELECTION PROCLAMATION
BIG HORN COUNtrY
W.S. 22-2-109(a)
Notice is hereby given, that a Primary Election will be held in Big Horn
County, Wyoming on August 21, 2012 between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
and 7:00 p.m. for the following purposes(W.S. 22-2-109 (c) minor errors
in any proclamation shall not invalidate the forth coming election):
PARTISAN OFFICES TO BE NOMINATED
BY EACH PARTY AT THE PRIMARY
For Federal and State Offices,
file with the Secretary of State - Fee: $200.00
For State, Offices
file with the Secretary of State - Fee: $25.00
For County Offices,
file with the County Clerk- Fee: $25.00
Filing Dates: May 17 - June 1, 2010
(W.S. 22-2-105)
one (1) U.S. Senate six (6) year term
one (1) U.S. House of Representatives two (2) yearterm
one (1) State Senate; District 20 four (4) year term
one (1) State Representative; House District 26 two (2) year term
one (1) State Representative; House District 27 two (2) year term
one (1) State Representative, HoUse District 28 two (2) year term
one (1) County Commissioner four (4) year term
PRECINCT COMMrIEEMEN/WOMEN
TO BE ELECTED AT THE PRIMARY
File with the County Clerk: - Fee: None
Filing dates: May 17, to June 1, 2012
Republican Precinct Committeemen and Women two (2) year term
Democrat Precinct Committeemen and Women two (2) year
term
Precinct/ Republican Republican Democrat Democrat
District Committee Congressional Committee Congress.
man/woman Vote man/woman vote
Basin 1-1 2 578 1 53
Burlington 2-1 1 196 1 10
Otto 3-1 1 80 1 3
Emblem 5-1 1 48 1 2
Hyattville 6-1 1 70 1 6
Manderson 8-1 1 119 1 6
Greybull 11-1 2 747 1 106
Shell 16-1 1 194 1 28
Lovel120-1 5 1136 1 97
Cowley 22-1 1 323 1 12
Byron 23-1 1 190 1 41
Deaver 25-1 1 76 1 10
Frannie 26-1 1 62 1 16
RETENTION OF MAGISTRATE
For Circuit Court file with the County Clerk - Fee: None
Filing Dates: May 17, to June 1, 2012
W.S. 22-2-105
one (1) Magistrate, Fifth Judicial District four (4) year term
NON-PARTISAN MUNICIPAL OFFICES
TO BE NOMINATED ATTHE PRIMARY
All candidates for municipal office will
file with the town clerk - Fee: $25.00
Filing Dates: May 17 - June 1, 2012
Number of officers to be Nominated is equal to t
wice the number shown
(which is the number to be elected)
W.S. 22-23-301 & 302
TOWN OF BASIN
two (2) Council four (4) year term
TOWN OF BURLINGTON
two (2) Council four (4) year term
TOWN OF BYRON
two (2) Council four (4) year term
TOWN OF COWLEY
two (2) Council four (4) year term
one (1) Council two (2) year term
TOWN OF DEAVER
two (2) Council four (4) year term
one (1) Council two (2) year term
two (2): Council
two (2): ': Council
two (2) Council
two (2) Council
two (2) Council
TOWN OF FRANNIE
! ! '
TOWN OF GREYBULL
TOWN OF LOVELL
TOWN OF MANDERSON
:" four (4),,year term
" two'(2)year term
four (4) year term
four (4) year term
four (4) year term
one (1)
PARTISAN OFFICE TO BE ELECTED
AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
U.S. President and Vice President four (4) year term
NON-PARTISAN OFFICES TO BE ELECTED
AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
File with the Big Horn County Clerk- Fee: None
Filing Dates: August 8 - 27, 2012
# OF
TRUSTEES
2
1
1
# OF
TRUSTEES
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
#OF
SCHOOL DISTRICT TERM
Big Horn County School District #1
At Large four (4) year term
Area B Byron four (4) year term
Area A Deaver-Frannie four (4) year term
Big Horn County School District #2
At Large four (4) year term
Big Horn County School District #3
At Large four (4) year term
Big Horn County School District #4
Area J Basin four (4) year term
Area K/L Manderson-Hyattville four (4) year term
At Large four (4) year term
CEMETERY DISTRICTS TERM
Burlington Cemetery District four (4) year term
Burlington Cemetery District two (2) year term
Byron Cemetery District four (4) year term
Cowley Cemetery District four (4) year term
Deaver-Frannie Cemetery District four (4) year term
Emblem Cemetery District four (4) year term
Hyattville Cemetery District four (4) year term
Lovell Cemetery District four (4) year term
Otto Cemetery District four (4) year term
So. Central Special Cemetery Dist. four (4) year term
SUPERVISORS CONSERVATION DISTRICTS TERM
Shoshone Conservation District
2 Rural four (4) year term
South Big Horn Conservation District
2 Rural four (4) year term
# OF
DIRECTORS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS TERM
2 #1 four (4) year term
2 #2 four (4) year term
1 #2 two (2)year term
2 #3 four (4) year term
2 #4 four (4) year term
2 #5 four (4) year term
1 Park County Fire four (4) year term
# OF
TRUSTEES HOSPITAL DISTRICTS TERM
South Big Horn Hospital District
3 At Large four (4) year term
North Big Horn Hospital District
2 At Large four (4) year term
1 Lovell four (4) year term
# OF
TRUSTEES
SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICE DISTRICTS TERM
North Senior Citizen Service District
At Large two (2) year term
South Senior Citizen Service District
5 At Large ' two (2) year term
# OF
TRUSTEES RURAL HEALTH DISTRICT #1 TERM
2 At Large four (4) year term
THE PRECINCTS ARE DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS:
WN DISTRI PRECINCT WHERE YOUVOTE/
PA00LIN00EACE
Basin i-i 1 1 Fair Grounds
Burlington 2-1 2 1 Fire Hall
r . •
Otto 3-1 3 1 , ;, rhngton Fife: Hall
Emblem 5-1 5 I ,Inigation District Dftice
I
HyatWille 6-1 6 1 .... Community Center
Manderson 8-1 8 1 Town Hall
Greybull 11-1 11 1 Elks Lodge
Shell 16-1 16 1 Community Hall
Lovel120-1 20 1 Lovell Community Center *
Cowley 22-1 22 1 BHC SD #1 Admin. Office *
Byron 23-1 23 1 Town Complex
Deaver 25-1 25 1 Community Hall
Frannie 26-1 • 26 1 School Building
Absentee 27 1 Election Room/Basin
NOTE: Voting areas marked with an asterisk (*) indicates NEW
POLLING PLACE LOCATION
When:
Where:
When:
Where:
FILING DATES AND OFFICES
May 17, 2012 from 8:00 AM, is the first day to file
June 1, 2012 until 5:00 PM is the last day to file
Secretary of States Office for Federal and State Offices
County Clerks Office for County offices
Town Clerks Office for Municipal Offices
August 8, 2012 from 8:00 AM, is the first day to file
August 27, 2012 until 5:00 PM is the last day to file
County Clerks Office for School Board Trustees
Secretary of the District for Cemetery District Trustees,
Conservation District Supervisors, Fire
Protection District Directors, Hospital District Trustees,
Senior Citizens Service District Trustees
Rural Health District Trustees
August 21, 2012 Primary Election Day
August 6, 2012 is the last day to register before the Primary Election.
Election Day registration is available at the polls. Identification is
required to register to vote. (Must have acceptable ID)
If you require assistance at the polls to vote by reason of sight impair-
ment, disability, or inability to read or write, a person of your choice may
give you assistance. If you have questions regarding the accessibility
of your polling place, please contact Dori Noyes, County Clerk.
CANDIDATE OR COMMITTEE TO
FILE STATEMENT (W.S. 22.25-108 & 109)
All candidates except Precinct Committeemen and Women, in the
Primary Election, whether successful or not, are required by law, to
complete the "Statement of Receipts Only" reports• The completed
report must be returned to the County Clerks Office at least 7 days
before the primary election (no later than August 14, 2012).
All other candidates, except Precinct Committeemen and Women,
in the Primary Election, are required by law, to complete a "Statement
of Receipts and Expenditures" report. The complete report must be
returned to the County Clerks Office no later than ten (10) days after
the Primary Election (no later than August 31, 2012)
All candidates must return each report, regardless if you have receipts
and/or expenditures (campaign contributions of any kind) or not. If
you have no receipts and/or expenditures, you need to complete the
candidate and office information on the first page, and check mark the
box next to no receipts and/or expenditures statement and send that
page only to the County Clerks Office. Be sure to sign each report!
Every Candidate Campaign Committee and every Po-
litical Action Committee shall file a "Statement of Cam-
paign Receipts and Expenditures" by August 31, 2012.
Forms can be downloaded from the Wyoming Secretary of State
Website. http://soswy.state.wy.us/Forms/FormsFiling.aspx
ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION
Absentee Ballots for the Primary Election may be requested at the
Big Horn County Clerks Office. The ballots will be available beginning
July 12, 2012. A qualified elector may apply for an absentee ballot either
in person, in writing, or by the telephone. The absentee ballot will be
mailed to the address given to the Clerk's Office, if the ballot is not to
be picked up by the elector.
The names of candidates will be rotated on the official ballots, starting
with Basin, the first district established by the County Commissioners
with the rest following in sequence. Therefore, the candidates will not
always appear in the order shown on the sample blots.
(Published in accordance with, Wyoming Statutes§ 22-2-109)
Dated this llth day of May, 2012
Doff Noyes, Big Horn County Clerk
Publish: May 17, 2012
