June 26, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 15
BY BOB RODRIGUEZ
Streamlining the town's ac-
counts to ensure that total trans-
parency will result, even more
than now, is in the offing for the
Town of Byron, and a special
meeting focusing on the budget
and water and sewer charges is
set for Thursday, June 26.
At the recommendation of
James Riley, a CPA retained by
the town, the accounts for various
departments will become more
separated from general fund list-
ings with line items available for
all. Mayor Pam Hopkinson asked
the council during its regular
meeting in Town Hall on Tues-
day night, June 10 "if they are
on board with the changes." The
councilors were in agreement, es-
pecially after Councilman Drew
Wilson asked Town Clerk/Trea-
surer Donna Booth how she feels
about the matter.
"I have a good feeling about
it," said Booth. "It will be easier to
pinpoint information." The coun-
cil devoted some 13 minutes to
generally discussing the modifi-
cations, then agreed to the move.
It was stated that the changes
will cause more work initially for
Booth, but she indicated that is
OK with her. Existing software
will be used, said the mayor, and
that there is a $450 fee from Riley
for his consultation, but that is all
the extra expense she foresees.
Councilor Alan Bair stated
that he approves the changes, but
he wants to review an allocation
of cash reserves to various indi-
vidual funds. It was agreed tacit-
ly that such would occur during a
forthcoming council session.
Most of the 80-minute meet-
ing on June 10 was devoted to
talking about changes in the wa-
ter and sewer ordinances, which
underwent their second of third
readings, and the third readings
of the revised ordinances for mos-
quito control and making copies
and sending faxes for the public.
Revisions have been made and
the planned documents are avail-
able for viewing at Town Hall.
Wilson cast the lone "No" vote on
the water and sewer revisions.
The council set a special
meeting for Thursday, June 26,
at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall to pos-
sibly implement rate increas-
es in water and sewer rates, as
well as adopt a new budget. The
mayor and council stated their
hopes that the public will provide
comments.
The possibility exists that wa-
ter rates would rise from the cur-
rent $17.50 per month, which in-
cludes 3,000 gallons of water, to
a basic rate of $19 monthly with
a cost to be determined per 1,000
gallons. The sewer rate could be
increased from the current $15
per month to $26 for the same
period.
Also on June 10 the town's
leaders listened to a 10-minute
presentation by Sue Taylor of
Lovell Inc., who said residents
are encouraged to participate in
one of two online surveys critical
to the countywide strategic plan
for economic development that
is under way. The surveys are a
key component for assisting Com-
munity Builders Inc., a Wyoming
consulting firm, to complete the
process.
It's important, said Taylor,
for the firm to hear from the cit-
izens including community lead-
ers, residents, landowners, work-
ers and business owners. Input
from citizens is important, espe-
cially values and ideas about eco-
nomic development, Taylor said.
Elected officials, mem-
bers of the chamber of com-
merce, business owners and
employers can take the stake-
holder survey at https://www.
surveymonkey.com/s/GrowBig-
Horn-County-StakeholderSur-
vey. Citizens are urged to take the
community survey at https://www.
surveymonkey.com/s/Grow-Big-
HornCounty-CommunitySurvey
to provide their opinions.
In other matters the council:
*Received data from the By-
ron Police that during May there
were 10 officer contacts, not in-
cluding traffic citations. The list
included three warnings that re-
solved weed and rubbish abate-
ment violations.
*Voted approval to pay
$18,596 in payroll costs and bills
of $17,130 for May. The largest
bill was $3,992 for water from the
Shoshone Municipal Pipeline.
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