Commissioners approve consent agenda, BRECC funding, appointments and equipment purchases

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners adopted multiple consent motions during meetings Oct. 3–4 that approved event funding, appointments and equipment purchases.

Commissioner Connelly moved to approve the consent agenda, which included adding County Treasurer Jerry Greenfield to the Oct. 3 agenda, approving Sept. 19 minutes and authorizing payment of vouchers; the motion was adopted. Connelly also moved to fund $5,000 from joint tourism funds for an upcoming BRECC event in Alpine; that motion was adopted.

Other adopted actions included authorizing advertising for three county positions (Director of Planning, Senior Planner and Facilities Department postings), signing a letter to the Bureau of Land Management submitting the commissioners’ comments opposing the Rock Springs Field Office Proposed Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, and approving the purchase of three trucks for the Road & Bridge Department that had been budgeted for several years.

Commissioner Connelly moved to appoint David Jenkins, Seth Snyder and Charles Dayton to the Lincoln County Joint Tourism Board; the motion was adopted. Commissioner Bowers moved—after discussion and a second—to rename the Afton Airport airfield General Boyd L. Eddins Field while retaining the airport’s designation as Afton Lincoln County Airport (KAFO); that motion was also adopted.

On Oct. 4 the board approved multiple land-use files (File 110 SS 23 Willow Creek Ranches 8th Filing; File 111 SS 23 Colby Subdivision; File 118 AP 23 Salt River Heights 3rd Filing) with findings of approval, and authorized Chief of Staff Stephen Allen to make an offer for a Planner II position in Kemmerer.

The record also shows the board entered executive session Oct. 3 at 11:08 a.m. for personnel and legal matters and resumed regular session at 1:02 p.m. The meeting record includes a detailed voucher list for Oct. 4 that begins with a payroll draw of $494,279.55 and notable items such as a $290,000 revenue-bond lease payment to U.S. Bank National Association and equipment and vaccine purchases.