TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2023, 6:30 PM
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A. MOTION BY ___, seconded by ___, that the following changes to the Agenda be approved:
B. MOTION BY ___, seconded by ___, that the Agenda be set as submitted or changed.
Items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilor so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered on the Regular Agenda.
MOTION BY ____, seconded by _____, that the Consent Agenda be approved and that each specific action on the Consent Agenda be approved as indicated.
Action:
that Council approve the Minutes of the following City Council meetings: the Regular Meeting of January 17, 2023, and have them placed on file for public inspection.
[Bartholomew, CC]
Action:
Move to acknowledge receipt of the Minutes from the Monolith Ranch Advisory Committee’s October 13, 2022, Regular Meeting and place them on file for public inspection.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
Move to acknowledge receipt of the minutes from the October 12, 2022, Civil Service Commission Regular Meetings.
[Bartholomew, CC]
Action:
that the Cemetery Deeds for January 16-31, 2023, be accepted, the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign and have them recorded in the Office of the County Clerk.
[Feezer, ACM]
Action:
that the following Resolution be adopted: BE IT RESOLVED: that all vouchers approved by the Finance Committee be allowed, warrants drawn on proper City funds in payment thereof, and the vouchers be placed on file in the Treasurer's Office subject to public inspection; and that Council authorize payment for the month-end payroll, light and gas charges, telephone charges, employee travel, other employee reimbursements, pay advances, refunds for City services, recording fees, postage, lease purchase and bond payments, self-funded employee health insurance claims, miscellaneous insurance claims, Council-approved bid items, outside attorney fees, other consulting fees, before normal City Council approval on the first Tuesday of February. These expenditures are to be paid subject to audit by the City of Laramie Finance Department.
[Wade, ASD]
Action:
I move to approve Resolution No. 2023-14, appointing Harold Colby and Nancy Sindelar to the Traffic Safety Commission and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
move that Council approve Resolution 2023-18, appointing three board members Larry Foianini, Sarah Brown Mathews, and Ryan Smith, to the Parks, Tree & Recreation Advisory Board for terms expiring December 31, 2025, and authorize Mayor and Clerk to sign.
[Feezer, ACM]
Action:
I move to award the bid for replacement of Unit 880 Compact Pickup to Ken Garff, Cheyenne, WY in an amount not to exceed $38,285.00 and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
I move to award the bid for the replacement of Unit 8 to Ken Garff, Cheyenne, WY in an amount not to exceed $66,145.00, amend the budget as appropriate, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
I move to approve Amendment #1 to the Professional Services Agreement with WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. for the Wyoming Ave. and West Laramie Storm Water Outfall Project in the amount of $13,332.00 plus a contingency of $1,333.00 for a total amount not to exceed $14,665.00 and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Webb, PW}
Action:
I move to approve the Updated Longitudinal Pipeline & Crossing Agreement related to the North Side Tank Project with Union Pacific Railroad Company for a total of $3,755.00 and authorize the Mayor to sign.
[Webb, PW]
Action:
I move that the Laramie City Council approve the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Laramie, Wyoming, and DLW Consulting & Investigations, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $70,000 per year and approve an ongoing budget amendment in the amount of $55,000 starting in Fiscal Year 2023 and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign.
[Browne, Police Chief]
Action:
that Council approve amendment number to the agreement for professional services between the City of Laramie, Wyoming and Scott Aviation, Inc. for aerial applications for mosquito control and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Deerman, Mosquito Control/Hunter, Parks/Feezer, ACM]
Action:
that Council approve Amendment No. 1 to the September 7, 2021, contract between Steiner Thuesen PLLC and the City of Laramie to extend the term of the contract for the Greenhill Cemetery Columbarium Design Services and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign.
[Wilson, Cemetery/Hunter, Parks/Feezer, ACM]
Action:
move to authorize Ducks Unlimited to submit a NAWCA grant application, including a Partner Contribution Statement from the City in the amount of $40,000, for the purpose of rehabilitating irrigation infrastructure, preserving water rights, improving grazing and wildlife conditions and benefitting the recreating public at the Pioneer public access area on the Monolith Ranch, with signatory authorization to the City Manager.
[Jordan, CM]
Action:
move to approve a new Secondhand Dealer License for West Block Vintage located at 2278 Snowy Range Rd, Laramie, Wyoming, for the period of February 8, 2023 to February 7, 2024.
[Bartholomew, CC]
Action:
move that Council accept the Memorandum of Understanding, hereafter referred to as "MOU," between the University of Wyoming Police Department and the Laramie Police Department and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign.
[Browne, Police Chief]
that the following meeting be scheduled:
a. February 14, 2023, 6:00 pm - WORK SESSION: Age-Friendly Laramie Presentation
b. February 28, 2023, 6:00 pm - WORK SESSION: Pavement Conditions
[Webb, PW]
[Webb, PW]
[Webb, PW]
[Bartholomew, CC]
[Feezer, ACM]
[Jordan, CM]
Second Reading. (Introduced by Gabriel)
[Southard, CA]