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August 6, 2020 | The Lovell Chronicle | 13 Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE We, Christopher & Kim Pierson, have filed an application for a simple subdivision with Big Horn County. The proposal splits one 5.52-acre lot from an approximately 21-acre parcel. The proposed lot is located in the NWNE quarter of Section 28, T56N, R96W. The property is south of Lane 13 and east of State Highway 32, approximately 1.3 miles from the Town of Lovell. Any concerns with the proposed subdivision must be submitted in writing to the Big Horn County Planner, P.O. Box 29, Basin, WY 82410. If you have any questions please contact the County Planner at 307-568-2424. Published: July 30 and August 6, 2020 Preparing for School Begins at Birth Many parents wait until their child is ready to enter school to have them screened. By then, a lot of learning may have already been missed. In fact, 90% of brain development occurs in the Thatʼ s why tracking a childʼ s developmental process is an essential part of early childhood. The earlier delays are addressed, the more opportunity exists for increased growth and independence. Delaying intervention will likely result in the need for more costly and less effective interventions in the future. A developmental screening can prepare your child for school and improve their life forever. All developmental services are free regardless of income. The only thing you cannot afford to do is wait. s d e e n d l i h c r u o y , r e b m e m e R 1 developmental screening before the age of 2 Developmental services do not replace annual check-ups with your physician. CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCREENINGS *1before2IDEAL 1before5ESSENTIAL free Children’s Resource Center 435 East 5th Street Lovell • 307-548-6722 www.crcwyoming.org Developmental services do not replace annual check-ups with your physician RE-ELECT DEB CRAFT COMMISSIONER On August 18, vote to re-elect Deb Craft for Big Horn County Commissioner. Paid for by Deb Craft • Experienced • Fiscally Responsible • Hard Working Town of Lovell The Town of Lovell is selling the Town of Thayne, Wyoming a 2015 Dodge Charger fully upfitted patrol vehicle valued at $13,000. Public hear- ing is scheduled for September 8, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town of Lovell’s Regular Meeting. Published: August 6, 13 and 20, 2020 Town of Lovell approaches new budget with caution BY DAVID PECK It’s a nervous time for local governments across Wyoming with the un- certainty of future fund- ing from the State of Wy- oming, so budgeting for the 2020-21 fiscal year this spring was a very cautious process, Town of Lovell Clerk-Treasurer Valerie Beal said this week. “Financially, not know- ing what the state was go- ing to give to us, we looked at what our actuals (actual revenue and expenditures) had been this year for the first six months to see where we were at and proj- ect where we would be for the (fiscal) year,” Beal said. As for revenue projec- tions provided by the Wy- oming Association Mu- nicipalities, Beal said that WAM, too, was cautious. “Everything they gave us said, ‘Approach this year cautiously. You need to un- derstand that things are going to be different. State revenue will be down.’ We asked our departments to be mindful of that as they present their budgets,” Beal said. “We took a very hard look at it, knowing it was going to be a shorter bud- get than in the past.” The Lovell Town Coun- cil on June 9 approved a 2020-21 fiscal year budget in the amount of $4,965,012. The budget is up from last year’s budget of $4,084,078, but $600,000 of the budget is a construction account for the renovation of Con- stitution Park. There were no major projects in the works a year ago. Four oth- er departments are up due to projects and/or carry- over funds. Looking at the revenue side of the General Fund, which carries a 2020-21 budget of $2,215,666, up from $2,052,248 a year ago, Beal was pleased that rev- enue projections made a year ago “came really, real- ly close to what we project- ed” at $2,145,158. Most line items in the new budget are close to last year’s budget and ac- tual revenue – some up and some down – based on projections. State sales tax revenue is budgeted at $435,000, down from a budget of $453,500 a year ago and actual revenue of $455,576.64. Likewise, the county option sales tax rev- enue is conservatively bud- geted at $375,000, down from a budget of $396,000 in 2019-20 and actual reve- nue of nearly $398,000. On the plus side, the supplemental funding dis- tribution from the State of Wyoming is budgeted to be $348,890 for the current fiscal year based on WAM projections, up from a bud- get of $335,274 one year ago and actual revenue of $334,540.38. But already state reve- nue woes are coming into effect as the town was re- cently notified that an an- nual reimbursement from the Wyoming Dept. of Transportation for snow removal expenses on Main Street -- a U.S. Highway – is to be cut in half after being in the budget for $47,200. Thus, Town Administrator Jed Nebel has recommend- ed that the town crew cut the street sweeping sched- ule in half to save money for snowplowing later. The biggest change in the revenue budget comes in the form of a line item of $172,660 coming out of re- serves, $127,660 of which is a portion of the town match for a grant to reno- vate and upgrade Consti- tution Park. The other part of the match -- $172,340 to reach $300,000 – comes out of money left in the town construction account from other projects. Beal said the $600,000 project – grant plus town match – is in limbo due to a federal grant review that has been delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis and may not be started this year. Another $57,000 in the revenue budget is carry- over money to be used in three areas: $25,000 for a police vehicle, $20,000 for hail damage as part of claims and settlements from two years ago, and $12,000 for community center landscaping. BUDGET BREAKDOWN On the expenditure side of the General Fund, the Administration budget is up from a 2019-20 budget of $579,890 and actual ex- penditures of $559,561.46 to a new budget of $706,613, which includes the $127,660 out of reserves for the park work. Budget highlights in- clude $2,000 in election expenses, $19,300 for com- puter software and mainte- nance split with the garbage and water and sewer ac- counts, $2,000 for caboose repairs at Caboose Park in case the teen council de- cides to tackle that project, $22,500 for economic de- velopment, $30,000 for the Foster Gulch Golf Course, $20,000 for swimming pool maintenance, $15,000 for office desks and $4,000 for the downtown chamber of commerce building. The area promotion line item includes $4,000 for the Lovell Area Cham- ber of Commerce opera- tions, $2,500 for Mustang Days, $700 for the town website, $2,000 for a hoped for Rose City Revival com- munity gathering and $500 for a challenge coin to be presented intermittently to deserving individuals. Regarding the Rose City Revival, Beal noted, “This may not be the best year to do it. Maybe next year. But it’s something for the citizens who work so hard year-around to do things.” The budgets for other town departments are as follows: Police and Fire – up slightly from $868,852 a year ago to $905,214 re- flecting slight increases in salaries, retirement, health insurance, computer soft- ware and maintenance and training and travel. The equipment purchase bud- get of $23,000 includes $18,000 for Taser upgrade and purchase. Streets and Alleys – Down at $208,639 from last year’s $237,641, reflecting the equipment purchase line item decreasing from $13,600 to zero and other minor adjustments. Mosquito Control -- $27,393, down slightly from $27,905 last year. Parks and Recreation -- $320,866, down from $342,110, primarily be- cause major swimming pool maintenance has been moved to the capital proj- ects budget. Budgeted equipment purchases are $15,000 for a playground screen for the Northeast baseball park, $8,000 for a Bobcat tiller and $800 for tires. Community Cen- ter -- $46,941, up slightly from $44,300 in the previ- ous budget. Beal said the $5,000 equipment bud- get includes a planned new stove at the center with an electronic ignition. Beyond the General Fund, the 2020-21 budget breaks down as follows: Capital Improvements Fund -- $125,000, down from $193,500. The new budget includes $45,000 for police vehicles and $30,000 for a pickup. Community Develop- ment Block Grant Loan Fund – The budget remains the same at $40,000. Lodging Tax Fund -- $12,000, the same budget as last year. Garbage Fund -- $646,450, up from $612,896 a year ago. The budget in- cludes $290,000 for the purchase of a new garbage truck and $13,000 for new garbage receptacles. Sewer Fund -- $513,500, up from $374,495 in the previous budget. The new budget includes $35,000 for electrical work at the sewer control build- ing, $85,000 for a new sew- er camera and $5,000 for a sewer pump. Water Fund -- $812,396, up slightly from $798,939 one year ago. The budget includes $65,000 as the final one-third of a three-year project to re- place water meter telem- etry equipment on meters throughout town. your photo TODAY call 307-548-2217 email [email protected] SUBMIT
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August 6, 2020 | The Lovell Chronicle | 13
Public Notice
PUBLIC NOTICE
We, Christopher & Kim Pierson, have filed an application for a simple subdivision with Big Horn County. The proposal splits one 5.52-acre lot from an approximately 21-acre parcel. The proposed lot is located in the NWNE quarter of Section 28, T56N, R96W. The property is south of Lane 13 and east of State Highway 32, approximately 1.3 miles from the Town of Lovell.
Any concerns with the proposed subdivision must be submitted in writing to the Big Horn County Planner, P.O. Box 29, Basin, WY 82410. If you have any questions please contact the County Planner at 307-568-2424.
Published: July 30 and August 6, 2020
Preparing for SchoolBegins at Birth
Many parents wait until their child is ready to enter school to have them screened. By then, a lot of learning may have already been missed. In fact, 90% of brain development occurs in the
Thatʼs why tracking a childʼs developmental process is an essential part of early childhood. The earlier delays are addressed, the more opportunity exists for increased growth and independence. Delaying intervention will likely result in the need for more costly and less effective interventions in the future. A developmental screening can prepare your child for school and improve their life forever.
All developmental services are free regardless of income. The only thing you cannot afford to do is wait.
sdeen dlihc ruoy ,rebmemeR1 developmental screening
before the age of 2
808 North Street • 527-7060
Children’sResource Center
Developmental services do not replace annual check-ups with your physician.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCREENINGS*1before2IDEAL 1before5ESSENTIAL
free
Begins at BirthMany parents wait until their child is ready to enter school to
have them screened. By then, a lot of learning may have already been missed. In fact, 90% of brain development occurs in the
Thatʼs why tracking a childʼs developmental process is an essential part of early childhood. The earlier delays are addressed, the more opportunity exists for increased growth and independence. Delaying intervention will likely result in the need for more costly and less effective interventions in the future. A developmental screening can prepare your child for school and improve their life forever.
All developmental services are free regardless of income. The only thing you cannot afford to do is wait.
sdeen dlihc ruoy ,rebmemeR1 developmental screening
before the age of 2
Children’sResource Center
Developmental services do not replace CHILD
435 East 5th StreetLovell • 307-548-6722www.crcwyoming.org
Developmental services do not replace annual check-ups with your physician
Preparing for SchoolBegins at Birth
Many parents wait until their child is ready to enter school to have them screened. By then, a lot of learning may have already been missed. In fact, 90% of brain development occurs in the
Thatʼs why tracking a childʼs developmental process is an essential part of early childhood. The earlier delays are addressed, the more opportunity exists for increased growth and independence. Delaying intervention will likely result in the need for more costly and less effective interventions in the future. A developmental screening can prepare your child for school and improve their life forever.
All developmental services are free regardless of income. The only thing you cannot afford to do is wait.
sdeen dlihc ruoy ,rebmemeR1 developmental screening
before the age of 2
808 North Street • 527-7060
Children’sResource Center
Developmental services do not replace annual check-ups with your physician.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCREENINGS*1before2IDEAL 1before5ESSENTIAL
RE-ELECT
DEBCRAFT
COMMISSIONER
On August 18, vote to re-elect Deb Craft for Big Horn County Commissioner.
Paid for by Deb Craft
• Experienced• Fiscally Responsible• Hard Working
Town of Lovell
The Town of Lovell is selling the Town of Thayne, Wyoming a 2015 Dodge Charger fully upfitted patrol vehicle valued at $13,000. Public hear-ing is scheduled for September 8, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town of Lovell’s Regular Meeting.
Published: August 6, 13 and 20, 2020
Town of Lovell approaches new budget with cautionBY DAVID PECK
It’s a nervous time for local governments across Wyoming with the un-certainty of future fund-ing from the State of Wy-oming, so budgeting for the 2020-21 fiscal year this spring was a very cautious process, Town of Lovell Clerk-Treasurer Valerie Beal said this week.
“Financially, not know-ing what the state was go-ing to give to us, we looked at what our actuals (actual revenue and expenditures) had been this year for the first six months to see where we were at and proj-ect where we would be for the (fiscal) year,” Beal said.
As for revenue projec-tions provided by the Wy-oming Association Mu-nicipalities, Beal said that WAM, too, was cautious.
“Everything they gave us said, ‘Approach this year cautiously. You need to un-derstand that things are going to be different. State revenue will be down.’ We asked our departments to be mindful of that as they present their budgets,” Beal said. “We took a very hard look at it, knowing it was going to be a shorter bud-get than in the past.”
The Lovell Town Coun-cil on June 9 approved a 2020-21 fiscal year budget in the amount of $4,965,012. The budget is up from last year’s budget of $4,084,078,
but $600,000 of the budget is a construction account for the renovation of Con-stitution Park. There were no major projects in the works a year ago. Four oth-er departments are up due to projects and/or carry-over funds.
Looking at the revenue side of the General Fund, which carries a 2020-21 budget of $2,215,666, up from $2,052,248 a year ago, Beal was pleased that rev-enue projections made a year ago “came really, real-ly close to what we project-ed” at $2,145,158.
Most line items in the new budget are close to last year’s budget and ac-tual revenue – some up and some down – based on projections. State sales tax revenue is budgeted at $435,000, down from a budget of $453,500 a year ago and actual revenue of $455,576.64. Likewise, the county option sales tax rev-enue is conservatively bud-geted at $375,000, down from a budget of $396,000 in 2019-20 and actual reve-nue of nearly $398,000.
On the plus side, the supplemental funding dis-tribution from the State of Wyoming is budgeted to be $348,890 for the current fiscal year based on WAM projections, up from a bud-get of $335,274 one year ago and actual revenue of $334,540.38.
But already state reve-nue woes are coming into effect as the town was re-cently notified that an an-nual reimbursement from the Wyoming Dept. of Transportation for snow removal expenses on Main Street -- a U.S. Highway – is to be cut in half after being in the budget for $47,200. Thus, Town Administrator Jed Nebel has recommend-ed that the town crew cut the street sweeping sched-ule in half to save money for snowplowing later.
The biggest change in the revenue budget comes in the form of a line item of $172,660 coming out of re-serves, $127,660 of which is a portion of the town match for a grant to reno-vate and upgrade Consti-tution Park. The other part of the match -- $172,340 to reach $300,000 – comes out of money left in the town construction account from other projects.
Beal said the $600,000 project – grant plus town match – is in limbo due to a federal grant review that has been delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis and may not be started this year.
Another $57,000 in the revenue budget is carry-over money to be used in three areas: $25,000 for a police vehicle, $20,000 for hail damage as part of claims and settlements from two years ago, and
$12,000 for community center landscaping.
BUDGET BREAKDOWNOn the expenditure
side of the General Fund, the Administration budget is up from a 2019-20 budget of $579,890 and actual ex-penditures of $559,561.46 to a new budget of $706,613, which includes the $127,660 out of reserves for the park work.
Budget highlights in-clude $2,000 in election expenses, $19,300 for com-puter software and mainte-nance split with the garbage and water and sewer ac-counts, $2,000 for caboose repairs at Caboose Park in case the teen council de-cides to tackle that project, $22,500 for economic de-velopment, $30,000 for the Foster Gulch Golf Course, $20,000 for swimming pool maintenance, $15,000 for office desks and $4,000 for the downtown chamber of commerce building.
The area promotion line item includes $4,000 for the Lovell Area Cham-ber of Commerce opera-tions, $2,500 for Mustang Days, $700 for the town website, $2,000 for a hoped for Rose City Revival com-munity gathering and $500 for a challenge coin to be presented intermittently to deserving individuals.
Regarding the Rose City Revival, Beal noted, “This may not be the best
year to do it. Maybe next year. But it’s something for the citizens who work so hard year-around to do things.”
The budgets for other town departments are as follows:
Police and Fire – up slightly from $868,852 a year ago to $905,214 re-flecting slight increases in salaries, retirement, health insurance, computer soft-ware and maintenance and training and travel. The equipment purchase bud-get of $23,000 includes $18,000 for Taser upgrade and purchase.
Streets and Alleys – Down at $208,639 from last year’s $237,641, reflecting the equipment purchase line item decreasing from $13,600 to zero and other minor adjustments.
Mosquito Control -- $27,393, down slightly from $27,905 last year.
Parks and Recreation -- $320,866, down from $342,110, primarily be-cause major swimming pool maintenance has been moved to the capital proj-ects budget. Budgeted equipment purchases are $15,000 for a playground screen for the Northeast baseball park, $8,000 for a Bobcat tiller and $800 for tires.
Community Cen-ter -- $46,941, up slightly from $44,300 in the previ-
ous budget. Beal said the $5,000 equipment bud-get includes a planned new stove at the center with an electronic ignition.
Beyond the General Fund, the 2020-21 budget breaks down as follows:
Capital Improvements Fund -- $125,000, down from $193,500. The new budget includes $45,000 for police vehicles and $30,000 for a pickup.
Community Develop-ment Block Grant Loan Fund – The budget remains the same at $40,000.
Lodging Tax Fund -- $12,000, the same budget as last year.
Garbage Fund -- $646,450, up from $612,896 a year ago. The budget in-cludes $290,000 for the purchase of a new garbage truck and $13,000 for new garbage receptacles.
Sewer Fund -- $513,500, up from $374,495 in the previous budget. The new budget includes $35,000 for electrical work at the sewer control build-ing, $85,000 for a new sew-er camera and $5,000 for a sewer pump.
Water Fund -- $812,396, up slightly from $798,939 one year ago. The budget includes $65,000 as the final one-third of a three-year project to re-place water meter telem-etry equipment on meters throughout town.
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