Public Notices

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Notice is hereby given that The Pinedale Airport Board (hereafter referred to as the “Sponsor” or “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for the Snow Removal Equipment Building Project, A.I.P. No. 3-56-0021-08 at Ralph Wenz Field near Pinedale, Wyoming.
The proposed project involves the following work item:
Snow Removal Equipment Building
Project Including Installation Lump Sum
The bids must be prepared on forms supplied by the Owner and filed with the Pinedale Airport Board, P.O. Box 1766, 210 W. Pine Street, Pinedale, Wyo., 82941, not later than 3 p.m., local time, Dec.16, 2004. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the Pinedale Town Hall, in the presence of the bidders and their representatives at that time and date.
The bidder (proposer) must supply all the information required by the bid or proposal forms and specifications.
No bids will be received after the specified hour and date, and bids, which are not prepared and filed in accordance with proposal requirements and conditions of the specifications, may be rejected.
All bids must be accompanied either by a certified check, payable to the Town of Pinedale in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid, or by a bid bond in a like amount and executed by an approved surety company. The check or bond will be retained by the Owner as liquidated damages if the successful bidder refuses or fails to enter into contract and performance bond in accord with his bid within fifteen (15) days after date of notification of award.
Minimum wage rates as established by the Secretary of Labor are applicable to the work performed on this project.
The proposed construction contract, and the project manual for the construction of the work are available for inspection at the Town Hall, Pinedale, Wyoming. The same may be obtained from the engineers, Rio Verde Engineering at (307) 367-2826, (307) 367-2546 Fax, P.O. Box 642, 201 W. Pine St., Pinedale, Wyo., 82941-0642.
Bids may not be withdrawn after the time fixed for opening them. The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities in the bids and reject any and all bids.
The proposed contract is under and subject to executive order 11246 of Sept. 24, 1965, as amended, to the equal opportunity clause and the Standard Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications including the goals and timetables for minority and female participation.
A certification of non-segregated facilities must be submitted prior to the award of the proposed contract, including any subcontracts in excess of $10,000.
All bidders are advised to examine the site to become familiar with all site conditions.
The project will be shown to interested bidders by appointment – contact Rio Verde Engineering.
BY ORDER OF THE PINEDALE AIRPORT BOARD
Published in the Sublette Examiner Dec. 2, 9 and16, 2004.

OFFICIAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
NOVEMBER 16, 2004
The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session in the Commissioners Meeting Room of the Sublette County Courthouse in Pinedale, Wyoming, on this date at 9 a.m. with Gordon Johnston, Bill Cramer, Betty Fear, Cat Urbigkit of the Sublette Examiner, Noah Brenner of the Pinedale Roundup and Mary Lankford, county clerk, present.
Chairman Johnston led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The minutes of the preceding regular meeting of Nov. 5, 2004, were approved and ordered filed on motion by Commissioner Fear and seconded by Commissioner Cramer. The motion carried.
The official bond was approved for William Barney, treasurer for the Sublette County Mosquito Abatement District No. 2, in the amount of $25,000, was approved and ordered filed with the county treasurer.
Travis Sour, road and bridge superintendent, and Bob Maxam, Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer, discussed construction of a turn lane at the Marbleton Landfill. The 2005 WYDOT bid package is completed and this addition would need to be incorporated in the 2006 WYDOT bid package. The board directed Sour to pursue the 2006 project. Maxam discussed the Calpet and Daniel Merna roads and the need for reconstruction inspections and geotechnical survey for both roads.
Joan Mitchell, director of the Southwest Sublette Pioneers Center, discussed remodeling the center’s kitchen. The board requested final plans and price quotations for the remodeling.
Susan Kramer, representing Sublette Citizens for Recycling, discussed community landfill remediation, computer waste, shredding and the purchase of Jackson’s old forklift.
Barbara Burrough and Suzanne Bierman, representing The Learning Center, presented a program update.
Chairman Johnston reported on the grizzly bear meeting in Thermopolis.
Ken Konicek, representing Tegeler and Associates, discussed quarterly advanced payments on the new health savings accounts for the employees and discussed health benefits for veterans.
The board recessed the meeting for an executive session with Ken Konicek and Dave Doorn.
The board reconvened the meeting.
Rick Hoffman, waste management superintendent, discussed the Teton County contract and its need for revision.
Annie Sondgeroth, public health nurse, reported that Trish Russell has resigned.
The board recessed the meeting for an executive session with Jocelyn Moore.
The board reconvened the meeting and announced that there is a vacancy in the Sublette County Planning and Zoning Department for a planner.
Frank Grimes, representing Nelson Engineering, discussed the progress of the balefill. It was reported that the project is 82 percent complete, and that permit amendment has been submitted to Department of Environmental Quality. Grimes reported that the electrical is behind schedule and that the baler is scheduled to arrive in one month.
The board requested that Grimes attend a meeting with representatives from Teton County and Commissioner Cramer and Hoffman on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, in Jackson at the transfer station.
The board requested Grimes to submit a proposal for the engineering of the turn lane at the Marbleton landfill.
The following petitions and affidavits of abatement of taxes were presented on petition from the county assessor and the State of Wyoming Board of Equalization: GE Capital Information Tech Solutions, $42.59; Bob Daniels, $33.28; and Tim L. & Karla D. Holloway, $154.58.
It was moved by Commissioner Fear and seconded by Chairman Johnston to authorize County Clerk Mary Lankford to sign the contract with Oakwood Manufacturing for the purchase of the manufactured home at the Sublette County Fairgrounds. The motion carried.
The board rescheduled the hearing for the private road petition for Mantle Ranch Real Estate LP from Dec. 7, 2004 to Feb. 1, 2005.
Stella McKinstry, representing University Extension Service, requested permission to relinquish her coordinator position and appoint Eric Peterson as coordinator. The board approved the request. McKinstry reported on the 4-H program and presented a program update.
The board approved a request for leave from School District No. 1 for ML Baxley on Nov. 17-19, 2004, to attend the Wyoming School Boards Association Conference in Casper.
Accounts Payable audited and approved for payment:
A & B CONSTRUCTION & PAINTING INC 12,609.89 /ALL AMERICAN FUEL COMPANY, INC. 25,200.28 /GREGORY ALLEN 50.25 /A TO Z HARDWARE 95.80 /BARNES DISTRIBUTION 83.88 /BIGTREE TELECOM 682.76 /BIG PINEY LUBE & DETAIL 176.66 /BURNEY & COMPANY 10.22 / CHILDREN & NUTRITION 1,195.24 /ANTHONY CHAMBERS 6,640.68 /SUBLETTE COUNTY CHAMBER OF 6,600.00 /CS & T INC. 20,509.00 /DADE BEHRING INC. 2,847.30 /DAVIS & CANNON 623.77 /DePATCO INC. 329,601.20 /DEW LUMBER CO. 556.37 /EIDEN’S CONSTRUCTION LLC 531.00 /FALER’S GENERAL STORE 6.97 /F B MCFADDEN 488.80 /FENCETRAK, INC. 13,515.00 /GARFIELD CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE 400.00 /GREYSTONE PUBLISHERS, INC. 37.07 /HIGH COUNTRY COUNSELING 4,074.58 /INTERMOUNTAIN ELECTRIC SERVICE,INC. 9,791.40 /BRIDGER JOHNSTON 101.00 /GORDON JOHNSTON 168.63 /KENWORTH SALES CO. INC. 9.05 /KUSTOM SIGNALS, INC. 75.00 /LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIABILITY POOL 500.00 /MARBLETON INN 207.40 /MASON & MASON, PC 200.00 /LEXISNEXIS MATTHEW BENDER 82.80 /STELLA MCKINSTRY 120.16 /MIDWAY MALL 41.46 /MODERN PRINTING COMPANY 447.00 /MORCON INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTY 69.25 /NEELYS NURSERY 350.00 /NELSON ENGINEERING, INC. 27,684.07 /NEW FRONTIER HOTEL & STORE 68.77 /OFFICE OUTLET 745.43 /OUR FAMILIES OUR FUTURE 1,476.68 /PAISLEY & BARNES STRIPING 19,305.00 /PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO. 154.09 /PINEDALE AUTO SUPPLY 228.60 /PINEDALE ROUNDUP 26.00 /PINEDALE TRUE VALUE 398.49 /R & E COMPUTER SERVICE LLC 3,530.00 /HANK RULAND 207.24 /SAFV TASK FORCE 40.00 /STOCKMAN’S RESTAURANT 252.90 /SURVEYOR SCHERBEL, LTD. 2,312.58 /TIRE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS INC 7,362.00 /TELETRACTORS, INC. 7,834.80 /THE TIRE DEN, INC. 2,232.80 /UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC. 366.19 /UNION TELEPHONE 149.38 /WESTERN VETERINARY SERVICE 37.49 /WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE INC. 69.47 /CARL WINTERS 200.00 /WINDSHIELD DOCTOR 40.00 /WYOMING MACHINERY COMPANY 807.79 /WYOMING SOLID WASTE & 300.00 /XEROX CORPORATION 424.54
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:20 p.m.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING
/s/ Gordon R. Johnston, Chairman
Attest:
/s/ Mary L. Lankford, County Clerk
Published in the Sublette Examiner Dec. 2, 2004.