CALL FOR ELECTIONS
PRAIRIE CENTER GROUNDWATER CONTROL AREA ADVISORY BOARD
NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held July 25, 2023 at the Goshen County 3A Prairie Center Fire Hall to elect two board members to the Prairie Center Groundwater Control Area Advisory Board. The vacancies are created by the expiration of terms presently filled by Dylan Hager and Greg DesEnfants. Mr. Hager has served one term and is eligible to serve a second term. Mr. DesEnfants has served two consecutive terms and is not eligible for an additional four-year term.
Ballots will be collected at the Goshen County 3A Prairie Center Fire Hall from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. The ballots will include a space for write-in candidates. If you are unable to be present, proxy forms will be available on the State Engineer’s Office website. Completed proxy forms will only be collected on July 25, 2023 from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. at the Goshen County 3A Prairie Center Fire Hall.
Nominations for board members will be accepted by the State Engineer’s Office until July 4, 2023. Nominations can be submitted by mail, email, or phone to:
Wyoming State Engineer’s Office
Ground Water Division
122 West 25th Street
Herschler Building, 2W
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-5063
lisa.lindemann@wyo.gov
Advisory board members must own land or groundwater rights, or be the officers, officials or members of the board of a corporation which owns land or groundwater rights within the control area. The boundary of the Prairie Center Groundwater Control Area is shown on the attached figure.
Ballots will be available 20 days prior to the election and can be obtained from the State Engineer’s website @ http://seo.wyo.gov/home/news-press-releases
Following the closing of the election, the State Engineer’s Office will verify collected ballots for voter eligibility pursuant to Wyoming Statute § 41-3-913, which states in part:
“Every person or corporation owning, or by virtue of public land filing, entitled to possession of land which is a part of the control area is entitled to cast for each member to be elected one (1) vote for each acre of such land as assessed upon the last annual assessment roll of the county in which the land is located, or as shown by the public land filing. A person owning a tract of land of less than one (1) acre is entitled to cast one (1) vote for each member to be elected. The grantee or assignee of the water in or under any described land is entitled to vote, as prescribed herein, in the place of the person or corporation owning or entitled to the possession of the land. However, if board member districts are established, only the votes which derive from within each district shall be cast in the election of the district board member.”
Within five (5) business days, the State Engineer’s Office will announce the election results.
This election is being held pursuant to and under the authority of Wyoming Statute § 41-3-913.
For further information, please contact Lisa Lindemann, Administrator, Ground Water Division, at (307) 777-5063.
Public Notice No. 8636 published in the Torrington Telegram on June 21 and 28, 2023.
