BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of GOSHEN COUNTY, WYOMING
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
The Board of County Commissioners of Goshen County, Wyoming, met in regular session on the above date at 9:00 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chambers of the Goshen County Courthouse. The following members were present: Chairman Michael McNamee, Commissioners Justin Burkart and Aaron Walsh, and Mary Feagler, County Clerk and Clerk of the Board.
The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Commissioner Burkart moved to approve the revised agenda for today and the May 19th meeting minutes, seconded and passed. Chairman McNamee spoke about the possibility of a temporary lift of the burn ban. This led to a brief discussion about notification of severe weather alerts. The Goshen County website has a link to the emergency notification system that we have in place. Any person can go to goshencountywy.gov, click on Alerts & Notifications at the bottom of the webpage, and register to receive alerts from the mass notification system. The Chairman noted the primary election candidate filing period closed on Friday and acknowledged Commissioner Walsh is running for his second term.
Clerk of the District Court, Brandi Correa, had no earnings report. She was having difficulty with her Supreme Court computer program. She will e-mail her report when it comes available.
County Grant Writer, Hannah Fullmer, did not report.
County Road & Bridge Superintendent Chris Stoddard, County Surveyor Bob Taylor and County Planner Karna Stoddard reported. Chairman McNamee announced that Karna Stoddard has been chosen for the permanent position as County Planner. This leaves an open position on the Planning Commission Board. Commissioner Walsh praised Karna’s work and welcomed her aboard as a full-time employee effective June 1. Superintendent Stoddard noted some roads the County has been working on handled the recent excessive rain very well. He reported the mining permit for the gravel pit from the state still has not been granted. County Surveyor Bob Taylor reported on County Road 1, which is shared with Platte County; the NextEra project will be seeking a road use agreement that will be split between the two counties. Once a survey is completed, he requested a joint meeting between the two counties to establish a plan prior to the agreement with Nextera. County Planner Karna Stoddard reported the Riverview Subdivision has not yet been approved by the State, due to the request to transfer water rights; this should be completed in August. Commissioner Walsh moved to accept the Road & Bridge reports, seconded and passed.
County Clerk Feagler presented three reports: warrant, employee payroll and payroll liabilities. The Clerk’s Earnings for May 2026 were $16,967.20. She summarized the County’s primary election candidate filings by highlighting the only two contested races for County offices on the August 18th ballot: County Commissioner and County Sheriff. Commissioner Walsh moved to approve the Clerk’s three reports, seconded and passed. The following bills were presented for payment: Employee Payroll 317110.59; WRS Retirement 72026.61; EGI HealthIns 111909.85; Great West Retirement 1100; FTD 84349.68; WY Child Support 100; HSA Bank 100; NCPERS LifeIns 16; WY DeptWorkforceServices 6941.26; 911 Supply Uniforms 976.47; Action Communications Repair/Maint 94.40; ArcaSearch Tech/Software 10418; Arrowhead Forensics Supplies 349.12; B&B Sewer Service BldgMaint 1000; Barnes Law CrtApptAtty 784.73; Benchmark RdProj 13609.76; MBoalch Repair/Maint 65.46; Bomgaars Supplies 130.93; Butlers Auto Salvage Investigations 232.32; Capital Business Systems Equip/Repair 1222.60; Capital One Travel 72.95; Cash-Wa Dietary 10171.76; Century Business Maint/Warr 432.79; Century Lumber Repair/Maint 184.24; Charles Sylvester GravelRoyalty 9930; CWright Mileage 276.95; Connecting Point Equip/Repair 204.89; SCoxbill Supplies 172.42; Culligan Supplies 291.50; LDominguez Mileage 574.93; Dooley Oil Fuel 21288.17; Eakes Supplies 132.13; EGI Insurance 1661.98; Fastenal Supplies 126.05; KFlock Repair/Maint 1534.75 Frank Parts Repair/Maint 644.44; Galls Uniforms 6804.07; GoCo 4-H Extension Supplies 1647.77; GoCo ClerkPrevention 721.62; GoCo Rd&Bridge VehicleRepair 114.06; GoCo Treasurer GrantExp 796.32; Great American Financial Equip/Repair 340; Heartland Embroidery Uniforms 46.83; HDittmer GrantExp 358.87; Herbert Doby PubDefGAL 3600; HTO Chemical Repair/Maint 861.19; Ideal Linen Supplies 1569.18; James Church Retainer 100; Klean Sweep MaintSvcs 3850; SKrotz Uniforms 94.48; Legacy Cooperative Dietary 45.75; Long Building Technologies BldgMaint 5970; MainMicro Repair 128200; Max Masters Mapping 4924.10; McKesson Medical Supplies 675.81; Metal Shop Supplies 195.5; Midstates Tire Repair/Maint 416.78; Midwest Connect Supplies 581; Morrill Hardware RdProj 6210; NSmith Mileage 110.64; Norma Cantu HCS 507.5; Office of the State Public Defender 300; Olson Tire Repair/Maint 1840; Palen Law Offices CrtApptAtty 732; Pomps Tire Repair/Maint 1913.50; Power Plan - Murphy Tractor Repair/Maint 97.78; S&S Plumbing Maint 3273.6; LSaucedo GrantExp 117.29; Simply Clean Janitorial 445.21; Stericycle Dues 68.07; MStrong GrantExp 106.94; TDS Utilities 194; The Practice After School Program GrantExp 399.95; Torrington Ambulance HCS 500; Torrington Telegram Publishing 1428.71; TranSource Repair/Maint 830.99; Transwest Vehicle Repair 657.8; UW Extension SalaryAgree 6501; Valley Motor Supply Repair 562.17; Vandel Drug HCS 443.5; Viaero Telephone 108.8; Vistabeam Internet 95.9; Vyve Projects 64227.17; Weisshaar & Assoc ServiceCommitment 500; West Highway Water & Sewer Utilities 88; RWunibald GrantExp 210.25; Wyoming Machinery Repair/Maint 5112.33; Wyoming Public Health Laboratory 52; X Lazy H Rent 425; Axon Enterprises TechSoftware 679.04; Black Hills Energy Utilities 866.45; EBoyer Supplies 115.20; CenturyLink Telephone 305.09; City of Torrington Utilities 7944.68; Eakes Supplies 57.82; Goshen Fire Services Dues 327; Ideal Linen Janitorial 280.95; Legacy Cooperative Repair/Maint 342.90; Nicoletti-Flater Assoc Counseling 300; Pinnacle Bank Visa Operations 20105.98; Pitney Bowes Global Equip/Repair 230.64; Quadient Finance Postage 1000; Talos Tech ContractorLabor 475; Pitney Bowes Reserve Postage 1700; Vyve Telephone 2133.3; Wyoming LGLP Ins 5000; Pinnacle Bank Visa Travel 152.73; Pinnacle Bank Visa Fuel 3039.03; Verizon Telephone 2399.49; Total Warrants $977,666.46
Thomas Bozeman, Emergency Management Coordinator, Fire Warden, and Interim Information Technology Director, presented his reports. Commissioner Walsh moved to approve the reports, seconded and passed.
Heather Dittmer, Public Health County Nurse Manager, reported the Senior Health Expo held on May 20 at the Pony Express Room was such a success that it appears to have outgrown the space and will need to find a larger venue next year. She announced the Public Health Office has two sunscreen dispensers that can be checked out for large events for public use. Commissioner Walsh asked Manager Dittmer to provide an overview of the services offered by the Public Health Department. She noted that many of the Department's activities focus on prevention, including immunization and education programs. The Department also administers numerous grant-funded programs that are supported through external funding sources but provide essential services to county residents, including programs that increase access to parenting resources, healthy infant programs, special health care needs for children, and reproductive and sexual health information and testing. In addition, Public Health provides a variety of immunizations that are available to residents at a very reasonable cost. Commissioner Walsh moved to approve the Public Health report, seconded and passed.
Maintenance Supervisor Kevin Flock was unable to attend.
In Old Business, the Riverview Subdivision was to be presented for approval, but it is tabled at this time pending transfer of water rights as stated in the County Planner’s report.
In New Business, Donald Hill was present to inform the Commissioners of a problem he experienced recently with an insurance claim on his roof. Mr. Hill’s Insurance Company’s claim adjuster told him that they would only replace half of his roof. Mr. Hill contacted the State of Wyoming Insurance Commissioner, whose office enforces insurance laws and regulations impartially, and learned that his insurance was commercial and this permits them to reduce coverage to half. He said the City of Torrington has an ordinance that forbids this action by insurance companies and he asks that the County put a similar ordinance in place. Commissioner Walsh pointed out that Goshen County does not have zoning and therefore cannot put regulations like ordinances in place. Chairman McNamee encouraged Mr. Hill to get more information on the city ordinance that changes how an insurance adjuster would assess roof damage as well as more clarification from the Wyoming Department of Insurance. The Chairman was interested in hearing if any counties that do have zoning, such as Laramie County, have something in place like Mr. Hill is requesting. County Surveyor Bob Taylor suggested that Mr. Hill contact Dennis Estes, Buildings & Grounds Superintendent, with the City of Torrington to obtain additional information about the ordinance that Mr. Hill was told is in place to protect city residents from having this issue.
The meeting adjourned at 10:21 a.m. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Per Wyo. Stat. §18-3-516(f), additional county information is available at www.goshencountywy.gov or by calling the Clerk’s office (307)532-4051. (approved for publication)
Attest: ________________________ _________________________
Mary B. Feagler Michael McNamee, Chairman
Goshen County Clerk Goshen County Commission
Public Notice No. 9695 published in The Torrington Telegram on June 12, 2026.
