January 6th, 2026
Town of Guernsey
Regular Meeting
Platte County, Wyoming
LIQUOR LICENSES PROTEST: Mayor called for protest for liquor licenses renewal at 6:00pm. No protest. Closed at 6:01pm
PRESENT: Mayor Delgado, CM Harris, CW Wells, CM Fields, CM Michaels
STAFF: M. Molzahn, Chief Harrison, J. Burfeind, W. Sterner, M. Fronapfel
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Delgado called the meeting to order at 6:01 pm. The assembly joined the Pledge of Allegiance and was welcomed to the meeting.
REGISTERED GUESTS: BJ Axford, Jodi Axford, Renee Boomhower, Doug Swingholm, Melissa Howe, Mike Klipstine, Sonja Klipstine, Ada Pulos, Shawna Reichert, Troy Reichert, Sarah Seafang, Bev Spungan, Charlie Walker
AGENDA: CM Michaels moved to approve the agenda. CW Wells seconded. The motion carried.
MINUTES: CM Harris moved to approve December 16, 2025, minutes as presented. CM Fields seconded. The motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS: Mayor Delgado presented the vouchers for approval. CM Fields moved to approve the Considerations of Claims in the amount of $200,061.57 seconded by CM Michaels. The motion carried. Vouchers follow in their entirety. Benzel Pest Control, $175.00, Black Hills Gas Holdings, LLC, $1,557.32, Bomgaars Supply Inc. $151.94 Border States Industries Inc. $3,223.17, Capital Business Systems, Inc. $120.24, Carver Florek & James CPAS LLC, $6,605.85 Caselle, Inc. $772.00, CenturyLink, $796.85, Charlie’s Repair, $1,576.48, Dream, Design, Develop LLC, $550.00, Energy Laboratories, Inc. $6,048.00, Federal Licensing, Inc. $119.00, Frank J Jones, PC. $7,792.45, Frontier Furniture, $10,723.50, Guernsey Gazette, $730.08, Ibarra Joan, $270.00, J P Cooke, $132.95, Mosley Sarah, $400.00, Mountain States CPA’s and Consultants, LLC, $350.00, One Stop Safety Wy, LLC, $235.50, Patrick John B, $150.0, Quill LLC, $97.83, Short Powerline Service, LLC, $64,400.00. Stanley Access Tech LLC, $494.00, TDS Collection Services, Inc. $16,459.04, Thrifty Market, Inc., $12.04, United States Postal Service, $234.47, Visionary Broadband, $606.62, Wheatland Ace Hardware, $60.29, Wingard Marie, $62.97, Wyoming Dept of Transportation, $40.00. TOTAL CLAIMS: $200,061.57.
PUBLIC COMMENT: No public comment.
LIQUOR LICENSES: CW Wells moved to renew Kelly’s Bar, Crazy Tonys’s Bar & Grill, Super Foods, VFW, and Ben’s Bar Liquor Licenses. CM Harris seconded. Discussion CM Micheals wanted to clarify that all application fees are paid in full. CW Wells asked if all of the Applicants we current on utility bills. Deputy Clerk said yes to both questions. Motion carries.
SENATOR TAFT LOVE: Senator Taft Love stopped by to see what our concerns were at the municipality level before legislation starts in February. Town of Guernsey is looking at losing $21,000.00 out of our Direct Distribution budget due to going back to pre-covid funding. CW Wells brings up the change in property tax and CW Wells voiced her concerns about the school and their funding. Senator Taft Love answered her concerns with some thoughts on what could be done to counteract the funding cut. He mentioned that it will be hard to predict the school funding with the looming lawsuit but if he had to predict the funding it would be same or greater than it is today. He also said that there are a lot of different things going on and he’s not quite sure how they will backfill it all. Mayor Delgado and CW Wells both express that they would like to know how they are planning to backfill the effects to these decisions. The best way to contact Senator Taft Love is to find his information on the legislative website or he gets mail at the capital building.
RESOLUTION 2026-004, BANKS: CW Wells moved to pass Resolution 2026-004. CM Fields Seconded. Motion carries.
RESOLUTION 2026-005, NEWSPAPER: CM Michaels moved to pass resolution 2026-005. CM Fields Seconded. Motion carries.
Community/Organization Reports: None.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS: J. Burfeind spoke about his year-end report on planning and zoning, building department, code enforcement, airport, and industrial siting board. M. Fronapfel spoke about the concerns of possible lift station at golf course, electrical flickering, street sweeper, and duckweed remover.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORT:CM Harris thanks the city workers for working so hard in all of this wind. CW Wells asked about new policy procedure manual, the inventory and buying at the golf course, forensic audit, equal pay, and new utility bills rates. CM Fields thanks the town employees for all of their hard work with all of the wind and fixing the electricity. CM Fields goes into his concerns of comments that are being said on social media as the public works guys are up in bucket trucks risking their lives fixing your electricity in seventy or eighty miles per hour winds. He touched on new electric rates. CM Micheals also thanks the public work guys for all hard work during the storm that came through. He speaks on how WMPA calculates how the electricity rates go up. He speaks on social media and how the information is not correct. Then he asks the citizens to come to the town if you have an issue with your utility bill, the office staff will help you. Mayor Delgado agrees with CM Fields and CM Micheals if you have an issue, please come to the town hall the door is always open.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pet Clinic 2/7/2026 starting at 9:00 am. Town Hall closed January 19th.
ADJOURNMENT: CM Michaels moved to adjourn. Seconded by CW Wells. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 6:43 pm.
Eddie Delgado, Mayor
Macoyia Molzahn, Deputy Clerk
Public Notice No. 2144 published in the Guernsey Gazette on January 27, 2026.
