The Diamondville Town Council met just one week ago. Because of such a short turnaround, the Council didn’t have much to decide at Monday’s Town Council meeting on July 19.

Both Mayor Megan Kominsky and Councilwoman Christy Anne Vaughan were unable to attend the meeting.

First, the Council approved a request for a “Dead End” sign to be placed at the corner of Glenco and Sublet. Apparently motor homes and big rigs have mistakenly frequented those streets and struggled to turn around when they reach the dead end. The streets department currently has a “Dead End” sign leftover in storage that can be posted at that intersection.

The Council heard from two candidates for Lincoln County Commissioner: Paul Jenkins and Bob Peternal. The two candidates fielded questions regarding the 5th Penny Tax, road closures and the current county commissioners’ attempt and reasoning to raise the County’s number of mills from 10 to 12.

The Council passed a Wyoming Association of Municipalities agreement that doesn’t have a direct influence on the town of Diamondville, but may indirectly and eventually lower insurance costs for Diamondville employees.

Town Attorney Kelly Blue presented a plan to the Council that can help the Town of Diamondville save money on court fees and help out-of-town travelers who commit their first traffic or ordinance offense.

The plan Blue presented is currently in use in both Evanston and Cokeville. Here is, essentially, an example of how the plan would work. A motorist from California is ticketed for their first offense of speeding on Highway 189 as they enter Diamondville. They may be ordered to appear before the Diamondville court to face the charges. In California, a guilty plea on a traffic violation puts one point on the driver’s license records. If the driver receives three points in a certain span of time, that driver’s license will be suspended.

If the new plan is accepted by the town judge and Council, instead of appearing in Diamondville court, (which costs the town money) and pleading not guilty to avoid a point being marked on the traveler’s license, the traveler in violation can, in essence, pay the violation fine and sign a few papers. By doing so, the Diamondville judge will throw out the case and thus will never be recorded on the driver’s record.

Diamondville municipal court judge Wanda Newman said that she would like to clarify a few things in Blue’s plans before completely supporting the program. The Council agreed to table the issue until the next Town Council meeting on Aug. 2.

In their official comments, Councilmen Eric Backman and Mitch Berger welcomed back and congratulated Diamondville Police Officer Ashley Greenfield, who recently graduated from a 13-weeks of Police Academy.



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