CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
The Kemmerer City Council met in regular session this 22nd day of September, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Kemmerer, Wyoming. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Present on roll call were Mayor Robert Bowen, Councilmember Marlin Batista, Councilmember Caleb Ellis, Councilmember David McConkie, Councilmember Bill Price, and Councilmember Mark Quinn.
Motion was made Councilmember Quinn to excuse the absence of Councilmember Popp; seconded by Councilmember Ellis and unanimously approved by council present.
Motion was made by Councilmember McConkie to approve the agenda as amended to include New Business Item (d) Airport Security Camera Agreement with Hooton Tech, LLC and strike the Executive Session; seconded by Councilmember Quinn and unanimously approved by council present.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
Chad Nielson, Public Works Director; John Tibbetts, Golf and Parks Director; Kaylynn Williams, Community Events Coordinator; and Mike Kahre, Police Chief, gave department reports to the council. Brian Muir, City Administrator, gave the Rec Center department report. Natasia Diers, City Clerk-Treasurer, gave the Administration department report.
VISITOR COMMENTS:
None.
CONSENT AGENDA:
Motion was made by Councilmember Price to approve the items on the consent agenda as presented; seconded by Councilmember Quinn and unanimously approved by council present. Those items were:
Approval of Meeting Minutes of September 8, 2025;
Approval of the payment of the bills, payroll, and ACH payments as presented:
18454 UMWA $198.60 18455 American Road Maint. $20,582.70
18456 Argyle Bros Insulation 2,810.00 18457 Big Pee Industries 475.00
18458 Bridger Valley Propane 520.30 18459 Century Equipment Co 367.02
18460 Centurylink 1,129.31 18461 Centurylink Comm. 13.55
13.5518462 Dex Imaging LLC 145.23 18463 Enbridge Gas 630.17
18464 Fossil Basin Promo Bd 16,051.77 18465 Gunter’s Service 3,738.61
18466 IDAWY 9,674.25 18467 Intellichoice 2,494.35
18468 Interwest Sup. Com. 6,575.72 18469 J Solutions 330.00
18470 Jackson Group Peterbilt 353.91 18471 JUB Engineers 26,928.25
18472 Kemmerer Gazette 91.50 18473 Kilgor Companies 1,015.65
18474 Krell, Tammy 180.00 18475 Lincoln Co. Sheriff 2,580.00
18476 One-Call of Wyoming 165.90 18477 Reladyne West 1,554.70
18478 Rocky Mountain Power 12,721.31 18479 Star Valley Humus 1,202.90
18480 Transport Diesel Service 749.40 18481 UMB Card Service 18,925.01
18482 Wells Fargo Financial 96.00 18483 Wolfies 508.36
18484 Wyoming Machinery Co 350.48 9/10/25 Fed. Tax Dep.-ACH 15,360.46
9/10/25 Net Payroll Dir.t-ACH 54,079.22 9/10/25 AFLAC-ACH 12.24
9/10/25 Expert Pay-ACH 488.54 9/10/25 Orchard Trust-ACH 625.00
8/31/25 Worldpay-ACH 886.59 9/16/25 Wyo Liquor Division 352.43
TABLED BUSINESS:
Motion was made by Councilmember Quinn to remove from the table the 3rd Reading, Ordinance No. 2025-899; seconded by Councilmember Batista and unanimously approved by council present.
Motion was made by Councilmember Quinn to table on 3rd Reading, Ordinance No. 2025-899, Granting to Questar Gas Company, dba Enbridge Gas Wyoming a Franchise for the Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Gas Distribution System in the City of Kemmerer; seconded by Councilmember Price and unanimously approved by council present.
NEW BUSINESS:
Motion was made by Councilmember Price to Pass, Approve and Adopt Resolution No. 2025-861, A Resolution Authorizing the City of Kemmerer to Join with other Political Subdivisions of the State of Wyoming as a Participant (“Participant”) in the Wyoming Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System “Wyoming Class” (The “Trust”) to Pool Funds for Investment; seconded by Councilmember Quinn and unanimously approved by council present.
Sherrie Escobar, Grants Coordinator with the South Lincoln Hospital District made comments to the council.
Motion was made by Councilmember McConkie to authorize the Mayor to sign the letter of support for the South Lincoln Hospital District Long Term Care Project; seconded by Councilmember Batista and unanimously approved by council present.
Motion was made by Councilmember Batista to authorize the Mayor to sign the Impact Funding MOU with Lincoln, Sublette, Uinta, and Sweetwater County for the Blue Spruce Dry Helium Project; seconded by Councilmember Quinn and unanimously approved by council present.
Motion was made by Councilmember McConkie to authorize the Mayor to sign the Service Agreement with Hooton Tech, LLC for the Security Camera Installation at the airport as amended; seconded by Councilmember Ellis and unanimously approved by council present.
COMMENTS:
Councilmember Price, Councilmember Quinn, Councilmember McConkie, and Councilmember Batista made comments. Mayor Bowen made comments.
There being no further business before the council, Mayor Bowen adjourned the meeting; 6:50 p.m.
BY: ROBERT BOWEN, MAYOR
ATTEST: NATASIA DIERS
CITY CLERK-TREASURER
PUBLISHED: Oct. 23, 2025
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
WITHIN AND FOR LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )
OF DAVID BRUCE TREMELLING ) Probate No. also known as DAVID B. TREMELLING ) 2025-CV-0000095
also known as DAVID TREMELLING, )
Deceased. )
NOTICE OF PROBATE
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that on the 29th day of September, 2025, the estate of the above-named decedent was admitted to probate by the above-named Court, and that Glenn Tremelling, II was appointed Personal Representative thereof.
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the decedent or to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned at 409 Broadway Street, Suite A, Rock Springs, WY 82901.
Creditors having claims against the decedent, or the estate are required to file them, in duplicate, with the necessary vouchers, in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on or before three months after the date of the first publication of this notice, and if such claims are not so filed, unless otherwise allowed or paid, they will be forever barred.
DATED this 1st day of October, 2025.
GLENN TREMELLING, II
Personal Representative
PUBLISHED: Oct. 9, 16, 23, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Wyoming Public Service Commission (Commission) approved the Application of Questar Gas Company, d/b/a Enbridge Gas Wyoming (Enbridge or the Company) to pass on a wholesale commodity cost increase of $0.18976 per dekatherm (Dth), effective for usage on and after July 1, 2025.
The Company’s proposal results in an increase of $15.19 or 1.85% before taxes in the annual costs for a residential customer using 80 Dth per year.
Commission Rule Chapter 3, Section 26 allows a utility to pass on to its customers known or projected commodity cost increases or decreases on a dollar-for-dollar basis, subject to public notice, opportunity for hearing and refund.
Enbridge’s Application is available at the Commission or at: https://dms.wyo.gov/external/publicusers.aspx (Enter Record No. 17841).
Anyone desiring to file a statement, intervention petition, protest, or request for hearing must file with the Commission in writing, on or before November 3, 2025. A proposed intervention or request for hearing shall set forth the grounds, the position and interest of the petitioner in this proceeding.
If you wish to participate in this matter and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002. Communications impaired persons may contact the Commission by accessing Wyoming Relay at 711. Please mention Docket No. 30010-233-GP-25 in your communications.
Dated: October 8, 2025.
PUBLISHED: Oct. 16, 23, 2025
FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE
Default in the payment of principal and interest has occurred under the terms of a Promissory Note (the “Note”) dated August 16, 2024, executed and delivered by Alexander Latham Robrock and Jolie Elizabeth Nunn (“Mortgagors”) to Mortgage Research Center, LLC dba Veterans United Home Loans and a real estate Mortgage (the “Mortgage”) of the same date securing the Note, which Mortgage was executed and delivered by said Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Mortgage Research Center, LLC dba Veterans United Home Loans, its successors and assigns, and which Mortgage was recorded on August 21, 2024, at Reception No. 1036234, in Book 1116, at Page 741 in the public records in the office of the County Clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in and for Lincoln County, Wyoming.
The Mortgage was assigned for value as follows:
Assignee: Mortgage Research Center, LLC d/b/a Veterans United Home Loans, a Missouri Limited Liability Company
Assignment dated: April 22, 2025
Assignment recorded: April 22, 2025
Assignment recording information: at Reception No. 1039427, in Book 1133, at Page 131
All in the records of the County Clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in and for Lincoln County, Wyoming.
The Mortgage contains a power of sale which, by reason of said default, the Mortgagee declares to have become operative, and no suit or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof, nor has any such suit or proceeding been instituted and the same discontinued.
Written notice of intent to foreclose the Mortgage by advertisement and sale has been served upon the record owner and the party in possession of the mortgaged premises at least ten (10) days prior to the commencement of this publication, and the amount due upon the Mortgage as of October 10, 2025 being the total sum of $441,124.78, plus interest, costs expended, late charges, and attorney fees accruing thereafter through the date of sale.
The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale. Any prospective purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid.
If the foreclosure sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of his/her/its money paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagee, Mortgagor, Servicer, or their attorneys.
NOW, THEREFORE, Mortgage Research Center, LLC d/b/a Veterans United Home Loans, a Missouri Limited Liability Company, as Mortgagee, will have the Mortgage foreclosed by law by causing the mortgaged property to be sold at public venue by the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Lincoln County, Wyoming to the highest bidder for cash at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon on November 25, 2025 at the Lincoln County Courthouse located at 925 Sage Ave, Kemmerer, WY 83101, for application to the above-described amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mortgaged property being described as follows:
Lot 81, Star Valley Ranch Plat 5, according to the Plat thereof, recorded June 30, 1971, as Instrument No. 431709 (Plat No. 177), official records, Lincoln County, Wyoming.
With an address of 75 Scrub Oak Dr, Star Valley Ranch, WY 83127 (the undersigned disclaims liability for any error in the address).
Together with all improvements thereon situate and all fixtures and appurtenances thereto.
Mortgagee shall have the exclusive right to rescind the foreclosure sale during the redemption period. In the event that the sale is rescinded or vacated for any reason, the successful purchaser shall only be entitled to a refund of his/her/its purchase price and/or statutory interest.
Dated: September 29, 2025 Mortgage Research Center, LLC
d/b/a Veterans United Home Loans,
a Missouri Limited Liability Company
By: Brigham J. Lundberg
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
376 East 400 South, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-355-2886
HWM File # WY22101
PUBLISHED: Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
To:
Estate of David Carl Wager
c/o Julie Allred Wager
2564 W Farthingale Ln
Taylorsville UT 84129
Julie Allred Wager
2564 W Farthingale Ln
Taylorsville UT 84129
Julie Allred Wager
237 Rocky Road Circle,
Afton, WY 83110
Julie A. Wager
8487 McKenzie Lane
West Jordan UT 84088
Justin O. Burton
Scott T. Blotter
RULON T. BURTON & ASSOCIATES
448 E. Winchester St., Suite 175
Murray, Utah 84107
justin@rulontburton.com
scott@rulontburton.com
Lon A. Jenkins
Tami Gadd
OFFICE OF THE CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE
465 South 400 East, Suite 200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
utahtrusteemail@ch13ut.org
tgadd@ch13ut.org
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to WYO. STAT. §§ 34-4-101 through 34-4-113, that a certain Mortgage dated September 24, 2021, which was executed and delivered by David C. Wager and Julie A. Wager, Mortgagors, to Bank of Star Valley, will be foreclosed by a sale to the highest bidder at a public auction of the premises described pursuant to a power of sale contained in the Mortgage. If you wish to contest said sale, then you must challenge said sale by filing a lawsuit in a court of competent jurisdiction.
The Mortgage was filed for record on September 29th, 2021 as Document No. 1020561 in Book 1037 at Page 865, in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, Lincoln County, State of Wyoming. The premises that are described in the Mortgage are as follows:
LOT 19 OF THE TWIN CLIFFS 4TH ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF AFTON, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING AS DESCRIBED ON THE OFFICIAL PLAT FILED ON AUGUST 9, 2006 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 921094 OF THE RECORDS OF THE LINCOLN COUNTY CLERK
The above sale will be conducted by the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s deputy at the front door of the Lincoln County Courthouse in Kemmerer, Wyoming, at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025.
In the event that either a representative of the Mortgagee or a representative of Wyoming Title and Escrow is not present at the sale, the sale will be postponed until a later date.
David C. Wager and Julie A. Wager defaulted on the terms of the Note and Mortgage, and as of the date of this Notice, the undersigned claims an outstanding balance on the above-described mortgage of $600,673.02. Interest continues to accrue on the unpaid balance at the rate of $77.95 per day on such mortgage. In addition, the Bank of Star Valley holds a second mortgage on the same premises and property, and the undersigned claims an outstanding balance on such second mortgage of $30.690.45, and interest continues to accrue at the rate of $6.98 per day. The total unpaid amount on both mortgages as of the date of this Notice is $631,363.48.
The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale and any prospective purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid.
DATED: October 7, 2025
BANK OF STAR VALLEY, Mortgagee
BY: /s/ DALE W. COTTAM
OF BAILEY | STOCK | HARMON | COTTAM | LOPEZ LLP
Attorneys for Mortgagee
80 E 1st Ave | P.O. Box 850
Afton, WY 83110
(307) 459-1120
PUBLISHED: October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025
