Clearmont Town Council renews Liquour License, discusses minor crimes

The Clearmont Town Council met Tuesday night with a small agenda, and all members present expect John Kiser. Guests included Deputy Kody Lamb of the Sheridan County Sheriff’s office. Lamb said that someone from the Sheriff’s office comes down to attend the town meetings occasionally in case anything has come up that they might need to address. Councilwoman Jennifer Betz voiced her concerns about vandalism in Branding Iron Park by some juvenile males. She said there has also been incidents of the same juveniles, about 13 years old, “Urinating in the jail and exposing themselves to young girls in the park.”

She asked the deputy how they could best police the town property, with the Sheriff being 40 minutes away. Lamb suggest that they should call and report it as soon after the fact as possible, “If we don’t know what’s happening, we can’t help,” he said. “We need to know the details so we can keep a list of whats happening and see if it is happening continually.” He added that “Intentional damage is a crime, as is exposing themselves. It also shows a lack of manners. We are not opposed to responding to calls out here.”

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Councilman Ronnie Poppenga mentioned putting up cameras to see who was doing the vandalism. After the meeting Betz accompanied Lamb down the old town hall in Branding Iron Park, where the vandalism, some broken windows, had occurred.

Amy Vineyard reported that no one had yet applied for the part-time position for town maintenance, the council discussed that Kiser would have to prioritize his summer work to the care of mainly the parks and the streets, “Some projects might not get done,” Mayor Greg Rohrer said. Poppenga asked if he could volunteer some to help throughout the summer, and it was agreed that he could volunteer to help out if necessary.

Rohrer reported that the water leak has been fixed, so the water will no longer be wasted.

Town Clerk Vineyard reported that the full audit was taking too much time, and that much of what is needed for a full audit is difficult, almost impossible to find. The council agreed to do a review audit to satisfy the state, but Vineyard will keep working on finding the information needed for a full audit.

The council discussed planting flowers for the summer, Rohrer said that the Woman’s Club has agreed to plant the flowers, if the town purchases them. Poppenga asked if they could buy them from Walmart or Home Depot instead of Lannen’s to help keep costs down. It was agreed to let Kiser go ahead and purchase flowers for the town.

The council moved to not replace the pole that had been broken off last summer by a truck backing into it, the only purpose the pole served was to hold Christmas lights, and council decided it was not work replacing it.

The council posted a notice in the post office lobby about the use of recycle bins in Clearmont, “There has been some misuse of our bids recently, if we put the wrong items in the wrong bin we won’t be able to continue with the recycling project in Clearmont. Please put all cardboard in the bids by the Clear Creek Stop.”

The Clearmont Town Council, in an earlier meeting, voted to approve the Clear Creek Stop liquor license.