Comprehensive Climate Action Plan

At a glance

What: Resolution adopting a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) under the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant awarded to the City (resolution #6561).
Where it stands: Passed on 2026-09-28, 7-2, but amended so that Council only "acknowledges receipt" of the plan, and so the plan "may" rather than "shall" serve as a policy guide.

Introduced 2026-09-14 on the consent agenda, sponsored by Aldrich, and referred to the Public Services Committee.
2026-09-28 (taken up after the 10:13 p.m. recess): Aldrich moved to adopt, seconded by Wolfe.
Amendment 1, Aldrich, seconded by Segrave: replace "adopt" with "acknowledge receipt". Carried 5-4. Yes: Aldrich, Moody, Segrave, White, Wolfe. No: Emmons, Esquibel, Laybourn, Rinne.
Amendment 2, Aldrich, seconded by Moody: replace "shall" with "may" in the "Be it further resolved" paragraph on the CCAP serving as a policy guide. Carried 7-2 (Emmons and Laybourn no).
Main motion as twice amended carried 7-2 (Emmons and Moody no).
Public comment: Tom Herrod (Lotus Engineering & Sustainability), Ben Rayl, Alan Sheld and Charles Miller. During Miller's comments Segrave raised a point of order that they were off topic, and Mayor Collins ruled they were not germane. All Council members except Esquibel commented.

City Council minutes, September 28, 2026: https://www.cheyennecity.org/Your-Government/City-Council/Minutes-and-Agendas
City Council minutes, September 14, 2026 (same index)

Amended twice and passed 7-2.

Introduced and referred to the Public Services Committee.