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2026-04-27 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (approved on the May 11 consent agenda). No video or transcript is available.

  • Convened 6:00 p.m., adjourned 10:06 p.m. Mayor Collins and all nine council members present (Rinne arrived at 6:02 by Zoom). Kylie Soden, City Clerk. Recess reconvened 8:55 p.m.
  • Consent agenda approved unanimously after Laybourn had items 15, 29(a) and 29(d) removed (each with two other members supporting).
  • Postponed again: the wastewater local discharge limits ordinance, amended by a substitute dated April 7 and postponed to May 11, 9-0.
  • Ordinances adopted on third reading: Downtown Development District expansion (4668, 9-0) and the Reed Avenue Corridor appropriation (4669, Moody no, no vote recorded for Rinne).
  • The Roundtop Road and Happy Jack Road annexation, AG and P zoning, and BP rezoning were each amended by a substitute dated April 15 and referred to the Public Services Committee to report September 14, after about 40 public speakers.
  • Resolution putting the 1% Specific Purpose Sales and Use Tax on the August 18, 2026 ballot adopted 9-0 (6523).
  • Resolution amending health insurance benefits for part-time employees and Council members failed 2-7.
  • Downtown Development Authority fiscal year 2026 budget increase approved 6-3.
  • Purchase of four parcels for greenway and compliance use approved at up to 650,000 dollars, 9-0.
  • Federal Transit Administration Section 5339 grant of 4,143,600 dollars approved 9-0; fire apparatus bid modification approved with 44,035.06 dollars saved.
  • Mayoral board appointments approved 9-0 (Mayor Collins did not vote).

Zoning, annexation and land use

Happy Jack Road Annexation Package

  • Second reading of the annexation of land west of Roundtop Road adjacent to Happy Jack Road, with no Public Services Committee recommendation: Emmons moved approval, seconded by Segrave, then moved a substitute dated April 15, 2026 (seconded by Segrave); carried 9-0. Segrave moved to refer to the Public Services Committee to report June 8; Aldrich amended the date to the September 14 meeting (seconded by Emmons); the amendment and the postponement as amended each carried 9-0.
  • Second reading of the AG Agricultural and P Public zoning for the annexed land: Emmons moved approval, seconded by Segrave, then the April 15 substitute (carried 9-0). Segrave moved to refer to the committee to report September 14, seconded by Aldrich; carried with Rinne voting no.
  • Second reading of the rezoning from AG to BP Business Park: Emmons moved approval, seconded by Aldrich; Segrave moved to refer to the committee to report September 14, seconded by Aldrich; carried with Rinne voting no. Charles Miller, Jim Chiro and Chris Colson spoke; Mayor Collins and Rinne commented.
  • Speakers on the annexation included Cindy DeLancey (Holland and Hart), Tom Glissmeyer (ViaWest Group), Gay Woodhouse (for Cox Ranch LLC), Heather Madrid, Conner Nicklas (Falen Law Offices, for a landowner), Brad Emmons (AVI, agent for the applicant), Richard Lyle, Alex Bowler (Cheyenne Area Landowners Coalition), Jack O'Neill (Skybox), Mark Eisele (King Ranch), Michael White, Brian Pixley, Janet Tolman, Miller and about two dozen others. Aldrich and Jeff White raised points of order that Miller's comments were off subject and Mayor Collins responded that they were not germane. Aldrich, Mayor Collins, Emmons, Esquibel, Moody, Segrave and Wolfe commented. The minutes do not record speakers' positions.
  • The related land use resolution (Urban Transition Residential to Mixed-Use Employment, plus the Urban Service Boundary) was introduced on consent and referred to the Public Services Committee (sponsor Emmons).

Southwest Drive Light Industrial Rezoning

  • Second reading of the rezoning south of I-80 and east of Southwest Drive to LI: Emmons moved approval, seconded by Wolfe; carried 9-0. Resolutions 6527 (overruling the Planning Commission's disapproval) and 6528 (amending the Future Land Use Map to Mixed-Use Employment) passed on consent.

Sweetgrass PUD Modification

  • Second reading, no committee recommendation: Emmons moved approval, seconded by Segrave; carried 9-0. Casey Palma and Miller spoke; Aldrich, Mayor Collins and Moody commented.

Downtown Development District Expansion

  • Third and final reading (4668): Emmons moved approval, seconded by White; carried 9-0.

Oversized Vehicle Enforcement

  • First reading, referred to the Public Services Committee (sponsor Emmons).

Wastewater Local Discharge Limits

  • Third reading, reporting for the Public Services Committee: Emmons moved approval, seconded by Aldrich; Emmons moved to amend by a substitute dated April 7 (carried 9-0) and to postpone to May 11 (carried 9-0).

Budget, taxes and benefits

Reed Avenue Rail Crossing Elimination

  • Reed Avenue Corridor appropriation, third reading (4669): Esquibel moved approval, seconded by White; carried with Moody voting no; a Clerk's note says technical issues prevented recording Rinne's vote. Jim Walter (Visit Cheyenne) spoke.
  • Purchase and sale agreement for four parcels on West 16th Street and Reed Avenue (NAS Investment Group, LLC), 2021 Specific Purpose Option Tax Fund and General Fund: Esquibel moved approval at up to 650,000 dollars, seconded by White; carried 9-0 (8340). Miller, Alan Sheldon and Chiro spoke; multiple points of order were raised on Miller's comments.
  • The BNSF Railway contract for the project was referred to the Finance Committee on consent.

Specific Purpose Sales Tax Election Proposition

  • Resolution 6523: Esquibel moved to adopt, seconded by White; carried 9-0 for the August 18, 2026 election. Laybourn and Moody commented.

Downtown Development Authority Budget

  • Fiscal year 2026 budget increase (6526): Esquibel moved to adopt, seconded by White; carried with Aldrich, Laybourn and Moody voting no (6-3). Sheldon and Miller spoke. The fiscal year 2027 budget was referred to the Finance Committee on consent.

Council Health Insurance Benefits

  • Resolution amending health insurance benefits: Esquibel advised there was no Finance Committee recommendation and moved to adopt (seconded by Moody). Segrave called for the question (seconded by Emmons; carried 9-0). The main motion failed 2-7, with only Aldrich and Moody voting yes. Sheldon spoke.

Contracts, grants and bids

Cheyenne Transit Facility Renovation

  • FTA Section 5339 grant agreement (8343): Esquibel moved approval at 4,143,600 dollars, seconded by Moody; carried 9-0; Laybourn commented. On consent: Section 5307 grant up to 3,291,390 dollars (8344) and SPARE Labs modification up to 78,000 dollars (8259). Title VI Program, the state grant support resolution and the construction bid were referred to the Finance Committee.

Fire Apparatus Bid Modification

  • Modification to Bid E-4-25: Esquibel moved approval with a savings of 44,035.06 dollars, seconded by Segrave; carried 9-0. Aldrich and Mayor Collins commented.

Storey Boulevard Extension Construction Bid

  • Final plats for Bison Apartments (6524), ONeil Edge (6525) and Dry Creek Vista (6529); a drainage easement agreement for a stormwater detention pond (8341); WM Recycle America recycling services for the Sanitation Division, up to 750,000 dollars over 3 years (8342); Trihydro landfill mapping modification up to 49,008 dollars (7955); bids for refuse carts (Rehrig Pacific, up to 204,884 dollars), dumpsters (Kois Bros Equipment, up to 88,472 dollars) and asphalt (Simon Contractors up to 495,750 dollars and Knife River up to 37,500 dollars, total 533,250 dollars); Botanic Gardens E.A.T. Garden construction up to 854,891.21 dollars (Richardson Construction, 8345); and a mobile video trailer from Musco Sports Lighting up to 161,826 dollars.
  • Introduced on consent and referred: fiscal year 2026 budget re-appropriation, the 2021 one percent excess funds resolution, the Title VI Program and the state grant resolution, and the Downtown Development Authority 2027 budget.

Appointments and other business

  • Appointed: Jason Powell, Brian Fenimore and Paul Pomeroy to the Fire Code Board of Appeals; Justin Tripp to the Planning Commission; Cindy Orellana to the Housing and Community Development Advisory Council; Josephine Carlson to the Historic Preservation Board. Moved by Aldrich, seconded by White; carried 9-0, Mayor Collins not voting.
  • Public hearing announced for May 11 on the Jagerhund Brewing Microbrewery Permit.
  • Other business public comment: Chiro, Sheldon and Miller. Mayor Collins ruled Miller out of order, saying his remarks were not accurate in relation to previous agenda items. Aldrich, Mayor Collins, Emmons, Rinne, Segrave, White and Wolfe commented. No comments on the Voucher or Revenue reports.

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