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2026-05-26 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (approved on the June 8 consent agenda). No video or transcript is available.

  • Marathon regular session: convened 6:00 p.m., adjourned 12:38 a.m. All nine members and Mayor Collins present; Aldrich attended by Zoom and Rinne arrived at 6:01 p.m. Kylie Soden, City Clerk. Recesses reconvened at 8:50 p.m. and 12:01 a.m.
  • The 2025-2026 Mayor's Youth Council was thanked and the State of the Youth Address was given.
  • Consent agenda approved unanimously after Laybourn had items 19 and 28(a) removed for separate consideration (supported by Aldrich and White, and by Aldrich and Wolfe, respectively).
  • A 12-month moratorium on data centers failed on second reading, 1-8, with Moody the only yes vote, after more than 90 public speakers over a recess (ordinance with no committee recommendation).
  • Oversized vehicle enforcement ordinance adopted on third reading, 6-3 (Laybourn, Moody and Segrave no), as amended by a substitute; an amendment by Aldrich failed 1-8 (ordinance 4672).
  • Wastewater local discharge limits postponed to June 8, 9-0.
  • Second readings: fiscal year 2027 appropriation ordinance passed 9-0 after an amendment adding $80,875.00 for a Community Service Officer; water and sewer rates 8-1; solid waste fee schedule 8-1 as amended; Business Park zoning for the Cheyenne Business Park and Campstool Business Park 8-1; HR Ranch Road and Judy Lee Drive rezoning 9-0.
  • Cheyenne Regional Airport Board budget for fiscal year 2027 approved 9-0 (resolution 6535).
  • Professional services agreement with Sunrise Engineering, LLC for the Yellowstone Road and Dell Range Boulevard project approved at up to $384,100.00, 9-0 (8357).
  • Emmons elected City Council Vice President for the remainder of 2026 to fill a vacancy, 7-2 (Aldrich and Moody no; Mayor Collins did not vote).
  • First readings, referred to committee: police officers' employment terms, the carports ordinance, the gaming center and Regional Entertainment Overlay District text, and the National Electrical Code update.

Data centers

Data Center Moratorium

  • Ordinance imposing a temporary twelve-month moratorium on establishing, building or converting any building for use as a data center, including a change of use. Emmons advised there was no recommendation from the Public Services Committee and moved approval on second reading, seconded by Moody. Failed 1-8; only Moody voted yes.
  • More than 90 people spoke across two public comment periods split by a recess (reconvened 8:50 p.m.). Speakers included representatives of labor and business groups (the Wyoming State AFL-CIO, Local 415, Local 192, the Wyoming Business Alliance), Cheyenne LEADS (including Betsey Hale), Microsoft, Related Digital and Black Hills Energy, the Cheyenne Area Land Owner's Coalition (Alex Bowler), and residents including Jim Chiro, Heather Madrid, Katherine McAdams, Richard Lyle and Charles Miller. The minutes do not record positions. Multiple points of order were raised during Miller's comments that they were off subject and Mayor Collins responded that they were not germane.
  • Aldrich, Mayor Collins, Emmons, Esquibel, Laybourn, Moody, Rinne, Segrave, White and Wolfe all commented. The meeting recessed again and reconvened at 12:01 a.m. for the remaining first readings.

Budget, fees and rates

Fiscal Year 2027 City Budget Appropriation

  • Appropriation ordinance, second reading, reporting for the Committee of the Whole: Segrave moved approval, seconded by White. Segrave moved to amend the Police Administration Division by $80,875.00 to hire an additional Community Service Officer, decreasing the City Council Division General Discretionary Fund by the same amount (seconded by Moody); carried 9-0. Main motion as amended carried 9-0. Alan Sheldon spoke; Mayor Collins and Wolfe commented.
  • Summary of the proposed budget including the amendment: General Fund $82,765,026; Transit $7,652,188; One Percent Sales Tax $14,895,668; Solid Waste Management $22,728,525; Self-Insurance $12,735,675; Total City $162,471,629; Water Enterprise $52,662,400; Sewer Enterprise $17,820,300; Total Appropriation $232,954,329.
  • Resolution 6535 approving the Cheyenne Regional Airport Board budget for fiscal year 2027: Esquibel moved, seconded by Moody; carried 9-0. Jim Chiro, Miller and Doug Bullock (Director of Aviation) spoke; Aldrich, Mayor Collins, Laybourn, Rinne and Segrave commented. Consent resolutions 6536 and 6537 supported the Airport Board's Federal Aviation Administration applications for the General Aviation Apron and Taxiway A1 reconstruction.

Water Sewer Rate Revision

  • Second reading of the revised water and sewer rates, fees, charges and penalties recommended by the Board of Public Utilities: Esquibel moved, seconded by White; carried 8-1 (Moody no). Speakers: Alan Sheldon, Shawn Stewart, Miller and Anna Blessing. Aldrich, Mayor Collins, Esquibel, Segrave and White commented.

Solid Waste Fee Schedule Update

  • Second reading: Esquibel moved, seconded by White, then moved to amend by a substitute dated May 14, 2026 (seconded by White); carried 9-0. Main motion as amended carried 8-1 (Moody no). A speaker given only as Dusty spoke; Mayor Collins and Esquibel commented.

Wastewater Local Discharge Limits

  • Third reading, reporting for the Public Services Committee: Emmons moved approval, seconded by Segrave, then moved to postpone to June 8, 2026 (seconded by Segrave); postponement carried 9-0.

Vehicles, zoning and codes

Oversized Vehicle Enforcement

  • Third reading, reporting for the Finance Committee: Esquibel moved approval, seconded by White. Esquibel moved to amend by a substitute dated May 19, 2026, seconded by White; carried 9-0. Aldrich moved to amend Section 10.04.020, item 7, by removing size requirements so that all recreational vehicles are covered (seconded by White); failed, with only Aldrich voting yes. The main motion as amended carried 6-3 (Laybourn, Moody and Segrave no).
  • Speakers: Corey Sutton and Steve Manning (I-25 RV Storage), Jim Chiro and Kathy Scigliano. During Manning's comments a point of order was raised that comments should go through the Chair. Aldrich, Mayor Collins, Moody, White and Wolfe commented.

Cheyenne Business Park Campstool Business Park Rezoning

  • Second reading of the rezoning of land in the Cheyenne Business Park and Campstool Business Park along I-80 from LI, HI and CB to BP: Emmons moved, seconded by Segrave; carried 8-1 (Moody no). About 22 people spoke, including Madrid, Miller, Michael Larson, Daunte Rushton and Betsey Hale (Cheyenne LEADS), and Katherine McAdams. Segrave and White raised points of order during Larson's comments and Mayor Collins responded that they were not germane. Aldrich, Mayor Collins, Emmons, Esquibel, Moody, Rinne and Segrave commented.
  • Second reading of the HR Ranch Road and Judy Lee Drive rezoning from JL Ranch PUD to NR-2 Neighborhood Residential, Medium Density: Emmons moved, seconded by Segrave; carried 9-0. Brandon Swain and Miller spoke; Moody and White raised points of order on Miller's comments.

Police Sworn Officer Employment Terms

  • First reading of the police officers' terms of employment ordinance for July 2026 through fiscal year 2027, referred to the Finance Committee (sponsor Rinne).

Carport Standards in the Unified Development Code

  • First reading of the carports ordinance (Sections 1.4.3 and 5.8.8, new Section 5.8.9), referred to the Public Services Committee (sponsor Moody).

Regional Entertainment Overlay Gaming Standards

  • First reading of the Regional Entertainment (RE) Overlay District and Gaming Center Development Standards ordinance, referred to the Public Services Committee (sponsors Aldrich, Moody, Rinne, Segrave and White). The National Electrical Code update (Chapter 15.20) was also introduced, sponsored by Emmons.

Land, contracts and other business

  • Final plats for Polo Properties (6538), Darnell Homesite 2nd Filing (6539) and Harmony Valley 23rd Filing (6540); a vibratory roller purchase from Basic Equipment up to $99,985.00; truck bids from Fremont Motor Company (up to $78,819.00, $126,662.00, $182,998.00 and $47,031.00); a wildland fire apparatus from HME Ahrens-Fox up to $343,854.00 (State Loan and Investment Board mineral royalty grant); a microbrewery permit for Jagerhund Brewing, LLC; and the May 11 minutes.
  • Introduced and referred: the Board of Public Utilities uncollectible debts resolution (Finance Committee, sponsor Esquibel); Belvoir Ranch Site Access Agreements (Public Services Committee, sponsor Segrave); Affordable Housing Donation Acceptance (Finance Committee, sponsor Segrave); and, to the Finance Committee, the real estate purchase from KT Land Holdings LLC for 8.37 acres, the AVI feasibility study, the three city employee insurance renewals, the HDR Engineering modification and the Knife River Safe Routes to School bid.

Other items

  • Professional services agreement with Sunrise Engineering, LLC for Yellowstone Road and Dell Range Boulevard rehabilitation and traffic improvements (2015-2018 Optional 1% Sales Tax Fund): Esquibel moved approval at up to $384,100.00, seconded by White; carried 9-0 (8357). Miller spoke; Emmons, Laybourn and Moody commented.
  • Urban Renewal Authority 2025 Annual Report: Segrave moved to acknowledge receipt, seconded by White; carried 9-0. Aldrich commented.
  • Segrave moved to elect Emmons City Council Vice President due to a vacancy for the remainder of 2026, seconded by Rinne; carried 7-2 (Aldrich and Moody no; Mayor Collins did not vote). Aldrich and Moody commented.
  • Announced for June 8, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.: public hearings on the fiscal year 2027 City and Board of Public Utilities budgets and on annexation conditions for the Charles Street, Clear Creek Parkway and South Greeley Highway land; a Committee of the Whole meeting was set for June 2.
  • Other business public comment: Jim Chiro and Miller. Aldrich, Emmons and Wolfe commented. No comments on the Voucher or Revenue reports.

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