Good evening, everyone.

Sorry, we're running a few minutes behind.

Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone to please silence your cell phones and council meetings are live streamed on the city's YouTube channel.

I now call the April 21st, 2026 regular council meeting to order.

All counselors are present.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Please read the consent minute approval titles.

Approving the minutes of the April 7th, 2026 regular council meeting and the April 7th, 2026 executive session.

The chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent minute action agenda items just read.

Moved by Councillor Bond, seconded by Counselor McIntosh.

Any abstentions.

Please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all counselors voting aye, the motion passes.

So moved.

Move by Councillor Pollock, seconded by Councillor Haskins.

Any abstentions?

Please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all counselors voting aye, the motion passes.

Tonight we would like to welcome Shelley McAlpin, Michelle Reynolds, CC Wright, Ty Pierce, Megan Jensen, and Megan Jensen from the CERV, Wyoming to the meeting tonight.

Everybody's here from CERN, Wyoming.

There they are.

Sorry, I didn't see you guys over there.

Not sure if they're all here.

Please come forward and if you'd have a few words to talk about National Service Recognition Day before I read a proclamation.

Hi Shelley.

Hi, how are you guys?

Good, good.

Thanks for having us again.

Thanks for recognizing National Service again.

We appreciate you.

These are some of the people that you identified today, along with my daughter wearing her hockey shirt.

Thank you guys for that as well.

I think there might have been a few details missing in this year's sample proclamation that I thought I'd share.

We are close to 5.5 million Wyoming knights who have served either as AmeriCorps or AmeriCorps seniors throughout our state, doing all kinds of work related to critical need.

So after school programming, mental health care has been a big one this year.

Pretty excited about that one.

Still land stewardship.

Lots of lots of different things.

Fire mitigation we're preparing for, uh, which I know we all have some concern about.

So thank you for always honoring their work.

Uh we've given out close to 8.9 million in scholarships for their work as well, which is pretty exciting.

That can be used at the university, certificate programs, and so on.

But always appreciate the acknowledgement and the work that they do for our state.

Thank you.

Just want to come on up back here now.

Absolutely.

Read the proclamation for you.

No, I think I'm okay for this one.

Yeah.

Never mind.

I'm in denial about the readers.

Yeah.

Okay, um, whereas service to others is a hallmark of the American character and central to how we meet our challenges.

And whereas the nation's cities are increasingly turning to national service and volunteerism as a cost-effective strategy to meet their needs.

And whereas AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps senior participants address the most pressing challenges for facing our communities, from educating students for the jobs of the 21st century to fighting the opiate epidemic to responding to natural disasters to supporting veterans and military families.

And whereas National Service Service expands economic opportunity by creating more sustainable, resilient communities and providing education, career skills, and leadership abilities for those who serve.

Whereas National Service represents a unique public-private partnership that invests in community solutions and average and leverages non-federal resources to strengthen community impact and increase the return on taxpayer dollars.

And whereas the AmeriCorps shares a priority with local leaders nationwide to engage citizens, improve lives, and strengthen communities, and is joining with the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, Cities of Service, and local leaders across the country.

Now, therefore, I, Ray Pacheco, mayor of the City of Casper, do hereby proclaim April 21st, 2026 as National Service Recognition Day, and I encourage all residents to recognize the positive impact of national service on our community and to thank those who serve and to find ways to back their communities.

Congratulations.

And Shelley, you've been an amazing director.

And I know you have staff and volunteers that are fantastic.

So thank you for your continued work.

At this time, I'd like to welcome Bill, welcome Bill DeGrave to the meeting tonight.

If you'd want to come forward, Bill and say a few words recognizing the City of Casper volunteers before I read a proclamation.

Mr.

Mayor, thank you very much.

I think you see with me some fellow ski patrollers.

I think you'll recognize many of these faces, and I'm proud to have them around me.

Ski Patrol is 49 volunteer members.

We do what we do because we really enjoy it.

We enjoy serving the community, we enjoy being on the hill, and we just just love being together in the camaraderie that it brings as well.

Our experience varies from folks who are prior emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, current medically trained personnel, and some folks like me who just trained up in the ski patrol system.

Our experience ranges from one year on patrol to 50 plus years of serving on Casper Mountain Ski Patrol.

Pretty impressive.

Wellness and camaraderie are critical pieces of our patrol unity, and the city supports us with all of those measures through some programs offered by the city.

And we really appreciate the recognition, but more importantly, we appreciate the support that you've shown Casper Mountain Ski Patrol with the facility, a little bit of funding, but more importantly, your support for a new Hogan, more sustainable for not just our generation, but generations to come.

Regrettably and sadly, this may be the last time that you hear from me in this capacity, because I'll step down in May, but Stacy Baker will step up into my position.

You'll like her a whole lot more than me.

You're gonna really enjoy her.

But you'll see all of us in here any time that we can to support ski patrol and the activities.

So thank you very much.

Thank you.

You guys want to come up back here?

Yeah, whereas volunteers are a vital part of a strong, engaged and compassionate community, freely giving their time, expertise, and energy to improve the quality of life for all those who live and work in the city of Casper.

And whereas volunteer service strengthens local government by promoting civil civic engagement, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that a diverse community, the diverse community voices contribute to informed decision making, and whereas the city of Casper relies on the dedication of volunteers to support essential city initiatives, advisory boards, commissions, programs, and services that enhance transparency, accessibility, public safety, planning, recreation, culture, and overall community well being.

And whereas more than 200 volunteers generously serve the city of Casper through boards, committees, advisory groups, and partner organizations, providing invaluable insight and oversight advocacy and hands-on support.

Whereas the volunteers exemplify the spirit of service and civic pride, contributing their talents and member and leadership to help ensure a vibrant, inclusive, and resilient community for current and future generations.

Now, therefore, I, Ray Pacheco, mayor of the city of Casper, do hereby proclaim the week of April 19th through the 25th, 2026 as volunteer recognition week, and encourage all our citizens to recognize, thank, and celebrate the dedicated volunteers who make a meaningful difference to their service to the city of Casper and our community.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you for all you guys do.

Thank you.

Thank you, gentlemen, for all your work that you do and the work up on the mountain.

Um recognize former mayor Steve Cathy.

Um thanks for being here, Mayor.

Now is the time that we invite anyone in the audience who wishes to speak with the council to come forward.

Uh, this is the portion of the meeting where we dedicate the um to the public to allow them time to discuss matters of public interest and to voice any concerns.

We do ask, please state your name, direct all questions and comments to the mayor.

No personal obscenities or threats will be tolerated.

Council will not respond to any personnel matters, those will be referred to our city manager.

Counselors may ask clarifying questions, but if they choose to respond to matters, they will do so during the schedule council response time following communications with persons present.

Presenting presentations are limited to five minutes, and no time extensions will be permitted.

Please note if you're here for a public hearing and or ordinances, um, we have our own separate comment periods for that.

Good evening, mayor, council.

Uh last week I participated in one of the uh police community events uh job, uh very interesting, very informative.

Uh, in our little group, we talked about uh traffic issues, and it reminded me what I'm seeing more and more lightly are uh I guess they're called scooters, they're mechanical scooters, and um in our conversation, uh realize that they they're not licensed, they're not trained, maybe.

Uh, my concern isn't that they're scooters, my concern is for their safety.

Um I I saw one going on uh second street, which is at rush hour, and people drive really fast on 2nd Street, and uh that scooter was passed.

So I'm not a big one on a lot of new laws, but maybe suggestion for council to consider reasonable common sense regulation.

Um I'm especially concerned about small children.

I see them in my neighborhood on these.

They're they look like a lot of fun, but you know, if they fall or hit a car or a truck hits them, it's it's really gonna be a tragedy.

The other thing is this morning I happen to be out on Robertson Road, so I checked out the new bridge.

Good job.

It's really nice.

Whoever was involved in that project, um, they should be congratulated.

It's beautiful out there.

So thank you.

Um, and I'll probably try to run from town out there and back, but uh might need some help.

So thank you.

Any questions?

Any questions for Mr.

Shriffman?

Okay, great.

Thank you, Mr.

Shriffman.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor, Council.

My name is Larry Seams, I'm with uh American Legion.

And uh a couple of months ago, I came and proposed extending uh second street bus route to at six.

And I hadn't heard anything more about that.

I was just wondering if that was a go or if it was next or what happened to it.

You know, I'm not aware, we might have been through transition with our new city manager.

I'm wondering if we can get um some information on being able to follow up with that.

Um, and we what we can do is if you can give your information to our chief of staff right over here, FLER, she can get your information to our city manager, and we can do a follow-up.

Sure.

Um, because I can't remember exactly the whole conversation.

And you're right, I don't think we did get back to you on that.

Um but if that's something you'd be okay with, um, our city manager and the city manager's office.

I was just coming near to support Sean, and I said, Well, as long as I'm here, I'm gonna ask what happened to Segat Street.

Perfect use of public comment.

All right, thank you.

Yeah, if you just want to give any information to our city um or to our chief of staff, that would be great.

My name's Kristen Alder.

I um live about five houses from the new pedestrian bridge.

And like he was saying, it's beautiful, and a lot of people are using it.

People walking their dogs, um, uh, you know, pushing their kids in strollers, bicycles, um, all of that stuff.

But what's lacking is a um crosswalk that people can use.

There is a crosswalk that's about a few streets down, but it's in the wrong direction.

Um, I don't know if you all have been down that way, but um going south.

Um the pedestrian walk does end um on one side of the street, and going north, it does end going um on one side of the street.

And so um I did I have called the city five times, trying to get a hold of someone in order to see who if I need to fill out paperwork to petition for it or who I can talk to, and I was kind of shuffled around.

So, do you have any ideas who I can talk to or who would be in charge of that or how to proceed to get a product or uh a crosswalk so nobody gets in?

What direction would you give on that?

Um thank you, Mayor.

Um, I would suggest the same thing.

Let's get contact information and we will reach out tomorrow and uh make sure that we counsel you on how to go about that.

Okay, thank you.

Great.

If you just want to give that to Floor, that'd be great.

Yeah, oh yeah, go ahead.

So I'm curious, is that on the Robertson Road side or the Paradise Valley side?

Okay.

Okay.

Sorry, I didn't open that up for questions.

My I'm sorry, I apologize.

Anyone else have any questions for our speaker?

Yeah, go ahead.

I don't know if you want to come back up to the microphone.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'm actually sorry.

I don't have a question, but I swear I remember getting an email or a Facebook message or something from you.

So to three of you guys, if you can respond.

Well, I apologize for being part of that lack of uh response, but um I I uh I thought it was a component of our Robertson Road quarter study that we recently did.

I thought that was one of the recommendations or something.

I remember talking about it.

So I was trying to dredge up the context.

I procrastinated.

I apologize, but I'm glad you came to the meeting to get some uh feedback.

Thank you.

Others.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor, councils.

Uh my name's Sean Moore.

I'm a veteran and college student.

Well, I'm here uh regarding uh the uh uh the United States and Wyoming and City Council uh I mean the city of Casper flag.

Just uh right outside uh the American flag's been replaced.

Uh I I've been by other city areas such as the courthouse.

Uh and I was uh uh I I don't know what I'm doing.

Uh so I I sent an email to the city manager.

Uh yeah, uh I just haven't heard anything back.

Uh that was like on the 14th, I want to say.

And uh I I've uh since uh talked to some uh veteran groups I can get flags donated.

Uh uh I'm just more here for like permission because I think it'd be a good idea uh getting like Rotsi maybe involved uh to help with the 250th of uh priding our uh communities and uh being an American and teaching uh the just some of the little basic ethos that just take less than a minute out of our busy days.

Thank you.

Thank you.

One second.

See if we may have any questions.

Yep, go ahead, Vice Mayor.

Thank you, Mayor.

And thanks, John, for uh coming in your public comments and for your offer to assist us in that regard.

I'm certainly looking forward to exploring opportunities to do that.

I uh was aware of that community chatter last week, and uh so uh when I looked it, it does look like that flag is brand new.

Uh, do we have you to thank for that or um did we do that?

Did you help us out in that case?

Oh, yeah, uh I it in that part I didn't.

Uh I I just came by because I seen pictures of it uh twisted, and I thought it was a good time to also uh just come in and uh share that even just uh even our city flag is looking bad uh that it's hard to preach uh taking pride in our community when uh just uh something so little uh takes just a little bit of time.

Any other questions?

Thank you, Sean.

Thank you for your comments.

Sean can you allow actually can we have we'll have her come and then you can come again, okay?

Or you can come on up and share in a second.

Go ahead.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Amber Curstenson with the Casper Celtic Irish Festival.

I wanted to give you guys an update.

We are on for the 28th and 29th of August at the Ramcoda.

We have all of our bands booked.

We have as well as the Michael Patrick School of Irish Dance is returning.

We have Davy Holden returning to do history.

He's gonna do three history talks.

Two of them will be on um rebel songs, history through the eyes of rebel songs, and one of our singers, um, Keith O'Brien, he will be joining Davy for the first part of those classes to sing the songs.

Some of them might even be in the his native Gaelic language.

We also have his third class will be with former governor Mike Sullivan.

Um he is after his term as governor, he was the US ambassador to Ireland, and he was there during the signing of the peace accords, the Good Friday Agreement, and they will be discussing Ireland during that era.

We will also have our local uh Celtic artist, Wes Connell.

He will be talking in our seminar room.

We'll have three rooms this time music, seminar, and hands-on learning, and in our seminar room with Davy Holden, we'll also be West Connell talking about the history of Celtic art, as well as on the lash and Steel City Rovers tour of our bands will be doing a topic of Celtic music to be determined.

In our hands on learning, um, we will have a Cayley dance taught by the Irish dancers, as well as uh Wes Connell will demonstrate Celtic knot artwork, and then the people will have an opportunity to create their own.

We're working on possibly a um ancient weapons demonstration that's still in the up in the air.

The other thing we're working on is a very what I feel is a very good opportunity for the city of Casper.

The GAA Gaelic Athletic Association, it was founded in Ireland as a way to preserve their heritage during the suppression years.

We have branches of the GAA across the country.

There's some in Colorado and some in Montana.

There's none in Wyoming, and they are interested in opening a branch here in Wyoming.

What they do is an athletic demonstration.

Um, well, it's competitive.

The ancient game of hurling, which I know in American slang hurling has a different connotation, but for them it is an ancient, so ancient that it's even in their mythology.

It's kind of like field hockey on steroids, and they also do Gaelic football, which is a combination of kind of a combination of soccer and rugby.

So they will be they will have a table at our at our festival.

They will be doing part of our demonstration hands-on learning area.

They are interested in Sunday having they wanted to do like a demo game.

Unfortunately, the teams in Montana are not available, but they want to do a um uh workshop at one of our fields.

I will help them coordinate that to with the goal of gaining interest within the community to hopefully create our own hurling and or Gaelic football teams here in Casper, which means we would be bringing in competitors from both Colorado and Montana to play here.

So that is a very exciting development that we're working on.

Um finally, so we have grants underway.

We have in-kind sponsorship.

We have no solidified financial sponsorship yet.

So we are really we're not panicked yet, but we are starting to get a little worried.

So that is the state of our finances, but the the grants are definitely going to be coming in, so we're not too panicked.

And that is the state of our uh festival at this time.

Any questions?

Any questions?

Go ahead.

Amber, thanks for coming tonight.

Um so have you applied uh through visit Casper?

We did last year.

We are going to um the deadline is I believe the middle of May.

We're going to have the application in by the end of April.

We're we were slightly waiting until I got a little more information from the GAA because that will impact people coming from Colorado and also Sunday events.

So I was I was it will get done before the deadline.

So yes, we are.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions for Amber.

Thank you so much, Amber.

If you stick around, I some people might have some comments for you.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Good evening.

How are you?

My name's Chris Archaletta.

I'm the owner of Archie's parties in the back shack on 1527 2nd Street.

I have uh three concerns that I want to speak about today.

I think you're aware of most of them.

Uh number one, about three weeks ago, the owners of Stirrup Soda, our neighbors, they canceled my trash service.

This wasn't a shared container.

This is a container that has been in the same spot for 18 years that we've been paying the bill entirely ourselves.

And Stirrups wanted to put their trash there.

So they canceled our service.

Um before they canceled it, they came to us and they asked us if we would like to share dumpsters with them because they wanted to put their dumpster there.

And the first thing we did is call the city.

And the city advised us against it.

They said, no, you guys already have enough problems.

That's just one more thing to fight about.

Let's not do it.

So we said no, we're not gonna share.

Um and of course, that was three weeks ago.

He canceled our service.

We still don't have our dumpster back.

We would like some help with that.

To the parking situation, as you know, uh in the 1998 expansion of 2nd Street, you guys bought that parking lot and you divided it, you signed it to five different businesses.

Three of them to my business, two of them to advance electric business, two of them to Swan business, two of them to the um salon there, and one of them to stir ups.

Uh, stirrups is using a minimum of five spaces every day.

And since the trash issue, they're using all of mine.

Um I would just like the city to hold up to their end of the bargain and make sure that we have those spaces available.

And then three, the exit.

So as you know, on that parking lot, the entrance comes in off the second street and it goes out on the Kinwood Street.

And Strips is using that um exit as their entrance, and that's fine.

However, they're blocking off the exit a big chunk of the time.

Again, that can be solved with a cone.

Uh we did speak about that.

Um we still don't have a cone.

Okay.

So any questions for Chris?

Yeah, go ahead.

Thanks for coming tonight, Chris.

So behind what I'll say is stirrups.

Um is that still where they enter in traffic for yourself in advanced electric and uh swan in uh those dedicated parking spots.

Is that exit in entrance for Stirrup's city-owned?

Yes.

Yeah, the whole area from second street around city-owned, except for Stirps does have their own parking lot that they use absolutely zero spaces of.

They have the four spots there in their building, and then the whole L-shape area is city-owned.

Okay, thank you.

And you know, since this is all started, in your opinion, do you feel Archie's business has been uh affected or you still even?

We've had a 30% drop in sales.

Okay.

Thank you.

Other questions for Chris.

Okay.

So stick around, Chris.

We have comment after this.

We'll have a few people probably, and then we'll have some follow-up for you.

Okay, okay.

Thanks, Chris.

Anyone else wish to address council.

Okay.

Thank you, everyone, for coming and speaking to us.

Um, at this time, would any of the counselors like to briefly um respond to the matters that were brought up by the public?

Yeah.

Vice Mayor.

Thank you, Mayor.

Try to be brief, but we heard from lots of folks tonight.

And I got a few things to say to uh a few of them.

So I'll uh yeah, I'll I'll try to be quick though.

Uh Mr.

Shriffman, glad you attended the Casper Area PD initiative meetings.

I unfortunately couldn't make it to mine, but uh I hope they were well attended and hope people continue to show up to those future meetings because I would agree with you.

I mean, it in my opinion, it is the best opportunity to engage with our police department, make sure you feel heard and give your feedback and also hear from them about the things that they're doing on a day-to-day basis.

So uh I hope people continue to show up to that more and more as we hold more of them.

Uh and glad you enjoy the new bridge as well.

Haven't had a chance to walk across it myself, but uh it is very pretty, and I was surprised how quickly they constructed it.

The issue of the electric scooters, definitely, at least on my radar.

I I brought it up at either one of these.

I I think I brought it up at a past council meeting, certainly uh in our downtown development authority and OID meetings.

It's uh a point of discussion because that's where a lot of it's occurring in this area.

And so uh, you know, uh I am doing a little bit of research to see, you know, if we need to review those existing ordinances and see if we need to make any adjustments.

Uh, because it is, you know, um when I was a kid, I I'd like to believe I was on the cutting edge of scooter uh youth scooter activities.

My my friends and I all had gas-powered scooters at the time.

Electric ones were just coming out and they were very slow.

Uh the one I had was 12 miles an hour.

But now, like you said, those electric bottles can go 3540.

Uh it's a little bit different.

So yeah, uh I think it probably warrants some uh review of those existing ordinances.

Glad to hear from Amber and the Celtic Festival.

Uh I believe it's uh Celtic when it comes to culture, but Celtics when we're talking sports is what you told my rotary group uh when you came and spoke a few weeks ago.

So uh yeah, just appreciate all the time and effort you've put into that event and uh stoked to see it growing.

Hope the community comes out in support of you, uh especially considering all the high Irish heritage we have in our state with uh the early settlers and stuff.

And then uh yeah, I would advocate that we partner with uh Sean.

Uh thank you for the offer.

I I would love to see the city coordinate more closely with you, uh, maybe even develop a schedule where we're regularly replacing flags, not waiting for them to deteriorate.

So, you know, um hoping that we can uh you know that's that's a wish of mine, at least that uh we reach out to you, we maybe develop that schedule, see if we can get some participation from Ratsi or other youth groups.

I think that's a great idea.

So uh thanks for coming to bring those uh ideas to us, and uh we'll be certainly I will be advocating that we act on those.

So thank you.

Yeah, go ahead.

Real quick, Mr.

Shriffman, you weren't at mine, so I got a different take on the we're gonna call them e-scooters, which are not the same as e-bikes or the bicycles that are electric that don't have pedals versus pedals.

I learned all sorts of stuff at my initiative about this.

So I can tell you, Lieutenant, I believe, wheeler is very knowledgeable about what means what means what and there's speeds and there's motors and there's words, all of which are above my pay grade.

But I can tell you that the city attorney and the chief of police and a lot of people smarter than me are working on this so that we can talk about ordinance opportunities, but we have to try to keep up with the stinking bike scooters wheeling things with the batteries.

But they are trying and they're working on it.

We will get there eventually, hopefully as quickly as they change them.

Okay, uh Sean, thank you for coming.

We are really appreciate you coming out and and um certainly take that seriously.

Um part of that is we'll have you reach out, we'll have somebody reach out to you, Sean, um, and uh from the staff to be able to work through how we can partner um in the community.

So thank you again for for that.

We really appreciate it.

Um, Madam City Manager, um, how can we follow up with Chris the best way with some of his concerns?

What would be um the best of the um thank you, Mayor?

We are in fact with Mr.

Archelletta as well as other property owners and neighbors down there.

Um we have a uh pretty comprehensive staff meeting on Friday and advise uh the individuals down there that we would be back in touch after that staff meeting, and so we will be reaching out very soon.

Um, as you know, the city's done extensive work down there already to try to mitigate concerns on Kimwood and uh now we are working through the city-owned L-shaped parking lot uh situation and the city attorney and I, as well as public services director, uh will be working on that into the future.

Thank you.

So, Chris, we'll be out re reaching out to you shortly, okay.

They had just met in their executive team um and gone over some um uh information and stuff and a plan, and so they'll be reaching out to you guys over there.

Thanks, Chris.

Thank you, everyone, for coming and speaking to us.

We appreciate it.

It's always great to have the community come and communicate with us.

Good, bad, and different.

Um, we appreciate it.

Uh please read the consent agenda title.

Establish May 5th, 2026 as the public hearing date for consideration of the approval of an application for new restaurant liquor license number 53, Breezy Barbecue LLC, doing business as Dickey's barbecue pit located at 325 South Durban Street.

Thank you.

The chair to entertain a motion two by minute action, establish the public hearing date just read.

Second.

Move by Councillor McIntosh, seconded by Councillor Sweeney.

Any abstentions?

I'd like to abstain.

Any other extensions?

Abstentions.

Okay, please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With counselor Pollock abstaining and all others voting aye, the motion passes.

Sorry.

Good.

I now declare the public hearing open for the consideration of an ordinance approving a zone change for lot four, Methodist Church Edition Subdivision.

Mr.

City Attorney, do you have any exhibits?

Thank you, Mayor.

I do exhibit number one, correspondence from Liz Becker to Janine Jordan, dated April 17th, 2026.

Exhibit number two, affidavit of publication from the Casper Star Tribune, dated March 24th, 2026.

Thank you.

Madam City Manager, do you have anything to report?

Um Mayor, I'll just note that the city clerk is displaying the map of the subject property, which is uh 2.4 acre undeveloped vacant parcel fronting the west side of Southeast Wamming Boulevard between 18th and East 15th Streets.

Um the request for zoning classification changes from R1 residential estate to C2 General Business.

Uh representatives from the community development department are present if you have detailed questions, and we look forward to your discussion.

Thank you so much.

This time, council will listen to public comment.

Public hearing comments are limited to five minutes, and no duplication of speakers will be allowed.

This time I would ask any of the individuals who wish to speak in favor of the ordinance to please approach the lectern.

Anyone in favor?

Good evening, sir.

Any questions for Nat?

Yeah, go ahead, Councillor Sweeney.

Um good evening.

Good to see you.

Um you refer to lot three.

Um is that right there on the corner above the water tanks.

Then I could follow.

Absolutely.

So will BAMP end up being uh the access to this other property.

Okay.

Other questions?

Okay, thank you so much.

Appreciate it, man.

It's good to see you.

Anybody else who wishes to speak in favor?

Okay.

At this time, I would ask those individuals to issue speak in opposition to the ordinance to please approach the lecture.

Anybody that wishes to speak against.

There be no others to speak for or against the ordinance.

I now declare the public hearing closed.

Please read the ordinance by title only.

An ordinance approving a zone change for lot four, Methodist Church Edition Subdivision in the city of Casper, Wyoming.

Thank you.

The chair to entertain a motion to approve on first reading the ordinance just read.

Second.

Move by Councillor McIntosh, seconded by Councillor Sweeney.

Any discussion from the council.

Okay.

Please cast your vote.

Oh, sorry about that, Amanda.

Go ahead and please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all counselors voting aye, the motion passes.

Please read the ordinance on third reading by title only.

An ordinance amending certain sections of chapters 8.16, smoking in public places, and 9.40 offenses by or against minors of the Casper Municipal Code to prohibit vaping in indoor public places and to restrict the sale or distribution of hemp derived NTHC products to persons under 21 years of age.

Thank you.

Chair would entertain a motion to approve on third reading the ordinance just read.

Second.

Move by Councillor Haskins, seconded by Counselor Pollock.

Council will allow us to listen to public comment.

Anybody wish to speak to this for or against.

Okay, any discussion from the council?

Yeah, go ahead, Councilor Sweeney.

So I just just like to comment.

Um I'm part of another organization called Healthy Wyoming on the board of it.

Um there's been uh surprisingly to me, a lot of national interest around this particular amendment to the ordinance.

Um American Heart, um the Cancer Society and uh American Lung, but in particular, so just wanted their if they would have uh gladly have testified if needed, but I didn't think it was necessary, but thought I would mention that uh they all especially the e-cigarette portion.

We're very thankful.

Thank you, counselor.

Any other discussion comments?

Okay, please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all counselors voting aye, the motion passes.

Council will now discuss the resolution regarding uh intent to create a LAD number 162, 14th Street improvements because this is not on the consent agenda, it will be open for discussion by the council.

Please read the resolution by title only.

Declaring the intent of the city of Casper, Wyoming to create a local assessment district number 162, 14th Street Improvements in said city to authorize the construction of local improvements therein and to assess the cost or portion thereof on the property benefited thereby.

So I'm gonna put a pause real quick.

It sounds like the microphone here is not working at the lectern.

Don't know if anybody can they can't hear at home, I guess.

So just throw that out there.

Thank you.

Chair would entertain a motion to approve the resolution just read.

So moved.

Move by counselor Pollock, seconded by Councillor Sweeney.

Madam City Manager, do you have a report?

Um Mayor, I would just note that the council did um receive discussion of the detail of this LAD in pre-council this evening.

Uh staff from the public services department are here if you have additional questions, and we look forward to your discussion.

Any discussion from the council.

Okay, any amendments?

Please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all councillors voting aye, the motion passes.

Council will now listen to the resolution regarding a Wyoming business loan application for the replacement of the Hogan chairlift because this is not on the consent agenda.

It will be open for discussion by the council.

Please read the resolution by title only.

Authorizing submission of a 2026 community readiness loan application to the Wyoming Business Council for the Hogadon Basin Ski Area Chairlift replacement project in the city of Casper.

Thank you.

The chair would entertain a motion to approve the resolution just read.

So moved.

Second.

Moved by Councillor Pollock, seconded by Counselor Haskins.

Madam City Manager, do you have a report?

Um thank you, Mayor.

Just briefly, um, we did discuss the Hogan lift replacement project at pre-council as well.

Uh this particular loan would be a zero interest loan in the amount of $794,500 for a term of 10 years.

And uh total project cost is estimated currently at $3.9 million dollars for the lift and critical accessories.

Thank you.

Any discussion from the council?

Yep, Vice Mayor.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, City Manager for the context.

Um, to kind of pick up the uh line of inquiry from our pre-meeting.

I am curious.

Um it sounds like the facility fees are gonna be pretty critical in the payback of this no interest loan.

And so my question is those facility fee revenues.

Um what level of cost recovery are they based on?

Is my question for whoever wants to answer it.

Mayor, um, we are working on the business plans right now.

I know Director Lopez is here.

She knows that number off the top of her head.

Um, she's certainly welcome to come forward um and uh share that with you.

And I should uh clarify working on business plans means updating existing business plans, not creating new ones.

I don't want to leave a false impression that we're just starting down this road.

Don is 65%.

Uh obviously based on have at Hogadon, and all of those were estimated fairly conservatively, uh, so that we can weather those uh less robust years.

Thank you.

Others.

Yeah, go ahead, Counselor Sweeney.

So it it pertains to the to the lift in uh that portion, but um not can not contained in this uh um item, but at some point during the budget process, I would like to talk about possibly the city council uh looking at some sort of a match on this um similar to what was done on the second sheet of ice, uh somewhere around 500,000.

Anyone else?

Okay, I do.

Oh yeah.

Sorry, Bryce Mayor, go ahead.

You're right.

Thank you.

Um thank you, Zilima.

Uh could you please remind me?

I think I've asked this question before, and you gave me an answer before.

I just don't recall it.

Uh the quad lift that is proposed for purchase.

Can this quad lift also um in off-season months potentially help transport uh fat bikes?

Um maybe uh, you know, I think skiers, there's uh uh things that they can do.

Um dry land stuff.

So can it carry equipment in the off-season beyond skis and snowboards during the ski season is my question.

Thank you.

Mayor, counselor.

Uh the short answer is yes.

So our current lift is only balanced to take skiers up, so they descent and then are lifted up.

Uh the current design for the new quad lift would be counterbalanced so that we can take skiers or any users down as well as up.

Uh the base um proposal right now also includes bicycle hangers so that we can carry bicycles.

So we feel like this new design will equip us really well to expand into summertime operations in the future.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you so much, Zulima.

Appreciate it.

Can I go ahead, Vice Mayor?

I don't want to monopolize the conversation, but it doesn't look like anyone else wants to talk.

So uh I just want to you know try to give you a little bit of uh insight in regards to where I'm coming from.

You know, uh I'm hugely supportive of uh the mountain, and I know the skiing community is very passionate and stuff.

Where I'm coming from is I've been doing a lot of research on this topic.

And uh over the next couple decades, I foresee us having continued pressure uh regarding snowpack in our region.

As far as I could tell, the best available regional data we have is what's called the Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment.

And uh, you know, we're obviously a bit outside of the Greater Yellowstone area, but certainly close enough, I think that the research they've done in that area could translate to where we're at.

And uh that assessment shows a clear trend towards declining snowpack, earlier melt, more winter precipitation falling is rain rather than snow, especially at lower elevations.

Uh our ski lodge sits at you know 7400 at the lowest, up to 8,000 feet.

That is exactly the range that these climate models identify as the most vulnerable going forward.

Um conditions are not as stable as higher elevation resorts and just small changes in temperature can have outsized impact on whether precipitation falls as snow or rain, particularly in the early and late parts of the season, which I believe is what we were struggling with was building that snowpack early in the season and then it melting away uh quicker than what we're used to.

And so um I don't think every year is gonna be as bad as this past year.

I'm sure in classic Wyoming fashion, uh, some of our upcoming winters will hit heavy and maybe we'll get a lot more snow than what we're used to seeing the past couple years.

But all the research does indicate that over the long term, we can expect to see more unpredictable and uh lower snow pack.

And my concern is that um the more that we continue to lean into snow making, which is a very energy intensive endeavor, uh we're gonna be chasing this declining snow pack by trying to make more and more snow.

I think fiscally, that's gonna be really hard to sustain.

And then additionally, you know, this week I brought this up in leadership.

All I read about in the not all I read about in the news, but I read a lot in the news about the fact that Lake Powell Reservoir, I believe, is at 36% capacity right now, and they are considering releasing from Flaming Gorge to help fill that dam to avoid critical uh you know issues there.

Uh we see our uh sister municipalities purchasing more in reserve water, implementing water restrictions.

We may see that uh potentially at some point this year.

So I just in um the combination of the financial expense to invest more and more in snow making equipment to try to keep pace with what appears to be declining snowpack year over year, in addition to ever increasing water scarcity issues.

I'm just really really concerned about um you know Hogan skiing in the future.

And I think whatever investments we make in the capital infrastructure, the reason I ask about the ability to carry fat bikes and other equipment up there is because I I do think that at some point in the future we may have to have a very difficult conversation about whether we pivot up at Hogan from a winter recreation area to maybe a more summer recreation area.

And so um, you know, I uh I get a little reassurance right now, knowing that uh these low interest loans and grants will be matched with facility fees uh that are paid for by the users, by private donors.

That's the only reason I'm really comfortable moving forward at all right now is because it's not city necessarily um money going towards it, but I do think if we're making a large investment, four million dollars in a chair lift up there.

I would hate to see 10 years down the road us have to come to reality with the fact that snow is just, you know, we're gonna have to get used to not seeing snow very often up on the mountain.

And so uh, you know, because the lifespan of this equipment is 30, 40 years, I just think those are conversations we need to be having and uh things we need to be you know trying to foresee into the future.

So that's where I'm coming from.

Not trying to be a buzzkill, uh, but I just you know the trends are all not going in the right direction for me to feel really comfortable about uh skiing in the long term up at Hogadon.

So thank you.

Yep.

Counselor Pollock.

I'll just respond to that a little bit.

I think it's really sensible to be thinking along those lines and thinking about um flexibility and like you know, future proofing some of these things.

Um I think timing-wise, we're really falling into a place with this lift that trying to wait and see for a couple more years, you know, how how things are going and if you know how we feel, you know, we're coming off a really a very what appears to be an anomaly year if we look backwards.

Uh, if we're looking forwards, you know, we don't know yet.

And so is it an anomaly or is it not?

But I think for for me, we have a major vulnerability up there with uh a lift that like we're not sure it can get us through another season without breaking down and and not being able to be repaired.

And so, you know, I do think unfortunately this sort of critical deadline is colliding with what was a year that certainly gives me pause too, and and I think should give everybody pause.

But I yeah, I I agree with you.

I think that the fact that it has it it can be more multi-use than the one that we have now.

Um I certainly think that because there is the amount of infrastructure that is up there currently, like it it will continue to be a rec asset for as long as this community wants it to be a rec asset.

The type of recreation, you know, may evolve into the future.

And so, you know, I'm I feel like you know, we don't really have the time to sort of take a wait and see approach with this.

So I feel like we do need to be moving forward.

It is a time-sensitive issue, in my opinion.

But I think you're you're wise to bring that up, and it's a sensible conversation to continue to have in a situation to continue to monitor into the future.

Yeah, go ahead.

Councilor Haskins.

I'll make it quick.

I don't want to steal your thunder, Kyle, but I'm the one who asked about the additional on the lift for the exact same reason.

We did, yes.

I'm sorry, but I have to.

I want to take credit.

I know you see these boots and think, wow, that girl probably skis.

But spoiler alert, I'm not super outdoorsy.

That's I know, I know, Ray.

That said, I spend a lot of time in Breckenridge and Copper Mountain in the thank goodness it's not cold, there's no snow time, which is why I thought of that because they do a lot of summer stuff.

They play music, which is why I go.

But they have the bike trails and the hiking and all these opportunities to use their resorts when there is not snow.

And obviously, we don't compete with their snow, but I think we might be able to compete with a hill here and there.

So I did ask about that because yes, whether or not we have snow, we still have a beautiful area up there that we can use.

And if we can get the bikes, then there's all the other bike areas up there.

And mostly I just really want some more music up there.

But I also was thinking the same thing and up and down.

I'm actually glad you mentioned that because I didn't think about that, but that's even better because I'm just gonna go ride it.

I don't even have to hike back up now or down, like it's really working in my favor.

So I right, see.

So I am super in support of this.

I'm hoping that the skiers actually get snow, because I mean, great for you, but I might have been thinking about some stuff.

Maybe a little.

Or the people like me.

Let's say people like me with the boots.

Yeah.

Yeah, go ahead, counselor Bond.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, I I just a question that occurred to me in this kind of is to Counselor Gamroth's point about the snow making and being potentially uh rather expensive enterprise.

And so I and Zulee, I don't want to put you on the spot, but if what I'm wondering is kind of what the boundaries are, if you will, uh for snowmaking ability in terms of I mean it it there are limitations there in terms of you know water availability, um, the amount of electrical power or whatever it takes to uh uh to to produce the snow.

So and and again, I don't want to put you on the spot.

So if you want to give us an answer later, but I just thought that that answered or that question did occur to me.

Thank you.

Mayor, counselor.

So I think the short answer to your question is yes, we are limited uh in how much snow we are able to make.

We currently have a pond, and once that pond is drained with our snow making effort, uh we're at the mercy of how long it takes to refill before we can go at it again.

Um also temperatures to uh vice mayor's point, um, do determine whether or not we can successfully make snow.

And so uh, you know, we are exploring all of those things as we look at potential opportunities for snow making.

But water at Hogadon isn't just for snow making, it could potentially be for wildfire mitigation as well.

And so we are also considering those avenues and those benefits to not only our ski area, but to residents on the mountain who will likely rely on us to help in a wildfire uh fighting effort.

Yeah, go ahead.

Uh not for you necessarily zooming in this.

If you'd like to see you're welcome to I just wanted uh one thing I thought of after Counselor Haskins' comments was I don't remember what spurred this, but you know, uh I'm trying to be really data-driven in my approach to this, and one of the things that I am taking into heavy consideration is sleeping giant ski area, which uh I believe was managed by a non-profit.

Uh you would probably know Zolima.

I think it was managed by a nonprofit pre-2020, but a uh local uh investor in the area bought it.

He was very passionate about skiing.

He wanted to make it a skiing hill.

He had to close for two, I think maybe three seasons in a row just because he could not, he was just losing too much money.

The snow was not cooperating, he just couldn't make it happen.

And this was someone that was super passionate about skiing as a hobby.

It did recently change hands.

I believe it's a private equity firm that purchased it earlier this year.

And in their analyses, which I'm sure they have resources far and above beyond what we're capable of, they identified the fact that the money to to recover the most cost at Sleeping Giant, they're investing four million dollars in summer recreation.

They hope to provide more in the way of skiing uh in the future, but for them to be able to pencil it, they're leaning into the summer recreation.

And so again, I I just think um I I appreciate everyone else's thoughts on this.

Um, and just think it's a conversation we need to continue having.

Uh yeah, it uh you know, more and more often.

So thank you.

Proud of donors of paper.

Anything else for Zulima?

Okay.

Thanks, Zulima.

Appreciate it.

Okay, any amendments on this one.

All right, please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With counselor or vice mayor gameroth voting nay, and all of those voting aye, the motion passes.

Thank you.

Council now consider consent resolutions.

Please read the consent resolutions by title only.

10 B1 authorizing adoption of the collective bargaining agreement for July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2027, between the City of Casper and the Firefighters Local Union 904.

10B2, authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the Casper Municipal Band for funding distribution.

10B3, authorizing change order number two to the agreement with Ramshorn Construction Incorporated for the Wolf Creek Road Improvements, West 38th Street to CY Avenue, ROW, Phase 2 Project 10B4, authorizing amendment number one with GSG Architecture Incorporated for the Engineering and Architectural Design, Bidding and Construction Administration Services for the Solid Waste Scale House Renovations Project.

10B5, accepting and approving a blight study and 10B6 authorizing acceptance of a grant from the Daniels Fund for Tennis Court Expansions as part of the Washington Park Revival Project.

Thank you.

The chair did entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda items just read.

Move by Councillor Bond, seconded by Councilor Sweeney.

Madam City Manager, do you have any comments on any of these items?

Mayor, I do not.

Thank you.

Any abstentions or nay votes?

Please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all counselors voting aye, the motion passes.

Please read the consent minute action titles.

Authorizing the purchase of a confined space training prop from Pepper Tank and Contracting Company.

11A2 authorizing the purchase of 58 commercial trash containers for use by the Casper Solid Waste Division and 11A3 authorizing the purchase of six roll-off commercial trash containers for use in the Solid Casper Solid Waste Division.

Thank you.

The chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent minute action agenda items just read.

Move by Councillor Mackintosh, seconded by Councilor Haskins.

Any abstentions or nay votes?

Please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all counselors voting aye, the motion passes.

Um your reports.

So why don't we start with Counselor Haskins?

Just keep me going.

I had a public health meeting this week.

I promise not to forget to give the shout-out for the community-wide baby shower, which will be on the 25th, which I believe is this Saturday from 10 to 12 at the Boys and Girls Club.

And they are hiring a nurse, disease prevention, if anybody's looking to do some public health work.

And they are also hosting the Situation Table training this week, which is 45 plus agencies.

The chief had mentioned something about that in our pre-meeting.

So guess who's using that new facility?

And then I went to oh block party May 13th, the police department will be at David Street Station.

I love to put my granddaughter in the cop car.

So I plan to be there five to seven.

You know, she will probably never be there, Ray.

Don't laugh.

Anyway.

The seats are not as comfortable as you would think.

I don't recommend.

Maybe the front but the back, don't do it.

Anyways, I was at my police initiative, and we had a gentleman come here a minute ago, and he had suggested that we use neighborhood security cameras with the police department, and we were like, hey, that's a great idea.

Spoiler alert, the police department has been utilizing that for years.

Who knew?

So if you go on the police department website, I had to try really hard, so I wrote this down for you guys.

You go to the website, you go to services, online reporting, register my camera.

You can tell them that you have a camera in front of your house.

You have to know what way it faces Pat, North South, East, West.

That was a tough one for me.

I had to look at the mountain.

It was some thinking.

Anyways, you can register your cameras.

They don't access it without your permission.

It's not creepy.

They just know you have one.

So if something happens in the area, they can call and say, hey man, you have a camera.

Can we look at it?

So the guy had a great idea.

Turns out we already had it.

We win.

Also register your camera.

You can do it for your business.

You can do it for your home.

If you follow my steps, it's super easy.

If you go in blind, it was a struggle for me.

So you're welcome.

And that's all I have.

Counselor Jenkins.

Jenkins.

Jensen.

Counselor Jason.

Jenkins.

It's funny.

Threw me off track here too.

Sorry, friend.

That's all right.

Noted later.

Yeah.

So I had um stepped in for Pat today at Visa Casper for their meeting.

And it was business as usual, and they have some new marketing strategies that are coming out.

They have oh I wanted to remind everyone that they have a ribbon cutting for Hell's Half Acre, which is gonna be on May 8th from 11 to 1.

And burgers and I think hot dogs, maybe, or just the burgers, but the commissioners are gonna be out there doing that.

So they also have their bus that they're gonna utilize for transportation.

So I think that is if you want to do that, I think they are taking RSVPs, and you have to meet at like 10 o'clock downtown.

Um anyhow, their website has more information.

If anybody wants to join that.

Um next is oh, they also have their we mentioned it when Amber was up here speaking, but they do have the impact grant that is open now.

It opened up on April 1st.

So apply for that if you have any events coming up.

Um as most of you know, I sit on um, I'm a volunteer for uh domestic violence advocate, and we are always needing volunteers.

So if you know somebody who feels like they can help out in the community and um help the police officers do their job, and it's you know, there's training and everything that goes into it, but it is something that is a relief and kind of helps the the police department and it helps those victims too.

Um so think about that if you haven't.

And then oh, we did night at the races the other night for the senior center, and so that was loads of fun, and always a good time supporting the senior center and all the things that they do.

Um, Pat was there and surprised to see us all.

But Ray, myself, and Zalima had the best jockey outfits ever.

Once, yeah.

Once so um, there's gonna be some good footage for next year's PSA on that, I'm sure.

Um let's see.

I was gonna mention the block party, that already is, but yes, there that's at David Street again.

Uh five to seven, it's their fifth annual, and they have burgers and DJs and games and but patrol cars, and it's just gonna, it's loads of fun face painting, and they'll have their special equipment out there as well.

And I think probably a canine dog, they were there before, so I'm assuming.

But yeah, get out and explore your community, um, engage.

And you know, it's getting to the time where art uh walk is gonna be happening and new things are coming downtown, new shops.

So get out, support your local business owners, and enjoy your community.

Get involved.

That's what I got.

Thank you.

Counselor Larson.

Okay, thank you.

I had a regional water board meeting today.

Uh, speaking of water, so that was with uh Councilor Sweeney here as well.

Um got brought up briefly, water restrictions.

That'll be a continued topic over the next four months uh at our meetings uh today again.

Uh no, you know, foreseeable reason for water restriction as of yet.

But uh we did look at a couple of uh, you know, just trends and uh a couple different ums in terms of uh historic water production, current water production on a yearly average, five-year average.

Um that is slightly elevated at this point, and you're right.

We're you know, there's currently uh reservoirs needing to be refilled.

Uh kind of water being moved around from one place to another to try and supply everybody with enough water.

So um that'll continue to be monitored over the next uh well month to month, week to week, pretty close, especially as the summer season starts getting warmer and warmer.

So anyway, uh talked about uh quite a few things.

Um that was one of the more important ones, I suppose.

Uh let's see, the uh talked about a CMAR agreement with record steel and construction awarding them a bid uh for 263,620.

Uh that will be used for their final design and pre-construction services for the UV, the new UV disinfection project that's going in.

So that got awarded to them.

Um let's see.

And then we uh just briefly discuss preliminary budgets for uh the treatment plant as well as the water agency, regional water agency.

Um yeah, the plant operations budget and the regional water agency budget.

So those are two separate budgets.

Um other than that, that was pretty much it, and that's all I have.

Thank you.

Council Bond.

Thank you, Mayor.

I was gonna say counselor band.

Okay, thank so I don't have a whole lot to report, but I did attend the uh R321 Gala last uh Saturday, and uh the good reminder of what that um organization provides for our community and weight in terms of the education programming they provide for many individuals with disabilities and so forth, uh and they're increasing their uh accessibility with uh the addition of uh of a handicap seccessible elevator uh which will go to the lower level to allow uh individuals uh to more individuals to participate in coursework courses and so forth that are taking place in the lower level.

So uh also a good opportunity to kind of remind uh us all about the contribution of arts and culture in in Wyoming.

Uh I found out that uh arts and culture is responsible for uh 1.3 billion dollars.

Yes, that's with a B to the economy of Wyoming, uh, which accounts for 2.7% of the Wyoming GDP and nearly 12,000 jobs and providing uh nearly nine nine million dollars.

I'm sorry, nine hundred million dollars, I believe it was, and then play compensation, uh, which again goes back into uh you know purchase of homes and utilities and food and so forth.

Uh which and the the industry, that sector of arts and culture has grown by 10% since 2016.

Uh I attended the uh public arts response team meeting yesterday, along with counselor Jen James Jenkins or Jensen.

Uh yeah, what's your name?

Jensen.

And we had a discussion about the placement of of a large-scale art installation.

Um so I think we'll be coming forward with uh report back to the rest of council correct about that about the placement.

So I I think you'll you'll be happy.

I think so.

That's all I'll say for now.

Great.

Thank you.

And then last oh no, I'm gonna think so.

Take your time.

I attended yesterday the uh was that yesterday?

Yes, uh meeting of the whole homeless coalition uh goal team.

Uh so our charge was to work on uh reviewing the the current uh uh mission statement for the whole bunks coalition group and to propose some uh some actionable goals to to again to bring forward to the coalition members, uh, which we will do tomorrow.

We didn't as far as I thought we might uh today on the was that this morning that was this morning.

I have my days wrong.

Thank you, Tim.

Uh so the coalition uh so we'll bring those to the coalition to their meeting tomorrow uh with some more direction from them and continue moving forward on kind of defit uh putting more definition around those goals and uh uh using that to kind of drive the direction of the of the coalition.

So that's all I have.

Thank you.

I got yours right.

And I wasn't sure, Mayor, what you were gonna call me.

So um that's right.

So Oracle.

Yeah.

Closer to orbel.

Um yeah.

Great popcorn.

Um so uh Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday um uh I got to the uh uh Casper Police Department area initiative.

Uh thank the chief and his team's um great great meetings.

Um I I especially got allowed out of uh I think it was Wednesdays meeting um on the e-bikes and things.

I um definitely Seth has been through the ringer on that, but uh um and then uh the next day, I think it was on the 16th.

Um I attended uh just part of the 14th Street um open if it was called an open house, I'm not sure, but um it it helped me better understand the process since I had never been through it before in um impacts uh for the good, I believe that we approved this uh first part of the resolution.

So um very in instructive.

Um the 17th on Friday.

Um I'm Amber's alternate on the LGBTQ uh advisory committee.

Unfortunately, we we had a very good meeting, but we didn't have a quorum, so we really couldn't act on anything.

But uh the previous meeting was very well attended, so I'm not sure what happened, but um, I'm sure next meeting will be um uh better.

Um and as uh was reported on uh Saturday night, uh we were I was just absolutely shocked by uh the mayor, um Jenna hit it out of the park with her fucking horse and and uh was very entertaining as a jockey, I felt um I don't think she won a race, but you did one.

So um, but uh um it it really was a great night in I I felt the turnout was better than uh the last couple of years.

So very important to try to raise some funds uh for the senior center.

Um and uh um thankfully we've we passed the senior district uh in the last uh election and that that board's doing a remarkable job uh in supporting the agencies uh that very much needed.

So um and it was also mentioned um that uh Zalima was also a wonderful jockey and uh thank uh the city attorney for being there with his family and uh um I think your daughter was heartbroken that so but I'm sure she'll survive that she had a beautiful decorated uh hat um for the races and uh uh just tried to get her out a little more, just sell her hat, you know, but uh to gain some votes.

Um yesterday um had the fairboard uh meeting, and I just wanted uh this year's uh parade and the whole theme is celebrating Americans, America's spirit, and just want to remind folks uh that uh July 4th is actually also the downtown uh the the fair and rodeo sponsors uh chalk art downtown on the sidewalks and also a pancake breakfast uh for free um and hand out t-shirts uh to all the artists and participants.

uh this year's uh parade and the whole theme is celebrating Americans America's spirit and just want to remind folks uh that uh july fourth is actually uh also the downtown uh the the fair and rodeo sponsors uh chalk art downtown on the sidewalks and also a pancake breakfast uh for free um and hand out t shirts uh to all the artists and participants so um hopefully folks will come down and enjoy that um before they go up to the event center uh to bar none um also has a parade uh that morning plus a lot of activities mills is also doing um activities all day and they also have fireworks but main festival um will be in the afternoons i think starting around four up at the event center um and uh appreciate all the people that have worked on that in raising uh funds towards that event um and then uh there will be uh shortly an announcement coming out from the uh fair board on uh uh what what will happen with the Indian re relay races um but uh that's more to come in uh the next couple of weeks on that um then last night I also attended the uh uh Prometheus um uh presentation in uh up at Casper College and then education series uh very well attended and uh um and it was different in my opinion uh than I thought it was going to be um it wasn't just Prometheus but also the outdoor council and Rocky Mountain Powers um one of their executives was uh zoomed in and so it was kind of a three-way conversation answering different questions um but the main thing this is going to be built on private property um between uh Congress County in uh Necronic County and uh it's known as a closed loop system on the cooling so once the initial water um um goes in along with some coolant uh chemicals um then it's closed loop won't interfere with the aquifer won't um um need additional water um so it it cuts down on um the large water usage that people have talked about uh they have plans to build their own uh power generation um which will be um natural gas fired and um again cutting down on pollution um and uh today uh thank you jenna um um whatever the last name and in uh for um attending visit casper and thank you counselor larson for um much better summary of the meeting uh regional water but um i did one thing i did learn is that um we've got a tremendous uh appointment from the city and chairman of that in Paul Bertolio um he is so knowledgeable and the other thing I I came away with on water restrictions is um that first the way I understood it um Matt tell me if I'm wrong but that has to first go through regional water and then back to us um uh for our call so uh once those restrictions if if need be so the difference between us and um Mills and Evansville Mills and Evansville are not on regional they have their own uh production facilities so um they don't have the same resources by utilizing uh regional water so uh but that was it thank you counselor pollack uh just have to thank uh my wonderful colleague counselor Sweeney for filling in for me Friday LGBTQ advisory is out of town and then again for being my proxy at regional water today as I took an unexpected stranding in beautiful Basler, Wyoming on the side of the road.

LGBTQ advisory is out of town.

And then again for being my proxy at regional water today, as I took an unexpected stranding in beautiful Bosler, Wyoming on the side of the road.

So thank you for for pinch hitting for me in both uh accounts.

So those were actually my only two meetings, and unfortunately, uh I can't provide an update, but my colleagues have have adequately uh covered it, I think.

So thank you.

Vice Mayor Thank you, Mayor.

Uh I want to thank everyone that showed up and participated in the senior center uh fundraiser room was there, and I regret uh that I wasn't able to make it either as a uh writer or an attendee this year, but uh is it it is a really fun event and uh yeah, I'm just glad so many people in this room participated, whether attending or uh being up on stage and parading around on your stick horse.

Uh uh Casper Housing Authority, we had a board meeting last Wednesday.

Uh CWCC, the counseling center currently leases space at Life Step Campus, which is city-owned property that Housing Authority manages.

Uh, they provide transitional housing for people coming out of the state hospital in Evanston.

Healthcare for the homeless was based there.

They're now located up at CWCC.

All children matter is at Life Steps now.

I don't know if they're filling in that spot.

Healthcare for the homeless was at, but All Children Matter is a day have facility and they provide transitional housing for adults with mental disabilities.

So uh some uh you know shakeup going on at Life Steps, some you know resources kind of being moved around in the community.

Um but still a lot of good work being done on that campus.

Kim did report that they are mandated to run every new or potential client of theirs through a HUD database that identifies whether they are a legal immigrant or not.

That is new, uh, but they were threatened by the government uh that they would pull funding if they didn't comply.

So that is something that every new tenant uh will uh you know, a check that they'll be running through.

Urban Thistle is hosting a garden party tomorrow, I believe, from three to five.

They're doing free plant giveaways, activities, and other uh cool things to kind of kick off the growing season.

So I might encourage you to check that out if you want a free plant.

Uh they probably have some indoor hydroponic stuff uh that has been producing.

So oh, actually, yeah, I got some pesto uh that they uh are growing and making over there.

So you might be able to get your hands on some you know uh freshly made produce and uh other products.

They are currently accepting sponsorships for their Father's Day event in June.

Uh, if you've not been before, it's a really great family-friendly activity.

Uh couple thousand people show up down at Washington Park.

They do free burgers and hot dogs and drinks and live music, face painting.

It's got all the bouncy slides.

So uh my daughter, purveyor of bouncy slides, we always make the event because it's got the best collection.

So yeah, uh, if if you've attended the event in the past and you enjoyed it, uh and and you or your business might uh consider sponsoring, uh, please reach out to me or uh that board, happy to make that connection.

And uh that's all I got.

Thanks, Mayor.

Awesome.

Thank you, everyone.

Councilor Jensen, I apologize for Jenkins.

I don't know where that came from.

I still don't know where it came from.

I'm just processing how I did that and why I did that.

It will keep me up all night, be anxiety ridden.

Okay, um, I was uh very um honored to be able to swear in for police officers uh on Monday yesterday.

Um Morales Hawes um and Clauser um and then uh Captain Dabney uh had his son sworn in.

So it was a very uh meaningful for I think for for um Captain Dabney and his family to be able to do that.

So it was you could tell he was very, very proud.

And I did see him later on in that later on that night um at a restaurant eating with his family, celebrating.

So it was great to see that.

Uh yes, we were night at the races.

I had blue vests and I looked like a Walmart employee.

I felt like.

And so I was told by my wife and several other people.

But it was fun.

We did raise some money.

It was a good, it was a good opportunity to get to do um the work to be uh be able to support them.

Um certainly was a very favorite place um for my father who used to go there quite a bit and and loved loved every minute of it.

So it's a great place to support.

Uh Janine and I had lunch with Trenton from Prometheus um yesterday and Eric Schlitz to talk a little bit about um the presentation that they did.

I wasn't able to make it.

Um, but it's our hope to have them come to a work session um to have those conversations.

So I would actually like to put that um as a um request to have them come and do a presentation for the council in June.

I think we wanted to do so if council's amenable to that.

Okay.

Perfect.

Um that's all I have.

A notice of an executive session to take place on this date and during this meeting was given.

We have matters to discuss related to personnel and property acquisition.

The chair would entertain a motion to adjourn into an executive session, and at the conclusion of that executive session to reconvene the regular meeting solely for the purposes of adjournment of this regular meeting.

Moved by Councillor McIntosh, seconded by Councilor Bond.

There are a majority of counselors present, and a motion to adjourn to an executive session has been moved and seconded.

This motion requires a two-thirds majority of the council present.

Please cast your vote.

Please record the vote.

With all counselors voting aye, the motion passes.

A greater than two thirds majority of the council present voted in favor of the motion.

We are hereby adjourned.