The Rock Springs City Council convened on August 19, 2026, to hear council updates, receive public comments on a proposed fee waiver for an affordable housing development, and act on consent agenda items, bid openings, a commendation, new business items, and several resolutions. Key actions included tabling a request to waive approximately $250,000 in city fees for the 48-unit affordable housing project known as The Gardens at White Mountain and approving all other agenda items without dissent.
Kids busy on the seventh went to the outlaw in restaurant ribbon cutting for their they had already been reopening, but it was their uh ribbon cutting for reopening of the restaurant, which has kind of been uh Rock Springs mainstay for years. And earlier that morning morning went to the Amigos Industrial Supply Company out on back of the road for the 20th anniversary. Uh 10th and 11th did uh police testing with subil service. And on the 11th, uh like a bunch of us did, went to the debates uh up at the college. That's all I've got tonight. Thank you, sir. Counselor Maloneas. Thank you, Your Honor. Uh quite a few things going. Uh one one of the things I did is went to the boys and girls club where they were uh having an open house, and they did an excellent job on uh America's 250th birthday. They decorated that whole place. If you get a chance, you should maybe go take a look at it. At Lisa Stewart, she does a really good job at the Boys and Girl Girls Club. Uh it was very encouraging to see what what they got going there. Uh I went to the debate, went to the meet and greet, went to uh we had an old timer civic center meeting last night. We talked about a couple projects, talked about the uh resolution. Also uh always uh nuisance ordinance or nuisance people calling me. Trailer parks, golf course, uh properties. Seems like we got a pretty good handle on it. Also went to a uh water rate study. Probably gonna see those rates go up again, folks. Also uh attended a travel and tourism presentation on this next uh ballot initiative to uh include uh uh lodging tax, another two two percent. We're just gonna re-up it. We already charged two percent, so I think it's a really good deal. And I also went into uh uh United Steel Workers Union meeting the other day, talked about a couple things, but the major issue was mental health. I'm always thinking about mental health, it's a complex problem, and there's no easy solution. And uh I'll continue to work on that and keep you posted. All right, thank you. Thank you, Councillor Meletis. Counselor Demas. Thank you, Your Honor. I had a busy couple weeks. Um I did send in my activity sheet, so if people want to look at it, it is on our agenda tonight. But I'll hit on about four things I did. On August 7th, I did the outlaw inns ribbon cutting. On August 11th, I did the debate up at Western Wyoming Community College. On August 15th, I did the mobile food pantry behind White Mountain Mall. And um, we really lacked volunteers this last Saturday. On August 15th, I also did the Sweetwater Downs where the chamber was invited out there, and it was a great showing. I think we had roughly about 35 of us from the city go out or town. And that's about it, Your Honor. Thank you, Councillor. Councilor Hickerson. Thank you, Your Honor. Uh this last month, I guess. After I got back from Salt Lake, I received some calls regarding the condition of the golf course. Um, a couple more on e-bikes, and then this afternoon I received a couple of calls about the rain and how it got mud in front of people's houses and such. Other than that, I attended the lodging tax um meeting yesterday, and that's about it. Thank you. Thank you, sir.