Casper council approves consent agenda, adopts plat ordinance and holds brief executive session

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper City Council on March 18 voted unanimously to adjourn into a brief executive session and approved a slate of consent items, contracts and grant applications, and adopted a vacation and final plat ordinance creating City of Casper Lot 5-A, Block 226.

The actions, taken with little public debate, included approvals for professional services contracts, procurement of equipment for the wastewater plant, multiple federal grant applications under sections of Title 23 and Title 49 as amended by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and appointments to a city commission. Councilors recorded a handful of abstentions on clerical and conflict-of-interest items.

The council first approved a motion to adjourn into an executive session to discuss a personal matter; the motion passed with more than two-thirds of members voting in favor. Returning to open session, councilors approved minutes from the March 4 regular meeting (with Councilor Haskins recorded as abstaining), approved audited general…