Casper council debates sale of two city-owned lots; formal award deferred to next meeting

City staff told the Casper City Council at its meeting that two city-owned parcels — a larger Trivette Lane site and a smaller lot at the corner of 13th Street and Locust Avenue — have received single bids below the properties' most recent appraisals and staff recommended the council consider moving forward with the sales.

"You have probably seen in the packet that we have 2 pieces of property we wanna talk to you about tonight," said Carter, a city staff member who presented the items. The Trivette Lane parcel's current appraisal is roughly half of a 2022 appraisal of about $1,030,000, council members said; the lone bid for that property came in at a level roughly consistent with the lower, more recent appraisal. The 13th and Locust lot was described as having a bid roughly $15,000 below its appraisal; the Trivette bid was described as about $30,000 below its appraisal.

Council debate split on timing and trade-offs. Councilor Kyle Pollock said he was concerned the council's prior rezoning of the Trivette parcel to an "urban…