Finance committee advances resolution to list historic Cheyenne pump house for public sale amid preservation concerns

Chairman Laybourne convened the June 17 finance committee meeting to consider a resolution directing the City of Cheyenne to obtain an appraisal and list the Cheyenne Auxiliary Pumping Station at 1504 Dillon Avenue for public sale under Wyoming statute 15-1-112(a).

The resolution was sponsored by Councilwoman Dr. Michelle Aldrich (Ward 3), who described the pump house as a local historic landmark that has “fallen into disrepair” and said city staff estimated about $1 million would be required to mothball the building and about $4 million to ready it for a tenant build-out. Aldrich told the committee she had been contacted by private business owners interested in hospitality uses, but that a previously discussed public‑private tenant was no longer pursuing the site.

The city attorney’s office, represented by David Hopkinson, advised the committee that the resolution, as drafted, would follow the sale procedures in Wyoming statute 15-1-112(a), which requires advertisement and sale to the highest responsible bidder unless the governing body…