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Casper council approves multiple ordinances, licenses, and contracts; several abstentions recorded
Summary
At its Feb. 18, 2025 meeting the Casper City Council approved a package of ordinances, liquor-license actions and consent resolutions, and several budget and contract items. A handful of councilors recorded abstentions on specific items.
The Casper City Council on Feb. 18, 2025 approved several ordinances, liquor-license actions and a set of contract and grant items during a regularly scheduled meeting at City Hall.
The votes covered zoning and plat changes, a liquor-license transfer, annual liquor-license renewals, multiple professional-services and construction contract authorizations, and grant awards. Most items passed unanimously; a small number drew abstentions from named councilors.
Among the items approved on a single meeting date: first reading of an ordinance to vacate and replat property to create City of Casper Lot 5-A, Block 226 (moved by Councilor Pollock, seconded by the vice mayor) passed with all councilors voting aye. The council approved a transfer of ownership for resort liquor license No. 1 for the Hilton Garden Inn at 1150 N. Poplar (motion moved by the vice mayor, seconded by Councilor Haskins); Councilor Pollock abstained and the motion passed. The council also authorized by minute action the annual renewal of all City of Casper liquor licenses for the licensing period April 1, 2025–March 31, 2026 (moved by Councilor Haskins, seconded by the vice mayor); Councilor Pollock abstained and the motion passed.
On third reading the council approved a zone change for the Robertson Road Addition subdivision, an annexation/plat/zoning for the Patent Additions subdivision and approval of the Fort Casper Academy Addition No. 2 subdivision and its associated subdivision agreement; each of those third-reading ordinances was adopted with all councilors voting aye.
The council adopted a multi-item consent resolutions package that included, among other things, amendments to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund agreement for the North Platte sanitary sewer rehabilitation project; a cooperative purchasing agreement for procurement of a transit bus; a change order for the Sam H. Hobbs wastewater secondary-treatment rehabilitation project; and multiple professional-services contracts for closed-landfill monitoring and reporting. The consent package also authorized two grant awards from the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security totaling $128,275.
Several minute-action and consent-minute items were adopted. Appointments to the Natrona County Travel and Tourism Council and a sole-source purchase of a handheld mass spectrometer using SHSP grant funds were approved; Councilors Sweeney and Jensen were recorded abstaining on the appointments item, and other abstentions were noted on discrete items earlier in the meeting (see action list below).
The council convened into an executive session at the end of the meeting to discuss personnel matters, and reconvened only to adjourn.
Votes at a glance (motion text, mover/second where provided, outcome and recorded abstentions when noted):
- Approve consent minute action items (moved by Councilor Bonds; seconded by Councilor Haskins): approved, with all councilors voting aye.
- Approve general bills and claims (minute action) as audited by City Manager Jay Carter Napier (moved by the vice mayor; seconded by Councilor Bond): approved, with all councilors voting aye.
- Approve conflict claims (minute action) as audited by City Manager Napier (moved by Councilor Pollock; seconded by Councilor Haskins): approved; Vice Mayor McIntosh, Councilor Sweeney and later Councilor Gamroth recorded abstentions; motion passed.
- First reading: ordinance approving vacation and final plat to create City of Casper Lot 5-A, Block 226 (moved by Councilor Pollock; seconded by the vice mayor): approved on first reading, with all councilors voting aye.
- Transfer of ownership of resort liquor license No. 1 (Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 N. Poplar) (moved by the vice mayor; seconded by Councilor Haskins): approved; Councilor Pollock abstained.
- Annual renewal of all City of Casper liquor licenses for licensing period 04/01/2025–03/31/2026 (moved by Councilor Haskins; seconded by the vice mayor): approved; Councilor Pollock abstained.
- Third reading: ordinance approving zone change for Robertson Road Addition subdivision (moved by Councilor Jensen; seconded by Councilor Pollock): approved on third reading, with all councilors voting aye.
- Third reading: ordinance approving annexation/plat/zoning for Patent Additions subdivision (moved by the vice mayor; seconded by Councilor Gamroth): approved on third reading, with all councilors voting aye.
- Third reading: ordinance approving vacation and final plat to create Fort Casper Academy Addition No. 2 and the associated subdivision agreement (moved by the vice mayor; seconded by Councilor Gamroth): approved on third reading, with all councilors voting aye.
- Consent resolutions package (items 8A1–8A14): adopted by motion (mover: Councilor Bonds; second: Councilor Pollock); City Manager Napier had no additional comment; approved, with all councilors voting aye.
- Consent minute actions (appointments and sole-source purchase items): approved by minute action (moved by the vice mayor; seconded by Councilor Haskins). Appointment of Patrick Sweeney and Jenna Jensen to the Natrona County Travel and Tourism Council (three-year terms to 06/30/2027) carried with Councilors Sweeney and Jensen recorded as abstaining; the sole-source purchase using SHSP funds was approved.
Full roll-call tallies were not read for every item; where the clerk recorded the outcome the article reports the clerk's summary (for example, “With all councilors voting aye, the motion passes” or the listed abstentions).
