The Rawlins City Council took several formal actions at its Jan. 7 meeting. Below are the motions recorded in the meeting minutes and the outcomes as read into the record.

Jacqueline Wells elected mayor (vote by council): Jacqueline Wells received 4 votes; Vice Mayor Steve Samuel received 3 votes. The meeting transcript records the council tally for the mayoral ballot as 4–3 in favor of Wells.

Vice mayor election: Daryl Gardner received 5 votes; Steve Sanger received 2 votes. The transcript reports the vice mayor tally as 5–2 in favor of Gardner.

Rochelle Ranch Golf Course concessionaire agreement termination: Council moved to terminate the Rochelle Ranch Golf Course concessionaire agreement for material breach; the meeting record shows a roll-call vote with affirmative votes recorded by the council and the motion carried (roll call recorded as yes by members present during the vote).

Rochelle Golf Course Advisory Board appointment: David Grate was appointed to the Rochelle Golf Course Advisory Board for a term ending Dec. 31, 2027. The motion passed with 6 yeas and 1 abstention (Council Member Elliot recorded as the abstention).

Bingo/pull-tab gaming license: The council approved a new 2025 bingo/pull-tab gaming license for the Rollins Senior Center Advisory Council/Carbon County Senior Services, Inc., with the license effective through Dec. 31, 2025. The motion passed with 7 yays.

Executive session minutes approvals: The council approved executive session minutes for meetings on 12/03/2024, 12/17/2024 and 01/07/2025; each motion passed with seven yeas as read into the record.

Restitution request (see separate item): The council authorized submission of a restitution request in the criminal prosecution of the July 6, 2024 grassland fire (motion passed 5 yeas, 2 abstentions). That action and its cost breakdown are summarized in a separate article.

Other routine consent-agenda items were approved earlier in the meeting by unanimous vote;

Where the transcript included a roll call read aloud, votes are recorded as they were read into the record. If the transcript did not name a mover or seconder for a specific motion, that field is listed as "not specified."