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Votes at a glance: Evanston City Council approves routine items, contracts and appointments
Summary
At its most recent meeting the Evanston City Council approved consent items, a seasonal hiring extension, multiple interagency agreements and contracts, sale of a department handgun to a resigning officer, a consultant contract for the 2050 master plan and appointed a special prosecutor after an executive session.
Here are the formal actions the Evanston City Council approved during the meeting.
Key approvals
- Agenda and minutes: Council approved the meeting agenda and acknowledged council minutes (Aug. 19) and work session minutes (Aug. 26).
- Warrant register and revenue/expenditure report: Council approved the warrant register and accepted the June revenue and expenditure report; staff noted year-to-date expenditures at about 85 percent.
- Consent agenda/parade route: The council approved a parade-route request from MS High School for its annual event. Student representative Alex Stewart described the route and a $25 entry fee.
- Seasonal position extension: Council approved extending a seasonal employee’s position for an additional 12 weeks; staff reported the employee is pursuing training and is performing well.
- USGS joint funding (Resolution 25-54): Council authorized a joint-funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey to operate and maintain a stream gauge on the Bear River near the recycle center.
- ATF MOU (Resolution 25-55): Council authorized a memorandum of understanding with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for paperless firearm trace submission and trace analysis. Police staff said the ATF now requires an MOU to run traces.
- Tobacco and alcohol inspection contracts (Resolutions 25-56 and 25-57): Council authorized contracts with the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police to fund Evanston Police Department tobacco and alcohol compliance inspections (includes tobacco where nicotine/tobacco present; vape products without tobacco are excluded).
- Sale of department handgun: Council authorized sale of a department handgun to resigning Officer Colton Welling at the quoted trade-in amount.
- Evanston 2050 master plan contract (Resolution 25-58): Council authorized a professional services agreement with WWC Engineering (Western Water Consultants Inc., DBA WWC Engineering) to provide consulting services for the Evanston 2050 comprehensive master plan; councilors asked staff to correct a typographical error in the agreement language before finalization.
- Appointment of a special prosecutor (Resolution 25-59): After executive session, the council authorized appointment of a special prosecutor for Evanston Municipal Court case docket number 250096; the motion passed with one negative vote (specific roll-call names not recorded in the public portion of the transcript).
Executive session and procedure
The council convened in and later reconvened from executive session under Wyoming Statute §16-4-405(a)(ii) to discuss personnel-related matters and the appointment of a special prosecutor. The record shows a procedural dispute over statutory wording and whether a general reference to “personnel matters” satisfied the statute; council members debated the precise statutory language and whether outside counsel should attend the session. A motion to enter executive session cited the statute explicitly: “enter into executive session under Wyoming statute section 16 4 4 0 5 a, double I.” Another council member raised a point of order that a motion must state the specific authorized subject matter allowed under the statute.
What to expect next
Staff follow-ups include filing proofs of publication for liquor renewals, obtaining the title report and appraisal for the West Cheyenne sale, finalizing the WWC contract with a corrected typographical entry, and returning with information necessary to complete the property sale and the sealed-bid process.
Ending: The council adjourned after public participation and department reports.
