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Council reviews concept floor plan for new chambers, flags costs, access and security questions
Summary
At a Feb. 6 work session, Cheyenne city council members reviewed an early concept for relocating council chambers and offices to a nearby building; discussion focused on dais layout, seating, security and public access, while staff warned moving plumbing or structural elements would raise costs and a possible senior-center purchase remains uncertain.
Cheyenne city council members and city staff met Feb. 6 to review an early concept floor plan for potential new council chambers and associated office space, asking staff to explore alternate layouts while noting major cost and timing uncertainties.
At the outset, the chair limited the meeting to discussion of the proposed floor plan and said no public comment would be accepted. Vicky Nemechek of Public Works told the council staff were ready to respond and that the current plan is “the most economically based,” warning that moving bathrooms or relocating the dais could require removing structural columns and adding expensive steel supports.
Council members raised multiple practical and symbolic concerns. Doctor Aldridge pointed out the drawing appeared to show only nine dais…
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