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Cheyenne finance committee backs repeal of stormwater fee after tense debate over litigation and funding
Summary
The Cheyenne Finance Committee voted to recommend repealing the city’s stormwater fee after extended staff briefings, public comment and debate over pending litigation and whether the legislature would provide funding; one member opposed the recommendation.
The Cheyenne Finance Committee on March 3 recommended that the governing body repeal the city’s stormwater user fee after a two-step process in which members first adopted a substitute and then approved a recommendation to repeal the fee.
City Attorney John Brody told the committee the item before them was an ordinance to delay or amend the fee’s effective date and that the proposal had been framed to allow state-level conversations about stormwater funding to continue before implementation. "What you have before you is a ordinance delaying the effective date of the stormwater fee," Brody said, adding that the staff proposal delayed implementation until March 5, 2027 to allow legislative discussions to proceed.
The discussion moved quickly from technical staffing and project needs to questions about litigation…
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