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Finance committee recommends approvals on liquor license, easements, audits and street overlays
Summary
At its April 7 meeting the Cheyenne Finance Committee recommended approval of several routine and contract items including a liquor license, two drainage easements, a three‑year audit contract, fuel pump upgrades and a contract modification for overlay work; the committee forwarded each item to the governing body with recommendations.
The Cheyenne Finance Committee on April 7 considered a series of routine but consequential items and recommended that the governing body approve each of them.
Liquor license: City clerk Kylie Soden told the committee that the application for Mongolian Bar and Grill at 1637 Stillwater Avenue had met city and Wyoming Liquor Division requirements. Councilman White moved approval and Councilman Moon seconded; the committee voted to recommend approval to the governing body.
Drainage easements: City staff engineer Aaron Gates described two drainage-easement agreements for recently constructed stormwater detention ponds — one with CBH Properties Cheyenne LLC for a pond serving the Christian Brothers Automotive property at 3906 East Pershing, and a similar agreement with Tractor Supply on Hutchkins Drive. Both agreements permit city access for emergency maintenance and verification; the committee moved and recommended approval on both items.
Audit contract: City treasurer Robin Lman recommended a three-year professional services agreement with MHP Assurance Services LLP to perform annual financial and compliance audits for the city and the Board of Public Utilities for fiscal years 2026–2028. The contract totals up to $548,600 for both entities, with the city’s portion capped at $352,800. Lman said the multi-year contract provides market stability and institutional knowledge; the committee recommended approval.
Fuel-site upgrades: Staff presented a purchase to upgrade fuel pumps and controllers at the Prairie View and Airport municipal golf-course fuel sites to card-reader systems, with a total cost of $131,844.36. The move would align two more sites with four existing card-reader sites; the committee recommended approval.
Voting delegate: Mayor Patrick Collins recommended Dr. Mark Renie as the city's official voting delegate to the Wyoming Association of Municipalities summer convention, with the mayor as alternate. Council discussion briefly raised potential conflict-of-interest concerns; Councilman Woody recorded an abstention, and the committee moved to recommend the appointment to the governing body.
Contract modification — overlay project: City construction manager Doug Claw outlined contract modification no. 1 to extend the 2025 city overlay project to fill a gap on Cheshire Drive and related streets, adding approximately 435 center-line feet of roadway, sidewalks, curb and gutter, valley pan repairs and paving. Staff recommended approval and the committee recommended forwarding the modification to the governing body.
Votes at committee: For each item the committee signified its recommendation to the governing body. Where a recorded dissent or abstention occurred (the voting-delegate designation), the transcript records Councilman Woody’s abstention; most other items were recommended with no recorded opposition in committee.
What happens next: Each recommendation will be placed on the governing-body agenda for final action. The audit contract and other contract approvals include specified not-to-exceed amounts that will govern city contractual authority pending final approval.
