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Rock Springs council adopts FY2024–25 budget, raises sewer and amends water rates; approves wage study and multiple ordinances
Summary
At its June 18 meeting the Rock Springs City Council adopted the FY2024–25 budget, approved a sewer rate effective July 1, amended water rates, adopted a wage study and pay plan, and passed an ordinance designating off‑road vehicle trails; several routine permits and road closures were also approved.
Acting Mayor Larry Hickerson called the City of Rock Springs council to order on June 18, 2024, and the body quickly moved through a series of routine and substantive agenda items, including adoption of the fiscal-year budget and utility-rate actions.
The council approved Resolution 2024‑80 adopting the city’s budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, following a public hearing at which no public comments were received. Councilors voted to adopt Resolution 2024‑81, which sets the sewer rate effective July 1, 2024; the council also approved Resolution 2024‑82 to amend and re-enact prior city water-rate rules. Both rate measures passed on motions recorded in open session.
Why it matters: the budget establishes the city’s spending plan and revenue assumptions for the coming year; changes to sewer and water rates affect municipal utility bills and the city’s revenue stream for operations and capital work.
In personnel matters the council approved Resolution 2024‑84, adopting a wage study and proposed pay plan from Graves Consulting, and passed multiple associated job descriptions and pay-plan resolutions (Resolutions 2024‑85 through 2024‑88). The wage-study adoption carried with a single abstention recorded for Councilor David Thompson on the wage-study vote; other personnel measures were approved by the council as read.
The meeting also included routine administrative approvals: bills and claims totaling $2,161,077.04 and payroll-related deductions and remittances totaling $554,347.19 were approved (the bills-and-claims motion carried with Councilors David Thompson and Daniel Pedri abstaining). Salaries for the June 7, 2024 pay date ($782,217.77) were approved with the same two abstentions recorded.
On legislation the council adopted Ordinance 2024‑06 on third reading, designating certain public rights-of-way and streets as Wyoming off‑road recreational vehicle trails, by roll-call vote of the council members present. Two other ordinances—2024‑07 (personnel policy amendments) and 2024‑08 (repeal of a residency requirement for sworn personnel)—were removed from the table for consideration; Ordinance 2024‑09 was read on second reading.
The council approved contractual and administrative items including Amendment One to a contract with the Wyoming Department of Health’s Public Health Division (Resolution 2024‑89), and a lease agreement with the nonprofit Rock Springs Young at Heart (Resolution 2024‑90). A revised city schedule of fees (Resolution 2024‑91) was also adopted.
Councilors approved a set of event and traffic-related permits: authorization for malt-beverage open containers during the Main Street Market (Thursdays, July 11–Sept. 5, 4–7 p.m.); eighteen liquor-catering permits for Wyoming Horse Racing LLC dba Horse Palace for Sweetwater Downs events across August and September 2024; a road closure for the 7th Annual Ride for the Patch Poker Run (July 13, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.); and a block‑party closure requested by Ashley Dalton for July 13 (9 a.m.–10 p.m.). All event and road-closure requests on the agenda were approved unanimously.
What’s next: the council concluded with routine updates from members about recent community events and adjourned at 7:24 p.m. The budget and adopted rate changes take effect per the resolutions’ timelines; staff will implement wage-plan updates and changes to job classifications per the approved documents.
