Resident alleges staff absences, privacy problems at Rawlins shooting range

Calvin James, a Rawlins resident, used the citizen participation period to list repeated problems he says are occurring at the municipal shooting range, including staff absences during matches, an unlit flag left overnight and what he described as a trail camera he called an invasion of privacy. "The city employee wasn't even there," James said, adding that matches ran without the scheduled city staff on site and that he had submitted complaints twice to the range advisory board and the mayor's office with no response.

James said the issues affected out-of-state visitors during recent matches, alleged that the city charged extra fees while equipment used at matches belonged to private owners, and asked for a refund of his fees. He gave the council a phone number for follow-up. Councilors and staff did not make a formal response on the record during the public-comment segment; later in the meeting a motion was introduced to promote an alternate to a shooting-range advisory board seat (motion text was read on the record, but a vote on that appointment is not recorded in the provided segments).

The council did not take an immediate action during the public-comment segment to address the complaints. The transcript shows James provided the advisory board and mayor's office with written complaints earlier and asked for further outreach; staff follow-up or the advisory board's next steps were not recorded in the available segments.