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‘Don’t you eyeball me’: commissioner, school trustee clash over mill levies
Gillette News Record
A Campbell County school board member and county commissioner squared off during a contentious school board meeting. The board had been discussing mill levies, typically a routine approval as part of the board’s consent agenda. On a break, County Commission Chair Bob Jordan jabbed his finger at school board member Mark Christensen’s face as Christensen gritted his teeth after criticizing the county for not being able to pass an audit on time for the past three years. “Don’t you eyeball me,” Jordan yelled while leaving the district office, the Gillette News Record reports. “I’m not eyeballing you,” Christensen said. Read the full story.
Casper weighs cost-recovery changes for city recreation amenities
Oil City News
The city of Casper is looking at cost recovery options — ranging from autonomous mowing to dynamic pricing — at a number of local recreation facilities. Councilors discussed options for the city’s golf course, the Casper Ice Arena, local aquatics and the sports and athletics enterprise. Casper’s Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities Department includes seven recreation enterprises, and city staff said the remaining three — Hogadon Basin Area Ski, the Fort Caspar Museum and the Casper Rec Center — will be discussed at a future meeting, Oil City News reports. Read the full story.
Powell committee recommends looser pet rules, but can’t agree on dogs
Powell Tribune
The Powell Planning and Zoning Commission effectively came to a stalemate as it considered how many dogs the city should allow residents to keep. That puts the decision squarely back in the lap of the Powell City Council. The planning commission voted to recommend that the city relax its strict two-pet limit to allow more pets and reorganize the ordinances to make them more reader-friendly, but planning commissioners could not agree on whether residents should be allowed to have more than two dogs, the Powell Tribune reports. Read the full story.
‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it:’ Teton County frets over U.S. Forest Service headquarters move
Jackson Hole News&Guide
Teton County commissioners are worried that the relocation of the U.S. Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City could cause veteran public land officials to leave their posts. The county board sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, Rep. Harriet Hageman and Gov. Mark Gordon expressing their concerns. “Only a limited number of employees are expected to relocate, while many experienced staff may leave federal service entirely,” commissioners said in their letter. Commissioners pointed to the first Trump administration’s 2020 relocation of BLM headquarters from Washington D.C. to Fort Collins, Colorado, as a failure, the Jackson Hole News&Guide reports. Read the full story.