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Powell revises rules for exotic pets
Powell Tribune
After the city of Powell’s rules for exotic pets drew a federal lawsuit, the city council is preparing to rewrite the ordinances. Whether new rules will make it easier to keep an unusual pet in town or just tweak the existing process has yet to be determined. The discussion was spurred by a suit brought by Powell resident Venus Bontadelli, who challenged the council’s July decision to deny a permit for her pet pygmy goat, Porsche Lane, the Powell Tribune reports. Read the full story.
Casper officials tout lodging, optional sales taxes as lifelines for aging infrastructure
Oil City News
Casper is approaching a generational reckoning with its infrastructure, as facilities built during the boom years of the 1970s and ’80s reach the end of their useful lives. At a recent gathering, City Manager Janine Jordan and other officials framed the city’s optional sales and lodging taxes as lifelines keeping the municipality afloat. With a $65 million cloud hanging over the Ford Wyoming Center and a multimillion-dollar gap for fire station repairs, the presentation underscored a deficit that optional tax revenues are struggling to bridge, Oil City News reports. Read the full story.
Cheyenne Council postpones inspection warrants decision
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
The Cheyenne City Council voted unanimously to postpone a controversial decision on whether to allow certain city officials to apply for administrative inspection warrants. The non-criminal warrants would allow city officials to enter a property for safety or code-enforcement inspections when they’re unable to get the property owner’s permission. But critics worry the ordinance, as proposed, could violate constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports. Read the full story.
Judge determines he cannot yet rule on motion to intervene
The Sheridan Press
A judge is requiring more information from Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and Sheridan County commissioners before ruling on a motion to intervene from private property owners in an ongoing civil suit. The utility company is appealing commissioners’ denial of two overhead license agreements for a power transmission line in Sheridan County. Nine property owners are seeking to intervene in the case, claiming the transmission line will damage property values, the Sheridan Press reports. Read the full story.