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The changes were presented at a workshop and then on the council agenda for a third reading. The proposal would replace or repeal the existing Chapter 8.16 in its entirety under the city
ttorney's authority and tailor municipal procedures where state statute language referenced county-level processes that the city cannot perform. Mayberry described a tiered enforcement approach intended to give officers flexibility: a notice period that can be shortened by the nuisance officer for nonserious matters with immediate abatement reserved for more severe cases. She also said the draft restores an appeal process that had been omitted from a second-reading draft and affirms that nuisance citations follow \"the appeal process set forth in the Wyoming rules of criminal procedure.\"

Council members and staff flagged implementation and equity issues in public discussion. Council Member Derek Elliott asked how \"junk\" is defined; Mayberry read the ordinance's laundry-list definition, including \"dismantled or wrecked automobiles or parts thereof\" and material \"no longer in use for their intended purpose\" and visible from adjacent public ways. Residents' practical barriers also came up: Elliott described a constituent who cannot afford landfill disposal and asked whether the city could place temporary dumpsters by ward; Cody Dill of Public Works said past free container programs led to abundant illegal dumping and that the city lacks staff to manage similar projects now. The council also discussed priority enforcement areas; members said weeds, junkyards and properties with multiple vehicles were recurring complaints.

Council members debated whether to repeal the existing chapter and adopt the new draft as a full replacement so the ordinance record would be cleaner for the future. Several members supported reissuing the measure and running three readings to allow public notice and comment; Mayberry confirmed the city may present the repeal/replacement under the Wyoming statute she cited and that public hearings are not statutorily required but are common practice.

The matter reached a formal vote during the regular meeting. The motion to approve the third and final reading and waive the reading of the ordinance revising Chapter 8.16 failed in a roll-call vote, four nays to one yea. Council Member Winnie Patterson cast the lone yes vote; the motion did not pass. The council directed staff to bring the ordinance back for further consideration and to post materials publicly to increase transparency and stakeholder input.

Discussion-only items recorded in the meeting included prioritization requests for enforcement (weeds, potential junkyards), logistics concerns about implementing temporary disposal programs, and requests for additional public outreach. The formal action was the failed third reading; no portions of the revised ordinance were enacted at that meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Work Session & Regular Meeting of May 20, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City Attorney Pineda Mayberry briefed the Rawlins City Council on proposed revisions to Chapter 8.16 of the Rollins Municipal Code, saying the changes grew from months of work with multiple departments and stakeholders and were intended to make nuisance enforcement more 'resident friendly.'","taxTitle","Rawlins City Council, Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming","taxId",68776,"location","Wyoming","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6228079,"City manager presents balanced FY2025-26 budget in first reading; deferred maintenance and technology needs flagged",119,6521000,6640000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a&start=6521&end=6640","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a/thumbnail_6521000.jpg","/articles/6228079/Wyoming/City-manager-presents-balanced-FY2025-26-budget-in-first-reading-deferred-maintenance-and-technology-needs-flagged","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6228079-9a92c5780949078eb767e801ac2b212c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770970023&Signature=SZFuogP4o~IAILEF2X9-yGgSQaSW5Js~nkKPW3GRrI2ui16WR9MmcbVf1b3EbX0oIzxoOZrZ6NJNb0i84L~RE0hUEuPvFupmVVmhvNHM4B-Q7KAN3r2Ta36nJapZsrHDYvd3i88BZpfSOcpcqCCqpO-8Q49IXJLo-G1wjZWv8czGRrU17vmOozuAdzepLlWJnbfc39PjGYNdMKvrTlbu89NNj5yh-hlmYz0LrAIDdsRwvV9ETRMDgJ~YN4rT38bWOiKRt8XFkDCVW6moAHeZIwCPP7SizhgeSSQAPvFxoXY6NqZqGBvTY~jbgFHWp8-zoBItgTgUFHnrPdQsjWe2bg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City Manager Tom Sarvey presented the city's proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget at first reading, telling the council the general fund revenue and expenditures were balanced at about $13,070,000.

Sarvey outlined capital and maintenance pressures that remain unfinished. He said the city has a deferred-maintenance backlog and quoted previous council-approved amounts and remaining balances. He identified roughly $600,000 of deferred-maintenance needs (Public Works shop heaters, rooftop units, water-treatment HVAC and emergency generators) that would likely have to come from cash reserves if approved this year. Sarvey also reported a technology need: servers, network switches and end-user computers approaching end-of-life. Vendors estimated about $255,000 for server/switch replacements and roughly $60,000\u0000--\u000070,000 for individual computer replacements; Sarvey said he expected to present a technology ask in the next budget reading.

Sarvey said enterprise funds were balanced except for the landfill fund, which showed a planned deficit for a motor that would be paid from reserves. He said he will update projected current-year numbers and report an estimate of budgetary carryover at the next meeting to show available funds for potential capital purchases or deferred-maintenance projects. Council members asked about intra-category budget transfers during the year; Sarvey explained the council approves budgets at a high line-item level (for example, \"public safety\") and staff can move funds between departmental line-items within that category without council action, but transfers between major categories (for example, public safety to public works) would require council approval.

Council signaled interest in using carryover and reserves selectively for priority deferred maintenance and agreed staff should return with updated carryover calculations and a prioritized list of deferred-maintenance items for council consideration.","City Manager Tom Sarvey presented the fiscal year 2025-26 municipal budget in a first reading. He said the general fund is balanced at roughly $13.07 million, noted large deferred-maintenance and technology replacement needs, and flagged a possible $600,000 deferred-maintenance request that would come from reserves.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6228084,"Council approves municipal ordinance on liability coverage; debate over enforcement on state highways",4864,3559000,8423000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a&start=3559&end=8423","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a/thumbnail_3559000.jpg","/articles/6228084/Wyoming/Council-approves-municipal-ordinance-on-liability-coverage-debate-over-enforcement-on-state-highways","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6228084-02e6ea8f2bd21895012fb70f05d6cb25/orig.mp4?Expires=1770970023&Signature=LJ4V~2vRgEf4VFphpS8hdKg~btOWuoTlUkS2iCOM2XZj0rVhGFcfw1msrXhFxE3FFqVnQdccVZNfr3OYpJbviBtj6hGQZwVaIIo1UZAXZ~GqbLy0bIq8X9tmyq8aJaTKe5uTzqA6XLAWWhECp5GBozEtv5a~Gkn~f3lLlIRbDwHLN8Sx-f4VxHQJ6jPFL4OUPoglrpQ~bI7aeyxEJKE8K7bcxaUlCiaceaMGoijrRe5r99aKH53twVTyzKRNNS1uXUzTg6xOEjh-o11hX~kwOrdCQAYtEvvUdrMk9vySRP9v8Pjh1dcfSDOhSgVw055CLPe4uekPc8XBADpsBM5Nzw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Rawlins City Council approved the second reading, and waived further reading, of an ordinance amending Rollins Municipal Code section 10.15.07 concerning failure to maintain liability coverage.

Council Member Steve Sanger raised concerns that the city was effectively layering a municipal requirement on state highways within city limits and that the sheriff's office and Wyoming Highway Patrol would not be able to enforce a municipal ordinance on state-controlled routes. City Attorney Pineda Mayberry and Rollins Police Chief explained the distinction: officers with municipal authority can cite municipal ordinances into municipal court, while sheriff or state patrol would enforce state statute in circuit court. Mayberry said the municipal ordinance tailors statutory language to the city's limited administrative authorities (for example, the city cannot perform county assessor duties referenced in state statute) and allows local enforcement by municipal officers and municipal-court adjudication.

Chief Ward (Rollins Police Department) noted the practical effect that local officers can use municipal court for these matters but that serious or repeated offenses can be charged in circuit court. The council approved the second reading by a 4\u0000to\u00001 roll-call vote (Council Member Steve Sanger cast the lone nay). No change to state statute or sheriff/highway patrol enforcement authority occurred; the ordinance gives the city an additional local enforcement path through municipal court.","The council approved second reading of an ordinance amending Rollins Municipal Code section 10.15.07 to require proof of liability coverage, prompting discussion about local enforcement on state highways and jurisdictional limits for sheriff and highway patrol.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6228085,"Council rejects ratification of animal-shelter MOU after members say agreement bypassed council review",748,5286000,6034000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a&start=5286&end=6034","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a/thumbnail_5286000.jpg","/articles/6228085/Wyoming/Council-rejects-ratification-of-animal-shelter-MOU-after-members-say-agreement-bypassed-council-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6228085-8a7ce6a907713875f5e879a3fe586db7/orig.mp4?Expires=1770970023&Signature=ClZ-Ydc8td0dOaHlGSt55jzXKW5msBrdpQVi~Tjzg8upJZPziH5us3rglXQDi-RAfBcscpYnrGdN2IELQwULxBoxZdJcCIrPIJ7Qc4P~GcVeCAsHE-knHTnfBbBf5XUhixsc4Ux0S6n9WF-h3lR6XiYsCCidrOglAUbZR9gWzl7JFPNUp7dDdNTAztKKI-PzX8MnQW7Y9MeLcae3Apj0-DaD7k1CkzZ2W9-IkCYABZlutjIczQxz6t7CuPTACJ8MAm79hjaQjSVeeKxzKGIGbkp9y45uKnUW13MlT8nDsJKyF5g0oz45bpWDg0kSrBB18LJ~4TbMqiQC0Ur6w6Yq8A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Council considered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City of Rawlins and the Town of Sinclair that would formalize impound and shelter services at the Rollins Animal Shelter. Council Member Steve Sanger moved to ratify the agreement; the motion failed after debate over process and prior signatures.

Council Member Sanger and others said the MOU terms, including shelter fees and billing responsibilities, should have been presented to the council before any signatures were added. City Attorney Pineda Mayberry confirmed that Wyoming statute 16-1-105 (joint agreements) requires that agreements between two or more agencies be approved by the governing body of each participating agency before they are effective, and acknowledged the MOU had not been circulated in the usual way. Mayberry and staff said the fees in the draft were consistent with the city's existing fee schedule; however, several council members said they were not given an opportunity to review changes before other signatures were added.

Council Member Derek Elliott asked whether the agreement had previously been in use; staff said similar documents had been circulated to multiple jurisdictions, but only Sinclair had returned a signed form so far. The council questioned whether the city's mayor should be the signatory on final versions and asked staff to add an explicit signature line for the mayor and return the MOU to council for formal approval. The motion to ratify the version before the council failed on a roll-call vote: three nays, two yeas (Mayor Jacqueline Wells and Council Member Steve Sanger voted to ratify; Council Members Derek Elliott, Winnie Patterson and Tanya Lumen voted no). With the motion defeated, staff were instructed to obtain the proper originals or to reissue revised MOUs to partner agencies and present them to council for approval prior to signature.

Staff also told the council that the shelter currently receives very few animals from Sinclair (\"maybe one a year\"), and that the financial exposure from declining the MOU at this time would likely be limited. Council asked staff to retrieve earlier MOUs and to resubmit properly routed documents for council consideration.","Councilors declined to ratify a memorandum of understanding with the Town of Sinclair concerning impound and shelter services, citing procedural concerns that fees and terms were not reviewed by the council before signatures were exchanged. The motion failed and staff were asked to return with properly routed documents.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6228086,"High cost estimates complicate Rawlins pedestrian underpass project; council weighs next step",852,6190000,7042000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a&start=6190&end=7042","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3477887-0227e7a8624c6e2080c3625fc1d0236a/thumbnail_6190000.jpg","/articles/6228086/Wyoming/High-cost-estimates-complicate-Rawlins-pedestrian-underpass-project-council-weighs-next-step","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6228086-79c6b2df95f8756a0adbc84aa1bf1310/orig.mp4?Expires=1770970023&Signature=YLX3o5FnRXkumYm4v5iEKbAIqY3YkgX4g7waTy4D15XRoSXDGAbUxnLg0kvBZHVFDdMo6a02lW7dRoFj0EDrnR-mk9C-pE-Cbor~jn91zFexDMDT5TDv9xB6T-GN39zDUZpp4x-WS5Wmk0rU36Jcv92O5e4qD4Kwy0VsHELaXqi16-GpLKa~-sOUtPohbQSw3XWzcZztrEqYmBEwHn5PNCJG~roK-Usy9h-6FGISIXGYQuCrc3~75EnjniSXpFilQSVT2f-nuK7gjJEbHryeyBfRG9v7ArVeCRq7Tds0lgiONPpUL-3r4gkpMrFnwzyh27uakyodlLkeF9Kkk3zO8Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Sherry Schellinger, chair of the Urban Systems Advisory Committee, reminded the Rawlins City Council that a pedestrian underpass at the US-287 bypass near Higley Boulevard has been a multi-year safety priority because students must cross the bypass to reach school. \"Ultimately, the underpass was determined to be the safest, least intrusive, and maintenance friendly option,\" Schellinger said during a committee report.

City staff later briefed the council on recent bid activity and the scale of the city\fost share. Cody Dill, public works staff, said the first round of bids in February came back far higher than the city and WYDOT expected; engineers and YDOT staff re-examined scope and construction assumptions and estimated the next letting could cut the construction portion but that the city would still face a significant local contribution. City Manager Tom Sarvey summarized YDOT's funding breakdown: federal urban-system funds and additional YDOT enhancements would cover a majority, but the city\fould be required to provide roughly $1.3 million toward the project if construction costs remain at the latest estimates.

Sarvey warned that withdrawing from the project at this stage would likely forfeit roughly $400,000 already spent or obligated by YDOT and the city. He also noted the contract language requires the municipality, after acceptance, to \"maintain at its sole expense the underpass in compliance with all applicable federal and state standards,\" creating ongoing maintenance obligations.

Council members were split. Some members and staff pressed for additional time to monitor fall bid activity and for monthly coordination with YDOT; others said the safety case is urgent and supported proceeding if a realistic share could be identified. Council Member Derek Elliott and others said the current figures make them uneasy; Council Member Bruce Seagull and some colleagues said the cost could be justified to protect children crossing US-287.

WYDOT told the city it would rebid the project later in the year and asked Rawlins for a position on whether to proceed if the city's match is near the $1.3 million estimated share. Council took no immediate funding vote; members directed staff to maintain close coordination with WYDOT, seek any cost reductions in scope that preserve safety, and report back before the next letting so council can decide whether to commit city funds.","A long-planned pedestrian underpass beneath the US-287 bypass drew fresh scrutiny after recent bid results far exceeded earlier estimates. Council members asked staff for more information; YDOT told the city it would rebid in the fall and asked whether Rawlins still intended to proceed if the city's share approached $1.3 million.","actionData","errors"]

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