Cheyenne City Budget

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen on Tuesday declined comment on Hasenauer's remarks.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says city revenues are continuing to run well ahead of projections for fiscal year 2013.

The Cheyenne City Council Tuesday evening approved a $49.6 Million dollar budget for fiscal year 2013, which begins on July 1, 2012. Prior to approving the proposed budget, the council approved an amendment by Councilwoman Amber Ash to transfer a little over $279, 000 in money the city saved when health insurance rates did not increase as expected into a special economic development fund... Read M

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen is proposing a $49.6 million budget for the city for fiscal year 2013, a decrease of about 1.8 percent compared to the 2012 budget as approved by the city council last year. The mayor says no layoffs of full-time city employees are included in his budget proposal, but there will be cutbacks of hours among some part time employees as well as one layoff.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen said Thursday that a decrease of about a million dollars in state funding for each of the next two fiscal years will mean some tough decisions will have to be made. Kaysen says the city will have to take a hard look at both revenues and expenses in an effort to make up the shortfall...