Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the city is facing increasing numbers of homeless people as other communities in the region pass laws essentially forcing transients to leave their cities.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says that while it is true the city's new Unified Development Code does increase costs for some local businesses, many of the changes from the old city code reflect what members of the public told the city they would like to see in terms of development in Cheyenne.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the city was able to add $1.7 Million to it's cash reserves at the end of fiscal year 2012, which ended on June 30th.

Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce President and C-E-O Dale Steenburgen says  his organization isn't taking a position on whether the city should purchase a property on West Lincolnway commonly referred to as "the hole". But he says it's clear that something needs to be done about the property.

As you may know, the city of Cheyenne has fallen in line, as good soldiers, with the recent U.D.C. decision passed by the City Council and Mayor Rick Kaysen to float our property rights down the "global" river. We continue to hear some of the City Council members, who are up for re-election, rhetorical cries of  "If re-elected, I will repeal our decision", ad nauseam... Read Mo

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says a deal to sell 23.8 acres located at the intersection of Windmill Road and Dell Range to the Menards retail chain was finalized on June 14th. Kaysen says the retail outlet is paying $5.3 Million in a direct payment for the property and has also agreed to spend another $2...

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says it looks like the city didn't suffer any major damage from a severe summer storm which hit the area Wednesday night, in part because the city's storm sewer system functioned well. Kaysen says he has heard reports from some residents that their basements were flooded, and there was some localized flooding in the downtown area, including the Ames underpass, which city

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he is still hopeful the city and union firefighters can reach a contract without going to arbitration, even though both sides have selected an arbitrator at this point.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he is not looking at layoffs of city employees to balance the fiscal year 2013 city budget. Kaysen says the city will probably have to consider cutbacks in purchasing and other cost-saving measures in order the balance the budget, which takes effect on July 1.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the current tally of $719,000 in damages to city property from a pair of devastating hail storms last July will likely go much higher when the final total is known. Kaysen says the city is still assessing the damage, which includes 31 roofs and a number of other damages not included in the total so far...