Proposed Cheyenne City Budget Adds $100k For Traffic Enforcement

The proposed Cheyenne City Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 was amended on second reading to add an extra $100,000 for police overtime to target speed and noise violations by motorists.

The proposed extra money appears to have strong support, getting a unanimous vote in favor on second reading. Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins also seems to support the measure based on comments in his "Mayor's Minute" column on Friday.

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The new budget will take effect on July 1, 2025. It still faces a third and final reading before the City Council.

At a Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 21, Councilman Ken Esquibel moved the amendment, which was then approved unanimously. That budget was later passed on second reading by the full council.

The Committee Of The Whole includes all nine members of the City Council, but not Mayor Patrick Collins.

Mayor: Hopefully Making Our Community Safer

Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins noted the proposed amendment in his ''Mayor's Minute" column on Friday, including comments that seem to support the amendment:

''Our City budget passed on second reading. One major amendment to the budget added $100,000 from reserves to pay for police overtime. The increased funding will be earmarked to help meet City Council’s goal of slowing down speeding cars and combating vehicles that make excessive noise. During the month of May, the police have made 1,443 traffic stops. This additional funding will allow more targeted enforcement, hopefully making our community safer."

The council has scheduled a Public Hearing and Third Reading of the proposed budget on Monday night, June 9 (one week from today).

The City of Cheyenne Fiscal Year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the next year.