Among other things, the mayor said the COVID-19 pandemic has put the City of Cheyenne in a difficult financial situation as she works to prepare the Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
She also suggested an event tax of $.50 to $1.00 on concert tickets might help to pay for the police officer presence that is needed to safeguard the public.
The city council meeting which would have normally been held on Monday, December 23, was re-scheduled until Thursday night because of the approaching Christmas holiday.
Johnson says Mayor Marian Orr has been responsible, for a long line of scandals and bad decisions, but since there is no provision for impeaching a mayor in the city, nothing can be done
Case said that normally the city council must sign off on expenditures of over $35,000 but that there is an exemption for emergency situations. He said he doesn't feel the potholes on Cheyenne streets right now meet that definition.