Casper City Council

At Tuesday's city council work session, the City of Casper was presented a $100,000 grant by the Natrona County Recreation Joint and Power Board, which will go towards creating a 'Parks and Recreation Master Plan.'

'The Casper Spuds' will be taking up the mantle of Casper's collegiate baseball team and now, the Casper City Council has brought them one step closer to home plate.

The board meets at 4:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at various city-owned recreation facilities.

Three city councilors left and three new city councilors took their seats, but that's not all. Bruce Knell was also elected to be the new Mayor of the City of Casper, accepting the role from former Mayor Ray Pacheco.

Outgoing councilors offered final words, and new councilors offered their first. There were tears, hugs, handshakes and congratulations all around.

On Tuesday, the Casper city council approved a cost of living increase of 3.5% for all city employees after a sales tax surplus.

The Casper city council agreed to send an agreement with the Natrona County School District to a regular council meeting which would add two new officers in NCSD buildings.

On Tuesday, the Casper city council approved a liquor license for Little Shop of Burgers and transferred a license to the new Yellowstone Garage Bar and Grill.

Casper's attorney John Henley was given a send-off by each council member and a plaque from Mayor Ray Pacheco at its meeting on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the Casper city council passed a nondiscrimination ordinance that it had worked on with its LGBTQ advisory committee after removing age as a protected class, which it will discuss at a later date.

The Casper city council talked on Tuesday about how the ice arena could raise more revenue in order to reduce how much the city spends on a subsidy.

The Casper city council passed on first reading an ordinance that would add penalties for repeated false alarms at homes and businesses.