LGBTQ Committee Offers Recommendations to Casper City Council
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The committee, which was established last year to look into what the city could do to better address issues raised by community members, offered two recommendations to city council.
One recommendation was to create a ordinance against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual preference, similar to what has been done in Laramie and Jackson, and the other recommendation is a program for businesses to put stickers in their windows signifying their support for the LGBTQ community.
Kody Allen-Sambrano, one of the members of the committee, said the sticker program would help bolster the relationship between the LGBTQ community and police department.
By Brendan LaChance on April 27, 2021
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CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Legislature’s 2021 General Session, which Governor Mark Gordon described as “discombobulated” due to disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a supplemental budget bill that includes $430 million in cuts and eliminates 324 state positions.
While the legislature was able to restore what Gordon described a “modest amount of funding to several Wyoming Department of Health programs for seniors, the disabled, low-income residents and those requiring mental health services” from what was initially proposed leading into the session, the Wyoming Department of Health’s budget was still slashed by about $118.5 million.
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Casper City Council Grapples With Need for New Police Station
Outgrown.
Impractical.
A memo from Chief Keith McPheeters and Capt. Shane Chaney to City Manager Carter put it this way: Currently, storage closets and janitorial spaces have been converted into office spaces. Offices meant to hold one workspace now have three people juggling to use the limited space.
The Casper City Council at its work session Tuesday reviewed options about the police department housed in the mid-1970s-era Hall of Justice, 201 S. David St., which is shared with the Natrona County Sheriff s Office and the District Attorney s Office.
McPheeters presented the concerns to the council, saying the police department has never had a home of its own, and that affected its ability to provide public safety.