Casper council approves chicken ordinance on first reading and clears multiple resolutions

The Casper City Council on March 3 approved first reading of an ordinance to allow keeping domesticated fowl within city limits and adopted several resolutions and ordinances by consent, including a final plat and zone change for the Valley Hills Addition No. 3 and a procurement agreement for a wastewater plant screw pump.

The domesticated fowl ordinance, which amends multiple sections of the Casper Municipal Code, was read by title and approved on first reading after a motion by Councelor Bond and a second by Councelor Haskins. The city attorney presented exhibits and staff reported no public testimony during the public hearing phase for the related agenda item.

Council also approved on second reading an ordinance that approves a vacation, final plat, subdivision agreement and zone change for the Valley Hills Addition Number Three (moved by Councelor Pollock; seconded by Councelor Macintosh). Members indicated no amendments and there were no public speakers on the plat.

In separate actions, council approved a resolution authorizing Amendment No. 1 to the cooperative agreement with the Wyoming Department of Transportation for the I-25 Casper marginal phase 2 utilities project and authorized a procurement agreement with Zylm Evoka Water Technologies LLC for a screw pump project at the Sammy Hobbs wastewater treatment plant. Staff told council that full details for both items are available in the meeting packet.

The meeting’s consent agenda included items ranging from wholesale and retail water rate updates to a memorandum of understanding with the National Recreation and Parks Association and grant amendments with the Federal Highway Administration; council adopted the consent agenda by motion.

All motions on the record were moved and seconded as noted in meeting minutes and recorded as passing with "all counselors voting I." The precise numerical vote counts were not specified in the verbal record. The council then adjourned into an executive session for personnel, land and attorney-client matters.

What happens next: The domesticated fowl ordinance will return for subsequent reading(s) as required by municipal procedure; the public hearing for a separate vaping and hemp-derived-THC sales ordinance was set for March 17, 2026.