Remarks by Sharon Cumbie
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“Thank you, City Clerk. That motion passes. I just want to acknowledge Councillor Bolling who is joining us from Ireland and it's probably about 4 a.m. or 3, yeah. And I like your leprechaun jacket. It looks very green from here. But thank you so much. I appreciate your commitment. Public comment on non-agenda items. Seeing none, councilors, consideration for future council work sessions. Yes, Councilor Newman.”
“Second on that. That second was from who? Freed. Freed, okay. All right. Thank you very much. Councilor Newman, bring us home.”
“I have a motion by Newman, second by Vigil. All in favor of removing that from the list?”
“All opposed? That motion passes. Thank you for cleaning that up. Do you have something? Mayor, I... We only have three minutes.”
“I can't second a motion. Okay, gotcha. Thanks for keeping me straight. Don't know what I'd do without you. Councilor Newman, go for it.”
“Second. I have a motion from Newman, second from Vigil. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? We are adjourned to executive session.”
“I've been on leave, bereavement leave for two weeks. And I want to thank everybody for the tremendous outpouring of support and love and concern and the great meals. And it's just been amazing. So thank you all very much.”
“All right, good evening and welcome to the Laramie City Council regular meeting for Wednesday, August 19, 2026. And if you'd like, please join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. City Clerk, if you can please call the roll.”
“Thank you, City Clerk. Next, we go to public comment. Is there any public comment on non-agenda items? Yes, ma'am.”
“No, if you'll come up to the podium. Thank you so much. And then if you can state your name for the record.”
“Thank you very much for your comments and we do have the chief of police is here and we'll make note of that and maybe can do some kind of”
“It's a real thank you very much. Anyway, thank you very much. Good day to you. Thanks. All right. Is there any public request to remove a consent agenda item and place it on the regular agenda? Seeing none, Vice Mayor, if you would make a motion.”
“I have a motion from Richardson, second from Vigil. All in favor? All opposed? That motion passes. Next we'll move on to public hearings and we do have three. So the city clerk will read out each public hearing and then after each I'll ask if there's any public comment on that and then we'll go on to the next and then to the next. Okay, city clerk, public hearing number one.”
“Thank you, City Clerk. Is there any public comment on this public hearing? Seeing none, city clerk, public hearing number two, please.”
“Thank you, City Clerk. Is there any public comment on this public hearing? Seeing none, we will move on to public hearing number three. City Clerk.”
“Thank you, City Clerk. Is there any public comment on this public hearing? Seeing none, thank you for reading those. And now we'll move on to announcements. And city manager, we have a monthly staff recognition.”
“Thank you, Director Bork. And now, City Manager.”
“Caitlin, can we get you to come up and take a picture with council?”
“All right, moving right along. Counselors, are there any disclosures and or conflicts of interest? Seeing none, Vice Mayor, if you'd like to motion for the approval of the consent agenda.”
“I have a motion from Richardson, second from Newman, City Clerk. If you can call the roll, please.”
“Thank you, City Clerk. That motion passes. Next, mayor announcements or acknowledgments. And tonight, I would like to acknowledge Chris Stratton and Barbara Hill, who have 24-7, which is our service for video and broadcast. And in a conversation with Councilor O'Doherty, we wanted to acknowledge the equipment and the extra support that was given to us for the work session that we had last week, where there was very large attendance, probably over 100 people, and a number of people that I know wanted to watch it online. And the quality of the sound, thanks to their conscientiousness, was…”
“I have a motion from Newman, second from Lockhart. City Clerk.”
“Further questions? Thank you, City Clerk. Is there any public comment on this agenda item? Back to Council. Council, any comments? City Clerk, if you can please call the roll.”
“Thank you, City Clerk. That motion passes. Item 11B, Councilor Lockhart.”
“Second. I have a motion from Lockhart, second from Richardson. City Clerk.”