Under the current contract, which expires June 30, the shelter gets paid $800,000 a year to serve as the city and county’s designated open-intake shelter.
Decriminalization is different than legalization, which would remove all penalties. What fines might be in place under the proposal have yet to be worked out.
Adults 21 years and older will be allowed to walk around downtown Cheyenne with an alcoholic beverage in-hand beginning this summer, the city announced Thursday.
In 1897, The City of Cheyenne passed an ordinance prohibiting public performances without a permit. Nearly 122 years later, singing Christmas carols in public could, technically, subject you to a $750 fine or six months in jail.