Keith Goodenough

In a strong mayor system, voters elect a person who works full time and oversees the city's operations like a city manager does. Cheyenne has such a system.

A couple of residents suggest Casper change from its council-manager system to a strong mayor system in which the mayor, not a city manager, oversees city operations.

Casper City Counci's public pre-meetings have not been recorded in the past.

Allowing some groups to use council chambers but banning others will lead to lawsuits, and courts have consistently ruled governments cannot play favorites.

DDA officials have said the plaza could be completed as early as November.

Casper City Council unanimously supported the Downtown Development Authority's plan for a downtown plaza at its meeting Tuesday.

Casper City Council on Tuesday gave first-reading approval to a pair of ordinances that would make it easier to remove elected council members found guilty of committing ethics violations. Council approved both ordinances 6-3 after about 40 minutes of discussion...

A Ward I member of the Casper City Council is asking for the resignation of Casper city manager John Patterson. Councilman Keith Goodenough called the city manager a “wheeler and dealer,” and said Patterson is too focused on major capital projects and not focused enough on the actual management of the city...

Casper City Council approved the first reading of its nuisance fire alarm ordinance Tuesday night. Under the ordinance, which was passed 7-2, homeowners and business owners with registered alarm systems will get two free false fire alarms annually, but will be subject to a $100 fine for a third false alarm and each false alarm after that...

A two-term city councilman will run for a seat on the Natrona County Commission this November. Ward I councilman Keith Goodenough formally announced his candidacy prior to Tuesday’s Casper City Council work session. “I’ve been a state representative, a state senator, a city councilperson, and I think the county commission would be an office that I’d enjoy serving in,” Goodenough said...