V.H. McDonald

V.H. McDonald was assistant city manager to former City Manager John Patterson, who announced his resignation in May 2015 and who left on Nov. 1.

City Manager V.H. McDonald said council will begin meeting about the process to replace Murphy.

Casper City Council has pushed for an independent review of the department beginning last fall.

The city is looking at spending $5 million for infrastructure near the Parkway Plaza if the hotel builds a convention center.

The Department of Revenue's Liquor Division notified the City of Casper of the Parkway Plaza's tax delinquencies three times in the past year.

The lengthy process to find Casper’s next fire chief will begin immediately.

The terminated lease marked the latest in the half-decade saga of city government's goal, largely driven by former City Manager John Patterson, of a conference center and hotel complex somewhere near downtown.

Seventeen years ago, city council established a reserve fund to carry the city through boom and bust cycles, and avoid abrupt changes in services.

The developer's proposal at the Parkway Plaza so far includes a 40,000-square-foot facility would have a 25,000-square-foot ballroom plus offices and other rooms.

The funding for the $5.3 million project, initially set at $6 million, is already in the bank from excess revenues from the Optional One-Percent Sales Tax No. 14.