2026 5th Penny

$40 million of the 5th Penny will go to City street and pavement maintenance and improvements (i.e. overlay, chip/slurry/micro/crack seals, traffic signals, and concrete work), including construction, reconstruction, and renovation (i.e. widening, resurfacing, drainage repairs and improvements, rehabilitation, improvements to accommodate increased traffic, or other improvements deemed necessary by the City Engineer).

These funds are necessary to ensure the condition of City pavements can be maintained and improved or to fund total reconstruction if deemed necessary. These funds may also be used to meet grant match funding requirements. This funding is critical to maintain a safe transportation system.

$8 million is designated for snow removal, street cleaning, and street maintenance materials (i.e. asphalt mix, sealers, ice melt material, sand, salt, gravel), equipment, facilities, and grant match for materials, equipment, and facilities.

$4 million is designated for traffic safety improvements including replacing/upgrading traffic signals, signal controllers and signs, grant match for traffic improvements, and funding for traffic signs, posts, paint, striping, equipment, and facilities.

This amountpartially funds administrative costs of project management, construction management, engineering, pavement management and project communications with the public for 5th Penny projects.

These funds will be used for construction, maintenance, and repair of storm sewers, culverts, drainage channels, detention ponds, and grant match for drainage projects. This funding is necessary to ensure routine repair of drainage facilities preventing damage to public and private property while meeting federal requirements including costs associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permitting.

Cheyenne Fire Rescue will use these funds for fire protection and training facilities maintenance and development, fire equipment and emergency medical equipment and supplies, communications equipment, training, protective clothing, medical evaluations, computer and software upgrades, vehicles and matching grant opportunities.

This funding is critical in ensuring firefighters are trained and equipped to provide fire and rescue protection services.

This funding will be used for the replacement and equipping of police cars, upgrading communication equipment, purchasing needed equipment for training and investigations, replacing outdated computers and software, upgrading facilities and matching grant opportunities.

This funding is critical in ensuring our police are properly equipped to provide public safety.

This funding is needed to maintain public health, safety, and enhance Cheyenne's parks and recreational resources and to provide safe and well-maintained landscaping in City rights-of-way. This funding may be used to pay airport leases (for uses like the Compost Facility) and meet grant fund matching requirements.

This funding is needed to provide safe and well maintained parking lots throughout the park system. This funding may be used to meet grant fund matching requirements.

This funding will be used to maintain and replace animal control vehicles and equipment and provide funding needed for abatement of identified nuisances. This funding may be used to meet grant fund matching requirements.

This funding is needed to provide safe and well-maintained City facilities. This funding may be used to meet grant fund matching requirements.

This funding will be used to replace computers and associated equipment, vehicles, and other needs of departments/divisions with limited funding opportunities.

This funding will be used to maintain and replace vehicles and equipment and provide mileage reimbursement to employees who drive their privately-owned vehicles to complete their assigned duties.

These funds provide direct financial support to local agencies as recommended by the Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC) and approved by the Governing Body.

The HSAC is a joint advisory council consisting of City, County, and United Way appointees created to provide recommendations to each governing body concerning human services matters. This process provides agencies a single application, review and hearing process for funding requests and develops a system to monitor effectiveness of funds committed.

These funds will be used to assist with expansion, retention and recruitment of businesses. The Cheyenne City Council may designate funds to provide for business recruitment and infrastructure development; sponsor reports or publications that provide economic, business, or industry data or market reports; and provide financial incentives or funding of special projects to encourage businesses to expand, retain, or relocate to Cheyenne and Laramie County. These funds may be used as grant match, full or partial grant, or loans upon approval of the Governing Body.