Interviews scheduled for City Council vacancy

Published on October 24, 2025

Candidate interviews for the vacant Ward 1 Cheyenne City Council seat are scheduled over the next two weeks.

The first round of interviews is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28, and Wednesday, Oct. 29. Following the first round of interviews, Ward 1 Councilmen Pete Laybourn and Jeff White will deliberate in private and will select finalists for a second round of interviews.

The second round of interviews will be held on Monday, Nov. 3, beginning at 6 p.m. Following that round, the Ward 1 councilmen will select one candidate jointly or two candidates individually to present to the full City Council for consideration at Council’s meeting on Monday, Nov. 10.

Council will then vote on the candidate(s) to fill the vacant Ward 1 seat that was held by the late Scott Roybal. If approved, the candidate will be sworn in at the Nov. 10 meeting.

All interviews will be held at the Kiwanis Community House. The interviews will be open to the public but no public comment will be accepted at the interviews. Candidates are not permitted to sit in on other candidates’ interviews.

Public comment about the vacancy and final candidate(s) will be accepted prior to Council voting on the nominee(s) on Nov. 10.

The interview schedule for the first round of interviews is as follows:

Tuesday, Oct. 28

1 p.m. – Aaron Fiore

1:30 p.m. – James Byrd

2 p.m. – Linda Burt

2:30 p.m. – Michael Reyes

3 p.m. – David Cook

3:30 p.m. – Travis French

4 p.m. – Lawrence Wolfe

Wednesday, Oct. 29

1 p.m. – Maren Kallas

1:30 p.m. – Tamara Trujillo

2 p.m. – John Romero

2:30 p.m. – JC Manalo

3:30 p.m. – Josalyn Reynolds

4 p.m. – Stefanie Boster

All City Council seats are nonpartisan. All candidates to be interviewed have been determined to meet the eligibility requirements to fill the seat.

The selected candidate will complete a term that ends in January 2027. A candidate selected to fill the vacancy would be eligible to run for a full term in 2026.