Gillette council: curb mayor's power

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Sep 4, 2008 at 8:37 AM MST

Story Updated: Sep 4, 2008 at 8:37 AM MST

GILLETTE, WYOMING - The Gillette City Council is moving to strip Mayor Duane Evenson of his powers to appoint city officials.

Evenson cast the lone dissenting vote on Tuesday as the council approved an ordinance to give the council itself powers to appoint the city administrator, city attorney and municipal judges. The ordinance now must be published for two weeks and will go into effect 60 days after that.

The council first moved to trim Evenson's powers in July. Councilors proposed the change saying that the mayor had withheld pay raises for personal reasons and was unable to work with people who disagreed with him.

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