Mark Moody
About
Mark Moody's campaign platform focuses on local economic and environmental controls, specifically opposing new data centers through smart planning and rejecting federal climate agendas that do not align with Wyoming's interests.
Campaign promises (2)
- developmentMark Moody vowed to oppose new data centers in Cheyenne.Related votes
- environmentMoody campaigned on the stance that Cheyenne needs to reject a federal climate agenda that does not fit Wyoming.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 19
- Total speaking time
- 45:46
- Avg per meeting
- 2:25
- Segments
- 1198
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Top issues during term (14)(Development)
Hitching Post District / PRCA headquarters
City taxpayers have contributed; backers project roughly $800,000 a year in local sales tax once the museum and hall of fame open.
Cox Ranch annexation and Skybox data center
A data center could expand the city's tax base but also raise service costs for police, fire and water infrastructure; no project cost figures were provided.
Data center regulations in the Unified Development Code
Concerns over water, electricity rates and property values near data center campuses.
Nisley family farm annexation fight
HR Ranch / Campstool Road Business Park rezone defeated
Developer says property has sat vacant 50 years and is constrained by transmission lines; no end user named yet.
Microsoft Highlands Data Center Annexation
Microsoft is already the city's top taxpayer at roughly $11 million a year in property tax, and the annexation brings more tax base but also infrastructure obligations.
North Cheyenne annexation of 26 surrounded parcels
Annexed landowners will begin paying city taxes and receive city services and utilities.
Affordable housing at Converse and Carlson
Generates lease revenue for the city, though one speaker criticized deferred-rent and eventual deed-transfer terms.
Annexation of YFresh farm and county pockets
The farm owners face possible tap fees, inspection costs and an estimated $50,000 predator-fence requirement; the city says it may need six months or more of staff time diverted to write the new code.
Belvoir Ranch development due diligence
Access may be free for invited companies, but fees can be charged to others; study data belongs to the city.
Accessory dwelling unit reform
Could lower housing costs by expanding rental supply; no city cost identified.
April 13 hearing on 1,259.91-acre annexation compliance
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Historic Cox mausoleum preservation
Survey and legal preservation costs borne by the parties; not quantified.
Magic Meadows affordable housing project
A $500,000 state grant request, amended down from $1 million after contractor estimates.
Decisions during term (20)
Recorded while Moody was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
2026 Development Agreement — Swan Ranch Development Area (Item 21.a)
[CA] RESOLUTION – Granting Special Use approval for a gaming center pursuant to Unified Development Code Section 2.2.7 and granting local approval of a site-specific application for a Simulcasting Permit to be issued by the Wyoming Gaming…
[CA] 2026 Development Agreement between the City of Cheyenne, Granite Peak Development, LP, Laramie Land Holdings, LLC, 2R Investments, LLC, Granite Peak Transloading, LLC and those entities’ assigns under common ownership and Clear Creek…
RESOLUTION – Granting Special Use approval for a gaming center pursuant to Unified Development Code Section 2.2.7 and granting local approval of a site-specific application for a Simulcasting Permit to be issued by the Wyoming Gaming…
[CA] RESOLUTION – Granting Special Use approval for a gaming center pursuant to Unified Development Code Section 2.2.7 and granting local approval of a site-specific application for a Simulcasting Permit to be issued by the Wyoming Gaming…
RESOLUTION – Adopting the 2026 Program Year Annual Action Plan for the City of Cheyenne Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Program. (FINANCE COMMITTEE)
Industrial and Economic Development Services Agreement between the City of Cheyenne and the Cheyenne/Laramie County Corporation for Economic Development (LEADS) for the period of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. (General Fund) (FINANCE…
Industrial and Economic Development Services Agreement between the City of Cheyenne and the Cheyenne/Laramie County Corporation for Economic Development (LEADS) for the period of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. (General Fund)
Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Cheyenne and the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027. (General Fund)
Consideration of Bid #S-17-26 for a Contract between the City of Cheyenne and JTL Group, Inc. d/b/a Knife River for the 2026 Safe Routes to School project. (Community Development Block Grant & ForMak Grant) (FINANCE COMMITTEE)
Consideration of Bid #S-17-26 for a Contract between the City of Cheyenne and JTL Group, Inc. d/b/a Knife River for the 2026 Safe Routes to School project. (Community Development Block Grant & ForMak Grant)
Downtown Development Authority FY2027 budget — Item 22
Downtown Development District expansion approved
Downtown Development District expansion on second reading (item 14)
RESOLUTION – Approving an increase of the budget of the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. (SPONSOR – MR. WHITE)
[CA] RESOLUTION – Expressing the support of the Governing Body for the inclusion of Laramie County Property ID Number 14663133500500 in the Downtown Development District. (PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE)
RESOLUTION – Expressing the support of the Governing Body for the inclusion of Laramie County Property ID Number 14663133500500 in the Downtown Development District. (SPONSOR – MR. WHITE)
Consideration of Bid #S-10-26 for an Agreement between the City of Cheyenne and Mechanical Systems, Inc., for the North Cheyenne Community Park Drainage Improvement project. (Development Impact Fees) (FINANCE COMMITTEE)
Consideration of Bid #S-10-26 for an Agreement between the City of Cheyenne and Mechanical Systems, Inc., for the North Cheyenne Community Park Drainage Improvement project. (Development Impact Fees)
Consideration of Bid #S-7-26 for an Agreement between the City of Cheyenne and Pole Mountain Electric, Inc., for the Cheyenne Dunbar Field Light Installation project. (2021 Specific Purpose Option Tax Fund, Development Impact Fees and Rec…
Voting record (1)(Development)
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