Range franchise fees approved

Not every member of the Sundance City Council was comfortable passing the proposed franchise fee agreement with Range Communications at Tuesday’s meeting – even after the cooperative agreed to changes that had previously been requested.

However, after a motion to table the question failed, the agreement did ultimately pass its third and final reading.

The agreement was originally very similar to the one that has now been instituted with other utility providers in the city, such as Powder River Energy and Visionary. However, in September, Jason Hendricks, Chief Government Relations Officer for...