Timothy A. Sapp
WY · Powell City Council Member, Ward 3
Longtime Powell city councilman and retired welder and machinist who worked in farming and the oil industry. He backs building out city parks and widening Division Street, and wants more low-income housing.
Where Timothy A. Sapp stands, based on their records
Supports
Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Opposes
Housing Affordability (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 2 oppose), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 2 oppose
Moved to adopt Powell's 2026-27 city budget, which passed unanimously after a motion to drop the property tax failed for lack of a second. He also moved to raise city electric rates that night.
June 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: cityofpowell.com
Voted to place a 1% county sales tax on the November 2026 ballot to help pay for a new Powell senior center. In January he had also voted to back the tax idea.
June 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: cityofpowell.com
Cast the only vote against raising the city's matching money for Powell Golf Course projects from $20,000 to $30,000. The plan also let Moyer Foundation money count as the golf club's match; it passed 6-1.
May 2, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: cityofpowell.com
Cast the only vote against approving a contract of about $9.2 million with Sletten Construction to build the Powell Aquatic Center. He said the city had not shown where the extra money would come from.
September 15, 2008Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: powelltribune.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for a council resolution backing an independent court system and condemning threats of violence against judges. It passed 6-1 after a fellow councilman's comment about hanging judges.
May 4, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cityofpowell.com
Voted to have Powell's delegate oppose a Wyoming Association of Municipalities resolution to decriminalize cannabis. The council position passed 6-1.
May 20, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cityofpowell.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 oppose
Asked the Powell Planning and Zoning Commission in spring 2025 to raise the parks fee on new subdivisions. His plan based it on a lot's finished value, about $5,000 a lot instead of $220; the commission did not send it to the council.
March 26, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: powelltribune.com
Voted alone against letting smaller corner lots, as small as 3,500 square feet, be used across Powell instead of only in the old townsite. He said it added density without making homes truly affordable; it passed 5-1.
October 6, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: cityofpowell.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted to place a 1% county sales tax on the November 2026 ballot to help pay for a new Powell senior center. In January he had also voted to back the tax idea.
June 1, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: cityofpowell.com
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Led the Heart Mountain Rod and Gun Club as president for about 40 years. During that time the club's shooting range moved from federal ownership to the Powell Recreation District.
August 11, 2026
Source: powelltribune.com
Voted against four of nine new e-bike ordinances, including the rules for riding on sidewalks. He worried about fast e-bikes on sidewalks; each passed 5-1.
March 16, 2026
Source: cityofpowell.com
Urged the council to require park land, not cash, from the new Autumn Grove subdivision. The rest of the council chose a cash payment instead.
March 2, 2026
Source: cityofpowell.com
Voted no on a compromise letting landowner Mike Birdsley take one of his two lots out of city limits. The deal passed 4-1.
January 5, 2026
Source: cityofpowell.com
Voted alone against rezoning a lot at 115 East Third Street from home use to business use. The change let the owner add a covered area with no setback from the lot line; it passed 6-1 on first reading.
May 5, 2025
Source: cityofpowell.com
Was re-elected council president by a unanimous vote of the Powell City Council. The president runs meetings when the mayor is away; he had held the post since August 2020.
January 16, 2023
Source: powelltribune.com
Cast the only vote against changing city rules to allow slaughterhouses in Powell's industrial zone. He also voted against letting Proud Cut Foods open a meat plant on East North Street, which passed 4-2.
December 7, 2020
Source: powelltribune.com
Won back the Ward 3 Powell City Council seat, beating incumbent Myron Heny 227 to 209. He had earlier served on the council from 2001 to 2009.
November 4, 2014
Source: powelltribune.com
Past race Timothy A. Sapp ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 3 · November 3, 2026 · Powell city, Wyoming · incumbent