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Flip McConnaughey was Gillette's first City Administrator. He worked in Gillette from September of 1976 to July of 1981. After that he was the City Manager in Laramie for 10 years and then Senator Enzi's Chief of Staff, up until his death on September 24 of this year. During his tenure with Gillette, he helped manage the explosive growth due to energy development that included 37 annexations in that 5 year period. He also helped complete the first City Administrator Charter Ordinance in Wyoming and was instrumental in all phases of the first Madison water project which began during his tenure and brought a dependable supply of water to Gillette on June 1, 1981. October 4, 2016 is significant since it is the 40th anniversary of the Council meeting at which Flip first delivered the invocation at the start of the meeting.
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