Police are armed at the council meetings, they have a special dispensation, because they are controlled by the city council.
What the city council is saying is: We are in charge, not you! The city council are employees of the people, not the other way around.
We've got a Wyoming state bill in the works to deny all state funding to cities that pull this sort of crap. That's just one of several nifty little surprises we have for Cheyenne.
Stay tuned. This little episode is FAR from over.