Council advances 2024 International Code adoption and elimination of city Board of Health; consent agenda approved

The Laramie City Council on Aug. 5 advanced several administrative items. Ordinance 2,107, the ordinance adopting the 2024 International Code Series, passed first reading by an 8–0 vote with one member absent and is scheduled for second reading on Sept. 2, 2025. In the same meeting the council passed on initial reading an ordinance to eliminate the City of Laramie’s Board of Health; that ordinance passed 8–0 with one member absent and is scheduled for second reading on Sept. 2.

The council approved the consent agenda by an 8–0 vote. The consent agenda included minutes, cemetery deeds, easements for Spring Creek Trail Phase 2, a memorandum of understanding for municipal inmate housing with the Albany County Detention Center, and three resolutions to appoint members to the Urban Systems Advisory Committee and the Albany County Tourism Joint Powers Board, according to the meeting recap.

City officials stated that the city is updating the Laramie Municipal Code to align with newly adopted code series. Regarding the Board of Health item, the city said it believes the Albany County Board of Health is the more appropriate body to handle public-health issues, as had occurred during the recent pandemic; that statement appeared in the meeting recap and was not attributed to a named individual in the record.

The meeting recap also announced a forthcoming joint work session: a session with the city council, Albany County Board of Commissioners, and Rock River Town Council scheduled for Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Operations Center, 4373 N. Third St., to discuss the proposed specific-purpose excise tax for 2026. The next regular meeting of the council is scheduled for Sept. 2, 2025, per the recap.