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Natrona County Parks trustees adopt statutory language for draft bylaws, send draft for public notice
Summary
Trustees reviewed multiple draft versions of proposed bylaws and voted to replace editorial language with verbatim Wyoming statutory text in multiple sections; they approved sending the bylaws draft out for 45-day public notice and directed county counsel to prepare a clean, consolidated version for final review.
Trustees of the Natrona County Parks and Recreation System voted to replace editorial bylaw wording with verbatim Wyoming statutory language in multiple sections and to send the draft bylaws out for the required public notice period.
At the start of the meeting Trustees voted to send the draft rules out for public notice. Trustee Nicklaus moved to send the draft version out for public notice; Trustee Mehl seconded and “the motion carries,” the board recorded. The board then proceeded to review multiple versions of the bylaws packet (a redline, a statute-inserted copy and a clean copy) and discussed whether to retain local editorial language or use verbatim statutory language.
Trustees repeatedly agreed to use the verbatim Wyoming statutes where highlighted in the packet rather than the editorialized language they had discussed previously. Multiple specific placements and editorial fixes were agreed: moving a highlighted statutory paragraph from section 2.11 into 2.13, retaining statutory wording that sets board size as “not less than five nor more than nine,” and replacing several subsections in Article 2 with the exact statutory text identified in the packet. The board also agreed to standardize references to the parks official as “parks director” throughout the document.
The meeting record shows several motions and seconds to adopt statutory language for particular sections, and the board voted affirmatively on those motions. Trustees debated whether the bylaws should restate statute or merely cite it; several trustees urged keeping verbatim statutory text in the bylaws to avoid conflict or ambiguity.
On removal and vacancy language, the board adopted statutory text on vacancies and county-commission removal of trustees, and it amended the officers section so that “officers may be removed at any time for cause without public hearing by the board or by the Board of County Commissioners of Natrona County.” During discussion trustees asked the county attorney to research and provide a written opinion on the legal limits and correct procedure for removing officers and whether the adopted language could create exposure or conflict with other law; the county attorney agreed to provide that legal guidance and a clean consolidated bylaws draft.
Trustees directed the county attorney to produce a consolidated, legible copy of the bylaws incorporating the agreed statutory language and editorial fixes and to return it for further review. They also left some operational choices — for example whether to set a fixed board size within the 5–9 statutory range or leave the matter to the Board of County Commissioners — to be determined later; multiple speakers noted the commissioners have appointment authority and can change board size if needed.
The board repeatedly distinguished discussion from formal action: many items were discussed and left for later drafting or legal review; formal votes were taken only where explicitly motioned and seconded. The county attorney will circulate the clean version for the board’s next review and the board expects to proceed with a 45-day public notice before final adoption.
