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Wyoming council adopts updated Fair Treatment Policy amid questions over federal-state alignment
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The Wyoming City Council adopted a consolidated Fair Treatment Policy intended to align city contract language with recent federal and state nondiscrimination requirements. City Attorney Scott Smith told council the changes aim to preserve federal funding; one council member voiced unease about automatically adopting federal rule changes.
Wyoming — The Wyoming City Council on Monday adopted an updated Fair Treatment Policy that consolidates the city’s nondiscrimination and accommodation rules and updates contract language to reflect recent changes in state and federal requirements.
City Attorney Scott Smith told council the consolidated policy incorporates recent changes to state law and to federal agency guidance and executive orders, and that keeping city policy aligned with those changes is necessary to maintain federal funding for programs such as Federal Highway Administration grants and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
“Compliance with these changes in federal requirements is essential to maintaining federal funding,” Smith said. “We rely on a large amount of federal funds … If we don’t do that, we won’t maintain our…
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