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Sweetwater County starts 45-day comment period on changes to oversized/overweight vehicle rules
Summary
Undersheriff Joe Tomitch outlined amendments to the county's oversized and overweight vehicle regulations — including new annual Class B permits, lower rig-move thresholds, fee changes and limited short-distance exemptions — and the board approved a notice of intended action to open a 45-day public comment period ending July 17, 2026.
Sweetwater County officials opened a 45-day public comment period June 2 for proposed changes to the county's oversized and overweight vehicle and load regulations.
Undersheriff Joe Tomitch, who led the revision work, told commissioners the amendments would allow an annual Class B permit in place of per-move permits, reduce thresholds for rig-move permits (from 80 to 45 Class B loads while retaining five Class A loads) and lower the per-move fee from $5,000 to $3,000 in certain circumstances. Tomitch said the proposal also creates limited exemptions for class B–F loads traveling fewer than five miles on designated county roads when those movements are headed directly to or from the nearest state highway, while explicitly excluding bridge crossings from the exemption because of bridge-damage concerns.
Tomitch said the changes reflect input from a working group that included county staff, the sheriff’s office and local industry partners. He added the county is proposing annual permit pricing that equates to about 30 loads per vehicle a year — $900 for an oversize annual permit and $1,500 for an overweight annual permit — and would allow alternate application methods (fax, email or in-person) where the online portal is infeasible.
Local industry representatives who addressed the board during the hearing praised the process. Andy Fletcher, president and CEO of Bunning Transfer, thanked the sheriff’s office and county staff for revising the original regulations after industry feedback and said the result “increases costs, but does so without getting in the way of doing business.” Kevin Holly of the Wyoming Trucking Association also commended county staff for outreach and the collaborative approach.
The board voted unanimously to approve the notice of intended action, which opens a 45‑day public comment window that ends July 17, 2026. The board staff noted a formal public hearing on the final ordinance will be held during the board’s July 21 meeting. Written comments must be received before the July 17 deadline.
