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Natrona County commissioners approve audit waiver, support Casper sewer grant and amend consent agenda
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting the Natrona County Board of County Commissioners authorized a 60-day audit-processing waiver, agreed to send a letter of support (no financial commitment) for a City of Casper sewer grant, amended and approved its consent agenda and entered executive session for litigation and personnel.
Natrona County commissioners met Feb. 3 and approved several administrative items intended to keep county operations on track.
Commissioner Casey Coates presented a Collective Health Trust waiver described as a "waiver & extension under Foundation-County Agreement" and said signing it "will grant the auditor a sixty (60) day extension to process/report more accurately." Coates moved to authorize Chairman Jim Milne to sign the waiver; Commissioner Dave North seconded and the motion carried.
Coates also outlined a planned collaboration with the City of Casper to circulate a 1% sales tax survey (a 2022 example was shown). He said he would return in two weeks with a county cost estimate for participation. Coates told the board that the City of Casper's Regional Water Department intends to apply to the Development Administration for supplemental funds to address problems with the 201-interceptor sewer that serves much of the county’s wastewater; he asked the board to provide a letter of support with no county financial commitment. Coates moved that the chairman sign the letter of support; North seconded and the motion carried.
Deputy County Attorney Ashley Smith reported there had been no responses in favor or opposition to a separate proposal to extend an unspecified start date by two years; the County Attorney's Office was directed to draft a letter to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Industrial Siting Council concerning that matter.
Commissioners agreed to post an NCIA opening on the county webpage (details were not specified). Commissioner Peter Nicolaysen moved to amend the consent agenda to add Indigent Case NA-2025-188; Commissioner North seconded and the amendment passed. Nicolaysen then moved to approve the consent agenda as amended; North seconded and that motion carried.
Commissioner North moved and Commissioner Coates seconded that the board go into executive session for litigation and personnel matters; the motion passed and no action was reported following the session. Chairman Milne closed routine commissioner comments and adjourned the meeting at 5:47 p.m.
The meeting included routine departmental updates from Facility Director Garrett Rothenhoefer, R&B Superintendent Mike Haigler, IT Director Eileen Hill, Development Director/Planner Sabrina Kemper and HR & Risk Director Danielle Krucheck; no formal actions were taken on those reports.
