085-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-5 - Hearing procedure

(a) The Board may hold a hearing at its discretion or on the request of any interested person to determine whether any information classified as confidential, trade secret, or proprietary should be subject to public disclosure.

(i) Interested persons must make a written request to the Broadband Manager or their designee requesting a hearing, specifying the relevant information sought to be subject to public disclosure, and the justification for the request. A request submitted by email shall be deemed sufficient.

(A) At the discretion of the Council, an action item related to the request shall be added to the agenda for the next Regular Public Meeting of the Board. In such event, the requesting party and all affected parties shall be notified of the date, time and place of the meeting at which the request shall be considered.

(B) Prior to any action on a request, the requesting party as well as the party or parties affected by the request shall have the opportunity to offer testimony related the request and any objections thereto, and field questions from the Board in public session.

(I) In the event the requesting party fails to attend the scheduled meeting of the Board to present testimony, the Board may summarily dismiss the request and the dismissal shall be noted in the meeting minutes.

(II) There shall be no distinction made between persons attending the Public Meeting virtually and those attending in-person.

(b) Public comment shall be accepted prior to any action by the Board.

(c) At its sole discretion, the Board may enter executive session to receive legal counsel related to the request pursuant to W.S. 16-4-405.

(d) All actions related to any decision by the Board to deem public any information following a hearing held pursuant to these rules shall be recorded in the meeting minutes.

(e) Any hearing which occurs pursuant to this Section of this Chapter of these rules shall be considered non-precedential and shall not bind the Board to take any future action predicated on that decision.

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085-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-5

Adopted, Eff. 7/21/2021. Amended, Eff. 11/3/2021.