Airport issue not discussed

The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport commercial terminal issue wasn’t even discussed at the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting.

The Commissioners voted to un-table the motion, but the motion died when Commissioners John Kolb, Don Van Matre and Wally Johnson voted not to take it off the table. Commissioners Randy Wendling and Reid West voted in favor of taking it off the table. The issue wasn’t discussed because it wasn’t taken off the table.  

“I don’t know when and if we will ever deal with this matter,” West said.

He said it can’t be discussed because it wasn’t taken off the table.

“If we’re not going to deal with it today, then when,” West asked.

Johnson said the matter died at a previous meeting when the Commission failed to make a motion.

The matter was then tabled. The question then came as to whether Robert’s Rules of Order were followed correctly.

Johnson asked how an issue can be tabled that died for a lack of a motion.

Deputy County attorney James Schermetzler said a motion to table always takes precedence.

The matter was then dropped, while Schermetzler and chief deputy attorney Theresa Thybo reviewed Robert’s Rules of Order.

While the attorneys were reviewing the rules, the recording for that meeting was listened to as well. After reviewing the recordings, it was determined that West said since “neither a motion for or against was made is there a motion to table.”

Later in this week’s meeting, the Commissioners addressed the issue with the attorneys. Schermetzler said the motion to table was appropriate, however since the airport is going to change its funding-amount request it’s a moot point. They asked how to remove it from the table, if a new request was going to come forward.

“I guess it just never gets removed,” Schermetzler said.

He said because the airport has a different funding request, it will need to go through a public hearing again and the Commission will then act on that request.

In a letter to the Commissioners the airport is now requesting $133,333 instead of $711,111.