County nominates public records point of contact

The Crook County Commissioners have nominated the Crook County Clerk as the designated point of contact for persons requesting public records involving any of the boards, departments and offices associated with county government.

The commissioners met in special meeting last week to approve the resolution because the point of contact needed to be designated before July 1 according to Enrolled Act 72, passed by the Wyoming Legislature earlier this year. The act changes how government entities handle public records requests.

Among other changes, the act requires each governmental entity to desig...