Cache County Fire District Board accepts bylaws amendments for legal review, sets June 11 meeting

The Cache County Fire District Board accepted a proposed amendment and restatement of its trustee bylaws for legal review and scheduled a follow-up meeting for June 11 at noon, trustees said.

The board’s chair opened the meeting and introduced agenda item 3, a comprehensive amended-and-restated bylaws packet. Committee member (S3) moved that the proposed bylaws be accepted for review and forwarded to the district’s counsel, identified in the meeting as Amy Cudi, "for looking at legalities," and the board approved the motion by voice vote.

Why it matters: The proposed changes include structural choices that would affect trustee selection and board composition — including a discussion at the meeting about whether to reduce the number of trustees from 11 to 9 and whether trustee appointments should come from named North/South mayor slots or through application processes. Those choices determine how local municipalities and citizens are represented on the district board.

Several trustees raised procedural and document-quality concerns before finalizing the review step. Committee member (S2) asked that the draft not be overly prescriptive and specifically proposed "that we add an additional North mayor and an additional South mayor rather than have pools of mayors," arguing for geographic balance while leaving selection methods flexible. Committee member (S3) and others noted the package they had previously received was incomplete; trustees said they had now obtained the full set, including redline and ‘‘amended clean’’ versions. Committee member (S3) recommended circulating any specific amendment text in writing before the next meeting so trustees could review changes in advance, consistent with the bylaws’ guidance about advance submission.

On the motion, the board recorded ayes by voice and no recorded objections. The transcript does not record a roll-call or list of individual roll-call votes; the chair called for ayes and the motion passed by voice vote.

Trustees agreed to return the package to legal counsel for review and to place the item on the next meeting agenda for further discussion and any supermajority-required approval. Before adjourning the scheduling discussion, trustees settled on June 11 at noon as the next meeting time and asked staff to confirm Chief George’s availability and to reserve the room.

The board also approved the meeting agenda and the minutes from the board’s May 12 meeting earlier in the session. The bylaws review will continue at the June 11 meeting after counsel’s review and distribution of a complete, redlined packet and any proposed amendment text.