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Albany County commissioners approve airport entitlement transfer, multiple grants, scholarships and appointment of special prosecutor
Summary
The board approved transferring airport AIP entitlements, accepted cybersecurity and HIDTA grant awards, authorized $60,000 for volunteer fire radios, approved community partner funding and scholarships, appointed Sarah Hawkins as special prosecutor, and approved April vouchers.
The Albany County Board of Commissioners approved several administrative and funding items at the meeting, including an airport-entitlement transfer, multiple grant awards, a community funding agreement, scholarships and the appointment of a special prosecutor.
On the airport item, commissioners approved a request to transfer Airport Improvement Program entitlement funds to Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport so the funds remain in use and are returned the following fiscal year. County staff (identified in the meeting as "Jamie") told the board that AIP funds are tied to approved projects and that lending entitlements to another airport is common practice to prevent forfeiture; a prior similar transfer to Rock Springs was cited.
The board approved an application to the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security for state and local cybersecurity grant funds (amount not to exceed $57,711) to pay for external penetration testing, secure backup laptops and a generator for Rock River. The board also approved a grant award agreement with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation / Rocky Mountain HIDTA to cover part of a deputy sheriff’s salary ($74,460.61 for 01/01/2026–12/31/2026) to place a deputy on task-force investigations.
Albany County accepted $60,000 in Homeland Security (SHSP) funds to purchase radios for volunteer fire departments; staff described inventory tagging and said the county will track and help maintain the radios, though day-to-day maintenance will generally be handled at the district level. The board approved a $5,000 community partner funding agreement with the Albany County Fairgrounds Alumni Association for the Gem City Showdown and accepted committee recommendations to award three county-commissioner scholarships for the 2026–27 academic year (awards of $500 per semester, $1,000 per year).
In other business, the board approved a resolution appointing Sarah Hawkins as a special prosecutor to handle a criminal conflict and approved county vouchers for April 2026. All motions reported in the transcript were approved by voice votes.
