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Carbon County commissioners adopt amended 2025–26 budget to cover grants and emergency costs
Summary
The Carbon County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 2026-03 on Jan. 22, 2026, amending the 2025–2026 budget to add several grants, transfer Wind Impact Fee funds for municipal projects and gravel purchases, and cover underbudgeted emergency and search-and-rescue expenses funded partly by FEMA and state reimbursements.
Carbon County commissioners voted Jan. 22 to adopt Resolution 2026-03, amending the county——2025———2026 fiscal-year budget to account for newly identified grants and underbudgeted emergency expenses.
Commissioner Bill Bullock moved to approve the amended budget; Commissioner Scott Miller seconded the motion and it carried. The transcript records the motion and that it "carried," but does not record a roll-call tally.
The resolution lists several unbudgeted grants now added to the budget: an MCEP grant for a Preliminary Engineering Report for Edgar Lagoon; a Community Development Block Grant for the Roberts Water and Sewer District; a Friends of the Red Lodge Airport grant for asphalt repairs at the Red Lodge Airport. The resolution also authorizes line-item transfers from the Wind Impact Fee Fund to support electrical, water and sewer upgrades in the Town of Bridger (including campground work), ADA upgrades to a library entrance, and to allocate funds for gravel purchases.
County officials also noted underbudgeted expenditures the amendment will address: Emergency Disaster Fund metal products and FEMA project administration costs; Search and Rescue expenses including the retrieval of a hiker from East Rosebud Creek at Rimrock Lake. The resolution states these costs will be funded by FEMA Public Assistance reimbursements, state Search and Rescue reimbursements, and an increased PILT allocation to the Search and Rescue Fund, which will reduce PILT cash reserves.
Why it matters: The amendment directs federal and state grant funds and local Wind Impact Fee resources to specific infrastructure and recovery needs, and explicitly accounts for emergency and search-and-rescue costs that would otherwise strain county reserves. The transcript does not specify dollar amounts for the grants, transfers or the underbudgeted items.
Next steps: The resolution was adopted at the Jan. 22 meeting and is recorded as Resolution 2026-03; administrative staff will implement the transfers and budget adjustments in the county accounting system.
