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Commission approves adding $207,000 for Fair & Rodeo digital board to next fiscal budget request
Summary
After a five-minute presentation, the county commission approved adding a $207,000 line item to the fairs budget request so the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo can order a digital screen pending the upcoming budget hearings.
Representatives of the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo presented a brief plan to replace old rodeo facilities and to install a digital scoreboard and advertising board. The board amended the agenda to allow the presentation and invited the group to speak for five minutes.
Fair representative Tom (speaker) described a planned teardown and refab of the rodeo office and a proposed digital board. He said the board could be ordered with no money down and noted an eight- to twelve-week lead time for delivery. Commissioners asked whether the $207,000 request was in the submitted budget; staff confirmed the item is in the fairs budget request.
Commissioner Dallas (speaker) moved to approve a budget request amendment to allow the fair to order the digital board and included the $207,000 line item for the upcoming fiscal-year budget process. The motion was seconded, opened for discussion, and carried by voice vote; multiple commissioners signaled support and the motion passed with ayes on the record.
What's next: The request will appear in the county budget hearings beginning Friday and the board's approval adds the $207,000 line item to the fairs proposed budget for formal consideration during the fiscal process. A staff check on funding prior to purchase was discussed; commissioners noted that payment would occur only after the budget process.
Quotes are drawn from the meeting transcript and attributed to meeting speakers.
