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Natrona County Commissioners approve $67.8M budget for ’27 fiscal year 2%
By Tommy Culkin11%
7/21/2026, 12:28:07 AM
Keywords: Natrona County, Commissioners, Budget, Fiscal Year, Spending Plan, Revenue, Expenditure, Law And Order, General Operations, Contracts And Services, Road And Bridge Projects, Library, Information Technology, Building Maintenance, Capital Expenditures, Health And Human Services, County Fair, Wage Study, Sales Tax, Infrastructure
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From left, Natrona County Commissioners Jim Milne, Casey Coates and Dave North listen to a presentation during their March 3 meeting.
(Tommy Culkin, Oil City News)
CASPER, Wyo. — The Natrona County Board of Commissioners set the county’s budget for the coming 2027 fiscal year on Monday, set at just under $67.8 million.
The spending plan, totaling $67,798,770, marks an increase of about $3 million from the prior year’s, which was roughly $64.7 million.
Initially, the proposed budget represented an even larger increase, before commissioners shaved roughly $3 million off the preliminary FY27 budget.
Revenue for the upcoming year is driven primarily by $55.68 million in general fund receipts, which account for 82% of the county’s anticipated income.
The remaining revenue is sourced from a $10.82 million county road fund and approximately $1.3 million in restricted lake funds.
Law and order remains the largest total expenditure in the budget, with $20.9 million allocated to departments including the sheriff’s office, detention centers, and courthouse security.
This category represents 31% of all total budget appropriations.
General operations, which includes the administrative offices of the county clerk, treasurer, and assessor, was allocated $12.68 million, or 19% of the total budget.
The budget also designates $5.28 million for various contracts and services and $3.16 million for road and bridge projects.
Other significant appropriations include $3.09 million for the library, $2.82 million for information technology, and $2.74 million for building maintenance and capital expenditures.
Funding for health and human services was set at $864,480, while the county fair received $1.2 million.
And the approved budget also includes the implementation of recommendations from a third-party wage study, which county staff say is intended to address employee compensation.
Additionally, the plan continues support for various projects tied to the optional one-cent sales tax, with $1.65 million earmarked for county infrastructure and related expenditures.
While the board typically meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, Commissioner Dave North said they moved the meeting to Monday because state statute requires the budget to be passed before July 21.
The budget can be reviewed below:
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