CHEYENNE, Wyo. — County commissioners approved a slew of service agreements at their regular meeting Tuesday, including roof work for their new building on Carey Avenue and for the juvenile services center.
The county agreed to pay $52,384.68 to Motorola Solutions Inc. for astro essential renewal and infrastructure repairs. Another $29,160.71 will be paid to the software company Granicus for annual access to its Connector Bluebeam, Connector Merchant and Enterprise software services. In the same addendum, the county established it is lapsing its contract with Brightly. As of this year, Granicus powers the Laramie County website.
The county has agreed to pay the Laramie County Community Juvenile Services Joint Powers Board $165,000 related to construction of the county’s juvenile services center. The county will pay the board $41,250 on a quarterly basis. Over the years, the county was paying around $165,000 in bonds for the juvenile center, but those bonds closed at the beginning of 2024, Laramie County Attorney Mark Voss said.
“The commissioners determined that the Juvenile Services Board needed a stream of funding to continue the many things they need to do in the community,” Voss said. “[The board’s] state funding has been cut but are necessary in the community. And this will make up for some of that deficit there.”
Commissioner Gunnar Malm stood behind the resolution.
“This money is county dollars that are well spent,” Malm said. “The state is going to continue to shrink this pot of money, given things that have happened politically across the state. So it’s going to be more imperative than ever that local government invests in its youth … and so I’m proud of the work that this commission has agreed to do on this. I’m proud of the work that the board has done.”
Commissioners also approved to pay Capitol Roofing Inc. to replace the roof system for the county’s property at 2020 Carey Ave. The county will pay $417,795.13 to the roofing company to replace the building’s upper and lower roofs. The Board of Commissioners gave the go-ahead to purchase the building in July following several pricing negotiations with the owner. The keys to the building were officially turned over to the county in August.
