Don Hollingshead
About
Don Hollingshead's campaign focuses heavily on leveraging his extensive experience to address critical issues within the Laramie County Sheriff's Department. His platform prioritizes law enforcement staffing, employee compensation, and overall workforce wellbeing.
Campaign promises (1)
- public-safetyIncrease employee pay and wellbeing within the sheriff's department.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 8
- Total speaking time
- 8:13
- Avg per meeting
- 1:02
- Segments
- 81
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Top issues during term (7)(Taxes Budget)
2026 mill levy correction
Total tax dollars levied are $181,732,342, with only minor rate changes — so most property owners' county tax rates stay about the same as last year.
Carey Ave courthouse HVAC project cost increase
County project cost rises $296,558, to $12.28 million.
County Website Accessibility and Public Records Technology
$21,420 over three years for web compliance, plus roughly $63,000 over four years for records software.
County Grants, Contracts, and Budget Housekeeping
July warrants alone total $7,296,998.95, plus roughly $1.2 million in new agreements and grants.
Lodging tax continuation on November ballot
Visitors paid $29 million in state and local taxes in the county last year; the tax funds about half of Visit Cheyenne's budget.
FY27 county budget and property tax cap
The $324.5 million budget includes $2.4 million in market salary adjustments, $1.4 million in merit raises and bonuses, and a $4.8 million drop in reserves to $108 million.
Auto titles staffing backlog
Two deputy clerk positions were part of $1.9 million in new position requests the board declined to fund this year.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Hollingshead was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Taxes Budget.
Voting record (0)(Taxes Budget)
No votes found matching Taxes Budget.