County Of Park

County Of Park, doing business as Park County Refuse Energy, is a U.S. local government entity (county) based in Livingston, Montana, that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient for airport infrastructure, emergency management, public health, transportation, and roads-and-bridges projects. The county operates as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor and holds no federal contract prime awards or IDV seats.

The county's federal grant footprint centers on aviation infrastructure and disaster response. As a prime recipient, County Of Park has received multiple project grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Northwest Mountain Region under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and related infrastructure programs. Recent FAA grants include a $347,368 award on June 25, 2026 (completion June 24, 2030) for runway and taxiway resurfacing and precision approach path indicator installation at Livingston Airport; a $318,892 award on August 24, 2023 for taxilane construction; a $247,778 award on May 11, 2023 for Phase 2 taxilane work; and a $271,074 grant on August 9, 2021 for airport beacon installation, runway, taxiway, and apron sealing. The county also received grants under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for airport operations, personnel, and pandemic-response costs. Outside aviation, County Of Park received a Community Project Funding / Congressional Directed Spending award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development on August 13, 2024 for economic development purposes, and a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Community Wildfire Defense Grant from the Department of Agriculture (Region 1 - Northern Region) on August 28, 2024 for comprehensive wildfire protection plan revision.

As a sub-recipient, the county receives pass-through funding from Montana state agencies including the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (WIC, PHEP, PHSIO, immunizations, EPI, drop-in center programs), the Montana Department of Health and Human Services (public health and epidemiology programs), and the Montana Department of Military Affairs (emergency management, roads-and-bridges reconstruction, disaster recovery, and emergency protective measures under FEMA authority). Sub-award activity includes transit capital assistance for bus purchases and facility construction, housing rehabilitation and demolition-and-replacement projects, Land Mobile Radio communications infrastructure, crime victim-witness programs, and roads-and-bridges projects addressing flood damage and culvert replacement.

The county's award volume peaked in 2023 (22 awards) and has declined in 2024 and 2025 (17 and 5 awards respectively). Recent activity focuses on FAA airport grants (14 awards from the FAA Northwest Mountain Region) and FEMA disaster assistance sub-awards (18 awards), which together account for approximately 47 percent of the county's total award count. The top five customer agencies by award count represent 47 percent of all awards; the FAA Northwest Mountain Region dominates the dollar value among small-dollar agricultural and homeland security awards. Combined potential value across all 111 awards stands at approximately $25 thousand, but combined dollars obligated total $27.2 million — reflecting that most awards are small-value FAA infrastructure grants and state pass-through sub-awards with modest individual ceilings but significant cumulative obligation.