Parking donations: Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport (KRKS), Rock Springs, Wyoming

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) – People who park at the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport may be asked to make a monetary donation.

The airport board has agreed in principle to start requesting voluntary donations from people parking their vehicles at the airport.

Airport manager Terry Doak says the idea likely will be discussed further at the next airport board meeting on Jan. 8.

Airport board member Jim Wamsley tells the Rock Springs Rocket Miner (http://bit.ly/1dWXjV8 ) that the airport cannot charge a mandatory parking fee.

He says the Federal Aviation Administration stipulates that parking must be free because FAA money was originally provided to help build the airport parking lot.

Information from: Rock Springs (Wyo.) Rocket-Miner, http://www.rocketminer.com