Commissioners Proceedings

Submitted by Clerk & Recorder Cynde Jo Gatlin

February 3, 2020

Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with all members present.

Meeting was called to order.

No public comment was received at this time.

Consent agenda – Rod moved, Donna seconded this motion, all in favor, motion carried.

Maintenance Supervisor, Marty Drane met with the board. He reported he has not found the sump in courthouse yard yet, and updated on department happenings. He is building a suction pump for the pool, fixing a switch on the air handlers, and reported he is getting great feedback on the new lighting in the courthouse. The sound boards at the Community Center were discussed and the commissioner expressed concern with the boards being on the peg board.

Road Supervisor, Teel Mullanix met with the board for his weekly meeting. Purchase of a used blade was discussed, with no final decision. The gravel hauling projects were also discussed and the issue of almost meeting the limit of gravel removal on the Randall pit.

Resolution 2020-05; Update Drug and Alcohol Policy; board reviewed resolution and Rod motioned to amend County Drug and Alcohol Policy with Resolution 2020-05, Donna seconded the motion, all in favor, motion carried.

Pat Phillippi, Treasurer, stopped in to update board on the oil and gas money received. Investments and the interest and securities for December 2019 were also discussed.

Medical Administrator, Sean Hill updated on clinic and nursing home happenings. Hill updated on the plan for on call after hours at the clinic. The email system at the Manor went live this week. The Physical Therapy Department is sending out new pamphlets. Hill updated on the age of the servers at the clinic (5 yrs. old) and nursing home (10 yrs. old). He will try and combine the servers at some point. He also reported an upcoming x-ray class in March, and will try and get an employee to go.

A local resident stopped in to discuss questions for the baseball board.

John Barbero and Tim Fortner, Weed Board members, stopped in to discuss weed issues.

Teel Mullanix joined the meeting to present the FLAP grant agreement.

Diane Stuver stopped in to discuss upcoming library interviews.

Huseby Flying Services kill report:

65 coyotes

26 landowners

12-27-2019 through 1-19-2020

No public comment was heard at this time.

Meeting adjourned.

February 10, 2020

Commissioners Lee Randall and Rod Schaffer present. Donna Giacometto was at the MACO Conference.

Consent agenda approved by Rod motioning and Lee seconding, all in favor, motion passed.

Road Department Supervisor Teel Mullanix met with board to report he is getting snow plows ready and the crew will be going to get coal soon. There is an issue with the crusher, possibly a bad switch. They discussed purchases of new blade, the conditions of the EDA Grant and briefly discussed FLAP Grant. Also discussed was the gravel project at 15 Mile.

Resolution 2020-06, Establishing County Grant Policy, motioned by Rod to approve, Lee seconded, all in favor, motion carried.

The board then discussed the job of the Medical Maintenance Department Supervisor and the Medical Administrator weekly report. Hill reported a durable medical equipment meeting will be held this Wednesday. They are working on setting up a centralized supply area at the Manor. CPSI outlined a proposal/bid for an EMR program for our clinic/Manor. Hill reported the first day for the NP at the clinic is today. There will be an article in the paper and they will be also conducting an open house at a later date.

Rod left meeting to assist in job interviews.

February 11, 2020

Commissioners Lee Randall and Rod Schaffer were present; Donna Giacometto absent attending a MACO meeting.

SEMDC, Julie Emmons was in to discuss EDA Grant. Randall signed and approved Match Commitment of Funds Letter for the EDA Grant.

Teel Mullanix was in to discuss purchase of a used blade.

The board spent the remainder of the day reading correspondence and taking care of various administrative duties

No public comment.

Having completed all current business for the day, the board adjourned at 5:00 P.M.

February 18, 2020

All commissioners present.

Consent agenda was approved.

The maintenance supervisor met with board. Drane brought another quote in for more acoustic panels for the ceiling at the Community Center. Drane reported the jet pump at the airport is currently out of order, the plow pickup hydraulic pump went out and utility bills for the county were discussed.

The road department supervisor met with board. Commission asked Mullanix if there was a blade on the Ranch Creek Road and yes, he had sent one out of remove a top layer of snow off the road. He reported the Garst Road is in need of gravel. Other issues were discussed including equipment, roads, gravel pits, gravel hauling and crushing.

Resolution 2020-07, Resolution to create Parks and Recreation Board. Rod motioned to adopt resolution, Donna seconded, all in favor, motion carried.

The board then reviewed the list of names that requested to be on the board. All names were appointed.

Commissioners received emailed regarding DLA Grant. The county has been awarded $750,000 from the State of Montana. Awarded grant monies will go towards bridge replacement to coincide with EDA Grant.

A local resident stopped in to ask if the county would be interested in a speed study in and out of town.

Medical administrator, Sean Hill met with board. MTX will be installing PCC system at clinic. Novard will be finished with services hopefully by the end of the month. Hill has found a refurbished lab machine he is looking in to. Bids for the boiler system have not been received. Larry Stachey will contact the company and double check on the bid. Hill informed board the state skilled nursing requires licensed businesses to install anything in the building.

Dick Jesse with Jesse Ambulance service met with board to discuss financials and future of ambulance for the county. Jesse does not think he will retire this year. Jesse asked about the possibility of moving contract to a calendar year instead of fiscal year. Commissioners stated if that was absolutely needed, they could discuss it at the time. Transporting patients were discussed. Jesse asked if the county would continue to subsidize the ambulance service for the 2020/2021 fiscal year. Commissioners agreed unanimously to continue the assistance.

The board then entered into a joint meeting with the Predator Control Board. All Predator Control Board members were present. Minutes were reviewed from previous meeting. Election of officers: Tom nominated Arnie Mader for president, with Bud seconding, all in favor, motion passed. Tracey nominated Mike Moullet for secretary, Tom seconded, all in favor, motion carried. The board reviewed expenditures. Revenue reported were tabled due to clerical error found prior to meeting. Control mechanisms were discussed. Den control was discussed at length. A community member expressed his experience with the new ground control and informed both boards he is seeing great improvements with the changes. They discussed getting a kill report to the paper for the public. Bowers informed board he had been contacted by the helicopter company regarding flying. The board discussed if they wanted helicopter to fly again this year. Dan motioned to add Doug Mraz for another 4 months for den control, Arnie seconded this motion, all in favor, motion passed. Dan motioned again to allow the ground crew (Pat Ruland and Doug Mraz) to use their discretion when the helicopter is needed and allow up to $15000 for a budget for the helicopter, Tom seconded the motion, all in favor, motion carried.

No public comment was heard.

Having completed all current business for the day, the board adjourned at 5:00 P.M.