REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Tuesday September 5, 2023
ALL PRESENT: Commissioner Ostlund, Chair; Commissioners Morse and Jones; Board Clerk Teri Reitz; Clerk and Recorder Jeff Martin.
PLEDGE: MOMENT OF SILENCE, Held.
9:30 a.m. BID OPENING Open and Acknowledge RFP for West Billings Neighborhood Plan. Bids were received, opened, and acknowledged from Sanderson Stewart and Cushing Terrell. Commissioner Morse made a MOTION to refer the bids to staff for recommendation, Commissioner Jones seconded. Passed Unanimous.
9:30 a.m. PUBLIC HEARINGS A.) Resolution 23-82 Adopting Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget and Setting Special District Levies. Commissioner Ostlund opened the Public Hearing. One person spoke thanking the Commissioners for their support. One person spoke about property appraisals. Hearing no other comments Commissioner Ostlund closed the Public Hearing. Commissioner Jones made a MOTION to approve Resolution 23-82, Commissioner Morse seconded. Passed Unanimous. B.) Resolution 23-93 to Amend FY23 Regular Budget and Amend FY23 and FY24 Grant Budgets for Federal and State Grants. Commissioner Ostlund opened the Public Hearing. Hearing no comments Commissioner Ostlund closed the Public Hearing. Commissioner Morse made a MOTION to approve Resolution 23-93, Commissioner Jones seconded. Passed Unanimous. C.) Returned Tabled Item Resolution 23-88 to Designate Polling Places. Commissioner Ostlund stated that the Public Hearing was not closed on August 8, 2023. Mr. Kevin Gillen, Election Department stated that this is an update as to where we are with the Resolution of Intent. At the last meeting we outlined the purposes, impacts and what we are planning on doing with former polling places and some consolidation. During public comment we had some suggestions. Carl Bender had suggested using the Shepherd Community Center instead of Shepherd School as a polling place. Senator Essman suggested carving out half of the polling places currently at Metra and putting them back on the west end where they previously were. We looked at the Shepherd Community Center, it is a nice place, and it is small and north of Shepherd School it moves things from our ideal situation at the Co-op. In addition to the redistricting there has been a merging of some of the Shepherd population as well as the Huntley population. The move north to the community center, which was a lovely invitation, it is not a practical or workable solution as it is to bring it under one umbrella at the Co-op. We would ask to keep that resolution component there. Relative to the west end request by Senator Essman, we have been busy going to seven or eight locations and everyone has been willing to talk to us about having a polling place at there location. We looked at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Zoo Montana, and the new medical college, we also looked at Faith Chapel. Emmanuel Baptist Church is a good fit but certainly not a perfect fit, it would be crowded, and parking might be a problem. If we could put all these locations together, we would have an ideal polling place. We are still going to look at Freedom Church. The final place we looked at was the MSUB campus on Central Avenue and it would have to be configured to fit 20 plus polling places. Mr. Gillen noted that this update is to let the Board know that we are not at the west end yet, but we are still working on it. Commissioner Ostlund stated that the Public Hearing was not closed from the previous meeting and asked if there were any public comments. One person stated that using the Shepherd Community Center was just an option. Seven people spoke regarding having polling places at schools, making voting easy and more voter education. Hearing no other comments Commissioner Ostlund closed the Public Hearing. Commissioner Jones made a MOTION to approve Resolution 23-88, Commissioner Morse seconded. Passed Unanimous.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON REGULAR, CONSENT AND FILED AGENDA ITEMS Hearing no comments Commissioner Ostlund continued the Board Meeting.
CLAIMS Batches 24-026, 24-027 & 24-028. Commissioner Morse made a MOTION to approve the Claims, Commissioner Jones seconded. Passed Unanimous.
CONSENT AGENDA 1. CLERK AND RECORDER A.) Plat of Cherry Island Subdivision. B.) Plat of L.M. Subdivision and S.I.A. 2. COMMISSIONERS Letter Regarding Request for Blues Fest Dates in 2024. 3. FINANCE A.) MetraPark Request for Proposal Professional Carnival Operator Addendum #1 Extending the Proposal Due Date to October 2nd, 2023. B.) Yellowstone County Administration Building Selection for Design Services. C.) State Requires Updated STIP Agreement to Change Users. 4. JUSTICE COURT Pre-Trial Services Public Safety Assessment (PSA) Pilot in Yellowstone County Interagency Agreement & Budget FY 23-24 for Approval. 5. SHERIFF A.) MOU between YSCO and Shepherd School District for SRO Officer 2023-2024 School Year. B.) MOU between YCSO and Lockwood Schools for SRO Officer 2023-2024 School Year. 6. YOUTH SERVICES Family Stabilization Program Placements in the 14th Judicial District Contract #PIF22-25. 7. HUMAN RESOURCES A.) Gene Therapy Stealth Service Agreement. B.) Montana Association of Counties Health Care Trust. C.) PERSONNEL ACTION REPORTS Justice Court 1 Salary & Other; Youth Services Center 1 Appointment; Detention Facility 2 Appointments; MetraPark 1 Termination.
FILE ITEMS 1. AUDITOR April June 2023 Quarterly Rev. & Exp. Report. 2. CLERK AND RECORDER Board Minutes City/County Planning Board, Yellowstone County Zoning Commission. 3. COMMISSIONERS Completion of LUCZ Process 2550 3rd Ave N. Commissioner Morse made a MOTION to approve the Consent Agenda and place the File Items to file, Commissioner Jones seconded. Passed Unanimous.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON COUNTY BUSINESS Hearing no comments Commissioner Ostlund adjourned the meeting at 10:10 a.m.
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