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OK. We're good. All right, um, we'll start with roll call, and I see we've got

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a sound check?

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Check 12. hello John checking in for duty visual of yeah perfect all right. We have

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full board privates present. As with every meeting, we will begin with public comment

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for items that are not on the agenda. Is there any public comment for items that

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are not on the agenda? Bringing up, uh, bringing up our new sergeant with me, uh,

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I guess for the record, Sergeant Dan Hayden, Gunton County Sheriff's Office, uh,

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introducing Sergeant Sean Sean Torstall. He's our, uh, new sergeant for the canyon

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section. Fantastic. Welcome. Welcome.

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Definitely did not prepare a speech or anything, but that's all right. You're on

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the, no, just I guess a little bit about me. So, um, I've been in the sheriff's office

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for a couple of years. I was with Boston police for 18 years before that, um, and

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so I'm new to the canyon, obviously looking forward to it. Um, it's kind of a weird

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full circle for me because I actually, before I was in law enforcement, I was in

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marketing and I was worked at Moonlight before or when Moonlight was its own beast

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before that. So, um, yeah, excited to be here, so. You guys have questions, need

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anything, certainly come find me and happy to help folks. Well, awesome. Welcome

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back. Thank you. Thank you. Any other public comments on agenda items? Just a reminder

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for the board and Tammy, uh, will kick me if I don't say this. Reminder to everyone

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we gotta schedule our photo shoot for the new board members and our website that

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we've been trying to do for a couple of months. So hang out after the meeting so

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that we can arrange our calendars together. Can we just get the photo done right

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after the meeting?

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Oh yeah, good point. OK, good point. Screenshot, screenshot. That's right. OK. Any

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other comment? OK. Hearing and seeing no more, we'll move on to our next agenda

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item, which is our consent agenda. Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve

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the consent agenda as opposed as presented, sorry, not fully late. It's been moved

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by Michelle, seconded by Mr. Kissel. Is there any further board discussion? I just

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have a few finance points. Um, cash and investment, we are position remains solid.

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Um, interest income continues to perform well for the fiscal year. July resort tax

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collections were up 26% over July 2025. Uh, and approximately

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$353,000 in grant appropriations and bond proceeds were paid out in July. And

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first debt service payments on both bonds were made in July. So Thank you, Grace.

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Any further board discussions? Fairly. Just a quick general, just a general observation

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we've, we've been seeing these double digit or, you know, 20-30% increases over previous

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years and I just, um, like for us to keep an eye on that to ask ourselves is, is

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this a, a rising tide or is it due to some outliers, um, or some combination thereof,

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uh, we're doing a lot of, you know, long term forecasting these numbers are. Pretty

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aggressive. Uh, I just wanna caution us in, in making assumptions for every month

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behaving like this, that's all. Oh, and, and John, I think one thing to note is,

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you know, we didn't have the one and only open this time last year, so that's a new

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collector that did not exist. And so I don't, there's some big moves, um, with such

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a facility and, uh, on our book. So the only thing that is genuinely predictable

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is when new logic facilities come out. I mean, that's like a for sure there's a,

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there's a bump. I think to John's point is like. Natural growth, where does that

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stop and where does it plateau? Yeah, I understand for sure. Great. Good points,

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OK, um, is there any public opinion?

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You're seeing none, I'll call the vote. Although all those in favor of approving

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the consent agendas that you have by saying hi. Hi. Hi.

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I motion passes unanimously I would voted that. OK, going on to old business subcommittee

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First, um, Jenny Christiansen with BISRD for the Big Sky Fire Department in our local.

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No major updates. We're working to bring forward an update with them at the next,

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um, board meeting, which is the JCC is their quarterly one, and I just wanted to

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take a moment to congratulate the newly appointed Chief Bolton on their side, and

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we're excited to work with him in his new position. Community investments. Um, we've

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been working on application review and preparing for the review of the large scale

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requests. Um, we have a couple of agenda items later in the budget, budget amendment

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and grant request over review that we'll dive into a little deeper on. So I'll keep

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it short and sweet today. Awesome. Thanks, Danny.

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Uh, Jackie Hans with Mizrad. I'm gonna do the next two. County relations subcommittee

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has been pretty low key, not a lot of updates. Uh, there's a smattering of us that

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are meeting very regularly with county commissioners at this point. Um, we are working

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really hard towards continuing conversations around the TED, and so, um, we are

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carrying that ball forward relationally as much as possible with that subcommittee.

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Danny, did you have anything you wanted to add to that? And then legislative subcommittee,

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we are working really, really hard on um the TED district. We continue to meet regular

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or weekly. Um, those technical documents are still in process. Um, we are,

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we have a lot of things we're tweaking with those technical documents right now and

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so we're looking to wrap that up by the end of the month. Um, we plan to do a TED

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presentation at the Joint County commission meeting coming up on October 7th. Um,

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I did, last week, I solicited all of the, both commissions and this board for items

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for the Joint County commission meeting agenda. So, if you have anything, please

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send that in. Um, and I plan to send out a draft agenda by the end of this week.

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Anything, Tad? I'll just, uh, let the board put him on notice that for that October

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development plan to review prior to us submitting them to the counties because we

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will make that an action item like this board of the October 7th meeting is to approve

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those reports to be submitted. Thank you. Thank you. So we'll get the reports beforehand

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last Friday. Uh, we had a pretty busy agenda. You'll see, um, 3 of our agenda items

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that Grace and Michelle have looked at on the upcoming agenda today, um, the financial

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dashboard. Um, FO 27 budget amendment and then the employee handbook amendment as

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well through finance and operations, uh, so I don't spoil that.

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for October 1st, uh, so the meeting is coming up for that. Um, since we haven't met,

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not a lot of updates, but we've been working on a maintenance issue in one of the

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buildings at the corner property, um, working through that, and then, um, trying

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to get a meeting on the books with the engineer, um, who has some updates on the

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site plan that was requested last year. That's good. Thanks, Kristen.

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transportation. We're still trying to get a meeting lined up with MDT. I do have

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an update. Oh great, sorry, we did get a, uh, update. I think the community is well

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aware we did not receive our build grant, and we have a, a debrief being scheduled

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with the federal highway, um. Sys or a federal highway department, I think the last

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week of September I just got an email from MDT last night trying to schedule that

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so I gave him some availability. So once we have that debrief I can report back.

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OK, we're gonna move on. Financial dashboard discussion. Excited for this agenda

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item. Go ahead, Grace, Kristen, whoever is gonna handle it. Um, right now this is

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just for everyone's awareness. These are, these are fake numbers. They're Close to

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the, the totals are close to what our actual collections are, but we didn't until

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we got the template correctly, we didn't want to populate it with real numbers. Um,

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and so this is for everybody to review and offer, please offer feedback and let us

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know how we can make it better. So this is gonna be a work in progress. I'd prefer

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not to spend the next 20 minutes giving feedback on this, but I have people email,

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um, Kristen and Grace separately their comments on it and how we can improve it.

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This will be something that will be publicly available. It's something the team's

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been working on a long time. I think everybody's aware, um, we post the collection.

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Very regularly anybody can find those, but there's some other metrics that we felt

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it was very important that we shared with the public and so that is this dashboard

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that we are currently working on and I will stress it's gonna be an evolving dashboard

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and so it's not gonna be perfect the first time we put it out and, and it will continue

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to evolve. So appreciate. You guys working on this, so thank you very much. So I

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think end of next week, if you could email your feedback to Kristen, CC Grace and

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I so that I'm aware there's some other feedback that came from the committee regarding

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this, um, focus mainly on the layout and do we have the right metrics on here.

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in addition to this, what's being worked on is I, I think we have handouts which

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Kristen's going to circulate to the board right now, and John, Kristen can email

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you this after the board meeting, but, um, we didn't wanna overwhelm the board pack

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with this, but it's the chart of accounts which has been, um, now documented, reviewed

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by our CPA, uh, with Holmes and Turner. This along with the dashboard and we're seeking

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feedback on this as well so end of next week feedback on chart of accounts and the

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dashboard, um, and the objective of the dashboard is to really get a high level overview

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of all of the, the figures that the board sees as key performance indicators, um.

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These are two items that fall under uh uh variety of financial reporting that we

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provide as an organization. Uh, I've mentioned this in the past few board meetings.

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Christian and I continue to work on, I think we're calling it the financial reporting

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guide. Did I get it right that time? And, um, as a reminder, we are using different

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numbers in different ways, um, and at different times. For example, when we set our

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budget, At the very beginning of the year, the budget is one of the documents that

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we utilize as a guiding document for operation over the course of the next couple

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of years. It's forecasted out for 3 years. And over time what we do is uh itemize

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line items in that budget we then approve those as we're going through our cycle.

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in the um June. Uh, finalization of that budget and then as we're going through the

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course of the year, we are reporting out on resort tax information in a variety of

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different ways. One of those is, for an example, is a mailer will be going out to

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the general public based on all the applications and the budgeted amounts that you

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set last, uh, last meeting. Uh, another example of that is in November, we'll be

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going through our audited financials that uses entirely different terminology. And,

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and so one of the things that is outlined in this, um, very large guide of financial

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information that is ultimately gonna turn into, uh, the premise for partially the,

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the new board member orientation, we're gonna do, uh, a board orientation around

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all of the different documents that are in the financial guide. Um, and particularly

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looking at the glossary, there are times where we're using words interchangeably

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that aren't necessarily the right words to be using, for example, like restricted

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and reserves. Are those one and the same? No, they are not, and, and how we use this

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information, so. November timeline is what we're targeting to actually have that

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glossary done along with samples of all the different items that we have and what

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you'll see is over the course of the year, how they're all laying out in sequence.

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process and so that continues on as we move into making decisions about where our

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dollars are allocated and where our commitments are. So, more to come on that, but

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This is, uh, a really important document. This dashboard is a really important document

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so that you all are feeling like you don't need to scrub through every single financial

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statement to find the key indicators of performance that you're looking for. So,

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um, please take a good look at this. We'll probably need to run draft 2.0, uh, once

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again through a board meeting and we'll probably learn a little bit more from that.

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But as Kevin said, it's a constant evolution. Awesome. Let's work, you guys. Don't

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let perfection get in the way of good work, is that what you said? Yeah, there you

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All right. Hearing the scene then we'll move on to our next agenda items which is

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Center for the Arts Progress report.

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Do my best to walk through too soon. OK, slide home and just let me know. Good morning,

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everybody. Brian Erlba, executive director of the Arts Council. Katie Albean, development

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director for the Arts Council. We just thought we'd present a brief update on what

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These are just some of the numbers since we opened the building just a little less

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than a year and a half ago. Partnered with um 60 different organizations, held more

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than 80 different programs, and we've had more than 3000 people walk through the

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doors. I think one of the coolest things is we've been able to offer. Almost 5

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times more youth programming than before. Basically, before we opened the art center

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doors, we just weren't offering that much programming dedicated to youth, and that's

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one thing we've been really able to do since we the doors.

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This is just a list of some of the people we've partnered with over the last year

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And this is our current construction phase scope of work. We have separated it into

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phase 1 and phase 2. We don't really intend to. Pause between the phases, but we

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can if we need to, um, but that would, that would still allow us to open the building

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once phase one was completed. Um, so most of the really phase two is just that 2nd

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floor interior filled out and the basement built out. And right now we are slated

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to still begin construction, uh, around the 1st week of November. It's exciting

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Just some of the financials to date so far, we've raised almost $5.5 million. That

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does include the resort tax million dollars from last year and a million dollars

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uh verbally committed for this coming year. We've spent about $1.1 million already

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in the project. And you'll see the estimated cost. I, we put estimated because we're

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still working on some of the final numbers, but our goal is to keep the total project

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right around that $10 million dollar number. And so far we've received significant

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donations from Resort Tax, YCCF, World Mountain Land Company, Mortgage Foundation,

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and more than 50 individuals, including 2 $500,000 conventions this summer.

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It's just a little uh snapshot of where we are right now. We're just kind of finalizing

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construction documents with the architects, um, working on the final pricing schedule

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with those. Also Looking at ways to keep that cost where we want to

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be, value engineering, uh, we're submitting permits, just finalizing our owner's

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rep. Uh, big thing is we're trying to secure temporary space for the classroom and

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arts council offices. And right now our last event is first weekend in November with

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Diado de Mortos. And started construction shortly after that. Couple of things to

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add on here. Um, one of the things that we're really focusing on with the value engineering.

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is keeping the scope. And unfortunate thing about how we've designed the building

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is that really with the exception of the pottery studio, most of our spaces are kind

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of black box spaces, um, in the sense that they can be used for anything, you know,

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whether it's a gallery, a show, meeting, a classroom, whatever. You've got some specific

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things like a floor that'll be good for movement or um some extra ventilation in

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one of the classrooms, but other than that, there's not like a lot of heavy Um, specific

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things, so we can keep the scope of what we have planned without really changing

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much. Um, the other thing is, what was I going to say?

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Maybe that'll come to me.

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Maybe one of you will ask that.

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Are you still in the base facility? Yes, that's what I was gonna say. So there you

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go. Thank you. Glad we planned that beforehand. Yeah, yeah, go team, um, yeah, so

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we're keeping the base facility or we're keeping that rental, um, the additional,

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like all of the additional youth classes that we've been able to do and some of the

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other adult classes, um, that is all related or that growth is related to the fact

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that we have this extra, so, so-called extra building space to use for programming

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so we can do. Simultaneously, which is really why we are building out this whole

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building and doing the remodel. And in the meantime, we, while we're doing construction,

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we'll keep the base rental, but we still need to move all of those other classes

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so that we can keep the momentum of the, the programming that we have because it's

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definitely been fully utilized and needed.

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Great. For any further questions?

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Awesome. When is construction complete?

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Summer 2028. Page 1 and 2. Yeah, that's what we, yeah, cool.

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Members of the public, any questions?

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But And I have a big sky chamber. I'd hop up and I can, um, we've been using the

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space, I think we all been, and we should, we shaped the space. Um, will there be

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meeting space large enough that perhaps resort tax meetings can be hosted there?

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Not that I don't appreciate it don't feel that's a room house, but, um, just recently

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we were like, oh, we, we move resort tax meetings there so we host. We got a room

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back here, Brad.

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Yes, the answer I think is yes.

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Great. Any other questions for the public? Awesome thanks you guys check out the

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website bigstyres.org because there's a whole bunch of community events happening

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in this last month before we start construction. Questions. Thank you. Thank you.

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All right, moving to the next agenda item Gallatin County Wellness District update.

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Hi Laura Sean, uh, Now the chair of the new Gallatin County Hospital Wellness District.

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Um, just wanted to give you a brief update. We became official as trustees on July

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1st, and we've had two board meetings since then. Um, you can go to the next slide,

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and it's all the tedious stuff that has to happen when you first start a board. So

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we focused on, um, electing and determining terms, so they're staggered terms so

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that we all don't come off at the same time, which is normal practice. So I'm acting

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as chair, Sally is the vice chair, and Katie is our clerk, which is secretary treasurer.

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We did have two public readings of our bylaws, worked on those. Uh, those bylaws

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have been approved and recorded with Gallatin County. They're very similar um to

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what was adopted by Madison County, so we kind of worked separately collectively

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on those. Um, we've established our meeting cadence, which is we have another meeting

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for tomorrow morning and then yet another one before year end. Um, we also had to

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do a lot of resolutions that just are sort of board conduct kind of things and authorizing

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to be able to open a bank account and all the ways we will be transparent and open

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and have open meetings um for all to participate in. Um, and we're started working

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on defining how our grant policy will work so that we will be able to, um, Figure

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out when we're gonna take applications for grants, when those will be awarded, and

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what the uh process will be, but we're trying to make it as similar for our applicants

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as what they already go through when they apply um for various other grants around,

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so using some of the same software, etc. so that it doesn't become like a whole new

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learning curve for everybody. And so next steps on the next slide in. Um, uh, is

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simply that, uh, we had to do all this stuff separately, um, and I think Mike Rowe

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is gonna talk about the, um, Madison side board, but we're definitely operating as

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two independent boards at this moment. Cause we had to get through all this other

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stuff before we can now focus on working on defining our inner local agreement that

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defines how the two boards collectively work together. So that is our goal is to

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try to have that inner local agreement figured out before the end of the year. Any

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questions? Tomorrow morning, when and where is your meeting? Uh, I said morning and

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I'm sorry, it's 2 o'clock. OK. It's a late morning, um, but, uh, we are at the

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hospital, um, conference room upstairs, and then there's a team meeting link too.

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So I sent that to Danny and Tammy, and it's posted at the post office in water and

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sewer board. Perfect. Thank you. Mhm. Any questions? It's super

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exciting, Laura. Yeah, super exciting. I have one last question. Um, you had initial

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31, and 2-year terms after reelection. What will your terms be? 3 years. OK, yeah.

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Awesome.

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All right, um, I'm gonna, Laura, if you'll hang on because I wanna, um, get through

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Mike's update and then I'll open it up for questions as well from the audience, so

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we'll get Mike's update. Is he here? He should be pulled forward, Mike, if you wanna

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unmute yourself, we should be able to hear you. And how's that? Can you hear me all

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right? We got you. Awesome. Well, good morning. Thanks, uh, to all of you for your

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support of the district and the efforts that we've been underway with, uh, for now,

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for a few years to get it established. Um, it is exciting to see this coming to fruition.

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Um, it is a ton of work. I won't, uh, kid you about that. Um, what Laura just went

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over briefly is, uh, sounds easy, but it's, it's actually a lot. Uh, we just completed

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our third meeting yesterday. Uh, we struggle a little bit with meeting locations

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because we have to be in Madison County, uh, on advice of, uh, Kim Beatty, who's

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our legal counsel as well. So we've been meeting at Moonlight. Our next meeting is

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now scheduled for, uh, 9 a.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of December, and the location of

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that has not yet been determined, but it most likely will be, uh, somewhere at the

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resort. Um, as Laura said, we've adopted bylaws. They're basically clones of one

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another. Yesterday we adopted a conflict of interest policy that's an important,

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uh, compliance step for Montana law. Uh, but we also went to some lengths to make

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sure that, uh, we allowed trustees to be involved in other things in the community.

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This, this to me is critical because when you look at the Mont the Madison County

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side of Big Sky. Um, it's, it's quite fascinating to study this thing, as, as you

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may know, um, there's less than 500 registered voters. In Madison County, uh, in

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the component of Big Sky, however, there's $28.7 billion of property value there.

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Um, approximately 7% of the state of Montana sits in the Madison County side of Big

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Sky, and that's based on the just released Department of Revenue's certification

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of value for property taxes for this current fiscal year. That's kind of a stunning

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number, um, $545 million of taxable value, $28.7 billion of market

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value. Um, so we're working through this very carefully to make sure that we comply

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with the law and we do what we have to do with regard to the SB 260 requirements.

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We're in a very different place than the Gallatin County side because our district

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is a separation of the existing Madison Valley Health District where Gallatin is

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brand new. Ours is actually a split of an old district, so Gallatin does not have

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the SB 260 obligations, and we do. Um, what those obligations amount to is that for

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the next 8 years we have to levy, don't have a choice, we must levy the voter approved

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mills that existed in the Madison Valley Health District prior to the separation

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of the, the, the two districts, and that turns out to be 4.8 mills. Um, the projected

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tax revenue from that for, uh, this current fiscal year in total is

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$2,619,466 of which we have to pay, uh, 70% of it

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or 70% of it is allocated back to the Madison Valley, uh, hospital district, which

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is $1,833,000 and change. And the remaining 785,000 approximately will remain

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with the Big Sky Hospital District, um, this year, and we will we expect to see our

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first, uh, collections coming with property tax collections in roughly December January

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time frame. Kim Beatty's been, uh, absolutely magical in helping us work through

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the Madison County officials and folks at the state level as well to make sure we're

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following the law and doing all of this properly. Um, we absolutely will not go back

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to the voters to ask for any kind of changes to that levy. Um, we, we are stuck with

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that sharing provision, and if we did get a change to that levy, it would, well,

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first of all, we can't, we can't levy less than the 4.8. And if for whatever reason

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we wanted to do more than that, we would have to share it is what we believe to be

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the case. So there's no reason why we would do that just to send more money down,

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uh, to the other side of the county. On the grant making side of this, so we do have

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some money available for this year, um, as Laura mentioned, we've been mirroring

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each other on some of these things. The grant making policy was adopted in a first

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reading yesterday. Second reading will be in December, and, uh, we will start. Receiving

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grant applications for this year, this fiscal year, um, later this year. So that's

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kind of, uh, where we stand on the interlocal agreement with the Gallatin side. We

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do have a draft of that, uh, that we've been working on, and I have not yet shared

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that with Laura. We will be doing that very soon. Our goal, and as Laura said, we

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have to maintain separateness because we're in very different places. Uh, we actually

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have revenue. Gallatin at this point does not, for example, so that there's lots

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of differences that we have to acknowledge. Uh, but we're, we're going to do the

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best we can to collaborate with each other on everything possible to reduce administrative

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costs, to align ourselves on grant making, and to make sure that we're being responsible

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to the taxpayers who are funding the Big Sky Hospital district on the Madison side.

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Um, so I think that's the majority of what I have to update. Um, I'd be happy to

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answer questions. You may have a few, so go ahead. Bored.

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Mike, can you repeat the $2 million something something something $466 that's your

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4.8 collections this year? This is, this is based on the certified value from the

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state of Montana of $28755 million with taxable value of

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$545,722,000 with $4.8 million if. Nobody protests their tax

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assessment. If everybody pays, that would generate 2,619,466. OK, but

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obviously there's conditions there, so it won't be that number. It'll be close, um,

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and then the Madison Valley Hospital District will, will get 70% of that, which is

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1,833, and we will retain 785. We, we, I should mention also we,

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we did adopt a budget yesterday. Um, and because we're brand new, it's, it's virtually

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impossible for us to predict what's going to happen. Our budget does include the

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$50,000 grant that BISRAD has, uh, graciously offered us. Uh, we do have finally,

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as of yesterday, we got a PO box, so we have an address, and with that we can open

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our bank account, and I expect to, uh, have either me or Paula Cleary, who's our

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clerk, uh, come to you and ask for that to be funded here in the next 30 days or

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so. Um, but yeah, so our budget has the $785 that we get to keep plus the

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$50 from you guys, um, and then we're anticipating around $120,000 in expenses, uh,

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for administration, grant administration, accounting, legal, etc. and that's a very

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generous number. I won't, I won't be at all surprised if it comes in much less than

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that, uh, but I do think it, frankly, at some point we're gonna need some staff.

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To help manage this, um, much as you do with your board, uh, it's hard for us to

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work because there's only 3 of us. And so no two of us can ever get together without

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creating a public meeting that has to be announced and, um, you know, all of the

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rigmarole that we all go through for public meetings, right? So, uh, having a staff

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person who I can work with as the chair to get them to do the groundwork on things

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and bring it forward to the board will be hugely helpful. I don't think that's a

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full-time position. It's a very part-time, especially right now, and I, I don't think

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that'll happen for maybe. I don't know, 6 months or more, but um I think there, there

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will be some, some, some staffing requirement.

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Makes sense, Mike. Can you remind the members of the public what, what's the, the

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pay down or the step down with the Madison Valley Hospital District over the next

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7 years? So they get 70% this year, we get 30%. How remind yourself. Let me, let

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me speak to that. And by the way, because this is such an early year, the board and

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its budget. Yesterday decided to set aside 60% of that first year revenue for

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a capital reserve. Um, the board isn't restricting money. That money is just being

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allocated to the side for now, uh, and we're, we're going to put together a long

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range financial plan and some long range financial planning concepts that will, will

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help us, uh, to manage the funds better, but I personally believe. That we can amplify

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the benefits of the Big Sky Hospital District manyfold by creating some reserve funds

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and, and keeping a bit of a, if you will, a rainy day fund, but more importantly,

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it's a fund that can help us deal with major issues that may arise from time to time.

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To answer your question specifically, it's 70/30 for this first year, the second

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year, third year, and fourth year it's 60/40. Uh, the fifth and six years, it's 40-60

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where we keep 60%. And the 7th and 8th years it's 20% to Madison Valley, 80% to us.

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I have modeled if you take that 28.7 billion of market of market value and 545 million

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of taxable value and you project it forward with a conservative 2% growth rate, which

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as we all know for Big Sky it could be dramatically different than that, uh, but

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just assuming a 2% growth rate. The total of those $4.8 million over the

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eight year sharing period would be approximately $22.5 million and the portion of

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that $22.5 million that will come to the Big Sky Hospital District is approximately

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$12.2 million. So it's, it's a substantial amount of money, uh, and I think we can

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do a lot with that. It's also something we need to be very careful about creating

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the right kind of governance around it, um, so that we produce something that's meaningful

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and lasting for Big Sky, not just current but longer term. Very helpful. Thank you.

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Ford, any further questions for Mr. Rowe? OK,

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for, for both Laura and Mike, um, where are we at on setting bank accounts up? I

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would love to get you all going so that you can start to hire whoever it is that

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you need support. Ken's been doing a tremendous job of covering the gaps. We're probably,

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uh, nearing the tail end of that, I would imagine, into this, uh, into the calendar

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year. So I, I'd love to begin to get you all going on your own. Well, super close,

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um, I'm sorry, Laura, did you wanna answer? Well, I, he just got their post office

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box. We'll find out tomorrow if ours is also now approved so that we can move forward

408
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because you can't open a bank account without without a post office. So I think we're

409
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very, very close. Great. I haven't seen a signed inter local agreement from either

410
00:37:22,048 --> 00:37:26,001
party, so just make sure to add that to your next agenda item so that we can get

411
00:37:26,001 --> 00:37:31,005
that done, um, just some like basic, uh.

412
00:37:34,012 --> 00:37:37,023
If you have a draft of that that we're supposed to be reviewing, I don't believe

413
00:37:37,023 --> 00:37:42,071
I've seen it. Can you forward that again for me? Be happy to. Thank you very much

414
00:37:43,017 --> 00:37:50,007
for sure and for the board's knowledge in our MOU, so, um, as part of the negotiation

415
00:37:50,007 --> 00:37:57,075
around 260 and, and the lawsuit that, um, BISRAT funded through a variety of plaintiffs

416
00:37:57,075 --> 00:38:02,036
around the Madison County portion, the original understanding was that there were

417
00:38:02,036 --> 00:38:07,051
going to be 9 permanent mills, so the numbers that Mike is speaking about are significantly

418
00:38:07,065 --> 00:38:12,041
different than what our original projections were. About half of what they were,

419
00:38:12,075 --> 00:38:19,086
primarily because the 9 permanent mills were influenced by a uh additional piece

420
00:38:19,086 --> 00:38:25,098
of legislation that passed at the same time. That piece of legislation, um, basically

421
00:38:25,098 --> 00:38:32,033
unraveled the permanent mill, am I getting this right, the permanent mill, um, law

422
00:38:32,047 --> 00:38:37,034
and went back to, I just the reason I'm pointing this out is This organization entered

423
00:38:37,034 --> 00:38:41,026
into an agreement with the Madison Valley Hospital District with assumptions. The

424
00:38:41,026 --> 00:38:46,038
assumptions were 9 permanent mills along with any voter approved mills. The dollar

425
00:38:46,038 --> 00:38:50,049
amount around that was significantly different than what we're seeing today coming

426
00:38:50,051 --> 00:38:55,016
in as a result of a transition that happened both in the legislative session as well

427
00:38:55,016 --> 00:38:58,009
as decisions that were made from Madison County. Yeah, Danny, if you don't mind,

428
00:38:58,099 --> 00:39:04,057
I can, I can speak to that a little bit. So under Senate Bill 542 that was passed

429
00:39:04,057 --> 00:39:10,013
at the same time that Senate Bill 260 was, um, the legislature required any special

430
00:39:10,013 --> 00:39:16,021
taxing jurisdiction that had permanent bills to, uh, convert those permanent bills

431
00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:22,081
into dollars in one of two different ways. The, um, option that Madison Valley Hospital

432
00:39:22,081 --> 00:39:29,006
District chose is they took the revenues that those nine permanent mills. Generated

433
00:39:29,062 --> 00:39:36,067
in 2025. They took the taxable value of the district in 2026 and figured out the

434
00:39:36,067 --> 00:39:41,097
number of mills that would need to be applied to the taxable value in 2026 in order

435
00:39:42,013 --> 00:39:47,085
to generate the same number of dollars in 2025. Um, that turned in that took the

436
00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:55,032
9 mils to 4.8 and it's that 4.8 according to. Senate Bill 542, once you converted

437
00:39:55,032 --> 00:40:00,088
that mill levy, that's the mill levy that you basically reset it, and that's the

438
00:40:00,088 --> 00:40:04,088
mill levy that you have to charge in perpetuity. So that's how you got from the 9

439
00:40:04,088 --> 00:40:10,035
to the 4.8. The intent of the legislation, whether it worked correctly or not, we

440
00:40:10,035 --> 00:40:16,035
can debate, but the intent of that legislation is to take the same number of dollars

441
00:40:16,065 --> 00:40:23,006
that you generated under the 9 mills. And bring that forward under the 4.8, and how

442
00:40:23,006 --> 00:40:29,002
it grows is in your change of taxable value. If your taxable value increases over

443
00:40:29,002 --> 00:40:35,049
years, your 4.8 million is going to generate more revenue. Perfect. You know, and

444
00:40:35,049 --> 00:40:41,072
it, it's worth mentioning as well that there were, um, at the time that it was being

445
00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:48,056
negotiated, there was about a 1.3% additional mill that was being levied by Madison

446
00:40:48,056 --> 00:40:54,032
Valley Hospital District, um, that goes away. So, and we've studied this to try to

447
00:40:54,032 --> 00:40:58,096
see if we could preserve it or phase it out over time, um, but that, that turned

448
00:40:58,096 --> 00:41:03,083
out to be, uh, you know, roughly $5 million over the eight year time period. But

449
00:41:03,083 --> 00:41:08,047
we're not able to preserve that without a vote of the electorate, and if we did that,

450
00:41:08,006 --> 00:41:12,023
then it would, we think, have to be shared, so we're not going to do that. So there's

451
00:41:12,023 --> 00:41:17,035
an immediate tax reduction that has been realized. Um, it's not substantial for a

452
00:41:17,035 --> 00:41:23,008
lot of, I mean, it's literally, it's about $410,000 across the entire $28.7 billion

453
00:41:23,008 --> 00:41:28,015
of property value or maybe $70 for the average homeowner, but it is nice to see a

454
00:41:28,015 --> 00:41:31,071
little bit of tax relief, uh, that did come as a result of this.

455
00:41:33,087 --> 00:41:39,011
Yeah, that's what I was gonna add is going from 9 to 4.8 is definitely mixed because

456
00:41:39,013 --> 00:41:44,072
there was a, a property tax savings by Big Sky residents, which is great to see.

457
00:41:44,099 --> 00:41:51,029
Be careful because as Kim said, that 9 to 4.8 reflects the change in property values.

458
00:41:51,072 --> 00:41:57,098
So you're the property values uphill across the board kind of almost doubled. So

459
00:41:57,098 --> 00:42:03,054
the actual dollars of tax that a particular taxpayer is paying stayed roughly the

460
00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:10,087
same. Got it. Makes sense. And it's a 50% reduction in what we were originally, roughly

461
00:42:10,087 --> 00:42:16,063
what we, as a result of it not being 9 mL and 4.5. It's substantive. Well, no, no,

462
00:42:16,073 --> 00:42:21,071
actually not because the property base is double. Hold on a second, Mike, please.

463
00:42:21,092 --> 00:42:26,027
Well, the take home I'm getting is $700,000 that wasn't there before for this community

464
00:42:26,027 --> 00:42:31,034
is now available. Perfect community. So a major success and a lot of work that went

465
00:42:31,034 --> 00:42:35,022
into this. So great success story. Hey Mike, can you tell us who's on your board

466
00:42:35,022 --> 00:42:41,086
and what the terms are for each of those board members? Yeah, um, so I'm the designated

467
00:42:41,086 --> 00:42:46,078
chair for this year. We reelect officers every year. Paula Cleary is our clerk. She

468
00:42:46,078 --> 00:42:53,016
has a term of 2 years. My term is 3. And uh Heather Morris is the 3rd trustee. She's

469
00:42:53,016 --> 00:42:59,059
the vice chair with a term of 1 year. And as Laura said, uh, we each stand for re-election

470
00:42:59,067 --> 00:43:05,011
for 3-year term. So it's always a 3-year term going forward. Yeah, thank you. Great.

471
00:43:06,006 --> 00:43:11,078
Board, any further questions for Laura or Mike? OK, I will open this up to the public.

472
00:43:11,091 --> 00:43:13,039
Questions for Laura or Mike.

473
00:43:17,025 --> 00:43:22,048
Oh come on. What did you work so hard on this? I know this is awesome. This is so

474
00:43:22,048 --> 00:43:26,064
exciting. I'm sorry, this is your Mike, you might have already said this, but so

475
00:43:26,064 --> 00:43:31,072
one of the things that we'll be doing is overlaying, um, our health and wellness,

476
00:43:31,089 --> 00:43:38,002
uh, impact area over the next several years. And just seeing how the influx of the

477
00:43:38,002 --> 00:43:42,021
additional dollars that Kevin was referencing, which are of great benefit, um, can

478
00:43:42,021 --> 00:43:46,037
help resort tax to be able to hopefully free up some additional dollars in other

479
00:43:46,037 --> 00:43:49,073
areas. That's been our intention from the very get-go. When do you expect the first

480
00:43:49,073 --> 00:43:51,006
grant to actually go out?

481
00:43:53,015 --> 00:43:59,038
As I mentioned, we set aside approximately 60% for a capital reserve of the 785,

482
00:43:59,047 --> 00:44:05,068
so it's about 470 that we're setting aside, um, with the grant policy just having

483
00:44:05,068 --> 00:44:09,018
been released on its first reading after yesterday's meeting, we need a second reading

484
00:44:09,018 --> 00:44:14,022
in September. Um, it's possible we could get some grant applications as early as

485
00:44:14,022 --> 00:44:19,074
our December meeting and then start making some grants perhaps as soon as next March.

486
00:44:20,018 --> 00:44:25,074
Um, I do want us to be careful about assuming that there's gonna be a dollar for

487
00:44:25,074 --> 00:44:32,037
dollar transfer of the big, the, the BISRAD health agenda to the Big Sky Hospital

488
00:44:32,037 --> 00:44:36,009
District. We need to be very thoughtful about that. Um, again, among other things,

489
00:44:36,098 --> 00:44:42,086
this is purely funded by the Madison County taxpayers. And so we have to think about

490
00:44:42,086 --> 00:44:48,007
how we achieve a balance over time with Gallatin and how best to merge together the

491
00:44:48,007 --> 00:44:53,078
interests of both counties and BISRAD and the community as a whole. We've written

492
00:44:53,078 --> 00:44:57,018
the grant making policy, and I think it's very important you know this, we've written

493
00:44:57,018 --> 00:45:02,007
the grant making policy to speak broadly to the Big Sky community. Um, effectively

494
00:45:02,007 --> 00:45:08,002
reaching into and beyond Madison County, so it's not our, it's not a, a restriction

495
00:45:08,002 --> 00:45:12,058
that we have to only support Madison County. We can support beyond that, but we have

496
00:45:12,058 --> 00:45:17,003
to be very thoughtful about how we do that, um, and to be res responsible to the

497
00:45:17,003 --> 00:45:23,041
voters. Are you seeking a representative from each organization to engage in that

498
00:45:23,041 --> 00:45:29,002
discussion? I'm just wondering how we bridge that gap. You know, right now we've

499
00:45:29,002 --> 00:45:33,036
just begun to dip our toe into the water of understanding community health needs

500
00:45:33,036 --> 00:45:37,072
and assessing those. We had a presentation yesterday from Doctor Catherine Burkeney

501
00:45:37,072 --> 00:45:42,028
and Kelly Hames, uh, from the Big Sky Medical Center. Um, they talked about their

502
00:45:42,028 --> 00:45:46,032
community health assessment for us so that we can gain a better, broader understanding

503
00:45:46,032 --> 00:45:52,006
of things. Um, and so as, as we begin to focus on developing that health assessment,

504
00:45:52,073 --> 00:45:58,036
uh, over time, this will become clearer. It's gonna take us a while. And that's partly

505
00:45:58,036 --> 00:46:03,075
why I'm saying let's park some park money in a reserve until Laura and I and you

506
00:46:03,075 --> 00:46:07,004
and really the community as a whole can come together around this and figure out

507
00:46:07,004 --> 00:46:10,099
what's the best way to, to allocate funds and how to do it.

508
00:46:14,003 --> 00:46:21,026
Thank you. Awesome. Any other questions? Please. Well, Katie Alvin, uh, my question

509
00:46:21,026 --> 00:46:28,072
is, um, can you somehow explain the different existing entities or initiatives

510
00:46:28,095 --> 00:46:35,005
that have been acting under this sort of health and wellness umbrella and how that

511
00:46:35,005 --> 00:46:42,044
those might fit with the new districts? Um, not sure I understand the question. We

512
00:46:42,044 --> 00:46:49,004
have a health and wellness coalition that's been operating for 3-4 years now, and

513
00:46:49,004 --> 00:46:54,028
maybe curing you, uh, if you're it. Sure, yeah, so the Health and Wellness Coalition

514
00:46:54,028 --> 00:46:59,009
started in 2020 and has evolved. Can you come forward? Yeah, could you step up and

515
00:46:59,009 --> 00:47:02,035
state your name on the record so people can hear. I wanna make sure Mike can hear

516
00:47:02,037 --> 00:47:06,098
all this too. Hi everyone, Karen Volden, executive Director of Wellness in Action

517
00:47:06,098 --> 00:47:11,073
and facilitator for Health and Wellness Coalition. We've been working together since

518
00:47:11,075 --> 00:47:16,034
2020 and have evolved over the past couple of years, but the primary organizations

519
00:47:16,034 --> 00:47:20,094
involved are Wellness in Action, Bozeman Health, Be Well Big Sky. We have representative

520
00:47:20,094 --> 00:47:26,074
from Community Support Group and Aging Well in Big Sky, uh, BSCO is participant of

521
00:47:26,074 --> 00:47:32,039
that. Bienvenitos, swim Rock, um, so we try to cover the spectrum of everything from

522
00:47:32,039 --> 00:47:38,059
prevention to crisis and medical needs within that. Is that answering players at

523
00:47:38,059 --> 00:47:44,091
the table? Yeah, and then how is that? Does will that continue in addition to the

524
00:47:44,091 --> 00:47:48,018
wellness district, or how, how will they work together? I'd say it's a great question.

525
00:47:48,032 --> 00:47:51,083
I was standing up to kind of ask something similar because we actually just went

526
00:47:51,083 --> 00:47:56,031
through a strategic planning initiative with consultants with that data survey that

527
00:47:56,031 --> 00:48:00,073
we led. This winter, and I'd love to present to both the Gallatin and Madison County

528
00:48:00,073 --> 00:48:05,017
boards if that's possible to share what findings we have from that information and

529
00:48:05,017 --> 00:48:09,033
how we can help inform the priorities and greatest needs of the community. But I'd

530
00:48:09,033 --> 00:48:14,009
say our goal as a coalition is really to help provide that vision for what's needed

531
00:48:14,009 --> 00:48:19,017
in the community and how this funding can fill gaps of the service availability perspective.

532
00:48:20,036 --> 00:48:24,047
We actually, in our board meeting yesterday, we talked about inviting you, uh, actually

533
00:48:24,047 --> 00:48:28,098
to come to our December meeting to begin some of that conversation. Perfect. I'll

534
00:48:28,098 --> 00:48:35,042
get that on my calendar. And I wear two hats cause I'm on the coalition as well as

535
00:48:35,042 --> 00:48:43,014
on this, this new um board, but the board itself is not gonna be composed of all

536
00:48:43,014 --> 00:48:48,091
of the um people who are doing the work in our community. The coalition is that,

537
00:48:48,093 --> 00:48:56,073
um, and they will end up feeding us. Um, data and describing needs and

538
00:48:56,073 --> 00:49:01,041
documenting a lot of research has been going on to understand the needs of the community

539
00:49:01,041 --> 00:49:08,021
and that will inform this wellness district board about how to make warning allocations.

540
00:49:09,021 --> 00:49:17,021
Let's see. Thanks. Excellent. Any further questions? Um, quickly, Laura.

541
00:49:18,066 --> 00:49:24,015
Sally has 1 year terms. Do you have 3 and Katie has 2? Katie is 3 and you're 2. OK.

542
00:49:29,045 --> 00:49:36,028
And just to reiterate, the Gallatin County meeting is tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the

543
00:49:36,028 --> 00:49:40,002
hospital conference room. Madison County, your next meeting is the 2nd Tuesday of

544
00:49:40,002 --> 00:49:47,015
December, which I looked is December 8th at 9:00 a.m. location TBD. Correct. Thank

545
00:49:47,015 --> 00:49:53,087
you. Awesome. And, and thank you, Terry. Yeah, we will look forward to when we can

546
00:49:54,032 --> 00:49:59,077
meet collectively as one. Combined board because as Mike said it's a little awkward

547
00:49:59,077 --> 00:50:04,029
with just 3 members you can't really do any work outside of board we know all about

548
00:50:04,029 --> 00:50:10,057
it. It would be great. I'd like to hear involving the coalition in in your next meetings

549
00:50:10,057 --> 00:50:14,085
because they were absolutely um fundamental in getting this established and need

550
00:50:14,085 --> 00:50:20,037
to be included in every step as this continues on. Great, thank you, Laura. Thanks,

551
00:50:20,042 --> 00:50:28,027
Mr. Rowe. Good to be here. Take care. Thank you Mr. Chair. Mr.

552
00:50:28,041 --> 00:50:31,099
Chair, is there still a couple minutes left for discussion, or do you want to move

553
00:50:31,099 --> 00:50:38,032
on? I see that we're go ahead, John. I, uh, I just want to plant a seed really or

554
00:50:38,032 --> 00:50:44,055
water a seed that came from another board member at BISRD about an opportunity here

555
00:50:44,057 --> 00:50:50,006
as we're navigating this relationship with these new wellness districts. I think

556
00:50:50,072 --> 00:50:58,071
because Biz RD is mostly here to alleviate local property taxes, we have a new property

557
00:50:58,071 --> 00:51:06,003
tax entity that has the capacity to give grants out in the community, and I'm grateful

558
00:51:06,003 --> 00:51:11,011
for the discussion that's happening between, you know, organizations in town who

559
00:51:11,011 --> 00:51:16,081
are trying to figure out who are we applying to for grants. And so I think the discussion

560
00:51:16,081 --> 00:51:21,028
between BISRAD and the wellness districts should be robust over the next year or

561
00:51:21,028 --> 00:51:27,056
two, and defining what that relationship might be. It might be something like BISRAD

562
00:51:27,085 --> 00:51:34,053
creates health and wellness grants to each of the hospi uh each of the hospital districts,

563
00:51:34,061 --> 00:51:40,003
and then they Are granting out and deciding where to spend those funds in the community

564
00:51:40,027 --> 00:51:45,091
more effectively potentially than we can because we have so many priorities at BISRD.

565
00:51:46,002 --> 00:51:50,085
I am just wondering if there is a way for us to alleviate a little bit of that selection

566
00:51:50,085 --> 00:51:57,005
pressure on individual grants and essentially partner with the wellness districts

567
00:51:57,062 --> 00:52:01,099
we have one larger appropriation and then they figure out how to actually distribute

568
00:52:01,099 --> 00:52:08,053
those funds, um, that to me. Seems to be more in the spirit of what BISRAT actually

569
00:52:08,053 --> 00:52:15,098
does, um, and, uh, and I think it's setting precedent for the future. Um, and I also

570
00:52:15,098 --> 00:52:20,009
wanna make sure that this is not really my idea. It came from race, and I'm probably

571
00:52:20,009 --> 00:52:25,006
mumbling it a little bit. I'm just really excited about it, especially as resort

572
00:52:25,006 --> 00:52:31,003
taxes. Needs and the work that we're doing continue to grow year over year, and it

573
00:52:31,003 --> 00:52:34,055
would be really nice to alleviate some of that pressure. Thank you.

574
00:52:36,087 --> 00:52:43,019
I really like that idea and I, I'm looking at Grace, um, to continue the discussions,

575
00:52:43,027 --> 00:52:48,012
uh, with, with the, um, both wellness districts or hospital districts because I do

576
00:52:48,012 --> 00:52:52,042
think that has a lot of merit that they become the wellness experts for our community

577
00:52:52,042 --> 00:52:57,086
and, and they make those decisions. I'm, I'm, I like the thought and would love to

578
00:52:57,086 --> 00:53:03,021
see how. Matures. It's not too dissimilar from the ideas that have been circulating

579
00:53:03,021 --> 00:53:08,045
around the um Parks and Trails district, which is primarily focused around funding

580
00:53:08,045 --> 00:53:14,021
the BSCO operations and match with BISRAD, but I could see them in the future becoming

581
00:53:14,021 --> 00:53:19,069
a similar grant making organization and this philosophy could be carried out with

582
00:53:19,069 --> 00:53:23,062
that group as well. Yep, I like it. It's a good thought process. Thanks, John, for

583
00:53:23,062 --> 00:53:31,026
bringing that back up. Any other? Hopefully we'll have 2 less. Impact area budgets

584
00:53:31,026 --> 00:53:34,065
on our dashboard. Well, I think they would still say on our dashboard. It's just

585
00:53:34,067 --> 00:53:39,087
a bucket though. It just wouldn't go, we wouldn't have to be reviewing all the applications

586
00:53:39,087 --> 00:53:44,079
of those buckets, we'd leave that up to those individual boards. So, I like it, it's

587
00:53:44,079 --> 00:53:52,053
a good concept. Great OK. Moving on, MOU for water and sewer

588
00:53:52,053 --> 00:53:57,052
efforts. This is an action item. So we've alluded to this the past two meetings.

589
00:53:57,054 --> 00:54:04,036
Um, as I think the entire board and general public are all acutely aware, we have

590
00:54:04,038 --> 00:54:05,001
3,

591
00:54:07,018 --> 00:54:12,002
Water and sewer districts within Big Sky, a newly formed Firelight Water and Sewer

592
00:54:12,002 --> 00:54:18,049
District, a canyon Water and Sewer District which has existed. Um, for the seven

593
00:54:18,049 --> 00:54:26,049
years that the 1% has existed to support the Canyon, uh, pipeline and, um, pump

594
00:54:26,049 --> 00:54:33,045
station, which is the primary use of the $12 million that was allocated in 2020 from

595
00:54:33,045 --> 00:54:40,045
the voters when the 1% for infrastructure went into place. Um Big Sky Water and Sewer

596
00:54:40,045 --> 00:54:46,021
District, uh, at our request, presented in our June, maybe it was the July meeting.

597
00:54:46,034 --> 00:54:51,009
Um, what is the big picture integration of all three of these organizations and what

598
00:54:51,009 --> 00:54:57,085
are the needs? Uh, I heard $100 million articulated as, uh, the needs of the three

599
00:54:57,085 --> 00:55:04,073
projects. Um, and ultimately, I believe the, the end game is that both Firelight

600
00:55:04,076 --> 00:55:10,063
and the Canyon Districts would ultimately wind up, um, merging or being assimilated

601
00:55:10,063 --> 00:55:15,000
into the larger Big Sky Water and Sewer District, although lots of details to get

602
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:20,091
worked out before then. Uh, since 2020, when seven years ago, it's hard to believe

603
00:55:20,091 --> 00:55:25,011
it's been seven years that we've had this commitment for this project in the Canyon

604
00:55:25,011 --> 00:55:33,001
District. Um, has been on our books for that entire time. Um, in, uh, winter of

605
00:55:33,001 --> 00:55:39,041
last year, you actually put in place a resolution which would, uh, release the $12

606
00:55:39,041 --> 00:55:45,049
million commitment in June of 2027, and that has been helpful, I think, in actually

607
00:55:45,049 --> 00:55:52,025
accelerating. Uh, our fisher cut bait situation related to these projects that have

608
00:55:52,025 --> 00:55:56,013
been sitting pending for quite some time, and, um, everyone has been working very

609
00:55:56,013 --> 00:56:01,061
diligently to ensure that they're going to happen. Um, one of the tactics for the

610
00:56:01,061 --> 00:56:06,057
Canyon District specifically was focused around a targeted economic development district,

611
00:56:06,066 --> 00:56:13,064
which we have now, um, proposed a larger, um, a

612
00:56:13,064 --> 00:56:19,028
larger philosophy around how we're going to address the water and sewer deficit in

613
00:56:19,028 --> 00:56:25,084
the community, and this MOU is very connected to that effort and the fact that there

614
00:56:25,084 --> 00:56:31,022
is confusion around why it is that that the community of Big Sky is focused around

615
00:56:31,054 --> 00:56:36,045
Um, the Canyon Water and Sewer District, particularly as it relates to the impacts

616
00:56:36,045 --> 00:56:42,049
that may happen related to development. And so, um, for clarity's sake, and this

617
00:56:42,049 --> 00:56:47,017
will be included in our packet to both the Madison and the Gallatin County commissions

618
00:56:47,017 --> 00:56:52,044
with the, the TED effort, uh, Um, we wanted to be very clear and upfront about what

619
00:56:52,044 --> 00:56:57,015
our objectives are here. And, and primarily they're around improving water quality,

620
00:56:57,061 --> 00:57:03,004
uh, on the Gallatin River, which is, uh, impaired, it's been designated impaired

621
00:57:03,004 --> 00:57:08,099
by the Department of Environmental Quality. So, I'll just, it's kind of like a, um,

622
00:57:09,025 --> 00:57:12,096
a pretty wordy document, but I'll highlight the, the main objectives of what we're

623
00:57:12,096 --> 00:57:18,037
all working on. To create additional reuse options as a reminder to the community

624
00:57:18,037 --> 00:57:23,013
and, and everyone else, um, Big Sky is the largest zero discharge community, and

625
00:57:23,013 --> 00:57:26,049
as a result of that, the treatment that we have that is going through the Big Sky

626
00:57:26,049 --> 00:57:31,089
Water and Sewer District is, uh, really at the highest level of, of treatment that

627
00:57:31,089 --> 00:57:37,025
you can get in the state of Montana. And if you look at the, uh, disposal that Big

628
00:57:37,025 --> 00:57:41,038
Sky is putting in to The Gallatin River, it is essentially zero,

629
00:57:43,053 --> 00:57:49,023
because we choose to reuse our, our water, and that's part of this larger plan that

630
00:57:49,023 --> 00:57:54,062
we're all working towards, um, with the TED TIF and trying to address not only the,

631
00:57:54,076 --> 00:58:00,046
the fiscal impact that $100 million. On these projects, but also the water quality

632
00:58:00,046 --> 00:58:06,001
impact that all of these projects has. And so enhancing the overall system resiliency

633
00:58:06,001 --> 00:58:11,038
is an objective through this MOU, um, and providing flexibility during maintenance

634
00:58:11,038 --> 00:58:17,046
and emergency events, balancing wastewater flow flows across the region, um, as the

635
00:58:17,046 --> 00:58:22,053
system, uh, and water quality protection and water conservation priorities evolve.

636
00:58:23,011 --> 00:58:27,058
Uh, help to fund a portion of regional wastewater and fire suppression infrastructure

637
00:58:27,058 --> 00:58:33,032
improvement. Fund connection of qualified existing Big Sky homeowners and deed restricted

638
00:58:33,032 --> 00:58:37,084
workforce housing units to the system without cost to the homeowners, homeowners

639
00:58:37,084 --> 00:58:42,088
or housing unit. Um, in particular, for example, Ramshorn down in the canyon is a,

640
00:58:43,017 --> 00:58:48,048
a pretty major player in the Canyon Water and Sewer District. And, um, as a result

641
00:58:48,048 --> 00:58:52,002
of them having an existing system, there will need to be some form of subsidy that

642
00:58:52,002 --> 00:58:57,005
helps get them into the, into the plan. And then lastly, but not least important,

643
00:58:57,076 --> 00:59:02,007
require developers to pay their pro rata share of costs and expense expenses to connect

644
00:59:02,007 --> 00:59:06,054
new developments that are not deed restricted workforce housing projects. And why

645
00:59:06,054 --> 00:59:12,045
this is important is, first off, the um the existing development that is happening

646
00:59:12,047 --> 00:59:16,033
down there, in particular with the quarry, we have a letter that has been submitted

647
00:59:16,035 --> 00:59:21,076
to all parties from the developer. Um, denoting that they are willing to kick in

648
00:59:21,076 --> 00:59:26,092
those dollars when the time comes. Um, that will go in our packet with the, uh, TED

649
00:59:26,092 --> 00:59:31,048
presentation and the binder that is submitted on October 7th to the Gallatin and

650
00:59:31,048 --> 00:59:37,001
Madison County Commission, along with this MOU. And the main objective here is really

651
00:59:37,001 --> 00:59:42,028
working to be super clear about what it is we're trying to achieve relative to the

652
00:59:42,028 --> 00:59:47,079
canyon water and sewer District. And Um, and I think this MOU helps to outline that.

653
00:59:48,005 --> 00:59:53,052
I hope that it's clear that we have commitment from, um, not only the existing development

654
00:59:53,052 --> 00:59:57,084
that's going to happen down there, but as well as from the governing entities that

655
00:59:57,084 --> 01:00:02,044
are working to actually move this, these three projects forward, all of them very

656
01:00:02,044 --> 01:00:08,002
important, um, and as a reminder, that's the, the connection. Of the canyon to Big

657
01:00:08,002 --> 01:00:13,022
Sky Water and Sewer District, it's the connection of firelight, um, to the Big Sky

658
01:00:13,022 --> 01:00:17,066
Water and Sewer District, and as a result of all of that, we are beginning to push

659
01:00:17,066 --> 01:00:24,005
into an accelerated need to have a commitment for the Wor Phase 2, which is our state

660
01:00:24,005 --> 01:00:29,056
of the art plant that will allow all of those systems to connect into that. Johnny,

661
01:00:29,064 --> 01:00:36,012
did I miss anything? Nope, you didn't answer. Thanks. Thank you. Excellent. For,

662
01:00:36,055 --> 01:00:37,004
any questions?

663
01:00:43,024 --> 01:00:45,096
Members of the public, any questions or comments?

664
01:00:51,093 --> 01:00:57,004
Uh, I just, I can't help but make a finer point on this, cause as, as groups have

665
01:00:57,004 --> 01:01:02,019
been working on, um, this for years working on soaring the canyon, and now that it's

666
01:01:02,041 --> 01:01:07,068
one of the major pillars of our TED effort, if you could bring that MOU back up real

667
01:01:07,068 --> 01:01:15,017
quick, buddy, I just wanna stress that The, one of the critiques or concerns that

668
01:01:15,017 --> 01:01:19,073
keeps coming up is if you sewer the canyon, it's gonna be overdeveloped. And, and

669
01:01:19,073 --> 01:01:25,073
that is the very, very strategic language that was put in here on to address that

670
01:01:25,094 --> 01:01:31,069
is we wanna use public tax dollars to fund existing Big Sky homeowners. And so that's

671
01:01:31,069 --> 01:01:37,045
hooking up the homes that are in the canyon because um if you don't follow this closely,

672
01:01:37,007 --> 01:01:41,074
they already have a septic tank and a drain field. And so it's just gonna be A new

673
01:01:41,074 --> 01:01:46,002
expense for them to hook up to this, to this district that, of course, taking those

674
01:01:46,002 --> 01:01:49,094
septic and drain fills offline is gonna help the Gallatin, and we want to encourage

675
01:01:49,094 --> 01:01:54,031
that. And the way we encourage that is we provide public tax dollars to hook up the

676
01:01:54,031 --> 01:02:00,002
existing homeowners. The other very important thing is we have made it a commitment

677
01:02:00,002 --> 01:02:06,045
via this MOU to use public tax dollars. for deed-restricted housing units. And so

678
01:02:06,045 --> 01:02:13,076
this is actually a, a, a tactic of, of smart growth of providing a subsidy to

679
01:02:13,098 --> 01:02:18,055
de-restricted workforce housing so that we can continue to promote more workforce

680
01:02:18,055 --> 01:02:23,009
housing for this community. So, sorry, Danny went through this, there was a lot in

681
01:02:23,009 --> 01:02:27,091
here, but that was like The most important things in the whole MOU to me were at

682
01:02:27,091 --> 01:02:32,025
the end, and I just wanna make a finer point of that for, for the members of our

683
01:02:32,025 --> 01:02:36,095
community is I'm really um proud of the work that's happened with the Canyon District,

684
01:02:37,004 --> 01:02:41,067
the Big Sky Water and Sewer District, Firelight, as well as um BISRA involved in

685
01:02:41,067 --> 01:02:47,015
this MOU and, and I'm just very thankful to everybody that's worked on it to get

686
01:02:47,015 --> 01:02:51,023
it to this stage. And I think this addresses a lot of concerns. It's in now in black

687
01:02:51,023 --> 01:02:57,000
and white. Without any further comments or questions, I will call the vote. All those

688
01:02:57,000 --> 01:03:03,094
in favor of signing this MOU please signify by saying aye. Uh, yeah, we need a motion.

689
01:03:04,042 --> 01:03:09,088
Sorry, thank you, Jenny. I would take emotion. I was sounds like I was making it

690
01:03:09,009 --> 01:03:13,011
on my monologue, but let, yeah, I'll take emotion first.

691
01:03:15,048 --> 01:03:23,041
I'll make a motion to approve the MOU for monitoring. One second. Thank you, um,

692
01:03:23,058 --> 01:03:27,026
for the discussion, I guess I get a little excited. I've been waiting for this MOU,

693
01:03:27,039 --> 01:03:30,018
so it's great to see it. Is there any further board discussion?

694
01:03:33,099 --> 01:03:35,058
Is there any further public comment?

695
01:03:38,002 --> 01:03:45,083
Hearing in CNN, I will now call the vote for signing the NYU. Hi, hi, hi, hi. Motion

696
01:03:45,083 --> 01:03:53,017
passes unanimous. I have 2 more to voted 5. OK, thank you. Moving on, uh, FY 27 budget

697
01:03:53,017 --> 01:04:00,026
amendment. Let's do as an action item. So this is coming to you from both the community

698
01:04:00,026 --> 01:04:06,058
investments and the finance and operations subcommittees, um. One of the things that

699
01:04:06,058 --> 01:04:13,041
we have been, well, picking up from where we left off in the last meeting when we

700
01:04:13,067 --> 01:04:21,037
placed all of our commitments into Impact areas, we left $150,000 kind of dangling

701
01:04:21,037 --> 01:04:25,031
out there. That is not best practice. I would not like to do that moving forward,

702
01:04:25,037 --> 01:04:29,024
and I would like for us to put money specifically somewhere so that the, the public

703
01:04:29,024 --> 01:04:35,096
knows where it is. And so one of the things that um we were unpacking in uh post

704
01:04:35,096 --> 01:04:42,015
meeting was how are we going to handle those, those dollars. Um, one of the, the

705
01:04:43,015 --> 01:04:51,006
Additionally, um, as a result of the last meeting, we placed $600,000 into a

706
01:04:51,016 --> 01:04:56,006
very specific reserve account, which will be on your glossary, um, for a very specific

707
01:04:56,006 --> 01:05:03,075
purpose, which is to support the transition as a result of SB 260, um, and create

708
01:05:03,075 --> 01:05:09,095
a soft landing for the Big Sky School District in the event that a petition that

709
01:05:09,095 --> 01:05:15,066
is actively being circulated throughout Big Sky. Um, is successful in requesting

710
01:05:15,066 --> 01:05:21,054
withdrawal from the Ennis School District. Uh, we're touching on a lot of SB 260

711
01:05:21,054 --> 01:05:27,024
stuff today. Um, as a result of 260 and the eight-year stepdown that we mentioned

712
01:05:27,024 --> 01:05:32,025
earlier today with the, the wellness district, um, we're using that same standard

713
01:05:32,057 --> 01:05:40,011
with the Big Sky School District, um, with the knowledge that, uh, as a result of

714
01:05:40,041 --> 01:05:45,061
the step-down period, um, there would be foregone revenues. That the school would

715
01:05:45,061 --> 01:05:50,004
have already received and that was what we placed $600,000 into that account for

716
01:05:50,001 --> 01:05:56,073
or that reserve for um moving forward we need to generate a little bit of additional

717
01:05:56,073 --> 01:06:04,001
dollars to make it whole that number is $887,000 so we have a little bit of a gap

718
01:06:04,001 --> 01:06:11,053
there and the proposal from um both. Subcommittees is to place that

719
01:06:11,053 --> 01:06:18,051
$150,000 into the school fund so that we're beginning to get that thing um completely

720
01:06:18,054 --> 01:06:24,013
completely full. Um, I communicated all of this to Dustin yesterday. Uh, they did

721
01:06:24,013 --> 01:06:31,045
pass a resolution, um, which is simply in the event that The withdrawal

722
01:06:31,045 --> 01:06:36,009
happens, the Big Sky School District has passed a resolution to say we will accept

723
01:06:36,009 --> 01:06:42,087
those new students coming into the Big Sky School District. Um, in addition to the

724
01:06:42,087 --> 01:06:50,013
$150,000 we made a decision in, um, I think it was June

725
01:06:50,013 --> 01:06:57,096
for $600,000 to go towards the Big Skywater and sewer districts, engineering

726
01:06:57,098 --> 01:07:03,061
and next steps for continuing forward with the, the, the bigger picture of how we're

727
01:07:03,061 --> 01:07:10,015
gonna connect the canyon. Um, as a result of that, we need to handle that somehow

728
01:07:10,018 --> 01:07:16,045
in a budget amendment, which is in front of you and being proposed. Um, in addition

729
01:07:16,045 --> 01:07:24,029
to that, We are also, um, as an organization, evaluating where our

730
01:07:24,029 --> 01:07:31,081
capacity is as we move into a decision and a discussion around the upcoming

731
01:07:31,081 --> 01:07:37,032
application that all three parties have submitted to Our grant cycle for this upcoming

732
01:07:37,032 --> 01:07:44,007
year and specific to capacity, we're looking at um what do we have available in remaining

733
01:07:44,007 --> 01:07:51,025
1% dollars as we move into the upcoming years. Um, we have a, a general number

734
01:07:51,074 --> 01:07:58,017
from the water and sewer districts, uh, which is, um, roughly $30 million is what

735
01:07:58,017 --> 01:08:03,093
Johnny told me is, is what the request is going to be coming into resort tax. We

736
01:08:03,093 --> 01:08:10,034
have a lot of mechanics. That we need to work out to understand the timing of our

737
01:08:10,034 --> 01:08:15,022
commitment and what our debt service, annual debt service commitment would be spread

738
01:08:15,022 --> 01:08:19,034
out over time in the event that the $30 million and that's why I was asking all those

739
01:08:19,034 --> 01:08:23,086
questions. Hey, what are we talking about in terms of a monthly commitment? We have

740
01:08:23,086 --> 01:08:28,031
discussion to have around that, which is great. All this is to be said. What we need

741
01:08:28,031 --> 01:08:34,034
to ultimately understand is what is, what is our capacity to be able to um support

742
01:08:34,034 --> 01:08:38,067
whatever the request is. Um, we're still running some math on that and we'll be bringing

743
01:08:38,067 --> 01:08:45,047
that forward in the next meeting. Um, but what was clear to us is, um, as a result

744
01:08:45,047 --> 01:08:51,034
of all of that, next year, we might have a decision where it would be very helpful

745
01:08:51,036 --> 01:08:56,001
for us to start off on a clean slate. As a result, and what I mean by clean slate

746
01:08:56,001 --> 01:09:01,021
is all of our obligations that we have in FY 28, um, if there's any way that we can

747
01:09:01,023 --> 01:09:08,066
handle them at FY 27, we're suggesting doing so. And another obligation that existed

748
01:09:08,066 --> 01:09:16,007
as a result of how cold smoke and the bond process evolved. is a water tank

749
01:09:16,007 --> 01:09:21,091
that was needed um over on the cold smoke property that was budgeted for and, and,

750
01:09:21,099 --> 01:09:27,006
and our budget showed $2 million coming out in next year. So what we have in front

751
01:09:27,006 --> 01:09:35,003
of you is a proposal to essentially um shore everything up in 2027, so that as we

752
01:09:35,003 --> 01:09:39,082
engage in the discussions with all three water and sewer districts, we have a, a

753
01:09:39,082 --> 01:09:45,075
clean slate that we would be starting on and it's like 28. And so, um, the summary

754
01:09:45,075 --> 01:09:52,044
of all that, Jenny, if you want to scroll down, um, There's two places that we can

755
01:09:52,044 --> 01:09:56,024
pull those dollars from to begin to shore things up, and I, uh, the proposal that

756
01:09:56,024 --> 01:10:00,006
is coming before you is actually to bring the total commitment up to the school district

757
01:10:00,006 --> 01:10:05,071
to the full amount for $887 to actually get all that taken care of and, and clean

758
01:10:06,001 --> 01:10:13,008
as we close our fiscal year. And so, the proposal is to shore up the $887,000 commitment

759
01:10:13,008 --> 01:10:20,006
in the reserve for the Big Sky School District, um. The budget originally

760
01:10:20,006 --> 01:10:27,096
included a park bond prepayment, um, from the 3%, as a reminder, that

761
01:10:27,096 --> 01:10:34,036
bond is in the 3%, not in the 1%. Um, we had budgeted $2 million we're recommending

762
01:10:34,036 --> 01:10:41,004
moving that down to 1863, uh, which would allow us to then take that plus the $150

763
01:10:41,004 --> 01:10:46,000
that we left on the table to bring it up to the 887. Heads are nodding, everyone's

764
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:53,089
tracking. Um. That shores up the 150. In addition to that, we're proposing that

765
01:10:53,089 --> 01:11:00,085
the canyon, uh, I'm sorry, that the cold smoke water tank payments, which otherwise

766
01:11:00,087 --> 01:11:07,086
would be in FY 28, come out of FY 27, and the the area that we would pull those dollars

767
01:11:07,086 --> 01:11:12,062
from would be in the cold smoke prepayment reserve balance. I know that we're trying

768
01:11:12,062 --> 01:11:18,013
to pay off cold smoke as quickly as we can. Um, it's the recommendation from these

769
01:11:18,013 --> 01:11:22,049
committees that we actually, let's pick that back up next year when we can start

770
01:11:22,049 --> 01:11:29,029
off on a clean slate. Um, and this would, in addition to the $2 million that is being

771
01:11:29,029 --> 01:11:35,085
committed would leave a balance in the 1% collections that we can also add into our

772
01:11:35,085 --> 01:11:41,083
projections as we're moving into next year. I just threw a whole lot out there, um,

773
01:11:42,007 --> 01:11:42,008
questions.

774
01:11:47,096 --> 01:11:52,025
John, Grace, you guys have been closest to all those thoughts. This, this just for

775
01:11:52,025 --> 01:11:57,048
a reminder, John, this is blending into multiple years. John and Grace were on the

776
01:11:57,048 --> 01:12:04,051
subcommittee for finance in the proposed budget. That subcommittee is now Grace and

777
01:12:04,051 --> 01:12:09,043
Michelle, and this is also coming from Community Investments, which is Taylor and

778
01:12:09,043 --> 01:12:16,063
Michelle. OK, so Grace, Michelle, just make sure. The triangle. We've had time to

779
01:12:16,063 --> 01:12:21,053
digest it a little bit so it just feels clean to be able to kind of short like to

780
01:12:21,053 --> 01:12:28,077
Danny's point, clean things up. Fiscal 28, we start fresh and Schools handled. Mhm.

781
01:12:29,054 --> 01:12:35,004
Water tank is handled. Certain easy chunkable things we can just handle right now

782
01:12:35,004 --> 01:12:36,015
and be done.

783
01:12:38,064 --> 01:12:43,006
Yeah, I just have one little question. Fully support this. Makes sense. Clean slate.

784
01:12:43,082 --> 01:12:49,073
Love it. Um. I mean, Danny, I think the very last thing you mentioned was there's

785
01:12:49,084 --> 01:12:56,085
probably gonna be a balance, uh, in the 1%. Is there a particular strategy on why

786
01:12:56,085 --> 01:13:04,025
we can't use some of that balance to just make our $2 million our fund goal? I understand

787
01:13:04,025 --> 01:13:10,082
the pulling 137. To get us to the school. I'm just curious what that, if you have

788
01:13:10,082 --> 01:13:15,001
a sense of magnitude on that balance. I mean, back of the napkin, I get it's around

789
01:13:15,001 --> 01:13:22,058
400 to 500K. Um, after the 2 million for the water tank and 600k for the,

790
01:13:23,015 --> 01:13:29,031
uh, the canyon, I think that would be, I think that would be moving 1% funds which

791
01:13:29,031 --> 01:13:35,095
require voter approval into the 3% bucket. You got me. You're right, sorry about

792
01:13:35,095 --> 01:13:41,099
that. Uh, no, I rescind that. I was just curious if there was any overage to get

793
01:13:41,099 --> 01:13:44,097
there, but that makes a lot of sense. OK, thanks. Great question.

794
01:13:48,056 --> 01:13:50,038
Public, any questions or comments?

795
01:13:56,035 --> 01:13:57,055
I didn't entertain emotion.

796
01:14:01,003 --> 01:14:07,028
I'll make a motion that we approve the FY 27 budget amendment summary as presented

797
01:14:07,003 --> 01:14:14,021
in our board packet. Second. The moves by Grace seconded by Michelle. Is there any

798
01:14:14,021 --> 01:14:18,098
further board discussion? Any public comment?

799
01:14:22,075 --> 01:14:26,001
Hearing and seeing that, I'll call the vote. All those in favor signify by saying

800
01:14:26,001 --> 01:14:33,034
hi. Hi, hi, bye. Motion passed unanimously and 2 were voted. I think OK,

801
01:14:33,091 --> 01:14:37,034
just for the board's awareness when budget amendments like this happen, all of our

802
01:14:37,034 --> 01:14:41,075
budgets and the public's awareness, all of our budgets are on our website under governing

803
01:14:41,075 --> 01:14:47,005
documents. The modification happens. Kristen updates the main spreadsheet that we're

804
01:14:47,005 --> 01:14:52,066
utilizing with an asterisk saying budget updated as of just for everyone's awareness.

805
01:14:52,083 --> 01:14:59,038
Thank you. All right. Next, uh, agenda item employee handbook, retirement contributions.

806
01:14:59,047 --> 01:15:02,098
This too is an action item. Don't let Christ.

807
01:15:05,055 --> 01:15:12,021
Uh, so just a little background, um, BISRAD first adopted the 457B retirement plan

808
01:15:12,021 --> 01:15:20,001
in 2009, and I was three quarter time employee, I think one, and,

809
01:15:20,022 --> 01:15:26,049
uh, at that time there was not a, um, post-tax or Roth contribution option as part

810
01:15:26,049 --> 01:15:32,097
of the plan. Um, since that happened, I think it was in 2013 that the Roth post-tax

811
01:15:32,097 --> 01:15:38,079
became an option for contribution. BISRAD up until this point had never matched um

812
01:15:38,081 --> 01:15:45,007
the post-tax portion just pre-tax amount and um as we switched payroll softwares

813
01:15:45,009 --> 01:15:51,016
in July that came to light, um, the finance and operations subcommittee um decided

814
01:15:51,016 --> 01:15:56,046
it made sense to match both announced. Regardless of how the employee decides to

815
01:15:56,046 --> 01:16:02,007
contribute their dollars, um, it's still the 6.8% match, um, and this amendment is

816
01:16:02,007 --> 01:16:09,001
just adding something in the employee handbook to formalize that decision and, um,

817
01:16:09,031 --> 01:16:13,018
and just any, we didn't have anything actually about the retirement plan in the handbook,

818
01:16:13,035 --> 01:16:21,002
so just adding that. This is not a fiscal impact currently. It's

819
01:16:21,002 --> 01:16:27,054
simply a procedural impact. The mass isn't changing. None, none of the numbers are

820
01:16:27,054 --> 01:16:32,002
changing or impacting anyone, but we need to shore it up at the handle, OK.

821
01:16:37,049 --> 01:16:42,068
Board, any questions for, well, let me understand the motion first. I'll make a motion

822
01:16:42,068 --> 01:16:48,006
that we approve the employee handbook amendment. 2, moved by Gray, seconded by Taylor

823
01:16:48,097 --> 01:16:49,076
for discussion.

824
01:16:53,048 --> 01:16:55,085
Procedure. Hold on.

825
01:17:02,005 --> 01:17:09,016
Hearing season and I'll follow those whatever signify by saying I I I. Hi. Motion

826
01:17:09,016 --> 01:17:14,065
passes unanimously. I too order to go to that. OK, moving on to the next agenda item,

827
01:17:14,073 --> 01:17:21,032
which is new business. FY 27 grant request overview. This is a discussion. Let me

828
01:17:21,032 --> 01:17:21,091
speak this.

829
01:17:25,059 --> 01:17:30,009
You've heard enough. Uh, sorry, I can't control the screen and speak at the same

830
01:17:30,009 --> 01:17:36,064
time, but, um, applications have come in. Huge, huge thank you to all the applicants

831
01:17:36,064 --> 01:17:41,086
that have participated in this process. It's a big lift for everyone. Um, what you're

832
01:17:41,086 --> 01:17:46,038
looking at on the screen is just kind of the overview of the request. Um, or come

833
01:17:46,038 --> 01:17:49,093
see me on your way out. I have your binders. I know you can't wait for your homework,

834
01:17:50,015 --> 01:17:55,081
and John will get with you to get you yours as well. Uh, this year we got requests

835
01:17:55,081 --> 01:18:00,086
through our annual grant cycle, 32 projects, just a little bit under $7 million.

836
01:18:01,002 --> 01:18:05,076
Um, we did have something new this year. We had a few requests that were flagged

837
01:18:06,006 --> 01:18:10,077
as ineligible. So it's the first time that that's happened in the 3 or 4 years, maybe

838
01:18:10,077 --> 01:18:15,093
5, that we've had these eligibility requirements in place. Um, so Danny and I reviewed

839
01:18:15,093 --> 01:18:20,024
them, and then we met with Taylor and Michelle to discuss a little further. Two of

840
01:18:20,024 --> 01:18:24,000
them, I think really simply came down to rounding errors that they weren't meeting

841
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:29,064
that matching funds minimum by 1% point or less. So we decided as a group to give

842
01:18:29,064 --> 01:18:34,009
a little grace and I'll give them 2 days to make an update to their application.

843
01:18:34,029 --> 01:18:38,052
Um, we did receive a third one that unfortunately just got flagged on multiple things

844
01:18:38,052 --> 01:18:42,005
and there was just too many things to update, but they were invited to come back

845
01:18:42,069 --> 01:18:47,034
and apply for the micro grant, so that opportunity does still exist. Um, I really

846
01:18:47,036 --> 01:18:50,022
wanna thank Taylor and Michelle for the time of going through it. It was a weird,

847
01:18:50,044 --> 01:18:54,066
uncomfortable conversation for all of us and I'm sure for applicants as well. Um,

848
01:18:54,088 --> 01:18:58,068
we could put a lot of thought and energy in these eligibility requirements. Um, We

849
01:18:58,068 --> 01:19:03,000
hope that we don't come across this in the future and if we do, we may be, we may

850
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:07,032
or may not be giving as much grace in the future. Um, those criteria are there for

851
01:19:07,032 --> 01:19:10,062
a reason, but we appreciate everyone's we're gonna use this as a learning moment.

852
01:19:10,085 --> 01:19:16,098
We will not be giving the grace in the future. So it's like it's, it's, this is an

853
01:19:16,098 --> 01:19:23,017
opportunity for everyone to hear from staff and board that. Everyone being the, the

854
01:19:23,017 --> 01:19:29,029
applicants, we look at what you submit to us, we use what you submit to us, and in

855
01:19:29,029 --> 01:19:34,053
the event that at a minimum, make sure that you're hitting all of the eligibility

856
01:19:34,053 --> 01:19:38,041
requirements that are in this thing because like Jenny was saying, like there were

857
01:19:38,041 --> 01:19:43,025
a few that just seemed like they were rounding errors. We're not gonna validate your

858
01:19:43,025 --> 01:19:47,045
rounding errors moving forward into the future, so sorry to interrupt, but I wanted

859
01:19:47,045 --> 01:19:52,066
to put a fine point on that. Um, yeah, and on that note, most of you, I appreciate

860
01:19:52,066 --> 01:19:55,009
everyone that took up the time to meet with me. I'm more than happy to answer any

861
01:19:55,009 --> 01:20:00,083
questions through the application process. Um, but yeah, here's the kind of high-level

862
01:20:00,083 --> 01:20:03,085
overview of the second page. I'll flip to it here in a minute for the public's sake,

863
01:20:03,092 --> 01:20:08,026
just kind of shows where the requests are falling within those impact area budgets.

864
01:20:08,053 --> 01:20:11,095
Um, later this week, I'll be reaching out to all of our partners that did apply to

865
01:20:11,095 --> 01:20:17,008
share more details on next steps, when to expect Q&A, and some details on the review

866
01:20:17,032 --> 01:20:21,078
meetings in October. I'll give you all your physical binders and send some extra

867
01:20:21,078 --> 01:20:25,005
data to you all via email after this meeting. I didn't want to overwhelm you all

868
01:20:25,052 --> 01:20:30,072
last night. Um, but Michelle Taylor, Danny, anything else? This is great, by the

869
01:20:30,072 --> 01:20:36,064
way, thank you, love this. The one that we flagged is ineligible, it's likely going

870
01:20:36,064 --> 01:20:44,024
to apply for a micro grant, so we did pass them an opportunity with that. Um But

871
01:20:44,024 --> 01:20:48,004
yeah, 32 is the most we've seen in a few years as well. Here's the thing I, I, I

872
01:20:48,004 --> 01:20:52,006
would also just say generally to everyone. The budgets that you fill out for the

873
01:20:52,006 --> 01:20:56,008
projects, while they seem like they're tedious and we're not looking at them, we

874
01:20:56,008 --> 01:21:00,068
use them very intentionally. And so when you're filling these things out, like we

875
01:21:00,068 --> 01:21:08,028
got one this year that Had expenses of like $240,000 and then revenues for that particular

876
01:21:08,028 --> 01:21:13,068
project at like $430,000 or something, more than one actually, yeah, multiple, which

877
01:21:13,068 --> 01:21:18,019
we'll we'll clear up in Q&A, but yeah, so you're like your budgets matter, it's what

878
01:21:18,019 --> 01:21:22,056
we're actually validating your receipts that you're submitting to us against and

879
01:21:22,056 --> 01:21:28,001
so like it's also what the board's deciding they want to fund as well, yeah, yeah,

880
01:21:28,013 --> 01:21:32,084
yeah. And be smart in your forecast, please, because obviously. We've seen that already

881
01:21:32,084 --> 01:21:36,067
where the forecast was something very different from what came in at the requests

882
01:21:37,001 --> 01:21:40,098
for this year. Well, and I'm already looking at, we get this every year. It was like

883
01:21:41,017 --> 01:21:45,028
27, we want 7 million and even less next year it's gonna be less, and that's, that's,

884
01:21:45,037 --> 01:21:50,005
and that's never similar every year. Everything. So please help us with your forecast

885
01:21:50,005 --> 01:21:54,041
as you see this board and staff does a lot with that information.

886
01:21:57,018 --> 01:22:01,048
Oh, I forgot to mention the one request Danny did talk about at large scale. Submitted

887
01:22:01,048 --> 01:22:05,051
by big scale audience who are on behalf of all three in the range of $20 to $30 million

888
01:22:05,061 --> 01:22:08,044
but we'll, there'll be lots more discussion on that as well to come.

889
01:22:11,007 --> 01:22:15,004
Excellent. Or any further discussion?

890
01:22:19,054 --> 01:22:25,093
Members of the public, the discussion on this agenda item. It's me and says Jenny,

891
01:22:26,002 --> 01:22:30,057
what are the dates that we review the application? Tuesday, October 20th and Thursday,

892
01:22:30,066 --> 01:22:33,064
October 22nd. Great.

893
01:22:37,068 --> 01:22:43,007
Right. We will move on to the next agenda item. Michael Grant Big Sky Early Childhood

894
01:22:43,007 --> 01:22:48,014
Alliance. This is an action item. I like this. We have Tory in here, but before we

895
01:22:48,014 --> 01:22:51,054
start, I just wanted to let the board know I've started this little tracker as we

896
01:22:51,054 --> 01:22:55,003
go through these potentially every month just so you see where we're sitting at.

897
01:22:55,021 --> 01:22:58,001
Thank you. We've awarded two so far this fiscal year.

898
01:23:00,055 --> 01:23:01,056
Awesome. You're asking tomorrow.

899
01:23:05,028 --> 01:23:05,079
Hi.

900
01:23:08,061 --> 01:23:13,028
Uh, Kimberly Hall, president, CEO of Greater United Way, thank you for your consideration

901
01:23:13,028 --> 01:23:20,068
of this application. The Big Sky, um, Childhood Alliance was started about 18 months

902
01:23:20,068 --> 01:23:27,032
ago with the intention of creating an infrastructure to bring together funders, um,

903
01:23:27,045 --> 01:23:35,001
from. Writers, businesses, and community members to have a cohesive voice and messaging

904
01:23:35,001 --> 01:23:40,027
as we've moved the needle on childcare, including accessibility and affordability

905
01:23:40,078 --> 01:23:46,000
across the entire region. Um, this group specifically focuses on challenges within

906
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:51,021
Big Sky, um, and how we can continue to advance this. Um, a lot of great things have

907
01:23:51,021 --> 01:23:55,081
come out of this alliance, um, and we're hoping to continue it post the update within

908
01:23:55,081 --> 01:24:02,001
the study that NRMA did. Um, we held off on asking, um, for funding to continue this

909
01:24:02,001 --> 01:24:06,008
to see where that landed and what that information told us, and the group collectively

910
01:24:06,008 --> 01:24:12,001
decided that we wanted to continue to, uh, meet and advance this. So as the facilitator

911
01:24:12,001 --> 01:24:15,048
and convener of this group, we're asking for funding to support this.

912
01:24:18,092 --> 01:24:23,095
Staff questions. Oh, go ahead. Staff feedback. You've got the scoring apparatus that

913
01:24:23,095 --> 01:24:27,083
we've created, and the main reason this one is being recommended for partial funding

914
01:24:27,083 --> 01:24:33,074
is just because it's scored low on the funding history and this being a request of

915
01:24:33,082 --> 01:24:35,083
ongoing request annuity.

916
01:24:38,089 --> 01:24:43,016
And Kimberly you're tracking on that feedback because we don't wanna use the micro

917
01:24:43,016 --> 01:24:48,016
grant for reoccurring and so that's, that's we would very much rather see you guys

918
01:24:48,016 --> 01:24:52,056
go through a regular grant process. This is, these are kind of for one-off startups

919
01:24:52,056 --> 01:24:57,079
is how we, how we traditionally handle. Yeah, it's just the amount we and we're very

920
01:24:57,081 --> 01:25:02,005
conscious of that ourselves. I mean we've been operating, uh, in the valley for.

921
01:25:02,082 --> 01:25:07,000
50 years and that's why we didn't come back like exactly 12 months or 13 months.

922
01:25:07,005 --> 01:25:10,072
We're very cognizant of what we need, so I acknowledge and recognize that and we'll,

923
01:25:10,085 --> 01:25:15,048
we'll make note to be more conscious of that. We also try to seek additional funding

924
01:25:15,048 --> 01:25:21,035
to support this effort, not just come to you to ask for this. Um, we also, uh, Greater

925
01:25:21,035 --> 01:25:26,002
Gallatin United Way used unrestricted funds for about 8 months to support this initiative

926
01:25:26,002 --> 01:25:31,068
directly. Do you know what the dollar amount was of the unrestricted funds that Greater

927
01:25:31,068 --> 01:25:38,073
Gallatin used towards this initiative? Probably about 45,000 to $15,000 yeah. It's

928
01:25:38,073 --> 01:25:40,046
meaningful. Or

929
01:25:43,082 --> 01:25:50,081
What is an alliance event as opposed to an event, right? Like the, the 8435 is gonna

930
01:25:50,081 --> 01:25:56,081
be funding an alliance event, but then the answer over here is, is funding going

931
01:25:56,081 --> 01:26:04,079
to offer is going. Is funding requests to offer an event, and the answer is no. Yeah,

932
01:26:04,092 --> 01:26:08,087
so tell me what the difference is between an alliance event and an event. There is

933
01:26:08,087 --> 01:26:15,004
a distinction. What, um, I, I think we're thinking of opportunities to bring folks

934
01:26:15,004 --> 01:26:20,003
together that might exist outside of just the alliance. So if we're having like a

935
01:26:20,003 --> 01:26:23,071
community meeting or something like that, that would be an extension of that. We

936
01:26:23,071 --> 01:26:28,011
also use some of those funds to fund like coffee and food and travel and things like

937
01:26:28,011 --> 01:26:28,058
that.

938
01:26:32,003 --> 01:26:36,094
Basically it's staff time to an alliance event would be your organization getting

939
01:26:36,094 --> 01:26:42,009
together and having something. An event event would be inviting, yeah, OK, that's

940
01:26:42,009 --> 01:26:48,081
what I was sorry, thank you. Good question. What do you see as kind of the, the next

941
01:26:48,081 --> 01:26:55,065
round of deliverables, and I, I understand. The Greater Gallatin, let me just repeat

942
01:26:55,065 --> 01:27:00,021
what I think is, is happening here just make sure I got it straight. Greater Gallatin

943
01:27:00,021 --> 01:27:04,025
is the convenor. You're working with, uh, Morningstar. You're working with Discovery.

944
01:27:04,003 --> 01:27:09,024
You're working with, um, Gallatin and, and getting everybody together and keep the

945
01:27:09,024 --> 01:27:15,021
talk and the collaboration going. You guys just produced, uh, uh, an an report that

946
01:27:15,021 --> 01:27:21,046
we reviewed, I think, two meetings ago. They did not though. That was the NRMA produced

947
01:27:21,046 --> 01:27:25,034
that. That was NRMA, but was it done through this group? I'm just trying to understand

948
01:27:25,034 --> 01:27:31,042
what conversation needs me to help. Thank you for that clarity. And so I'm just curious,

949
01:27:31,055 --> 01:27:36,003
what do we see the deliverable for this next phase? And is this a, is this something

950
01:27:36,003 --> 01:27:43,085
that Greater Gallatin sees as a perpetual Yes, well, we have identified

951
01:27:43,089 --> 01:27:48,031
early learning and youth opportunity as a key priority area for us regionally as

952
01:27:48,031 --> 01:27:55,052
a need, um, and this alliance came out of entities beyond just the providers but

953
01:27:55,052 --> 01:28:00,096
also funders, um, Big Sky Resort, uh, Big Sky Chamber coming to us and saying we

954
01:28:00,096 --> 01:28:05,089
need a centralized voice. So we were approached as, can, could you facilitate this

955
01:28:05,089 --> 01:28:10,045
as a somewhat neutral entity to help administer this? We have a child task force

956
01:28:10,045 --> 01:28:15,005
that we run in the region as well. So it seemed like a good alignment for that. Our

957
01:28:15,005 --> 01:28:19,021
goal is to figure out exactly that, what are those initiatives. To help move the

958
01:28:19,021 --> 01:28:23,008
needle in advance on accessibility and affordability. So taking the feedback from

959
01:28:23,082 --> 01:28:27,093
that initial study from Neuromed, which we were huge components of, I can say we

960
01:28:27,093 --> 01:28:31,069
were the ones trying to raise a flag saying yes, we need to advance this. The data

961
01:28:31,069 --> 01:28:37,006
changes as fast as we get it. Um, and so I think the next piece of this is business

962
01:28:37,006 --> 01:28:40,054
engagement. How do we, the accessibility is there. And so one piece that came out

963
01:28:40,054 --> 01:28:46,006
of this was Child Connect, which is a, um, uh, technology, and this was through the

964
01:28:46,006 --> 01:28:50,031
Big Sky Child Care Alliance, but also just Child Connect in general. Regionally,

965
01:28:50,039 --> 01:28:54,064
how do we look at childcare. And make it more transparent. So how can we see where

966
01:28:54,066 --> 01:28:58,089
there are available openings, how much does it cost? And now we're looking at affordability.

967
01:28:59,002 --> 01:29:02,083
How can we help businesses support this through a, through a, through a subsidized

968
01:29:02,083 --> 01:29:06,053
program. So putting that infrastructure in place. So there's 3 subcommittees that

969
01:29:06,053 --> 01:29:12,021
operate as part of this alliance to support that. So I think, um, business subsidies,

970
01:29:12,034 --> 01:29:17,058
creating some innovative solutions around sustainability, which is what that study.

971
01:29:18,008 --> 01:29:23,054
Uh, kind of concluded is that we need a sustainable, uh, model for childcare programming.

972
01:29:23,056 --> 01:29:27,054
And so what does that model look like in bringing together not just the providers

973
01:29:27,054 --> 01:29:32,024
but like I said, the funders as well and community, right. Everyone in this room

974
01:29:32,041 --> 01:29:36,048
who benefits from it. Childcare is not a childcare issue. It's a workforce issue.

975
01:29:36,057 --> 01:29:43,036
It's an economic development issue, so we take that role very seriously. And, and

976
01:29:43,038 --> 01:29:51,032
I guess I I understand the, the elegance if you will, the benefit of having a convenor

977
01:29:51,034 --> 01:29:56,006
of the different providers here as well as with the employees. I understand it. Uh,

978
01:29:56,066 --> 01:30:02,029
it also shows why in Kimberly what I hear is this gonna be an annual thing? Is this

979
01:30:02,029 --> 01:30:05,085
something Greater Gallatin is like we're gonna lean into this and we wanna provide

980
01:30:05,085 --> 01:30:11,017
this role for the Big Skype community in the foreseeable future, OK. And so that's

981
01:30:11,017 --> 01:30:16,054
why all those things. Lead to why this should be in our annual allocation cycle so

982
01:30:16,054 --> 01:30:20,058
that we can really see more of a thought. This application does doesn't get a lot

983
01:30:20,058 --> 01:30:24,042
of details, right? It's very vague when I read it, I was like, well, I'm not quite

984
01:30:24,042 --> 01:30:30,005
sure what we're doing with this. And so it just reinforces why this is not the appropriate.

985
01:30:31,002 --> 01:30:37,032
Um, Uh, process through our micro grant application for something that's gonna be

986
01:30:37,032 --> 01:30:42,032
a multi-year, not a perpetual effort, and I'm not saying it's the wrong bucket. What's

987
01:30:42,032 --> 01:30:46,028
that? The wrong bucket. Yeah, I just, there's, I, I would like to just see more of

988
01:30:46,028 --> 01:30:51,032
a, um, of a strategic plan. What are the deliverables each year? How are we gonna

989
01:30:51,032 --> 01:30:54,048
do it? And I'm, and you're answering some of my questions today. But like I said,

990
01:30:54,053 --> 01:31:00,073
it reinforces why this is just not the appropriate. Venue for it, but I think we've

991
01:31:00,073 --> 01:31:04,091
gained a lot of traction too, and I think A lot of the community could say we have

992
01:31:04,091 --> 01:31:08,039
developed coordinated messaging which I think has been beneficial just around childcare

993
01:31:08,039 --> 01:31:12,067
in general, um, and outreach and marketing and things like that. I'm sorry, I'm not

994
01:31:12,067 --> 01:31:16,039
saying you haven't made traction. I'm just saying for our board to evaluate these

995
01:31:16,039 --> 01:31:20,048
things and just, hey, hey, and, and I understand we're in a bit of a pickle right

996
01:31:20,048 --> 01:31:24,006
now because you don't have anything in our annual application, but I would just say

997
01:31:24,016 --> 01:31:30,084
next year it needs to be at our Twitter. Or the questions.

998
01:31:36,036 --> 01:31:37,067
I'd entertain emotion.

999
01:31:39,072 --> 01:31:46,075
Mhm I make a motion to partially fund this request to the other amount of

1000
01:31:46,075 --> 01:31:51,062
$8,435. I'll second that.

1001
01:31:54,032 --> 01:31:54,095
Good question.

1002
01:31:58,007 --> 01:32:03,061
What that amount it sounds like in this application would fund any alliance events

1003
01:32:03,061 --> 01:32:08,001
and training and development, not overhead. I appreciate the training and development.

1004
01:32:08,018 --> 01:32:11,003
I'd actually like to understand more about that, but that's a different conversation,

1005
01:32:11,066 --> 01:32:17,064
but I do think if, if we're gonna fund something. Yes, we are. I'd rather do the

1006
01:32:17,066 --> 01:32:19,028
training and development for our providers.

1007
01:32:21,048 --> 01:32:22,058
Further discussion

1008
01:32:24,092 --> 01:32:25,099
Same thought process.

1009
01:32:28,082 --> 01:32:29,053
Taylor John?

1010
01:32:34,008 --> 01:32:36,006
No, I agree with that.

1011
01:32:40,017 --> 01:32:45,002
And I hear what you're saying, Kevin, cause I agree. This, I feel it's Again, we're

1012
01:32:45,002 --> 01:32:49,005
going back to the same thing we did last week too with or last last month, yeah,

1013
01:32:49,009 --> 01:32:54,008
yeah, same thing last week I know. And I hear what you're saying, and I agree and

1014
01:32:54,096 --> 01:32:59,054
Do you just cut them off at the knees, which sounds horrible, but it's, how do we

1015
01:33:00,043 --> 01:33:05,026
Give something still and then moving forward looking at a different funding mechanism.

1016
01:33:09,000 --> 01:33:15,051
OK, um, I would like to open it up for public. I've already done discussing, so we

1017
01:33:15,051 --> 01:33:23,001
have a motion to fund. It's 8435 is what. Yeah, so, um, I would like to hear some

1018
01:33:23,001 --> 01:33:27,037
comments. I'd certainly like to hear from the childcare providers, and I see one

1019
01:33:27,037 --> 01:33:33,005
of them in the room at least on the benefit to your organization, Mariel, as well

1020
01:33:33,005 --> 01:33:33,046
as

1021
01:33:43,022 --> 01:33:48,009
Hi everybody. Mario Huan, executive director of Morningstar Learning Center and also

1022
01:33:48,009 --> 01:33:53,049
the education representative for the coordinating council. Um, Tori and I have worked

1023
01:33:53,049 --> 01:34:00,045
together very closely, um, with the alliance meetings and also the education group,

1024
01:34:00,054 --> 01:34:04,076
so similar to the Wellness Coalition that has existed for however many years we have

1025
01:34:04,082 --> 01:34:11,048
an education group like Women. Those, um, and so we have partnered very closely with

1026
01:34:11,048 --> 01:34:17,042
the Early Childhood Alliance. Um, they are definitely bringing the discussion beyond

1027
01:34:17,042 --> 01:34:22,096
like the education group is really about like coordination amongst providers, um,

1028
01:34:23,001 --> 01:34:28,002
and making sure that we're filling gaps and, and needs in the community like we've

1029
01:34:28,002 --> 01:34:32,044
heard before about the Arts Council doing PIR Day, art programming, like that's kind

1030
01:34:32,044 --> 01:34:38,082
of what the education group has been doing, um. The alliance has been much more focused

1031
01:34:38,082 --> 01:34:46,058
on things like the childcare report, um, and business relationships and stuff like

1032
01:34:46,058 --> 01:34:52,002
that, especially because as individual entities, if I go to talk to a business about

1033
01:34:52,002 --> 01:34:56,038
sponsorship, generally speaking, I'm there on behalf of Morningstar, not on behalf

1034
01:34:56,038 --> 01:35:01,061
of like all education and childcare entities in Big Sky. Um, so that's one of the

1035
01:35:01,091 --> 01:35:07,086
roles that I have seen the alliance. Play and it's a, you guys all know it's a really

1036
01:35:07,086 --> 01:35:13,047
big complicated issue for what's best for kids, what's best for families, what's

1037
01:35:13,047 --> 01:35:20,006
best for our economy, and so having additional brains and feet on the ground for

1038
01:35:20,006 --> 01:35:27,038
that has been great. Mhm. So you support, I'm just, yes, is this something that Morningstar

1039
01:35:27,038 --> 01:35:31,089
supports? Yeah, and we actively participate in it as well. Thank you. That's what,

1040
01:35:32,003 --> 01:35:37,079
is there anybody here from Discovery or? OK, thanks Maria. Ma'am, can you give us

1041
01:35:37,079 --> 01:35:41,066
just, uh, oh, go ahead, can you just give us a sample of what a training or development

1042
01:35:41,082 --> 01:35:46,043
would, would actually, what this would cover. Of course I'm hearing a couple of different

1043
01:35:46,043 --> 01:35:51,032
things so I just wanna make sure we're so Tory Sprolls, I'm the director of youth

1044
01:35:51,034 --> 01:35:54,055
opportunity at Greater Galaxy United Way and the facilitator of the Big Scary Early

1045
01:35:54,055 --> 01:35:59,058
Childhood Alliance. Um, we are currently in the process in, uh, one of our committees

1046
01:35:59,006 --> 01:36:03,071
in kind of developing exactly what those trainings and professional development opportunities

1047
01:36:03,071 --> 01:36:08,023
look like in coordination with education group as well. Uh, one of the main things

1048
01:36:08,023 --> 01:36:15,009
that we're trying to look at too is how do we Do better at also coordinating what

1049
01:36:15,009 --> 01:36:19,007
the providers are offering. So between our infant care through our 3 to 5 year old

1050
01:36:19,007 --> 01:36:22,034
care through that sort of thing too, and having more conversations at the higher

1051
01:36:22,034 --> 01:36:27,009
levels around kind of how everybody's coordinating together too. So, one of our goals

1052
01:36:27,009 --> 01:36:30,037
right now is to figure out what that professional development might look like and

1053
01:36:30,037 --> 01:36:35,011
what events might happen in the future related to that. We have a lot of Ideas around

1054
01:36:35,013 --> 01:36:38,021
how to bring the community into this conversation a little bit more effectively.

1055
01:36:38,045 --> 01:36:42,000
We have a lot of great players at the table for the alliance, um, but one thing we're

1056
01:36:42,000 --> 01:36:45,052
missing is a lot of parents and families in the community to provide feedback too.

1057
01:36:45,069 --> 01:36:49,035
So some of those professional development or training opportunities might also be

1058
01:36:49,051 --> 01:36:54,012
some of those gatherings of getting some more input, um, from families as well. Does

1059
01:36:54,012 --> 01:36:57,068
that help answer that question? It does. Thank you. Thank you. Mhm.

1060
01:37:00,011 --> 01:37:04,094
Great. Any further public comment or questions? Well, great, thank you. Sarah, if

1061
01:37:04,094 --> 01:37:07,017
you wanna unmute yourself, we should be able to hear you.

1062
01:37:10,005 --> 01:37:17,092
Cool, can you hear me? We sure can. Hi, y'all. So, uh, Sarah Thompson, executive

1063
01:37:17,092 --> 01:37:21,043
director of the Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District, who serves

1064
01:37:21,043 --> 01:37:26,095
Park and Gallatin counties and includes, um, Big Sky. I'm here to support Greater

1065
01:37:26,095 --> 01:37:33,039
Gallatin United Way's $25,000 micro grant request for the Big Sky Early Childhood

1066
01:37:33,095 --> 01:37:37,004
Alliance. I understand, um, just kind of hearing what you all are talking about with

1067
01:37:37,004 --> 01:37:42,078
like the annual grant, and maybe that would be a better approach. Um, you know, considering

1068
01:37:42,078 --> 01:37:46,003
that pushing this to an annual grade create a funding gap, especially since this

1069
01:37:46,003 --> 01:37:50,091
is kind of mid-strategy and we're really pushing through to, um, kind of on this

1070
01:37:50,091 --> 01:37:54,074
momentum and especially considering the work is looking to expand the cost by the

1071
01:37:54,074 --> 01:37:59,003
end of the year, um, I'm just hoping that, uh, we can continue with this momentum,

1072
01:37:59,047 --> 01:38:04,002
especially bringing families and businesses in. Uh, we've been working alongside

1073
01:38:04,002 --> 01:38:07,082
Greater Gallatin United Wei on childcare studies covering both Gallatin and County

1074
01:38:07,082 --> 01:38:13,015
and Big Sky, including the most recent 2026 Big Sky Childcare market analysis that

1075
01:38:13,015 --> 01:38:18,091
we presented to you all at last month's BIR board meeting. We're also a stakeholder

1076
01:38:18,091 --> 01:38:23,094
in the alliance itself. We've been part of the conversations early on, uh, from,

1077
01:38:24,011 --> 01:38:28,018
you know, all of this where the, you know, big data collection gurus, um, all the

1078
01:38:28,018 --> 01:38:33,014
way to the convenings that are happening right now, and, um, it wouldn't, you know,

1079
01:38:33,039 --> 01:38:39,006
be in existence without, uh, Greater Gallatin United Ways expertise, um, in this

1080
01:38:39,006 --> 01:38:44,071
game, and Early, you know, it's been stated and you all have expressed that is that,

1081
01:38:44,074 --> 01:38:48,097
yeah, what we, what this work has shown us is that affordable childcare is critical

1082
01:38:48,097 --> 01:38:53,091
need in Big Sky. It's often what decides whether a family can stay. In the community,

1083
01:38:54,013 --> 01:39:00,019
it's not nice to have alongside housing, um, or, you know, just wages, it's Combined

1084
01:39:00,019 --> 01:39:05,047
and tangled up in both, so demand for care isn't easy enough, we're seeing, you know,

1085
01:39:05,006 --> 01:39:11,043
um, a lot of interesting information even um coming out the the data that, you know,

1086
01:39:11,052 --> 01:39:16,041
it's ever evolving. And even though that we have done the analysis, the way forward

1087
01:39:16,041 --> 01:39:21,007
has to, you know, fit the workforce that's actually Big Sky and make sure that childcare

1088
01:39:21,007 --> 01:39:26,021
providers can keep their doors open. And so, uh, I think this, um, being part of

1089
01:39:26,021 --> 01:39:31,037
this alliance and Greater Gallatin United Ways push, um, leading of it for the past

1090
01:39:31,037 --> 01:39:34,007
two years really shows their commitment to supporting Big Sky's families, employers,

1091
01:39:34,074 --> 01:39:40,077
and the economy. Uh, this request, you know, the fund funding year 3 would really

1092
01:39:40,077 --> 01:39:46,095
start putting the groundwork into action. Uh, further expand on that, you know, strategy,

1093
01:39:47,027 --> 01:39:52,054
planning, and, um, which actually can help reach families, strengthen the workforce,

1094
01:39:52,056 --> 01:39:58,015
and build the, you know, a resilient community. So, we are in support of this, uh,

1095
01:39:58,004 --> 01:40:04,007
funding and we are excited to, um, continue to be part of it. Thank you. Thanks,

1096
01:40:04,076 --> 01:40:12,001
Sarah. Uh So, Kimberly, in your application, it says, can this project or program

1097
01:40:12,001 --> 01:40:16,018
still take place if the Michael grant was not awarded and, and about the box that

1098
01:40:16,018 --> 01:40:22,067
was checked is no. It just still move forward with the motion on the table, $8400.

1099
01:40:22,093 --> 01:40:28,008
Yes, it will not be as robust of a priority with that, um, quite frankly, uh, because

1100
01:40:28,008 --> 01:40:31,071
it does cover our cost to put this on, so we'll have to redirect.

1101
01:40:38,073 --> 01:40:44,065
Or any further comments or questions on the motion on the table? Can I type in real

1102
01:40:44,065 --> 01:40:49,004
quick? Sorry, we did get one piece of written comment after our the board packet

1103
01:40:49,004 --> 01:40:53,069
had gone out. It is up on the screen for you. Um, it's from Brian Rodriguez, program

1104
01:40:53,069 --> 01:40:58,006
officer at Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, in support of this project. A little

1105
01:40:58,006 --> 01:41:05,064
more flavor in there as well. Great. As everyone's reading it, I just, you know,

1106
01:41:05,069 --> 01:41:10,084
my, my comments, Kimberly, as I, in, in, in group is I really see the need for this.

1107
01:41:10,087 --> 01:41:14,036
I mean, it's similar to what we were just talking about. We have the coordinating

1108
01:41:14,036 --> 01:41:18,072
council that's working on all the applicants. We just went through um the wellness

1109
01:41:18,072 --> 01:41:23,022
coalition and them coordinating amongst themselves, and I really do applaud this

1110
01:41:23,022 --> 01:41:29,062
effort as far as um the. Greater Gallatin working with the, the childcare providers

1111
01:41:29,062 --> 01:41:34,068
in this community to help coordinate. I think ultimately that leads to more efficiency

1112
01:41:34,068 --> 01:41:39,078
and, and on a better product. It actually helps our resort tax board out, so we're

1113
01:41:39,078 --> 01:41:44,034
not having to referee in between different applicants on things a lot of times. And

1114
01:41:44,034 --> 01:41:48,009
so I see the need for it. I just, um, just gonna say I'm thankful for you guys doing

1115
01:41:48,009 --> 01:41:54,000
this, and I hope that this mission can continue. And I just want to make sure you

1116
01:41:54,000 --> 01:41:57,004
have the funds to continue this mission until we can get this in the right grant.

1117
01:41:57,049 --> 01:42:00,036
Yeah, we appreciate that. We want to create solutions. We're not trying to create

1118
01:42:00,036 --> 01:42:04,024
more work, and I think that it came out of just having a lot of silent conversations

1119
01:42:04,061 --> 01:42:09,028
to help facilitate kind of a unified infrastructure for that, especially considering

1120
01:42:09,028 --> 01:42:13,028
how much is actually being invested in childcare, millions of dollars, resource tax

1121
01:42:13,028 --> 01:42:17,048
alone. So there's a lot of dollars going into it, and it's a very complex riddle,

1122
01:42:17,005 --> 01:42:20,095
and I don't think it's ever going to be solved. It just needs to. We continually

1123
01:42:20,095 --> 01:42:28,018
worked, um, and just having, I think just as speaking as just one board member having

1124
01:42:28,018 --> 01:42:32,054
this in our annual, um, grant application as we've talked about but also looking

1125
01:42:32,054 --> 01:42:36,018
at a multi-year strategy how are we doing this? What are the deliverables and then

1126
01:42:36,018 --> 01:42:40,034
as importantly is having all the childcare providers stand up here with you and saying

1127
01:42:40,034 --> 01:42:44,086
yes we see the benefit on this so that this board is then a very easy decision we

1128
01:42:44,086 --> 01:42:51,097
see this alliance, we see the unity and uh. It's my conference. OK, I'm gonna shut

1129
01:42:51,097 --> 01:42:57,001
up and call about. All those in favor of the motion on the table signified by Say

1130
01:42:57,001 --> 01:43:04,005
aye. Aye, aye, aye. OK. All those opposed I

1131
01:43:06,048 --> 01:43:12,089
OK, motion passes. I would have voted opposed because I would have won save a little

1132
01:43:12,089 --> 01:43:17,053
bit more money, but at least for for this year. But as long as you can get along

1133
01:43:17,053 --> 01:43:21,005
for one more year and we see you next year, we would like to see you at our annual.

1134
01:43:21,059 --> 01:43:25,046
Appreciate what Greater Gallatin's doing for our community. So thank you, Tory. Thank

1135
01:43:25,046 --> 01:43:25,007
you.

1136
01:43:30,078 --> 01:43:37,057
OK, um, last agenda item, well, second to last agenda item, we have the community

1137
01:43:37,057 --> 01:43:45,013
week schedule discussion. Matt. Um, Community Week is in its

1138
01:43:45,019 --> 01:43:49,007
5th year this year, which is crazy. Um, just wanted to give you all a peek at the

1139
01:43:49,007 --> 01:43:55,017
schedule. We're still working on a few final details, but events are online at communityweek.com.

1140
01:43:55,031 --> 01:43:59,014
Invite the public. Thank you all that participate. Huge thanks to this team, the

1141
01:43:59,014 --> 01:44:03,062
chamber team, and all of the other organizations that are partnering with us on events,

1142
01:44:03,075 --> 01:44:07,082
um, quite a few familiar events and a few new ones sprinkled in there this year,

1143
01:44:07,091 --> 01:44:13,038
and we're just looking forward to. Another fun week, the first week of October, and

1144
01:44:14,047 --> 01:44:15,032
Questions for anyone?

1145
01:44:17,062 --> 01:44:21,001
The only thing I noticed on the agenda when I was going through it last week is we

1146
01:44:21,001 --> 01:44:25,025
don't have an aches and issues before the joint county commission meeting. That is

1147
01:44:25,025 --> 01:44:30,021
what how we've been doing it the last few years, um, community we kind of fills that

1148
01:44:30,021 --> 01:44:34,034
gaps everything out is the, yes, and then the spring is when it's the more formal,

1149
01:44:34,085 --> 01:44:41,039
yes, yeah. I like the CPR training. That's cool. Yeah, the hospital reached out.

1150
01:44:41,048 --> 01:44:47,048
They just got team members certified to do that. So yeah, a new opportunity for the

1151
01:44:47,048 --> 01:44:52,008
community to learn something that will ultimately give back and the health care screening,

1152
01:44:52,096 --> 01:44:57,077
get your flu shot. Yeah, great. Well, that's like I'm feeling healthy this year.

1153
01:44:59,035 --> 01:45:04,017
They won't see, they won't see and cholesterol screenings. It's great. I appreciate

1154
01:45:04,003 --> 01:45:08,059
yours and everybody's chambers, everybody's work on it. I think Community Week is

1155
01:45:08,059 --> 01:45:16,036
the success keeps building, so it's awesome. For any further comments? Members of

1156
01:45:16,036 --> 01:45:18,066
the public, any comments on Community Week?

1157
01:45:21,059 --> 01:45:27,098
OK. Hearing and seeing no more further comments on that, I'll entertain emotion.

1158
01:45:29,053 --> 01:45:34,092
So move. Oh wait, sorry, I messed up. That's my 2nd mess up today if anybody's keeping

1159
01:45:34,092 --> 01:45:39,000
score. Any public comment for items that are not on major I know.

1160
01:45:46,017 --> 01:45:52,036
Awkward silence is done, now I'll entertain him. So moved. Meeting adjourned. Thank

1161
01:45:52,036 --> 01:45:57,000
you, everyone. John, stay on and for the public, we're gonna move into a closed session

1162
01:45:57,000 --> 01:46:01,004
for employee reviews. So I would kindly ask you to go out of the room. You don't

1163
01:46:01,004 --> 01:46:05,044
have to leave, but you can't see. Yeah, you don't have to leave, but you can't see

1164
01:46:05,085 --> 01:46:12,044
here. We'll do OK. After the timing, got it. All right, everyone pull your the new

1165
01:46:12,044 --> 01:46:18,029
Zoom link so that I share my scheduling right now. Yes, yeah, I can do it. Yes, yes,

1166
01:46:18,005 --> 01:46:22,025
at home sitting in my table. Do you have some.