[0:07] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[0:11] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:16] justice for all. I

[0:25] motion to >> I'll make that motion. A second.

[0:29] » Second. I

[0:33] must. >> Okay. So, at this point, I'm going to

[0:36] take all the minutes from August 17. Any chance to come in? Sing.

[0:42] » Um, so committee reports. Anybody have any committee reports?

[0:46] » I have none.

[0:52] » Nope. >> Um, it wasn't last week, but I went to a

[0:54] a Great Northern meeting up in uh week before that uh up in Wolf Point it was

[1:01] the uh A and a whole bunch of other people. There's all kinds of grant money

[1:06] out there. Uh typical Great Northern stuff. Um but I'm trying to get on like

[1:12] a mailing list cuz they're like, "Oh, well this grant, you know, it always

[1:16] comes out this time of year. We send it to everybody." I'm like, "Well, you

[1:21] know, that'd be nice." Uh because there are some good ones like helping to like

[1:25] clean up main streets. some things like that. There were some aggregated ones I

[1:30] thought were interesting. So anyway, I have a whole pack of papers. So I'm

[1:33] gonna try and make some sense out of it and then start sharing with people and

[1:36] by getting on a a mailing list, which I think I'm on now, then they're supposed

[1:41] to give you enough fair warning to saying, you know, this as opposed to,

[1:46] hey, this grant's due tomorrow should give us more time. So we'll see. Cut

[1:51] this up now. New river stuff.

[2:12] All right. So,

[2:23] here's the big chunk that went to carry.

[2:32] And it's the same thing. We've approved a whole bunch of

[2:36] um

[2:41] we gave them approval on the roads and this is them following up each and every

[2:45] time they're they're impacting it. So that's

[2:49] » that's what mid river >> for the the miss Yeah. Mid rivers each

[2:53] time there. >> Yeah.

[2:54] » You know. So

[3:04] So this just needs the presiding officer's signature.

[3:09] » Yes. Uh yeah. Okay. And Carrie Car's approved those, right?

[3:13] » Yep. His signatures here. >> Yeah. So

[3:18] Um, so those are the South Road area ones. Did you want to say where they're

[3:23] crossing? Yeah, that's like I would remember by

[3:29] when they when he came in and talked to us, I thought we were like, we agree,

[3:33] » you know, just >> No, he said because we asked him and he

[3:36] said this is how she wants to work it. >> Okay. All right. So, we're good then.

[3:40] Uh, so do I have a motion to approve the Mid River South area? I'll make some

[3:45] approval of the end encroachment permit. >> Second.

[3:49] » All in favor say I. >> I.

[3:51] » I. Motion passes three to zero. Okay. So now now the north ones I don't think

[3:57] that that Santa's seen. Let's see.

[4:07] Yeah. So the the north ones Dan is not seen. We'll make a motion to approve and

[4:14] build Dan's approve on Dan's approve. Perfect. Uh second.

[4:21] » All in favor say I. >> I. I. Motion pass to zero. So um cuz

[4:28] what I'll do is I'll just like fill it out. Can you know like you

[4:33] said just waiting for Dan and then we can just let him know and he can come

[4:37] down and do it. So, I don't know why they did it this

[4:41] way. That one came in the mail, but whichever.

[4:45] So, okay, we're getting there. Um, okay. Wake cup.

[4:52] I give you w cups. I don't

[4:58] think so. >> Oh, no. I put out the sign. Here's one

[5:02] for for

[5:13] water line. >> Yeah, I'm going to put a water line

[5:16] under Tower Hill.

[5:33] I will move to approve the woodco encroachment.

[5:38] Second all favor say I. I. Motion passes.

[5:56] Okay. So, the this is what Carrie was talking

[6:01] about for KJ uh environmental study phase 2 airport

[6:06] cultural resource inventory, which I don't know how that hasn't been done for

[6:10] all the times they've been doing it. Um, and then a reimbursement request. So,

[6:17] this is just the the latest update from KJ. I think we're still

[6:23] they're still on schedule doing the big project next year, but you know, we're

[6:29] already August and they're now talking about when they're going to go out to

[6:32] bids. So,

[6:36] » you thought there was one of these and neither am I.

[6:40] » Yeah. Isn't the Doesn't the top one have your name on it?

[6:44] That right there. Stop where your right hand is. Don't put your right back hand

[6:49] back where it was. Now your your right index finger moved a little bit left.

[6:55] Does it say Lonnie Jensen right in here someplace?

[6:57] » No, it does. Yeah. >> Yeah, it does.

[7:17] So this is just the standard stuff that they always send us. But

[7:23] it did the agenda. So

[7:27] » you want to make a motion, Lonnie, that we approve the

[7:30] » I I I do so move through the second. Say hi. I push past two to zero. So, and

[7:40] this is just going to be, you know, because we're relying on that Nathan

[7:43] Shro, the engineer. So, he's just he's going to work through it and we'll get

[7:48] through it. But hopefully, it's soon enough we can get

[7:51] it done next year. Okay. The not just meeting,

[7:56] so I haven't read.

[8:00] » It's just about the grant money that they always give us.

[8:02] » Yeah. So now the question comes

[8:10] do we want to sign it because we have not done a thing on I

[8:16] don't I think we got to or we'll lose it and we'll just have to try to do we did

[8:20] do a thing we tried we we hired a guy for 5,000 or 6,000 bucks

[8:26] » so just take this money and not spend it I think.

[8:28] » Yeah. Okay.

[8:32] Okay.

[8:35] » Cuz I mean, you know, you drive going to Wolf Point and it's obvious.

[8:40] » I mean, yeah. Is this for us? I thought they took the

[8:44] state the highways away from us. This from the state.

[8:47] » This is from the state. But >> this is just a this is just agreement

[8:50] for this that grant that they give out every year. That's not

[8:54] » from But isn't the grant contingent on us?

[8:56] » No. They told us they didn't want us to spray anymore. They're hiring it done.

[9:00] They're doing it themselves. >> Really?

[9:02] » Yes. >> Well, heck yeah.

[9:03] » I watched them. I drove up and watched them. They It takes three of them to do

[9:06] it. Three outfits. Player in front, player in back. One guy.

[9:10] » Oh, that's why. Okay. Uh-huh. Bet. That's more than $400 an hour.

[9:18] » Oh, yeah. Well, they're they're state employees, so I

[9:21] » Yeah. >> But it's still more than we're going to

[9:25] pay. >> How do we have time to do that? I now

[9:28] they got them all over the state if you don't notice it. Even the freeways and

[9:32] stuff. >> Okay.

[9:33] » They're all >> So that's just what they're doing.

[9:35] » They got a They must have a weed division.

[9:38] » Okay. >> Wow.

[9:44] » All right. Then Yeah, we've made a good faith effort.

[9:46] » Yeah. And we'll try. We'll keep trying it.

[9:53] Um I I I had all good hopes of getting in town in time to go to coffee group

[9:59] because I wanted to talk to a few of them about doing this.

[10:03] » Oh, you know, but that's a good and nice one. But we got a we'll discuss that

[10:09] later. Okay. Um okay. So we want to approve the

[10:15] noxious sweet agreement. >> I'll make that motion.

[10:18] » Second. >> All in favor say I.

[10:20] » I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Okay. Oh, interesting.

[10:27] There. >> Um, okay. So, the

[10:33] » bill budget and the cash >> bill budget and cash reports. So, Paul

[10:36] brought in that bold boulder. >> Yeah.

[10:40] » So, the cash reports are going to have to have stamp for today.

[10:44] Um, the school budget is the school budget.

[10:48] Is that where she wants to to increase what she's getting in budget?

[10:54] » No, I think that's the regular. We got to sign off on

[10:56] » Oh, that's so the school. Okay, >> the school we're we're basically

[11:02] blessing or approving what she's done. Okay, I got you

[11:08] cash. >> Yep. So, those they'll all need signed

[11:13] and then sty. >> Yeah, I'll start.

[11:25] This is a budget report

[11:33] or budget report.

[11:48] more budget report. >> Yeah, I imagine one's high school. Uh

[11:53] » oh, so VA elementary and high school >> and uh broadly uh

[11:59] Yeah. Yeah. You said elementary. >> Does does the Urite still count as a

[12:04] school? Does the colony still count as a school?

[12:08] » Cuz at one point they were having a teacher get paid.

[12:10] » Yeah, they do. I don't know till we get Y

[12:16] maybe they're homeschooled now.

[12:39] They only need your signature. Oh, okay.

[12:47] » Yes. You need a motion? >> I do.

[12:49] » I'll make that motion to approve the school budget

[12:54] » for all three districts. >> Okay. I second.

[12:57] » All in favor say I. >> I.

[12:59] » I. Motion passes three to zero. Uh, and we need the same thing for the cash

[13:03] reports because what what months of the cash reports for?

[13:08] uh April, May, June

[13:15] and July.

[13:23] Thanks.

[13:36] » All right. So a motion to approve the April, May, June, July cash reports.

[13:42] » I'll second. >> All in favor say I.

[13:44] » I. >> Motion passes through.

[13:47] » And I suggest we hold off on the fire restriction until we talk to our fire

[13:53] chief. >> Yeah. Plus, I don't know about you guys,

[13:57] but I guess he put out that you could, you know, after that rain, then you

[14:01] could burn. And so next is like, uh, we should go burn. So we we did

[14:06] » we did too. I had way too much.

[14:12] » Just imagine how much trash you can accumulate. And of course when your mom

[14:16] is married your wife gets Amazon boxes and

[14:20] I'm gone. >> Oh yeah.

[14:22] » That's what most of ours is. So >> I know that's what

[14:27] that and maybe Oh yeah.

[14:32] Everybody just find one or two or three time

[14:40] or three. So for now we just won't have any changes.

[14:46] Okay.

[15:00] And then there are some

[15:05] vouchers.

[15:10] So just some bills are out of sight.

[15:30] You just got to sign them. But >> yeah, the uh it's it's one voucher and

[15:36] then it's I think it's three bills. >> Yeah.

[15:39] » So, and it's just Well, we talked about the the one is for, you know, cemetery

[15:44] somehow. The one is just dues with quarter.

[15:49] Well, maybe it's just two bills. They're Yeah, two bills. They're just

[15:53] not recycled. That's

[15:57] And then like those cash summing reports,

[16:01] we just we're stamping to one side because they're usually two-sided.

[16:06] » Oh, which it is what it is. That's what we've gotten. So I I don't know what the

[16:12] difference is. >> Um yeah, we need copy of them, don't we?

[16:16] » Yeah. We'll just what we'll do is we'll uh we'll sign them and we'll put them

[16:20] back in Paul's folder. >> Yeah. And then she can make copies. All

[16:24] right.

[17:22] I'll put those back and follow us and then we'll do the after lunch we'll do

[17:26] the resolution stuff that she needs

[17:31] because I don't want to dig into it right now cuz Angie's been knocking a

[17:34] couple minutes that

[17:45] Oh, good. That'll work. Um, so that's everything on the agenda.

[17:52] Um, yeah, minus Angie and herb coming up to

[17:57] talk about that. Mostly just the billing issue on that.

[18:01] So, I think we're good on today's meeting though.

[18:06] Over and out.

McCone County Commissioner meeting 08/24/2026

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