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Can we stand for the pledge, please?
>> Algiance to the flag of the United
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States of America and to the republic
for which it stands. One nation under
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God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
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May we like to open with prayer?
I will. Shall we pray? Father in heaven,
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we thank you for another beautiful day.
We thank you for the ability to live in
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your beautiful creation and beautiful
Montana. We ask now for your guidance
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and wisdom and blessing on this meeting
as we try to do what we can for the best
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and betterment of this community.
Ask this all in your son's name. Amen.
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» Any uh public comment on matters within
the commission's jurisdiction?
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Hearing none. Any report on matters
within the commission's jurisdiction
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outside of the regular meeting?
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» You were both gone last week.
>> Yeah, I week in Wisconsin. There wasn't
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any business.
The corn didn't get you.
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» No, they did not. [laughter]
There was an awful lot of corn there,
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too.
A cool place.
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» Okay. Uh then contracts and agreements.
We uh on the agenda we have Sweetg Grass
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development dues. We had voted on that
last two weeks ago and uh Sweetgrass
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asked to be on the agenda this week
because uh they wanted to defend
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themselves and tell us what they're
going to do, but they're not here. So we
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will just move on. Uh then we have a job
description, new rewritten job
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description for our public health nurse.
And um
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we need to have approval on that. Are
you guys okay with the new job
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description?
>> Revised
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» revising
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it.
>> Correct.
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» Everybody's good. So I make a motion we
accept the new job description for
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public health nurse.
>> Okay.
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» Second.
>> All in favor say I.
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Okay, motion carries. Then we have our
annual agreement with MSU extension
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services agreement for their services
agreement and uh for the county for two
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agents
and uh for our county contribution to
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their salaries for the contracted
services
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um
is
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$82,000.
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That is up slightly I assume with
>> Yes, it's based on
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» Can I see it for just
>> absolutely sorry?
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» Um, so the way it works it is, let me
have it on here. 65%
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of the clerk and recorder's base salary
or a maximum of 41,000.
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» You're the one driving this.
>> Right. Right. Um, plus we pay the office
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expenses and
>> if and when they leave we are
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responsible for half of the agents
payout
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» vacation. So the total amount then so
it's admin support and
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salaries benefits
and she like she said termination paid.
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So the total is $149,295.
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» That's not what we pay MSU.
>> Correct. That's But we're paying
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» That's our expenditures for department.
>> Correct.
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» Yeah.
>> 149. What?
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» 295. But that's not what we're saying.
So
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» just
>> we'll be paying that for 82,000.
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» Yeah.
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» Is there a motion to approve that? I
would move that we approve contract for
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extension office.
>> Second.
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» Any further discussion? All in favor?
Say I. Motion carries.
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» I'd like to just add to that that uh I
think our extension office has been
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doing a great job for us and we're now
going to be looking for some new agents.
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So u as they're retiring and moving. So,
uh,
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hope we have some good applicants soon.
>> So, if we do have a lapse in there, we
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actually
>> we will we won't get charged for
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» Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah.
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» Okay. Um,
then we have some resolutions.
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Resolution number three is authorizing
the cola cost of living salary
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adjustments for elected officials
and um we county compensation board
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recommend met and recommended to us and
the count board is non-county
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employee staff or elected officials uh
recommended
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um up to 4 and a half% but we're taking
four or did they do four?
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» No, they did four. ated for. Okay. So,
we're going to the 4% recommended um
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approved by the members of the comp
board. So,
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» yeah.
4% coal race. Sorry.
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» Yes.
>> This affects all employees of Binary
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County.
>> All employees at the 4%. Uh the only
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difference so sheriff deputies
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are a little just a little tiny bit
different because theirs is based on
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sheriff base salary plus
>> you want to read that
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» 2% he gets
>> um but overall average 4%
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» but that only goes to full-time
employees. Nope. That's everybody making
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sure
>> for the for the weed sprayers. It goes
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into effect next year when they start.
>> Everybody will go into effect August 26
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with the regard with the exception of
it'll be next season because our season
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is just finishing up.
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» I would we approve resolution number
three.
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» Second.
Uh motion and second. Uh any more
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discussion? All in favor signify by
saying I. I.
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» I. Motion carries.
>> Then uh resolution number four
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is uh adopting the final operating
budget and setting appropriation
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authority for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2026.
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» We had the public hearing last week. Um,
I would say there were some minimal
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uh changes to the budget since that
time. Not adding any mills, but doing
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some slight adjustments to and shuffling
to and from.
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[clears throat]
>> It is for the operating budget. We are
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not levying either the medical levy or
the sheriff's retirement permissive
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levy.
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Motion we approve the final operating
budget for fiscal year 2627.
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Second
there's a motion a second. Any further
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discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I. I.
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Motion carries.
Okay. Then resolution number five is
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Resolution
ordering the creation of Pere County
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Interdisiplinary
Child Information and School Safety
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Team.
>> Wow.
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» We had to put that together quite a few
years ago, didn't we?
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» Correct.
>> We did.
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» The same group as
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Yeah. So it says the team includes
representatives authorized by any of the
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following youth court, county attorney,
department of health and human services,
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county superintendent of schools,
sheriff, chief of any police force, well
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hopefully comrades, uh any board of
trustees of a public school district
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operating within the boundaries of the
county and the department of
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corrections. That's what would make up
persons from those entities would make
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up the [snorts] information and school
safety team. All those same people were
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on the child protection team and they
were the same ones that did the
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interdisiplinary
team.
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» Okay.
>> So,
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» so this committee is already formed.
We're just having to re
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» renew it.
>> Renew it.
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» Yeah. And did they want one of them any
chair?
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» No, not according to those. I mean, it
just doesn't address. Yeah. Anyway, I
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would move to be
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but keeping this in place with child
protection team.
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» So is this an annual resolution where we
>> No, when I looked back the last time we
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did it was like in 2022.
>> So it's a four five year.
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» Yeah, it's just based on MCA code 52211.
So
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» it we're [clears throat] just it's state
statute. They ask that we do this.
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» So I got that one.
Okay, a motion and a second. Any further
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discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I. I.
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Motion carries.
Okay. Then uh
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we need to approve last month's minutes.
August minutes
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last
second.
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» All in favor?
>> I. Motion carries. Okay.
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Uh have purchase approvals. I don't have
anything specific and so I think we are
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complete our agenda is completed is uh
we've again like I said sweet grass
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development
hasn't shown up so um and she has to be
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on the agenda so um I'm assuming that
she doesn't want to appear she didn't
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call or anything did she
>> I have not heard of
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text I [clears throat] checked only text
in and emails that thing. So I would
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move we
>> second meeting is journ. Thank you much.