[0:02] Can we stand for the pledge, please?
>> Algiance to the flag of the United
[0:07] States of America and to the republic
for which it stands. One nation under
[0:12] God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:17] May we like to open with prayer?
I will. Shall we pray? Father in heaven,
[0:22] we thank you for another beautiful day.
We thank you for the ability to live in
[0:27] your beautiful creation and beautiful
Montana. We ask now for your guidance
[0:32] and wisdom and blessing on this meeting
as we try to do what we can for the best
[0:37] and betterment of this community.
Ask this all in your son's name. Amen.
[0:44] » Any uh public comment on matters within
the commission's jurisdiction?
[0:50] Hearing none. Any report on matters
within the commission's jurisdiction
[0:54] outside of the regular meeting?
[0:59] » You were both gone last week.
>> Yeah, I week in Wisconsin. There wasn't
[1:03] any business.
The corn didn't get you.
[1:09] » No, they did not. [laughter]
There was an awful lot of corn there,
[1:13] too.
A cool place.
[1:19] » Okay. Uh then contracts and agreements.
We uh on the agenda we have Sweetg Grass
[1:25] development dues. We had voted on that
last two weeks ago and uh Sweetgrass
[1:30] asked to be on the agenda this week
because uh they wanted to defend
[1:35] themselves and tell us what they're
going to do, but they're not here. So we
[1:40] will just move on. Uh then we have a job
description, new rewritten job
[1:45] description for our public health nurse.
And um
[1:52] we need to have approval on that. Are
you guys okay with the new job
[1:58] description?
>> Revised
[1:59] » revising
[2:08] it.
>> Correct.
[2:09] » Everybody's good. So I make a motion we
accept the new job description for
[2:12] public health nurse.
>> Okay.
[2:15] » Second.
>> All in favor say I.
[2:18] Okay, motion carries. Then we have our
annual agreement with MSU extension
[2:25] services agreement for their services
agreement and uh for the county for two
[2:30] agents
and uh for our county contribution to
[2:35] their salaries for the contracted
services
[2:39] um
is
[2:42] $82,000.
[2:48] That is up slightly I assume with
>> Yes, it's based on
[2:54] » Can I see it for just
>> absolutely sorry?
[2:57] » Um, so the way it works it is, let me
have it on here. 65%
[3:04] of the clerk and recorder's base salary
or a maximum of 41,000.
[3:09] » You're the one driving this.
>> Right. Right. Um, plus we pay the office
[3:15] expenses and
>> if and when they leave we are
[3:20] responsible for half of the agents
payout
[3:24] » vacation. So the total amount then so
it's admin support and
[3:33] salaries benefits
and she like she said termination paid.
[3:38] So the total is $149,295.
[3:43] » That's not what we pay MSU.
>> Correct. That's But we're paying
[3:47] » That's our expenditures for department.
>> Correct.
[3:50] » Yeah.
>> 149. What?
[3:53] » 295. But that's not what we're saying.
So
[3:55] » just
>> we'll be paying that for 82,000.
[3:58] » Yeah.
[4:04] » Is there a motion to approve that? I
would move that we approve contract for
[4:09] extension office.
>> Second.
[4:11] » Any further discussion? All in favor?
Say I. Motion carries.
[4:20] » I'd like to just add to that that uh I
think our extension office has been
[4:24] doing a great job for us and we're now
going to be looking for some new agents.
[4:28] So u as they're retiring and moving. So,
uh,
[4:34] hope we have some good applicants soon.
>> So, if we do have a lapse in there, we
[4:38] actually
>> we will we won't get charged for
[4:41] » Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[4:46] » Okay. Um,
then we have some resolutions.
[4:51] Resolution number three is authorizing
the cola cost of living salary
[4:57] adjustments for elected officials
and um we county compensation board
[5:05] recommend met and recommended to us and
the count board is non-county
[5:11] employee staff or elected officials uh
recommended
[5:15] um up to 4 and a half% but we're taking
four or did they do four?
[5:19] » No, they did four. ated for. Okay. So,
we're going to the 4% recommended um
[5:26] approved by the members of the comp
board. So,
[5:32] » yeah.
4% coal race. Sorry.
[5:35] » Yes.
>> This affects all employees of Binary
[5:38] County.
>> All employees at the 4%. Uh the only
[5:42] difference so sheriff deputies
[5:49] are a little just a little tiny bit
different because theirs is based on
[5:53] sheriff base salary plus
>> you want to read that
[5:57] » 2% he gets
>> um but overall average 4%
[6:05] » but that only goes to full-time
employees. Nope. That's everybody making
[6:09] sure
>> for the for the weed sprayers. It goes
[6:12] into effect next year when they start.
>> Everybody will go into effect August 26
[6:16] with the regard with the exception of
it'll be next season because our season
[6:23] is just finishing up.
[6:28] » I would we approve resolution number
three.
[6:32] » Second.
Uh motion and second. Uh any more
[6:36] discussion? All in favor signify by
saying I. I.
[6:40] » I. Motion carries.
>> Then uh resolution number four
[6:48] is uh adopting the final operating
budget and setting appropriation
[6:52] authority for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2026.
[6:58] » We had the public hearing last week. Um,
I would say there were some minimal
[7:04] uh changes to the budget since that
time. Not adding any mills, but doing
[7:10] some slight adjustments to and shuffling
to and from.
[7:16] [clears throat]
>> It is for the operating budget. We are
[7:19] not levying either the medical levy or
the sheriff's retirement permissive
[7:25] levy.
[7:33] Motion we approve the final operating
budget for fiscal year 2627.
[7:39] Second
there's a motion a second. Any further
[7:43] discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I. I.
[7:48] Motion carries.
Okay. Then resolution number five is
[7:56] Resolution
ordering the creation of Pere County
[8:00] Interdisiplinary
Child Information and School Safety
[8:05] Team.
>> Wow.
[8:10] » We had to put that together quite a few
years ago, didn't we?
[8:13] » Correct.
>> We did.
[8:16] » The same group as
[8:21] Yeah. So it says the team includes
representatives authorized by any of the
[8:26] following youth court, county attorney,
department of health and human services,
[8:30] county superintendent of schools,
sheriff, chief of any police force, well
[8:34] hopefully comrades, uh any board of
trustees of a public school district
[8:38] operating within the boundaries of the
county and the department of
[8:41] corrections. That's what would make up
persons from those entities would make
[8:47] up the [snorts] information and school
safety team. All those same people were
[8:52] on the child protection team and they
were the same ones that did the
[8:55] interdisiplinary
team.
[8:58] » Okay.
>> So,
[8:59] » so this committee is already formed.
We're just having to re
[9:03] » renew it.
>> Renew it.
[9:05] » Yeah. And did they want one of them any
chair?
[9:11] » No, not according to those. I mean, it
just doesn't address. Yeah. Anyway, I
[9:16] would move to be
[9:20] but keeping this in place with child
protection team.
[9:25] » So is this an annual resolution where we
>> No, when I looked back the last time we
[9:30] did it was like in 2022.
>> So it's a four five year.
[9:36] » Yeah, it's just based on MCA code 52211.
So
[9:41] » it we're [clears throat] just it's state
statute. They ask that we do this.
[9:45] » So I got that one.
Okay, a motion and a second. Any further
[9:50] discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I. I.
[9:55] Motion carries.
Okay. Then uh
[10:00] we need to approve last month's minutes.
August minutes
[10:06] last
second.
[10:09] » All in favor?
>> I. Motion carries. Okay.
[10:14] Uh have purchase approvals. I don't have
anything specific and so I think we are
[10:21] complete our agenda is completed is uh
we've again like I said sweet grass
[10:26] development
hasn't shown up so um and she has to be
[10:31] on the agenda so um I'm assuming that
she doesn't want to appear she didn't
[10:39] call or anything did she
>> I have not heard of
[10:43] text I [clears throat] checked only text
in and emails that thing. So I would
[10:49] move we
>> second meeting is journ. Thank you much.