Meeting Minutes: July 12, 2022

Commission Proceedings

07-12-2022

The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana.  Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; Rod Tauck, Vice Chair and Mike Watkins, Member; were present.

The meeting was called to order at 9:00 am. There was no public comment.

Guest to the meeting include County Attorney Corbit Harrington, Road and Bridge Supervisor Carl Knapp, and Rick Fike of Fike Crushing Inc.

Bid openings for the Padden Pit Gravel Crushing contract and South Cottonwood Creek Road Gravel Haul Contract.

 Cottonwood Creek gravel haul Contract bid: Walker Livestock in the amount of $103,200.00 for 6,000 yards of gravel. 20-yard loads, 300 loads at $344.00 per load. The bid included 2 additional bids based on the increasing cost of fuel.  Commissioner Watkins made the motion to accept the Walker Livestock bid for $103,200.00 without scaled fuel cost differences. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried.

Padden Pit Gravel crushing contract bids: Fike Crushing Inc. 50,000 cu yd of 1” minus for $3.70 per cubic yard or $2.60 per ton. $185,000.00. Start date of August 15, 2022.

Wyrick Construction 50,000 cu yd of “1 minus for $3.80 per cubic yard. $190,000.00.

Commissioner Tauck made the motion to accept Fike Constructions bid for $185,000.00 to crush gravel at the Padden pit. Commissioner Watkins seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried.  Carl and Rick left the meeting.

Predator Board representative Jeff Tauck joined the meeting to present the predator control contracts for approval. They discussed the warrant for payment of extra fuel cost as per the contract for the Husby areal hunting agreement. Commissioner Watkins made the motion to approve the warrant to Husby Flying Service in the amount of $4,039.20. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried.

Commissioner Watkins made the motion to approve all predator control contracts as written for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.  Contracts included are Mark Husby, Robbie Fix, Ethan Lyndell – Last Howl, and Chad Harrington. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried. Jeff left the meeting.

Commissioner Tauck made the motion to approve the meeting minutes for June 23, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Commissioner Watkins seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried unanimously.

The commissioners placed a call to Robie Culver, Regional Manager/ Grant Administrator for Stahly Engineering requesting her assistance with the ARPA funding, and the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds grant. Robie recommends that the commission approve a resolution to transfer the management of the pot B funds of the State Allocations to the Town of Ekalaka for the watermain project.

Robie agreed to prepare the quarterly report for DNRC and will send a copy of the Resolution to transfer the allocated funds to the Town of Ekalaka.

The commission reviewed the 2016- 2021 Capital Improvement Plan and discussed options for the updated plan.

The meeting broke for lunch at 12:00 and continued at 1:00 pm.

Sabre Moore joined the meeting for the Museum storage building repair bid opening.

Picture Perfect bid of $27,157.78 for repair of the roof, with a deposit due before start of the project. The bid does not include the replacement of the insulation and ceiling.

Mark Wright Construction bid $49,600.00 including roof, ceiling including insulation.

Commissioner Tauck made the motion to accept Mark Wright Constructions bid for $49,600.00 for the repair of the museum storage building. Commissioner Watkins seconded the motion. there was no public comment and the motion carried.

Carter County Treasurer Jesi Pierson joined the meeting to discuss the close out accounting for the fiscal Year 2021-2022.

Deputy Treasure Cecile Kuehn joined the meeting to review the starting salaries and probational period for new hires. Commissioner Watkins made the motion to eliminate the lower starting wages and start all employees at the final wage they would receive at the end of the probational period. The new hire would be required to complete the six-month probation to continue employment and receive insurance and leave benefits. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. there was no public comment and the motion carried.

The commission requested that County Attorney Corbit Harrington draft a letter requesting that Dahl Memorial provide a written report outlining the quarterly financial report and operations report.

Board of County Commissioners

Carter County, Montana

Attest:/s: Steve Rosencranz                            Attest: /s: Pamela J Castleberry

Steve Rosencranz, Chairman                                                      Clerk of the Board

 

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