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Pondera County commissioners approve health-insurance renewal and stormwater permit; indigent burial discussed
Summary
At their April 23 meeting the Pondera County Commissioners voted to renew the county’s Joint Powers Trust health insurance plan and approved a permit process for the Conrad stormwater project. Commissioners also considered an indigent cremation payment; the record did not make the approved amount clear.
PONDERA COUNTY, Mont. — The Pondera County Commissioners voted April 23 to accept the county’s Joint Powers Trust health insurance plan for the coming year and to approve the permit process for the Conrad stormwater project during a regular meeting.
The insurance renewal will raise the county’s premium by roughly 10 percent, a county speaker said, an increase the record estimates at about $114 per month per person. Commissioners voted to accept the Joint Powers Trust plan by voice vote.
The action on the stormwater project followed staff and engineer updates. County officials said the Conrad project discharges into a pond in a flood-prone area; the county has no dedicated floodplain coordinator, so staff are managing the permitting steps and working with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). Commissioners approved moving forward with the permit process after staff reported that DNRC had reviewed materials and “everything looks good.” A meeting with DNRC and engineers was scheduled for the Tuesday before the next weekly meeting.
Separately, commissioners considered an indigent cremation request. County staff reported the decedent had no assets and that funeral-home research had been completed. The audio record mentions both $750 and $150 when the payment amount was discussed, and the transcript does not clearly record a final approved dollar amount or a recorded vote on that line item.
Other routine items on the agenda included a purchase request for additional cold-mix asphalt, noted in the record but not resolved in the portion of the transcript provided.
The commissioners did not reference any state statutes or ordinances during these votes; the record identifies the Joint Powers Trust health insurance plan and DNRC involvement as the primary administrative references. The meeting proceeded with affirmative voice votes on the two recorded motions.
