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Commission approves consent agenda, reorders several contracts and appoints members to county boards
Summary
Gallatin County commissioners approved the consent agenda with specified removals, moved two contract items to a later meeting, and appointed members to several county advisory boards, including a contested planning board seat.
The Gallatin County Commission on April 22 approved its consent agenda, agreed to postpone several contract items and filled multiple advisory-board vacancies.
The consent agenda included claims totaling $1,005,027.47 (EFTs and warrants listed by the auditor). County grants staff asked that the Dry Creek MOA and the Broadwater Construction amendment be removed from the consent agenda and placed on the next meeting; county staff also asked that a duplicate signature for the Southwest Regional Juvenile Detention interlocal agreement be removed because an indefinite copy already exists from the prior year. Commissioners approved the consent agenda with the requested removals.
In board appointments, the commission appointed David Mullick to a one-year term on the 911 Advisory Board (term expiring May 1, 2026), Anne Brower to a three-year term on the Salary Compensation Committee (term expiring May 1, 2028) and Hillary Folkvord to a one-year term on the Gallatin Valley Tourism Business Improvement District representing the Three Forks area (term expiring May 1, 2026). Commissioners praised the appointees’ experience and local knowledge during brief remarks.
The planning-board appointment prompted extended discussion because two applicants — Kim Wilson and Glendon Esnard — applied for one seat. After commissioners reviewed interviews and recent engagement by both applicants, the commission appointed Kim Wilson to a two-year term (term expiring July 31, 2027), noting Wilson’s landscape-architecture background and local neighborhood representation as factors in the decision.
Commissioners said applications that were not selected will remain in the applicant queue and may be considered for upcoming vacancies.
