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Commissioners propose public-works oversight of solid waste operations as resident raises tax and site concerns
Summary
A resolution would place routine solid waste district operations under the director of public works with accounting, legal and treasurer support; a Stockett resident told the commission he had received no response to a protest of a 45% tax-assessment increase and asked about a lease that expired in August 2024.
The Cascade County Board of Commissioners considered Resolution 25-30, which would clarify oversight and assign routine day-to-day management of the county’s solid waste management system to the director of public works with accounting support from the chief financial officer, legal counsel from the county attorney’s office and receipting by the treasurer’s office.
Staff explained the resolution is intended to clarify roles for the rural solid waste district, which the transcript says was formed under earlier codes and is now governed in part by Montana Code Annotated provisions cited in staff remarks (including MCA 75-10-112 and references to historic statutes governing special districts). The resolution would not change the district’s existence, staff said, but would formalize which county employees handle routine operations and financial transactions.
During public comment, Ray Rokowski of Stockett told the commissioners he filed a protest and appeal in January 2025 over a roughly 45% increase in the rural solid waste district tax assessment and said he had received no communication about the appeal. Rokowski also said the Stockett site container lease expired in August 2024 and that the leaseholder received another term payment in October 2024. He asked the county to email him information about the site’s future and cited MCA 7-11-1030 during his remarks.
Staff recommended approval of Resolution 25-30 to establish oversight for routine operations of the Cascade County Solid Waste Management System. The transcript presents staff background and a staff recommendation; no formal roll-call vote on the resolution is recorded in the provided excerpt.
