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Public hearing held on Carter County draft comprehensive capital improvement plan; adoption set for May 30
Summary
Staley Engineering presented a revised draft of Carter County’s Comprehensive Capital Improvement Plan on April 21; staff said no public comments were received during the hearing and an adoption vote is scheduled for May 30.
EKALAKA, Mont. — Carter County held a public hearing on April 21 for a draft Comprehensive Capital Improvement Plan (CCIP) prepared by Staley Engineering. The firm presented updates, explained scoring and ranking of candidate projects and said no written or online public comments had been received for the draft presented at the hearing.
Project priorities and public outreach Staley Engineering representatives Tracy Conduit and Kathy Thompson reviewed the document’s top-ranked projects — which include public-facility improvements, emergency-services priorities and transportation projects — and explained how scoring categories were applied. They said the presented draft is a condensed version of material previously included in the county’s growth policy and described plans to insert visual timelines and graphics to present historical context (for example, museum history) in a shorter CCIP format.
Staley staff said they had completed public-notice requirements (legal ad and press release) and posted the draft on the project website; the firm reported no online comments were received during the public comment period. The county intends to consider final revisions and adopt the CCIP at a May 30 meeting; Staley said it would provide a revised draft to the county before that date.
Notable project notes Presenters and commissioners reviewed several projects in the draft, including an Ekalaka volunteer fire-department building that has previously received LATC allocations. Staley also noted updated cost estimates for transportation and public-facility projects and flagged where additional cost details were still being gathered. During the hearing county staff called out an increased remediation estimate for the old hospital and asked the consultant to reflect updated costs.
Ending Staley Engineering and county staff said they would deliver a revised draft reflecting minor clarifications and any updated cost estimates in time for the county’s planned adoption vote on May 30. If members of the public seek to comment, staff said the county will accept and incorporate timely input prior to adoption.
