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Broadwater County approves 2025 water-usage and grading agreement with Townsend
Summary
The Broadwater County Commission approved a 2025 water-usage and grading agreement with the City of Townsend extending a similar exchange from the prior year; the contract runs April 1–Dec. 31 and includes road grading in exchange for water access.
The Broadwater County Commission voted to approve a 2025 water-usage and grading agreement with the City of Townsend, continuing an arrangement first used last year in which the county receives water for county uses in exchange for grading two town roads.
TJ Gravely, Broadwater County public works director, summarized the contract and said it is essentially the same as last year's agreement but with corrected street names (South Harrison and Railroad Avenue) and updated dates. Gravely told the commission he had estimated water use at about 3.9 million gallons for the April–Oct. window last year but that actual use was much lower because county withdrawals began in June; the contract period this year is April 1 through Dec. 31 for administrative purposes.
Under the agreement the county will grade Townsend’s roads twice—once in spring and once before freeze-up—and the city will monitor the volume of water the county takes. Gravely said he attended a Townsend city meeting and received no complaints about last year’s work.
A commissioner moved and another seconded approval; public comment was not recorded. The motion to approve the 2025 water usage and grading agreement with the City of Townsend carried and the chair indicated Commissioner Rick Meyer would sign the document later.
No dollar amounts, enforcement provisions, or monitoring metrics beyond “Eric will monitor the gallons” were listed in the transcript.
