Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the County Administration Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Commissioners approve bids, CIP amendments, plats and contracts
Summary
Flathead County commissioners unanimously approved a series of routine procurement actions, capital improvement plan (CIP) amendments, and subdivision plats, and authorized publication of a zoning text amendment hearing notice during the meeting.
Flathead County commissioners voted on multiple procurement, budget and land-use items during the meeting, approving a road-and-bridge equipment bid, several CIP amendments for detention facilities, multiple contracts for asphalt, fuel and propane delivery, and several subdivision plats.
The most immediately actionable items included accepting a single bid for a 60,000 GVWR dump truck box with hydraulic system and installation from Jordan Van Dyke RV Distributing of Conrad, Montana ($65,500, bid bond enclosed); approving a CIP amendment to move an approved dishwasher purchase for the detention facility from FY2026 into FY2025 due to equipment failure; and approving an emergency-related CIP amendment to move jail door controls funding into FY2026 to match invoicing after parts/backorder delays.
Commissioners also authorized signature of road-and-bridge materials and fuel contracts, including an asphalt supply agreement with Calumet Refining for PG 64-22 (listed price $624.71 per ton in the presentation); an emulsified asphalt (CRS-2P) contract with Idaho Asphalt Supply ($720/ton); a rapid-set chipping oil contract with Idaho Asphalt (used only as needed); and City Service Valcon contracts for gasoline/diesel (rack price plus delivery) and for propane for the asphalt plant (delivery charge presented as $0.369 per gallon for delivery).
On land-use matters, the board adopted findings and approved the preliminary plat for Fisher Ridge (two-lot residential subdivision served by Coram County Water and Sewer District and on-site septic systems), approved a revised preliminary plat for “Big Toy Condos” to convert existing storage units to 24 commercial condominium units, approved the final plat for Viking Mountain Ranch with a waiver of the 10,000-gallon tank requirement (or cash-in-lieu) as requested by the applicant, and approved the preliminary plat Kiki Acres (two-lot residential subdivision with individual wells and septic systems).
The board also authorized publication of a public-hearing notice for zoning text amendments addressing parking/loading standards and temporary livestock (4-H swine) uses, with the public hearing date noted in the packet as April 8.
All recorded motions in the transcript carried by voice vote with no recorded opposition. Where roll-call or named vote records were not provided in the transcript, the minutes show vocal “Aye” responses and the clerk’s announcement that motions carried.
Votes and motions recorded in the transcript are listed below with available details.
