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Public and commissioner raise concerns about HRDC warming-shelter temperature policy and access

2987429 · February 25, 2025
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Summary

Speakers and a commissioner said the local warming shelter lacks basic measures (a thermometer) and suggested the nonprofit's internal cold-weather cutoff should be reviewed as volunteers reported people turned away during extreme cold.

During public comment and later in FYI, a resident and commissioners raised concerns about how the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) operates the local warming shelter and whether its internal temperature thresholds leave people exposed during extreme cold.

Bozeman resident Henry Hall told the commission he had volunteered at the warming shelter and found it lacked a thermometer to confirm outside temperatures: “You…

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