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Butte-Silver Bow committee asks county attorney to draft resolution supporting Anaconda Job Corps
Summary
The county judiciary committee voted to direct the county attorney to draft a resolution endorsing continued federal support for the Anaconda Job Corps after public comment from a center representative.
The Butte-Silver Bow County Judiciary Committee on June 25 directed the county attorney to draft a resolution in legal form endorsing continued federal funding for the Anaconda Job Corps. The committee’s action followed public comment from a Job Corps representative who urged the council to preserve the program’s local presence and training opportunities.
The resolution request, introduced by Commissioner Bill Anderson, asks the county attorney to prepare a formal draft so the council can consider passing it on first reading next week. The committee approved the direction by voice vote.
Anaconda Job Corps representative Mister Brothers told commissioners the center provides debt-free career training and supplies trained workers to local businesses, naming Mead Lumber, Platt Electric, M & I Supply and the YMCA among partners. “Workforce readiness is the goal of Anaconda Job Corps,” Brothers said, and urged the council to “adopt this resolution.”
Commissioner Bill Anderson said he discussed the issue with Brothers after public comment at a prior Committee of the Whole meeting and framed the resolution as a request to the federal delegation to protect Job Corps funding. “We give tons of money to college institutions, but not these,” Anderson said, arguing the program supports “blue collar jobs” such as welding and machine operation.
The committee first moved to advance the communication to final reading; members amended the motion to direct the county attorney to prepare the resolution in proper legal form. Chair Michelle Shea called the voice vote asking those in favor; the motion passed with no opposition recorded on the audio record.
No formal ordinance or funding change was adopted at the meeting; the action was limited to directing legal staff to prepare a draft resolution for future consideration. The committee indicated urgency because of federal budget timing but did not formally suspend rules during the June 25 session.
