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Judiciary Committee moves several budget-amendment resolutions to final reading; one held pending public hearing
Summary
On April 23, 2025, the Butte-Silver Bow Judiciary Committee voted to move multiple budget-amendment resolutions to final reading, held a veterans-court grant in abeyance pending a public hearing, and approved a property transfer with a recorded 5–1 vote on one item.
BUTTE — The Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners' Judiciary Committee on April 23, 2025 moved several budget-amendment resolutions to final reading and held one resolution in abeyance pending an upcoming public hearing.
The committee advanced appropriations for unanticipated grant revenue from Montana Disaster and Emergency Services, a U.S. Department of Transportation grant to send fire department hazardous-material technicians to a national conference, and funds tied to emergency wildland-fire deployments. The committee also approved a resolution to transfer a parcel of real property to Faradayne Power Systems and moved a resolution directing the treasurer to mail notices of pending tax-deed issuance to final reading after a brief procedural reconsideration. A separate resolution to accept a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to enhance the Butte-Silver Bow Veterans Treatment Court was held in abeyance pending the public hearing scheduled for the council meeting later the same day.
Why it matters: The resolutions would appropriate federal and state grant funds for public-safety training and wildfire response, change county property ownership, and direct notice procedures for tax-deed actions — matters that affect county finances, emergency operations and property rights.
Key actions taken
- Resolution 2025-10 (budget amendment; Montana Disaster and Emergency Services civic-center grant): Commissioner Heidi Thatcher moved to advance the resolution to final reading; motion carried.
- Resolution 2025-11 (budget amendment; Federal DOT grant to send fire hazmat technicians to IAFC Hazmat Conference, Baltimore): Commissioner Heidi Thatcher moved to advance the resolution to final reading; motion carried.
- Resolution 2025-12 (budget amendment; U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance award to enhance the Butte-Silver Bow Veterans Treatment Court, award no. 15PBJA24GG0396VTCX): Committee members agreed to hold the resolution in abeyance pending the public hearing scheduled for the council meeting that evening. Commissioner Heidi Thatcher made the motion to hold; the committee carried the motion to hold the resolution in abeyance.
- Resolution 2025-14 (budget amendment; reimbursement and equipment funding tied to wildland fire deployments and EMAC deployments to California): Commissioner motion to move to final reading passed.
- Resolution 2025-18 (approval of transfer of real property described as Lot 9A of COS 11607BRB to Faradayne Power Systems, per Butte-Silver Bow Municipal Code): The motion to move the resolution to final reading carried, with a recorded vote of 5–1; Commissioner Bill Anderson voted in the negative.
- Resolution 2025-19 (directive for the Treasurer's Department to mail notice of pending tax-deed issuance and to issue deeds where redemption has expired, citing statutory process): The committee initially moved to hold the resolution in abeyance while clarifying proper procedure, then reconsidered. After County Attorney Anne Ruth advised the proper reading-and-referral procedure, the committee voted to move Resolution 2025-19 to final reading.
Procedure and next steps
Committee members noted that several of the items had already had public hearings and that a public hearing on the veterans-court grant remained scheduled for later the same day; the committee agreed to address that resolution after the hearing. Resolutions moved to final reading will go to the full council for consideration on second reading or final action according to the county's legislative calendar and applicable Montana statutes.
Quotes from the meeting included brief procedural remarks: "I will call the Judiciary Committee meeting for 04/23/2025 to order," Chair Michelle Shea said at the start of the session. County Attorney Anne Ruth provided procedural guidance on the appropriate reading-and-referral process for the tax-deed resolution.
Ending
Resolutions advanced by the Judiciary Committee will appear on the council's next agenda for second reading or final consideration; the veterans-court grant will return to committee action after the scheduled public hearing.
