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Missoula County moves Food Policy Advisory Board under county administration
Summary
Missoula County Commissioners approved a resolution to transition the Food Policy Advisory Board from a joint city-county advisory board to a county advisory board administered by the county's Ecology and Extension department; the city is scheduled to consider signing on Feb. 26.
Missoula County Commissioners voted to approve a resolution to transition the Food Policy Advisory Board from a joint city–county advisory board to a county advisory board administered by Missoula County's Ecology and Extension department.
The change, described by staff as an "administrative cleanup resolution," reaffirms the board's duties, reappoints members previously appointed by the city and county, and shifts formal administrative support to the county. The county plans to present the same language to the City of Missoula's Public Health, Safety and Operations Committee on Feb. 26 for the city to sign on and formally approve the change.
Bryce Christians, College and Extension, told commissioners the board "was created as a joint City County advisory board in 2020" and that the resolution before the commissioners is "more of an administrative cleanup resolution associated with the Food Policy Advisory Board." Christians said Missoula County's newly formed Ecology and Extension department has the capacity to provide staff support, while the city has had transitions that reduced its capacity to provide the same administrative support.
Christians said the Food Policy Advisory Board "has kind of discussed what makes the most sense for them moving forward" and that board members "have agreed with the language that's within this new resolution." He said the resolution also reappoints current board members who had been appointed by the city and county to the newly county-attached board.
A commissioner moved to approve the resolution and a second was given; when the motion was called, the commissioners responded "Aye" and the resolution passed. The meeting record provided no roll-call vote tally or individual votes.
The county presentation to the city's committee on Feb. 26 is the next scheduled step for the item; Christians said the previous chair of the Food Policy Advisory Board briefed the city committee in December. Staff said they were available to answer questions about the transition.
Claims received by the Commissioner's Office for Jan. 29–31, 2025, were noted at $1,396,642.16 during the same meeting, and the session included only the single hearing on the Food Policy Advisory Board transition.
