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Commissioners place NPS grant on file, schedule Feb. 19 hearings for budget items and road bid openings
Summary
The Butte‑Silver Bow Council of Commissioners on Feb. 12 placed a communication about a $750,000 National Park Service grant on file and cross‑referenced it with resolution 2025‑08; other large budget and bid items were scheduled for hearings on Feb. 19 and held in abeyance.
The Butte‑Silver Bow Council of Commissioners on Feb. 12 placed a communication about a $750,000 National Park Service grant on file and cross‑referenced it with resolution 2025‑08. Chairman Morgan called for the vote and the clerk recorded the tally as nine yeas and zero nays.
Commissioner Thatcher moved to place communication 2025‑48 on file and cross reference it with resolution 2025‑08; the motion passed by recorded vote 9‑0. The agenda states the grant would add $750,000 in unanticipated revenue to the FY24‑25 budget; the item is tied to a Judiciary Committee resolution (2025‑08) noted on the agenda. Karen Burns was listed as the contact for questions about the item.
Separately, commissioners addressed a separate budget matter described in the meeting as the “community change grant.” The clerk recorded language authorizing a public hearing on Feb. 19 to consider amending the FY24‑25 budget to allow increased expenditures of unanticipated revenue in the amount of $20,000,000. Meeting remarks state the council will “continue to hold this in abeyance pending the February 19 date,” and Chief Executive Gallagher said the grant is to allow the county to expend the money once the budget amendment is completed.
Public Works Director Mark Neary asked the council to schedule a bid opening on Feb. 19 for hot‑mix asphalt for the Roads Division; that item was placed in abeyance pending the Feb. 19 meeting as well.
No ordinance or statute was cited for any of these administrative actions in the portions of the transcript provided. The council closed the meeting with a motion to adjourn; the Feb. 19 meeting was repeatedly identified as the next date for further action on the items discussed.
Votes at a glance
- Communication 2025‑48 (National Park Service grant, $750,000): Motion to place on file and cross‑reference with resolution 2025‑08; recorded vote 9 yeas, 0 nays; outcome: approved to place on file. - Public hearing: Schedule to consider amendment to FY24‑25 budget for community change grant (unanticipated revenue $20,000,000): hearing scheduled for 02/19/2025; council held the item in abeyance pending that meeting. - Communication 2025‑67 (Hot mix bid opening for Roads Division): bid opening scheduled for 02/19/2025; item held in abeyance pending that meeting.
