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Custer County commissioners approve May treasurers report, accept accounts payable; open Title III notice for Search & Rescue training
Summary
At a July 16 staff meeting the Custer County Board of Commissioners approved the treasurer's monthly report for May and accepted a batch of accounts payable. The board also voted to publish a 45-day public notice seeking comment on a Title III PILT funding request from Custer County Search and Rescue to reimburse specialized training costs.
Custer County commissioners voted July 16 to accept the treasurer's monthly report for May and to pay county invoices, and opened a public-notice process on a grant request from the county's volunteer search-and-rescue unit.
The board approved the treasurer's report that showed cash and activity for the month ending May 31; commissioners then authorized payment of a batch of bills totaling $155,200.72. Both votes were passed by the commissioners present.
Why it matters: the accounts-payable items include road-and-bridge fuel and asphalt invoices and grant-funded emergency-management purchases that affect near-term cash flow. The Search and Rescue request seeks Title III PILT funding to reimburse course fees for technical rescue training the team said is required to operate safely on federal public lands within the county.
What commissioners did and how they voted - Treasurer's report: motion made, seconded and approved by the commissioners present; all in favor. (Motion and vote recorded on the meeting record.) - Accounts payable: commissioners approved payment of $155,200.72 in vendor invoices, including construction and fuel charges and a $9,xxx grant-funded laptop purchase for emergency management. - Title III / PILT request: commissioners voted to publish the Search and Rescue funding request as a 45-day public notice to gather required comment before a final allocation decision.
Details on the Title III request Custer County Search and Rescue asked the board to consider reimbursing registration fees for specialized technical-rescue training. The team said the course fee is $900 per student and requested $12,000 to cover registration for core members. The unit said most of its operations occur on U.S. Forest Service and BLM lands inside Custer County and cited prior county support for similar training in 2019. The board moved to public-notice the request for 45 days, consistent with the county's Title III PILT allocation procedures.
Next steps: The Search and Rescue funding request will be posted for public comment for 45 days; after the public-notice period the board will consider formal allocation. Commissioner staff said they will pull existing Title III balance figures for review ahead of the final decision.
