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Commissioners weigh budget trade-offs: detention plumbing, fair expansion, cleaning services and grants staff
Summary
Missoula County commissioners reviewed multiple one-time and ongoing budget requests, including a choice between contracting $500,000-per-year plumbing work at the detention facility or adding two in-house plumbing FTEs at an estimated $250,000 ongoing cost; a proposal to extend the county fair to 10 days (estimated additional revenue $455,000) tied to new personnel; a proposed move to in-house cleaning that initially costs about $30,000 more than contracting; and prioritized hires for a coordinated grants team.
County staff and department leaders presented a series of budget enhancement requests and trade-offs, and commissioners discussed which items to fund this budget cycle.
Detention plumbing: Staff described miles of piping at the Missoula County Detention Facility in need of multi-year replacement. Contracting the work was estimated at about $500,000 per year; staff proposed an alternative to bring plumbing work in-house by adding two FTEs, with an estimated ongoing cost of about $250,000 annually. Commissioners asked for additional analysis and placed the request in a temporary status to avoid an immediate commitment.
Fair proposals: Fairgrounds staff described a proposal to expand the county fair from six to 10 days and estimated the expansion could…
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