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Cascade County commissioners consider consent agenda with legal appointment, elections relocation and health contract amendments
Summary
At the Oct. 22, 2025 work session the Cascade County commissioners introduced a consent agenda that included appointing a special deputy county attorney for two prosecutions, relocating Election Day operations to ExpoPark, multiple public‑health contract amendments and a Teamsters bargaining agreement; the transcript lists items and amounts but does not record vote outcomes.
The Board of Cascade County Commissioners convened a work session Oct. 22, 2025, and introduced a consent agenda that included a mix of resolutions and contracts touching elections, public health, labor and court administration. Chairman Jim Larson opened the session and noted staff and public attendance.
The consent agenda listed Resolution 25-76 appointing Jeremy S. Craft, Chief Legal Counsel for the Gambling Control Division, as a Special Deputy Cascade County Attorney to prosecute State of Montana v. Dennis Ferestad and State of Montana v. Helen Ferestad. The agenda did not include a recorded motion, mover, second or vote tally in the written transcript.
Elections Administrator Terry Thompson presented or was listed in connection with Resolution 25-77, relocating Election Operations to ExpoPark Exhibition Hall for Election Day on Nov. 4, 2025. No further deliberation or recorded action appears in the transcript.
Financial matters on the consent agenda included Resolution 25-78, a $5,845 budget appropriation within the Justice Court Fund (Fund #1000, Department 211) to purchase software recording equipment, and Contract 25-147, the collective bargaining agreement between Teamsters Local Union #2 and Cascade County office and clerical employees, effective July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028.
The City‑County Health Department (CCHD) brought several items: Contract 25-148 (MT DPHHS Task Order PHH22-0357R-F, Amendment Eight) listed an effective period Oct. 1, 2025–Sept. 30, 2026, a funding increase of $449,262 and a total contract amount of $2,060,518.51; Contract 25-149 was an outdoor bench advertising agreement for the WIC program for $450; Contract 25-151 was a BuckleUp Montana traffic safety standard agreement (FFY2026) for $85,015 (renewal); and Contract 25-152 was listed as WIC Task Order amendment HHS-ECFS-0000463 with effective dates noted. The agenda items specify amounts and dates; the transcript does not record votes or further staff explanations beyond listing the items.
Contract 25-154 proposes a reimbursement agreement to allow the Fort Peck Tribe to use the Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center for secure detention and transport services for tribal youth, effective July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, at a daily per diem rate of $260.
The transcript records the items presented on the consent agenda and identifies staff associated with them, but does not show formal roll‑call votes or the commissioners’ final stated actions in the written record provided. The written minutes note the official audio record is available through the county and that the written record was approved Jan. 13, 2026.
