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Glacier County commissioners approve MSU extension contracts, extend CPA deadline and fund Front Range CASA
Summary
At its meeting, the Glacier County Commission approved the MSU Extension contract for two county extension staff, extended a CPA contract working on tax-reconciliation to Dec. 15, 2025, and voted $10,000 to Front Range CASA; the board also approved a records-destruction form and heard project updates.
Glacier County commissioners approved a set of routine items at their meeting, including the annual MSU Extension contract for local extension staff, a time extension for a CPA handling tax-reconciliation work, a $10,000 county contribution to Front Range CASA and a records-destruction form.
The board voted to approve the MSU Extension contract for Carrie Lewis and Lisa Terry for 2025–2026 after staff presented a quarterly report on spring and summer programs, including nitrate tests, a pest-management tour and noxious-weed control orders. Extension staff said they had issued 106 weed-control orders across communities including Browning and Cut Bank and noted expansion of ServSafe training and youth programming.
The board then considered a contract time extension for Susan Nicosia, CPA LLC, who has been helping reconcile county accounts after the state’s homeowner tax-relief required refunds. Peter, speaking on behalf of Treasurer Don Wilson, told commissioners that refund and reconciliation work involved "somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000" and that technical issues in the county’s Black Mountain accounting modules required additional time. Commissioners authorized a short contract extension through Dec. 15, 2025; the county said the extension affects only the contract period and not the $25,000 maximum contract amount.
Commissioners also approved a $10,000 contribution to Front Range CASA for fiscal year 2026. Christa Sullivan, representing Front Range CASA, told the board the nonprofit has served abused and neglected children across the 9th Judicial District for 25 years and that county funds help cover operating costs and mileage reimbursement for volunteers who must travel to rural placements.
On records management, the board approved records-destruction form RM60 and rescinded a previous RM88 approval from Aug. 12, 2025, after staff explained the county’s retention schedule (audit + 7 years) and the required state submission to the Montana Historical Society.
The meeting also included project updates: Extension staff previewed a Main Street music-and-food festival that drew roughly 353 attendees and described a grant partnership to study cancer prevalence; Becky Kinnett updated commissioners on a Staley engineering review of the Browning Library and expected cost estimates for roof and ADA work; and staff confirmed the Browning satellite office schedule.
The commission set its next meeting for Nov. 6, 2025, in Cobbank and adjourned at 10:02 a.m.
