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Residents urge preservation of Anaconda Central trophies and warn of task-force quorum problems
Summary
At public comment, Rose Nynan urged the county and school district to preserve Anaconda Central High School trophies in the county archives to prevent loss or damage; Michelle Levin of the Domestic Animal Task Force said key county staff have not attended recent meetings, leaving the task force without quorum and threatening its ability to finish substantial work.
At the Nov. 11, 2025 commission meeting, two public commenters urged the county to act on different community priorities: historic preservation of high-school trophies and better county-staff support for the Domestic Animal Task Force.
Rose Nynan, a long-time preservationist who spoke during public comment, said she was concerned after seeing news that the school district had offered local businesses the chance to display sports trophies. "As a long time preservationist, I found that very disturbing," Nynan said, arguing that older trophies are valuable artifacts and suggesting the county archives as a secure display or loan option so the items are preserved and publicly accessible.
A commissioner who responded agreed it would be important to keep trophies secure and considered coordinating with the school board and the county archives to preserve the collection.
Michelle Levin, a member of the Domestic Animal Task Force, said the task force has been meeting frequently since January but recently lost the participation of several assigned county staff members, including planning, code enforcement, animal control and public health. Levin said the group lacked a quorum for multiple recent meetings and that, with a small required membership, a single absence hampered progress. "We had to have 6 people. And if you got 1 missing committee member, we're screwed," Levin said, describing the task force's difficulty finishing its work.
County CEO Carl said he would remind the relevant departments and staff to attend the task force’s meeting the next day so the committee could finish its remaining business.
The commission took no formal action on either public comment during the meeting; the remarks were recorded for follow-up and commissioners signaled interest in coordinating with the school district and county departments to address the concerns.
