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Park County Commission approves union contract, infrastructure and grant priorities and signs a series of routine authorizations
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting the Park County Commission ratified a sheriff's employee collective bargaining agreement, prioritized resiliency projects and congressionally directed spending requests, accepted multiple grants including a $5,000 opioid-prevention award and a cybersecurity training award, approved airport FAA grant applications totaling about $510,000 (95% funded), and adopted personnel and retirement procedures.
Park County commissioners used their Feb. 24 meeting to approve a series of motions covering labor, infrastructure, grants and administrative procedures.
The commission ratified a collective bargaining agreement between Park County and the Sheriff's Office Employees Unit covering July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027; the motion to ratify was made by Commissioner Vermillion and seconded by the chair and approved by voice vote. An agency official thanked county staff and the union for negotiating to avoid arbitration: "I am extremely appreciative of you guys working with the union," the official said.
Commissioners prioritized three projects for submission to Montana DES resiliency funding, placing the Main Boulder Road bridge replacement first, a fixed generator project second, and a Trout Unlimited/Cook City culvert replacement third, and authorized a signed prioritization letter. The board also approved submitting two congressionally directed spending requests through Senator Sheehy's office (deputy patrol vehicles for the sheriff's office and assistance for the Main Boulder collapsed bridge project) and set the prioritization of those requests.
The commission accepted a $5,000 DPHHS OD2a grant to train two instructors for the Prime for Life opioid prevention program and approved acceptance of a Montana state and local cybersecurity grant (KnowBe4) for training and tracking employee cybersecurity awareness.
On transportation and capital work, the board approved task order No. 57 for floodplain permitting on Main Boulder Road at an estimated cost of $15,200 to prepare plans and surveys ahead of spring runoff; approved two FAA grant applications for the LVM Airport covering pavement maintenance and installation of a precision approach path indicator (project total about $510,000 with roughly 95% federal/state funding and a likely local share under $3,000 after a Montana Aeronautics grant); and signed sponsor certifications, engineering selection records, and engineering task orders that support those projects.
Administrative actions approved included adopting a wage-adjustment procedure and capital request procedure (target effective date July 1), and adopting a resolution to participate in Montana's 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan administered by MPERA with a second provider option for employees.
Several routine lease and property items were approved: the commission signed a one-year lease for the Needs Green Box site at $1,600 a year and approved a family conveyance/subdivision exemption (Kaufman family transfer) to allow the transfer of roughly 2 acres to a child while retaining about 3.5 acres.
All motions recorded in the agenda items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote during the meeting. The commission adjourned following brief commissioner comments.
