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Rosebud County directs earmarked alcohol-tax proceeds to Eastern Montana Mental Health
Summary
The county voted to allocate earmarked alcohol-tax funds to Eastern Montana Mental Health after a commissioner said outreach to an alternative provider ('2 rivers') did not elicit a response.
The Rosebud County Board of Commissioners voted to direct earmarked alcohol-tax proceeds to Eastern Montana Mental Health.
A commissioner proposed allocating “100% of the earmark of all the tax money” to Eastern Montana Mental Health and said attempts to contact an alternative provider, described in the record as “2 rivers,” had not yielded a response. The motion was seconded, the board voted in favor, and the chair declared the motion carried.
The proposer said the county’s intent was to ensure that the earmarked money would be used to provide services. “Basically, EastMont will help provide some services,” the commissioner said during the discussion. The transcript does not record the exact dollar amount available from the earmarked tax or the specific services to be funded; those funding details were not specified in the meeting record.
The board did not record any conditions on the distribution or a timeline for how quickly the funds would be transferred or spent; staff follow-up or budget-line references were not provided in the transcript.
