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Toole County meeting approves several board appointments and accepts wildfire plan bid funded by DNRC grant
Summary
Toole County meeting approved multiple reappointments and appointments to local boards and accepted a contractor bid to update the county wildfire protection plan with funding from a DNRC grant; transcript contains inconsistent name spellings and unclear place references noted in reporting.
Toole County leaders approved a slate of board reappointments and appointments and accepted a contractor bid to update the county wildfire protection plan at a short, procedural meeting.
The board approved the reappointment of Ed Skeslin and Connie Fredheim to the Shelby Senior Center Board for terms running through Dec. 31, 2028, and reappointed Dan Witted and Craig Tomeyer to the NEDA board with terms to Dec. 31, 2030. Each item was moved, seconded and approved with those present saying "aye"; the transcript records vocal approval but does not list a roll-call tally.
On the wildfire plan, the Chair presented a proposal to update the county wildfire protection plan to be paid for with a DNRC grant from the State of Montana Fire Suppression Fund. During discussion one participant said, "$72,048 is what they're getting through in that," and another said, "The grant is for $76,000." The transcript records that three proposals were considered and that the board moved to accept the recommended bid; the transcript spells the contractor and several vendor names inconsistently (see clarifying notes below).
Chair also moved and the board approved the appointment of Sherry Cullen to replace Annette Freeland on the Senior Center Board for a term ending Dec. 31, 2028, and the appointment of Jean Flush to replace Rosalie Manley for a term ending Dec. 31, 2047. The transcript contains inconsistent spellings for those appointees.
The meeting concluded after the agenda items were processed and the Chair announced adjournment. Exact vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript; motions were approved by verbal "aye" responses.
Clarifying notes: The transcript contains multiple inconsistent spellings and unclear place references (for example, a contractor or vendor name appears as BGNA, DJNA, DGNA and similar variants; the transcript also at one point refers to "Duke County" though the meeting is a Toole County session). These inconsistencies are recorded in the clarifying details and proper-names fields and were not corrected to an external source because the transcript is the only source provided.
Next steps: No further action items or deadlines were announced on the record; the meeting was adjourned.
