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Board adds three funding requests to consent agenda; hears several service contracts and a $512,000 radio funding request
Summary
Cascade County presented multiple consent-agenda items at the March 4 work session, including an MOU for aging services ($61,443), a data-conversion contract ($24,900), a no-cost assignment of natural gas assets, and a FY27 radio interoperability funding request for $512,000; three add-on requests were added to the consent agenda and public comment followed.
At the March 4 Cascade County work session, staff presented multiple consent-agenda items and the Board agreed to add three staff-requested items to the consent agenda.
Key items presented on the consent agenda included: - Contract 26-19: Memorandum of Understanding between Cascade County and the Montana Association of Area Agencies on Aging for service provision in Cascade County, total $61,443 for one year. - Contract 26-20: Agreement between the Cascade County Clerk & Recorder and Modus Technology Inc. to provide data conversion services, cost not to exceed $24,900. - Contract 26-21: Consent to assignment permitting NorthWestern Services LLC to sell the County's natural gas assets to Jefferson Energy Trading LLC (listed as no cost to the county on the agenda). - Contract 26-23: Approval to submit the FY27 Congressionally Directed Spending request for the Radio Interoperability Project, total FY27 funding requested $512,000.
During the Add-On portion of the meeting, three items were presented and the board agreed they would be added to the consent agenda: Contract 26-24 (Montana Association of Counties Health Care Trust contribution and 2026 renewal rates), Contract 26-25 (submission of the Stuckey Road project for FFY27 member-specific funding requests) and Contract 26-26 (submission of the Morony Dam Road project for FFY27 funding requests). The meeting notes record that these three add-ons were to be included on the consent agenda.
The work session included a public comment period during which Colleen Stewart and Tell Houston spoke; the minutes do not include the content of their remarks. The session concluded with brief board member comments from Commissioner Joe Briggs and Chairman Jim Larson and adjournment at 2:59 p.m.
The March 4 work session minutes list the items and show the add-ons were added to the consent agenda; the written record does not show the formal vote outcomes on the consent agenda within the excerpted minutes.
