Commission approves routine hires, contract changes, fund transfer and radio-tower updates

The Roosevelt County Commission approved a series of administrative actions in a routine public meeting, including personnel appointments, a contract amendment, an intra-fund transfer to cover lagoon hookup costs, and radio-tower updates for new trunking radios.

The commission opened the business portion by approving the minutes of its regular public meeting. It then approved the reappointment of Tom Nichols to the Wolf Point TV District Board after a motion and second.

Contract and personnel approvals: commissioners approved proposed contract corrections for TQN Consulting LLC that change the consultant’s schedule from full days to half days (a half day was described as four hours), with compensation stated as $110 per day up to five days per week. The commission also approved five recommended summer hires for the fair board—CJ Flynn, Kendall Polan, Bridal Young, Flint Solon and Tyler Schmidt—and approved a new detention-center hire, Dominique Anne Ottoman Wolf, at grade 1, range 7.

Budget and infrastructure items: the commission adopted Resolution 2026-14 to transfer $10,000 from the water fund to the Brockton sewer fund to offset expenses tied to the MDU power hookup and pumps for a new lagoon. Staff characterized these as enterprise-fund transfers within the county’s fund-accounting structure. The Department of Emergency Services’ request to update the O’Brien and Scout Hill radio towers for new trunking capabilities (cost stated as $14,635) was also approved to allow migration to the new trunk radios; the O’Brien site uses the BIA tower, as noted at the meeting.

Procedural note: each item was moved, seconded and approved during the session; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.