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Pondera County adopts budget amendments, approves Alliance for Youth MOU and records CARES Act report
Summary
Commissioners adopted Resolution #21 authorizing budget amendments, approved a $14,775 MOU with Alliance for Youth and received a final CARES Act report for $1,148,142; motions carried unanimously as recorded in the March minutes.
The Board of Pondera County Commissioners took several fiscal and programmatic actions during March meetings, adopting a budget amendment resolution, approving a youth-prevention MOU and acknowledging federal pandemic-related funding records.
On March 18 the board adopted Resolution #21 (2025/26) to amend the county budget during the fiscal year, citing Montana Code Annotated authority to correct revenue and expenditure line items. The resolution lists specific revenue and expenditure adjustments including an AFY grant revenue line increasing from $10,138 to $24,913 and several expenditure line-item increases; the resolution passed on a 3–0 vote.
Commissioners approved a one-year Memorandum of Understanding with Alliance for Youth for $14,775 to support a Regional Prevention Specialist. The board also received a final CARES Act report from the U.S. Treasury documenting $1,148,142 in CARES Act funds.
The minutes record approval of an indigent burial payment of $750 and certification of claims and payroll totaling $451,561.68 across multiple county funds. Where the minutes list grant names or fund numbers, they do not attach grant agreements or full financial schedules in the meeting text.
The resolution and MOUs were adopted and recorded in the minutes; county finance and relevant program staff are responsible for executing the administrative follow-up.
