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Council adopts two budget amendments and approves special prosecutorial assistance
Summary
Butte-Silver Bow commissioners placed two budget-amending resolutions on final reading and passed them, and unanimously approved a resolution appointing special prosecutorial assistance to the County Attorney in an ongoing criminal case.
The Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners placed two budget-amending resolutions on final reading and approved them by voice vote.
Resolution 2026-17, described as appropriating unanticipated revenue to the city-county from a BridgerCare grant through the Samples Foundation, was placed on final reading and passed with a recorded 11 yea, 0 nay vote. The transcript does not state the appropriation amount; the source is identified in the record as BridgerCare through the Samples Foundation.
Resolution 2026-19, described as a fiscal-year budget amendment appropriating unanticipated revenue tied to a contract amendment for the HIV prevention program, was also placed on final reading and passed 11 yea, 0 nay. The council record did not specify the dollar amount in the meeting minutes presented.
Separately, the council moved to suspend its rules to consider Resolution 2026-20 for advanced passage without Judiciary referral. Resolution 2026-20 authorizes appointment of special prosecutorial assistance to the County Attorney to assist in State v. Adrianna Atcheson; the motion cites Montana statutes authorizing such assistance (Mont. Code Ann. § 44-4-111 and § 2-15-501(6)). The emergency suspension and final passage were approved 11–0.
All motions to place the two budget resolutions on final reading and to advance and pass Resolution 2026-20 passed by the recorded unanimous votes noted in the transcript.
