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DUI Task Force reviews enforcement data, approves reports and plans outreach push
Summary
At its May 14 meeting the Anaconda Deer Lodge County DUI Task Force reviewed financial and enforcement reports (account balance $20,492.77; 17 total MIP/DUIs in the listed period), approved minutes and reports, and discussed outreach including banner use at events, community-market staffing and researching bumper stickers for county vehicles.
The Anaconda Deer Lodge County DUI Task Force met May 14, 2026, at the 3rd Floor Community Center Conference Room and reviewed financial and enforcement reports, approved the March minutes, and discussed a summer outreach push ahead of a June plan update.
Suzanne Konicek, certified prevention specialist, reported the Task Force account balance is $20,492.77. Officer Marc Arment, the Task Force’s law enforcement representative, said there have been two DUI arrests and ten Minor in Possession citations since the last meeting, noting a house party in April where seven teenagers received MIP citations. The minutes include a 2024 monthly rundown that totals 17 incidents (5 listed as MHP-related).
Keith Lopez moved to approve the March minutes; Lacie Stone seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Later, Lacie Stone moved to accept the financial and MIP/DUI reports; Lopez seconded and that motion also passed unanimously. Mike Beausoleil moved to adjourn at 10:40 a.m.; Lopez seconded and the motion passed.
On unfinished business, Lauren Bolten, director of the Anaconda Deer Lodge County Public Health Department, said the Task Force plan needs a budget review and updated data. Bolten and Konicek will prepare an updated plan for the Task Force’s June 11 meeting with the goal of forwarding it to the County Commission for review before the commission’s June 16 meeting. Bolten also proposed dedicating the July meeting to long-term objectives and measurable budgeting.
Under new business, Bolten outlined outreach and public-relations efforts for the summer: coordinating the DUI Task Force banners and signs for summer events and compiling an events list for banner deployment; amending the county special-event request form to accommodate banner use (Bolten will coordinate with Morgan Smith on form updates); staffing the community market SNAP table through Public Health to raise awareness, with volunteer signups to be circulated; and exploring placing DUI Task Force bumper stickers on county vehicles, with Konicek tasked to research prices for magnetic and paper stickers to present at the June meeting.
Konicek raised the Social Host Ordinance as a timely enforcement and education concern given seasonal parties. Bolten suggested creating a fiscal-year calendar to plan outreach and using Letters to the Editor in the Anaconda Leader to increase public visibility for Task Force priorities.
The Task Force set its next meeting for June 11, 2026. The draft minutes include signature lines for Sue Konicek (Secretary) and Morgan Smith (Chairperson); the attendance roll had listed Morgan Smith as absent. The minutes supplied are labeled DRAFT.
