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Philipsburg mayor briefs county; commissioners agree to letters supporting infrastructure grants
Summary
Mayor Anne Filmore and Town Council President Scott Lyons updated commissioners on sewer, water-line and water-treatment projects; commissioners agreed to sign letters of support for congressional and congressional-appropriations grant requests to Sen. Tim Sheehy and Rep. Ryan Zinke.
Mayor Anne Filmore and Town Council President Scott Lyons updated the Granite County Board of County Commissioners on Philipsburg infrastructure projects during the Feb. 17 meeting, asking for county letters of support for pending grant applications.
Filmore said she is two months into the mayoralty and thanked the county for prior PILT funding that helped the town budget. The town reported the sewer project is nearly complete pending generator installation; remaining work includes replacement of the water line from Fred Burr Lake to the treatment plant and upgrades to the water-treatment facility required under an Administrative Order of Consent related to filtration.
The upper third of the water-line project is fully funded (including about $1.7 million in congressional funding along with CDBG and other grants), while the remaining two-thirds still need funding. Filmore cautioned that federal bureaucratic timelines, particularly involving the EPA, could push construction into 2027 and that weather and a short construction season may limit 2026 work.
Commissioners voted unanimously to sign letters of support to Senator Tim Sheehy and Representative Ryan Zinke; signatures were gathered to accompany the town’s grant applications.
