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Daniels County accepts ambulance bid, approves routine housekeeping and hires part-time clerk pending checks
Summary
Commissioners accepted an $85,000 bid for a 2014 ambulance, authorized release of pledged bank securities, approved tax-correction No. 149, approved three tobacco program task orders, and authorized rehiring Cathy French as a part-time clerk pending background checks.
Daniels County commissioners took several administrative actions, approving an ambulance sale, personnel coverage and routine financial housekeeping.
The board opened a bid from Balcer Ambulance Sales Corp (doing business as Sawtooth Emergency Vehicles of Shepherd, Mont.) to purchase a 2014 ambulance for $85,000 and voted to accept the bid. The clerk and staff will complete title transfer, remove the vehicle from county insurance and coordinate pickup once payment and paperwork are complete.
Separately, commissioners approved Tax Correction No. 149 (a personal-property correction listed to RDO in the Whitetail area) by motion. They also approved three task orders subcontracting tobacco-program funds to Sheridan, Roosevelt and Valley counties and carried routine payroll, minutes and agenda approvals earlier in the meeting.
On personnel, the county clerk described difficulty filling a part-time motor-vehicle clerk slot and proposed rehiring Cathy French on a part-time basis (estimated average about 12–15 hours/week, with tax-season variability). Commissioners approved moving forward with hiring pending any required fingerprint/background checks from the state.
The clerk also explained a bank request from Independence Bank to release some pledged securities that were in place as collateral when account balances exceeded federal insurance limits; staff said the release is a formal housekeeping measure and that pledged securities would be re-established automatically if balances changed. The board approved proceeding with the release.
Next steps: staff will notify the ambulance bidder regarding transfer logistics, execute the tax-correction paperwork, finalize the part-time clerk hire pending background checks, and complete the bank paperwork for the pledged securities release.
