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Votes at a glance: Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Commission, June 16, 2026
Summary
The Commission approved minutes; claims payment; multiple contracts, appointments and reappointments; an amended plat for Pintlar Peaks (with tabling of a related resolution and MOU); and adopted Ordinance No. 282. Most motions passed unanimously 5-0.
The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Commission took the following recorded actions on June 16, 2026 (motions noted with mover/second and outcome):
- Approval of minutes from June 2 and June 9 (mover: Commissioner Paul Smith; second: Commissioner Mike Beausoleil) — Carried 5-0.
- Authorization to pay claims numbered 149606–149749 totaling $466,973.98 (mover: Commissioner Steve Gates; second: Commissioner Beausoleil) — Carried 5-0.
- Approval of Application for a Tax Exemption on Real Property (mover: Commissioner Paul Smith; second: Commissioner Beaudette) — Carried 5-0.
- Approval of Montana Youth Wellness Initiative Subrecipient Master Services Agreement and annual scope of workplan (mover: Commissioner Beaudette; second: Commissioner Gates) — Carried 5-0.
- Approval of Task Order Amendment No. 1 for Pathways to Recognition (mover: Commissioner Gates; second: Commissioner Smith) — Carried 5-0.
- Approval of Amended Plat for Pintlar Peaks Subdivision with additions discussed (mover: Commissioner Gates; second: Commissioner Beausoleil) — Carried 5-0; related Resolution No. 26-16 and the Pintlar Peaks MOU were tabled for redrafting.
- Tabled Resolution No. 26-16 recognizing changed access to Pintlar Peaks (mover: Commissioner Beausoleil; second: Commissioner Beaudette) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved appointment of Commissioner Beausoleil to investigate a road-abandonment petition by Tony Puccinelli (mover: Commissioner Beaudette; second: Commissioner Gates) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved removal/tear-down of an old health-department building to create parking for the county's new financial and health department (mover: Commissioner Paul Smith; second: Commissioner Gates) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved multiple board appointments and reappointments (parks, planning, cemetery, historic resources) — Carried 5-0 each.
- Approved canvassing of the June 2, 2026 primary election (mover: Commissioner Beaudette; second: Commissioner Gates) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved Task Order to DPHHS for Immunization Program (FY 2026-27) for $11,314 (mover: Commissioner Beausoleil; second: Commissioner Beaudette) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved general liability insurance for Bowman Field (premium $1,907) (mover: Commissioner Smith; second: Commissioner Beaudette) — Carried 5-0.
- Tabled the Pintlar Peaks boundary relocation MOU (mover: Commissioner Beausoleil; second: Commissioner Gates) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved Ordinance No. 282 (duplicate conduit for major broadband installs) (mover: Commissioner Paul Smith; second: Commissioner Beausoleil) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved DUI Task Force annual plan (mover: Commissioner Gates; second: Commissioner Beausoleil) — Carried 5-0.
- Approved special-event request (Smelter City Cornhole, Aug. 14–15) pending certificate of insurance (mover: Commissioner Beaudette; second: Commissioner Beausoleil) — Carried 5-0.
Votes were recorded in the meeting minutes; motions were unanimous where recorded.
