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Carbon County commissioners approve audit engagement, benefits adoption, hires and consent agenda
Summary
On July 22, 2025, the Carbon County Commissioners unanimously approved an audit engagement with Olness & Associates, adopted a Nationwide 457(b) plan, authorized two dispatch hires, approved an interlocal policing agreement with the Town of Joliet, and passed a consent agenda including two purchases and a subdivision preliminary plat.
Carbon County Commissioners met July 22, 2025, and approved a series of routine and staffing items including an audit engagement, a retirement-plan adoption, hiring authorizations for dispatch positions, an interlocal law-enforcement agreement with the Town of Joliet, and a consent agenda covering two purchase requests and a subdivision preliminary plat.
At 9:00 a.m. the commission approved an Audit Engagement Letter with Olness & Associates. Commissioner Bill Bullock moved to approve the engagement letter, Commissioner Scott Miller seconded, and the motion carried. Immediately afterward the commission approved a Nationwide Financial Services 457(b) Plan Adoption Agreement; Bullock moved, Miller seconded, and the motion carried.
At 9:30 a.m. Under Sheriff Kelly Carrington joined to describe the duties of the positions; the commission authorized hiring for a Head Dispatcher 1 and a Dispatcher 2. Commissioner Scott Miller moved to approve the hiring authorization; Commissioner Bill Bullock seconded and the motion carried.
At 10:00 a.m. Mayor Dakota Mitchem of the Town of Joliet joined the meeting. The commission approved an Interlocal Law Enforcement Services Agreement for the town on a motion by Commissioner Miller, seconded by Commissioner Bullock; the motion carried.
At 10:30 a.m. the commission approved the consent agenda. The consent package included approval of the Commissioners' Proceedings dated July 1, 2025; a Carbon County purchase request for ArcGIS Online licenses in the amount of $7,350; a Carbon County purchase request for the Red Lodge Airport paving project in the amount of $32,690; and preliminary plat approval for the Mountain View Estates major subdivision. Commissioner Miller moved to approve the consent agenda; Commissioner Bullock seconded and the motion carried.
The minutes record that motions carried as moved and seconded; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the minutes for these items. The meeting recessed between agenda items and adjourned at 12:00 p.m.
