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Mountrail County approves $10 million for Bethel nursing home expansion
Summary
The county commissioners voted Dec. 17 to donate the remaining $10 million from the 2024 General Fund to the Mountrail Bethel Nursing Home & Hospital expansion project under N.D. Century Code §11-11-14; the motion passed 4–0. Commissioner Hollekim disclosed a foundation tie and participated after the board found no disqualifying conflict.
Mountrail County commissioners voted at their Dec. 17 meeting to donate the remaining $10,000,000 from the 2024 General Fund budget to the Mountrail Bethel Nursing Home & Hospital Services Expansion Project. The motion, moved by Commissioner Joan Hollekim and seconded by Commissioner Jason Rice, passed with Commissioners Trudy Ruland, Jason Rice, Wayne Olson and Joan Hollekim voting yes.
The request was presented at 9:30 A.M. by Stephanie Everett, administrator/CEO of Mountrail County Medical Center and Mountrail County Bethel Home, under authority cited in Section 11-11-14 of the North Dakota Century Code for county funding of health facility capital improvements. Commissioners asked about conflicts of interest; Hollekim disclosed she serves on the Mountrail County Health Foundation Board and the board determined no disqualifying conflict existed and she participated in the vote.
Board minutes list attendees for the discussion including project representatives Jim Clark, Heath Hetzel, Ryan Gjellstad and Shiloh Becker of McGough Construction. The minutes record the precise motion language approving the $10 million donation from the 2024 General Fund. The county did not record additional conditions or a disbursement schedule in the minutes; those details were not specified.
