Description Gallatin County Commission Onsite Budget Meeting Minutes Summary Journal No. 51 August 15, 2012
Date 8/15/2012 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
1:12:43 PM These log notes provide only a part of the official record. The remainder of the official record is in the audio recording of the meeting, Section 2-3-212, MCA. The audio recording is available upon request.
1:31:19 PM Chairman White Call to Order. Present were Commissioners White, Murdock and Skinner, Finance Director Ed Blackman, and Acting Clerk to the Board Mary Miller.
1:31:29 PM Chairman White Announcement: Reminder to the public that the meeting is being recorded, televised live by Optimum Communications and streamed over the internet.
1:31:36 PM There was no public comments on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
1:31:47 PM Finance Officer Ed Blackman Review and Approval of Agenda
1:31:59 PM No changes to the agenda.
1:32:10 PM Finance Officer Ed Blackman Presentation of Available funds and Carry over items and Request after Preliminary-DECISIONS on REVENUE: Confirmation of $92,000 increase in Road taxes
1:33:57 PM Discussion and Questions
1:48:44 PM Commissioner Murdock I move to reconfirm that.
1:48:48 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:48:49 PM Public comment County Attorney Marty Lambert
1:49:29 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
1:50:46 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:50:52 PM Chairman White Decision on utilization of Inflationary Adjustment- Prior years/FY 2013
1:50:58 PM Commissioner Skinner I would move not to use that utilization of inflationary millege for prior years or this year.
1:51:05 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:51:07 PM There was no public comment.
1:51:11 PM Board discussion
1:51:26 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:51:31 PM Chairman White Decision on change to Permissive Medical Levy tax-Not required for FY 2013
1:51:36 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to not use it this year.
1:51:40 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:51:41 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Asked for clarification to not change the amount levied because there is $1,190,000 to be levied.
1:52:11 PM Discussion and Questions
1:52:47 PM Commissioner Murdock My motion is not to impose the additional levy.
1:52:52 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:52:53 PM There was no public comment.
1:52:58 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:53:04 PM Chairman White Decision on utilization of Decrease in Bond Funds
1:53:08 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
1:53:22 PM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to not utilize that decrease in bond funds at this time.
1:53:28 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
1:54:24 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:54:26 PM There was no public comment.
1:54:35 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:54:41 PM Chairman White DECISIONS on Expenses
1:54:46 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
1:56:05 PM Commissioner Murdock I'm gonna move that we do the $175,000 for the Guenther Building as Ed described.
1:56:13 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:56:15 PM Public comment County Attorney Marty Lambert and CAO Earl Mathers
1:58:33 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
1:59:36 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:59:42 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we reinstate the Treasurer's employee, ($24,387) comments.
1:59:52 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman That has changed to $24,387.
1:59:58 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:01:27 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:01:30 PM Public comment Treasurer Kimberly Buchanan
2:03:05 PM Board discussion
2:04:05 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:04:15 PM Commissioner Skinner I would move to fund the Bridge Replacement Program with the $200,000.
2:04:25 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:04:29 PM Board discussion
2:04:41 PM There was no public comment.
2:04:48 PM Board discussion including Ed Blackman
2:06:31 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:06:39 PM Commissioner Murdock I'm gonna try combining two because I think they are both funded, which won't affect our running total, and one would be the 911 over time increase for $13,900 which would come out of their budget, and the second one would be the Public Health increase to maintain their mill levies, comments.
2:07:04 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:07:05 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:07:25 PM Public comment CAO Earl Mathers
2:08:41 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Clarification comments
2:09:29 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:09:34 PM Commission comments
2:10:09 PM Commissioner Murdock I would move that we fund that $26,000 to finish that CTEP project.
2:10:14 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:10:18 PM Public comment Grants and Projects Administrator Larry Watson, recommends that the Commission should not allocate this money and outlines the reasoning.
2:13:08 PM Discussion and Questions
2:14:01 PM Commissioner Murdock I'd like to withdraw my motion.
2:14:21 PM Commissioner Skinner Second agrees
2:14:23 PM No action taken.
2:14:37 PM Commissioner Murdock Move that we approve $50,000 bucks for Streamline.
2:14:47 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:14:51 PM Public comment Jeff Rupp on behalf of the Streamline Board, CAO Earl Mathers, and Chairman of Streamline BOD David Kack
2:18:31 PM Board discussion
2:20:58 PM Motion denied 2:1. Commissioner Murdock voting aye.
2:21:09 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:22:02 PM Commissioner Murdock I'll move that we fund the Skyline bus for $30,000.
2:22:08 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:22:10 PM Public comment Big Sky Transportation District Coordinator David Kack
2:23:22 PM Board discussion
2:26:31 PM Motion denied 2:1. Commissioner Murdock voting aye.
2:26:40 PM Chairman White Fairgrounds
2:26:44 PM Commissioner Skinner I'd move to recommend setting the millage per Ed's recommendation.
2:26:55 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:26:58 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Comments
2:27:32 PM There was no public comment.
2:27:36 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:29:47 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:29:55 PM Commissioner Murdock Let's give Cynde (Hertzog-Human Resources) her $2,250.00 for the drug abuse legal services. Our attorney's aren't experts in drug policy and alcohol policy so they said and they advised us to do this.
2:30:15 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Can I make a recommendation that it be funded from the County Commissioner's legal services funds in the PILT so we don't increase the budget?
2:30:23 PM Commissioner Murdock Oh no, I think it should be funded out of the County Attorney's office budget.
2:30:30 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:31:04 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:31:14 PM There was no public comment.
2:31:14 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:31:23 PM Commissioner Skinner I would move to approve the $2,400.00 for Rocky Mountain RC&D, and $2,400.00 for the Economic Development.
2:31:42 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:31:44 PM Board discussion
2:32:35 PM Public comment CAO Earl Mathers
2:35:50 PM Discussion and Questions
2:38:40 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:38:46 PM Commissioner Skinner I would move to deny the request by Spay/Neuter for a $1,000 additional dollars.
2:38:56 PM Chairman White Second
2:39:03 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:39:42 PM There was no public comment.
2:39:52 PM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Murdock opposed.
2:40:05 PM Board discussion including Ed Blackman regarding L&J Building
2:40:47 PM Commissioner Skinner I would move to deny the Aware request for $24,000.
2:40:51 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:40:54 PM There was no public comment.
2:41:04 PM Board discussion
2:42:02 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:42:08 PM Board discussion including CAO Earl Mathers and Ed Blackman regarding GIS contract
2:43:44 PM Commissioner Murdock I move to approve it then, as Ed has described it.
2:43:48 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:43:58 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:44:03 PM Commissioner Skinner I would move to fund the retirement for the West position from the Sheriff.
2:44:11 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:44:12 PM Board discussion including Ed Blackman
2:45:10 PM Public comment Under Sheriff Dan Springer
2:46:18 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:46:22 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:49:28 PM Commissioner Murdock I agree about the wage benefit adjustments and the operational, I understand that, I was going to make a motion to pay those.
2:49:36 PM Chairman White Do you just want to do the motion for those two maybe?
2:49:41 PM Commissioner Murdock That's what I was thinking.
2:49:43 PM Chairman White Then it takes us back down to the other stuff.
2:49:50 PM Commissioner Murdock Oh, and included in that motion would be also making the Detention Center final payment and SAR, everything but that $800,000.
2:50:02 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:50:08 PM There was no public comment.
2:50:20 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:50:24 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we fund the L&J at $50,000 minimum and depending on Ed's review of the other Capital adjustments, if he sees fit that he should come back to us with a recommendation if there's any extra that we could also put in the L&J. So $50,000 minimum plus maybe. (Bringing it to $100,000 total)
2:50:46 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:51:07 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:51:09 PM Board discussion
2:52:03 PM Commissioner Murdock So how bout if I retract that motion and move that we fund the L&J an additional $50,000 grand?
2:52:10 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:52:13 PM There was no public comment.
2:52:18 PM Board discussion
2:52:45 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:53:00 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman requesting authority to balance the RID bonds, the grant funds, and the capital projects funds (I-90 grant).
2:53:33 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to give our Fiscal Officer approval to adjust the cash and revenue to equal the budget per this exhibit.
2:53:41 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:53:43 PM There was no public comment.
2:53:49 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:54:06 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Planning Board-millage
2:56:22 PM Discussion and Questions (Ed Blackman recommends they equalize it and possibly settle it at something that was on going that would fund the operations of the board and I think theirs is around $35,000 plus the $120,000 being 2.39 mills)
2:57:33 PM Commissioner Skinner I would move to do that.
2:57:34 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:57:37 PM There was no public comment.
2:57:42 PM Board discussion including Ed Blackman
2:58:23 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:58:26 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Zoning District-millage (Recommends not maximizing the mill levy but maintain the same dollar amount in taxes provided they don't exceed the number of mills)
2:58:57 PM Discussion and Questions
3:01:57 PM Commissioner Murdock I'm going to move that we increase Hebgen Lake Zoning up to the FY 2012 mill levy and the Bridger Canyon Zoning.
3:02:11 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
3:02:17 PM There was no public comment.
3:02:21 PM Board discussion
3:02:37 PM Motion passed unanimously.
3:02:43 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
3:02:59 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to adopt the rest of the zoning districts.
3:03:03 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
3:03:07 PM There was no public comment.
3:03:12 PM Motion passed unanimously.
3:03:17 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Fire Districts
3:03:25 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
3:06:01 PM County Attorney Marty Lambert Comments
3:08:27 PM Discussion and Questions
3:09:19 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Recommends that this decision be made on August 28, 2012.
3:09:27 PM Discussion and Questions
3:09:57 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Special Districts-status of requests: Cemetery Districts-Conservation Districts-Dike Districts-Lighting Districts-Other Districts
3:13:20 PM There was no public comment.
3:13:24 PM Discussion and Questions
3:13:51 PM Meeting adjourned.
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