Pondera County commissioners approve consent items, cancel old warrants and approve claims

The Pondera County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine consent items during February meetings, including an amendment to the Master Contract for the Immunization Program with the Montana Department of Health and Human Services (Task Order 24-07-4-31-133-0), a $5,000 letter of commitment to the Northern Transit Interlocal, and an Encroachment Agreement for 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative Inc. on Conrad-Dupuyer Road. Commissioners also approved an extension of the Request for Qualifications for engineering and survey services with Staley Engineering and canceled the Feb. 28 regular meeting due to MACO conference attendance.

Financial actions recorded in the minutes include adoption of Resolution #29 (2023/24) to cancel specified county warrants and claims that had been uncalled for one year or more under Section 7-6-2607, MCA. The resolution was moved by Commissioner Drishinski, seconded by Commissioner Kuka and passed on a 3-0 vote. The minutes list claims across many funds and report a 'Total claims and payroll' figure of $395,924.29 (presentation formatting in the minutes is uneven and line-item parsing is required for accounting reconciliation).

The board approved a $2,365 purchase of Black Mountain software for the Treasurer's office to provide public access to property-tax information. During a public-comment period Angela Otero raised questions about a wastewater issue outside Valier and about a road agreement with Calumet; the minutes note a planned EPA meeting on April 3, 2024. The board set a public hearing on updated County Subdivision Regulations for March 6, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. and fixed canvass dates for the federal primary (June 18, 2024) and general election (Nov. 19, 2024).

All consent motions are recorded in the minutes as 'motion carried' or similar; where the minutes provide a vote count (Resolution #29) the record shows a 3-0 vote. The minutes also record claims approved for payment and the meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.