Cascade County commission approves warrants, consent agenda and a transit-board appointment

The Cascade County Commission on July 28 approved routine financial actions and a multi-item consent agenda and confirmed an appointment to the Great Falls Transit Board. A commissioner moved to approve purchase orders and accounts-payable warrants and the chair declared: "A Motion carries."

The commission then approved a consent agenda that included minutes for 06/17/2026 and 06/30/2026, reappointments to a DUI task force, a Lewis & Ellis actuarial engagement (annual cost $5,800 for FY2026 and $3,000 for FY2027), interlocal agreements for animal intakes, modifications to detention-center contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and acceptance of a North Central Region juvenile detention subgrant totaling $264,504 (state award $132,252; county match $132,252). A commissioner read the consent items before the chair called the vote; the meeting transcript records assent and the chair confirmed the motion carried.

The commission also considered a city-designated appointment to the Great Falls Transit Board and a commissioner moved to appoint Shiloh Patera to a four-year term; the motion was carried during the meeting. The meeting record does not provide roll-call vote tallies by name for these motions.