CARTER COUNTY COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS

 

March 11, 2022



02-14-2022

The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, February 14, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Vice Chair; was present. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; Mike Watkins; member were absent.

There was not a quorum until 1 p.m. for the public Health Board meeting. There were discussions with Commissioner Tauck until such time as the other commissioners called in to the meeting.

Road and bridge supervisor Carl Knapp joined the meeting. He has been contacted by Charles Parks who has steel that he purchased to build car gates.

DES coordinator, Georgia Bruski stopped in to let the Commission know that Representative Rosendale will be in Ekalaka on February 22, 2022 to meet with the Carter County Fire Warden, Neil Kittelmann.

The meeting was called into session at 1 p.m.

Public Health Board meeting.

Present: Vice Chair Rita Williams, Secretary Rod Tauck, Attorney Corbit Harrington, Public Health manager Stefanie Harrington, Public Health Nurse, Kirstie Nelson and Steve DeFord.

Call into the meeting included: Commissioner Steve Rosencranz and Mike Watkins. Public Health Officer/ Nurse Trish Laughlin.

The discussion points after the Health Board meeting included the need for a refrigerator for vaccine storage. Trish will get quotes from vendors to present to the Commissioners.

Stefanie asked how the County would pay Tori Price, the person who has been working on setting up the billing system set up. She has helped the Carter County Public Health acquire an MPI number. She will submit her hours through a temp agency or as a private contractor.

Trish was not aware that Tori Price was hired to do the work of getting the billing system set up. Trish would like to know what billing software she is setting up and what is the time frame for completion. She also asked for the amount that Tori will charge for her services.

Kirstie asked that she receive a job description for her position as Carter County Public Health Nurse.

Trish, Stefanie and Kirstie will meet to workout the details of setting up the billing system and the Public Health office and schedule a meeting with the commissioners.

The Ekalaka Airport Non-Federal 2023 grant NAVAIDS signature and approval was tabled until the next meeting.

Commissioner Rosencranz and Watkins hung-up.

Sheriff Neil Kittelmann stopped in to speak with the Commissioners. There was not a quorum and the meeting adjourned at 3 p.m.

Board of County Commissioners

Carter County, Montana

/s/ Steve Rosencranz, Chairman

Attest:/s/ Pamela J Castleberry, Clerk of the Board

02-22-2022

The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, January 27, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Vice Chair and Mike Watkins, Member; were present. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; was absent.

The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m.

There was no public comment.

OAC meeting:

Present for the meeting included Clerk and Recorder Pam Castleberry and Deputy Clerk and Recorder Judy Wright.

On the phone for the meeting included: John Neisner, and Cody Taggart of Scull Construction. Scott Cromwell of Slate Architecture, and Stewart from NorPac.

John, Cody, Scott and Contractors including NorPac and Star Plumbing were on site Tuesday, February 15, 2022 to diagnose temperature/heating issues in the new hospital.

Star Plumbing will be on site Thursday to fix the sewer smell in room # 1249 and the water leak in the kitchen.

They still have not figured out the reason that the ER wing system HVAC readings are not what they should be. They will continue to work on this issue until they solve the problem.

The kitchen hood damper was not functioning properly. They have corrected the issue and this has helped remedy the problems with the patient wing of the building.

The temperature in the dietary office has improved since the diagnostics that the crew ran on Tuesday. They have also adjusted the set point for the patient rooms and are now holding positive pressure and room temperatures of 72-74 degrees.

Attorney Corbit Harrington joined the meeting.

The was discussion of the addition or replacement of slot diffusers to the patient rooms. Scull will do an inventory of the number of diffusers needed the cost.

The OAC meeting adjourned at 10 a.m. The next meeting will be March 07, 2022 at 9 a.m.

Attorney Harrington discussed fire suppression for the County and the Town of Ekalaka.

Dahl Memorial CEO, Ryan Tooke joined the meeting. He has found that there is an improvement in the heating in the new hospital. He still has issues with the windows icing up.

Road and Bridge Supervisor Carl Knapp joined the meeting to request permission to purchase steel that would be used to make car gates from Charles Parks. There is enough steel to make 10 car gates. Commissioner Watkins made the motion to approve the purchase of the steel from Charles Parks. The cost of the steel is $9,7196.00 including delivery. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried.

The Road Department is interested in applying Mag Chloride to be used on 1 mile of Beaver Flat RD and 2 miles on the Chalk Buttes Road. Carter County would prep the road and hire Dust Busters Inc. to apply the Mag chloride. It is applied at a rate of 1/2 gallon sq. yard.

Carl also requested selling the boom from the 6x6 truck by bids. The commission agreed to this and an ad will be placed in the Ekalaka Eagle.

Montana State Representative Matt Rosendale, Shawn and Sidney stopped into the meeting while touring through Eastern Montana. The conversation touched on the repair of Highway 7 and wind farms.

Fair Board members Cam LaBree and Clay Smith joined the meeting to review plans to rebuild the pens in the horse barn at the Fair Grounds. The have accepted a quote from Ryan Bruski for $12,530.00 including labor. They would like to complete the project before the 2022 Days of ‘85. The Fair Board has requested that the County Road Crew install gravel to level out the pens before construction begins. Carl will have the Fair board contact him when they are ready for the gravel.

The Fair Board is also looking for someone to paint the buildings at the rodeo grounds this year.

Commissioner Watkins made the motion to approve the project to build new pens in the horse barns at the Fair Grounds with Ryan Bruski completing the work for a price of $12,530.00, to be completed before the 2022 Days of ‘85. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried.

Carl Knapp built a covered walk bridge across the canal at the new hospital. Carl and Vickie Knapp have donated it in honor of his dad Silas Knapp.

Commissioner Watkins made the motion to approve the meeting minutes for February 10, 2022. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried.

Troy Fruit, Airport Board president joined the meeting with a call to Craig Canfield of KLJ Engineering regarding the NAVAIDS grant. This grant will be used to replace the beacon light. Craig will send a list of FAA approved beacons. The Tower has been donated by the Fire Department and may be installed by Southeast Electric. They will send in the grant application when the installation is complete. The deadline for application is June, 2023. Commissioner Watkins made the motion to approve the non-Federal Airport NAVAIDS grant in the amount of $16,000.00. Commissioner Tauck seconded the motion. There was no public comment and the motion carried unanimously.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3 p.m.

Board of County Commissioners

Carter County, Montana

/s/ Steve Rosencranz, Chairman

Attest:/s/ Pamela J Castleberry, Clerk of the Board

 

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