COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACCEPT NEW COUNTY SEAL DESIGN
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Nancy Marks, Reporter
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACCEPT NEW COUNTY SEAL DESIGN
Nancy Marks
Reporter
Broadwater County will have a new official seal, which was accepted at the Wednesday, July 12 by the commissioners. The new seal, presented by Clerk and Recorder Angie Paulsen, was designed by graphics specialist Roger Flynn.
The official county seal will meet the state’s legal requirements. Broadwater County previously had no official seal, according to Paulsen. The seal will be on the Commissioners’ banner and the county website as well as on all official mail.
The new seal’s design and implementation will include a banner and branding update. Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) monies of $1,500 covered the new seal. PILT monies are funds received in lieu of taxes from federal nontaxable lands in the county.
Captain Mark Wood of the Broadwater County Sheriff’s Office presented an updated mapping system for the department. The system works with Google Maps and GIS to help the department work more quickly to arrive at accidents without having to keep in close contact with the department’s dispatchers. Several of the officers will have access through their phones. Eventually, the system will be connected to the Broadwater Rural Fire Department as well, according to Wood. Cost to the department will be $45,320, to come out of their 911 fund and the Sheriff’s office’s general budget.” Once we receive your approval to purchase this upgrade, it should be up and running in sixty days,” Wood said. The commissioners approved the request for payment.
Commissioners passed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Montana Stockgrowers and Montana Wool Growers Association to pay the county’s share of payment for the associations’ predator control program. The program covers costs associated with investigating and paying for sheep and cattle losses. The payments are $8,014 and $1,256 annually to the Stockgrowers and Wool Growers respectively. Cattle and Sheep ranchers pay fees to the associations each year to cover animal losses.
Commissioner Darrel Folkvord presented the final Airport Hangar Lease for approval. Each Townsend City-County Airport hangar renter will pay a 4.9% increase over their current lease agreement. That amounts to 11.5 cents per square foot of hangar space. Hangars average 2,400 square feet, according to Folkvord. No hangars may be leased for residential use as per this new lease. The lease was approved by Townsend City Council at their July 10 meeting.
Larry Phillis of Three Forks joined the Three Forks District Mosquito Board as appointed by the commissioners. Broadwater County Weed and Mosquito Coordinator, Jessica Bushnell presented Phillis’ letter of interest.
Folkvord presented the Old Town Bridge Design Contract for the board’s approval. See separate story.
Commissioner Chair Debi Randolph congratulated Clerk of the Court Valerie Hornsveld for her 40 years of service in that position.
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Image 1 Caption: New Broadwater County Seal
