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06.25.2024 Tues AM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
• Demolition of morgue/sheriff’s storage building halted to sub-contract removal of
over-threshold asbestos and lead
• County website video being updated to include new clinic on reservation, RN
training program, outdoor recreation, national jet ski championship; will highlight
local meat and produce
• Commissioner Branch called to emergency meeting about future of Economic
Development district
• Vague discussions about Branch’s chairing of Workforce Development Council, his
experiences with state legislature
• Reference made to courts remaining in courthouse, Planning, Building and Public
Works sharing space in new building
• Departments should learn proper language for making requests for budget
supplements
• Aeneas Irrigation to receive letter of support for $110,000 grant
• Assessor discusses possible land purchase in Ellisforde for EMS district
• Meeting adjourned at noon