Butte-Silver Bow Expenditure Review and Approval - August 28, 2025
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Butte-Silver Bow Expenditure Review and Approval - August 28, 2025
The Butte-Silver Bow Commission met to review and approve the weekly expenditure list. Due to a discrepancy between the transcript (which states the meeting was called to order on Wednesday, August 27, 2025) and the instruction (which specifies the meeting took place on August 28, 2025), the date used in this summary follows the instruction. Commissioners present: Thatcher, Boyle, Shea, and O'Leary. Commissioners O'Neill and Walker were excused. The meeting began with a brief discussion of line items on the expenditure list, followed by a motion to approve and adjournment.
Expenditure List Review
- Commissioner Shay inquired about charges from Computer Discount Warehouse appearing on multiple line items. No further explanation was provided in the transcript.
- Commissioner Boyle asked whether reimbursement is received for soil testing or if it is covered by county payroll. Director Hassler explained that soil testing and related departments are funded through an agreement with Atlantic Richfield British Petroleum, with funds drawn from a trust based on quarterly expenditures.
- Commissioner Thatcher asked whether all economic development expenditures were included. Director Hassler noted that some were missing proper W-9 documentation, so payments for those grant awards will be issued once documentation is received.
- Commissioner Thatcher moved to approve the expenditure list in the amount of $741,480.17. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Approved the expenditure list for August 27, 2025 (or August 28, 2025 per instruction) in the amount of $741,480.17.
- Meeting adjourned after approval.
Note: The transcript indicates the meeting was called to order on August 27, 2025, but the instruction states the meeting took place on August 28, 2025. This summary uses the instructed date for consistency.
Meeting Transcript
Okay, sorry about the delayed start. We were having some technical issues. Um I will call the meeting to order for Wednesday, August 27th, 2025. Um present are Commissioner Thatcher, Commissioner Boyle, Commissioner Shea, Commissioner O'Leary, let the record show that Commissioner O'Neill and Commissioner Walker are excused. Um Commissioner Larry, do you have any questions on this week's expenditure list? Commissioner Shay, do you have any questions? Just wondering what the computer discount warehouse charges that's on all of the in all of the line items. Well, not all of them, but a lot of the line items. Um Commissioner Boyle, do you have any questions? I did have one. When they do the testing for the metals, do we get reimbursed from somewhere for those or do the county payrolls? Uh thank you, Commissioner Boyle. Are you referring to um the water testing that is recently being conducted? No, for the for the soil testing. Oh, for the soil testing. So the soil testing, um, that whole all of those departments that are related to the Department of Reclamation um are funded through an agreement with um Atlantic Richfield British Petroleum. Um the the fund is in a the dollars are in a trust that we draw down from based on our quarterly expenditures. Thank you, Commissioner Boyle. Um Director Hassler, were these all of the economic development ones? Expenditures. Uh Commissioner Thatcher, they are not. There were some that were waiting um for W nines. Right, no. Um we didn't get the proper documentation back to issue a check. So once we get the W nines, the remainder from the the missing um grant award ease, uh, we'll issue those payments. Okay, perfect. Thank you very much. Um if no other commissioners have any questions, I will entertain a motion. Thank you. I will make a motion that uh the committee has reviewed the expenditure list for Wednesday, August twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-five, and approve in the amount of seven hundred forty-one thousand four hundred eighty dollars and seventeen cents. A motion's been made and seconded. Is there anything on the question? All those in favor? Aye. Against motion passes. If there are no other questions, comments, or concerns on the expenditure list, I will entertain a motion to adjourn. All those in favor? Aye. We are adjourned.
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