Butte Silver Bow Finance and Budget Committee Meeting - September 18, 2025
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Butte Silver Bow Finance and Budget Committee Meeting - September 18, 2025
Note: The transcript indicates the meeting was called to order on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, but the provided metadata specifies the meeting date as September 18, 2025. This summary uses the provided date per instruction.
The Finance and Budget Committee met to review and approve the expenditure list and discuss a budget transfer from the Health Department. Commissioners present: Thatcher, O'Neill, O'Leary, Shea. Commissioners Walker and Boyle were absent and excused. The meeting was called to order, and the expenditure list was approved unanimously. A budget transfer was also reviewed and accepted without objection.
Consent Calendar
- Expenditure List Approval: The committee reviewed and approved the expenditure list for September 17, 2025 (per transcript) in the amount of $570,513.12. The motion was made, seconded, and passed with all present voting in favor. No questions were raised except a clarification on the law enforcement vehicle camera subscription.
Discussion Items
- Law Enforcement Vehicle Camera Subscription: Commissioner O'Neill asked about the nature of the subscription. Staff explained that the department no longer purchases software; instead, a subscription service is used for cloud storage of body camera and vehicle camera footage. The vendor holds the data, and the county does not store it locally.
- Budget Transfer: A transfer from the Health Department was presented: a decrease of $1,114 from operating supplies and an increase into printing, dues/subscriptions, and training. The funds cover printing and duplicating for Plan A print materials, renewal of an UpToDate subscription for the nurse practitioner, and vasectomy training. No further discussion occurred.
Key Outcomes
- Approval of Expenditure List: Motion passed unanimously to approve the expenditure list of $570,513.12.
- Budget Transfer Acknowledged: The budget transfer of $1,114 was accepted without a formal vote, as the committee moved to adjourn after its presentation.
- Adjournment: Motion to adjourn passed unanimously.
Meeting Transcript
Um, I'm gonna call finance and budget to order for Wednesday September 17th, 2025 year good. Thanks, Commissioner Larry. Um present are Commissioner Thatcher, Commissioner O'Neill, Commissioner O'Lary, Commissioner Shea. Let the record show that Commissioner Walker and Commissioner Boyle are absent and excused. Um Commissioner Shea, we will start with you. Do you have any questions on the expenditure list? No questions. Commissioner O'Leary. Commissioner O'Neill. The law enforcement vehicle camera subscription. So does it mean by subscription? Do you know? Uh Commissioner O'Neal. Um they do not um we don't purchase software anymore. It's all um called subscription as a service. And so um it's a subscription that allows us to when they take their either from their body cams or from their cameras in their vehicle and it uploads it to um uh like storage on the cloud. And so they hold that um information for us. We don't store any of that ourselves, and it's just all by subscription. Any other questions, Commissioner O'Neill? Thank you for that question. Um, if there are no other questions or concerns, I'll entertain a motion. I will make a motion that we have reviewed and it approve the expenditure list for Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, in the amount of five hundred and seventy thousand five hundred thirteen dollars and twelve cents. Motion's been made and seconded. Is there anything on the question? All those in favor? Aye. Against motion passes. Um there was a budget transfer. Um looks like from the health department in the uh an in or a decrease out of operating supplies and increase into printing, um dues and subscriptions and training in the amount of one thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars. Looks like to cover the cost of printing and duplicating for plan A print materials, dues and subscriptions for renewal of up to date subscription for the nurse practitioner and training for vasectomy training. And that is it. So if there are no other questions, comments, or concerns, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. All those in favor?
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