Should we hit it on the exact second?

I'd like to call the Butte Silver Bowl Council of Commissioners regular meeting for Wednesday, September 17, 2025 to order.

Clerk, could we please have roll call?

Nine present three absent.

Nine present three absence, please note the Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Walker, and Commissioner Boyle are all absent from tonight's agenda.

So since we do not have uh Commissioner Walker, could I have Commissioner Thatcher lead us in the prayer in the pledge?

Almighty God, we implore you look upon us and guide us this night as we make decisions which so greatly affect our community of Butte Silver Boat.

Direct our thoughts, words, and deeds so that we please you and best serve our fellow citizens.

Amen.

And to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, the individual with liberty and justice for all.

Next we'll move to any public comment on any item on tonight's agenda.

If you'd like to come forward, speak on any item that will be on tonight's agenda, please state your name, yeah, your address in the item that you'd like to speak about.

And that there'll be a button right there that you can there you go.

Hi.

We just had to move residents because the person that was living under us got off of his meds and he started using drugs.

And it just became really, really scary.

So I know how that feels to feel afraid of something I didn't have any control of.

But I just I've I've lived in um Missoula and I seen what they did to homeless people.

They used to live around the Capitol.

So what they did was they like they cut the tree, they cut the branches off of the trees in the Capitol and made it, you know, you can't c camp around the Capitol.

So then the homeless people start living in this camp out on in Howlsgate.

And so they did the same thing.

They just cut the branches off with the trees.

And billings, you they don't have any benches anywhere because a homeless person will sit on it.

And I just don't think that we should be punished for things like that.

And I think that's all I have to say.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Is there any other public comment on any item on the agenda tonight?

Seeing none, we'll move to the approval of the minutes of the September 3rd and September 2nd September 3rd regular meeting, September 2nd special meeting.

Commissioner Morgan.

Thank you, Mr.

Chief Executive.

At this time, I'll make a motion that we approve the minutes of the September 3rd regular meeting minutes and September 2nd, the special meeting minutes.

We have a motion and second approving the September 3rd regular meeting minutes and a separate September 2nd special meeting minutes.

Is there anything on the question?

Could commissioners please vote?

And would anyone like to change their vote?

Clerk, please record the vote.

Nine, yay, zero nay.

Nine yay, zero nay.

Motion passes.

We don't have any items not addressed on tonight's agenda, so I'll just go on to the chief executive's report.

Um there's not a lot that we um have going on really in town.

There's a lot going on, but um nothing to really report on.

Um again, um, we want to continue um celebrating tech's 125th anniversary and supporting the the university.

I was just up there, the border regions is visiting Montana Tech.

They had an open house with them tonight.

Um there's just a lot of activity and a lot of uh, you know, as fall comes in the sports for all of the schools and stuff.

I just encourage people to to support the all the different schools, not just in sports, but in the academic activities and things that they have as well.

So with that, um I know I was also um talking to Commissioner O'Leary, he's gonna go up to the Mako conferences this next week, and I'll be up there as well.

And so um I think that's a great it's great that we have a commissioner going up to represent Butte Silver Bowl um up at the commissioner up at the Mako conference as well, so that'll be great.

Um with that I'm gonna close out the public or uh the chief executive's report and we'll move on to section one bid openings public hearings and our presentations.

We do have one presentation tonight, communication number 2025-386, Julie Bushmaker, Silver Bowl Public Library Chairperson requesting council commissioners authorization to schedule a presentation on September 17, 2025 to have Steph Johnson, Butte Silver Bowl Library Director give an update on the annual report of the Butte Silver Bowl Public Library.

Welcome, Miss Johnston.

Do you want to pull the there we go?

Thank you.

Better thank you.

Thank you for your patience.

Um thank you, Mr.