It's August 6th, Tuesday August 6th, and we are opening, calling the meeting to order
again at 9.05.
Call the meeting to order, claims, I don't see them yet.
Is this from yesterday?
That's the letter that Shauna needed so that she can talk to the internet people so they
can figure out what's wrong with the CAD system.
And we all agreed to that, didn't we?
Looking pretty good out there.
Are you Christine O'Neil?
I don't know.
I didn't say my last name.
That's what I said.
No man.
I just said, this is Christine with Daniels County.
And then she didn't ask about the commissioners and she said she didn't care if they were
the same.
That was on the original thing.
And I was down at the parks board looking for the septic tank.
There is two pipes out there and I pulled them off and it looks like deep down, but it looks
like water and it looks like they got a sump pump in one of them.
And I was on the east side and I couldn't find anything.
You smell?
No.
Well, the sewer should have smelled you could have smelled me.
There's no sewer functioning, Gary.
If it's full of water, maybe that's full of water, the sewer, and that wouldn't make
it not work as well.
I'd like to talk to Joe Cromo.
He might know where it was or is.
That's where that map to the show where they were.
Yeah.
Well, if we ever find it, a guy should at least put it on there.
Yeah.
J.P.
Just a minute.
You want us to stand?
You think it's tough for us to come before you?
Yeah.
Well, you can always come in and visit us like they did today.
You didn't even have to show up, huh?
I got to read my e-mails.
Hotel reservations for the conference coming up.
That was about it.
Yeah.
Rough day.
Pretty good day.
Yeah.
Where's your conference at?
Helena.
Okay.
Well, I'm going to go around by Idaho and come back so we get some more mileage.
I do that.
I don't charge for it.
That's when I drive my in-net car and get 28 miles to the gallon.
God, the old pro-co-law come through.
We did it in check.
Big?
Not really.
I don't buy chemicals from them.
Oh, you're talking personal.
Oh, that's all I do.
Well, I thought the county gets one.
Oh!
Well, that, I don't know.
Well, that'll make Garrett happy, probably make me happy too.
He paid most of the bills yesterday.
Temporary recess.
It's 9.30.
And our agenda item is Tammy Flattiger clerk of court requests for a credit card for office.
Yeah.
Thanks.
I just want to make an official request.
Dottie's been in the credit card for reserving rooms and paying hotel rooms.
She doesn't have one available for that.
She can also use it to buy little things for the office instead of getting claim forms signed
each and every time.
But that's the process for buying things through the county.
Getting the claim forms signed.
But still you get the form on the...
Well, I sent an email to Kurt, the auditor, asking his opinion.
Because I personally, not that it's you asking, anybody asking, that this would be a nightmare.
Because the library will want one, the road will want one.
I mean, everybody's going to want one.
Doesn't the road have one?
No.
No.
Everything runs through ours, through the county one that we have.
And when people need hotel rooms, we call ahead, we give them the authorization, they put it on our credit card
so it doesn't matter that way.
So I sent one to Kurt, because I was just curious their take on it, because
they're the ones who audit our books and we don't want to give them all that or whatever.
But he said, you can do it if everybody follows the policy.
What's the policy?
Right?
We don't have one.
Okay.
That said, it usually becomes a headache for our office because it bypasses the regular accounts payable process,
which is what you got in front of you.
And it just will end up having to chase down receipts and invoices that the department heads lose or don't have.
Most of the time, it's more trouble than what it's worth.
So that's his take.
If we just limit it to hotel rooms, then maybe that's the policy.
But that's where it becomes the biggest pain is trying to track down a credit card.
But it's what people do all the time through our office.
I do my own.
Well, you do.
That's your choice.
But we've done it for a lot of offices.
We do it for the road.
We've done it for Michael P.
We've done it for Julie.
All they do is come in and tell us where they're in the sheriff's office.
I mean, we've done it for a lot of people.
It's just convenient.
When we do, when you reserve a motel room, going to a convention on that card, it has never worked for me when I get there.
And I think we've had this conversation.
Is there something else?
There's a form, an authorization form that the hotel sends us that we set back.
They always ask for the credit card.
They do.
And I end up using my own credit card on it.
If the room is reserved up the counties, I use my own credit card.
I come back, I fill out a claim and I get reimbursed.
They don't want to see the cards because I know the roper's been fined.
It's been fined with Julie's.
I've never made it work to all the conventions I've gone to.
I've always, they said they don't have the authorization or they say, where's this credit card?
They said they don't have it.
Well, so I just use my own.
It's not a real big deal to me.
It's, you know, as long as, and there's no charges on it until you're actually there.
And, you know, it's just to reserve it.
Right.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Like I said, it's worked for, but whatever.
But I'm just, okay.
So that's this thing.
And the other thing I just know it's going to open up everybody wanting their own.
And the only problem with that.
Well, and the only issue we have there and it's happened is people will put stuff on the credit card that we don't pay for.
So when it comes to us, then all of a sudden we've got this charge on there and you guys disallow it or whatever.
I mean, skip to that.
Remember when he was, we had some alcohol drinks and we get tips on them and we get other stuff.
And all of a sudden it's up to us.
Now we have to collect the money.
They don't always, are always coming forth with paying as fast.
So the sheriff's department has a credit card?
Well, they have to because they go out of town and transport prisoners and they need it for gas and, and, um, yeah.
So that's why they got theirs.
What about like a second credit card with the same number, you know, they could just take with them to the.
Yeah.
Yeah, for some reason we just have the one card.
That way you wouldn't be out.
Everything would still go through the same credit card count.
Right.
And ours has the 20,000, well not ours, the counties has a $20,000 limit on it.
Because we opted enough to take care of a bunch of stuff.
The ones who have their own is the sheriff's office and that's because when they transport and they have to be once for the same reason for when they transfer people out of county.
Maybe just an extra copy of a card so when they go to conference.
Yeah, that would work and they could take it with them.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We can ask for that.
I don't know why, like I said, I'm not really sure why we've only got the one card that comes to us.
Yeah, because every time you go to check in they want to see the card.
Yeah.
And we need to make hotel reservations and, you know, we're out there and might as well make them ourselves.
So that would be great.
So then we'll just get another card with the same number.
Sounds good to me.
And then when you need it you can come down and grab it and use it.
Perfect.
I like it.
I just could just see every card.
Can you get it in case I want to use it?
Sure.
Oh, we got it.
That's what it is for the board control.
Every vehicle is assigned a card.
Every board control vehicle has a credit card to that vehicle.
Right.
So they put a gas or repairs or whatever goes right to that vehicle's account.
Yeah.
And I can see that kind of working.
But boy, if you don't have somebody in the same outfit all the time, it's never going to work.
Well, see the sheriff's office, they have the pro-claw cards, you know, whatever.
They all used to have like skip hat number one, under sheriff hat number two, the deputy had number three.
Well, now they're all mixed up.
So now it's like, you don't even know.
Clint has number nine because I think they lost one, or no, when we had four when that kind of number became number nine.
So then he's been using that one the whole time.
It's kind of like, but I mean, which is all right for them as long as they know.
As long as they know.
But yeah, it's kind of crazy.
So, but yeah, we will call at least something to get more.
Get another copy.
Perfect. Thank you.
Yeah.
Let's see.
Motion.
I'll make a motion to get another duplicate copy of what we got.
Motion made in seconded.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Aye.
The unanimous.
How does Dottie not have a private property?
Call the traffic for her.
Yeah.
Yep.
And she's, you know, doesn't want to go there.
I don't blame her.
So it's like I got one temporary recess.
Sorry.
It is 10 o'clock and we're doing our 10 o'clock Neil Holm fire equipment is on the agenda.
We are recording.
Okay.
So it's been fire season.
No.
That old 74 fire truck missed three fires because of breakdowns.
Is that blue?
That red one.
That red two wheel drive.
Unfortunately, I think we're going to have to figure out something to get updated there
sooner than later.
It's getting harder to find parts for it's getting old enough that it just doesn't.
74.
74 Chevy.
Yep.
Or it's a two ton.
Flatbed on it.
Flatbed with tank.
Just a fountain of information.
What are the breakdowns?
So it was fuel filled or fuel pump.
So it didn't, it wasn't getting gas.
And for what reason, we have no idea.
It's just getting on dependable.
I mean, it really is.
I've done some looking.
Let me see.
There is a, like a super cab, a 2008 Ford 4x4 brush truck for 45,000.
Has the walk through on the back.
So you fight fire behind the cab instead of.
Out in front of the nose.
Out in front.
I have found some cabin chassis.
Stay got any things?
We have everything the state has.
You got no upgrading stuff?
No.
All we can have is five.
Give me this one back.
You want me to give our truck to the state?
The one that ain't working.
It's our truck.
It's a county truck.
Yeah, but if they give us a good one.
They can give us another good one.
This is something they can use.
So the state can only give us so much.
It's so much per.
And I can take one of the state ones away from the farm.
Somebody out on the farm.
But I'm not going to.
I'm not going to give somebody out on a farm.
An undependable truck.
Because usually they're by themselves when they come to a fire.
You know, I just.
I don't know.
I don't know what, how, how we need to go about doing it.
I do.
I've had the USDA or not USDA down in Wolf Point.
Do loans and grants and stuff down there.
Great northern.
Great northern.
She has approached me.
They do low interest loans.
They do grants.
But there's some hoop she got to jump through.
It's got to be put out on bids.
It's got to be, you know, stuff like that.
So I don't know.
I don't know how you guys feel about it.
But if we should take a loan and get a vehicle and then have it budgeted every year for a payment.
Or what?
To me, it feels like there's, there needs to be something done with that truck.
Whether we take it out of service and only run with two or what, I don't, I don't, I don't know.
You've got it going.
It is going again now.
But for how long?
Who knows?
I mean.
What was the year on it?
It's a 74.
Looks like it's the oldest one.
Yes.
Ten years at least.
Yeah.
So I guess you can think on that one a little bit.
The other thing went to another fire and the old suburban, it broke down.
The fuel injector was stuck open.
As we're coming back through town and drove past that pickup that's sitting there abandoned,
sitting at the sheriff's office.
I've done some research on that.
It is, it sounds like it is an abandoned vehicle.
Perry Wolf couldn't be here.
He's at some meetings in Great Falls.
What he told me was if we are interested in it,
we need to have some kind of county letterhead with a letter that says that we are interested in this vehicle.
And he's got to go through some paperwork and it kind of sounded like he had to value it.
But he said he would work with the county fire department on it to get it.
Can John Gary Christofferson's pickup?
Yeah.
And that would only be a command vehicle.
I would say pursue it.
Because even if you have to get a bonded title, it's going to be less than 500 bucks to do it all the paperwork.
And you're going to buy much for that.
Right.
So I'll pursue that and see what he was still trying to get a hold of.
I guess he's got so long.
He has to try so long to get a hold of his Gary's kids.
And he says neither one of them have said anything.
Absolutely pursue this.
So what would the intentions be then with the suburban?
Well, and that's if I'm going to pursue this, I will go to the city because the city does actually have the title for the suburban.
But I will.
So it's their vehicle.
But the county has put a bunch of money into it.
We put the motor in it.
So I'll talk with them.
And if we can at least, you know, if they sell the suburban, if we can outfit the new truck with lights and siren and stuff like that with that money, some of that money that they get from the suburban, I would say that it would work out.
Suburbans got all that equipment, lights and stuff on it.
It does.
Will it work in this one?
I think it could with some modifications.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're going from something that has a drip rail on the roof to something that doesn't.
So the mounting process.
Depends on you.
Yeah.
And then, you know, that suburban has a big council in the center where I don't know if it would fit in this pickup.
I don't, you know, but you could change that.
You could remake a council.
I think this one is my number.
It has the buddy seat in the middle of it.
Yeah.
You'd have to look inside.
If it has a buddy seat, you could take it out and put a council in there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Which you'd probably want to do that anyway.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
So I'll pursue that one.
And I don't know what you guys want to think on the other.
I mean, like I say, it is going for now, but I just don't know for how long.
I mean, it...
And if we did get a different one, what would be the intentions of the old one?
I think sell it.
As is.
I would think so.
I mean, if some other farmer needs...
And if they're not, if they're not...
If they're just idling it around with their equipment, fighting fire, I think it's going to be great.
But for us, depending on it, to get to...
Point A to point B.
And to save, well, the one out in Richland, we were a quarter of a mile from a house.
You know, if we wouldn't have got there, it'd have got there.
So you would sell this...
Equipped as a fire truck.
Yes.
Okay.
Yes.
Take the lights and siren off of it, but yes.
We all the apparatus and all that.
Yes.
You know, somebody might want that.
It's probably better than what I got right now.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So like I say, I've been kind of keeping my eye open.
And how we want to do it is a whole nother deal.
Do we want to just get a cabin chassis and pay somebody here to build it?
Or do we want to get a full-ready fire truck?
What's the deal with those pickups with the sheriff's office?
I mean, the one like Skips old one and Duane's old one.
What's the status?
I mean, is there any way to use those to other departments?
Duane's old one, I think needs an engine.
Okay.
Is that right?
Yeah.
That four...
That's the cities, right?
That's the cities.
The blue.
The blue one.
The blue one.
Yep.
Yep.
And then what about the extendable cap with the campground?
I thought that was supposed to be the corner situation.
Which one was bought for in the first place.
But that's Stone Garden, correct?
Yep.
That is Stone Garden.
So what happens on those Stone Garden ones when you're done with the vehicle?
Do you have to get it back to Stone Garden?
Do you sell it and get it back to Stone Garden?
So what we did with the side-by-side thing he bought.
Okay.
So then we sold it and then we bought that new one and that money went towards that.
So they only reimbursed us minus, you know, 32,000 minus the 9,000 we got or whatever.
So if that pick up or to be repurposed or acquired stuff, then the fire department would
have to come up with the money to pay.
The boot.
You'd have to buy it, yeah.
You'd have to.
We have to put it out for bids.
They have to buy it.
And I've checked into that.
You don't have to.
Stone Garden, if you're going to hold the head of Stone Garden, can actually re-appoint that.
And my question is, could it be re-appointed as a coroner's vehicle?
It might be a stretch.
I don't know.
I mean, it can be.
It has to go from one government entity to another government entity, but it doesn't actually
have to be bought from place to place.
Stone Garden can re-appoint it.
You're kind of stepping on toes, doing it that way, but it can be done.
It'd just be nice to see it used.
Yeah.
And I did use it.
You're just sitting there doing the hells.
I did use it during the...
Why is it?
Why don't they use it?
Okay.
Sorry.
You're going to have people that run all over you?
Well, yeah.
You've got K driving around in the little car.
And then that blue pick up.
And then what's the...
Well, the blue pick up.
The wind's got the white one.
The white one.
Why don't we get rid of it?
Oh, the escape, for example.
It still runs?
Whatever, yeah.
He's got that.
I think it still runs.
I don't know.
Did you set it up?
Or did they machine it?
No, and then me and you.
No, I haven't seen it yet.
The decals are offered.
So the three-quarter ton, there's no lights, siren, decals, nothing left on it.
They took everything off.
That was one with the topper?
Yeah.
For the purpose of being a corner vehicle, right?
When Mona was here, she wanted to sell it.
That was her plan, was to get rid of it and buy something like another half-ton pickup.
So the complaint that I've heard on that pickup is it's way too rough.
Well, yeah, it's a three-quarter ton pickup.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.
Oh, we were thinking about the road crew with it at one time.
But it's because it's stone garden.
It was kind of a difficult transfer.
Yeah.
A person should get a hold of the head of that stone garden because it used to be, because
I talked to Tommy Gomez, and he used to kind of...
He used to be a local.
He was from Ponywood.
He had over there.
And he's the one that told me that, no, it can be transferred, but he's retired now,
so I don't know who the head of the stone garden is anymore.
And that might be between government.
We see we sold that to private, so we had to do it that way.
But like the trailer that the fire department got, we wouldn't have had to pay for that.
It could have been transferred and still under stone garden.
Because we're still under stone garden, actually.
They still come and inspect that.
Look at that trailer.
It's still on their list.
Oh.
Gosh, I wonder if we could...
I mean, that was the purpose of why Skip bought that with the topper.
Yeah.
But he had to take...
He had to dig up a body.
Dig up a body and take it to Billions for...
Oh, yeah.
That pocketed him in.
And it was in the heat of the summer.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And that's when it was decided...
He decided that, my God, we need a little van or air conditioning unit like the mortician has, you know, and we've had to use...
Well, then he decided to let the mortician take it down, take the bodies down if needed.
Right.
Use a...
In that situation, that makes a whole lot more sense, doesn't it?
Yeah.
But as a coroner, you're just transporting the body generally, so...
So I guess...
They're not supposed to be transporting them in an ambulance.
And why is that?
I don't know, but in a situation I was involved in, they came up with the ambulance and the undue sheriff or deputy sheriff at the time was having a real fit about it that, you know, that was not the proper...
Vehicle to be transporting the dead body in.
Right.
And Bob and Joe has asked for a system to be put into that pickup of skips, you know, a thing to put a cot in, because when you lay it right on there, all the ridges and everything, you know, affect the way the body gets beat up in there.
So she had asked about the cot.
Turn the corner and then they roll.
Right.
Well, there's lock systems, I'm sure, for... for cops, a kind of lock system that you could put in there.
Yeah, it just snaps, man.
I think everybody in charge had different opinions.
Yeah.
So it still fit.
Right.
But it sat in there for almost two years and nobody had turned the wheel with it.
It got the hell beat out of it one time by rock, because it was sitting there.
I was a little upset because if the fire department would have headed it had been in a building, it wouldn't have got hit.
Yeah.
That was our plan, because we wanted to start buying vehicles that we could, like our road trough could use.
Yeah.
And that three-quarter ton would be perfect for our road trough.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know that was our intentions of that vehicle.
Yeah.
Well, a corner would not need a three-quarter ton vehicle.
No.
Period.
And I guess that the ambulance thing just blows my mind, because I've been out on them where you're trying to lift somebody into the back of a pickup,
or the ambulance is sitting right there.
They've got a cop that you push a button and it loads the person for you.
I mean, I don't understand why the ambulance can't haul them.
They're there anyway.
I would like to know what, I'd show me the proof, I guess.
We're in the MCA code or policy, does it say?
I mean, I think that was just that one particular person wanting to be in charge of everything.
Well, what about using the Suburban for a corner outfit?
Is that possible?
That's what it was originally.
I guess the city would let that, yeah.
That one, I don't think was.
That one came from the...
Stand to witness.
No, I got the one that...
Yeah.
I think I have two.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The one that we have now came from was a transport vehicle from the airport to the hospital in billing.
I'm just saying with a new motor and stuff and little maintenance, it might work out for that because it's not going to be used that often.
Right.
Right.
And I'd rather have something like that sitting to be used for that than a $30,000 outfit sitting there.
Right.
That never gets used.
And if it's an issue, if we've got to take something to billing, let's get the notation to...
Get the notation to...
Yeah, we kind of got a contract with, not a contract, we got an admirable.
I think so.
Yeah.
What about that?
Well, he's more likely pretty good at what he does too.
Because that's what they used on the last one we were on.
They used his Suburban.
I think it was a Suburban.
They brought it out.
That's what Bobby Joe brought out.
And we helped her load him in that.
It came from, I think it's the one from Culbertson or something.
He's...
No, North Dakota.
Right.
Yeah.
He's connected over there too.
Yeah.
But that's where that one came from, I guess.
They've been using it here for right now.
But...
Yeah, I don't know.
Well, if we wanted to use that, I don't...
Yeah, we need to talk to somebody that if they can transfer between, might be a push,
trying to get it to be used, that the big long box top pickup to switch it over to County Road,
that might be a little bit of a push for Stone Garden.
But the process would be, value it, we get something different,
and we got to make up the difference that would still be a better deal.
Right.
And we, you know, could use it.
They might say that, he was talking about the sprayer pickups, wasn't he?
He said he was sitting pretty good with the pickup.
So with all the pickups, not just sprayer pickups, but...
All but the one that he said is going to possibly...
Yeah, that's one of the sprayers to run that little gold one and a half ton.
So the big thing with that pickup, if you were thinking of trying to make it a fire truck,
is it's so low to the ground and it's so long, it wouldn't work as a fire truck.
It would be stuck.
We're having that problem with the one that Peerless has right now.
It's so low to the ground that the transmission cable actually melts
and they can't shift it anymore.
It's, I mean, the frame on that one out there is only about this high off the ground.
That's an old school three board.
Yeah, this one's got a little more room, but it's not, it's so long that it just...
Is that what adds into that Peerless fire truck?
This shift cable, burnt?
Yeah.
What are you doing driving all the fires?
It wasn't me.
He was stuck down the road trying to get to the fire.
I don't get this old wreck we got.
Don't know which gas tank is working, the switch won't work.
So I said, well, we better fill them both up.
One filled up real quick.
So that's the one that ain't working.
But I looked underneath and, oh, the filler was just leaking.
I think we better suck some out of there.
Yup.
Yup.
So, well there's options there anyway, so it sounds, you just got to decide on the vehicles.
But as far as the fire truck goes, it sounds like that's inevitable if we're going to have to do something.
Yeah.
Got to get a plan.
Where'd you find this one?
Oh, it's online.
Okay, and I don't even remember what...
Is there anybody you're capable of finishing off a truck?
Well, as a department we could.
But it's time.
It's time, you know what I mean?
It'd be much more, probably, of a winter-type project then?
It would be, you know...
And I do think one of these days the insurance is going to come and tell us,
and no more standing on the front of them trucks.
I mean, it actually is the best way to fight fire, but it's dangerous too.
Can't you put an apparatus in front?
Yeah.
Don't want to have one of them?
Spray nozzle?
Yeah.
I mean, that replaces that individual.
They do, but it's still not the same.
No, I don't...
The reaction time.
Right, right.
And they say if they're not up high enough so you can see where they're actually spraying,
you don't know where they're spraying.
So now they make them with a camera on them,
or you get them up so high that you can't see around them hardly.
They're just not a good...
Where this, and it's not going to be great,
but it's got a cage behind the cab that people can walk back and forth,
and you can fight fire from right behind the cab.
Which with pressure you'd be...
And the water'd be still kind of almost out in front of you.
Yep, yep.
Yep.
Well, that sounds like a lot safer unit.
I'm just...
Yeah, I'm kind of undecided what we want to pursue,
if we want to pursue an actual truck, four wheel drive truck,
or a pickup truck.
How expensive are you looking at?
Well, this one's $45,000 for a 2008 Ford.
And this one's fully equipped?
This one's fully equipped.
Well, that doesn't sound like too expensive.
Do you know how to deal with that?
And it's all ready to go?
Yeah.
So it's...
How many miles are on it in the other hours?
Do they go by either?
Let me see if it shows...
Diesel or gas?
Seeing that's the other thing.
I'm 24,500 miles.
Whoa.
Ew.
There's been a lot of fires.
It's a gas engine.
Which is fine.
I wouldn't go with a diesel right now for fighting fire.
I wouldn't.
They have way too many problems.
Whitetail has one.
And he says the other day he was coming to the fire,
it derated him because his DPF filter was plugging up.
Well, he finally got that to where it...
And he said another fire, it's idled down
because it's cleaning out the DPF filter.
He said it's just a pain.
Which that one would have in a way.
The only thing I would have to look at for this one
is the length of it because it's a super cab.
You know, it's the extended cab.
If it's going to fit in the hall.
Because the big blue four-wheel drive has to go in that...
Yeah, there's only one spot where this would...
We'd have to make sure it would fit.
Well, it don't sound like a bad price to me.
Where's it at?
It says U.S. Southwest.
That's all it says.
Arizona type thing?
Looks like something you could drive back in a year.
Oh, hush. We could fly it, yeah.
Get Lee into it.
Get Lee into it.
He does, actually.
Um...
If it just doesn't say exactly where it's at...
Well, if you call, if you'd find out.
Yeah.
See if it's still available.
It's not from Bubble Love or whatever that dude said.
No, no, no.
Yeah.
Firetrucks Unlimited is the company that it's through.
Well, I think maybe she needs some more information on it.
Yeah, absolutely.
You know, at one time we were looking at government surplus stuff.
Um...
I don't know what...
It was such a hassle.
It seemed, and it seemed...
Well, we got our number...
Sheriff Baldry was the guy in charge.
We had to get the number and...
We had to sit on the phone to get this stuff.
When it comes online, you've got to be there.
Well, he wouldn't give us a damn number.
So we had to go to Glasgow's.
Looks like Nevada.
Is where that place is from?
Well, that's far away.
Henderson, Nevada.
That'd be a thousand miles or less.
Gotta give me a little spending money.
I'd go to Laughlin and then drive the rest of the way.
Come back with a pedal bike.
Yeah, that's better.
Well...
Lost in Laughlin.
Got hosed in Laughlin.
But it's close to where it's at!
I can do some research on it and see...
The bad thing is that I...
Too long.
And I'm afraid it's too long, but I'll get a measurement.
I would almost bet by the next meeting it's gone, though.
I mean, it's one of them things where they go fast.
So then you've got to make a phone call again.
Find out how long it is.
Yeah.
I guess if it fits, go for it.
That seems like a great price for what you're getting.
Yeah, okay.
I will do some checking into it.
Maybe that should be another loan for the intercap loan people at this date.
Maybe I need to send her...
See if they can give us a loan for something like that.
It's cheaper in trust.
Correct.
And I totally agree with that.
And I don't know if a loan through...
Down there at Laughlin Point...
If you have to jump through the hoops...
Because that's a low-interest loan, too.
That's right.
You know, through Great Northern.
I don't know.
I know for the...
Well, I guess the main thing right now...
Is make that phone call see if it'll fit.
If not, then you've got more time.
But right now...
If you want that individual pickup, or a big truck...
Yeah.
That's a shame that we couldn't buy a truck because it wouldn't fit in the garage.
Maybe it'll fit in the horse car.
And we'd have to scoop shit first.
So what did you come up with?
You would have to.
We're not doing anything until the minority gets cleaned up.
And somebody picks up and runs with it.
Yeah, but putting it out there and we'd have to get it heated and stuff.
Yeah.
But I guess we'll know more after your phone call.
Yeah.
You know, one-way ticket to Las Vegas, which is just...
Henderson is just the outskirts of Las Vegas.
Sure it is.
From Williston for $150 to $580.
Yeah, the transport part of it.
Just be driving it back.
And there are people that transport them because they brought that rescue truck up on a truck.
I mean, that's...
Yeah.
It used to be a buck a mile they'd charge you.
It's probably more than that now.
You gotta be a bull in that flatbed.
Yeah.
It depends on how much it weighs.
What are you going to charge us for?
I could eat to drive to town.
What the hell, I thought since you became a commissioner, you donated your cash now.
Okay, I will make a phone call and find out what length this is.
Give us your call.
Come back.
I would say if it's something that's going to work and fit, pursue it.
Yeah, absolutely.
We need to have good fire trucks right now.
Well, in a 74 is just...
I mean, it's 50 years old.
Oh, my equipment's old.
Not quite.
It fits your place very well.
I know, boy.
How much you want for it?
I'll have one more item.
$20,000.
Go sell for you.
No, I think I'll just let mine burn out.
There you go.
I think I'll just take worn shirts.
No, I mean, that's the other thing.
I don't know what that truck would be worth, but it would have to go out on sealed bids, wouldn't it?
Yes.
I mean, so you can get out of it.
Well, you can reject her.
Right, but I mean...
You can reject her, too.
So...
Boy, looking at it, do you think it won't fit, huh?
I'm afraid of it, but...
I don't know, I can show you.
How much room do you got?
You got 30 feet?
So that two-wheel drive truck just barely fits in there.
But that's a truck.
That's a truck.
They're going to be a lot longer, right?
Oh, I'll bet you that'll fit where the truck was.
But if you keep talking about it, it's going to be gone.
You better make a phone call.
Yeah, I was going to say, get your phone call made and let us know.
Yeah, I'll see you there.
So...
Yeah, get on it.
We're available at 430.
Okay, I'll have a phone call and be back.
Or sooner.
Or sooner.
Or sooner.
Okay, Neil, you can just write a check for it.
Yeah, I'll put it for it.
Submit a claim form.
We'll have the claim back to you.
We'll get back to you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is that it?
No, the tone is changing, isn't it?
I think that's everything I have.
That's enough.
Oh, no, it's not it.
Okay.
This is just an idea.
Our water tender is too small for what we have anymore.
I mean, we can have it empty in half an hour out of fire.
We have lots of water tenders that come to us.
It's not a problem.
Do you chill here?
Yes.
There is an option.
One of the fuel tank trailers that Pro Co-op has is going to be coming up for sale.
I don't know if that's something we want to try in,
or if we want to just stay with what we have and rely on water coming to us.
Has it ever been a problem?
It hasn't been a problem, no.
Pro Co-op usually always comes with their water truck.
Jesper comes with his water truck most of the time if I call,
and there's lots of farmers around.
I think for the time being, the situation we're in,
I think we just put that on hold right now.
And I get that damn truck, the fire's fighting out.
What's coming up for sale though?
It's a two-axle tanker trailer,
fuel trailer that you can convert to water.
What is this?
Seven thousand gallons, I think?
Would a guy need a tractor?
Maybe you'd have to have a truck to put under it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, we can work on that later on,
because we'd have to have a total different setup for that.
You wouldn't have to have any place to put that in.
No, you'd have to winterize it for the winter and stuff like that.
But yeah, I totally agree.
It's coming up, I just wanted to mention it.
So, okay.
Okay, I will go make a phone call and...
I won't ask if there's anything else I'm okay with.
No, I think that's it for now.
I will...
Go make your phone call.
Can we have her write up a letter to...
Um...
Perry, Perry?
Yeah.
Just saying that we are interested in that,
in the end of the day.
Absolutely.
Okay, okay.
All right, sounds good.
Good deal.
All right, thanks guys.
Thank you.
Michael, I'm going to use this card to finish the registration.
Okay.
All right, temporary recess.
We aren't recording yet?
We are now.
We missed recording the practice fire drill.
We are at 11 o'clock, Mary Knight who's planning board
to rezone landfill area.
We are now recording.
And Richard Carrier's present.
Thank you, Richard.
Are you present to solid waste or as planning board?
It's not both.
Well, putting down for both.
Anyway, this is what I filled out the applications for you.
And I just...
And I have my computer here.
If you don't like the wording and to describe the reason for the change
and how this change will impact the land,
please let me know and I'll retype it.
Right here and hopefully get it printed out.
Okay.
It's going to industrial, right?
It's going to industrial instead of commercial.
I thought it was agriculture this whole time.
No, it's been agriculture the whole time,
but I had a choice of commercial or light industrial.
And I picked light industrial.
Okay.
Just because commercial, they talked more about businesses
and stuff in the zoning book.
So that's why that.
So anyway, it's about 100 acres, more or less.
You're including the old.
Including the old.
I have...
Yeah, including the legal description is up there.
Section 22 and the first section 23 is the current landfill.
And then section 23, the third one is the last, is the stuff you purchased.
And then the map.
Cadastral hasn't made the change yet.
So I had to draw in the 20 acres.
But hopefully somebody will...
Hopefully Cadastral get it done up at some point in time
or fixed up so I can print out a nice copy.
Somebody from the planning board was a little upset.
They didn't think I had enough information on this.
I put more information on it.
By highway 13 that's north in section 22 and section 23
and what we're planning and what we're...
Your line is not quite straight.
I am...
If you want a straight line, don't ask me.
Even with a ruler, I don't get a straight line.
The crypt is pretty accurate.
The crypt rule.
Well, yeah.
And then I was surprised.
It asked for an address and there it said,
Dumpground Road.
It's actually seven...
Well, that's only to the county line.
So I guess it does have 713 C Street.
Yeah, but it's called Dumpground Road.
That's what this Cadastral calls it.
That's what Cadastral calls it, is Dumpground Road.
So I don't know when it changes to Dumpground Road and...
Or anything else.
But Cadastral does call this Dumpground Road.
Well, that's probably appropriate.
So does everything look okay?
Is there any questions for Richard or I about it?
No, I think you've done a good job.
Richard, anything that you want to talk about with that?
Or anything?
No, I think you're pretty comfortable with it.
So you're just correcting this 20 acres?
I'm correcting the whole hundred.
Oh, the whole thing?
The whole hundred.
It's all going to be rezoned.
It's all going to be rezoned.
Well, I'm not doing it.
The planning board is doing it.
I'm just the lowly secretary.
I'm just the lowly secretary.
I'm just the lowly secretary.
I'm just the lowly secretary.
Yeah, but without you, they wouldn't get anything done, right?
Isn't that a good call when I suggest
marrying the planning board secretary?
You took her off the solid wasteboard, don't you?
She moved.
She had no business in doing that.
You should have never let her own.
I took myself off.
I rewrote the bylaws and took myself off.
You're pretty sneaky that way, huh?
You make things rangeable.
No, I'm real serious about the land row, the garbage board.
It's like I was rewriting the bylaws,
and so then I looked up what the rules and regulations were,
the rules were, as statute was,
that you had to be a citizen of a resident of the county
to be on the board.
Okay, but it also states that a member of the board of health
needs to be on there.
So we still could have went around that area.
That's what I'd say.
You got off way too easy.
I took myself off.
I got tired of driving.
Let's get serious.
I gotta try it this way.
You've got more property in Daniels County.
Anyplace else.
Now, how can you exempt that?
But I got tired of driving.
Every last Wednesday of the month,
I got tired of driving between here.
But you're up here anyway.
But now I have a house I could steal from there.
So you guys are going to prove that in the county.
And the planning board, I think, is in this right,
Richard, where for the growth policy,
somebody's supposed to be having a meeting
with this interstate engineering.
And so we'll combine this with that.
And we have to have two weeks notice
and put it in the paper and the whole business.
But after you guys signed it, we'll...
Is this where the commissioners have to hold a hearing on?
And then, you know, that's up to you.
I don't say anything.
That...
I don't know about these guys.
All I know about is the planning board.
To me, it looks like they're planning board signs.
Well, I didn't show you the second page.
The other page is the county commissioners have to eventually sign off on it.
Did I sign in the wrong spot?
No, no, no.
This is the second page that you don't need today.
Not to deal with this one, I do.
Yeah, we need a copy of this.
Does this go to you?
Yeah, yeah.
Motion.
Second.
All those in favor?
Aye, aye, aye.
No opposition.
Now I'm switching to DES real quick.
I still have a little time.
You've got lots of time here.
You don't mind? I'm switching to DES.
Is tomorrow...
There's an exercise at the...
Up at the...
Border patrol.
Border patrol from 10 to 12.
10 to 12.
It's 12.
10 to 12.
10 to 12.
I had 10 to 2.
Oh, it's 10 to 12.
Okay.
What is it called?
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow, so if you guys would like to...
I thought it was in the email.
Yeah, but I don't know.
I see that Marshall just changed all the emails,
and so I, you know, didn't know if...
Because Lee was still on the list,
so I don't know if...
Did you get an email about it or not?
I did.
You know what?
Let's see.
It came from Marshall.
From Border Patrol.
I think he did get it.
I believe I did.
I believe I did.
Anyway, yeah, if one of you can attend,
that would be cool.
I'm sure you can too.
Hey.
I don't know why I got one.
I actually had Theven's spelt right in my address book.
I'll have you know that.
That's something to be proud of, isn't it?
I got to add your name to my work,
so it doesn't...
Yeah.
Every time I do a spelt check.
I did add.
And then I don't know if you guys were interested or not,
but I did.
I did.
I was going to tell you, you know,
last time we talked about fire restrictions,
stage one and stage two,
and so stage one is no fires
unless it's posted for specific exemptions,
no smoking,
and it's...
But you can operate a car or vehicle.
You can weld.
You can use explosives yet.
But you can't smoke?
But you can't smoke.
And you can operate a vehicle on off roads
or off designated roads and trails.
Stage two, you can't operate a car or vehicle.
You can't between one and one.
You can't weld between one and one.
You can't use explosives between one and one.
You can't operate a motor vehicle off the roadway.
Which stage is that?
That's stage two.
But basically, no campfire.
I mean, basically, stage one is no campfires.
It's just...
and no smoking.
Yeah.
And then stage two, it gets more serious.
Haven't had a bonfire at the farm since April and May.
So, anyway.
So, there.
And then I told Gary, you guys didn't see it,
I may have a bite on somebody who...
kind of talked to me and I'm thinking,
maybe he would be interested as a DES coordinator.
I'm not going to tell a name.
I'm just going to...
I'm just throwing it out there that I may have somebody
to replace me as a coordinator.
Did you...
But I just...
It was just a talk.
I haven't...
You got a new deputy lined up too?
I'll probably go to deputy.
Oh.
Yes!
There you are.
I'll make a...
I'll make a motion for that.
Just to let you know that I'm...
I am starting to look for a replacement for me.
I'll give you in my hat.
That's going to be tough, Mary.
And of course, as she says,
we don't know about the planning board,
but I could take 90 days off and then...
She says?
And then come back.
So, Richard, you got anything to talk to me about?
We've got some minutes.
He maybe wants to get off the board, too.
He's on a couple.
He can't get off the solid wasteboard, though.
Nothing?
You heard me.
Why?
I thought you were determined.
There is.
You're determined.
I don't have 15, 30 years.
Yeah.
Something like that.
You're not 81 years old yet.
Well, we got married,
so now he wants to go traveling.
So there you go.
He keeps saying that.
Oh, gosh.
So anyway, thank you, guys.
Thank you.
You got to go pick up my paint job.
Remember that.
That door was like...
So he got in on a fire drill and...
That's all he likes.
Now he don't go back
to where someone company and run a fire drill.
What?
I should have ran into the building.
Checked in on that plate fireman, huh?
Yeah.
You're burning that.
Good deal.
All right, see you guys later.
Thank you very much, Richard.
We are temporarily recessing.
I move to pay the bills.
Who was this?
All second.
He was the second.
I'm favoring that he's second.
Yeah.
I'm in favor.
With the exception of the ice maker situation.
All those in favor?
Aye.
Aye.
No opposition.
Motion carried.
We're recessed for luck.
I thought, don't you?
We've had lunch.
It's 1.30.
We will be looking at our 115 tax correction
and abatements, number 145 to 146.
Do we know where this is at?
This thing with Randy's?
I think it's the trailer house they live in.
Is that the one, the same trailer house?
Yeah.
But where is that?
North of Skopje.
North of Skopje.
Up there.
Where is this now?
Randy Davis's place.
1977 mobile home as a shed put back on record as a mobile home
for tax year 2024.
Yeah.
Because they had it as a shed, but they're looking at it now.
So they must have picked it up.
Hmm.
Yeah.
That's exactly what I mean.
You can see the road going in and out right here.
Yeah.
I mean, that's my vision of what it was going to be like.
No, that's the kind of plan.
That's what I thought it would be.
So you see the road behind it by the telephone poles there.
Yeah.
You know, in and out.
Yeah.
And right now, the dirt, elevation of the dirt is about right there.
Well, you can't just dig a path for the trailer view.
That's what it's going to be done.
It's going to have to be moved way, way, or you'll never get in and out of it.
That's the way I had envisioned it.
And that's the way it is when you go down to, at least that one at Fort Peck is built this way.
To where it's underground?
No, like this here.
See if you look, the road's back here.
So when you come out of there, see where the road is?
Oh, yeah.
I mean, this is all the road.
Yeah.
And even this is tapered down to where it's not going to be more than probably three feet
higher than this anyway.
I think that's the one by Haisha.
It looks kind of like that, if I remember, right?
I passed one of them somewhere where it's this way and then it's even this way.
And then Roger said defenses.
I didn't understand that.
I thought he said defenses weren't what they did.
Yeah, he said so.
So this is the way it's supposed to be looking.
Yeah.
You know that.
I mean, yeah, I know you.
Yeah, you set me up this job.
Good job, Mike.
No, I'm not qualified.
He's definitely taking it now.
Oh, good.
Gosh.
So Davis's are going to get a Cess now field.
Yes, on that one.
I don't know what the other ones are.
They're all different.
There's a bunch of different ones.
Two basements and one correction.
And they don't even know where they're getting to gravel.
Still don't know.
Oh, there.
Remember?
I asked them where they get in gravel.
I don't know.
These are just extra ones or what?
No, there's what should be four different ones.
Oh, okay.
145 to 148.
Yeah, the Department of Revenue, when they discover things aren't assessed properly or incorrectly or to the wrong person, whatever, they fill those out.
And then it goes through our signatures and then Julie gets them and makes the changes in the computer.
And then we have to refund, huh?
Yeah.
Or charge.
Yeah, either charge or refund, depending on what's happening.
I don't know that century, that last one in the century.
I've got no idea.
They didn't explain it?
Well, I don't know where it's at.
It's not explained.
Oh, usually they'll write it.
Well, Shawna always used to write an explanation along with it.
I don't know if Julie knows, maybe.
There are just numbers here.
Oh.
The before and after tax amounts.
There's no, you don't even know where it's at.
I wonder if Julie knows any of them.
She might be at lunch, though.
Goodness gracious.
So yeah, we don't.
You don't have the engineer book thing either, though, do you?
Can I?
Julie's gone, so I can't ask her.
I could call over to Tywood and ask her.
What was it?
It was $136 rebate to that last one in centuries.
Yeah.
It wasn't a huge item.
That's right, because they normally will stay on there.
$362.
Okay.
You're not getting a lot out of the first one.
It's $5 in some sense that they or...
Which one is this, though?
Well, I'm thinking it's that one right next to the house.
Who's that on?
Greg and Doris.
And there's nobody in that, huh?
Mm-hmm.
Well, we could call Hope at the Department of Revenue
and have her tell us, or Caroline.
Looks like Caroline signs.
That's the only thing I can think of.
Well, I just think there should be some type of a description on there
before we start getting money back.
Do you need a motion to approve them?
As presented, you know, I kind of wonder about Sentry.
I think they're doing these bridges.
Well, their stuff is sat here all year.
And some of it is listed as sitting here all year.
$5,000 worth of it.
$4,000 worth of it.
No, $5,000.
That's what they're being taxed on.
They're just getting a refund for...
Looks like a piece of it that they hauled away, I would say, huh?
I don't know if it was in there.
Of course.
Even if it's sitting here not being used,
I think it's taxable value to us.
It's all their own box cars and stuff out.
But there's just one piece of it that they're asking for a refund
for $300 out of $5,000.
So it was just a piece of equipment, I suppose, that wasn't here.
Yeah.
So they really took it to another county,
paid taxes on it and say, hey, where are we going?
We're not paying taxes twice.
Yeah.
Okay.
God, you see, been on that cherry road,
cherry and circle road, Jesus Christ.
Box cars.
Holy cow.
Well, they always had all in Plunwood between...
I know.
I know.
They're still down there.
I mean, there are a lot more than we've got.
Because it's like they move them,
they're all like...
They do.
Yeah.
That's got to cost more than just paying the taxes.
I don't know.
I don't know what a box car cost.
I'm still upset there.
Piece of cake.
Good information.
I didn't know what that...
p-tap.
We didn't ask Shirley Handys...
It's a p-tap thing.
They're getting a reduction.
Yeah.
I understood when she said that.
Yeah.
I don't mind getting the money back,
but I'd like to know what we're getting the back for.
Yeah.
You can use it for...
You can certainly move all the way it looks.
Move along, Cribeau.
Thank you.
All right.
It's to be emotional.
I think that I missed it.
Yeah, I'll begin.
Motion is made.
Second?
Second.
All those in favor?
Aye.
I just want to see if she's getting it right.
Aye.
Motion carried no opposition.
We will...
Spill your name.
Temporarily adjourn till our...
I'm good, so...
Yeah.
And you know, we took the flight crew out from St. V's...
the whole night was...
the morning was at...
Thursday morning, I guess it was.
And the guy goes,
oh, you got an ad to us for sale?
I said, well, yeah.
He said, give me your information.
He said, we're looking for one.
I said, well, you're going to have to be quick because Tuesday,
you know.
And obviously the guy never contacted me, so...
No, and I sent...
I just sent Ray to the post office to make sure there wasn't...
Yeah, so...
It's two o'clock.
Close to two, Lee Hinckley is present to talk about ambulance,
set mid-specs for sale of ambulance and delinquent accounts.
We are recording.
When we do the delinquent accounts, I will turn it off.
So do you want to do that first?
Sure.
We will stop recording to discuss delinquent accounts.
We are back online.
We're done with delinquent account discussions.
And I will take that or you can give it to her to destroy.
She only needs one.
Well, I know.
That's all right.
I'll take them all.
You do those.
Okay.
So...
I'll run it through the front.
I'm working...
Oh, you're going to open the bid.
That's fine.
Go ahead.
No.
I'm redoing the Medicaid renewal, which is certification.
So we get paid by Medicaid.
And I have to list somebody because Lee Humbert is no longer with us.
It's Gary and Lee.
So I would like to have your information so I can put on there.
If that's all right.
Oh, you just want your name, address, phone number, date of birth.
You know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Do you need somebody to witness it?
Oh, you don't have to witness it.
I go put it on the website.
They keep asking for more stuff every time.
And I'm also doing the license renewal for the service.
That's through a different entity.
And the box number or physical?
Box number's fine.
Yeah, what did they want this year?
Can he use our box number?
Sure, he could.
Sure.
Use 247.
Yeah.
Don't put it in your...
That's fine.
I had to take my picture and put it on the federal ones.
Oh.
That's the third scan of my picture.
Yeah.
And as far as phone number, you want it?
Just one 5561 if you want it.
Yeah.
Anyway.
That was my other thing.
Even the licensing of the service renewal.
They wanted more things this year to be uploaded.
More documents.
Thank you, Mike.
Thank you, sir.
Plains Community Ambulance has presented a bid
to the Board of County Commissioners of Dennis County, Montana.
Plains Community Ambulance wishes to make a bid of $50,000 for the
2014 Type 1 MedTech Ambulance.
Sincerely, Seth Gibbs, Plains Community Ambulance Board President.
What's the value of it?
Realistically.
I was told by the lady that we've gone through the last three
ambulances, including this one, 110, 120.
Oh, so that's well short.
Way short.
Way short.
If it would maybe been 70, 80.
Yeah.
If it had been maybe around 90, I would have...
Okay.
We'll do that.
So the last one to OPIME for 90, and it was just about around
100,000 was what we figured.
So this is, I would say, no, but it's up to you.
I'll go along the way you think.
I'm sorry?
I'll go along the way you think.
I would rather sit on it than give it away.
I mean, the striker caught in there is dang near that much.
It's 42,000, I think, for that one.
I mean, even though it's 10 years old, the whole unit...
But it's functioning.
It's functioning.
Everything works, yeah.
A striker was up here last month to put the new one in, and then we
have maintenance agreement on the other two.
Now, the new one has a full year before we'll put it on the
maintenance agreement.
But yeah, I mean, strikers comes up twice a year unless I have a
problem, you know?
So that's where I sit.
Yeah, it sounds very cool.
I agree.
That's cheap.
That's not enough.
Not enough.
And as long as we can afford to sit on it...
Sounds like we're going to hang it onto it for a while.
Can you call them back and say, we need a minimum of 90?
See what they say?
I guess you could.
It's up to...
I mean, it's...
Let them know that that was way less than what we were anticipating.
Or do you want to go there?
You would eliminate them, or they would either be in the game or not.
You could eliminate them, or they'd be still willing.
Yes.
Is there a phone number you could call?
I believe there was.
And if not, we'll put it back out there and maybe give St. Vincent's.
Is there some way you could put it inside some ways?
Yeah, I can.
I will now.
Todd Southlin has a place there at Blacksville.
Sure.
And I'll put it in there.
Put it in the roof and...
You know, I was going to say that.
Honestly, God, I'm going to say that.
The gap is the door's broke.
You're right.
And it shouldn't be cleaned.
Just an open one.
It would stink from the nerve.
Yeah, no, I don't want to do that, so...
You want to be able to keep the mice solid if going.
I guess then I won't be cleaning it up again.
You know, with a bit of rain and then dust and stuff, so...
Like Seth.
He's 90?
Somewhere around there.
Minimum over 90.
Well, that's what they would go with.
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Seth Gibbs of Plains Community Ambulance.
My name is Michael P. Lund.
I'm chairman of the Daniels County Commission.
We opened up your bid this afternoon for our ambulance that we have for sale.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept your bid of 50,000.
We would be willing to take 90,000 if you think you could do that.
If that's a possibility, please give a call back to...
406.
Lee Hinckley, area code 406.
He is our emergency personnel head.
We appreciate you making an offer.
It's just a little less than what we need to have at this time.
Thank you so much.
And please call Lee if you think you can do something about it.
Bye for now.
Yeah, that's kind of a shock right there.
I didn't think it would be that low.
Yeah.
I think that was a professional...
You're just trying to get me to run for state office, aren't you?
Okay.
I was waiting for him to tell him that the warranty on the vehicle is no good.
Not really.
I'll just...
Oh, Michael P.
So, I really don't have anything else.
I was hoping there'd be some money there because...
Well, I know, but it goes into my budget.
And the budget's pretty slim right at the moment, so.
But I'm good.
I think that it's in that nice shape that you should hold out.
It's all about basically the money.
Yeah.
It needs to go for more than that.
Yeah.
I agree.
Maybe I will let Lori that we bought these three ambulances know that we will accept the 80 to 90.
Because she says she would have to get around 80 in order to resell it to make any kind of profit.
But she said between 100 and 110 is what would normally sell for.
So, maybe I will do that.
Say, hey.
Plant the seed.
I mean, she's the one that we went through in the first place with this one.
How did...
Do you know, have any idea where he got this information?
Actually, Plains was one of the three people that called me when I was bringing back the new one.
And I said, send me your information, I'll send it to you.
But the gentleman from Plains was the coroner.
And he wanted to use it as a coroner's unit.
And he said he would let the other ambulances in that area know about it.
So, I'm assuming.
And then I got information from him.
I sent some to Missoula and to Terry.
Was it Terry?
Yeah, Terry.
I'd heard Circle, but I haven't gotten anything from Circle.
Terry, they're looking for a $10,000 ambulance.
Yeah.
See?
Well, I mean...
Very good.
I'd like to find one cheap, too.
Someone suggested...
Let's see, who's in this?
Could be a command center for the fire department?
Well, I'd hate to see that.
I mean, because you've got a whole cot there that I don't know what they'd do with.
Or it could be a portable shop for the county road crew.
Well, it is your service.
And you could do with it as you wish.
I would just hope that you...
And you'd go along with it.
Maybe the coroner's office could buy the cot out of it and stick it into that other pickup.
Yeah.
Then it goes to a workshop for that.
You'd probably devalue that ambulance by more than half.
Yeah.
Oh, sure.
Well, then these guys could have it for the next year.
I'm just teasing you, Lee.
I'm not going to give you an ego, because...
Oh, I don't believe that.
You know, fight my battles when I can, right?
Yeah.
So, no.
Okay.
So, that's all I have.
Other than that, you know, I would like to see it get sold.
Because I've got a piece of equipment I'd like to buy, but...
It's all nice and tidal.
It's all nice and tidal.
When it was storming bad, we were going to take it there.
But I took it out to my son-in-law, Shane, to put it in there.
It was closer.
So...
Is he got a lot of space out there that he could store it for us?
No.
No?
Who?
Shane.
No, not really.
No, no.
But it was so empty the other day with that car there.
It's traditionally full, though.
Yeah.
And I figured it's sold, you know.
Yeah.
All right.
I'll get a hold of Todd, and we'll put it there.
And then I'll get a hold of Laurie, too, and say, hey, if you think you would like it,
give us a bid.
I don't know.
We put it out on the Mako website, and...
I don't.
So, I don't know when you would like to revisit this if Laurie were to send a bid.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Probably as the bids come in, I would assume.
At your next meeting in two weeks?
Yeah.
In the meeting?
Yeah.
I'd go down to a convention in Missoula in September.
I could be pushing it to the other commissioners.
Right.
You know.
Hey, who's his name?
What's his name?
And down in circle?
You know.
Right.
You know, at your given moment, stand up when they are off.
Stand up and make that spiel.
Yeah.
You'd probably sell it to three different people.
When they're taking roll call, I'm tempted to do this.
And I'm the only person who does this.
Everybody says, yeah, here, yeah, yeah.
When they call Daniels County, I always say present, and I get chuckles all over the place.
And I'm thinking this year, present.
And we still got 24% state land.
There you go.
No, break up the ambulance.
I'll tell you, probably you better.
Yeah.
I don't know how to have nothing else.
Yeah.
Alan Semple.
Yep.
You should call Alan.
Hey, Alan.
You guys really need an ambulance?
And now we know that 80-90.
What do you have?
Started 90.
Yeah.
Don't let him get up too high though.
Don't let him get up too high.
Why?
He says so.
Okay.
Yep.
Yeah.
Thank you, Lee.
This is probably the last brand new ambulance that you'll probably buy.
I mean, just because of the cost.
I would say probably the next thing would be buy a new vehicle to put underneath the box
and have it remounted.
Really?
And in fact, when I picked this up at Osage, the president there said that their business this past year
had grown so much in that category because of the cost of a whole new unit.
That they were almost 100 more units that were, what do I want to say, the box was placed on.
Refurbished.
The refurbished, you know, then brand new.
And that's why they had bought 10 acres.
Actually, it was 20 acres between them and the tech school that's right there.
And they split the 20 into 10 each and they were already doing the groundwork to extend
the building out when I got there.
Just for bringing in new stores.
Yeah, refurbishing and, but they'll do whatever you want done to that box.
I mean, if it's old enough and it doesn't have the electronics in it, they'll put that in,
but that adds more cost, but, you know, repaint it, whatever.
So I got a feeling that's probably the way somebody will have to do it.
It won't be me because that's another 10 years.
Well, not 10 years because this one, the oldest ones, what?
About six years old.
I'm trying to trade them out at around six or around 10 years before everything starts going to hell, huh?
Our country roads don't do them any good.
Not at all.
Hopefully there's enough people left in the county in 10 years to need them.
I agree. I agree with that.
I agree with that.
All right. Thank you, Lee.
Thank you, guys.
Thank you.