Lewis and Clark County Announces Lincoln Government Day March 6

Lewis and Clark County’s Board of County Commissioners announced a Lincoln Government Day meeting scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. in the Lincoln Library Conference Room in Lincoln, MT, and county notices indicate commissioners will consider an application to the Montana Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant Planning program to support planning for an Upper Blackfoot Emergency Operations Center while Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance Service has pledged cash match funds of $4,167 toward the county’s $50,000 planning request.

County records in the public packet are inconsistent on the next session date. The user-supplied announcement lists March 6, 2026 at 10:30 a.m., while the Board of County Commissioners’ February 10, 2026 agenda packet explicitly lists “Lincoln Government Day, Friday, February 6, 2026 - 10:30 AM.” Previous Lincoln Government Day sessions are documented: January 3, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. and October 3, 2025 at 10:30 a.m., both in the Lincoln Library Conference Room, indicating the program recurs but the Feb 6 versus Mar 6 scheduling discrepancy in available materials remains unresolved in the records provided.

The January 3, 2025 Lincoln Government Day agenda shows the format commissioners typically use: Pledge of Allegiance, Introductions, Reports including Sheriff, Community Council, Forest Service, Public Works Reports and Public Health Reports, Other Business, Next Meeting February 7, 2025, Public comment on any public matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission that is not on the agenda above, and Adjourn. That agenda packet also included the county’s access and accommodations language and contact information for meeting accessibility.

The November 7, 2025 notice accompanying an October 3, 2025 meeting reiterates the Board’s procedural approach to public testimony and decisions, stating, “It is the policy of the Board of County Commissioners to render a decision at a later date after they have had ample time to consider all oral and written public testimony. The BoCC may render a final decision on the same date if substantial new information is not received. Public comment must be limited to matters under the jurisdiction of the Commission.” The same November notice identifies the CDBG Planning program item as intended to support planning efforts for an Upper Blackfoot Emergency Operations Center.

Financial and correspondence records supplied with the notices include a September 26, 2025 letter from Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 455, Lincoln, Montana 59639, addressed to Inara Naranjo, Planning Program Specialist at the Montana Department of Commerce. That letter reads in part, “On behalf of Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance Service, please accept this letter of commitment to provide cash match funds in the amount of $4,167. These funds will be applied to Lewis and Clark County's request of $50,000 in” and the text is truncated in the copy provided. The November notice also contains language proposing that Ann McCauley, Grants Administrator, or designee, be appointed as Lewis and Clark County’s Environmental Certifying Official.

The county’s January 3, 2025 agenda packet includes the full Americans with Disabilities Act access statement and a specific contact for accommodations: “Lewis and Clark County is committed to providing access to persons with disabilities for its meetings, in compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Montana Human Rights Act. The County will not exclude persons with disabilities from participation at its meetings or otherwise deny them County's services, programs, or activities. Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations to participate in the County's meetings, services, programs, or activities should contact Keni G rose, as soon as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange for the requested accommodation, at any of the following: (406)-447-8316 TTY Relay Service 1-800-253-4091 or 711 kgrose@lccountymt.gov 316 N Park, Room 303.”

Available filings also bear clerical metadata, including a Paulette DeHart attestation block in archived material and a public hearing record dated August 13, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in the Chambers of the Board of County Commissioners at the City-County Building in Helena, MT. The meeting packet referenced in the March 6 announcement was noted as published by county staff in the original notice but the copy provided here is truncated and does not resolve the February versus March date discrepancy or supply all agenda backup materials.

County documents show commissioners are positioned to consider the CDBG planning application and the pledged $4,167 match; confirming the final, up-to-date meeting date and obtaining the full meeting packet will determine when the Board of County Commissioners may take action on the Upper Blackfoot Emergency Operations Center planning request.