One-time Requests - Preliminary Budget Request

What is a one-time request?

One-time requests are for goods or services that will require one-time expenditure of funds but are paid for with cash reserves, not new property taxes.

All approved requests listed below are preliminary. The commissioners will not make final decisions until the final budget hearing on Sept. 3.

Commissioners’ Office

Leadership MT Flagship Program - $28,160 - APPROVED

Would fund two Missoula County employees from Justice and District courts to attend the Leadership Montana Flagship Class. Classes require travel across the state for up to seven different events.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Mountain Towns Climate Solutions Summit 2027 - $6,900 - APPROVED

Would fund travel for the three county commissioners to attend the Mountain Towns Climate Solutions Summit in 2027. The location of the 2027 summit has not yet been announced and costs are an estimate.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

NACo 2026 Annual Conference - $13,200 - APPROVED

Would fund travel for four staff to the National Association of Counties 2027 Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia from July 23-26, 2027.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

NACo 2027 Legislative Conference - $14,800 - APPROVED

Would fund travel for the three county commissioners and the chief administrative officer to the National Association of Counties 2027 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, from Feb. 19-23, 2027.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Community and Economic Development

Marketing to sell available parcels - $20,000 - APPROVED

Missoula County owns and is planning to sell two parcels in the City of Missoula in the Development Park. This request is for marketing the parcels for sale.

Funding source: Cash from parcel sales

Preliminary engineering report for the Wye Water System - $50,000 - APPROVED

Would fund a preliminary engineering report to identify expansion options for the new Wye Water System that the county purchased in 2026.

Funding source: TIF remittance from the Wye 1 TEDD

Elections

New reporting computers - $7,608 - APPROVED

Would fund two new election reporting computers to be compliant with a required software upgrade to protect the privacy of vision-impaired voters while casting their ballots during a primary election. It would also provide a redundant system in case of emergencies.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Facilities

Airteq lock training for the Detention Center - $5,300 - APPROVED

Would send two people to AirTeq, which is the cell door system at the Detention Center, for additional training.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Pevco tube station training for the Detention Center - $5,500 - APPROVED

Would send two people to additional training on Pevco pneumatic tube system that is used at the Detention Center.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Missoula Public Library

Green Roof matching funds - $50,000 - APPROVED

Would fund the second half of matching funds required to proceed with the green roof project at the Library. The City of Missoula applied for and received a grant to replace a portion of the library roof to better address storm water coming off the roof of the library. The grant was awarded last year, and Missoula County approved the first half of the match for the grant in the FY26 budget.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Detention Center

PREA Audit for the Detention Center - $10,000 - APPROVED

Would fund the audit required by PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act). This audit is required every three years as part the contract with the U.S. Marshals.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Parks, Trails and Recreation

Demolition and removal of the Clinton Community Center - $85,000 – APPROVED FOR $5,000

Would fund the demolition and removal of the Clinton Community Center, which has been closed for over five years due to the presence of hazardous building materials and unsafe conditions. A Brownfields grant will pay for the abatement of the hazardous materials. Abatement is scheduled for 2026 and could leave the community center in a further state of disrepair that will pose as a liability and hazard to the public. Approved funding will pay for securing the building and boarding up windows.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Planning, Development and Sustainability

Climate Action Outreach - $5,000 - APPROVED

Would fund a variety of outreach efforts throughout the year related to county climate action goals and initiatives.

Funding source: Cash reserves

CWDG Wildfire Planning Match - $44,000 - APPROVED

Would provide matching funds required for the federal Community Wildfire Defense Grant, which Missoula County received in 2025. The grant proposal outlines a plan to create a wildfire planning program for Missoula County, focusing on proactive land use strategies to reduce exposure, adopt regulations for resilient new development, and increase home retrofits to mitigate wildfire risk at the community level on private and non-federal public lands. The program will prioritize site design, construction materials, fuels reduction and fire-resistant landscaping.

Funding source: Cash reserves

County Attorney

Two interns - $30,000 - APPROVED

Would fund two one-year internships at 10 hours per week in the County Attorney’s Office.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Technology

PDF remediation software - $25,000 - APPROVED

Would fund the purchase of a new software from CivicPlus called DocAccess. This would provide screen reader access to all pdfs hosted on missoulacounty.gov and move toward full compliance of digital documents ahead of the new 2027 deadline from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding website accessibility.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

General county operations

Staff support and training - $20,000 - APPROVED

Would fund additional support for staff for the ongoing implementation of new human resources and finance software. Missoula County is completing the two-year process of implementing two major modules of Workday that have and are fundamentally changing the way Missoula County does business to increase access and transparency to data.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Leadership development services - $30,000 - APPROVED

Would fund training opportunities through the Montana State University Local Government Center for elected officials, department heads and supervisors each year. These funds will be used to support various departments over the next year including the Commissioners’ Office, Technology, Elections and others. The funds will provide both one-on-one training for leaders as well as two group trainings that will be offered organization-wide.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD

Contracted payments - $10,000 - APPROVED

Would fund payments to employees under employment contacts.

Funding source: TIF remittance from City URD