(1:34:39) 9:51 AM RECONVENE
Gene Curry called the meeting back to order
CENTRALIZED SERVICES DIVISION REPORTS (1:35:32) 9:52 AM
(1:35:33) 9:52 AM FISCAL BUREAU
Brian Simonson, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Executive Officer, introduced himself, adding that he was here to give the DOL's end-of-year financial closeout and other operations and duties as well
(1:35:48) 9:52 AM Predator Control Aerial Hunting Allocations
Brian Simonson explained that it was time for the BOL to approve the $575,000 dispersion of per capita fee funds to three counties who did not participate in the USDA Wildlife Services helicopter operations for predator control to fight coyotes:
Mr. Simonson reported that this year, the three counties paid about 8.78% of the per capita for the state, and after the insurance was paid for three helicopters, it left $512,589 for Wildlife Services, $19,820 for Carter County, $20,250 for Powder River County and $10,415 for Richland County
MOTION/VOTE
(1:37:58) 9:55 AM
Alan Redfield moved to approve the Predator Control allocations for FY2027, which include $512,589 to USDA Wildlife Services for aerial hunting and $19,820 to Carter County, $20,250 to Powder River County and $10,415 to Richland County, the three counties that did not participate in the Wildlife Services aerial hunting program. Greg Wichman seconded. The motion passed.
Brian Simonson added that combining the 512,000 just approved for Wildlife Services, 145,000 in the FWP Wolf Mitigation funds and then the 95,000 transfer to Wildlife Services from the LLB, that added up to just over 3/4 of a million dollars the DOL was contributing to the work of Wildlife Services
(1:40:13) 9:57 AM June 30, 2026 State Special Revenue Report
Brian Simonson reported that this report included about two months' worth of financial information from the last report, but added that at the end of the year it could be almost three months' worth of revenue coming in at the last minute from the MVDL:
The Field Inspections number came in nearly exactly as they did this time last year; Market Inspection were up $31,000 from 2025; Investment Earnings were down $95,000 as the re-record savings account had gone down and the interest rate percentage was down by half a percentage point less that at this time last year; Per Capita Fee showed $123,000 more than this time last year, probably due to the 3% increase and the one-cent for chickens; $255,768 was brought in for Milk Inspection for the year, and $245,000 of Milk Inspection Fees were spent, a result of the Milk Inspection general fund subsidy granted by the
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