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WHEREAS, the Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Account created by HB 473
requires the Montana Department of Transportation to allocate accrued funds to cities, towns,
counties, and consolidated city -county governments for construction, reconstruction, maintenance,
and repair of rural roads, city or town streets and alleys, bridges, or roads and streets that the city,
town, county, or consolidated city -county government has the responsibility to maintain; and,
WHEREAS, a city, town, county, or consolidated city -county government that requests
funds under the Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Account must match each $20
requested with $1 of local government matching funds; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council previously attempted to reserve such funds through the
adoption of Resolution R18-63 which the City subsequently discovered is not allowed thus
requiring repeal of the previous action; and
WHEREAS, a city, town, county, or consolidated city -county government requesting
distribution of allocated funds may make such a request to the Department of Transportation
between March 1 and November 1 of the year the funds were allocated; and,
WHEREAS, a description of the project to be funded (or the money used to match federal
funds) is a city-wide street maintenance project and,
WHEREAS, the local match for the allocated funds has been budgeted from fund 2500 —
Street Maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. The City Council, on behalf of the City of Laurel, hereby requests the distribution
of its share of the allocated Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability funds to be used for the
projects identified above.
2. That Bethany Langve, the Clerk/Treasurer of the City of Laurel is hereby
empowered and authorized to execute any documents necessary or required to facilitate the
distribution of said funds.
3. That Resolution RI 8-63 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on September 18, 2018, by Council
Member Wilke.
PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Laurel this 181h day of
September 2018
R18-63- Distribution FY 2018 HB 473 Gas Tax Funds
APPROVED by the Mayor this 18th day of September 2018.
CITY OF LAUREL
Thomas C Nelson, Mayor
-Treasurer
as
Saffi Painter,
R18-63- Distribution FY 2018 HB 473 Gas Tax Funds