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Missoula County Government: Missoula County Weekly: March 7-11

COVID-19 vaccines will be available by appointment from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call the immunization clinic direct ...

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Press release from the Missoula County Government:

03/07/2022 4:00 PM

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    COVID-19 vaccines will be available by appointment from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  To schedule an appointment, call the immunization clinic directly at 406-258-3363.

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    The clinic will take walk-ins during the following days and times:

    • Mondays: 5 to 7 p.m.
    • Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    • Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

    Patients will need to fill out a new set of paperwork ahead of time, which can be found at missoulainfo.com.

    The health department reminds residents that no COVID-19 tests are provided at 301 W. Alder Street and residents who come in seeking tests will be told to call 406-258-4636 to book an appointment for the 3665 W. Broadway location.

    Missoula County Community and Planning Services celebrates their accomplishments and new initiatives in their recently published interactive 2021 Annual Report, which the public can experience in digital StoryMap format at http://missoula.co/capsreport.

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    Partnership Health Center recently launched a new program, the Community Care Team, to provide mobile medicine and other health services to people experiencing homelessness in Missoula, including those living in Missoula’s Authorized Camping Site, Temporary Safe Outdoor Space and the Emergency Winter Shelter on Johnson Street.

    The CCT’s medical team consists of a registered nurse and a rotating resident physician from the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana who visit each site weekly and safely address any medical needs residents may have. When a higher level of care is required, the team connects patients with Partnership Health Center clinics or local hospitals, when appropriate.

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    The Missoula County commissioners, along with the mayor of the City of Missoula, will proclaim March as March for Meals Month at their Thursday, March 10, public meeting to raise awareness and support for Missoula Aging Services’ Meals on Wheels program. Meals on Wheels provides hot, nutritious home-delivered meals to homebound elders and adults with disabilities, as well as caring concern and attention to each individual’s welfare.

    View the proclamation and join the meeting

    Missoula County commissioners will hear a request from Missoula Aging Services to place a four-mill Missoula Aging Services levy on the June 7, 2022, primary election ballot. This would provide the voters a chance to consider a request for funding to meet a demand in services as the population of older adults continues to grow. The county commissioners established MAS in 1982. The population of older adults has grown 40% from 2010 to 2019.

    The proposed ballot language is:

    Shall Missoula County be authorized to replace the current flat annual funding of $350,000 with a permanent levy of four (4) mills to fund services for the county elderly population? The increased revenue will avoid a reduction of local services to older adults in the county provided by Missoula Aging Services. The fiscal impact on a home having a taxable value of $100,000 is estimated to be $3.69 each year of the levy and $7.38 on a home having a taxable value of $200,000.

    Find out more and join the meeting

    Missoula County employees are working hard for you!  

    Annie Cathey, Lead Administrative Assistant, Commissioners’ Office

    “I started my career with Missoula County in 2000 in the Missoula County Treasurer’s Office as a clerk processing motor vehicle and tax transactions. Around 2009, I became the delinquent tax clerk, and as glamorous as that position sounds, it was very rewarding. I worked hands-on with the public to provide the best information and options to people who needed one-on-one help the most.

    I have worked for the Commissioners’ Office for around seven years now and have worked under six different commissioners. This position is challenging and rewarding. I work directly with almost every office in the County to help them get agreements, contracts and correspondence processed and presented to the commissioners for approval.

    We hold Commissioners’ Administrative Public Meetings at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday to dive deep into these contracts and agreements that keep the County flowing. These include everything from  a standard employment agreement to a multi-million-dollar construction project. I make sure the paperwork is formatted and complete before the meeting and then after the meeting, I process it to get signatures, record the documents, if needed, and return it back to staff to move forward. During these meetings I take the minutes and add them into the commissioners’ journals that are legally required to be kept for documentation and posterity purposes. We have recorded commissioners’ journals going back to 1865. I also pay all the incoming invoices and bills for the Commissioners’ Office.

    I enjoy working directly with the public to make sure their questions and concerns are addressed. Working for the commissioners is always busy and interesting, as they are so active and working on so many projects at any given time.  My favorite thing about this position is that I get to work with so many different offices within the County, and we all work as one team to help each other and make sure we succeed.”

    Find more events this week on the County’s Event Calendar! 

    Missoula County COVID numbers continue to tumble following omicron surge
    Fundraising nearly complete for Fort Missoula barracks restoration project
    Missoula mayor, county commissioners praise MCPS for equity, inclusion and diversity efforts
    Missoula’s West Broadway vaccine clinic closed starting Monday
    Missoula Fairground renovations show progress along South Ave.

    To join commissioner department, administrative and public meetings via Microsoft Teams and view the agendas, visit the Missoula County Commissioners’ Meeting Minutes and Agenda Portal. Please note that agendas for department and administrative meetings are published two business days before the meeting, and public meeting agendas are published the Friday before the meeting. Administrative and public meeting video recordings are available on the Missoula County YouTube page after the meeting, and MCAT plays the public meetings live on their Spectrum Channel 190.

     Email bcc@missoulacounty.us or call 406-258-4877 if you have any questions or comments on an upcoming meeting. 

    This press release was produced by the Missoula County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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