7-16-2325. Power of park board to employ persons and to make contracts. - Montana Statutes

     7-16-2325. Power of park board to employ persons and to make contracts. (1) A county park board may:
     (a) employ and discharge workers, laborers, engineers, foresters, and others and fix their compensation;
     (b) make all contracts necessary or convenient for carrying out any of the powers conferred and duties enjoined upon the board by this part.
     (2) All contracts made by the board must be in the name of the county and must be signed by the president or, in the president's absence, by the vice president of the board. Upon approval by a majority of the members of the board of park commissioners at a regular meeting of the board at which a quorum is in attendance and voting and with notice and report being made to the board of county commissioners, the contracts may be signed by the presiding officer of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk and recorder.
     (3) An order or resolution authorizing the making of a contract may not be passed or adopted except by a yea and nay vote, which must be recorded in full in the minutes of the secretary.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 306, L. 1967; Sec. 16-4802, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 4, Ch. 306, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 290, L. 1971; Sec. 16-4804, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 5, Ch. 306, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 290, L. 1971; Sec. 16-4805, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4802(part), 16-4804(part), 16-4805(part); amd. Sec. 628, Ch. 61, L. 2007.