Legals for Wednesday, December 20, 2023

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MALTA K-12 SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 14A,

PHILLIPS COUNTY

TO DISPOSE OF DISTRICT PERSONAL PROPERTY

Whereas, the Boards of Trustees of Malta K-12 School District No. 14A, Phillips County (herein after the “School District”); holds in trust all real and personal property of the School District; MCA § 20-6-602; Whereas, the Board is authorized under Montana law to sell or otherwise dispose of School District property that is or is about to become abandoned, obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for school purposes; MCA § 20-6-604;

Whereas, the Board must follow a certain procedure to sell or otherwise dispose of School District

property, including the adoption of a property disposal resolution and notice of any such resolution; any such resolution is subject to appeal by a taxpayer under Montana law; MCA § 20-6-604;

Whereas, once the legal appeal period has passed after the adoption of such a resolution or the resolution, if appealed, has been upheld by a court, the Board may sell or dispose of the property subject to such a resolution in any reasonable manner that the Board determines to be in the best interests of the School District; MCA § 20-6-604; and

Whereas, the Lease and Lease Approvements the School District has legal right to, if any, with a formal

description of: Principal Meridian Montana, T. 25N., R. 25 E., Sec. 16: NE ¼ SE ¼ SW ¼, or otherwise

described as the Zortman School and/or Zortman School Lease and accompanying lands and all

improvements, are herein determined by the Board of Trustees to be abandoned, obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for the school purposes of the School District.

Therefore, be it resolved that the Board hereby determines that the Zortman School Lease as described above is or is about to become abandoned, obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for school purposes;

It is further resolved that the Superintendent is authorized to otherwise dispose of the property listed above by way of transferring the School District’s right and obligations under the Zortman School Lease, if any, to the Zortman Volunteer Fire Department, through coordination with Bureau of Land Management, if a transfer of said Lease can be mutually agreed to by the interested parties, including the School District.

The trustees of the Malta School District further resolve that notices of the resolution shall be published on the 20th and 27th days of December 2023, in the Phillips County News newspaper.

This resolution shall become effective 14 days after publication of the second notice identified in the

immediately preceding paragraph, unless appealed to the district court by a taxpayer in compliance with

and as provided in §20-6-604, MCA.

It is further resolved that this Resolution shall not be effective and the property subject to this Resolution

shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of until the appeal period provided for in Montana law as passed; MCA § 20-6-604(2).

Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Malta School District this 13 th day of December, 2023.

Jane Knudsen

District Clerk

Malta School District 14A

PO Box 670

Malta, MT 59538

406-654-1871

(Published by Phillips County News 12/20, 12/27/2023)

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