Havre Weekly Chronicle, Ayres, Lanier face off in Hill County Commission election: Libertarian Hill County Commission candidate Sam Ayres

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Believes Hill County's reluctance to adopt modern technology in county offices causes inefficiencies and hinders public communication, and supports leveraging technology to streamline operations and enhance transparency.

Supports adopting modern technology in county offices to streamline operations and enhance transparency.

- Supports adopting modern technology in county offices to streamline operations and enhance transparency.

Public Services

As of October 4, 2024, Samuel Ayres’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

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Supports transitioning to a bi-weekly pay schedule to help employees manage finances better, meet obligations on time, and reduce financial stress, especially for those living paycheck to paycheck.

Supports a bi-weekly pay schedule for county employees to help employees manage finances better, meet obligations, and reduce financial stress. 

Proposes implementing a triple-bid process for selecting county vendors to ensure fairness and accountability.

- Supports a bi-weekly pay schedule for county employees to help employees manage finances better, meet obligations, and reduce financial stress. 
- Proposes implementing a triple-bid process for selecting county vendors to ensure fairness and accountability.

Economy

Believes additional funding and staffing are crucial for ensuring safety and well-being at the detention center.

Believes additional funding and staffing are crucial for safety and well-being at the detention center.

Believes the lack of mental health resources in Hill County leads to incarceration of individuals with severe issues, contributing to overcrowding.

Wants to improve mental health resources for people in the Hill County Detention Center.

Believes the intersection of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) and the influx of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Native communities is a significant challenge in Hill County.

Plans to address fentanyl and methamphetamine challenges in Native communities.

Believes the county's weapons policy, which bans all weapons on county property, in county vehicles, and during county time, should be reconsidered, saying "the right to bear arms is inherent and should be honored."

- Believes additional funding and staffing are crucial for safety and well-being at the detention center.
- Wants to improve mental health resources for people in the Hill County Detention Center.
- Plans to address fentanyl and methamphetamine challenges in Native communities.
- Opposes the county weapons policy ban. 

Public Safety

Housing & Urban Development

Supports using modern technology, like a ticketing-based system, to improve road management and better schedule and communicate road repairs.

Supports using a ticketing-based system to improve road management and better schedule and communicate road repairs.

Believes strategic investments and proactive measures will create safer, more resilient road infrastructure in Hill County.

Wants to invest in better road infrastructure. 

- Supports using a ticketing-based system to improve road management and better schedule and communicate road repairs.
- Wants to invest in better road infrastructure. 

Transportation & Infrastructure

Healthcare

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Samuel Ayres

As of October 4, 2024, Bill Lanier did not have a website or any information online.

Environment

Ayres, Lanier face off in Hill County Commission election: Democratic Hill County Commission candidate Bill Lanier

Wants to improve relationships and morale in the county government

- Wants to improve relationships and morale in the county government

Said, "the county also could be doing more, and working with the governor's office, to recruit more business to the area, increasing wages and revenue for the county."

- Said, "the county also could be doing more, and working with the governor's office, to recruit more business to the area, increasing wages and revenue for the county."

Bill Lanier

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county level. These laws show up in tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay in property taxes, providing recreational amenities, and maintaining county property.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government, such as personnel management, communications, and appointments for advisory boards.
- County Commissioners in Montana are typically elected to 6-year terms in staggered years. Counties may change the Commissioners' term length if they wish. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district. 