In either case, the commissioners would retain the ultimate control over the board's budget. If the legislature had intended to except board employees from this process it easily could have expressly so provided. Mont. Code Ann. The city-county board of health is established pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. Mont. Code Ann.
Funding is a joint responsibility of the city and the county.
Mont. Code Ann. One alternative for funding is to appropriate shares from the county budget and from the city budget during the general budgeting process set forth in title 7, chapter 6, parts 23 and 42. Mont. Code Ann. Another alternative is for the county and the city to levy taxes, following approval of the respective budgets during the general budgeting process set forth in title 7, chapter 6, parts 23 and 42. Mont. Code Ann.