From the Helena Independent Record
“…Montana officials signed a 19-year lease at the 38,000-square-foot former federal juvenile placement facility in Galen — terms that squeaked just under square footage and lease term requirements that would have triggered mandatory legislative review of the deal.
There was no competitive bidding process to award the Galen lease. In fact, officials said Wednesday they didn’t even look at potential alternatives to the $1.2 million annual agreement.
That’s how the state’s newest landlord became Community Counseling and Correctional Services — a Butte-based nonprofit that employs Brandie Villa, a top company accountant and the wife of Governor’s Office Budget Director Dan Villa.”