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D RE1 TORBY-COTE 11 M O N T A N A STEVE B VULLCK
ERONOR
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
March 22, 2017
Carson Taylor, MayorIT
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City of Bozeman (�
P.O. Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
RE: Montana Department of Commerce, Big Sky Economic Development Program
Contract#MT-BSTF-1-17-16, Orbital Shift, Inc.
Dear Mayor Taylor:
As indicated by Governor Bullock's letter dated March 20, 2017, your application to the Big Sky Economic
Development Trust Fund (BSTF) Program has been approved for funding.
The Montana Department of Commerce Grant and Loan Review Committee has tentatively approved an
award of up to $80,000.00 in BSTF Job Creation funding to be used as follows:
• Up to $73,600.00 to assist Orbital Shift, Inc. with the purchase of software, furnishings, equipment,
lease rate reduction and reimbursement of wages. Orbital Shift, Inc. agrees to create 16 net new full
time jobs that meet the BSTF required wage rate at $18.09 per hour before the value of benefits is
added. Job creation activities may take place as of December 28, 2016, the date the application was
deemed complete. The contract period for this project is December 28, 2016 to December 28, 2017.
• Up to $6,400.00 for eligible administrative expenses.
Please contact the Montana Department of Commerce prior to making any public announcement to the
media.
A contract will be sent to you electronically using DocuSign for signature.
Please keep in mind that once information is submitted to the Department, the information is subject to the
public's right to know pursuant to Article II, Section 9 of the Montana Constitution.
The Department reserves the right to withdraw a commitment of any BSTF funds for projects that have:
1. Not provided all requested contract information, including the job creation baseline and
certification report within 30 days of the date on the Notice of Award, and/or;
2. Not returned the BSTF contract to the Department within 30 days of receipt of the final
contract, and/or
3. Are not ready to proceed within 90 days after the date of tentative award.
Alyssa Townsend has been assigned as your BSTF Program Specialist, and will be contacting you
regarding start-up activities.
Within 10 days, Orbital Shift, Inc. needs to complete and submit the enclosed Status of Jobs Report for Job
Creation Projects (Job Creation Report) and Job Creation Certification for Baseline jobs. All full-time
employees that were employed by Orbital Shift, Inc. on December 27, 2016 should be included on this
report. The Job Creation Report and Job Creation Certification should be sent directly to Alyssa, so that
she may expedite the contract process. If the business prefers to send this electronically, please use
Alyssa's email address below.
Alyssa will be contacting Orbital Shift, Inc. to set up the Onboarding meeting to review their application and
their commitment to the project.
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301 S.PARK AVE. I PO BOX 2005331 HELENA,MT 59620-0533 1 P:406.841.28701 F:406.841.28711 TDD:406.841.2702
If you have any questions, Alyssa can be reached at ath(@mt.gov or by phone at (406) 841-2748.
Again, congratulations.We look forward to working with the City of Bozeman, Prospera Business Network,
Missoula Economic Partnership and Orbital Shift, Inc. on this project.
Shn erely,
C
"Anfi arie Robinson
Section Manager, BSTF and WTG Programs
Montana Department of Commerce
Cc: Kevin O'Reilly, Orbital Shift, Inc.
Paul Reichert, Prospera Business Network
Nicole Rush, MEP