HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-24-17 City Commission Packet Materials - A3. Planning Board Appointment
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Pearl Michalson, Deputy City Clerk Robin Crough, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Appointment to the City Planning Board
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2017
MEETING TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATIONS: I move to confirm the County Appointment to the City Planning Board with an updated term expiring on January 31, 2019. BACKGROUND: One County occupied position termed out on January 31, 2017. The clerk’s
office has confirmed the completion of ethics training for this position, and received the
recommended appointment letter from the county. All positions on the City Planning Board are two year terms.
The City Planning Board shall encourage local units of government to improve and plan for the
future development of the City of Bozeman and areas adjacent to the City to the end that highway
systems be carefully planned; that new community centers grow only with adequate highway, utility, health, educational, and recreational facilities; that the needs of agriculture, industry, and business be recognized in future growth; and that residential areas provide healthy surroundings
for family life.
The City of Bozeman Planning Board powers and duties, jurisdiction and composition are codified in the Bozeman Municipal Code in Sections 2.05.500 through 2.05.520. The composition is listed as follows:
Sec. 2.05.520. Composition.
A. The planning board shall consist of nine members, appointed to two-year terms to expire on
January 31, as follows:
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1. One member appointed by the city commission from its own membership. The term of
the appointed member shall be coextensive with the term of office to which such member
has been elected or appointed unless the commission, on its first regular meeting of each
year, appoints another to serve as its representative or unless the appointee's commission term is terminated;
2. Three members appointed by the city commission, one of whom, at the commission's
discretion, may be an employee of the city or hold public office in the city or the county.
The appointments shall be for two-year terms, with those terms to expire on January 31
of odd-numbered years;
3. One member appointed by the mayor, upon designation by the county board of
commissioners, who may be a member of the board of county commissioners or an office
holder or employee of the county. This appointment shall expire on January 31 of odd-
numbered years;
4. Four citizen members appointed by the mayor, who shall be resident freeholders within the city limits, and who shall be qualified by knowledge and experience in matters pertaining to the development of the city. These appointments shall be coterminous with the term of the mayor.
B. The city clerk shall certify the members appointed by the city commission. The certificates
shall be sent to and become a part of the records of the planning board. The mayor shall make similar certification for the appointment of citizen members.
There is one expired county position with one re-applying applicant’s recommended re-
appointment letter received from the county.
Re-applying Applicant: Jerry Pape
Attachment: County Recommendation Letter
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