HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-14-19 City Commission Packet Materials - A2. Commission Direction to the City Manager to Establish a Joint City-County Mtg
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Andrea Surratt, City Manager
SUBJECT: Request a Joint Meeting of the City Commission and the Gallatin County Commission
MEETING DATE: October 14, 2019
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Discuss and give direction for inviting the Gallatin County
Commission to have a joint City-County meeting
BACKGROUND: As a part of the Strategic Plan, the City Commission is charged with having
an annual meeting with Gallatin County Commission and the City of Belgrade as well as
establishing quarterly meetings with the Gallatin County Commission. This can be found in Strategic Plan 1.3a.
This request has been made several times by the Mayor and myself both formally and informally
to members of the County Commission over the last year.
RECOMMENDED MOTION: I move to direct the City Manager to draft a letter for signature of the full City Commission requesting that a quarterly meeting, or at least an annual meeting, be
established between the two elected bodies beginning in the first quarter of 2020.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None. ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The fiscal effects of this discussion are not directly known but discussions
that occur may generate follow up projects or research that have a cost. Attachments: none