HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-03-24 Public Comment - M. Kaveney - City Commission Vacancy- Alison Sweeney recommendationFrom:Marcia Kaveney
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]City Commission Vacancy- Alison Sweeney recommendation
Date:Saturday, June 1, 2024 11:07:50 AM
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Dear Commissioner and Mayor Cunningham-
Please appoint Alison Sweeney to fill the vacant commission seat. There are few
people more engaged with the City of Bozeman than Alison has been this past year.
She knows this is a crucial time in Bozeman’s growth and has demonstrated her
willingness to work tirelessly researching solutions to important issues, while building
good working relationships with commissioners and residents. To this end she formeda new city neighborhood, co-founded the Better Bozeman Coalition, and regularly
shared relevant research with city residents on local social media. Alison’s
background in energy technology gives her an analytical advantage to understanding
complex policies and issues that the city commission addresses on a regular basis. She is smart, hardworking, fair, and honest. Alison always presents herself
professionally with her concerns to the city and public, never resorting to name calling
or disparaging comments.
Allison will represent a generation that is under-represented on the commission, yet
she brings with her an inherent multi-generational connection to Bozeman. She will
represent many different residents, and many different generations’ shared values of
natural resource sustainability, historic preservation for growth management, andthoughtful growth policies.
Alison has demonstrated her qualifications and dedication to the city through her
unwavering attention to the issues and policy that will shape the future, and mostimpressively she remains optimistic that good policy can be attained. Alison
Sweeney is the best candidate to work towards the solutions Bozeman is struggling to
find and the best candidate to help build trust between the community and the city
commission.
Thank you for your consideration of Alison Sweeney for city commissioner.
Marcia Kaveney1496 Boylan Rd.
Bozeman, MT 59715