HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-08-08 Joint City-Town/County Commission MeetingLINKED MINUTES OF THE JOINT CITY-TOWN/COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
BOZEMAN, MONTANA
August 8, 2008
The Commission of the City of Bozeman met in a Joint Roundtable discussion at MacKenzie
River Pizza located at 409 West Main, Belgrade, on Friday, August 8, 2008 at noon. Present
were Deputy Mayor Krauss, Cr. Sean Becker, and Cr. Jeff Rupp, County Cr. Joe Skinner,
County Cr. Steve White, City Manager Chris Kukulski, and City Clerk Stacy Ulmen.
0:03:23 Call to Order
Belgrade Mayor Russ Nelson called the meeting to order at 12:07 p.m.
0:03 :31 Introductions
Each attendee introduced themselves.
0:04:41 Old Items (Left over from 6/27/08 Meeting
0:04:44 1. Old, Neglected, Abandoned Property
0:04:59 a. How does the Town/City handle it?
0:04:59 Gene Townsend-Three Forks
Mr. Townsend stated that Three Forks is looking at their ordinance to improve this.
0:06:20 Chris Kukulski-City Manager
Mr. Kukulski spoke regarding separating criminal and civil infractions. Bowman's legal
department has been looking into this.
0:07:15 Earl Mathers-County Administrator
Mr. Mathers spoke regarding following up on complaints and junk vehicles.
0:09:04 Pierre Martinsan-West Yellowstone
Mr. Martinsan spoke regarding West Yellowstone's. community decay ordinance and abandoned
trailers.
0:10:58 Brad Cooper-Belgrade
Mr. Cooper spoke regarding keeping property cleaned up.
0:12:02 Mr. Nelson
Mr. Nelson asked if it was a possibility that the Cities and Towns form a policy together.
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0:12:07 Mr. Mathers
Mr. Mathers stated that he thought that it would be good to do this together. Uniformity is a good
thing.
0:12:58 Mr. Townsend
Mr. Townsend spoke regarding the difficulties surrounding those who have small police
departments. A compliance officer may be a way to assist.
0:14:41 Jeff Krauss-Bozeman Deputy Mayor
Deputy Mayor Krauss spoke regarding the expectations pertaining to an ordinance.
0:15:30 Deputy Mayor Krauss
Deputy Mayor Krauss spoke regarding junk yards being identified in zoning ordinances.
0:16:16 Steve White- County Commissioner
Cr. White stated that the definition of accumulation needs to be addressed.
0:18:05 Mr. Kukulski
Mr. Kukulski spoke regarding the abandoned hotel on North Seventh in Bozeman.
0:22:56 New Items
0:22:59 2. Discussion of Legislative Goals
0:23:02 a. UTD creation: Petition verses Commission Resolution
0:23:38 Jeff Rupp- Bozeman City Commissioner
Cr. Rupp spoke regarding the proper procedures relating to setting up an Urban Transportation
District.
0:25:22 3. Update of Local Option Tax subcommittee discussions
0:25:26 Mr. Kukulski
Mr. Kukulski stated that the Alec Hansen from the League was in Bozeman earlier in the week to
discuss this issue. Mr. Kukulski stated that there is a need for clarification on regional revenue
sharing.
0:26:42 Mr. Townsend
Mr. Townsend spoke regarding the local option money based on per capita and the Treasure
State Endowment Fund.
0:32:08 Mr. Kukulski
Mr. Kukulski suggested that the subcommittee spend more time together to discuss this issue.
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0:32:52 Mr. Nelson
Mr. Nelson spoke regarding property tax relief.
0:36:14 Cr. Rupp
Cr. Rupp spoke regarding the 5 items that were identified to have the local option tax assessed
upon.
0:39:06 Mr. Nelson
Mr. Nelson spoke regarding souvenir items.
0:39:25 Mr. Kukulski
Mr. Kukulski stated that we need to have the legislators on board with the local option tax.
0:40:40 Deputy Mayor Krauss
Deputy Mayor Krauss stated his concern regarding the "no new taxes" pledge.
0:48:09 Deputy Mayor Krauss
Deputy Mayor Krauss stated he is an advocate of resort tax.
0:51:05 Cr. Rupp
Cr. Rupp stated that we need a common voice to go to Helena.
0:52:04 Cr. White
Cr. White stated that he is not clear on property tax relief
FYI/Discussion
0:54:21 Deputy Mayor Krauss
Deputy Mayor Krauss spoke regarding the water emergency in Belgrade. Deputy Mayor Krauss
spoke regarding having bottled water available and education of the issue.
0:59:33 Mr. Nelson
Mr. Nelson spoke regarding a letter of credit for bonding paving at a development near Belgrade.
1:02:28 Cr. White
Cr. White spoke regarding expiration dates of bonds and letters of credit.
1:05:40 Mr. Kukulski
Mr. Kukulski spoke regarding the Department of Revenue's statutory deadline not being met.
1:09:38 4. Time/Date next meeting and agenda meeting
Discussion took place regarding the next meeting and agenda items. All agreed that the
subcommittee should meet in September and then after the League of Cities and Towns meeting,
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schedule a joint City-Town/County Meeting. West Yellowstone agreed to host the next
meeting.
1:12:43 Reminder of Waste meeting on Wednesday (August 13, 2008) at 1:30 p.m. at the Court
House.
1:13:10 Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 1:22 p.m.
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