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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Cemetery Advisory Board Appointments
MEETING DATE: October 27, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Appoint two members to the Cemetery Advisory Board.
BACKGROUND: Two positions were added to the Cemetery Advisory Board pursuant to
Ordinance No. 1742 as of May 7, 2008. Four applicants have applied to fill these positions.
The Cemetery Board is created pursuant to Section 7-35-4101, M.C.A. and Chapter 2.76 of the
Bozeman Municipal Code. This board is now comprised of seven members, serving staggered
three-year terms. A majority of the members shall be residents of the City, and one member
shall be a representative of an active recognized veteran’s group.
The Board is advisory to both the City Commission and the Director of Public Service, making
recommendations regarding operation of the Sunset Hills Cemetery.
This board has two vacancies and four applicants. The Cemetery Advisory Board discussed
these applicants during their September 11, 2008 meeting and voted to recommend two of the
applicants to the City Commission. The two recommendations from the Cemetery Advisory
Board are Gene Brooks and Carl Craft.
New Applicants:
Gene S. Brooks
Carl D. Craft (former Board member)
Joyce Schmidt
Bill VandenBos
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
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Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Attachments: Cemetery Advisory Board Draft Minutes - September 11, 2008
Board Applications
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SUNSET HILLS CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
1:00 PM
Recommendation for appointment of 2 new board members.
Item #4 – Discuss, motion, & vote on applicants for 2 new “At Large” seats:
The item description needs to be amended by removing “At Large”, the seats are for actual board
members.
The board members discussed what they knew of each applicant, issues that were hit upon are
listed below:
Gene Brooks – Has put a lot of time in with the city, he has served on the Park and Recreation
board for 15 years, the Board of Appeals for 35 years, and the Board of Fire Appeals for 10
years. He has been very helpful working on the Veterans Wall, working in all types of inclement
weather.
Carl Craft – Had served on the Cemetery Board previously and did a great job, he stepped down
because the majority of the board did not reside within the city limits. He is a veteran and he
will bring some things to the table that some of the board doesn’t have experience in. He is very
knowledgeable regarding legal language and insurance, he would be very valuable to the board.
He has also been very helpful with the Veterans Memorial and is now working on the All
Veterans Memorial.
R. Thomas Dundas – Has quite a few qualifications.
Gail Keiter – Little is known about this applicant.
Joyce Schmidt – Her application looked very good
Bill VandenBos – He is a fairly new member to the Park and Recreation board.
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Boardmember Springer is deferring from the vote, he feels he is very new to the board and
doesn’t see anything that would disqualify any of the applicants involved.
There was brief discussion on whether a person could serve on two boards at the same time,
Finance Director Rosenberry mentioned she knows of several people serving on two boards.
MOTIONS:
Boardmember Ball moved to recommend Carl Craft be re-appointed to the Cemetery
Advisory Board with Boardmember Fordyce seconding it. There was no further discussion
and the Motion passed unanimously.
Boardmember Derby moved to recommend Gene Brooks be appointed to the Cemetery
Advisory Board with Boardmember Fordyce seconding it. There was no further discussion
and the Motion passed unanimously.
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