HomeMy WebLinkAboutReappointment to the Downtown Business Improvement District Board
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cynthia Jordan Delaney, Deputy City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Reappointment to the Downtown Business Improvement District Board
(BID)
MEETING DATE: July 21, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Reappoint one member to the Downtown Business Improvement
District Board (BID).
BACKGROUND: There are two terms on the BID that expired on June 30, 2008, and there is
one applicant who is reapplying for a new term.
Montana Code stipulates that BID Board members be owners of property within the district. In
the past, several applicants were appointed to the board as "property owner representatives"
because their property title named a corporation as the owner rather than the individual. For
many years the City Commission has honored this precedent by appointing property owner
representatives to the BID Board. At a date yet to be determined, the BID Board intends to re-
examine this practice and formally recommend to the City Commission whether or not to
continue this practice.
Created by Resolution No. 3361 and Ordinance No. 1517, per MCA 7-12-1121, on May 15,
2000, this district shall have a duration of ten years. The board shall be comprised of not less
than five, nor more than seven, owners of property within the district. Three of the members
who are first appointed must be designated to serve for a one, two, or three-year term from the
date of their appointments and two must be designated to serve for a four-year term from the date
of their appointments. After initial appointment, members must be reappointed for a four-year
term.
The BID currently has two vacancies and one applicant.
Applicant seeking Reappointment:
Dan Himsworth
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
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Cynthia Jordan Delaney, Deputy City Clerk Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Attachments: Board Application