HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4105, Setting the Time and Day for Policy Meetings
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Stacy Ulmen, City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 4105, setting the Policy Meeting day and time as the first
Thursday of each month, starting at noon-1:30 p.m.
MEETING DATE: May 19, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Resolution No. 4105.
BACKGROUND: The Commission finally adopted Ordinance No. 1737, Amending The
Bozeman Municipal Code by revising Section 2.04.040 F, providing for the setting of time and
location for Policy Meetings by resolution on Monday, January 28, 2008.
The City Commission at their regular Commission Meeting held on the 14th day of January
2008, expressed a desire to establish the starting time of policy meetings from noon-1:30 p.m.
and to establish the meeting days as the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
The City Commission at their regular Commission Meeting held on the 12th day of May 2008
expressed a desire to re-establish the meeting day.
The City Commission at their policy meeting held on the 14th day of May 2008 expressed a
desire to establish the meeting day as the first Thursday of each month.
FISCAL EFFECTS: No impacts were identified.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
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Stacy Ulmen, City Clerk Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, SETTING THE TIME AND DAY OF THE POLICY MEETINGS
OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1727, was adopted on the 26th day of November 2007, setting the
policy meetings of the City Commission from 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of the
month to provide an informal setting for discussion of policy issues for which no formal action is immediately
required; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No, 1737, was adopted on the 28th day of January 2008, amending
Ordinance No. 1727, stating that the Commission may periodically hold Policy Meetings and that the
frequency, time, and location of such will be determined by the Commission as set forth in resolution; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting held on the 14th day of January 2008, the Commissioners expressed a
desire to establish the time for its policy meetings from noon-1:30 p.m. and to establish the meetings days as
the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month;
WHEREAS, at its meeting held on the 12th day of May 2008, the Commissioners expressed a
desire to re-establish a new time and day for its policy meetings;
WHEREAS, at its policy meeting held on the 14th day of May 2008, the Commissioners expressed
a desire to establish the time for its policy meeting from noon-1:30 p.m. and to establish the meeting day as
the first Thursday of each month.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana:
That the time for the policy meeting of the City Commission will be on the first Thursday of each month
from noon-1:30 p.m. to provide an informal setting for discussion of policy issues for which no formal action
is immediately required.
This new start time and day shall be effective June 5, 2008.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at a regular
session thereof held on the 19th day of May 2008.
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KAAREN JACOBSON
Mayor
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ATTEST:
_____________________________________
STACY ULMEN
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PAUL J. LUWE
City Attorney
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