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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk
Stacy Ulmen, City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Designation of a director to the Public Safety Condominiums
Board of the Association of Unit Owners for City Fire Station No.
3 / County 911 property located at 1705 Vaquero, Bozeman
MEETING DATE: August 31, 2009
AGENDA TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Designate Fire Chief, Jason Shrauger to act as a director on the
Public Safety Condominiums Board of the Association of Unit Owners.
BACKGROUND: This Board of the Association is called for in the Declaration and Bylaws for
Public Safety Condominiums which was made and entered into on July 6, 2009 by Gallatin
County. The property subject to this declaration is located at 1705 Vaquero, Bozeman,
otherwise referred to as City Fire Station #3 and the County 911 Center.
The following was excerpted from section V. of the Condominium Declaration and Bylaws for
Public Safety Condominiums:
Bylaws of the Association
Membership
An Owner of a Unit in PUBLIC SAFETY CONDOMINIUMS shall automatically, upon
becoming the Owner of said Unit, be a member and director of PUBLIC SAFETY
CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION OF UNIT OWNERS, hereinafter referred to as the
Association, and shall remain a member of said Association until such time as his membership in
said Association shall automatically cease. The membership shall be limited to Unit Owners as
defined in this declaration.
A Unit Owner shall designate an individual person who shall act as a director of the
Board of the Association and shall notify all Unit Owners at least annually of any change in that
designation. This provision shall act as an election for the members of the Board. Board
Members shall not be compensated. A Unit Owner may request that Board Member be removed.
The Association may elect to form a corporation to fulfill the obligations of the
Association in accordance with this instrument. In doing so the documents forming and
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governing shall be wholly consistent with this instrument and afford all Unit Owners equal
representation on the Board of Directors of the corporation.
Any Director or Unit Owner can call a meeting of the Association by written notice either
personally delivered or by certified mail.
A presiding officer and secretary/treasurer shall be determined annually after directors
are designated by the Unit Owners.
Function, Powers and Duties
It shall be the function, power and duty of the Association to:
a. Adopt additional Bylaws for the governance of the Association.
b. Make provisions for the general management and/or repairs and maintenance of
PUBLIC SAFETY CONDOMINIUMS; including the structure, all snow removal and
landscaping.
c. Levy assessments as provided for in the Declaration, Bylaws and Unit Ownership
Act, garbage service, and insurance of common elements.
d. Adopt and implement policies and rules for the affairs of the condominium.
e. Enter into contracts or hire personnel for the management of the affairs of the
Association and the maintenance and repair of the common areas.
Voting
On all matters, unless excluded by this Declaration, to be decided by the Association,
each Unit Owner shall be given an equal vote. A Unit Owner, upon becoming a Unit Owner,
shall be a member of the Association and remain a member for the period of his ownership of the
Unit. Except as otherwise provided in the Unit Ownership Act, this Declaration of the Bylaws,
both Unit Owners represented by their respective Board Member must be present at any meeting
to act on matters brought before the Association which shall constitute a quorum.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Attachments: Condominium Declaration and Bylaws for Public Safety Condominiums
Report Compiled on August 25, 2009
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