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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Aimee Brunckhorst, Deputy City Clerk / Citizen Advisory Coordinator Stacy Ulmen, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Appointment to the City Planning Board
MEETING DATE: February 25, 2013
MEETING TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDED MOTIONS: I move to confirm the Mayoral appointment of [up to one] member to the City Planning Board. BACKGROUND: One vacancy exists for a County representative and one ongoing vacancy
exists for a Mayoral appointment. One application has been received for the Mayoral vacancy
position. The City Planning Board shall encourage local units of government to improve and plan for the
future development of the City of Bozeman and areas adjacent to the City to the end that
highway systems be carefully planned; that new community centers grow only with adequate
highway, utility, health, educational, and recreational facilities; that the needs of agriculture, industry, and business be recognized in future growth; and that residential areas provide healthy surroundings for family life.
The City of Bozeman Planning Board was created by Ordinance No. 1508 in December 1999. In
January 2007, Ordinance No. 1686 revised Section 2.66.0230, providing for certain staggered terms for City Planning Board members so that in the future all terms don’t expire at the same time.
According to Ordinance No. 1686, S ection 2.66.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code was
amended to read: “2.66.030 Composition.
The Bozeman Planning Board shall consist of nine members, appointed to two year
terms to expire on January 31, as follows:
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A. One member appointed by the City Commission from its own
membership. T he term of the appointed member shall be
coextensive with the term of office to which he or she has been
elected or appointed unless the Commission, on its first regular meeting of each year, appoints another to serve as its
representative or unless the appointee’s Commission term is
terminated;
B. Three members appointed by the City Commission one of whom, at the Commission's discretion, may be an employee of the City of
Bozeman or hold public office in Bozeman or Gallatin County.
The appointments shall be for two-year terms, with those terms to
expire on January 31 of odd-numbered years;
C. One member appointed by the Mayor, upon d esignation by the
Gallatin County Board of Commissioners, who may be a member
of the Board of County Commissioners or an office holder or
employee of the County. This appointment shall expire on January
31 of odd-numbered years;
D. Four citizen members appointed by the Mayor, who shall be
resident freeholders within the city limits, and who shall be
qualified by knowledge and experience in matters pertaining to
the development of the city. T hese appointments shall be coterminous with the term of the Mayor.
There is one vacancy for a County representative and one Mayoral appointment vacancy.
New Applicant: Carl Tange
Attachment: Board Application
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