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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Patricia J. Berg, Human Resources Director
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: CONSENT: Adopting Ordinance No. 1690 - REPEAL OF CHAPTER
2.72 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS FOR CITY EMPOYEES.
MEETING DATE: January 22, 2007
BACKGROUND: In 1982, the Bozeman City Commission adopted a Residency Restriction
for City employees, requiring all City employees to live within the Bozeman City limits, or
within a 20 minute response time of the work site. The previous Ordinance required City
employees to live within the Bozeman City limits, or within 3 miles of the City limits. Earlier
Ordinances required response times of as little as 3 minutes.
In the Courts, employee residency requirements such as the current Ordinance 2.72 have been
found to be invalid unless: 1) there is a bona fide response time requirement for the position, or
2) all employees are required to live within the jurisdictional boundaries of the governmental
unit/agency. Given the high cost of housing and the low unemployment rate in the Bozeman
area, and the frequency with which we are experiencing retracted applications and declined
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offers, the current Ordinance has a negative impact on the City’s ability to recruit qualified
applicants.
RECOMMENDATION: Provisionally Adopt Ordinance No. 1690
FISCAL EFFECTS: None are anticipated.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
_________________________________ ____________________________
Patricia J. Berg, Human Resources Director Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Report compiled on January 17, 2007
Attachments: Ordinance No. 1690
Exhibit 1
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ORDINANCE NO. 1690
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
BOZEMAN, MONTANA, REPEALING CHAPTER 2.72, RESIDENCY
RESTRICTIONS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana:
Section 1
That the Bozeman Municipal Code be amended by repealing Chapter 2.72, Residency Restrictions
for City Employees.
Section 2
Repealer. All resolutions, ordinances and sections of the Bozeman Municipal Code and parts thereof in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3
Savings Provision. This ordinance does not affect the rights and duties that matured, penalties that
were incurred or proceedings that were begun before the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 4
Severability. If any portion of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances
is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this ordinance which may be given
effect with the invalid provisions or application and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 5
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after passage on final
adoption.
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PROVISIONALLY PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, on the first
reading at a regular session thereof held on the 22nd day January, 2007.
FINALLY PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, on second reading at a regular session thereof held on the 5th day of February, 2007.
_______________________
JEFF KRAUSS
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________
BRIT FONTENOT
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PAUL J. LUWE
City Attorney
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