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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cynthia Jordan Delaney, Acting City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Commission Member Appointment to the Northern Rocky Mountain
Economic Development District Board of Directors (EDD)
MEETING DATE: September 17, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: Consider appointing Cr. Becker to the Northern Rocky Mountain
Economic Development District Board of Directors (EDD).
BACKGROUND: Josh Kellar, Coordinator of the Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D Area,
Inc., emailed a request for a Commission member or designated representative of the City
Commission to be appointed to the Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District
Board of Directors (EDD). In response, Cr. Becker said that he would like to be appointed to this
Board of Directors.
Please see attached information about the EDD.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Cynthia Jordan Delaney, Acting City Clerk Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
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From: Kellar, Joshua - Bozeman, MT [mailto:Joshua.Kellar@mt.usda.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:55 AM
To: Karen Semerau
Cc: Earl Mathers; Sarah Hamlen; Don Pisarcik; Ed Meece; drabenberg@fib.com
Subject: Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District
I am writing to request that a member or designated representative of the City
Commission be appointed to the Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development
District Board of Directors (EDD). The EDD is a newly designated organization by the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration for Gallatin and
Park Counties. It works very closely with the Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D Area,
Inc., which is the Certified Regional Development Corporation for Gallatin and Park
Counties under the Montana Department of Commerce and houses the Small Business
Development Center for the area. A brief description of the EDD, its relationship to the
RC&D, and the requirements for Board Members follows. You can contact me at the
number below, or Earl Mathers, President of the EDD if you have any questions
regarding the organization.
Purpose of the EDD: NRMEDD is created for the primary purpose of assisting, guiding,
coordinating and focusing economic and community development activities in Gallatin
and Park Counties.
Incorporation Form: NRM EDD is a non profit organization under Montana State Law
and is filing for 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from IRS.
Board Members: The following are members of the EDD Board: Earl Mathers (Gallatin
County Administrator), President; Ed Meece (Livingston City Manager), Vice President;
Darwin Rabenberg (President First Interstate Bank, Livingston), Secretary/Treasurer;
Dick Murphy (Park County Commissioner); Glen Loomis (West Yellowstone Town
Councilman); Gene Townsend (Mayor of Three Forks); Debra Youngberg (Belgrade
Chamber Executive Director); Jessica Watson (Tech Ranch); Scott Pogh (Branch
President, Stockman Bank, Belgrade); Al Maurillo (Manager, Job Services).
Board Responsibilities: Board Members are responsible for governing the organization.
The time commitment is approximately 1 meeting per month (typically held in
Bozeman). The Board will be overseeing economic development programs for the EDD
and the RC&D.
Staffing: Staffing for the EDD will include a Director and a Program Assistant. Staff for
the EDD are co-located with the RC&D. RC&D staff include a Coordinator, MSU Area
Economic Development Coordinator, Small Business Development Center Business
Advisor; and RC&D Program Assistant
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Current Programs: Through its partnership with the RC&D, the EDD will manage or take
part in following programs: Small Business Development Center for Gallatin and Park
counties, Certified Regional Development Corporation Program (MT Dept of
Commerce), Economic Development Administration's EDD program, Livingston
Revolving Loan Fund, and the Gallatin/Park Brownfield Program.
Please feel free to call me at your convenience. Josh Kellar, RC&D Coordinator
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Josh Kellar, RC&D Coordinator
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D
502 South 19th Avenue, Suite 105
Bozeman, MT 59718
Phone: (406) 582-5700
Fax: (406) 582-5855
www.nrmrcd.org
From: Karen Semerau
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:40 PM
To: Jeff Krauss; Jeff Rupp; Kaaren Jacobson; Sean Becker; Steve Kirchhoff
Cc: Chris Kukulski
Subject: FW: Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District
Hello All.
Josh Kellar called this morning and asked that I share this with all of you. His contact information is
below.
Regards,
Karen Semerau
Executive Assistant
City of Bozeman
406.582.2306
Integrity, Leadership, Service, Teamwork
From: Sean Becker
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:35 PM
To: Jeff Krauss; Jeff Rupp; Kaaren Jacobson; Steve Kirchhoff
Cc: Chris Kukulski; Karen Semerau
Subject: RE: Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District
I am interested in this responsibility.
Sean Becker
Commissioner, City of Bozeman
Integrity, Leadership, Service, Teamwork
PO Box 1230 Bozeman, MT 59771
Phone: (406) 581-7571
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sbecker@bozeman.net
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please notify sender immediately. Thank you.
From: Karen Semerau
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:36 PM
To: Sean Becker
Subject: RE: Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District
I was thinking that you would want to…I will let you take it from here…see you later!
Karen Semerau
Executive Assistant
City of Bozeman
406.582.2306
Integrity, Leadership, Service, Teamwork
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