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Downtown Business Improvement District
FY2016 BID Work Plan and Budget
BID Mission Statement
The BID is an organization of downtown property owners who through thoughtful, pro-active
collaboration and partnership with local government, business owners, residents and citizens strive to
create a shared vision and voice for the community of downtown Bozeman. The BID will commit
resources, identify, plan and act on short-term and long-term initiatives otherwise unavailable to
individual owners. The BID has a goal of ensuring the long-term preservation and vitality of the city’s
underlying economic, cultural, social and environmental assets and the BID will work together to keep
our downtown a safe, beautiful and vibrant place.
BID Assessment Programs
The following programs are funded by the special assessments collected from property owners
within the Business Improvement District. The BID assessment for FY2015 will be $120,000.00
for the third consecutive year. The BID also received approximately $25,000 in additional
revenue from sponsorships and maintenance contracts.
Downtown Bozeman Partnership ($68,000)
The BID is a member of the Downtown Bozeman Partnership. The BID contributes to the
administration of the Downtown Partnership office located at 222 East Main Street. The
Partnership also manages all the payroll expenses associated with the BID Director and
Operations Manager.
Summer Flowers ($17,000)
The BID purchases, installs and
maintains (which includes watering 7
days a week) 240 hanging baskets of
Super-Petunias. These flower baskets
are hung throughout downtown from
June through September on the historic
lamp posts. This program grows each
year as additional historic street lamps
are installed downtown.
Holiday Lighting ($5,500)
The BID installs the following holiday
lighting downtown: 1) lighted garland
on each historic lamp post along Main
Street; 2) lights on the large conifer
trees in Soroptimist Park; 3) garland
wreaths at the Rouse, Church,
Wallace, and Grand intersections;
and 4) the infamous holiday “spider”
decoration above the downtown
intersections.
Maintenance Program ($33,950)
The BID hires two full-time
maintenance employees in addition to
a part-time maintenance employee
for the summer months. Primary
tasks performed by the BID
maintenance staff includes garbage
collection, flower watering, tree
watering, Soroptomist Park upkeep,
installation of the light pole banners,
maintenance of pedestrian benches,
graffiti removal, and limited snow
removal. The BID maintenance staff
removed 3496 bags of garbage in the
past year.
Graffiti Removal Program ($1000)
The BID comprehensive graffiti
removal program is in its third year of
operation. Since 2009, this program
has removed 1712 graffiti tags. The
BID maintenance staff removes tags
from public property and works with
property owners to clean private
buildings of graffiti. The BID will
continue to actively remove new tags
as quickly as possible considering
immediate removal has proven to be
the most effective deterrent.
Downtown Banners ($3,000)
The BID purchases, installs and
maintains the downtown light pole
banners. Seasonally the BID installs
banners for MSU, Bogert Farmers
Market, Bridger Bowl, Moonlight
Basin, Big Sky Resort, Sweet Pea
and Hatch.
Tree Replacement ($2,500)
The BID replaces trees that have died
in the downtown district. In
coordination with the City Forestry
Division, dead trees are removed and
then replaced by a local nursery.
Smaller newly planted trees are
susceptible due to physical damage
and insufficient water. The BID
replaces between 2 and 6 trees a
year.
Downtown Marketing ($2,500)
The BID contributes to the general
marketing of downtown Bozeman.
These funds are made available to
the Downtown Partnership which
places advertisements in ten to
twelve local, regional and state-wide
publications.
--Please refer to the included FY2015 BID Annual Report for more program details--
Downtown Business Improvement District FY2016 Assessment Budget
APPROVED
FY2016
Income
BID Assessment 120,000$
Contract Income 12,000$
Interest Income 200$
Flower Sponsorshihps 7,000$
Christmas Light Sponsorships 3,500$
Streetlamp Banners 4,000$
Total Income 146,700$
Expenses
Management Fee 68,000$
Total Expenses 68,000$
Payroll Expenses
Maintenance Staff 20,000$
Taxes 1,500$
Work Comp 2,000$
Maintenance Staff--Garage 6,000$
Taxes 750$
Work Comp 750$
Total Payroll Expenses 31,000$
Programs
Christmas Lights 2,500$
Christmas Light Spider Repair 2,000$
Christmas Lights Storage 1,000$
New Banners 3,000$
Flower Expenses 17,000$
Flower Water 100$
Tree Purchases 2,500$
Marketing 2,500$
Maintenance Supplies 1,200$
Garbage Bags 1,750$
Graffiti Supplies 750$
Mule Service & Fuel 1,000$
Truck Service & Fuel 3,500$
Truck Insurance 3,000$
Total Program Expenses 41,800$
Total BID Expenses 140,800$
NET INCOME 5,900$
FY16 Budget was unanimously approved by the BID Board on May 20, 2015