Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No.
August 31, 2004
Location Gallatin County Courthouse
Time Speaker Note
9:01:56 AM Chairman Vincent Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Vincent, Mitchell and Murdock, County Attorney Lambert and Acting Clerk to the Board Mary Miller.
9:02:48 AM There was no public comment on matters within the Commissioner's jurisdiction.
9:03:11 AM Chairman Vincent Announced that consent agenda item #5, Contracts for the Libraries and Senior Programs was continued until a later date.
9:03:23 AM Commissioner Murdock Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims 2. Request for Common Boundary Relocation Exemption for DeHaan 3. Request for Common Boundary Relocation Exemption for McDonnell/Klompein 4. Commission Statistics (July): Payroll $1,424,709.15; Clerk & Recorder $78,150.77; A101's $: and Landfill Revenue (Jan-May): $497,942.19 5. Contract(s): Libraries and Senior Programs
9:04:48 AM There was no public comment.
9:05:02 AM Commissioner Mitchell Move to approve the consent agenda, as amended.
9:05:07 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:05:14 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:05:19 AM There was no public comment on matters within the Commissioner's jurisdiction.
9:05:27 AM Chairman Vincent Board Appointments
9:05:59 AM Commissioner Mitchell Gallatin County Planning Board
9:06:37 AM There was no public comment.
9:06:49 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I move that we appoint Mary Jacobs and Martha Hopkins Biel.
9:07:20 AM Board discussion
9:07:53 AM Chairman Vincent Second
9:07:58 AM Board discussion
9:08:16 AM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Mitchell opposed.
9:08:28 AM Commissioner Murdock Search and Rescue Board
9:09:52 AM There was no public comment.
9:10:13 AM Commissioner Mitchell Finding that these are basically pass through nominations already selected by the various boards that they represent, I move that we reappoint Ms. Robinson to represent the Sheriff's Department, Mr. Thomas J. Reeves to represent Big Sky, Mr. Doug Schmier to represent West Yellowstone, and Mr. Tim Carr to represent the Salvation Army all to the Search and Rescue Board.
9:10:40 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:10:54 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:10:58 AM Chairman Vincent Agenda adjustment moving next to regular agenda Item #5, Public Hearing and Consideration of Contract Award Recommendation and Award of Contract for Wireless E911 Customer Premise Equipment and then on to regular agenda Item #8, Public Hearing and Consideration of Request for Family Transfer Exemption for Robert and Delores Prescott
9:11:54 AM Communication Services Director, Ben Hess Recommended CML Communications Corporation as the preferred vendor. The final contract amount is $151,560.00.
9:13:32 AM Discussion and Questions
9:14:13 AM There was no public comment.
9:14:44 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we award to CML as the preferred vendor recommended by Ben Hess the contract for Wireless E911 customer premise equipment in the amount of $151,560.00.
9:15:03 AM Commissioner Mitchell Second
9:15:13 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:15:16 AM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Consideration of Request for Family Transfer Exemption for Robert and Delores Prescott
9:15:39 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff report
9:16:30 AM Discussion and Questions
9:17:22 AM
9:17:28 AM Tracy and Delores Prescott, applicants Sworn in by County Attorney Marty Lambert and testified under oath.
9:20:38 AM Discussion and Questions
9:20:59 AM There was no public comment.
9:21:21 AM Commissioner Murdock I move we approve the Prescott family transfer, it appears to me to be a proper use of the exemption.
9:21:30 AM Commissioner Mitchell Second
9:21:40 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:21:45 AM Chairman Vincent Agenda adjustment moving to regular agenda Item #7, Request for Final Plat Approval for the Amended Belgrade Meadows Commercial Park Minor Subdivision
9:22:21 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff report
9:23:13 AM There was no public comment.
9:23:28 AM Discussion and Questions
9:24:00 AM Commissioner Mitchell Based on the staff recommendation that all the conditions have been met for the Belgrade Meadows Commercial Subdivision, I move that we approve the final plat.
9:24:18 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:24:35 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:24:49 AM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Petition to Create Four Corners Community Water and Sewer District
9:25:03 AM Clerk and Recorder Shelley Vance Presentation
9:29:38 AM Jimmie Loheimier Presentation, submitted letter from Paul C. Gieser, Sr labeled Exhibit A, Item 4.
9:33:08 AM Public comment Frank Albini, Clint Cain, Attorney John Brown on behalf of the existing Four Corners Water and Sewer District, Dave Pruitt, Tony Kolnik, Terry Threlkeld, Teri Kolnik, Frank Silva, Rosie Faust, submitted letter from Tony Forsythe labeled Exhibit B, Item 4, George Metcalfe, Richard Smith, submitted his testimony labeled Exhibit C, Item 4, Bill Umbaugh, Paul Shennum, Murray Steinman, representing Double Tree and Barb Campbell, (Tony Kolnik stated that comments alluded to him by Mr. Steinman were inaccurate or not made), Joann Wattier, Mark Sabo, Lonny Walker, Ben Zavora, Dan Lucy, Barbara Campbell, and Jim McMannus.
10:39:58 AM Clerk and Recorder Shelley Vance Comments
10:43:35 AM County Attorney Marty Lambert Comments and Advice
10:46:36 AM Board discussion
10:52:54 AM Closed public comment.
10:53:08 AM Clerk and Recorder Shelley Vance Advice and Comments
10:54:17 AM County Attorney Marty Lambert Advice and Comments
10:54:34 AM Discussion
10:55:51 AM Recess
11:12:06 AM County Attorney Marty Lambert Reconvene to meeting. Advice
11:12:40 AM Board discussion
11:14:47 AM Chairman Vincent Continued board discussion until September 21, 2004.
11:16:49 AM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Approval of Program and Facility Sites for the Proposed Re-Entry Facility/Program
11:17:15 AM Dorothy Bradley, District Court Administrator Presentation
11:25:12 AM Mike Thatcher, CEO, Community Counseling and Correction Services, Inc PowerPoint Presentation
12:02:04 PM County Attorney Marty Lambert Comments
12:20:12 PM Mike Ferriter, Administrator of Community Corrections Division, DOC Comments
12:26:13 PM Roger Curtiss, Executive Director of Alcohol and Drug Services, Anaconda Comments
12:29:47 PM Mike Thatcher, CEO, Community Counseling and Correction Services, Inc Comments
12:33:58 PM Discussion and Questions between Commission and Grants Administrator Larry Watson and District Court Administrator Dorothy Bradley
12:37:02 PM Fiscal Officer Ed Blackman Comments
12:39:59 PM Board discussion
12:48:04 PM Commissioner Mitchell I move that we approve the Community Counseling and Correction Services, Inc to formulate and build and run our work release and reentry program and that we site it at SE corner of the L & J Center site as recommended by whatever architects when it comes to hooking up to facilities and what not.
12:48:49 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
12:48:58 PM Board discussion
12:49:26 PM Motion passed unanimously.
12:49:32 PM Recess
1:05:00 PM Chairman Vincent Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Consideration of Resolution to Levy and Assess a Tax on Rural Improvement Maintenance Districts within Gallatin County, Montana
1:05:33 PM Discussion between Fiscal Officer Ed Blackman and Commission
1:07:21 PM Commissioner Murdock Excused himself from this portion of the hearing since he was not present for the first hearing.
1:07:46 PM Fiscal Officer Ed Blackman Presentation
1:08:38 PM Jack Schunke, Morrison-Maierle, Inc Comments
1:09:34 PM Commission comment
1:10:00 PM There was no public comment.
1:10:24 PM Commissioner Mitchell Comments, therefore I make a motion that we approve Resolution #2004-122, to levy and assess a tax on Rural Improvement Maintenance Districts within Gallatin County according to the plan provided to us by Morrison-Maierle.
1:11:06 PM Chairman Vincent Second
1:11:13 PM Motion passed unanimously. (2:0)
1:11:43 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Consideration of Request for Preliminary Plat Approval for Falcon Hollow Major Subdivision
1:11:55 PM County Planner Victoria Drummond Staff report, submitted letter from Felicia Hutchison labeled Exhibit A, Item 10
1:24:35 PM Debra Anderson, PLS, Gateway Engineering & Surveying, Inc Presentation on behalf of applicant's Shawn Moran and Ken Shepherd
1:31:38 PM Discussion and Questions
1:36:56 PM Carol Lee-Roark, Wetlands Scientist, Hyalite Environmental Comments
1:39:15 PM Cyndi Crayton, Member, Gallatin County Trails Advisory Committee Comments, submitted 2 letters from the Gallatin County Trails Advisory Committee labeled Exhibit B, Item 10
1:44:35 PM Discussion and Questions
1:45:56 PM Road & Bridge Department George Durkin Comments and Discussion with Commission
1:54:43 PM Wendy Steinbeisser, Gateway Engineering & Surveying, Inc Comments
1:59:01 PM Discussion and Questions
2:01:30 PM Shawn Moran, developer Applicant's presentation
2:07:51 PM Discussion and Questions
2:08:29 PM Debra Anderson, PLS, Gateway Engineering & Surveying, Inc Comments and Discussion with Commission and Mr. Moran
2:12:09 PM Closed public comment
2:12:14 PM Board discussion
2:23:43 PM Shawn Moran, developer Comments and Discussion with Commission
2:29:23 PM Discussion and Questions
2:30:41 PM County Attorney Marty Lambert Advice
2:32:17 PM Commissioner Murdock Comments, based on Commission concerns with traffic and open space it was suggested that Mr. Moran withdraw voluntarily and come back with a plan that works.
2:32:54 PM Commission comments
2:33:23 PM Shawn Moran, developer Comments
2:34:40 PM County Planner Victoria Drummond Comments
2:36:01 PM Discussion between County Attorney Marty Lambert and County Planner Victoria Drummond
2:37:52 PM Board discussion
2:39:55 PM Shawn Moran, developer Agreed to 60-day extension.
2:39:59 PM Discussion between County Attorney Marty Lambert, Mr. Moran and the Commission
2:42:03 PM There were no pending resolutions.
2:42:08 PM Meeting adjourned.
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