Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. December 27, 2006
Date 12/27/2006 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
1:34:42 PM Chairman Vincent Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Murdock, Skinner and Vincent, Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan and Acting Clerk to the Board Stephanie Young.
1:35:34 PM Chairman Vincent Agenda Announcements: Bresnan Communications will be televising the County Commission public meetings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week on Channel 20.
1:35:46 PM Chairman Vincent Public comments on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction. Steve Nash spoke in regards to the density restricitions (1 per 160 regulation).
1:37:44 PM Commission comments
1:38:43 PM Clerk to the Board Stephanie Young Read the Consent Agenda as follows: 1) Approval of Claims; 2) Approval of Budget Transfer: Title III PILT to Central Valley Fire ($40,000); 3) Review and Approval of Minutes for December 6 & 13, 2006; 4) Approval of Contract(s): Fire Suppression Systems - Rest Home, Help Center Community Service Agreement, Sacks of Belgrade Community Service Agreement, Sacks of Bozeman Community Service Agreement, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Gallatin County Community Service Agreement, Bridger Canyon Fire Department Community Service Agreement, Avalanche Snow Removal for Snowplowing in RID's 340, 359, and 362, Western State Scaffolding and Abatement for Removal and Clean Up of Asbestos at the L&J, Resource Technologies for Air Sampling and Abatement Removal at the L&J, Resource Technologies for
Air Sampling and Abatement Removal at the Courthouse, Ratification of Contract with Environmental Contractors for Removal of Asbestos at the Courthouse
1:40:17 PM There was no public comment.
1:40:28 PM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve the consent agenda.
1:40:29 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:40:35 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:40:41 PM Chairman Vincent Board Appointment(s):
1:40:42 PM Chairman Vincent Announced that the board appointments for the Fair Board, has been continued for consideration for next Wednesday, January 3, 2007.
1:41:18 PM Commissioner Skinner Big Sky Transportation District
1:41:50 PM There was no public comment.
1:41:59 PM Commissioner Murdock I nominate Lisa Knorr to replace herself on there, she's done an excellent job and I see no reason to change horses.
1:42:08 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:42:10 PM Board Discussion
1:42:36 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:42:42 PM Chairman Vincent DUI Task Force
1:43:08 PM There was no public comment.
1:43:16 PM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to appoint Christina Crow to the DUI Task Force.
1:43:20 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:43:29 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:43:36 PM Commissioner Murdock Mental Health Local Advisory Council
1:44:18 PM There was no public comment.
1:44:29 PM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to appoint Mrs. (Charlotte) Kress to the Mental Health Local Advisory Council.
1:44:34 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:44:44 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:44:49 PM Commissioner Skinner Tax Appeal Board
1:45:18 PM There was no public comment.
1:45:26 PM Commissioner Murdock Mr. Doornbos said he would like to serve on this committee, we have had problems in the past getting people to serve on the tax appeal board. I think were lucky that we have two here, I would encourage Dr. Carlos de Onis to keep his hat in the ring, but I am going to nominate Marvin Doornbos.
1:45:45 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:46:00 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:46:02 PM Chairman Vincent Weed Board
1:46:41 PM There was no public comment.
1:46:48 PM Commission comments
1:47:34 PM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve Mr. Robert Hoffman to the Weed Board.
1:47:38 PM Chairman Vincent Second
1:47:48 PM Board Discussion
1:48:13 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:48:26 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Amending the Gallatin County FY 2007 Budget by Appropriating $19,250 in Revenues Received from the Montana Department of Transportation, CTEP Program
1:48:45 PM Grants Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
1:49:30 PM There was no public comment.
1:49:37 PM Closed public comment.
1:49:45 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to adopt the Resolution, I don't have the number here, 2006-152 to amend the county budget as stated.
1:49:59 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:50:08 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:50:13 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Establishing the Vehicle Reimbursement, Meal Per Diem and the Lodging Rates for Gallatin County for the Year Beginning January 1, 2007
1:50:28 PM County Administrator Earl Mathers Presentation
1:52:03 PM Discussion and Questions
1:52:55 PM County Auditor Jennifer Blossom Comments
1:53:54 PM Continued discussion between the Commission and Earl Mathers.
1:54:13 PM There was no public comment.
1:54:23 PM Public Comment Jennifer Blossom
1:58:10 PM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve Resolution #2006-153.
1:58:15 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:58:24 PM Board Discussion
1:59:29 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:59:39 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution for the Daily Rate for Incarceration at the Gallatin County Detention Center
1:59:57 PM County Sheriff Brian Gootkin Presentation
2:00:20 PM Discussion and Questions
2:01:10 PM Public Comment Jennifer Blossom
2:02:41 PM Closed public comment.
2:02:52 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to approve Resolution #2006-154, which would raise incarceration rate consistent with the law.
2:03:03 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:03:12 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:03:18 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on Family Transfer Exemption from Subdivision Review Request for Harvey
2:03:28 PM Robert (Bill) & Sharon Harvey and Shanna Frieling Stated their names for the record.
2:03:50 PM Commission comments
2:04:09 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff Report
2:05:41 PM Chairman Vincent Confirmed applicants, Robert (Bill) Harvey, Sharon Harvey and Shanna Frieling were aware they would testifying under oath.
2:05:48 PM Robert (Bill) & Sharon Harvey and Shanna Frieling Sworn in by Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan and testified under oath.
2:09:17 PM Discussion between the Commission and Sharon Harvey
2:10:28 PM There was no public comment.
2:10:41 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to approve the Harvey Family Transfer exemption, finding that it meets all of are intentions in the state law and our local subdivision regulations.
2:10:51 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:10:59 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:11:37 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Announced that both agenda Item #6: Public Hearing and Decision on a Common Boundary Relocation Exemption Request for Wortman & agenda Item #7: Public Hearing and Decision on a Common Boundary Relocation Exemption Request for Melendez/Ervin/Marin, continued for discussion on January 16th, 2006.
2:12:02 PM Commission comments
2:12:16 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on Request for Preliminary Plat Approval and Variance Request from Section 7.H of the Subdivision Regulations (Paving Requirement) for the McKenna Minor Subdivision
2:12:36 PM County Planner Tim Skop Staff Report
2:22:17 PM Discussion and Questions
2:23:10 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Comments
2:23:52 PM Commission comments
2:24:15 PM Rick Kerin, Kerin & Associates Presentation on behalf of applicants; John F. McKenna, submitted a letter of suggested revisions to condition #14 of the staff report, labeled Exhibit A, Item #8.
2:29:21 PM Discussion between the Commission and Rick Kerin
2:33:35 PM John F. McKenna, Jr Applicant comments, submitted letters from Donald J. Visser, Jason M. Hicks, Adam Smith, Robert Ray Rider, Dennis L. Johnson, Michael J. Richards, and Allan S. Hathaway, labeled Exhibit B, Item #8.
2:35:42 PM Public Comment Dave Pruitt
2:36:39 PM Discussion between the Commission and Dave Pruitt
2:37:33 PM Public Comment George Durkin
2:38:42 PM Discussion between the Commission and George Durkin
2:40:29 PM Public Comment Al Jaeger
2:42:14 PM Rick Kerin, Kerin & Associates Rebuttal
2:43:31 PM Closed public comment.
2:43:40 PM Board discussion including Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan
2:48:25 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to deny the variance request.
2:48:29 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:48:33 PM Board discussion including Greg Sullivan
2:51:55 PM Motion denied unanimously.
2:51:59 PM Commission comments including Greg Sullivan.
2:52:47 PM Commissioner Murdock Then I will move that we approve this subdivision, subject to all the conditions presented by Tim with the addition in the convenants, "That further subdivision of the lots shall be prohibited."
2:53:00 PM Discussion between the Commission, Greg Sullivan and Tim Skop
2:54:26 PM Commissioner Murdock I will replace the staff reports (condition) #15, delete that one and include the engineers, the applicants condition #14 and I have circled it, I'll give it to the Recorder.
2:54:47 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:55:12 PM Board Discussion/Findings
2:57:37 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:57:42 PM Recess
3:07:59 PM Chairman Vincent Reconvene to meeting. (no audio 3:07:59 - 3:08:13) Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intention to Adopt the Easton Zone Map Amendment - Gallatin County/Bozeman Area Zoning District
3:08:16 PM County Planner Tim Skop Staff Report
3:10:52 PM Discussion between the Commission and Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan
3:12:46 PM Dax Simik, Engineering, Inc Comments on behalf of applicants, Mark and Trisha Easton
3:13:01 PM Discussion between the Commission and Dax Simik
3:14:04 PM Closed public comment.
3:14:10 PM Commissioner Skinner Finding that we have no public comment at this hearing, I would move to adopt Resolution #2006-155, and adopt the findings from our previous discussion of this agenda item.
3:14:34 PM Chairman Vincent Second
3:14:37 PM Board discussion including Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan
3:15:18 PM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Murdock opposed.
3:15:32 PM Chairman Vincent Decision on a Resolution of the Gallatin County Commission Granting a Side Yard Setback Variance from the Gallatin Canyon/Big Sky Zoning Regulation for Holder/Macconnachie
3:16:05 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff Report
3:17:09 PM There was no public comment.
3:17:16 PM Closed public comment.
3:17:19 PM Commissioner Skinner Move to adopt Resolution #2006-156.
3:17:22 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
3:17:35 PM Motion passed unanimously.
3:17:42 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Comment on Donation of the Baden Conservation Easement to the Gallatin Valley Land Trust
3:17:52 PM Recess. The commission paused for a moment to wait for Michael Harris to arrive.
3:19:54 PM Kelly Pohl, Gallatin Valley Land Trust Presentation
3:21:02 PM There was no public comment.
3:21:10 PM Discussion between the Commission and Kelly Pohl
3:22:57 PM No Action Taken.
3:22:58 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Comment on Donation of the Crawford Conservation Easement to the Gallatin Valley Land Trust
3:23:13 PM Open Lands Board Coordinator Mike Harris Presentation
3:23:55 PM Kelly Pahal, Gallatin Valley Land Trust Comments
3:24:57 PM There was no public comment.
3:25:08 PM Board Discussion
3:26:01 PM No Action Taken.
3:26:16 PM Chairman Vincent Comments
3:28:36 PM There were no Pending Resolutions.
3:28:37 PM Meeting Adjourned.
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