Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. April 12, 2006
Date 04/12/2006 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
1:32:33 PM Chairman Vincent Call to Order. Present were Commissioners Murdock, Skinner and Vincent,and Acting Clerk to the Board Mary Miller.
1:32:37 PM There was no public comments on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
1:32:57 PM Commissioner Murdock Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Decision for Common Boundary Relocation for Lehrkind Farms 2. Decision for Common Boundary Relocation Exemption for Rafferty/Gallatin County 3. Approval of Contract(s): Approval of Lease with Verizon Wireless for Installation of Telecommunications Equipment on County-Owned Timberline Communication Site-continued ; Agreement for Services 2006 Dust Control Application to Various Gravel County Maintained Roads; Community Service Worksite Agreement Between Gallatin County and Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts for Court Ordered Community Service Workers; Gallatin County & USDA Forest Service, Gallatin National Forest Burn Permit Agreement for Issuance and Fee Collection of Burn Permits; Mountain Land Rehabilitation Therapy Services Agreement (Medicare B) for the Rest Home;
and Approval of Contract with Northwest Energy to Install Gas line for the Progreba Snow Removal Equipment Building
1:33:34 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Announced that the approval of lease with Verizon Wireless for installation of Telecommunications Equipment on County-Owned Timberline Communication Site would be continued.
1:33:46 PM Commissioner Murdock Continued reading the consent agenda.
1:34:44 PM There was no public comment.
1:34:55 PM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve the consent agenda as amended.
1:34:58 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:35:04 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:35:08 PM Chairman Vincent Receipt of Petition to Annex Property into the Bridger Canyon Rural Fire District
1:35:20 PM Clerk & Recorder, Recording Supervisor Eric Semerad Presentation
1:37:08 PM Discussion and Questions
1:37:19 PM There was no public comment.
1:37:33 PM Closed public comment.
1:37:37 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we accept the petition to annex property into the Bridger Canyon Rural Fire District as read into the record by Deputy Clerk & Recorder, Recording Supervisor Eric Semerad and set a public hearing date for the 10th of May of this year.
1:38:05 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
1:38:16 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:38:20 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Request/Decision for Family Transfer Exemption for Kimm
1:38:29 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report
1:39:44 PM Scott Kimm Sworn in by Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan and testified under oath.
1:43:59 PM There was no public comment.
1:44:11 PM Closed public comment.
1:44:15 PM Commissioner Skinner Based on the applicant's testimony I would find that this would not be an attempt to evade subdivision law and I would move to approve the Kimm family transfer.
1:44:25 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:44:32 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:44:36 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision for Common Boundary Relocation for Carey
1:44:45 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report
1:46:23 PM Discussion between the Commission, Warren Vaughan, and Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan
1:47:34 PM Misty Carey Applicant presentation
1:50:47 PM Discussion between Warren Vaughan, Misty Carey, and the Commission
1:53:08 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Comments and Advice
1:54:33 PM Discussion between the Commission, Greg Sullivan, Misty Carey, and Warren Vaughan
1:58:37 PM John Pugh, Allied Engineering Comments on behalf of the applicant Misty Carey
2:00:42 PM There was no public comment.
2:01:00 PM Discussion between the Commission, Misty Carey, and Greg Sullivan
2:02:29 PM Closed public comment.
2:02:30 PM Board discussion including John Pugh and Greg Sullivan
2:06:10 PM Commissioner Skinner Comments, I am going to go ahead and move that we approve the common boundary relocation exemption.
2:06:43 PM Chairman Vincent Second
2:06:46 PM Board discussion/Findings including Greg Sullivan and Warren Vaughan
2:12:08 PM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Murdock opposed.
2:12:16 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision for Common Boundary Relocation and Assignment of Development Rights for Wright
2:12:27 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report
2:14:30 PM There was no public comment.
2:14:40 PM Closed public comment.
2:14:44 PM Discussion between the Commission, Warren Vaughan, and Bill Wright
2:16:02 PM Chairman Murdock I move that we approve it finding that this is a proper use of the common relocation boundary exemption.
2:16:09 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:16:16 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:16:21 PM Chairman Vincent Approval of Baseline FY2007 Departmental Budgets
2:16:38 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
2:21:32 PM Discussion and Questions
2:30:25 PM Public comment County Attorney Marty Lambert
2:35:06 PM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
2:38:10 PM Commissioner Murdock Start with this baseline budget with the changes that we just discussed.
2:38:18 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
2:38:27 PM Board discussion including Ed Blackman
2:39:49 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:39:51 PM Chairman Vincent Agenda announcement noting that regular agenda Item #9 would be heard immediately after regular agenda Item #6.
2:40:22 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on a Loan Resolution from the Montana Aeronautics in the amount of $8,500 and a Grant of $8,861
2:40:50 PM Scott Bell, Morrison-Maierle on behalf of Grants Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
2:41:21 PM Discussion and Questions
2:42:28 PM There was no public comment.
2:42:35 PM Commission comments
2:42:55 PM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to adopt Resolution #2006-025.
2:42:59 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:43:08 PM Board discussion including Scott Bell
2:44:36 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:44:41 PM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on Appeal of Road and Bridge Department Denial of Encroachment Permit for Norman Williams/South Third
2:45:01 PM Attorney Christopher Gray Presentation
2:54:27 PM Commission comments
2:54:35 PM Road and Bridge Superintendent Lee Provance Comments, submitted 4 letters from the Road & Bridge Department denying access to various individuals labeled Exhibit A, Item 9
2:58:03 PM Discussion between the Commission, Lee Provance, Norman Williams, Christopher Gray, Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan
3:12:58 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve the encroachment permit subject to those agreements in writing and whats already been testified to that affect.
3:13:12 PM Chairman Vincent Second
3:13:13 PM Board discussion
3:13:38 PM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Skinner opposed.
3:13:46 PM Chairman Vincent Adoption of the Gallatin County Road Infrastructure Assessment Plan
3:13:55 PM Commissioner Murdock on behalf of Road and Bridge Superintendent Lee Provance Presentation
3:15:14 PM Open Lands Coordinator Mike Harris Comments
3:15:52 PM Road and Bridge Superintendent Lee Provance Comments
3:16:45 PM Discussion between Lee Provance, Mike Harris, and the Commission
3:25:13 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we accept the Gallatin County Transportation Infrastructure Assessment and recommendations as we've discussed here today, the September 2005 draft and use it as a guideline.
3:25:28 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
3:25:38 PM Motion passed unanimously.
3:25:42 PM Chairman Vincent Discussion and Decision on Hiring a Full-Time GIS Technician for Planning Purposes for Remainder FY06
3:26:23 PM GIS Coordinator Allen Armstrong Presentation, submitted a breakdown of available funds for a GIS/Planning Technician in the GIS Department labeled Exhibit A, Item #8
3:29:44 PM Discussion and Questions
3:42:31 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we authorize the GIS Department to go and advertise and hire a GIS Planning Technician as discussed and as presented with the funding breakdown he has given us on this sheet of paper with any deficit in that funding subject to the uncertainty of the pending budget process.
3:42:59 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
3:43:08 PM Board discussion including Allen Armstrong
3:45:32 PM Motion passed unanimously.
3:45:38 PM There were no Pending Resolutions.
3:45:40 PM Meeting adjourned.
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