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Gallatin County Commission Meeting Minutes January 03, 2007
Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. January 3, 2007
Date 01/03/2007 Location County Commission
  
Time Speaker Note
1:33:07 PM Chairman Skinner Call to Order. Present were Commissioners Skinner, Murdock, and White, Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan and Acting Clerk to the Board Stephanie Young.
1:33:12 PM Chairman Skinner There was no public comments on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
1:33:22 PM Clerk to the Board Stephanie Young Read the Consent Agenda as follows: 1) Review and Approval of Minutes for December 12, 19 & 20, 2006; 2) Approval of Application(s): Cancellation of Taxes for Parcel Number PPP17506 in the amount of $1,847.08 (Receipt #'s 4295, 4221, & 4221); 3) Approval of Contract(s): Grant Reimbursement and Project Management Agreement with the Town of Manhattan for the Gallatin River Trail CTEP Project.
1:33:59 PM Chairman Skinner There was no public comment.
1:34:13 PM Commissioner White  I would move that we approve the consent agenda as read into record.
1:34:18 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:34:27 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:34:32 PM Chairman Skinner Board Appointment(s):
1:34:42 PM Commissioner Murdock Belgrade City-County Planning Board - County Representative
1:35:33 PM   There was no public comment.
1:35:41 PM Commissioner White  I would move that we appoint Henry Parsons and Alex Russell to the Bozeman City-County Planning Board as County Representatives.
1:35:53 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:35:59 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:36:04 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Comments
1:36:11 PM Commissioner White  Clarification of motion, for the Belgrade City County Planning Board.
1:36:19 PM Commissioner Murdock That was the second's understanding also.
1:36:27 PM Commissioner White  City of Bozeman Planning Board - County Representative
1:37:05 PM   There was no public comment.
1:37:15 PM Commissioner Murdock We did discuss this in the board meeting and I'm not sure that we have consensus, but I do know Mr. (William) Quinn and I will nominate him to fill the resignation term of Mike Hope.
1:37:30 PM Chairman Skinner Second
1:37:37 PM   Board Discussion
1:38:10 PM   Motion 2:1. Commissioner White opposed.  
1:38:14 PM Chairman Skinner Stated that Mr. William Quinn will be appointed to the Bozeman Planning Board as a County Representative.
1:38:20 PM Chairman Skinner Clarkston Rural Fire Service Area Board of Trustees
1:39:08 PM   There was no public comment.
1:39:15 PM Commissioner White  I would nominate Myldred Stine & William Wilson to fill out the two positions.
1:39:27 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:39:34 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:39:48 PM Commissioner Murdock Fair Board
1:40:16 PM   There was no public comment.
1:40:25 PM Commissioner White I would move to reappoint Robert Brekke, Jim Oberhofer, and Chris Budeski to the Fair Board.
1:40:38 PM Commissioner Murdock Second  
1:40:42 PM   Board Discussion
1:41:15 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:41:24 PM Commissioner White  Fairview Cemetery Board
1:41:46 PM   There was no public comment.
1:41:52 PM Commissioner Murdock With great trepidation, I am going to stick my neck out on a limb here and I'm nervous and I don't want to fight, but I am going to nominate Dwight Wade.  
1:42:10 PM Commissioner White  Second
1:42:20 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:42:25 PM Chairman Skinner Gallatin City-County Board of Health
1:42:55 PM   There was no public comment.
1:43:05 PM Commissioner White  I would like to nominate Mrs. Robin Cory for the vacancy on the Board of Health.
1:43:12 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:43:19 PM   Board Discussion
1:44:55 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:45:01 PM Commissioner Murdock Pedestrian Traffic Safety Committee
1:45:29 PM   There was no public comment.
1:45:43 PM Commissioner White  I would move that we appoint Ralph Zimmer, to the Pedestrian Traffic Safety Committee.
1:45:51 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:46:01 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:46:05 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on Second Reading of a Speed Ordinance for Little Bear Road
1:46:31 PM Commissioner Murdock Summarized ordinance into the record.
1:46:59 PM Public Comment Dick Huttinga
1:48:13 PM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I would move that we approve the second reading for Little Bear Road at 35 miles an hour.
1:48:32 PM Commissioner White  Second
1:48:42 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
1:48:48 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on Second Reading of a Speed Ordinance for Little Bear Spur Road
1:48:57 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Advise commission to summarize ordinance into the record, prior to taking public comment.
1:49:11 PM Chairman Skinner Summarized ordinance into the record.
1:49:46 PM Public Comment Scott Harvey, Richard Venton, and Katie Harvey
1:55:18 PM   Board Discussion including Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan
1:59:09 PM Commissioner White  I would move that, this is Ordinance #2006-010.
1:59:20 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:59:25 PM Commissioner White  Comments, I make a motion to approve it, approve a 35 mph speed limit, as stated on record in (Ordinance) #2006-010.
1:59:39 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:59:45 PM   Board Discussion including Greg Sullivan
2:01:07 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
2:01:12 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on First Reading of a Speed Ordinance for Bruce Industrial Park (Arden and Andrea Drive)
2:01:35 PM Commissioner White  Read ordinance into the record.
2:03:20 PM Public Comment Richard Venton
2:05:04 PM   Board Discussion
2:05:39 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Requested to edit the ordinance, it currently refers to Bruce Industrial Park rather than referring to actual roads that you will be placing the ordinance on. Ordinance should reflect that you are placing it on these specific roads: Arden and Andrea Drive. Approve ordinance subject to substituting Arden and Andrea Drive for where it states Bruce Industrial Park.  
2:06:21 PM   Discussion and Questions
2:07:11 PM Public Comment Richard Venton
2:08:01 PM   Discussion and Questions
2:09:36 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Suggests leaving Bruce Industrial Park and adding Arden and Andrea Drive, and if applied outside of the industrial park and to have a recital that recognizes that and then the applicability is clarified to indicate that it applies to Andrea Drive outside the industrial park as well.
2:10:09 PM   Discussion and Questions
2:10:50 PM Commissioner White  I would move that County Attorney would make the appropriate changes in the recital section to reflect that Arden and Andrea Drive are roads independent of Bruce Industrial Park and for the purpose of removing any confusion as to, that this is a designated speed limits ordinance would be only for those sections of road and not for the subdivision as a whole.
2:11:28 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:11:39 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
2:11:46 PM Commissioner White  I would make a motion to approve the first reading of the Ordinance #2007-001, as amended.
2:12:00 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:12:05 PM   Board Discussion
2:12:42 PM   Motion passed unanimously.
2:12:47 PM Chairman Skinner Decision on a Resolution of the Gallatin County Commission Granting a Slope Variance from the Gallatin Canyon/Big Sky Zoning Regulation for James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund (Public Hearing Held on December 14, 2006)
2:13:06 PM County Planner Tim Skop Staff Report
2:13:58 PM   There was no public to comment.
2:14:09 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Advice/Comments
2:14:29 PM   Discussion and Questions
2:14:37 PM Commissioner White Requests to recuse himself on discussion or motion of this agenda item.
2:14:58 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to approve Resolution #2007-002.
2:15:02 PM Chairman Skinner Second
2:15:07 PM   Motion passed 2:0. Commissioner White recused.
2:15:10 PM   There were no Pending Resolutions.
2:15:13 PM   Meeting Adjourned.