Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. 50 June 27, 2007
Date 06/27/2007 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
1:32:08 PM Chairman Skinner Call to Order. Present were Commissioners Skinner, Murdock, and White, Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie and Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder.
1:32:14 PM Chairman Skinner There was no public comments on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
1:32:40 PM Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes from June 12, 2007 2. Approval of Contracts: Modification to Contract #2006-131 with Liebert and Associates for Scope of Work for the Detention Center Planning Process to Include Addition On-Site Visit in July 2007; Contract with Ingram Clevenger, Inc. for Accessibility Improvements to Selected Polling Places in Gallatin County; Extension of Contract #2001-071 with Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Engineering for RID Maintenance Program 3. Approval of Grant Application to the Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed Trust Fund in the Amount of $6,200 4. Approval of Abandonment of Sewer and Water Easements for Riverside Country Club 5. Decision on Final Plat Approval for the Spanish Meadows Major Subdivision (moved to the regular
agenda)
1:33:40 PM Chairman Skinner Commissioner Murdock requested that #5 from the consent agenda be pulled and moved to the regular agenda as #1 at the request of Steve McNeil.
1:33:48 PM There was no public comment.
1:34:03 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve the amended consent agenda.
1:34:09 PM Commissioner White Second
1:34:11 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:34:18 PM Chairman Skinner Decision on Final Plat Approval for the Spanish Meadows Major Subdivision
1:34:37 PM County Planner Tim Skop Staff report
1:35:20 PM Discussion and Questions
1:35:33 PM Public Comment Steve McNeil; Tamzin Brown; and Betty White
1:39:53 PM Mark Lewis, Applicant Rebuttal
1:42:51 PM Road & Bridge Engineer George Durkin Comments
1:43:42 PM Discussion between the Commission, George Durkin and Tim Skop
1:51:43 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve final plat.
1:51:46 PM Commissioner White Second
1:51:54 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:51:58 PM Chairman Skinner Board Appointments. Continued for one month because there were no applications.
1:53:17 PM Commissioner Murdock Board of Park Commissioners
1:53:57 PM There was no public comment.
1:54:06 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion to reappoint Patrick Finnegan, Rick Fink and Jack Clarkson and that would then leave us with two vacancies.
1:54:16 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:54:27 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:54:34 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Changing the Location of the July 11, 2007 Public Meeting
1:55:22 PM There was no public comment.
1:55:29 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion for the adoption of Resolution #2007-071, comments.
1:55:52 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:55:58 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:56:09 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Amend the Road Department FY 2007 Budget to Change Capital Outlay Items Listing
1:56:26 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
1:57:47 PM There was no public comment.
1:57:55 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve (Resolution) #2007-072, comments.
1:58:05 PM Commissioner White Second
1:58:09 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:58:18 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Approval of Gallatin County DUI Annual Plan
1:58:32 PM Jenna Caplette, DUI Task Force Coordinator Presentation
1:59:23 PM There was no public comment.
1:59:40 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion to approve the annual plan that was presented into record.
1:59:49 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:59:55 PM Board discussion including Jenna Caplette
2:01:09 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:01:41 PM Chairman Skinner Decision on a Resolution of the Gallatin County Commission Granting a Front Yard Setback Variance from the South Gallatin Zoning Regulation for Cook
2:01:56 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Presentation
2:02:23 PM There was no public comment.
2:02:30 PM Board Discussion including Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie
2:02:48 PM Commissioner White I'd make a motion to grant the front yard setback variance which is Resolution #2007-073.
2:03:02 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:03:06 PM Chairman Skinner Abstained from voting because he was not present at the June 14, 2007 hearing.
2:03:15 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:03:26 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for Preliminary Plat Approval of R Bar N Major Subdivision, Including a Request for Variance Regarding 300-foot Separation of Roads from the Gallatin County Subdivision Regulations (Section 7.C.3.)
2:04:04 PM Belgrade City-County Planner Heidi Jensen Presentation
2:11:34 PM Discussion and Questions
2:13:43 PM Road & Bridge Engineer George Durkin Comments
2:16:45 PM Discussion and Questions
2:19:26 PM Bryan Connelley, Central Valley Fire District Comments
2:22:06 PM Discussion between the Commission, Bryan Connelley and Heidi Jensen
2:33:09 PM Gary Gates, Applicant PowerPoint Presentation
2:38:59 PM Dale Beland Presentation on behalf of applicants Gary and Robert Gates
2:56:42 PM Discussion and Questions
3:04:18 PM Bill Dreyer, HKM Engineering Comments and discussion with the Commission and Dale Beland
3:08:59 PM Recess
3:18:51 PM Chairman Skinner Reconvene to meeting, comments.
3:19:51 PM Board Discussion
3:29:35 PM Public Comment Mary Jensen; Jonne Sherman; George Evans; Bert Lohner; Ron Milledge; Jay Sims; Scott Lease; Kurt Palmquist; Mary Jensen; Mike Dawson; Phil Landis; Chuck Winn; Jeff Bagdanor; George & Nancy DeWolf; Erwin Dunbar; Mike McFeter; Mark Sovulewski; Maurie Magee; Joan Reeves (Milledge); Jurgen Weiel; Vallie Simonson.
4:20:24 PM County Planner Christopher Scott Comments
4:21:48 PM Discussion and Questions
4:23:05 PM Dale Beland Rebuttal, requests continuance.
4:24:15 PM Discussion between the Commission, Bill Dreyer, Gary Gates, Heidi Jensen and Kate Dinwiddie
4:43:23 PM Closed public comment.
4:43:30 PM Board discussion including Heidi Jensen.
4:49:20 PM Commissioner Murdock I will move that the governing body (Gallatin County Commission) will not require as a condition of preliminary plat approval the connections of public right-of-ways or access from Mary Road and Cloninger Lane to this subdivision. The governing body, Gallatin County Commission, further understands that this subdivision will not otherwise connect to these roads or any other roads on the southern boundary of this project, discussion.
4:51:25 PM Commissioner White Second
4:51:33 PM Board discussion including Kate Dinwiddie
4:52:00 PM Motion passed unanimously.
4:52:19 PM Discussion between the Commission, Kate Dinwiddie, Bill Dreyer and Heidi Jensen
4:57:10 PM Chairman Skinner This will be continued until July 10, 2007.
4:57:40 PM There were no Pending Resolutions.
4:57:43 PM Meeting Adjourned.
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