Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. 50 August 19, 2008
Date 08/19/2008 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
9:01:41 AM Chairman Murdock Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Skinner, Murdock, and White, County Attorney Marty Lambert and Acting Clerk to the Board Melissa Rivnie.
9:02:29 AM Chairman Murdock Announcement: Reminder to the public that the meeting is being streamed over the internet.
9:02:35 AM Chairman Murdock There was public comment on matters within the Commission's jurisdiction. Susan Achinapura, Citizens Against Canyon Billboards, submitted letter from Jim Lynch labeled Exhibit A, Public Comment
9:04:57 AM Acting Clerk to the Board Melissa Rivnie Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims; 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes from August 5 & 6, 2008; 3. Approval of Contracts: Gallatin County Council on Aging to Provide Senior Citizens Meals and Social Environment; Service Agreement Between MACo Workers' Compensation Trust and Gallatin County (Appointing First West as County's Representative) to Provide Services (with Approval by MACo Loss Control) to Develop/Implement Loss Control/Safety Action Plan, Attend Safety Meetings, Initiate and Participate in Training Sessions and Update the County Commission; Internet Streaming of Public Meetings Contract with VisionNet, Inc; and City of Belgrade Library to Provide Library Services to Gallatin County Residents.
9:06:02 AM There was no public comment.
9:06:10 AM Commissioner White I'd make a motion to approve the consent agenda.
9:06:14 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:06:15 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:06:18 AM Chairman Murdock Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution on the Question of Issuing General Obligation Bonds in an Amount to be Determined for the Purpose of Funding the Design, Construction, Equipping and Financing of a Detention Center at the Law and Justice Center Property in Bozeman
9:06:50 AM Grants Administrator Larry Watson Introduction
9:09:50 AM Tony Martel, Martel Construction Presentation
9:12:05 AM Grants Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
9:13:16 AM Chuck Olmstead, Carter Goble Lee PowerPoint Presentation
9:18:17 AM Discussion between the Commission, Larry Watson, Tony Martel, and Chuck Olmstead
9:26:14 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation, submitted Debt Limitations Calculations sheet labeled Exhibit A, Item #1
9:32:18 AM Discussion and Questions
9:34:13 AM Bridget Ekstrom, D.A. Davidson Financial Advisor Presentation, submitted Bond Impact Analysis sheet labeled Exhibit B, Item #1
9:36:42 AM Discussion and Questions
9:43:54 AM Discussion between the Commission, Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray, and Larry Watson
9:47:58 AM Public Comment County Sheriff Jim Cashell
9:49:29 AM Closed public comment.
9:49:32 AM Commissioner White I would make a motion for the approval of Resolution #2008-092 which is a resolution that will send to the qualified electors of Gallatin County the question of issuing the general obligation bonds for up to $32 million for all that was put into record by Larry.
9:49:52 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:49:55 AM Board Discussion
10:02:26 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:02:50 AM Chairman Murdock Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Road Name Change in Gallatin County to Name an Un-named Road off of Forswall Road to Truman Trail
10:03:08 AM GIS Coordinator Allen Armstrong Presentation, submitted map labeled Exhibit A, Item #2
10:04:15 AM Public Comment Betty Biggs
10:05:16 AM Discussion between the Commission, Betty Biggs, and Allen Armstrong
10:07:27 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution #2008-093 which is a resolution of road name change, changing an un-named road off Forswell Road and re-naming it Truman Trail.
10:07:40 AM Commissioner White Second
10:07:46 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:07:54 AM Chairman Murdock Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Road Name Change in Gallatin County to Re-name Bachmann Connector Road to Great Horn Road
10:08:01 AM GIS Coordinator Allen Armstrong Presentation, submitted map labeled Exhibit A, Item #3
10:09:24 AM There was no public comment.
10:09:58 AM Commissioner White I would make a motion for the approval of Resolution #2008-094 which changes a portion of Bachmann Connector Road to the Great Horn Road.
10:10:10 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
10:10:14 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:10:21 AM Chairman Murdock Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Road Name Change in Gallatin County to Name an Un-named Road off of Highline Road to Old Hog Farm Road
10:10:30 AM GIS Coordinator Allen Armstrong Presentation, submitted map labeled Exhibit A, Item #4
10:11:53 AM There was no public comment.
10:12:18 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution #2008-095 which is a resolution which would change an un-named Road off of Highline Road to Old Hog Farm Road.
10:12:31 AM Commissioner White Second
10:12:35 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:13:01 AM Recess
10:22:22 AM Chairman Murdock Public Hearing and Decision on a First Reading of an Ordinance of the County Road Load Impact Regulation
10:22:43 AM Road and Bridge Superintendent Lee Provance Introduction
10:26:09 AM Deputy County Attorney James Greenbaum Comments, read ordinance into record.
10:42:01 AM Commissioner Skinner Continued to read ordinance into record.
10:48:34 AM County Attorney Marty Lambert Continued to read ordinance into record.
10:54:57 AM Public Comment Larry Lasich; Dale Beland; Tara DePuy; and Kathy Brekke
11:15:21 AM Road and Bridge Superintendent Lee Provance Closing comments
11:18:01 AM Discussion between the Commission, James Greenbaum, and Marty Lambert
11:38:06 AM Commissioner Skinner I'd move to continue the item to a date not specific to give Deputy County Attorney James Greenbaum and Lee Provance a chance to work out some of the comments that we've discussed today and make some amendments to this and bring it back at a future date.
11:38:23 AM Commissioner White Second
11:38:26 AM Board Discussion including Marty Lambert
11:41:51 AM Motion passed unanimously.
11:42:04 AM Chairman Murdock Public Hearing and Decision on a Request by Black Bull Run Development, LLC, for a One-Year Extension to the Preliminary Plat Approval Period for Phase 2 of the Black Bull Run Major Subdivision
11:42:30 AM County Planner Sean O'Callaghan Staff Report
11:44:33 AM There was no public comment.
11:44:38 AM Commissioner White I would make a motion to grant a one-year extension for the preliminary plat of Phase 2 of for Black Bull Run Major Subdivision.
11:44:45 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
11:44:50 AM Board Discussion including Craig Madson Allied Engineering Services, Inc., County Road and Bridge Engineer George Durkin
11:46:13 AM Motion passed unanimously.
11:46:23 AM Chairman Murdock Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for Preliminary Plat Approval, Including a Request for Variance from Section 7.A.3 (Relation to Subdivided Areas) of the Gallatin County Subdivision Regulations, for the Jacobs Second Subsequent Minor Subdivision
11:46:53 AM County Planner Ada Montague Staff Report
11:48:02 AM Discussion and Questions
11:54:23 AM Dennis Foreman, Gaston Engineering Presentation on behalf of the applicants, Mark & Lori Jacobs
11:57:06 AM Discussion between the Commission, County Attorney Marty Lambert, Dennis Foreman, and County Planner Randy Johnson, AICP
12:03:45 PM There was no public comment.
12:03:54 PM Closed public comment.
12:04:00 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion to grant the variance request and I can put some findings in the record and with that, I think with that motion to delete Condition #4 from the list of conditions.
12:04:14 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
12:04:16 PM Board Discussion/Findings
12:06:50 PM Motion passed unanimously.
12:06:57 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion to grant the approval of, preliminary plat approval for the Jacobs Subsequent Minor Subdivision.
12:07:07 PM Commissioner Skinner With the conditions?
12:07:07 PM Commissioner White With the conditions, without condition #4, I believe.
12:07:12 PM Commissioner Skinner And striking #7 & #8 as the Planning Board suggested?
12:07:15 PM Commissioner White Yes, and from that re-numbering, I guess.
12:07:19 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
12:07:34 PM Board Discussion/Findings
12:08:34 PM Motion passed unanimously.
12:08:39 PM There were no Pending Resolutions .
12:08:41 PM Meeting Adjourned.
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