Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. 51 September 29, 2009
Date 09/29/2009 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
9:02:43 AM Chairman White Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners White, Murdock and Skinner, Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray, and Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder.
9:03:31 AM Chairman White Announcement: Reminder to the public that the meeting is being recorded, televised live by Bresnan Communications and streamed over the internet.
9:03:58 AM Chairman White There was public comment on matters within the Commission's jurisdiction. Terry Threlkeld and Dave Potts regarding adding a turn lane or modifying the highway on Hwy. 191 near Four Corners.
9:11:41 AM Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims, 2. Approval of Contracts: FY2010 Montana Board of Crime Control Grant for Continued Funding of the Missouri River Drug Task Force ($8,960), US Department of Homeland Security Grant for the Sheriff's Mobile Command Vehicle ($97,870), Friends of Regional Parks Accepting the Property Known as the Dinosaur Playground, Extension Service Agreement between MSU and Gallatin County ($63,000), Stahly Engineering & Associates for Phase II of the Wastewater Study ($45,000), 2009-2010 Winter Season Hyalite Plowing (50% or $12,000), 3. Approval to Dispose of Three Self-contained Breathing Apparatuses from the Sheriff's Department, 4. Approval of Purchase and Sale Agreement for Bos Conservation Easement, 5. Authorization to Transfer Funds
into Escrow for the Bos Conservation Easement, 6. Approval of Purchase and Sale Agreement for the Beacon Hill Conservation Easement, 7. Authorization to Transfer Funds into Escrow for the Beacon Hill Conservation Easement, 8. Decision of Final Plat Approval for the Rocking S7 Minor Subdivision, 9. Decision on a Common Boundary Realignment Exempt from Subdivision Review for Riesland/Savoie
9:13:29 AM Public Comment Belgrade City-County Planner Heidi Jensen requested Consent Agenda Item #9, Decision on a Common Boundary Realignment Exempt from Subdivision Review for Riesland/Savoie, be moved to regular agenda and Commissioner Murdock requested the contract with Stahly Engineering & Associates for Phase II of the Wastewater Study be pulled until a future date.
9:14:30 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve the Consent Agenda as amended.
9:14:33 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:14:36 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:14:44 AM Chairman White Decision on a Common Boundary Realignment Exempt from Subdivision Review for Riesland/Savoie
9:14:58 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Heidi Jensen Staff report
9:17:41 AM Discussion between the Commission, Heidi Jensen and Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray
9:20:14 AM Chairman White Do we need a motion to continue this (until a date to be determined)?
9:20:17 AM Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray It always helps.
9:20:19 AM Commissioner Murdock So moved.
9:20:21 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:20:23 AM Board discussion
9:20:37 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:20:51 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Lease Agreement with City of Bozeman for the Former 9-1-1 Space at the Law & Justice Center
9:21:01 AM County Administrator Earl Mathers Presentation
9:23:05 AM There was no public comment.
9:23:23 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I would move that we approve the lease agreement with the City of Bozeman.
9:23:46 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:23:51 AM Board discussion
9:24:25 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:24:39 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on RID bond Resolutions Regarding Ousel Falls (RID 395) - pulled
9:24:59 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Budget an Increase of Property Taxes for Newly Assessed Property (Including New Construction) County Road/Library and Special Districts
9:25:11 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
9:28:03 AM There was no public comment.
9:28:13 AM Closed public comment.
9:28:16 AM Discussion between the Commission, Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray and Ed Blackman
9:30:53 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I would move that we, I do move that we pass Resolution #2009-121 which was summarized by Ed Blackman.
9:31:14 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:31:19 AM Board discussion
9:32:08 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:32:11 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Approving the Final Gallatin County FY2010 Operating and Capital Budget as Determined by the County Commission
9:32:23 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
9:37:58 AM Discussion and Questions
9:42:39 AM There was no public comment.
9:43:13 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve Resolution #2009-122 which would finalize the operating and capital budget.
9:43:26 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:43:31 AM Board discussion
9:45:35 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:45:41 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Fixing the Tax Levy and Fees Required by the Final Budget for FY2010, Adopted for Gallatin County Pursuant to 7-6-4034 and 7-6-4036, MCA for County-wide Milled Funds, Rural County Funds (Road/Library) County and Open Space Bond Funds, Grant/Special Revenue Funds, Enterprise Funds, Intergovernmental Funds, Fire District and Fire Service Area Funds, Special Districts and All Other Funds
9:46:15 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
9:48:33 AM There was no public comment.
9:48:48 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution #2009-123 as described by Ed Blackman.
9:48:54 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:49:04 AM Board discussion
9:50:25 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:50:36 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Closing RID 316 and 322 Water and Sewer Maintenance Fund and Dissolving the Water and Sewer Maintenance District for RID 316 and 322
9:50:54 AM Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray Presentation
9:51:56 AM Discussion between the Commission, Chris Gray and Finance Director Ed Blackman
9:52:58 AM There was no public comment.
9:53:10 AM Commissioner Murdock Move to approve Resolution #2009-124.
9:53:14 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:53:21 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:53:33 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Relating to Reimbursement of Certain Expenditures Through the Issuance of Tax-exempt Bonds for the Construction of Gallatin County Rural Improvement District 395 Road Improvements
9:53:48 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
9:55:17 AM Discussion and Questions
9:55:58 AM There was no public comment.
9:56:10 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution #RID-09-395D.
9:56:16 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:56:21 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:56:36 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Establishing Fund No. 7985 - County Trust Account
9:56:50 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
9:58:10 AM There was no public comment.
9:58:21 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution #2009-125.
9:58:25 AM Chairman White Second
9:58:27 AM Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Murdock was excused.
9:58:42 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decisions on Three Resolutions of Road Name Change in Gallatin County to Name Un-named Roads off Spain Bridge Road to Rivers Edge Road; to North Two Waters Way; and to South Two Waters Way
9:59:06 AM GIS Coordinator Allen Armstrong Presentation, submitted map labeled Exhibit A, Item #9.
10:00:50 AM Discussion and Questions
10:03:56 AM There was no public comment.
10:04:25 AM Commissioner Skinner I would move to approve three Resolutions, #2009-126 (Rivers Edge Road), -127 (North Two Waters Way) & -128 (South Two Waters Way).
10:04:40 AM Chairman White Second
10:04:51 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:05:25 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on Final Approval of the Kimm Conservation Easement Application for Funding from the Open Space Bond Fund
10:05:36 AM Open Lands Coordinator Mike Harris Presentation
10:06:50 AM Kelly Pohl, Gallatin Valley Land Trust PowerPoint Presentation
10:11:55 AM Discussion between the Commission, Kelly Pohl and Mike Harris
10:12:31 AM There was no public comment.
10:12:40 AM Closed public comment.
10:12:51 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I would move, if you're ready, that, I'll just read this. Mike, is that what you want us to do? We hereby authorize the expenditure of $650,000 from the Open Space Bond fund for the purchase of a conservation easement on property owned by the Kimm Family contingent upon the following conditions: 1. Applicants enter into a conservation easement sale and purchase agreement with Gallatin County and prepare the deed of easement. 2. The sale and purchase agreement show Gallatin County in a secondary position to the Gallatin Valley Land Trust, the participating land trust, in order to assure compliance with the strictures of Montana law and the Gallatin County Open Space Fund. 3. The satisfactory proof of value of the conservation easement in an amount of at least the amount of the funding requested. 4.
Preparation execution of necessary and customary closing materials and documents. 5. The Deed of Conservation Easement is consistent with the current status of title to the land (i.e., Contract for Deed). 6. Final legal approval of the office of the County Attorney at closing.
10:14:28 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
10:14:34 AM Board discussion
10:15:15 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:15:21 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for a One-Year Extension of the Preliminary Plat Approval for Phase 1 of Gallatin Heights Subdivision
10:15:37 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff report, clarified that the extension requested is for the remaining phases (2-5) of Gallatin Heights Subdivision. Phase 1 has already been granted final plat approval.
10:19:06 AM Discussion between the Commission, Jason Karp and Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray
10:20:59 AM Spencer Thunell, Land Equity Partners Presentation on behalf of applicant Mike Stewart of Gallatin Heights, LLC
10:21:24 AM There was no public comment.
10:21:39 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve this request for a one-year extension of Gallatin Heights Subdivision Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5.
10:21:51 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
10:21:55 AM Board discussion/Findings
10:22:14 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:22:21 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Common Boundary Relocation Exemption from Subdivision Review Requested by Ditton
10:22:34 AM County Planner Ada Montague Staff report
10:23:59 AM Discussion between the Commission, Ada Montague and Deputy County Attorney Chris Gray
10:26:09 AM Public Comment David Albert, Stahly Engineering & Associates
10:28:09 AM Discussion and Questions
10:28:57 AM Closed public comment.
10:29:07 AM Commissioner Skinner Comments, I would move to approve this relocation of common boundary.
10:29:19 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
10:29:29 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:29:36 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Common Boundary Relocation Exemption from Subdivision Review Requested by Weirda
10:29:45 AM County Planner Ada Montague Staff report
10:31:01 AM Public Comment Mark Chandler, C&H Engineering & Surveying
10:31:59 AM Closed public comment.
10:32:06 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve.
10:32:10 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
10:32:17 AM Board discussion/Findings including Ada Montague
10:33:01 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:33:09 AM Chairman White Board Appointments: Three Forks Ambulance
10:33:41 AM There was no public comment.
10:33:50 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we appoint Larry Wilcox to the Three Forks Ambulance Board.
10:33:56 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
10:34:04 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:34:11 AM Commissioner Skinner Historic Preservation Board
10:34:37 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to appoint Renee Koenig.
10:34:40 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
10:34:43 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:34:54 AM Commissioner Murdock West Yellowstone/Hebgen Basin Refuse District
10:35:28 AM Commissioner Murdock Move to appoint Jack Clarkson.
10:35:31 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
10:35:33 AM Board discussion
10:36:00 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:36:06 AM Meeting adjourned.
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