Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. 51 January 3, 2012
Date 01/03/2012 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
9:00:38 AM Chairman MurdockCommissioner Skinner
Commissioner White Appointment of 2012 County Commission Chair
9:00:51 AM Commissioner Skinner I would move to appoint Steve White as Chair of the County Commission.
9:00:54 AM Chairman Murdock Second
9:00:56 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:01:06 AM Chairman White Call to Order. Present were Commissioners White, Murdock and Skinner, Deputy County Attorney Jecyn Bremer, and Acting Clerk to the Board Mary Miller.
9:01:13 AM Chairman White Announcement: Reminder to the public that the meeting is being recorded, televised live by Bresnan Communications and streamed over the internet.
9:01:27 AM Chairman White Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance.
9:02:04 AM Chairman White There was no public comment on matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
9:02:24 AM Acting Clerk to the Board Mary Miller Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims 2. Approval of Contract(s): Montana Department of Transportation MOA for Mechanical Sweeper and Sander/De-Icer through MACI Program; Allied Engineering Services, Inc. for West Yellowstone Transfer Station Improvements, TSEP ($47,900)-continued to January 10, 2012; FY 12 Lone Tree snow Removal for RID 395 ($25,000); and Montana Department of Commerce Treasure State Endowment Program Grant Award for West Yellowstone Hebgen Basin Solid Waste Transfer Station Improvements ($246,563)-continued to January 10, 2012 3. Review and Approval of Minutes for December 13, 2011 4. Decision on a Request for Common Boundary Relocation Exempt from Subdivision Review for Oyler Ranch/Kimm Brothers
9:03:34 AM There was no public comment.
9:03:43 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve the consent agenda with the changes that Mary made.
9:03:48 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:03:51 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:04:04 AM Chairman White Board Appointments
9:04:13 AM Commissioner Murdock Big Sky Transportation District
9:04:50 AM There was no public comment.
9:05:00 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to appoint Courtney Jones to the Big Sky Transportation District.
9:05:03 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:05:05 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:05:15 AM Commissioner Skinner Fair Board
9:05:59 AM There was no public comment.
9:06:07 AM Board discussion
9:06:50 AM Commissioner Murdock I'm gonna make a motion to re-appoint Vickie Johnson, John Shellenberger, Tim Stefan and appoint Brenda York.
9:06:59 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:07:02 AM Board discussion
9:07:23 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:07:28 AM Chairman White Fairview Cemetery Board
9:07:52 AM There was no public comment.
9:08:02 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to re-appoint Richard Bruce Schendel and Dwight Wade to the Fairview Cemetery Board.
9:08:08 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:08:11 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:08:21 AM Commissioner Murdock Gallatin County-City Board of Health
9:09:14 AM There was no public comment.
9:09:19 AM Board discussion
9:10:31 AM Commissioner Murdock I will make a motion to appoint Professors (Steve) Custer and (Berk) Knighton to the Board of Health.
9:10:37 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:10:40 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:10:51 AM Commissioner Skinner Gallatin Drive Mosquito Control District
9:11:21 AM There was no public comment.
9:11:27 AM Commissioner Skinner I will move to appoint Robert Dehlendorf to the Gallatin Drive Mosquito Control District.
9:11:33 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:11:36 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:11:40 AM Chairman White Historic Preservation Board
9:12:21 AM There was no public comment.
9:12:27 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I will move to appoint Lillian Thiesen to the July 30, 2012 expiration term, and Michael McCormick to the other one (July 30, 2013).
9:12:41 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:12:46 AM Board discussion
9:12:50 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:13:01 AM Commissioner Murdock Manhattan City-County Planning Board (County Reps)
9:13:26 AM There was no public comment.
9:13:31 AM Commissioner Murdock Move to re-appoint David Hebner and Alvin Vander Vos.
9:13:38 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:13:41 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:13:50 AM Commissioner Skinner Meadow View Cemetery Board
9:14:13 AM There was no public comment.
9:14:18 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to re-appoint Patty Hebner.
9:14:22 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:14:24 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:14:28 AM Chairman White Mount Green Cemetery Board
9:14:54 AM There was no public comment.
9:15:00 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to appoint Ron Carlstrom.
9:15:04 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:15:08 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:15:31 AM Commissioner Murdock Tax Appeal Board
9:16:12 AM There was no public comment.
9:16:20 AM Commissioner Murdock Move to appoint Kathy Farnham to her expired term.
9:16:25 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:16:28 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:16:35 AM Commissioner Skinner Transportation Coordinating Committee
9:16:58 AM There was no public comment.
9:17:03 AM Commissioner Skinner I will move to re-appoint Sam Gianfrancisco.
9:17:08 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:17:14 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:17:19 AM Chairman White Weed Board
9:17:42 AM There was no public comment.
9:17:48 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to re-appoint Jeff(rey) Littlefield and Keith Mainwaring to the Weed Board.
9:17:52 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:17:57 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:18:20 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on the Disposal of Computer Shells and Monitors That Are Beyond Repair and Are No Longer Necessary to Conduct County Business
9:18:41 AM Auditor Accounting Tech Nathaniel Pehl Presentation
9:19:25 AM Discussion and Questions
9:19:44 AM There was no public comment.
9:19:49 AM Commissioner Murdock I move to throw these shells out.
9:19:51 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:19:58 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:20:02 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on the Disposal of Detention Center Mattresses That Have Been Replaced and Are No Longer Necessary to Conduct County Business
9:20:11 AM Auditor Accounting Tech Nathaniel Pehl Presentation
9:20:36 AM Discussion and Questions
9:21:25 AM There was no public comment.
9:21:33 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to authorize disposal of the mattresses, checking first to see if there's any non-profit that might be able to use them for free.
9:21:44 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:21:50 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:21:55 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on the Sale of Sheriff Cashell's Service Revolver to the Gallatin County Deputy Sheriff's Association for the Price Equivalent to the Purchase of a Replacement Firearm
9:22:07 AM Auditor Accounting Tech Nathaniel Pehl Presentation
9:22:21 AM Discussion and Questions
9:23:02 AM There was no public comment.
9:23:10 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve the sale of Sheriff Cashell's service revolver to the Deputy Sheriff's Association.
9:23:22 AM Discussion and Questions
9:23:40 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:23:44 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:23:57 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on Ratifying the County Planning Board Bylaws
9:24:08 AM Planning Director Sean O'Callaghan Presentation, submitted an email from Deputy County Attorney Jecyn Bremer with further revisions labeled Exhibit A, Item #6
9:27:13 AM Discussion and Questions
9:27:35 AM There was no public comment.
9:27:42 AM Closed public comment.
9:27:45 AM Board discussion
9:32:01 AM Commissioner Skinner I move to continue this decision until the new changes have gone back to the Planning Board.
9:32:09 AM Board discussion
9:32:16 AM Commissioner Skinner Make the changes that are outlined in the January 3rd memo and the email from Jecyn Bremer and the change that Bill Murdock suggested with the reinstatement of the term limits.
9:32:34 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:32:39 AM Chairman White Let me ask if part of that is related to maybe putting back in the language that is #14 of Exhibit B? So that would be the reference.
9:32:58 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll add that to the motion.
9:33:01 AM Commissioner Murdock Second agrees.
9:33:02 AM Board discussion
9:33:50 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:33:58 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for a One Year Extension of the Preliminary Plat Approval for the Amended Plat of Lot 3 of Minor Subdivision No. 265, aka May Minor Subdivision
9:34:30 AM Planner Christopher Scott Staff report
9:36:08 AM There was no public comment.
9:36:11 AM Closed public comment.
9:36:17 AM Commissioner Murdock Move to grant the request for a one-year extension as presented by staff.
9:36:22 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:36:30 AM Board discussion/Findings
9:36:41 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:36:47 AM Meeting adjourned.
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