Description Gallatin County Commission Meeting Minutes Summary Journal No. 52 February 10, 2015
Date 2/10/2015 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
8:50:02 AM These log notes provide only a part of the official record. The remainder of the official record is in the audio recording of the meeting per Section 2-3-212, MCA. The audio recording is available upon request.
9:00:36 AM Chairman White Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners White, Seifert and Skinner, Deputy County Attorney Erin Arnold, and Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder.
9:01:26 AM Chairman White Announcement: Reminder to the public that the meeting is being recorded, televised live by Charter Communications and streamed over the internet.
9:01:49 AM Chairman White There was public comment on matters within the Commission's jurisdiction. John Spano spoke in support of Anthony Smith who testified on February 3, 2015 regarding local government and William Christopher Wolf spoke regarding a three-man review board.
9:08:32 AM Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder Read the Consent Agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims; 2. Approval of Contract(s): Four-Corners Recycling, Inc. for Processing, Hauling, Site Maintenance of Recyclable Commodities ($235,000/Yr.), Stahly Engineering for Engineering on CTEP Project STPE 16(104) UPN 8824 Yadon Road Path - Manhattan (2015-161) ($10,600), Stahly Engineering for Engineering on CTEP Project STPE 16(104) UPN 8826 West Side Path - Three Forks (2015-160) ($18,763.50), USDA, Forest Service Cooperative Law Enforcement Annual Operating & Financial Plan Between USDA, Forest Service and Gallatin County ($8,800), Montana Mental Health Trust Grant Award to Gallatin County Sheriff's Office to Fund a Statewide CIT Coordinator Position at the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office - Award dates January 1st, 2015 to June
30th, 2016, No Match Required ($166,295); 3. Review and Approval of Minutes Summary January 20, 2015, 4. Approval of Two Budget Transfers for the Grants Department and one for the Road Department, 5. Approval of Asset Disposal Gateway Laptop (End of lifecycle) - Solid Waste, 6. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order for the Lazarewicz Zone Map Amendment (Gallatin County/Bozeman Area Zoning District)
9:10:31 AM There was no public comment.
9:10:43 AM Commissioner Seifert I move we approve the Consent Agenda.
9:10:46 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:10:51 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:10:57 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Annex Property into the Big Sky Rural Fire District
9:11:10 AM Recording Supervisor Eric Semerad Presentation
9:12:34 AM There was no public comment.
9:12:44 AM Commissioner Seifert I would move that we approve Resolution #2015-016.
9:12:50 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:12:55 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:13:04 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intent to Amend the Gallatin County Noxious Weed Fund Budget by $1,700 for the Purchase of an ATV from Unanticipated Sale of Fixed Asset Revenue
9:13:23 AM Noxious Weed Manager John Ansley Presentation
9:13:51 AM There was no public comment.
9:13:57 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution (of Intent) #2015-017.
9:14:02 AM Commissioner Seifert Second
9:14:05 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:14:13 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution Amending the Gallatin County Community Development Block Grant Program FY 2015 Budget by Appropriating $30,000 in Revenues to be Received from the Montana Department of Commerce, Community Development Block Grant Funds (CFDA 14.228) and $12,912 Local Matching Funds from the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce
9:14:42 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
9:15:29 AM There was no public comment.
9:15:35 AM Commissioner Seifert I would move we approve Resolution #2015-018.
9:15:41 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:15:44 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:15:54 AM Chairman White Presentation, Discussion and Decision on a Resolution Establishing the County's Budget Policy on Sustainability and Resiliency
9:16:07 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation, recommended changing the word "shall" to "should" in the last two bullet points on the resolution, and adding additional language to both for emergency situations.
9:18:03 AM Discussion and Questions
9:18:35 AM There was no public comment.
9:18:45 AM Board Discussion
9:19:24 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to continue this for public hearing to next Tuesday (2/17/2015) and to put it on for decision on the following Tuesday after that (2/24/2015).
9:19:36 AM Commissioner Seifert Second
9:19:40 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:19:50 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on Request for a Condition Use Permit to Expand a Non-Conforming Use of Land and Use of Structure by Bark City Doggy Day Care, LLC, in the Four Corners Zoning District
9:20:09 AM Planning Director Sean O'Callaghan Staff report, mentioned an omission in Sections 2.2.2.A and 2.2.2.B on pages 3 and 4 that says, "A non-conforming use shall be..." The word "not" was omitted from this sentence after the word shall.
9:27:42 AM Elizabeth Stensland Applicant presentation, submitted letters from neighboring businesses labeled Exhibit A, Item #5
9:28:47 AM Discussion and Questions
9:29:37 AM There was no public comment.
9:29:45 AM Closed public comment.
9:29:55 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve the Conditional Use Permit for Bark City Doggy Daycare to expand their non-conforming use with staff-suggested conditions.
9:30:06 AM Commissioner Seifert Second
9:30:13 AM Board Discussion/Findings including Deputy County Attorney Erin Arnold
9:32:49 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:33:11 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a Home-Based Business/Bed and Breakfast Inn/Vacation Rental in the East Gallatin Zoning District for Eberhard
9:33:50 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff Report, submitted a letter from Robert F. Heidecker labeled Exhibit A, Item #6
9:39:15 AM Discussion between the Commission, Jason Karp and Deputy County Attorney Erin Arnold
9:43:24 AM Gary Eberhard Applicant presentation
9:53:05 AM Public Comment Beth Merrick, submitted letter from Martin & Lanette Dowd labeled Exhibit B, Item #6 and submitted a handout labeled Exhibit C, Item #6, Luke Omohundro, submitted a letter of dedication labeled Exhibit D, Item #6, and Dan Griffing
10:19:39 AM Gary Eberhard Rebuttal
10:24:14 AM Closed public comment.
10:24:19 AM Discussion between the Commission and Erin Arnold
10:25:07 AM Commissioner Skinner I'm going to move to approve the Eberhard Conditional Use Permit with staff-suggested conditions.
10:25:14 AM Commissioner Seifert Second
10:25:18 AM Commissioner Skinner I would move to remove Condition #6 from staff-suggested conditions.
10:25:26 AM Chairman White So you're amending your earlier motion with a second motion?
10:25:30 AM Commissioner Skinner That's correct.
10:25:35 AM Commissioner Seifert Second
10:25:37 AM Chairman White The motion that's on the table now is to amend your first motion.
10:25:42 AM Board Discussion/Findings
10:27:44 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:27:50 AM Chairman White We're back to the original motion which would exclude Condition #6. So there's eight conditions now rather than nine.
10:28:12 AM Board Discussion/Findings including Erin Arnold and Jason Karp
10:34:30 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:34:43 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision to Reaffirm the Amending of the Final Plat of the Mount View Subdivision to Include a No-Access Strip for Vehicles at the West End of Blaze Mountain Drive (application was unanimously approved by the County Commission on October 16, 2007 but the amended plat was not filed)
10:35:20 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff Report
10:37:28 AM Discussion between the Commission, Jason Karp and Deputy County Attorney Erin Arnold
10:38:35 AM There was no public comment.
10:38:46 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to re-affirm the decision we made back in 2007 to amend the final plat of Mount View Subdivision to include a no-access strip for vehicles at the end of west end of Blaze Mountain Drive.
10:39:01 AM Commissioner Seifert Second
10:39:07 AM Board Discussion/Findings
10:39:27 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:40:10 AM Meeting adjourned.
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