Staff recommends the City Council hold a public hearing and approve this ordinance on first reading, adding recently annexed property to Ward 5.

As part of the action to annex Lots 3 and 4 Barber Farms/Central Avenue Subdivision, the City must include recently annexed land into an election ward.

Performance Engineering, on behalf of Donna Maria Barber-Schneider, Diana Lynee Browne, and Karin Ellen Barber, submitted a petition to annex land using the provisions of Section 7-2-4600, MCA. The property is located north of Central Avenue, south of Broadwater Avenue, and west of 44th Street West. The land being annexed is described as A portion of Lot 3 of Barber Farm Subdivision situated in the E1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 03, Township 01 South, Range 25 East, P.M.M., Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the south quarter corner of said Section 3, said point being the Point of Commencement ; thence N 89°34 ’51”W following the section line common to Section 3 and Section 10 a distance of 333.31 feet ; thence N89 °34 ’51”W following the same line a distance of 70.42 feet ; thence N 00°25’09”E a distance of 40.00 feet, to Point of Beginning #1; thence S89°34’51”E following the north right-of-way line for Central Avenue a distance of 70.00 feet; thence N00°10 ’29 ”W following the eastern boundary of Barber Farm Subdivision a distance of 1377.35 feet; thence S 89°45’43”W a distance of 126. 69 feet; thence N00°14’17”W a distance of 27.88 feet; thence S89°47’16”W a distance of 749.65 feet; thence S00°14’17” E a distance of 18.65 feet; thence S89°45’43”W a distance of 124.17 feet; thence S00°18’05”E following the eastern boundary of Sundance Subdivision a distance of 1375.47 feet; thence S89 °34’51”E following the north right-of-way line for Central Avenue a distance of 70.01 feet; thence N00°18’05”W a distance of 279.51 feet; thence N44°41’55”E a distance of 14.14 feet; thence N 89°41’55”E a distance of 381.62 feet; thence S00°18’05”E a distance of 4.00 feet; thence N89°41’55”E a distance of 456.49 feet; thence S45°14’17”E a distance of 14.13 feet; thence S00°10’29”E a distance of 286.30 feet, back to Point of Beginning #1, including all adjacent rights-of-way.

Said annexation boundary contains gross area approximately of 26. 20 acres and a net area of 21.84 acres, more or less.

Upon Council approval, this annexation requires a change in the boundaries of Ward 5. Two readings are required for this action. The first reading and public hearing is scheduled for this meeting. Upon approval, the second reading will occur May 11, 2026.
 

This application has no financial impact on the Planning Division Budget.

City Council may:

• Approve adding the subject property to Ward 5, or;
• Disapprove adding the subject property to Ward 5. Disapproval will not modify the boundary of Ward 5 and will create a problem where property inside the City Limits is not within a City Ward.