Staff recommends the City approve this ordinance on second reading, adding recently annexed property to Ward 5. Council held a public hearing on April 27, 2026 and recommended approval on first reading. This second reading action would be consistent with first reading.

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 N89°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 N00°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 S89°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 occurred April 27, 2026. The second reading will occur at this meeting.

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

City Council conducted a public hearing and first reading on April 27, 2026. The City Council received no testimony from the public, and closed the public hearing. The City Council did not have any further discussion. Council Member Kennedy made a motion to approve the ward boundary ordinance on first reading and adopt the findings of the annexation criteria. The motion was seconded by Council Member O'Donnell and approved on an unanimous vote.

City Council may:

• Approve adding the subject property to Ward 5 on second reading, or;
• Disapprove adding the subject property to Ward 5 on second reading. 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.