The City Council created an Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee on Distracted Driving Prevention on Nov. 9, 2009.  The Committee is intended to plan a coordinated campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving, to discuss the best ways to reach distracted drivers and to create a City ordinance that would compliment the campaign, including a discussion of the types of penalties that the ordinance should include and recommendations on enforcement methods.

The Ad-Hoc Committee is set up to have 11 members, including a representative of the cellular telephone industry.  Adam Kimmet, the founder of Cellular Plus, has agreed to serve as that representative.  His business includes 35 retail stores in Montana, Wyoming and Oregon.

The Council may:

• Consent to the Mayor's appointment of Adam Kimmet as the cellular telephone industry representative to the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Distracted Driving; or
• Decline to consent to the appointment.

There is no financial impact from the appointment.

Staff recommends that the Council approve the Mayor's recommendation to appoint Adam Kimmet of Cellular Plus as the cellular industry representative on the Ad-Hoc Committee on Distracted Driving.