CITY OF BILLINGS
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY: A DIVERSE, WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE
PEOPLE PROSPER AND BUSINESS SUCCEEDS."
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY: A DIVERSE, WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE
PEOPLE PROSPER AND BUSINESS SUCCEEDS."
AGENDA
| COUNCIL CHAMBERS | November 24, 2014 | 6:30 P.M. |
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hanel
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Hanel
INVOCATION: Councilmember Yakawich
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present on roll call were:
MINUTES: November 10, 2014
COURTESIES:
PROCLAMATIONS:
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Item #1 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required.(Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute. Please sign in at the cart located at the back of the council chambers or at the podium. Comment on items listed as public hearing items will be heard ONLY during the designated public hearing time for each respective item. For Items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda.)
1.
CONSENT AGENDA
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Separations:
A.
Bid Awards:
1.
Airport 3-Year Elevator/Escalator Maintenance. (Opened 11/18/2014) Recommend delay of award until December 8, 2014.
B.
Change Order #2 - Empire Garage, Tetra Tech, $443.62.
C.
Change Order #8, Empire Parking Garage, Sletten Construction, $764,268.32
D.
Purchase Agreement with Montana Dakota Utilities for compressed natural gas to fuel new rear-load and side-load Solid Waste trucks; first year - $1.99 per gallon; price for three additional one-year periods mutually agreed to by MDU and the City as specified in the Agreement.
E.
Approval of Downtown Tax Increment Finance Grant for Tracy Lofts; $125,000.
F.
Resolution authorizing participation in the Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative and approving policies regarding Municipal Securities Disclosure.
G.
Acknowledge Receipt of Petition to Annex #14-13: Approximately 1.6 acres generally located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Shiloh Road and Central Avenue and addressed as 16 Shiloh Road; Leland and Lorraine Wells, owners; and set a public hearing date of December 15, 2014.
H.
Resolution of Intent to create SID 1382, Colton Boulevard Improvements between 38th Street West and Zimmerman Trail; and set a public hearing date of December 15, 2014.
I.
Bills and Payroll:
1.
October 20, 2014
2.
October 27, 2014
3.
November 3, 2014
REGULAR AGENDA:
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE amending Billings, Montana City Code by revising Sections 14-402 through 14-407 and adding new Section 14-409; updating fireworks restrictions and regulations; providing for confiscation of illegal fireworks. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE repealing Section 14-301 of the Billings, Montana, City Code and declaring same to be null and void and of no effect; and adding a new section in its place to be numbered 14-301 providing for the adoption of the 2012 Edition of the International Fire Code and providing penalties for violations. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE expanding the boundaries of Ward I to include recently-annexed property in Annexation #14-05: approximately 2.5 acres located at 659 Lincoln Lane in the Billings Heights; Lary and Judy Garrison, owners. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION creating the Downtown Business Improvement District No. 0001. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
PUBLIC COMMENT on Non-Agenda Items — Speaker Sign-in required. (Restricted to ONLY items not on this printed agenda. Comments here are limited to 3 minutes. Please sign in at the cart located at the back of the council chambers or at the podium.)
COUNCIL INITIATIVES
ADJOURN
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