Agenda for City Council Regular Business Meeting

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CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

	AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS 316 N. 26th Street, 5th Floor	DECEMBER 8, 2025		5:30 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Cole

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Cole

INVOCATION: Mayor Cole

MINUTES: November 24, 2025 - Pending

COURTESIES:

PROCLAMATIONS:

COUNCIL REPORTS:

ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - CHRIS KUKULSKI

PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: 1, 2 and 3 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required. (Comments are limited to three (3) minutes or as set by the Mayor. Please sign the roster at the counter located at the entrance of Council chambers. Comments 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.)

CONSENT AGENDA -- Separations:

Mayor Cole recommends that Council confirm the following appointments:

	Name	Board/Commission	Term
			Begins	Ends
1	Jill Paul	Animal Control Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
2	No Applications	Animal Control Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
3	No Applications	Animal Control Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
4	No Applications	Animal Control Board*	01/01/26	12/31/29
5	Anna O'Donnell	Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee	01/01/26	12/31/28
6	Blake Wahrlich	Billings BID	01/01/26	12/31/29
7	Randy Stone	Billings BID	01/01/26	12/31/29
8	Peter Sanderson	Billings Parking Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
9	Jennifer Webber	Billings Parking Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
10	Brian Keserich	Billings Parking Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
11	No Applications	Billings Parking Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
12	George Warmer	Board of Adjustment	01/01/26	12/31/29
13	Michael Bruschwein	Board of Adjustment	01/01/26	12/31/29
14	Chris Hayes	Board of Adjustment	01/01/26	12/31/29
15	Josh Sayer	Board of Adjustment	01/01/26	12/31/29
16	Elizabeth Shumaker	Board of Adjustment	01/01/26	12/31/29
17	No Applications	Board of Adjustment	01/01/26	12/31/29
18	No Applications	Board of Adjustment	01/01/26	12/31/29
19	Josh Sayer	Board of Appeals	01/01/26	12/31/29
20	No Applications	Board of Appeals	01/01/26	12/31/29
21	Denise Boggio	Citizens Police Advisory Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
22	Jordan Webber	Citizens Police Advisory Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
23	No Applications	Citizens Police Advisory Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
24	Joseph Stout	Citizens Police Advisory Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
25	Kari Boiter	Citizens Police Advisory Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
26	Michael Fuss	Citizens Police Advisory Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
27	Derek Grimmell	Citizens Police Advisory Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
28	No Applications	Community Development Board - Low-Mod	01/01/26	12/31/29
29	Andy Zoeller	Downtown Revolving Loan Committee	01/01/26	12/31/29
30	Lucy Aspinwall	Downtown Revolving Loan Committee	01/01/26	12/31/29
31	Zachary Dunn	Downtown Revolving Loan Committee	01/01/26	12/31/29
32	Kim Olsen	Downtown Revolving Loan Committee	01/01/26	12/31/29
33	Heather Kirpach	Downtown Revolving Loan Committee	01/01/26	12/31/29
34	Mark Hutchinson	Exchange City Golf Corp	01/01/26	12/31/29
35	Zach Audet	Housing Authority	01/01/26	12/31/30
36	Tara Williamson	Human Relations Commission*	01/01/26	12/31/28
37	Erin Tate	Human Relations Commission	01/01/26	12/31/29
38	Staci Samuelson	Library Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
39	Trudi Paulson	Library Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
40	Jennifer Smith	Library Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
41	Lawrence Klee	Library Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
42	Jim Rott	Parks, Recreation & Cemetery Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
43	Laura Drager	Parks, Recreation & Cemetery Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
44	Jon Thompson	Parks, Recreation & Cemetery Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
45	Aaron Redland	Public Works Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
46	Morgan Sevier	Public Works Board	01/01/26	12/31/29
47	Hanna Teti	EBURD Advisory Committee	01/01/26	TBD*
48	Allen Hodges	EBURD Advisory Committee	01/01/26	TBD*
49	Stefan Cattarin	SBBURD Advisory Committee	10/01/26	TBD*

4* - Unexpired term of John Scheuering
36* - Unexpired term of Jeanelle Wassmer