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Agenda for Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF BILLINGS

CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:

"THE MAGIC CITY: A DIVERSE, WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE PROSPER AND BUSINESS SUCCEEDS."


             AGENDA         *Please note time change for
            this meeting only!
 COUNCIL CHAMBERS              May 13, 2019         *4:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Cole
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Cole
 
INVOCATION: Councilmember Clark
 
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present on roll call were: Cromley,  Yakawich, Neese,  Ewalt,  Joy,  Friedel, Gibbs,  Ronning,  Clark, Brown


RECESS TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION*  City Administrator, Chris Kukulski's Six Month Review

*Note:  The Executive Session will be closed, as allowed in Section 2-3-203(3), MCA, as discussions relate to matters of individual privacy and wherein the demands of individual privacy exceed the merits of public disclosure.
 
MINUTES: April 8, 2019
                  April 22, 2019 - Pending
 
COURTESIES:
 
PROCLAMATIONS:
Building Safety Month
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - CHRIS KUKULSKI
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: 1, 2, 6, 7 AND 8 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required. (Comments are limited to three (3) minutes. Please sign the roster at the cart located at the back of the Council chambers or at the podium. 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.)
 
1.
CONSENT AGENDA -- Separations:
 
A.
Mayor Cole recommends that Council confirm the following appointments:
 
1.
 
  Name Board/Commission Term
      Begins Ends
1   Animal Control Board* 05/13/19 12/31/21
2 Andrew MacLeod Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory* 05/13/19 12/31/21
3   Board of Appeals - Electrical Contractor 05/13/19 12/31/21
4   Board of Appeals 05/13/19 12/31/22
5   Community Development - Lod Mod* 05/13/19 12/31/19
6   Community Development - Lod Mod 05/13/19 12/31/22
7 Carol Burton Housing Authority 05/13/19 12/31/23
8   Traffic Control Board 05/13/19 12/31/22
  * 1 Unexpired term of Jeannette Vieg
  * 2 Unexpired term of Rose Cook
  * 5 Unexpired term of Rebecca Bey
 
 
B.
Bid Awards:
 
1.
Annafeld Park Development. (Opened 4/23/19) Recommend delay of award until May 28, 2019.
 
2.
Centennial Park Improvements. (Opened 4/30/19) Recommend First Mark Construction; $1,945,525.
 
3.
W.O. 19-10: Hillcrest Road Water Main. (Opened 4/30/19) Recommend White's Civil Contracting; $357,310.
 
C.
Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building Lease with Frontier Airlines, Inc.; estimated annual revenue - $185,000.
 
D.
Amendment No. 1, Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building Lease; Hyannis Air Service, Inc. DBA Cape Air. 
 
E.
Acknowledge Receipt of Petition to Vacate a portion of right of way at the northeast corner of 10th Avenue North and North 27th Street, Opportunity Bank, petitioner; and setting a public hearing date of June 10, 2019.
 
F.
Revolving Loan Fund to Billings Depot, Inc.; for no more than $78,686.98.
 
G.
Montana Department of Natural Resources (DNRC) Grant for Riverfront Park improvements; $5,000.
 
H.
2019 High Intensity Drug Traffic Area (HIDTA) Award from Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy; $231,796.
 
I.
Resolution ordering improvements identified in W.O. 19-02: Miscellaneous Program.
 
J.
Bills:
 
1.
April 1, 2019
 
2.
April 8, 2019
 
3.
April 15, 2019
 
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
 
2.
Rock 31 Program
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE expanding the boundaries of Ward III to include recently annexed property in Annexation 19-01: a 45.398 acre parcel of land located west of Annafeld Subdivision,1st filing, and south of Elysian Road and east of East Lane; McCall Development, owner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.) 
 
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE amending BMCC, Section 2-201, Compensation. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION approving and adopting budget amendments for FY2019. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
6.
RESOLUTION establishing an ad hoc Council Advisory Committee - Commission on Energy and Conservation. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
7.
MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING (MOUS) with the Downtown Billings Partnership (DBP), the Billings Industrial Revitalization District (BIRD), and the South Billings Urban Renewal Association (SBURA). Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
8.
SIX MONTH REVIEW for City Administrator, Chris Kukulski. 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 are limited to 3 minutes. Please sign the roster at the cart located at the back of the Council chambers or at the podium.)
 
COUNCIL INITIATIVES:
 
ADJOURN:
 
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For more information or to make requests for special arrangements, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 657-8210 or e-mail
bohlmand@ci.billings.mt.us, 72 hours prior to the meeting date.