Note: The transcript of the meeting refers to the date as "Wednesday, February eighth," but the meeting was scheduled for February 18, 2026 per the official record. This summary uses the February 18, 2026 date as provided.
The Bozeman Business Improvement District (BID) Board met to review the first draft of the fiscal year 2027 budget. The board discussed the proposed assessment rate, various line items, and future planning in light of the upcoming Urban Renewal District (URD) sunset in 2032. No formal votes were taken; the board will consider approval at a rescheduled March board meeting.
Are we on the back? All right. We'll go ahead and call the meeting to order Wednesday, February eighth. Emily's got a new script that we're supposed to read prior to meetings. Okay. So here we go. Thanks for joining us. Before we start the meeting, I'd like to remind folks of a couple of things to make it easier for you to follow along and make public comment. You can watch us in real time in several ways. Intend in person in the commission room, stream us live from your computer from the meeting's video page. Click the link to register and follow the prompts to enter the meeting. Lastly, you can call in to listen. You'll find the phone number for the video conference and access code on the agenda. Please note this is for listening only, and you will be unable to get verbal public comment using this method of participation. You can make your public comment in here in the commission room, joining us through video conference. And you can always provide a written comment before the meeting by sending an email to comments at Bozeman. First, followed by those joining via video conference. New script to read for all the supposed to memorize it. We should report it. No, they should do that for a while. That's smart. I'll work on it. I'll perfect it. Whole one page. I only that name. Every every public meeting. Yeah, we'll do this. And I even have abbreviated that some of it on my own. Here we go. AI read it. All right. On to the regular agenda. Go ahead. Great. Are there any disclosures from the board? Any changes to the agenda? No. Public service announcements. Approval of minutes. We will have a big batch of minutes to approve at the next meeting. I have now the minutes maker software. So like a year, years worth of minutes to approve. Consent agenda, we have none. Public comments. This is a time to comment on any non-agenda matter falling within the scope of the BID. Are there any public comments online? Please raise your hand. No, okay. We will be looking at the first draft of our fiscal 2027 budget today. If we are ready to approve it at the next board meeting, but if not, we will have time to look at it a couple more times and approve it no later than the APO board meeting.