The Butte Silver Bow Council of Commissioners Committee of the Whole met on September 24, 2026 (the meeting was held on September 23, 2026) with 9 commissioners present and 3 excused. The meeting included public hearings on the Uptown Business Improvement District (BID) annual work plan and budget, and the Quarry Meadows major subdivision, along with consideration of several other communications and petitions.
I'll bring the Butte Silver Bow Council of Commissioners Committee of the Whole Meeting to order for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026. Can we please have a roll call? One presiding, eight present, three absent. Okay, please let the record reflect. Commissioner Fisher, Walker, and Boyle are excused tonight. Almighty God, we implore you. Look upon us and guide us this night as we make decisions which so greatly affect our community of Beats of Verbow. Director thoughts, words and deeds, so that we please you and best serve our fellow citizens. Amen. Okay, thank you. I'll move on to communication twenty twenty-six-four three four. Shanna Adams, Uptown BID chair requesting Council of Commissioners permission to schedule a presentation on September sixteenth, twenty twenty-six for the BID annual work plan and budget. Shanna Adams, Uptown BID chair requesting Council of Commissioners permission to schedule a presentation on September 16th, 2026 for the BID annual work plan and budget. Resolution 2026-54 will be also introduced as an amendment to resolution 2024-6-1 with a public hearing to be scheduled on September 23rd, which is where we're at tonight. Oh here to here to present. Okay. Is there any commissioners that have any questions? Mr. Riggs, can you give just like a recap of what the change would be in the resolution I know has to do with the parking side of things? Would you be able to answer that on the public hearing side? No, not on the on the parking. The resolution was going to be changed to reflect the calculation on the parking side of things. So I was just curious to see if that was part of this public hearing or exactly what this public hearing is looking like. Giving us just a as a recap of what we're doing here at this public hearing. So thank you, Chairman Morgan, members of council. Um I am Karen Burns, Director of Community Development. This public hearing is required by Montana Law to review and have public comment on the BID's work plan and budget for the year. Um and so they presented their work plan and budget and um to this body, and tonight is the opportunity for the sorry the community to make comment on that. Um the resolution is also introduced um e yearly to for the assessment um that would be placed on property owners. There was an amendment to the resolution this year to clarify there was typos in the resolution that was passed last when they established the BID, and so it clarifies in what those um changes are. And it was to um parking lot assessments. The wrong um the decimal point was in the wrong place on the parking lot assessment in the table in the resolution, so they had that changed in the resolution you have before you uh at judiciary tonight. Great. Thank you for that staff report. Is there any questions from the commissioners on the presentation or for this public hearing? Okay. Seeing none, I'll I'll open up the public hearing for communication 2026-434 and ask for any proponents. Welcome. Howdy. Ready for us, 2000 Roberts Avenue, but Montana. I am a proponent of this. Um, I really like what's going on in the BID. I think their work plan is pretty sweet. Um so yeah, thank you. Thank you. Second call for proponents. Third and final call for proponents. I'll go to opponents if there's a member of the public that would like to speak in opposition to communication 26434 now would be your opportunity. Second call for opponents, third and final call for opponents. Not everybody jump up at once.