* AgendaCITY OF KALISPELL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
JANUARY 3, 2011 - 7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
201 FIRST AVENUE EAST
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A. AGENDA APPROVAL
B. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL
All items listed on the Consent Agenda Will be accepted by one motion. If a Council
member desires to discuss an item separately, the item can be removed from the Consent
Agenda by motion.
1. Council Minutes — Regular Meeting — December 20, 2010
2. Ordinance 1689 — Planned Unit Development Overlay Zoning District -
Northwest Healthcare — 2nd Reading
Northwest Healthcare has requested a PUD overlay zoning district on
approximately 10 acres to allow for a multi -phase expansion of the Kalispell
Regional Medical Center. Ordinance 1689 passed unanimously (Gabriel absent)
on first reading December 20.
C . PUBLIC COMMENT
Persons wishing to address the council on any issue not on the agenda are asked to do so
at this time. Those addressing the council are requested to give their name and address for
the record. Please see the last page of the agenda for Manner of Addressing the Council.
(Comments shall be limited to three minutes)
D. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION
Persons wishing to address the council on individual agenda items will be asked to do so
following the staff reports. Please see the last page of the agenda for Manner of
Addressing the Council. (Comments shall be limited to three minutes)
1. Resolution 5465 — Employee Personnel Handbook (Tabled November 15�
Numerous changes to State and Federal laws, rules and regulations, and court
decisions have prompted an update to the city's 2003 employee personnel
handbook which also includes clarification of policies and procedures.
2. ordinance 1690 — Amending Kalispell City Code Chapter 24, Streets and
Sidewalks — 1 st Reading
This ordinance adds Article 9 to Chapter 24 detailing appropriate landscape uses
and maintenance for street boulevards.
3. Resolution 5475 — MDOT Grant Acceptance and Budget Appropriation
The Kalispell Municipal Court has been awarded funding for the continuation of
its DUI court implementation program in an amount not to exceed $112,479.00.
4. Resolution 5476 — MDOT Grant Acceptance and Budget Appropriation
The Kalispell Police Department has been awarded funding for the continuation
of its STEP traffic safety program in an amount not to exceed $ 5 0, 000 .
E. MAYOR/COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS
(No Action)
F. ADJOURNMENT
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
No WORK SESSION — January 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
HOLIDAY — January 17, 2011— Martin Luther King Day
Next Regular Meeting — TUE SDAY - January 18, 2011 at 7: oo p.m. — Council Chambers
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to attend this
meeting. Please notify the City Clerk at 758-7756.
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Adopted July 1, 1991
Section 2-20 Manner of Addressing Council
a. Each person not a Council member shall address the Council, at the time
designated in the agenda or as directed by the Council, by stepping to the podium
or microphone, giving that person's name and address in an audible tone of voice
for the record, and unless further time is granted by the Council, shall limit the
address to the Council to three minutes.
b. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any member of
the Council or Staff.
C. No person, other than the Council and the person having the floor, shall be
permitted to enter into any discussion either directly or through a member of the
Council, Without the permission of the Presiding officer.
d. No question shall be asked of individuals except through the Presiding officer.
PRINCIPLES FOR CIVIL DIALOGUE
Adopted by Resolution 5180 on February 5, 2007
• We provide a safe environment Where individual perspectives are respected,
heard, and acknowledged.
• We are responsible for respectful and courteous dialogue and participation.
• We respect diverse opinions as a means to find solutions based on common
ground.
• We encourage and value broad community participation.
• We encourage creative approaches to engage in public participation.
• We value informed decision -making and take personal responsibility to educate
and be educated.
• We believe that respectful public dialogue fosters healthy community
relationships, understanding, and problem solving.
• We acknowledge, consider and respect the natural tensions created by
collaboration, change, and transition.
• We follow the rules & guidelines established for each meeting.