05-18-15 City Council Meeting MinutesKALISPELL CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
MAY 18, 2015
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A REGULAR MEETING OF THE KALISPELL CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD AT 7:00
P.M., MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL IN
KALISPELL, MONTANA.
MAYOR MARK JOHNSON PRESIDED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS JIM ATKINSON, CHAD GRAHAM, PHIL GUIFFRIDA, ROD
KUNTZ, SANDY CARLSON, KARI GABRIEL, TIM KLUESNER AND WAYNE
SAVERUD WERE PRESENT.
Also present: City Manager Doug Russell, City Attorney Charles Harball, City Clerk
Aimee Brunckhorst, Police Chief Roger Nasset, Planner Jarod Nigren and Parks &
Recreation Director Chad Fincher.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A. AGENDA APPROVAL
Guiffrida moved to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion was seconded by
Gabriel.
The motion carried unanimouslv upon vote.
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 - May 4, 2015
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05-04-15 Minutes
2. Acceptance of 2015 Montana Department of Transportation Equipment Grant
Acceptance of this grant will allow the Police Department to purchase two WatchGuard In -Car
cameras.
Grant Materials
Atkinson moved to approve the consent agenda as submitted. The motion was seconded by
Carlson.
The motion carried unanimously upon vote.
C.
COMMITTEE REPORT
None
D. 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.)
Mayor Johnson opened public comment.
Shalyn Bostik, Public Comment
Ms. Bostik of 26 Common Drive, asked the Mayor and Council for their opinions regarding sales
tax and how and when it should be implemented and what it should be used for.
Mayor Johnson explained that the Council is not permitted to answer questions during public
comment, but it would be appropriate to interview some of the council members after the
meeting.
Chris Hall, Public Comment
Mr. Hall of 115 West Evergreen Drive, spoke regarding roads he feels needs some work. He
provided a color coded map of roads he feels should be repaired.
Shannon Barnes, Public Comment
Mr. Barnes of 1311 Seventh Avenue West, Co-founder of the Moving Forward Foundation
explained that his wife Starla Hilliard -Barnes, is a T4 paraplegic, who was injured in a 2009 hit
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and run motorcycle accident. She vowed she would start an adaptive sports program, thus began
the Moving Forward Foundation. She has been very active in the community. She competed and
won the title of Ms. Wheelchair Montana and went to Ohio for the next round where she was
able to play on an exclusive playground for the first time with her two year old daughter. They
would like to get an exclusive playground in Kalispell. They have been doing some crowd
funding and would like to get going on this project. Mr. Barnes handed out a business card and
referred people to the Moving Forward website and Facebook page.
Seeing no further public comment, Mayor Johnson closed public comment.
E. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION
Persons wishing to address the council on individual agenda items will be asked to do so
following staff reports. Please see the last page of the agenda for Manner of Addressing the
Council. (Comments shall be limited to three minutes.)
1. Ordinance 1757 - Amending Alcohol Special Event Permit for Parks and Other
City Owned Property - Second Reading
This ordinance amends the Kalispell Municipal Code to add the requirement that application for
permits to allow the service and consumption of alcohol outdoors on City owned property must
include a map depicting a fenced area for this activity and sets a reasonable time for submittal of
the application.
Ord. 1757 Materials
Doug Russell provided a brief presentation on this item.
Councilor Phil Guiffrida confirmed that Wednesday at noon is the deadline for getting items
submitted to an upcoming agenda.
Public Comment
Mayor Johnson opened public comment.
Joe Apple, Public Comment
Mr. Apple of 203 Garland Street spoke in opposition to this Ordinance saying there are serious
consequences to improving access to alcohol. He spoke further about the statistics related to
alcohol consumption.
Public Comment Closed
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Carlson moved to approve Ordinance 1757, amending Chapter 3 of the Kalispell Municipal
Codes and Codified at KMC 3-18, consumption in street, alley, or public place prohibited;
exceptions, declaring an effective date and authorizing the City Attorney to codify the
same. The motion was seconded by Kuntz.
Councilor Kluesner began discussion on the motion.
Mayor Johnson further discussed the motion.
Councilor Gabriel continued discussion on the motion.
Councilor Guiffrida explained why he will be voting no on this motion.
The motion carried upon vote with Carlson, Gabriel, Kuntz, Saverud, Mayor Johnson
voting in favor, and Atkinson, Graham, Guiffrida, Kluesner voting against.
F. MAYOR/COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS (No Action)
City Manager Doug Russell provided the following staff report:
Budget Sessions are scheduled for June 7 and 8 with a third day scheduled for the 9th
just in case it is needed. During budget discussions roads and the funding options for the
4th Avenue water and sewer project will be discussed.
Mr. Russell reported attending a Transportation Workshop at the Sonoran Institute in
Bozeman with other community partners. They looked at new options for transportation
modes. They will likely meet with Department of Transportation to talk about new ideas
that emerged that could potentially be incorporated in anticipation of the bypass
completion.
• The TIGER Grant is due the first week in June. a meeting will occur this week with
BNSF to tour some of the facilities and discuss perspectives and concerns. After
submission, some of the staff of the representatives suggested coming back out to
Washington this summer to have representatives to meet with the Secretary of
Transportation. He would recommend one representative from the Council, either the
Mayor or a designee to attend along with a small contingency.
Mayor Johnson provided the following report:
• The 911 budget will be moving forward and includes a 1.6% increase. This is not as
large an increase as they expected, but the board decided to spend some of the reserve
funds on some of the capital items needed. The Union has requested a labor contract
negotiation. Mr. Russell, the Manager of the City of Whitefish and the County Manager
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have been placed on a committee to work on negotiations and advance
recommendations.
Mayor Johnson and others will be meeting with Governor Bullock tomorrow at 10 a.m.
to look at the bypass.
Mayor Johnson explained that new development such as roads and sidewalks is not paid
for by the city, infrastructure is required to be built by developers and then given to the
city to maintain.
Mayor Johnson adjourned the meeting at 7:36 p.m.
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Aim Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
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