CITY OF LIBBY
952 E. SPRUCE | POST OFFICE BOX 1428
LIBBY, MT. 59923 |PHONE 406‐293‐2731| FAX 406‐293‐4090 | WEBSITE: www.cityoflibby.com
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING # 1520
MONDAY JUNE 17, 2019 @ 7:00PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER:
o Pledge of Allegiance
o Roll Call
o Welcome
o Prayer offered by Robert Mast.
o Approve minutes from meeting Public Hearing held on Monday, May 6,2019 public comments on the abandonment of a portion of Larch Street located between Highway 2 and Millwood Loop.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
• City Administrators Report
• Fire
• Police
• Ordinances
• Lights/Streets/Sidewalks
• Building
• Water/Sewer
• Cemetery/Parks
• Finance
• KRDC
• City-County Board of Health
PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: This is an opportunity for the Public to offer comments related to issues that are not currently on the agenda that the council has jurisdiction over, limited to 3 minutes.
NEW BUSINESS: Each new agenda item will be introduced by the Mayor (or assigned liaison) with a description of the item and explanation for the recommended action. Following council discussion on each item will be an opportunity for public comment (prior to any action taken). Public comment is limited to agenda item being discussed (limit to 3 minutes)
1.Approve street closure request for Kootenai County Montana for the Chainsaw carving contest. September 11,2019 – September 14,2019(7 am- 6pm) From the First block of Mineral Ave to East 1st Roundabout to a section just past 2nd ST not to block off the curb cut and allow Mineral Ave access to business. Extend West on East 2nd ST. to Tony’s Muffler then up to Genes body Shop.
Sunday September 15,2019 requesting the additional closure, to include the entire block of West 2nd from Mineral Ave to California Ave for a live action.
2. Approve an open container exception for Kootenai Country Montana during the event. September 11-16 8am-6pm.
3. David Hadden from the Headwaters Montana Inc.- To inform the council and public on the Montana DEQ and British Columbia s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change are currently negotiating a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for finalizing a water quality standard for Selenium at the international border in Lake Koocanusa.
4. Approve a Letter to Governor Bullock to (a) Support an open process in the MT-BC MOU negotiations process so that local people can observe and participate in rules that will guide the establishment of a selenium standard at the border and (b) Support the $6 million FY 2020 federal appropriations requested for water quality research on Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River as part of Montana’s effort to monitor and document water quality in the transboundary Kootenai.
5. Approve All Business License Received to Date.
6.
• JoJillys Cleaning Service-7157 HWY 37-Cleaning and Yard Work, for the Pilot Program.
• Spray Tanning by Sue-The Sweet Escape 114 3rd St.-Selling products and doing spray tans.
• The Project Place-294 Dawson St.-New Construction, Remodeling, Repair Maintenance, Arts and Crafts and Lapidary.
Unfinished Business:
• Approve to search out an Environmental Law Firm to assist in the IP negotiations.
• Appointment process of the Libby City Judge
• Approve DECLARATION OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS ON REAL PROPERTY for OU1 River Front Park.
• Accept zoning recommendations from the planning board.
GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL
ADJOURNMENT:
The 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, unless further time is granted by the Council, shall limit the address to the Council to three minutes.
All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any member of the Council or Staff.
b. No person All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any member of the Council or Staff.
No person, other than the Council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter any discussion either directly or through a member of the Council, without the permission of the
Presiding Office Any person making personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks or who shall become boisterous or disruptive during the council meeting shall be forthwith barred from further presentation to the council by the presiding officer unless permission to continue by granted by majority vote of the council. Posted 6/13/19