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The Juneteenth proclamation, read jointly on behalf of the city and county, commemorated the arrival of Union soldiers in Texas on June 19, 1865, and recognized Juneteenth as a time to honor emancipation and “rededicate ourselves to the cause of liberty,” language included in the proclamation read on the council floor. The proclamation noted that Juneteenth is recognized as a City of Missoula holiday and that city offices will be closed on the holiday. The Montana Black Collective was identified as hosting a Juneteenth celebration at Fort Missoula from about 10 a.m. to noon.

The mayor also read a proclamation recognizing Missoula Pollinator Week and the city’s partnership with the National Wildlife Federation to promote pollinator habitat. Councilor Jordan said the proclamation “covers a lot of the things that I’ve learned in my day job” and thanked county staff and extension for working with residents to replant boulevard areas with native, pollinator-friendly plants.

The proclamations were ceremonial and required no council vote; they were presented as part of the meeting’s special presentations and proclamations segment. Officials encouraged residents to attend the Juneteenth celebration at Fort Missoula and highlighted local efforts to restore native plant habitat in public spaces.

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The council first considered whether the 2025 municipal primary and general elections should be conducted by mail ballot. Councilor Cheryl said the city has used mail ballots in recent elections and argued they produce higher turnout and cost savings: “The mail in ballot, has a high turnout. It also is cheaper. So we're we're I'm supporting that for that reason.” Despite that, two members voted against the mail-ballot resolution; the motion passed 7–2.

The second resolution called for nonpartisan primary elections for any municipal office that has three or more candidates reported by the county elections office, singling out the office of mayor and several ward races. The motion specified a primary date of Sept. 9, 2025. Councilor Basica said she would abstain from the primary-for-three-or-more vote because the change would affect her race and she did not want personal bias to influence her vote; the roll call shows one abstention and the resolution passed.

Debate touched on ballot security and turnout. Councilor Anderson argued in favor of mail ballots, citing local election administration transparency and higher turnout: “to date, there has never, you know, there has not been any evidence or studies or to show that 1 is better than the other,” Anderson said, adding that mail ballots have been shown to increase turnout because voters have more time to research and return ballots.

The council’s actions direct the city to proceed with mail-ballot administration for its 2025 municipal elections and to implement primaries for contests with three or more candidates, with dates to be coordinated with the Missoula County elections office. The resolutions passed by recorded roll call votes; the administration and county elections office will carry out implementation steps required for mailing ballots and processing primaries.

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Councilor Jones, who moved to lift the condition, framed the outcome as a reluctant step after months of effort. “Disappointment is a great word,” Jones said during council discussion. Jones told colleagues the city and partner organizations paused for two months, expanded outreach and asked United Way, Missoula Child Care Advantage and Montana Advocates for Children to find an operator; none committed to sign the lease required for the project to proceed.

The council debate highlighted competing goals: several councilors called the daycare requirement aspirational and said market and cost conditions changed since the original agreement; others said the city should hold developers to contract commitments. Councilor Jordan said she was “disappointed that we are allowing a developer to get out of a commitment that they made when they signed the contract.” Councilor Carlino said the city has subsidized the project, stating, “we subsidized this project $9,800,000.”

Public comment reflected the same split. Carrie Schreiber, a resident who spoke online, said she was disappointed the daycare requirement could not be realized and called the loss “a disappointment” for the North and West Side neighborhoods that had pushed for amenities.

Councilors and the mayor’s office described the decision as driven by the absence of a childcare operator willing to sign the lease. Mayor Andrea Davis and staff noted that commercial leaseholders had committed to other ground-floor uses that were necessary for the project’s financing, and that no childcare provider had made the financial commitment required. The administration said it will continue to pursue childcare through other city efforts, including a mayor’s task force on city lands redevelopment intended to identify financing and partnership strategies for city-owned sites.

Council debate and the council’s report to the public distinguished discussion from decision: councilors recounted the outreach and study, described the failure to obtain an operator (discussion), and the council approved a motion directing the mayor to execute the waiver to remove the daycare condition (formal action). The motion passed with seven votes in favor and two opposed; the council record shows Councilor Carlino and Councilor Jordan voted no.

Clarifying details from the council record: the developer had been contractually required to provide at least 4,000 square feet of daycare space and to offer that space at a subsidized rate for at least two years; the city had provided subsidies to the broader project (cited at $9,800,000 during debate); city staff and community partners spent roughly two months pursuing potential childcare operators before returning to council.

Next steps noted by the mayor’s office include continued activation of city-owned parcels through the mayor’s task force on city lands redevelopment and seeking alternate ways to fund or attract childcare services to future projects.

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