Longmont Planning and Zoning Commission elects chair, adopts 2025 bylaws with land‑acknowledgement reading and procedural changes

LONGMONT — The Longmont Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 15 elected new leadership for 2025 and adopted amended bylaws that change how meetings open and how minutes are recorded.

The commission unanimously elected Commissioner Haidt as chair for 2025 and elected Commissioner Pullen as vice chair in roll‑call votes recorded in the meeting. Commissioners also approved the commission’s 2025 meeting schedule and posting locations by unanimous vote.

The body then discussed and adopted multiple amendments to its bylaws. The commission voted 5‑0 to adopt a change directing that the commission read a land acknowledgement aloud at each meeting at a point following roll call. Commissioners discussed whether the wording should be rewritten later and agreed that any future change to the wording would follow the bylaws’ amendment process (typically requiring written notice five days before a change after the initial annual adoption). Assistant City Attorney Jeremy Terrell…