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Columbia Falls study commission adopts amended tentative report, schedules Nov. 19 public hearing on plan-of-government change
Summary
The Columbia Falls Local Government Study Commission voted to adopt an amended tentative report recommending a change to the city's plan of government language and scheduled a public hearing for Nov. 19. Commissioners debated report wording, statutory citations and a possible minority report before approving the amended draft by voice vote.
The Columbia Falls Local Government Study Commission voted on Oct. 22 to adopt an amended tentative report recommending a change in the city's plan of government and set a public hearing for Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
The commission's tentative recommendation replaces the current reference to "general governing powers" with language to seek "self-governing powers" for the commission-manager form of government; commissioners asked staff to add statutory citations and clarifying language to the draft before public distribution.
The vote followed detailed line-by-line discussion of the draft. Commissioners directed staff to: add the statutory citation that distinguishes general governing powers from self-governing powers (discussed in the meeting as 73-114 MCA and related citations), include the first public-hearing notice and meeting minutes in the appendices,…
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