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Public urges grassroots neighborhood councils; commission forms subcommittee to draft framework
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners debated whether community councils should be grassroots or charter-mandated; the commission created a subcommittee to study models, gather maps and fiscal details, and return recommended language for the charter or ordinance.
Members of the Silver Bow County Local Government Study Commission heard public comments Nov. 17 urging neighborhood-level councils built from the “ground up,” and the commission formed a subcommittee to draft options for how such groups could be recognized or authorized.
Mr. Bandarav, speaking for the Greeley Neighborhood Community Development Corporation and a group of concerned citizens, told the commission it should “erect the scaffolding and then let the pit people build the house,” and argued against “a $100,000 top down mandated community council program.” He asked the commission to include neighborhood community improvement councils…
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