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Lolo residents express concern after county ordinance shifts community-council seats to appointments
Summary
Residents and council members raised alarm at a new Missoula County ordinance that redefines community councils as appointed bodies; speakers referenced state law (Title 7, Chapter 3 MCA) and urged review of the Jan. 8 commissioners meeting and the ordinance document on Missoula County Voice.
Several Lolo residents and council members told the council they were troubled by a recent Missoula County ordinance that changes how community-council positions are filled. Pat Ward said the county lawyer advised the commissioners that, under the way state law is implemented, community-council membership must follow the option the lawyer described (option 2), which limits elected seating and leads to appointments by the commissioners.
Marilyn Hatch, who joined the…
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