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Commission debates survey wording, parks charter language, volunteer fire funding and commission size
Summary
Commissioners debated whether the community survey should include open‑ended questions, questioned charter wording on parks and fire services oversight, discussed how volunteer fire districts would raise money and clashed over a proposed switch from three to five full‑time commissioners.
Commissioners at the Silver Bow County study commission meeting debated several substantive edits to the draft community survey and related charter language, with some members urging neutrality in wording and others urging clarity about the practical effects of each option.
Commissioner Cindy Purdue Dolan raised two concerns about the minutes and several survey items, including a parenthetical phrase that she worried could imply the county lacks a parks function. "On the charter changes... the proposal would formally establish the department of parks and rec. It currently exists under the public works department,"…
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