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Ordinance to amend fire-department jurisdiction fails on final reading after 7–3 vote
Summary
Ordinance No. 2026-02, which would have amended Butte-Silver Bow Municipal Code Chapter 2.16 on Fire Department jurisdictional areas, received a 7–3 vote but failed because it needed a two-thirds vote of the full council.
The council placed Ordinance No. 2026-02 — an amendment to Chapter 2.16 of the Butte-Silver Bow Municipal Code concerning Fire Department jurisdictional areas — on final reading July 15. John Morgan moved to place the ordinance on final reading; Hattie Thatcher seconded. The recorded vote was 7 yea, 3 nay (Councilmembers Boyle, Callahan and Fisher).
Because the ordinance required a two-thirds vote of the full council for adoption, the measure failed despite the 7–3 vote. Council minutes record the outcome as "AMENDED: This Ordinance failed due to needing a 2/3 vote from full council." No amendment that would have changed the vote tally was recorded during the meeting.
