HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpecial City Council Minutes 04.09.1998Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
April 9, 1998
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana,
was held in the Council Chambers and called to order by Mayor Chuck
Rodgers at 7:00 p.m., on April 9, 1998, to hold a public hearing on the
120-day moratorium on the construction of wireless communication towers.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
William Staudinger
Ken Olson
Gay Easton
Bud Johnson
Miles Walton
Dirk Kroll
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Gary Temple
Norman Orr
This being the time and place advertised, a public hearing was held on a
120-day moratorium on the construction of wireless communication tower
facilities in the municipal limits of Laurel.
PROPONENTS:
Cal Cumin, Planning Director, said this issue came as an advisory issue
out of the Planning Board after a request for the division of land to
allow a cellular tower in the Industrial Park Subdivision.
At this same time, Billings and Yellowstone County are looking at putting
a complete moratorium on all new wireless communication towers. Cal said
this has left Laurel open to the possibility of being prey for these
towers. In light of the fact that Laurel does not have it's ordinance up
to speed with this growing industry, he feels we need to follow suit with
Billings and impose a moratorium on it until we review our ordinances and
bring them up to the appropriate speed and compatibility. Cal stated one
problem with this issue is how do you bring ordinances, which are
basically static, abreast of an industry that is changing as rapidly as
this industry. We need to try and address this.
OPPONENTS: None
The public hearing was closed.
Cal asked that a resolution be prepared for the next council meeting to
enact the actual moratorium.
The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
Cat~y~/G~'~rian, Deputy Clerk/Treas.
Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of
Laurel, Montana, this 21st day of April, 1998.
ATTEST
Donald L. Hackmann, Clerk/Treas.
C[arles' Rodge~~~