Townsend City Council Meeting Dec. 20, 2022
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Townsend City Council Meeting Dec. 20, 2022 MT43 News Staff Reporter Firefighter Shawn Simon was approved as the new city fire chief at City Council Tuesday night. Assistant Chief Aaron Lockrie and Captain Andrew Herrick were approved by the council as his slate of officers. Long-time chief Ed Shindoll will step down as City Chief. He will continue as Chief of the Broadwater Rural Fire Department.
The Council approved a motion to accept the Townsend Subdivision Regulations Review, with amendments, as presented by Jeremy Fadness of WWC Engineering of Helena.
The City of Townsend last had a growth policy review 13 years ago. As suggested by Fadness, an updated growth policy plan would run the city about $5,000 if it applied for a Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) of $15,000. An updated growth policy plan would account for the new subdivisions and apartment housing being built within the city limits. Council member, Christina Hartmann, asked to review the last growth policy.
City Attorney, Peter Simon, reported on the solicitor/events ordinance. He will review and simplify the language for the committee to approve before presenting it to the council. After committee members met with Fall Fest directors, Laura Obert and Jeff Langlinais, to better understand the festival organization, they were able to separate the two ordinances into clearer language.
Simon will be honing the language in the law enforcement regulations to bring before a new committee that will review the draft regulation.
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