September 2005 - August 2006
- Analyzed the twenty pages of legal memo documentation received from Kaleczyc and Lambert and prioritized legal issues.
- Received first mapping detail from DTM.
- Prepared our first "Summary of Progress" update for the community.
- Developed Data Gathering Plan to identify needed information.
- Identified Typical Functions of Local Government.
- Began meeting with local community groups for input.
- Visited Three Forks and West Yellowstone. Met with local officials and received detailed budgets.
- Mapped property valuation data in three hypothetical boundary ranges: large, medium, small.
- Began exploration of the resort tax questions.
- Met with Alec Hansen, Executive Director of the Montana League of Cities & Towns.
Year Two Conclusions:
Continuing growth warrants consideration of the formal voice that incorporation brings to a community.
Working within state law, Big Sky can meet Montana's requirements for incorporation.
New legislation is required to permit a municipality to span two counties, or to permit non-resident voting. Given the political difficulty both in Helena, and locally, to enact such legislation, we do not intend to pursue it.
