NEWS RELEASE - PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
The City of Helena
is seeking interested citizens to serve on
the following boards: City-County Consolidated Planning Board
Two citizens to serve on the City-County Consolidated Planning Board as city representatives and must live in the city limits. One position is for a full term that will begin on September 1, 2012 and expire August 31, 2015 and one position is for an unexpired term that will begin upon appointment and expire August 31, 2013.
This board shall perform planning functions for the city and county and shall be the sole Planning Board to serve either or both governmental entities. Duties of this board will be to ensure the promotion of public health, safety, convenience, order, and the general welfare, and for the sake of efficiency and economy in the process of community development, the Board shall prepare a growth policy and serve in an advisory capacity to the local governing bodies establishing said Board.
Helena Housing Authority
One citizen to serve
on the Helena Housing Authority Board as a tenant representative.
The term will begin upon appointment and expire August 1, 2014.
The Helena Housing Authority
Board manages and sets policy for public housing in the City of Helena.
Helena Regional
Airport Authority Commission
One citizen to serve
as the joint city-county appointment on the Helena Regional Airport
Authority Commission. Term will being September 1, 2012 and expire
August 31, 2013.
The Helena Regional Airport Authority
was created by and receives its authority from the City of Helena/Lewis
& Clark County Joint Resolution 10677. The Authority may plan,
acquire, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain,
equip, operate, regulate, protect, and police any Airport or air navigation
facility or airport hazard to be jointly acquired, controlled and operated.
Public Art Committee
One artist representative
and one art organization representative to serve on the Public Art Committee.
The artist representative term that will begin upon appointment and
expire December 31, 2014. The art organization representative
term will begin upon appointment and expire December 31, 2014.
This committee promotes community awareness
of public art and will be involved in recommendations for providing
public art in Helena. Goals and guidelines have been established
to assist the committee members.Helena Citizens Council
There are currently vacancies in Districts 4, 5 and 6 of the Helena Citizens Council. If you are interested in finding out what district you live in or serving on the HCC please visit their web page at helenacitizenscouncil.com or call HCC Coordinator Shannyn Henkel at 447-8493.
Applications are available at www.ci.helena.mt.us /commission/boards or by calling 447-8410 and can be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office, 316 N. Park Avenue, Room 323, Helena, MT 59623 or to dhavens@ci.helena.mt.us.
The deadline for
applications is 4:00 p.m., Thursday,
August 16, 2012.
