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Revision 1, 2021-03-22T10:30:00Z, by RiverCityClerk.
+ = City Commission =
+ The City Commission is the legislative and policy-making body of the City of Great Falls. It is composed of a '''Mayor''', elected for a two-year term, and '''four Commissioners''' serving overlapping four-year terms. All five are elected at large on a non-partisan basis. Municipal elections are held in odd-numbered years. See [[CityElections]].
+ The Commission does not run the City day to day. Under the [[FormOfGovernment]] established by the 1986 charter, it employs a [[CityManager]] to direct operations and carry out its policies.
+ = What it does =
+ * Adopts ordinances, which amend the [[OfficialCode]], and resolutions, which are single acts
+ * Adopts the annual budget and sets the [[AnnualTaxLevy]] — see [[CityBudget]]
+ * Holds public hearings on land use, fees, assessments and nuisance abatement
+ * Appoints members to the [[BoardsAndCommissions]] and confirms the appointment of municipal judges
+ * Approves contracts, change orders and final payments above the manager's authority, item by item, on the consent agenda
+ = How a meeting runs =
+ A regular meeting works through a fixed order: military updates, petitions and communications, neighborhood councils, boards and commissions, city manager, consent agenda, public hearings, old business, new business, and finally commission reports and initiatives. Motions are made and seconded by name and the vote is recorded in the minutes as carried or failed with the count and any dissent.
+ = Meetings =
+ First and third Tuesday of the month, Commission Chambers, Room 206 of the [[CivicCenter]], with a [[WorkSession]] earlier the same day. See [[MeetingSchedule]]. Individual meetings have their own pages here, named by the body and the date — the page name is CityCommission run together with the meeting date.
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+ City Commission: https://greatfallsmt.gov/185/City-Commission
+ Form of government: https://greatfallsmt.gov/264/Form-of-Government
+ Agenda Center: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter
+ [[MeetingSchedule]] · [[CommissionRulesOfConduct]] · [[Categories]]
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