City Engagement Framework Update
Summary
The city is updating its 2021 Engagement Framework to comply with the Montana Land Use Planning Act's public participation requirements. Board members pushed for better feedback loops — summaries of public comment, cross-tabs by renter/owner status — so residents don't feel their input vanished into a black box.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 11
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Aug 19, 2026.
Impact analysis
The agenda materials did not state a fiscal effect.
Residents who comment on city projects and want to see their feedback acknowledged.
Mentions & discussions (11)
Study Commission - Aug 19, 2026
The commission reviewed its outreach calendar — website updates, palm cards, event attendance, and scheduling — as it works to inform residents before the charter election.
Study Commission - Aug 6, 2026
Commissioners and Danegeld staff mapped a summer-fall schedule of tabling and presentations — Sweet Pea, SLAM, farmers markets, Art Walk, Catapalooza, Rotary clubs, OLLI, League of Women Voters — pointing voters to bozemanstudy.com before mail ballots arrive around October 12.
City Commission - Aug 4, 2026
A final-adoption ordinance would dissolve the Department of Strategic Services and create a new Department of Communications & Engagement — a restructuring of how the city handles public outreach.
City Commission - Jul 21, 2026
An ordinance would dissolve the Department of Strategic Services and stand up a new Department of Communications & Engagement. This reshapes how the city handles outreach and internal strategy.
Community Development Board - Jun 15, 2026
The city is updating its 2021 Engagement Framework to comply with the Montana Land Use Planning Act's public participation requirements. Board members pushed for better feedback loops — summaries of public comment, cross-tabs by renter/owner status — so residents don't feel their input vanished into a black box.
Inter-Neighborhood Council - Jun 11, 2026
The city is updating its 2021 Engagement Framework to meet MLUPA's public participation requirements. Residents told staff the biggest problem is giving input and never seeing it reflected in decisions.
Urban Parks and Forestry Board - May 28, 2026
The city is updating its five-year-old public engagement framework, partly to comply with the Montana Land Use Planning Act. Residents can weigh in through a survey open until June 15.
Sustainability Board - May 13, 2026
The city is revamping how it engages residents, partly to comply with Montana's Land Use Planning Act. A survey is open until June 15 — a chance to tell the city how you want to be heard.
Study Commission - May 13, 2026
A new Article VII would write public engagement principles — inclusion, transparency, accessibility — into the city charter, and formally recognize neighborhood associations. Edits continue ahead of a May 20 approval session.
Economic Vitality Board - May 6, 2026
The city is revisiting how it engages residents and has a survey open until June 15 asking how people have participated in city projects over the past five years. The update is also needed to comply with Montana's Land Use Planning Act.
Study Commission - Jan 15, 2026
Working Ventures is surveying city employees, current and former commissioners, and advisory board members to inform the charter review. Early employee results show 104 responses across all city departments.
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