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Joey Morrison

Mayor2024-01-01–2028-01-01 (month-level start: January 2024 per Bozeman Daily Chronicle 'New year, new mayor: Cunningham, Morrison and Madgic sworn into office' [2023 mayoral election winner, deputy mayor 2024-2025]; mayor since January 6, 2026 per commission agenda item 'Swearing in Ceremony for Mayor Joey Morrison'; month-level end: January 2028, four-year term of the 2023 election cycle [the 2025 election winner follows the two-year deputy mayor then mayor sequence])

No biography on file yet.

At a glance

News mentions
1

Term ending Jan 1, 2028.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
45
Total speaking time
11:50:17
Avg per meeting
15:47
Segments
9992

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Filtered to Public Safety

Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)

medium↑Jun 2026[57]

Bear activity and wildlife management

Bear-proof bins could cost residents more unless offered at no surcharge; the compost bin pricing was questioned.

high↑May 2026[41]

Gallatin High School Parking Management District

Staff estimate roughly $132 per permit based on comparable districts, and enforcement would likely require additional staff and a vehicle.

high↑Mar 2026[26]

Pedestrian Safety Near the Pool

Design and construction services fee of $67,660 from the Street Maintenance Fund FY27 budget.

high↑Feb 2026[26]

Regional behavioral health partnership

Leaders called it a '$10 to $100 million problem' that will need grants, state funds, or possibly a voter-approved funding measure.

high↑Oct 2026[25]

Police and Fire Radio Replacement

Budgeted in the FY-27 capital plan with annual subscription payments from police and fire budgets.

low↓Jul 2026[15]

Kennel License Revocation Appeal

low↑Sep 2026[15]

New City Civic Academy

high→Sep 2026[13]

Emergency Shelter Funding for Haven MT and Family Promise

$95,220 total city FY27 funding split between the two shelters.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Year-Round Traffic Enforcement Grant

Grant covers $134,745.22; any overage may require a future budget amendment from the General Fund.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

2026 Annual Staff Ethics Training

No fiscal effects were identified for the curriculum change.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Storm damage cleanup and operations facility improvements

medium↓Jul 2026[10]

Use of 'recommend' language and ballot-measure advocacy rules

low↑Oct 2026[10]

Financial Disclosure Forms Move Online

high↓Oct 2026[6]

Ethics complaint against Bozeman commissioners dismissed

None directly — no city money was at stake in the board's decision, though the underlying records request could have cost staff roughly eight months of work to fulfill.

medium↓Apr 2026[6]

Police Officer Confirmations

high↑Oct 2026[5]

police equipment contract

The city is committing $2.4 million in public funds, so taxpayers are footing the bill for the new police equipment.

medium↓Aug 2026[5]

Main Street traffic noise

medium↓Sep 2026[5]

Shared use path and e-device policy update

No direct fiscal impact identified yet; enforcement and education costs will come with the rollout.

medium↓Sep 2026[5]

Bear-resistant carts and garbage service competition

Equipping all carts with bear-resistant containers would require rate increases that could make the city service less competitive.

high↓Sep 2026[5]

Public safety and unhoused individuals downtown

The URD may help fund parking garage bathroom improvements; AED purchase costs are being trimmed by buying through the city's fire equipment contract.

Decisions during term (2)

Recorded while Morrison was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.