Billings

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issue5StatusBoardMinutesMeetingsLast updated
Stormwater System Development FeeopenCity Council04Nov 2, 2026
Accessible Parking and Motor Vehicles OrdinanceopenCity Council03Nov 2, 2026
Animal Sheltering ServicesopenCity Council02Nov 9, 2026
Lampman Park future land use map amendmentopenCity Council Regular Business Meeting02Nov 2, 2026
Capital Improvement Plan FY28-FY32openCity Council01Nov 9, 2026

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Issue7StatusBoardLast updated
Animal Sheltering ServicesopenCity CouncilNov 9, 2026
Capital Improvement Plan FY28-FY32openCity CouncilNov 9, 2026
Minnesota Avenue Parking Lot DisposalopenCity CouncilNov 9, 2026
Nurse-Family Partnership FundingopenCity CouncilNov 9, 2026
Ramada Park DisposalopenCity CouncilNov 9, 2026
Series 2026 Storm Sewer BondsopenCity CouncilNov 9, 2026
South Billings Boulevard Urban Renewal BondsopenCity CouncilNov 9, 2026

Upcoming meetings

Meeting4BoardDateTimeSummary
2026-11-12 - Consolidated Yellowstone County Zoning CommissionConsolidated Yellowstone County Zoning CommissionNov 12, 20264:00 PM-
2026-11-16 - City Council Work SessionCity Council Work SessionNov 16, 20265:30 PM-
2026-11-18 - Budget and Finance CommitteeBudget and Finance CommitteeNov 18, 20269:00 AM-
2026-11-23 - City Council Regular Business MeetingCity Council Regular Business MeetingNov 23, 20265:30 PM-

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Meeting15BoardTypeMinutesVideo
2026-11-09 - City Council Regular Business MeetingCity Council Regular Business Meetingregular meetingnot yet postednone found
2026-11-05 - Interim Planning CommissionInterim Planning Commissionregular meetingnot applicable (meeting cancelled)none found
2026-11-02 - City Council Work SessionCity Council Work Sessionwork sessionnot yet posted (work-session summary PDF posted)https://cloud.castus.tv/vod/comm7tv/video/6ae94cc9f46c0e00024ba8ca?page=HOME
2026-10-27 - Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee MeetingBicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committeemeetingnot yet posted (draft 9/29 minutes attached to the agenda)none found
2026-10-27 - Planning Board (4th Tuesday) MeetingPlanning Board (4th Tuesday)meetingnot yet postednone found
2026-10-26 - City Council Regular Business MeetingCity Council Regular Business Meetingregular meetingnot yet posted (only the 10/12 minutes are posted)https://cloud.castus.tv/vod/comm7tv/video/6adffe2a28afbf00029ad7c8?page=HOME
2026-10-22 - Public Art Committee MeetingPublic Art Committeemeetingnot yet postednone found
2026-10-19 - City Council Work SessionCity Council Work Sessionwork session-https://cloud.castus.tv/vod/comm7tv/video/6ad6cad41c0ba200028a5adf?page=HOME
2026-10-12 - City CouncilCity Councilregular meetinghttps://destinyhosted.com/bilmtdocs/2026/CC/20261012_2034/2049_10122026DRAFTMinutes.pdfhttps://cloud.castus.tv/vod/comm7tv/video/6acd89a60364b200027e0db6?page=HOME
2026-10-08 - Consolidated Yellowstone County Zoning Commission MeetingConsolidated Yellowstone County Zoning Commissionmeetingnot yet postednone found
2026-10-05 - City Council Work SessionCity Councilwork sessionhttps://destinyhosted.com/bilmtdocs/2026/CCWS/20261005_2024/2039_10052026WSSummary.pdfhttps://cloud.castus.tv/vod/comm7tv/video/d14ed83c03dbf30001f8a33f?page=HOME
2026-09-28 - City CouncilCity Councilregular meetinghttps://destinyhosted.com/bilmtdocs/2026/CC/20260928_2033/2048_09282026Minutes.pdf-
2026-09-22 - Planning Board (4th Tuesday) MeetingPlanning Board (4th Tuesday)meetingnot yet postednone found
2026-09-21 - City Council Work SessionCity Councilwork sessionhttps://destinyhosted.com/bilmtdocs/2026/CCWS/20260921_2023/2038_09212026WSSummary.pdf-
2026-09-17 - City Council Special Work SessionCity Councilspecial work sessionhttps://destinyhosted.com/bilmtdocs/2026/SPC/20260917_2235/2250_09172026SpecialWSSummary.pdf-

Issues with near term decisions

Issue11BoardLast updatedPeopleMinutesMeetings
Stormwater System Development FeeCity CouncilNov 2, 2026204
Accessible Parking and Motor Vehicles OrdinanceCity CouncilNov 2, 2026403
Animal Sheltering ServicesCity CouncilNov 9, 20261002
Lampman Park future land use map amendmentCity Council Regular Business MeetingNov 2, 2026002
Capital Improvement Plan FY28-FY32City CouncilNov 9, 2026001
Minnesota Avenue Parking Lot DisposalCity CouncilNov 9, 2026001
Nurse-Family Partnership FundingCity CouncilNov 9, 2026001
Ramada Park DisposalCity CouncilNov 9, 2026001
Series 2026 Storm Sewer BondsCity CouncilNov 9, 2026001
South Billings Boulevard Urban Renewal BondsCity CouncilNov 9, 2026001
Shiloh Flats Subdivision preliminary platCity Council Regular Business MeetingOct 22, 2026001

Long running topics

Issue1BoardLast updatedPeopleMinutesMeetings
School Zone Policy Review and Aggressive Driving InitiativeCity CouncilOct 24, 2026401

No actions pending

Nothing right now.

Completed

Issue4BoardLast updatedPeopleMinutesMeetings
Human Relations Commission Ordinance AmendmentCity CouncilNov 2, 2026202
Lampman Park SaleCity CouncilOct 24, 20261301
Mullen AnnexationCity CouncilOct 24, 2026601
Repeal of Animal Control Advisory BoardCity CouncilOct 24, 2026201

Sources

Where the data comes from

Data quality notes

  • Minutes processed (October 24, 2026): Regular Business Meeting 10/12 (DRAFT), Work Sessions 10/5, 9/21, 9/8, Special Work Session 9/17.
  • Gaps recorded as meeting stubs (text-layer unavailable): Regular Meetings 9/28, 9/14, 8/24, 8/10 (scanned PDFs only; no OCR attempted).
  • Planning Board, Zoning Commission, Public Art and BPAC agenda contents not read.
  • Agendas for most boards after November 12 are not posted yet; no formal minutes are posted for November meetings (a work-session summary is posted for November 2).
  • Billings city YouTube channel does not carry council meetings (Castus VOD only); no YouTube IDs.
  • Agenda portal has no council committee meetings listed apart from work sessions.

Last modified 2026-11-09