What are Community Councils?

Community councils are one method of formally sanctioning citizen participation in local government. These councils may be authorized to provide citizens the opportunity to advise a city council on any number of issues (see7‐3‐223,7-3‐317, 7‐3‐417and7-3-516, MCA). While not common across the Montana municipal government landscape, these councils can perform such functions as providing detailed information on a particular neighborhood problem or researching and advising a solution to a pressing land use issue. Community councils
are advisory only and thus do not take away the authority of the local government official.