M&D Construction came up again during the Jan. 23 planning board meeting, despite the matter being closed by the City Commission during their Jan. 2 meeting. Mike Wedekind, planning board member, asked at the end of Tuesday’s meeting about the commission’s decision to deny the conditional use permit. The Planning Advisory Board/Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval the CUP during
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City Commissioners made their appointments to the Great Falls Regional Airport Authority Board last week. The applicants were Anthony Aretz, Joe McKenney and Todd Timboe. The commission interviewed the applicants during a special meeting before making the appointments and Commissioners Bill Bronson and Owen Robinson recused themselves from the interviews and the vote. Commissioner Mary Sheehy Moe said, “boy, what
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In my five years covering the City of Great Falls, I’ve heard a lot of questions along the lines of “why doesn’t the city post minutes?” “where can I find information about X?” “the city should broadcast meetings” “who’s on X board?” Recently, I’ve been hearing things like “do you think there would be discussion at a city commission meeting
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The city is continuing efforts to improve security in its parking garages to include new lighting, security gates, surveillance systems and pigeon netting. Craig Raymond, planning director, told the Parking Advisory Commission on Thursday that he has reached out to local businesses to get estimates for those projects and the city is working with McKinstry to improve energy efficiency in
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To kick off the new year, the Great Falls Development Authority hosted the second Ignite the Falls event. “We are bullish about Great Falls. We are hungry to grow Great Falls,” said Jolene Schalper, GFDA vice president. “We are getting after it.” The Friday morning event included 14 developers, entrepreneurs and government officials who shared details about current and upcoming
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During a special meeting on Thursday, Cascade County Commissioners approved a contingency agreement with The Curare Group, Inc. The group represents Dr. Christine Potterjones, who is a candidate for a full-time position at the Community Health Care Center. Potterjones has previously worked at Benefis Health System and is now hoping to return to central Montana, according to the CHCC. Potterjones
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Bob Rosipal has filed to run for Cascade County sheriff. Currently, he’s a lieutenant, chief coroner and SWAT leader for the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office. “I’ve always wanted to become sheriff of Cascade County,” the Great Falls native said after filing Wednesday morning. So far, no one else has filed to run for the office, including incumbent Bob Edwards. Filing
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Rhett Hulett, owner of M&D Construction, returned to the City Commission on Jan. 16 to give commissioners additional information. During their Jan. 2 meeting, commissioners denied a conditional use permit for M&D Construction to allow for a contractor yard, type two. The company had been operating beyond the allowable uses in the M-2 zoning district without the CUP and earlier
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The public hearing on whether to send the park district question to the ballot is set for Feb. 6. During Tuesday’s meeting, City Commissioners accepted the item on first reading and voted to set the public hearing. That’s normal procedure for setting any public hearing. After the hearing on Feb. 6, commissioners will then vote on the resolution that would
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NeighborWorks Great Falls sold eight lots within Thaniel Addition that were planned for development through their mutual self help build program. Those lots were recently sold to KIB Homes, a local homebuilder with a focus on custom homes. The sale was to help NWGF purchase and develop more homes outside the southern limit of the city, near the agency’s planned
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