Members of the 819th RED HORSE Squadron are preparing to deploy once again. Of the roughly 240 airmen assigned to the unit at Malmstrom Air Force Base, about 175 are set to deploy this spring for about six months. Capt. David Geaney, the director of operations/logistics manager for the 819th, and Staff Sgt. Laura Schilling, the non-commissioner officer in charge
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City staff are continuing their review and update of municipal code. Up next? Streets and sidewalks. Staff has undertaken a major effort to review the city code, title by title, to remove typos, formatting errors and more significantly, correct inconsistencies and in some cases, make policy changes. City working to update municipal code All code changes require public hearings and
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Small increases are being proposed for open swim fees at the Natatorium, Water Tower and Jaycee pools and at the Mitchell Pool for children two and under. Those increases are each 50 cents. The proposed increases would generate an estimated $6,140 toward pool operations, according to the staff report. About $4,311 would be generated at Water Tower and Jaycee pools
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A vacancy remains on the Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment. Trent Short was appointed to the ZBOA during the Jan. 9 County Commission meeting. County Commission makes appointments to zoning, planning boards On Friday, Jan. 12, the commission was notified that Short had declined the appointment. Commissioners made the appointment with the understanding that Short had made no public
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City Commissioners are scheduled to interview the three applicants for the city’s spots on the Great Falls Regional Airport Authority Board during a special work session at 4 p.m. on Jan. 16. The three applicants are: Anthony Aretz, Joe McKenney and Todd Timboe. Their applications are available here. Commissioners are scheduled to vote to make their appointments during the regular
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Continuing the tension from last week’s work session, County Commissioners debated whether a tax abatement for Montana Eggs LLC should be back on the agenda during their Jan. 9 meeting. “We already voted,” said Commissioner Jim Larson, who at various points during the meeting raised his voice at the applicant’s representative and Commissioner Jane Weber. “I don’t believe we need
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Charles Kuether and Trent Short were appointed by Cascade County Commissioners during their Jan. 9 meeting to fill two two-year terms on the Zoning Board of Adjustments. Kuether, a local lawyer, has served a term on the county planning board and the commission has historically preferred people with experience on the planning board to serve on the ZBOA. Short didn’t
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Seven county positions are up for election this year and the filing period starts Thursday. Those positions are clerk and recorder, treasurer, sheriff, county attorney, justice of the peace, public administrator and commissioner for District 3 are on the November ballot. The District 3 seat is currently held by Jane Weber. The deadline to file is March 12. First thing
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The proposed park district will be on the Jan. 16 City Commission agenda for a first meeting and to set a public hearing for Feb. 6. That meets the deadlines set under state law to put the park district on the May 8 ballot. During a special work session Monday morning, commissioners discussed the mechanics of how the assessment process
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Two projects in the West Bank Landing development on the Missouri River, off 3rd Street Northwest are up for Design Review Board consideration on Monday. One is for a 3,662 square foot building designed for two quick service restaurants. One of those has been named as Five on Black, but the second space will be built as a shell until
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