City Commissioners broke with the staff recommendation and denied a conditional use permit for M&D Construction during their Jan. 2 meeting. The company has been at their 611 8th Ave. N. location since 2011 and another construction company was on the property previously. The property is zoned M-2 mixed use transitional and the company had expanded operations at that site
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A tax abatement for Montana Eggs LLC is back on the agenda for the Cascade County Commission. The commission denied the tax abatement in December in a 1-1 vote when Commissioner Jane Weber was out of town. Commissioner Jim Larson voted against the abatement and Commissioner Joe Briggs voted in favor. Dan Vuckovich of Anderson Zurmuehlen, representing Montana Eggs, sent
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City Commissioners appointed three people to the newly established ethics committee during their Jan. 2 meeting. The appointees are Carl Rostad for a three-year term; Carmen Roberts for a two-year term; and Katrina Stark for a one-year term. Commissioners to consider ethics committee appointments on Jan. 2 Commissioner Mary Sheehy Moe said she was impressed with the caliber of the
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The Commissioner of Political Practices has ruled that Yes For Cascade County jobs violated Montana’s campaign practice laws. Yes for Cascade County Jobs was the political action group created to advocate for the economic development levy, which failed on the November ballot. The full decision is here. In October, the COPP issued an order of noncompliance to the group for
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Whether applicants have taken a public position on a project that may go before the Zoning Board of Adjustment is now a topic of consideration as the County Commission prepares to make their appointments for the two vacancies on the board. Commissioners are scheduled to make those appointments during the Jan. 9 meeting. They’ll also make appointments to the planning,
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Discussions of the proposed park district are continuing for the City Commission and a special work session will likely be scheduled in the near future to work through more of the details. During the Jan. 2 work session, Steve Herrig, who started as Park and Recreation Director in November, presented some additional options to commissioners related to assessment rates. Initially,
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Commissioners will consider a two-year labor agreement with the Montana Public Employees’ Association, Inc., covering a number of city employees. The agreement covers employees such as: accounting technicians, administrative secretaries, animal control officers, box office specialists, building inspectors, code enforcement, court clerk, emergency services dispatchers, housing specialist, library clerk, police evidence technician, utility dispatcher, among others. The new contract, if
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Two conditional use permits are on the Jan. 2 City Commission meeting. The first is a request for a CUP for M&D Construction to allow a contractor yard, type two land use on their property at 611 8th Ave. N. The company has been operating on that property for some time without the zoning approval and earlier this year, the
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The city’s tourism agency is requesting that City Commissioners renew the tourism business improvement district, which is funded by an assessment on lodging facilities in the city. Great Falls Montana Tourism is also recommending that a tiered structure for the assessment that would maintain the $1 per night for facilities with 30 or fewer rooms and increase the rate per
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