Category Archives: City Budget

City considering street assessment increase in effort to improve overall street network; discuss development impact

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City staffers walked City Commissioners through their annual report on the streets division of public works during their April 15 work session. Eric Boyd, the streets division manager, and Chris Gaub, city public works director, said they focused their report this year on the overall condition index, or OCI, for city streets. Boyd asked commissioners how they’d rate city streets

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City delays setting new utility rates, discussing how to fund infrastructure for development

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City staff walked City Commissioners through their annual review of water, sewer and stormwater systems during their April 1 work session. Staff annually reviews the program’s resources and needs to determine if rate adjustments are needed. In recent years, staff has reviewed the utility systems and rates with commissioner in the spring to then conduct the public hearings and have

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City proposing sanitation rate increases to help cover costs, including protested landfill fee jump

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City staffers presented their annual review of the sanitation program and proposed changes during the City Commission’s April 1 meeting. The city annually reviews their utility funds to determine if fee increases are needed to cover costs. Commissioners approved a rate Chris Gaub, public works director, said that a significant impact to the program is a large increase in landfill

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Commission votes 3-2 to waive fees at new pool for military training

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City Commissioners voted 3-2 during their April 1 meeting to waive fees for military training at the city’s new indoor aquatic facility. The waiver is subject to annual written training schedules being submitted by the Montana Air National Guard and Malmstrom Air Force Base. The Sheels Aim High Big Sky Aquatics and Recreation Center opened last summer and was funded

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City considering waiving military usage fees for new indoor pool, which is operating at a deficit since opening

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City Commissioners will consider during their April 1 meeting whether to waive facility use fees for training conducted by the Montana Air National Guard and Malmstrom Air Force Base at the city’s indoor aquatic center. The Sheels Aim High Big Sky Aquatics and Recreation Center opened last summer and was funded with $10 million from a U.S. Defense Department grant and

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Commissioners approve city manager salary increase

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Updated 11 a.m. March 20 with additional information about commission compensation City Commissioners gave City Manager Greg Doyon a favorable review, 5 percent raise and extended his contract another three years during a special March 18 meeting. After roughly an hour and a half of discussion in closed session, Mayor Cory Reeves said that Doyon’s leadership is “instrumental” in city

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City Commission discusses annual goals

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Updated Feb. 13 with retreat costs  City Commissioners briefly reviewed their goals for the year during their Feb. 4 work session. After an all-day commission retreat on Jan. 3, City Manager Greg Doyon distilled their discussion into two pages of goals for the year and asked during their work session if the document captured it accurately. Mayor Cory Reeves said

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GFFR chief: Lack of fire training facility risks readiness, safety, increased insurance rates

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The Great Falls Fire Rescue training center on 9th Street South is largely unusable, limiting firefighter training, risking their safety and by extension their ability to respond to all potential emergencies in the community. That also comes with a potential cost, either in loss of property or injuries and since a training center is a factor in the Insurance Services

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City fundraising to replace dead, diseased trees in Gibson; discussing funding for natural resources division

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The Roots Revival campaign is underway to replaced damaged and diseased trees in Gibson Park. The project started quietly earlier this fall as the Great Falls Park and Recreation Department has worked to replace those dead and diseased trees in city parks and the boulevard district. The Gibson Park Committee, which is comprised of local citizens, including former Mayor Mike

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City Commission approves animal shelter remodel contract

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City Commissioners approved a $129,688.35 contract for the Great Falls Animal Shelter remodel during their Dec. 3 meeting. Commissioners awarded the contract to A&R Construction, as recommended by staff. The animal shelter project is comprised of three smaller projects and is part of a larger package of projects the city is funding through the State-Local Infrastructure Partnership Act that the

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