City Commissioners approved a $67,042.50 contract during their Dec. 3 meeting for a project to improve security at the Great Falls Police Department’s front desk. The project is being funded with state and city funds. Commissioners approved the contract to Guy Tobacco Construction unanimously. The project includes demolition of the front desk and adjacent walls, installing bullet resistant paneling and
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Great Falls Fire Rescue and the city planning department proposing changes to the safety inspection certificate program, permits and fee schedules. The proposed fee increases will impact SICs, emergency medical equipment and transport fees, false alarm activations, non-compliance with fire code violations and other services GFFR provides. Some new fees are also proposed as a cost recovery mechanism for GFFR.
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The Great Falls Public Library board voted unanimously during their Nov. 26 meeting to approve a new management agreement with the City of Great Falls that maintains the existing seven mills in the current budget and reduces general fund support by half over the next four years. City Commissioners voted 4-1 during their Nov. 19 meeting to terminate the 1993
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Over the summer, the Montana Historical Society was awarded a nearly half-million dollar grant to stabilize and provide safe access to the historic Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Great Falls. The $497,712 grant is through the U.S. Department of Interior’s National Park Service and its Historic Preservation Fund’s African American Civil Rights grant program. Coupled with the church’s
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City Commissioners approved a $12,729.32 change order for the city’s new indoor aquatic and recreation center during their Sept. 3 meeting. It’s the eighth change order for the facility and includes $8,460.31 for ADA door operators on entry doors, and $4,269.01 for installation of one additional irrigation zone and additional sod. The 2016 park master plan included a combined indoor
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The Great Falls Public Library board voted 3-1 during a special meeting Sept. 5 to approve the library negotiation team’s proposal for a new five-year management agreement, essentially rejecting the city’s proposal that would eliminate the current seven mills after two budget years. Noelle Johnson voted against the library’s proposed agreement. Great Falls voters approved a ballot issue in June
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The Great Falls Public Library board has called a special meeting for Sept. 5 to consider the renegotiation of its agreement with the City of Great Falls. The city and library have been operating under a 1993 agreement that includes seven mills of funding for the library. Those seven mills were included in the library’s funding package proposal for the
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City Commissioners set the annual tax levy during their Aug. 20 meeting. The voted 4-0 to approve the tax levy and multiple assessments during the meeting. Mayor Cory Reeves was absent. They’d already approved their budget for the current fiscal year, which began July 1, and that budget included the tax increases staff proposed during Tuesday’s meeting. Commissioners are required
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City Commissioners are scheduled to review and vote on multiple assessments during their Aug. 20 meeting. The commission is required to annually set the assessments as part of its budget process. Commissioners adopted the budget, which includes these assessment increases, for the current fiscal year during their July 16 meeting. City Commission approves tax increase, budget The annual budget process
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Construction is underway at the Great Falls Police Department for an expansion to house evidence. In February, City Commissioners awarded a $3,544,750 contract to Wadsworth Builders for the project in a 3-2 vote. GFPD has faced increasing overcrowding in its evidence storage and processing areas over the years. “More burdensome retention requirements and increases in case numbers have exacerbated the
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