City Commissioners approved a $12,000 contract change for Great West Engineering for preliminary engineering and planning for a new stormwater pond in northeast Great Falls during their June 2 meeting. Commissioners approved the initial $77,062 agreement in September 2025 to “conduct a study, findings and recommendations in a report that identifies and evaluates rerouting the 3rd Avenue South trunkline to
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City Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution during their May 19 meeting authorizing the issuance and negotiated sale of up to $3.8 million of revenue bonds within the East Industrial Park Tax Increment Financing District, more commonly known as AgriTech. The bond sale won’t be finalized until August, according to city staff. The resolution sets the terms and limitations of the
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City Commissioners approved a $4,636,298 contract to Capcon Construction during their May 19 meeting for the third phase of the downtown storm drainage improvement project. This phase includes four blocks of new storm drain mains and will replace two and a half blocks of aging water mains and two and a half blocks of deteriorating streets, plus some replacement of
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During their May 19 meeting, City Commissioners rescinded a previously awarded contract for sports court replacement in Charles Russell Park due to a typographical error. Earlier this month, commissioners awarded a $156,000 contract to United Materials for the project based on an error on the bid tab provided by TD&H Engineering to the city. City approves court replacement contract; USTA
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City Commissioners approved final payment for the Carter Park street reconstruction project during their May 19 meeting. The final payment is $31,824.95 to United Materials and $321.46 to the state miscellaneous tax fund. The final cost is $642,928.28, which is $78,371.72 less than the total contract amount awarded in September. City approves street reconstruction around Carter Park [2025] The lower
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Updated May 13 Local officials approved tax abatements for Janicki Industries during their May 12 meetings. Cascade County Commissioners approved two abatements, one for property tax and one for equipment, during their morning meeting. City Commissioners approved a property tax abatement during a special meeting Tuesday evening. Janicki requested the tax abatements for their prospective new expansion in AgriTech Park,
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City Commissioners approved $50,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds to NeighborWorks Great Falls for the purchase and demolition of 816 3rd Ave. S. City Commissioners declared the property a nuisance in January. NWGF has been in contact with the property owner and offered to purchase it for about $20,000 upon approval of the CDBG funds and use the
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City Commissioners voted unanimously during their April 21 meeting to declare 1915 6th Ave. N. a nuisance. The city has been receiving complaints about the property since 2020 and the house was deemed a total loss after a January 2021 fire. City Commissioners declared the property a nuisance in September 2021 and the city planning department used $22,850 of hazard
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Updated April 28 to correct TIF district expiration and add GFPS information City Commissioners voted unanimously during their April 21 meeting to set a public hearing for May 12 on a tax abatement request from Janicki Industries for a site in AgriTech Park, on the east side of Great Falls, with about 185.5 acres within the city limits. Janicki is considering
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City Commissioners voted unanimously during their April 21 meeting to approve a $4,734,600 contract to COP Construction for upgrades to the sedimentation basins at the water treatment plant. The project will replace two of the oldest mechanical settling basin components within two existing sedimentation basins of the plant. Last year, the city hired Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., or
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