The Great Falls Police Department is being inundated with weather related crashes. In the last 20 minutes, just before noon Fen. 17, GFPD has responded to six crashed between I-15 Exit 0 and Fox Farm Road, on top of several other crashed on 10th Avenue South and other areas of town. Officials have just closed the exit from the interstate
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The consultants hired by the city to conduct a comprehensive fee study, cost allocation plan and operational efficiency review of Great Falls Park and Recreation reviewed their findings so far during the Feb. 9 Park and Rec advisory board meeting. In October, City Commissioners approved a $94,792 contract with Matrix Consulting for the study. Final Park and Rec mini-poll open
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The city solicited applications for a county representative to the tax increment financing advisory committee for a four-year term through Dec. 31, 2029. The opening was posted for a week, opening on Feb. 6 and closing on Feb. 13. The applicant must be a Cascade County employee to be considered, according to the city’s vacancy posting. The city received one
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Two neighborhood councils meet in Great Falls Feb. 16-19. Neighborhood Council 5 meets at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Great Falls Clinic Specialty Center conference room, 3000 15th Ave. S. Agenda items include a presentation from NeighborWorks Great Falls about classes and services offered, discussion of changing the council meeting dates from the third Mondays of the month by
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Four Great Falls neighborhood councils meet next week. Neighborhood Council 7 meets at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Gibson Room, upstairs at the Civic Center. Agenda items an update on the city growth policy from planning staff, a presentation on the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program from Penny Paul of the City-County Health Department and neighborhood concerns. More information
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City staff are proposing to dissolve its board of adjustment/appeals, among other structure changes, to comply with the Montana Land Use Planning Act, passed by the Legislature in 2023. Brock Cherry, city planning director, told City Commissioners during their Jan. 20 work session that the existing planning board and zoning commission are the same body, but use one name or
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The Cascade County health board drafted a letter to the City of Great Falls during their Feb. 4 meeting asking the city to increase its annual contribution to the City-County Health Department. The division of CCHD’s costs between the city and county has long been a point of contention between the two entities, along with operations of other joint entities,
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A downtown drainage improvement project will close portions of Central Avenue this summer. Initially, the city planned to work in alleys and side streets, but as they designed the project and considered a “multitude of options,” engineers determined they’ll have to close Central Avenue from 2nd to 4th Streets, in half block increments to ensure continued business access. Josh Sommer,
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Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet Feb. 4-5. Neighborhood Council 6 meets at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include Montana Tobacco Use Prevention program presentation from Penny Paul of the City-County Health Department, crime mapping report, council business updates and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information,
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City Commissioners approved final payment during their Jan. 20 meeting for the 5th Street and 10th Avenue South storm drainage crossing. The final payment is $44,409.37 to Ed Boland Construction and $448.58 to the state miscellaneous tax fund. The project increased capacity of the existing storm drain on 5th Street South between 10th Alley South and 9th Avenue South, reducing
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