City Commissioners reviewed on first reading a rezone request during their May 7 meeting for the former west side Best Wok. They set a public hearing on the rezone for June 4. The planning board voted to recommend approval during their April 9 meeting. Town Pump submitted a request to rezone the property from M-2 mixed use transitional to C-2
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Parking will be free in the city’s North Garage this summer. City Commissioners unanimously approved a pilot with free two-hour parking in the North Garage from June 1 through Aug. 31. The North Garage is located at the corner of 1st Avenue North and 4th Street. The city owns and operates two public parking garages, in addition to multiple surface
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City Commissioners approved a contract change order for the fire station infrastructure projects during their May 7 meeting. The change order is for $32,717.68 on the contract with James Talcott Construction and the project is using American Rescue Plan Act funds, which are federal COVID relief dollars. Commissioners awarded the construction contract in April 2023 and construction began in June
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Photo by Matt Ehnes | Jared’s Detours City Commissioners approved tax increment financing for the Downtown Development Partnership during their May 7 meeting. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the use of up to $110,750 in downtown TIF dollars for operating costs for fiscal year 2024, the current fiscal year, and up to $117,450 for fiscal year 2025, which begins July
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City Commissioners made changes to contracts for the splash pad coming to the Electric City Water Park. The project has been in the works for several years. In July 2022, commissioners approved using federal Community Development Block Grant funding to purchase and install a splash pad to replace the existing baby pool at the water park. After about a year,
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Commissioners rejected a contract during their May 7 meeting due to lack of bids and budget shortfall. The city received a single bid for $3,234,878.80 from Geranios Enterprises for the fourth phase of southwest side water main replacement project. The project would replace eight blocks of aging water mains on the southwest side totalling about 3,500 lineal feet. Those water
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The bandshell in Library Park, behind the Great Falls Public Library, was demolished on May 10. It’s a project that was being discussed since last summer. The library contracted with Shumaker Trucking and Excavating Contractors for up to $15,000 for the demolition. Since the contract was under $25,000, it was approved at the library director level, under city policy. Susie
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City Commissioners unanimously approved increases for water, sewer, storm drain and sanitation during their May 7 meeting. The new rates are effective June 1. City staff reviews and analyzes annually the expenses and capital needs for utilities and sanitation to make rate adjustments as needed. Staff presented their analysis during the April 2 work session and commissioners conducted a public
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City Commissioners voted during a May 7 special meeting to increase the city manager’s base salary. Commissioners met with City Manager Greg Doyon in closed session for about an hour to conduct his annual review, after which commissioners came back to open session to vote on the contract. Mayor Cory Reeves said that the commissioners were “extremely pleased” with Doyon
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The city public works department sweeps 286 street miles annually. Residential streets are swept twice annually. Collector and arterial streets are swept 10 times annually, according to the city. Business district streets and avenues are cleaned when needed. Residents are asked to keep the curb area in front of their properties free from obstacles and move vehicles on their scheduled
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