Four Great Falls neighborhood councils meet May 11-14. Neighborhood Council 7 meets May 11 at 7 p.m. in the Gibson Room, upstairs at the Civic Center. Agenda items include a county commission candidate introduction, Neighborhood Watch, committee reports and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC7, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Neighborhood Council 1 meets May 12 at 7
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City Commissioners approved a $156,000 contract during their May 5 meeting for sports court replacements at Charles Russell Park. The contract with United Materials will be funded with park maintenance district funds. The court replacement is among the planned projects for the eighth year of the park maintenance district. The work includes the removal and replacement of about 1,440 square
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The city’s new tax increment financing advisory board voted May 8 to recommend that the City Commission approve bonding against the AgriTech TIF for about $3.2 million to complete infrastructure improvements and reimburse developers for previously installed improvements. It was a second, special meeting on the request, since the three members of the five-member board in attendance couldn’t get enough
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City Commissioners approved a lease for the Montana Veterans Memorial, which is located on city parkland. The 20-year lease with the Montana Veterans Memorial Committee includes an option to renew for another 10 years at the city’s sole discretion. Both the city and committee have the option to terminate the lease with 60 days written notice. The memorial is located
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City Commissioners approved a $187,850 contract to WVH Enterprises during their May 5 meeting for the Kings Bridge deck replacement. The city-owned bridge is on the River’s Edge Trail about 360 feet east of Black Eagle Dam. The project includes removing and replacing about 165 feet of timber bridge decking from the former railroad bridge currently used as a pedestrian
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The Great Falls Public Schools board was scheduled to vote during their April 27 meeting on an agreement between GFPS, the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office and the Great Falls Police Department. The agreement is for the pilot reserve deputy school resource officer program proposed by Sheriff Jesse Slaughter. During the meeting, the item was pulled from the agenda at the
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Two Great Falls neighborhood councils meet next week. Neighborhood Council 6 meets at 6:30 p.m. May 6 in the Sunnyside Elementary School staff break room. Agenda items include a sheriff candidate introduction, crime mapping report, council updates and neighborhood concerns. More information on NC6, including boundaries and contact information, is here. Neighborhood Council 3 meets at 6:30 p.m. May 7
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After a two-hour hearing, the city planning board voted April 28 to postpone a decision on the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana’s proposed Good Medicine housing development. The Little Shell is requesting annexation of 18.4 acres and a planned unit development zoning classification, with an underlying R-9 zoning, to develop two apartment buildings, each with 25 units,
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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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