City Commissioners told staff to move forward with remodeling the Missouri Room in the Civic Center for Municipal Court during a July work session and during their Aug. 1 meeting, they’ll consider a design contract for the project. Commissioners will be asked to approve a $321,950 contract for a design contract with Cushing Terrell, which already provided preliminary designs. The
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City Commissioners finalized agreements with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation during their July 18 meeting for American Rescue Plan Act funds for the city’s lift station project and reimbursements for other public works improvements. The city was allocated about $8.4 million of minimum allocation grants and another $2 million of competitive grants through the state’s ARPA funds.
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During their July 19 meeting, City Commissioners will be asked to adopt the proposed budget and an intent to increase taxes. City assessment increases proposed Here’s some key things to know about the city budget: What is the city budget year? The city budget year runs July 1 through June 30. Where can I see the budget documents and information?
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During their May 2 meeting, City Commissioners will consider a state grant agreement for a downtown drainage improvement project. The city has been allocated $3,729,200 in grant funds from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation through the competitive grant and minimum allocation grant programs of the American Rescue Plan Act through the state. Commission to consider amendment to
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City Commissioners will consider awarding a $2.73 million contract to James Talcott Construction for fire station improvements during their April 18 meeting. The project is being funded with American Rescue Plan Act, federal COVID-19 relief funds. The fire station infrastructure project includes upgrades to the HVAC and electrical systems and renovations to the dorm areas in all four of the
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The Department of Public Health and Human Services announced today that with the federal public health emergency ending on May 11, the agency plans to discontinue the weekly updates to the COVID-19 case tracking and vaccine dashboards. The last update to the dashboards will take place on May 5, and they will subsequently no longer be available online after July
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City Commissioners voted unanimously during their Feb. 21 meeting to approve a contract with BSpark Architecture for the design of a new police evidence building. The contract is for $455,597.50 using American Rescue Plan Act funds. The Great Falls Police Department has been evaluating options to increase the space for evidence and vehicle processing for a few years and proposed
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The Great Falls Public Schools board approved a $1.48 million contract during their Feb. 13 meeting for the Meadow Lark Elementary addition. The project will add four new classrooms to the school. The addition is part of the district’s school improvement projects being funded with American Rescue Plan Act, or federal COVID recovery, money. GFPS rebidding Sunnyside, Meadow Lark projects
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The city is receiving $8,431,368 in minimum allocation grants from the state for eligible wastewater, stormwater and drinking water infrastructure expenses through the state’s American Rescue Plan Act funds. The state had previously budgeted the funds for municipalities and the City of Great Falls had been budgeted for $8.5 million but had to submit a list of eligible expenses for
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Earlier in January, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rescinded the August 2021 memo mandating that all members of the U.S. military under DoD authority be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the November 2021 memo on vaccination requirements for the National Guard and Reserves. The change was established by the National Defense Authorization Act for the current fiscal year. As of mid-January, the
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