A district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city over the library levy election. In a lawsuit filed in August 2023, Beth Cummings and Dena Johnson asked the court to void the library levy election, in which voters approved a city charter amendment increasing the allowable mills for the library from two up to 17. Cummings and
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Cascade County Commissioners voted 2-1 during their Feb. 13 meeting to move the county print shop from the Clerk and Recorder’s office to the commission office. Commissioner Joe Briggs proposed the move earlier this month, after the county removed election duties from the clerk’s office and put them under the commission office. The county clerk and recorder is an elected
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During their Feb. 6 meeting, City Commissioners approved a resolution calling for an election on the question of conducting a local government review and establishing a study commission to do so. The resolution has to include language on how many members the commission will include and the estimated cost. Staff is estimating that the cost will be $150,000. They estimated
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County Commissioners voted unanimously during a special Feb. 15 meeting to offer the newly created election administrator position to Terry Thompson. Commissioners offered Thompson the job for $69,000. Commissioners interviewed four candidates for the position during a Feb. 6 meeting and scored the applications and interviews. Those scores were opened and discussed during their Feb. 15 meeting. County continues discussion
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Cascade County Commissioners have a lengthy agenda set for their Feb. 13 meeting, including adjusting a mill levy, filling a seat on the mental health advisory council vacated by Alluvion Health, multiple contracts, subdivisions, moving the county print shop and fees for public records requests. But one election related item won’t be on that agenda. Commissioner Rae Grulkowski brought at
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Cascade County Commissioners interviewed four candidates for the newly established election administrator position over six hours on Feb. 6. Commissioners set another special meeting for 1 p.m. Feb. 15 to review the applications and interview scores and “hopefully decide on an elections administrator,” Commissioner Jim Larson said. Elections previously fell under the county clerk and recorder, an elected position, in
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During their Feb. 6 meeting, City Commissioners will be asked to approve a resolution calling for an election on the question of conducting a local government review and establishing a study commission to do so. The resolution has to include language on how many members the commission will include and the estimated cost. Staff is estimating that the cost will
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Cascade County Commissioners are scheduled to conduct interviews for the election administrator position on Feb. 6. Commissioners will open their meeting at 8:45 a.m. and then blocked out 90 minutes per interview, though they may take less time, according to their agenda. Interviews are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Commissioners will conduct interview in the tax appeal room and
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Updated at 11 a.m. Jan. 30 with additional election cost information. Cascade County Commissioners unanimously approved a new fee schedule for elections during a special Jan. 29 meeting. Commissioners met on Jan. 23 to have a similar discussion, but didn’t have enough information to develop a cost estimate for the school elections or set the fee schedule so they asked
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Cascade County Commissioners met with their interim election administrator during a Jan. 23 special meeting about the upcoming school elections. Commissioners planned to discuss the Great Falls Public Schools and Sun River Valley Schools, which both have elections in May. Dev Biddick, the commission appointed interim election administrator, thanked Superintendent Tom Moore and Business Operations Manager Brian Patrick for their
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