City Commissioners unanimously approved a $445,000 contract for the Mansfield Theater ceiling repair project during their May 6 meeting. The city received a Montana Historic Preservation Grant toward the project, but like the theater seating replacement, the ceiling repair is also short funding. The theater ceiling contract was on the May 6 consent agenda and commissioners asked no questions about
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City Commissioners are considering a substantial increase to water, sewer and stormwater fees for the upcoming budget year. Commissioners have set a public hearing for June 3 on the proposed rates that, if approved, would be effective July 1. The action to set the public hearing was on the May 6 consent agenda and no commissioner commented on the utilities
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City staffers walked City Commissioners through their annual report on the streets division of public works during their April 15 work session. Eric Boyd, the streets division manager, and Chris Gaub, city public works director, said they focused their report this year on the overall condition index, or OCI, for city streets. Boyd asked commissioners how they’d rate city streets
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City staff walked City Commissioners through their annual review of water, sewer and stormwater systems during their April 1 work session. Staff annually reviews the program’s resources and needs to determine if rate adjustments are needed. In recent years, staff has reviewed the utility systems and rates with commissioner in the spring to then conduct the public hearings and have
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City staffers presented their annual review of the sanitation program and proposed changes during the City Commission’s April 1 meeting. The city annually reviews their utility funds to determine if fee increases are needed to cover costs. Commissioners approved a rate Chris Gaub, public works director, said that a significant impact to the program is a large increase in landfill
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City Commissioners voted 3-2 during their April 1 meeting to waive fees for military training at the city’s new indoor aquatic facility. The waiver is subject to annual written training schedules being submitted by the Montana Air National Guard and Malmstrom Air Force Base. The Sheels Aim High Big Sky Aquatics and Recreation Center opened last summer and was funded
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City Commissioners will consider during their April 1 meeting whether to waive facility use fees for training conducted by the Montana Air National Guard and Malmstrom Air Force Base at the city’s indoor aquatic center. The Sheels Aim High Big Sky Aquatics and Recreation Center opened last summer and was funded with $10 million from a U.S. Defense Department grant and
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Updated 11 a.m. March 20 with additional information about commission compensation City Commissioners gave City Manager Greg Doyon a favorable review, 5 percent raise and extended his contract another three years during a special March 18 meeting. After roughly an hour and a half of discussion in closed session, Mayor Cory Reeves said that Doyon’s leadership is “instrumental” in city
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Updated Feb. 13 with retreat costs City Commissioners briefly reviewed their goals for the year during their Feb. 4 work session. After an all-day commission retreat on Jan. 3, City Manager Greg Doyon distilled their discussion into two pages of goals for the year and asked during their work session if the document captured it accurately. Mayor Cory Reeves said
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The Great Falls Fire Rescue training center on 9th Street South is largely unusable, limiting firefighter training, risking their safety and by extension their ability to respond to all potential emergencies in the community. That also comes with a potential cost, either in loss of property or injuries and since a training center is a factor in the Insurance Services
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