City Commissioners will consider during their Sept. 20 meeting whether to accept a $99,545.45 grant for Great Falls Fire Rescue. The grant is from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant for the purchase of self contained breather apparatus equipment and cylinders. GFFR was notified earlier this month that it had been awarded partial funding of its original
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County officials said during the Sept. 12 Board of Health meeting that a district court ruling was “problematic” in terms of the management of the joint City-County Health Department. Carey Ann Haight, deputy county attorney, told the board she hadn’t yet briefed the County Commission on the judge’s Aug. 29 ruling. Judge rules on city-county dispute over health department management
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A district court judge has ruled that the state law does not prohibit a city commissioner from serving on the governing body of the City-County Health Department. The ruling is from a lawsuit filed by the city in January regarding a dispute between the city and county on the makeup of the governing body of the health agency. County, city
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City Commissioners unanimously approved $1.4 million CARES Act funds to the Great Falls Development Authority for their revolving loan fund, which goes to local businesses as gap or bridge loans. During the Sept. 6 meeting, Jolene Schalper of GFDA said that those projects won’t happen without the gap loans to help their financing. City considering $1.4 million GFDA request for
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The city is continuing its review of community applications for American Rescue Plan Act funds. Applications were due July 15 and the city received 34 applications that total $10,464,425.81. Tom Hazen, the city’s grant administrator, began reviewing the applications for completeness and eligibility. City beginning review of ARPA applications from community agencies He told City Commissioners during their Sept. 6
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During their Sept. 6 meeting, City Commissioners will discuss the city’s federal COVID relief funds. During the work session, Tom Hazen, the city’s grant manager, will review the community applications for American Rescue Plan Act funds and the scoring process. The grant applications were due in July and the city received 34 applications totaling $10,464,425.81. City beginning review of ARPA
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City Commissioners voted unanimously during their July 19 meeting to adopt the budget and their intent to raise property taxes. During the meeting, several said they were opposed to raising taxes. Mayor Bob Kelly said they hear those concerns, but wish they’d seen more participation in the budget process. They’ve had multiple public meetings to discuss the budget for months
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The City of Great Falls received 34 applications for its American Rescue Plan Act funds that total $10,464,425.81. The City Commission decided in May to cap the ARPA funds for community grants at $3 million. Applications were due July 15. Tom Hazen, the city’s grants administrator, has begun reviewing the applications for completeness and eligibility. Next a review committee will
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Cascade County Commissioners voted during their July 12 meeting to approve $13.3 million worth of American Rescue Plan Act allocations to multiple agencies. The county opened the application window in April through May 23. County accepting applications for COVID relief funds The county received 66 applications, according to Commissioner Don Ryan and provided funding for 51 of those requests: eight
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Cascade County City-County Health Department said July 11 that the community COVID-19 transmission level is high. The county added 234 new cases over the last week, continuing the increase over recent weeks. As of July 11, there were 20 people hospitalized at Benefis Health System for COVID. Of those, 11 were unvaccinated, according to Benefis. None were in the ICU
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