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City approves requests for Whoop-Up |
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
With Whoop-Up being right around the corner, June 7-8, the city council passed a variety of requests for activity for the weekend, or services, all under one umbrella.
Approved were the Rhubarb Festival having vendors on Main St., use of a garbage truck by the Lions Club at their morning breakfast and at the Whoop-Up grounds, requests for a police escort at the children’s and general parade, use of Legion Park for the Stick Horse Rodeo and a cake walk, and request to sell poppies.
Six building permits were approved, one at 509 S. Delaware for a house addition, 8 4th Ave. E., sidewalk; 16 N. Delaware, new fence; 116 N. Front, wire fence; 113 S. Virginia, deck work; and 95 Mountain View, fence.
The Northern Transit Interlocal sent a letter to the council requesting the second half of requested funds, $2,500.
The bus service to Great Falls and Kalispell has been in service for 17 days and there have been 96 riders through April. Mayor John Shevlin commented, “I think it is doing well and we’re seeing a few repeat riders.” This was already a budgeted item and was passed by the council.
Aldermen passed Resolution-967, which reinstates the city planning board, and dissolved the consolidated planning board, repealing R-958.
When passed in December ’07, R-958 established a board that included Pondera County and the Town of Valier to help with growth policy decisions. Because of changes in the way the city plans to implement its growth policy, it was felt that the city no longer wished to participate in a consolidated board with the county and Valier.
The resignation of Dave Froslie was accepted and on the recommendation of Rick Anderson, Public Works Director, Matt Fowler was hired to replace him.
Chief Gary Dent gave a report noting the CPD received 171 calls in April. In part, there were seven domestic situations, one business found open, seven vandalism cases, 19 traffic citations, one DUI issued and one ride home from a bar.
Anderson reported that the Interlocal had been doing sewer clean up in Cut Bank and now the truck was in Conrad for the next two weeks. He noted alley clean up will be on May 12.
Crews will be making only one trip through each alley. To make sure that everything you want picked up is out by 7:30 a.m. on May 12.
Crews will pick up trash, tree limbs and discarded items placed in the alleys. They will not enter private property. Crews will pick up appliances and tires, but only if they have a discard permit attached, which can be purchased at city hall. For more information, call the city office at 271-3623.
A request was approved to have 4-H club dog training classes in the Swimming Pool Park and for roads around Legion Park to be temporarily closed for a bike-a-thon fund-raiser on May 17.
City employees voted 15-7 to move forward in possibly getting health insurance through MMI. The council will have another work session on this project in the near future.
The next regular meeting of the council will be May 19, 7:30 p.m. in city hall, 411 ½ S. Main.
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