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City to begin interviews for new city attorney |
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 MULTI TASKING – City crew Curtis Ries driving in truck loads of compact material, John Calahan on the big Caterpillar smoothing it down and Dru Gunderson on the little Cat work on completing the Front St. improvement project. The street is open to traffic but will not be chip sealed until spring. Slowing down the project was the discovery of concrete that no one knew was there. Also found etched in old sidewalks were the names of several old businesses; Conrad Dry and Ice Company, Silver Dollar and Hirshberg (near the front of Ed’s Tavern). The city crew is also working at putting in a sprinkler system at the Legion Park. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Three lawyers, one local and two from the area will go through the screening process.
The prospective attorneys are Shari Gianarelli from Conrad. She is a former city attorney.
From the surrounding area is T. Kai Lee from the firm of Frisbee, Moore and Olson in Cut Bank and William Bronson from the firm of Bronson, Luistra, Rothwell and Young in Great Falls.
There is no residency requirement for the city attorney, it is a contract position.
Mayor John Shevlin, Chief of Police Gary Dent and councilmen Sandy Syvertson and Gary Brown will conduct the interviews.
The local soccer program put in a request to include soccer under the Park and Recreation programs. A motion on this passed 3-0. Sarah Morgan Jones and Rhonda Bender were appointed to the Park and Recreation board. There are 50 children involved in the soccer program.
Mayor Shevlin announced that the city would receive a MMIA Safety Achievement award. The award will be presented in Bozeman at the MMIA Convention.
By achieving a high degree of employee safety over a five-year span, it will help to lower insurance rates for the city.
In other business, the council approved a number of building permits. They include putting a new home at 613 S. Wisconsin, remodeling a home at 2 S. Maryland, a new fence at 410 S. Wisconsin and windows and doors at 410 S. Illinois.
Representatives from Brady/Dutton were in earlier on a fact-finding mission to see about the possibility of hooking up to the Conrad water system until the regional water project becomes a reality.
Brady would have about 150 hookups and Dutton over 200. Both communities are having major water problems and are receiving non-compliance letters from the DEQ.
Public Works Director Rich Anderson said he was leery of supplying both Brady and Dutton. “There are a lot of things to consider here,” said the mayor. There was no further discussion or action taken.
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