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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 HOT WORK – City crews, using Interlocal equipment, have begun the process of milling and oiling Front St. Public Works Director Rich Anderson reports it will be a long process with some of the crew going on vacation and being short handed. “We’ll have Front St. torn up for a long time,” he said. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
The move also included the swimming pool manager and head lifeguards. Other life guards will receive the minimum wage plus 20-cents.
Employees at the library elected to receive an insurance stipend instead of a pay raise.
City council members, including Mayor John Shevlin, moved not to accept a pay raise. Alderman Wally McHenry simply said, “I don’t need a raise.” The other members of the administration echoed that sentiment.
In other news, the mayor will set up interviews with four engineering firms for the planning of the new I-15 overpass project in addition to a new rest stop, industrial park and running in sewer and water lines.
The four firms are Stahly and Associates from Helena; Thomas, Dean and Associates, Helena and Kalispell; Robert Peecin and Associates, Helena and Kalispell; and Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson out of Helena.
Two building permits were approved; one at 607 Sunset Blvd. for a patio and new steps and the other at 215 4th Ave. SE for a chain link fence.
In an update on the dead pine tree in Keil Park, Mark Gage has offered to take it down for the wood. Council members had no problem with that, although there was no official vote.
Rich Anderson, Public Works Director noted that other trees in the park may make a comeback. There was no charge to the city for digital samples sent to the MSU-Bozeman to see why the pine tree died.
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