Neighborhood Councils - Week of May 20, 2013

Two councils are meeting this week:

NC#5
When: Monday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Great Falls Clinic Specialty Center

Agenda:
Traffic concerns - Jerry McKinley - City of Great Falls Traffic supervisor
Great Falls Public School update - Trustee Bob Moretti
Committee reports
Neighborhood concerns

NC#4
When: Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Heritage Baptist Church, 900 52nd Street North

Agenda:
Good Neighbor Award to Eric Spragg and Emeritus at Cambridge Place
Introduction from City Commissioner Bob Kelly
Community Policing -  Officer Lundberg
Clara Park update - Park and Recreation Director Marty Basta
Committee reports
Neighborhood concerns

Neighborhood Councils - Week of May 13, 2013

Three councils are meeting this week:

NC#7
When: Monday, May 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Civic Center, Gibson Room

Agenda:
CPO and BRIC Officer Kimmet
Urban Chicken Petition - Aaron Pursell
Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

NC#1

When: Tuesday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Meadowlark School Library

Agenda:

Community Policing – Officer Lundberg
GFPD Volunteer Coordinator – Samantha Huffman
Petition for placing urban chickens on the ballot – Aaron Pursell
Legislator Steve Fitzpatrick
Congressman Daines’ local representative Kari Kent  

Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

NC#8

When: Thursday, May 16 at 6:00 p.m.

Where: Great Falls Transition Center, Women's Annex

Agenda:
Community Policing Officer Palmer
GFPS School Trustee Bob Moretti 

Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

City Work Session, May 7, 2013

When: Tuesday, May 7 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Civic Center, Gibson Room

Agenda:
Downtown Access, Circulation and Streetscape Study – Consultant
911 Center – Chief Bowen 

Neighborhood Councils - Week of May 6, 2013

Two councils are meeting this week:

NC#2
When: Wednesday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: West Elementary School cafeteria

Agenda:
Park updates: Park and Rec Director Marty Basta

Child Abuse Detection - Dr. Karen Henricks

Community Policing Officer, Officer Bragg

Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

NC#9

When: Thursday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Great Falls High School, South Campus, Room 105

Agenda:
Petition for a chicken vote - Aaron Pursell

Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

Special City Commission Meeting - 01 May 2013

Tentative Settlement Agreement Reached with Southern Montana G&T

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE:  April 26, 2013
CONTACT: Jennifer Reichelt, Deputy City Manager – 455-8417

TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED WITH SOUTHERN MONTANA G&T

Great Falls, Montana – The City of Great Falls, Electric City Power and Southern Montana G&T, through their attorneys, have reached a tentative Settlement Agreement and Release, which will totally, completely and permanently sever the City’s relationship with Southern Montana G&T.
The proposed settlement agreement includes an owed water credit in the amount of $1,186,061.83 plus a mediated settlement amount of $2,063,938.17 totaling $3.25 million. The settlement is due only after it is approved by the Federal Bankruptcy Court. The settlement will be paid in two payments; one due three business days after the bankruptcy court accepts the settlement and the other on or before December 31, 2013. If the Settlement Agreement and Release is approved by the Commission, the source of the payments and funds will be approved through budget adjustments at a future City Commission meeting and discussed through the 2013/2014 budget process.

On Wednesday, May 1, two special meetings will be held in the Commission Chambers of the Civic Center (2 Park Drive S) to consider the Settlement Agreement and Release.  The Board of Directors of Electric City Power (ECP) will meet at 5:30 p.m. and there will be a Special City Commission Meeting at 7 p.m. Both Meetings will air on City 7 and be streamed live online. The Settlement Agreement and Release are available online at www.greatfallsmt.net.

Media inquiries regarding the Settlement Agreement and Release should be directed to Doug James, with Moulton Bellingham, at 406-238-1565 or Doug.James@MoultonBellingham.com. Written Public Comments regarding the Settlement Agreement and Release should be sent to Lisa Kunz, City Clerk at lkunz@greatfallsmt.net, hand delivered to the Civic Center-Office 204 or mailed to:

Civic Center
Attn: City Clerk’s Office
PO Box 5021
Great Falls, MT 59403

Neighborhood Councils - Week of April 29, 2013

Two councils are meeting this week:

NC#6

When: Wednesday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Sunnyside School Library

Agenda:
Community Policing Officer report - Officer Henry

Petition for Chicken vote - Aaron Pursell

Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

NC#3

When: Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Riverview School Multi-Purpose Room

Agenda:
Community Policing Officer report - Officer Smail

Skyline Heights Park - Marty Basta and Church representatives

Petition for Chicken vote - Aaron Pursell

GFPD Volunteer Program - Coordinator Samantha Huffman

Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

Neighborhood Councils - Week of April 22, 2013

One council is meeting this week:

NC#4

When: Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m.

Where: Heritage Baptist Church, 900 52nd Street North

Agenda:
Great Falls Public Schools – Trustee Bob Moretti
Great Falls Fire Rescue Home Fire Safety – Fire Marshal Dirk Johnson
Chickens on the Ballot – Aaron Pursell

Committee reports

Neighborhood concerns

2013 MApril Clean-up

April 4, 2013

For immediate release

Contact person: Carrie Koppy

NeighborWorks Great Falls

(406) 761-5861

Carrie’s cell: 750-3606

MApril cleanup scheduled for April 27, May 4

The communitywide cleanup effort called MApril is scheduled for April 27 and May 4 from 8 a.m. to noon this year.

One of the primary sponsors, NeighborWorks, is seeking cleanup teams to work on local parks, roads, trails, and other public areas in Great Falls and Black Eagle. The civilian volunteers will join crews from Malmstrom Air Force Base in bagging and disposing of the winter accumulation of trash.

To volunteer to field a cleanup team, call NeighborWorks Great Falls at 761-5861 and ask for Carrie Koppy, or stop by the office at 509 1^st Ave. S. to learn more about the communitywide cleanup program. Volunteers receive heavy-duty garbage bags, bag disposal and a certificate of appreciation acknowledging their work.

Every year, hundreds of volunteers have signed up to clean up a roadway, park or play area of their choosing. Malmstrom has committed several two-person teams to travel through city streets located in the NeighborWorks Great Falls target neighborhoods to pick up trash and litter in big military trucks. Other Malmstrom volunteers will be walking city streets and cleaning up garbage. Some neighborhood councils may also be sponsoring groups of volunteers to focus on their neighborhoods, and schoolchildren will be cleaning up around their schools.

Roger Bridgeford, general manager of Montana Waste Systems and the High Plains Landfill, is donating dumping fees again this year; the fees can run into the thousands of dollars, a huge donation to the local cleanup effort.

In addition to NeighborWorks, Montana Waste Systems and MAFB, other sponsors are the City of Great Falls, the Chamber of Commerce and the Montana Department of Transportation.

NWGF encourages team members that want to help to clean up areas important to them, but if teams haven’t selected a particular area to clean up, NWGF will assign them an area.

Batteries, paint, car bodies, large trees or branches more than four feet long cannot be picked up for disposal. Drivers can pick up old appliances, but people must call NeighborWorks and make arrangements ahead of time.

Maps and garbage bags can be picked up ahead of time by calling 761-5861.

City Commission Work Session - April 16, 2013

When: Tuesday, April 16 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Civic Center, Gibson Room

Agenda:
Financial forecast - Melissa Kinzler

Downtown Access, Circulation and Streetscape Study - consultant

Neighborhood Councils - Week of April 15, 2013

Two councils are meeting this month:

NC#5:

When:  Monday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Great Falls Clinic Specialty Center

Agenda:
Gangs in Great Falls & Community Policing – GFPD Sgt. Bryan Slavik
Heren Park Neighborhood Project – Woodie Gay
Chicken Initiative – Aaron Pursell
Committee reports
Neighborhood concerns

NC#8
When: Thursday, April 18 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Great Falls Transition Center, Women's Annex

Agenda:
Chicken Initiative - Aaron Pursell
Committee reports
Neighborhood concerns