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U.S. Senator Jon Tester attended a get out to vote rally with local, state and federal Democratic candidates Friday evening, where he encouraged everyone present not only to vote, but to find others who hadn't voted and get them to the polls. Tester said a great deal was riding on this election, which could potentially be a watershed moment in politics, an election that could provide the Montana Republican Party with the super majority they need to change the state's constitut...
Havre City Council will meet Monday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 3. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Resolution No. 3875- A Resolution Amending the Budget in the General Fund (1000) of the City of Havre, Montana. 2. Approval of the Independence Bank Pledged Securities for the q...
The Hill County Democratic Central Committee held its annual Pasma-Peck Dinner over the weekend, where local Democratic candidates spoke about the upcoming elections, their platforms and what they are still doing to make sure they stand a chance of being elected. On the local level, Hill County Commission Executive Assistant Sheri Williams, who's running against incumbent Republican Diane McLean and independent Les Odegard for a seat on the Hill County Commission, talked...
The Hill County Health Board held its quarterly meeting Wednesday and discussed ongoing efforts to consolidate with the city and how to fill the long vacant county sanitarian position, along with a number of other issues. Clay Vincent, who was the county’s sanitarian for many years, has been trying to retire for some time and is now covering only the essential duties of the positions as the county tries to find someone to fill the position, which they have had no luck doing so far. Board Chair and Hill County Commissioner M...
The opinion piece favoring a city manager position that ran in Tuesday’s edition of Havre Daily News left too many unanswered questions. The statement that the manager position “would likely be a cost savings to the city budget as well” was completely unsubstantiated. How do you add a new position, which likely would require a salary of at least $100,000, and have a cost savings? Also, I think this position would require, at a minimum, one support staff employee. Where do you find this individual who in addition to being...
The Havre City Safety Committee met Wednesday and heard an evaluation of asbestos and heavy metal levels at City Hall, particularly the Havre Fire Department, an evaluation that found no dangerous contamination in the air, but did find concerning levels of surface contamination. Industrial Hygienist Keith Cron of Hygienix LLC said he's been performing tests in various areas of the building in the past few months at the request of the city and he wanted to give a rundown of...
’Tis the season for political debate, and while each of us differs on various issues and support our respective candidates, there is one thing we can definitely both agree on: We support a Havre city manager, and urge you to do so as well. Ballots are about to arrive in the mail for many absentee voters and for those who choose to vote at the polls Nov. 8 an important question for city of Havre voters will be on the ballot and that is the question on whether to approve a Havre city manager. The Havre city manager position, if...
Monday Courthouse closed in observance of holiday. Tuesday 9 a.m. — Conference call with Liberty County regarding Interlocal Agreement of Superintendent Services in the commissioners’ office. 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in the commissioners’ office. 10:30 a.m. — Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting at the Hill County Detention Center. 1:30 p.m. — 911 meeting at Havre City Hall. 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioners’ office. Wednesday 10 a.m. — Rocky Boy school’s budget review in the commi...
Havre City Council approved a number of measures at their monthly meeting Monday in on of it’s fastest meetings in recent memory. Thc council unanimously approved a Montana Coal Endowment Program drawdown, ratified a collective bargaining agreement with the Montana Federation of Public Employees for City of Havre Dispatchers and approval of September claims and warrants. The meeting lasted less than five minutes and none of the measures garnered public comment or discussion from the council....
Havre City Council will meet Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items one through three. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Montana Coal Endowment Program drawdown No. 1 approval 2. Ratify Montana Federation of Public Employees-City of Havre Dispatchers collective bargaining agreement 3 Ap...
The Hill County Commission held a hearing Wednesday evening on the prospect of implementing a 3 percent sales tax on marijuana products sold in the county - which will be a question on November's election ballot in Hill County - and what money from such a tax would go toward. The commission attempted to hold a similar hearing last week but due to it not being properly noticed to the public it only attracted two attendees, Hill County Commission Executive Assistant Sheri...
Montana Rep. Ed Hill, R-Havre, who is running as an incumbent against Democrat Paul Tuss in the upcoming election, spoke at a meeting of North Central Pachyderms last Friday, a meeting which featured a lengthy discussion of the future of public education and conspiracy theories. Ed Hill began the meeting with brief remarks about his candidacy, saying he aims to streamline regulation for local business, support law enforcement and return Montana's current budget surplus to...
Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke led a Town Hall meeting Monday night on the potential merits of Havre moving to a council-manager form of government, a question that will be on this year's general election ballot. Under this form of government most of the responsibilities of Havre's mayor would be taken over by a city manager who is hired by the city council, a manager who would handle the day-to-day operations of city government while the council handles policy...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News received an updated version of this calendar after a previous version already went to press Friday. Monday 10 a.m. — Council on Aging interview with Bill Lanier in commissioners’ office 1 p.m. — Fair Commission interview with Alicia DeRosa in commissioners’ office Museum board interview with Vickie Clouse moved to Wednesday at 11 a.m. Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in commissioners’ office 10 a.m. — Montana Department of T...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News received an updated version of this calendar, with changes below, after going to the press Friday. Monday 10 a.m. — Council on Aging Interview with Bill Lanier in commissioners’ office 1 p.m. — Fair Commission interview with Alicia DeRosa in commissioners’ office Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in commissioners’ office 10 a.m. — Montana Department of Transportation Havre Semi-Annual meeting at Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites,...
Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke will convene a Town Hall Meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall to talk about the proposal on the November ballot to have Havre switch to a city manager-council form of government. The existing form of the Havre government, a form provided by the city says, is broken into three branches: City Council, legislative branch • Governing body of the city • Deliberates and adopts all ordinances and resolutions • Adopts city budget • Advises and consents to mayoral appointees of depa...
For the past few months, Havre City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks committee has been discussing the possibility of changing 6th Street into a one-way street to decrease excessive traffic, speeding and accidents. This proposal came mostly from Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich, who’s said that the street just gets too much traffic and they see a lot of accidents and speeding, with the intersection between Sixth Street and Ninth Avenue being particularly problematic. The committee, the police department, and City Council Membe...
The Havre City Council passed a number of street closures for upcoming events in the city, including Festival Days. The first request was from PJ’s Restaurant & Casino to close Main Street behind the bar to host a street dance with live music Saturday, Sept. 17. The second was from the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce for the parade route, Saturday Market and bounce house. A request accompanied by a request for an open container waiver for Rock Lotto in the Town Square area. The third was from the St. Jude Thaddeus Home and S...
Alberta Langel, Billings, joined her heavenly family Friday, September 2, 2022. She was born Sunday, September 29, 1940, to Albert and Madeline (Romine) Dierkens in Kansas City, Missouri. Being raised in the Belgian (East Bottoms) community was a joy and many life-long friendships made. Alberta graduated in 1957 from Cardinal Glennon High School. To help with tuition during high school, she worked at St. Joseph Hospital, and as a receptionist at Luce Manufacturing. While...
Havre City Council will meet Tuesday, Sept. 6, then recess its budget hearing and reconvene the hearing Wednesday, Sept. 7. The agenda for the meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 5. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Resolution No. 3874 — A Resolution Assessing a Special Property Tax Against Certain Property in...
A plan to try to control the deer population in Havre is slated be voted on by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission at its Oct. 20 meeting, and people are invited to make public comments on the proposal online. Fish, Wildlife and Parks has recommended the commission approve the plan, saying in a release about collecting public comment that the plan contains strategies that can effectively remove urban deer. Several herd of deer starting coming into the city, with...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 22-2701 Requesting Distribution of Local Government Road Construction and Maintenance Match Program Funds Contracts Health Department — Satellite — WIC Program Council on Aging contract — Contract Amendment No. 1 Contract For CSFP Contract #22027210060 Council on Aging contract with Rocky Boy Board appoi...
The Havre Police Department has put out a survey to people in the community regarding changing Sixth Street between Seventh and 12th avenues from two-way street into a one-way. This change has been discussed by the City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee, members of which have expressed that that area of road may benefit from the change by becoming safer. When asked about the possible change Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson and Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher said the issue is still at the committee stage and...
The Hill County Commission added items to its agenda that was printed Monday in Havre Daily News for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. Havre Daily did not received the additions in time to print them 48 hours before the meeting. The updated agenda is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 22-2700 Establishing Local Option Motor Vehicle 0.5% Tax for Funding Contracts Council on Aging amendment...
Representatives from High Plains Architects held the last of their public meetings on Havre’s soon-to-be-completed Downtown Master Plan, where they discussed the contents of the plan and heard comments and questions about the plan. High Plains President Randy Hafer presented the contents of the plan, which is designed to revitalize the downtown area of Havre and has been in development for years. Hafer said at this point the plan is basically done and after the meeting they will take all that is said under advisement for t...
