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The Havre City Council unanimously passed a number of resolutions and ordinances at its monthly meeting Monday evening, including the second reading of an ordinance banning feeding deer inside city limits. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon requested the creation of the ordinance back in August as more and more deer were being spotted in the city, drawn by the promise of food. Solomon said feeding wildlife like deer is illegal statewide, but he wanted it in city ordinance as part of an effort to educate people about the problems that...
Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this until after printing deadline Thursday and did not publish on New Year’s Day. Havre City Council will meet tonight at 7 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 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. Ordinance No. 913, Second Reading — An Ordinan...
Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this until after printing deadline Thursday and did not publish New Year’s Day. Havre City Council will meet tonight at 7 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 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. Ordinance No. 913, Second Reading — An Ordinance Amendin...
Amid the usual handling of grants, management of budgets and approval of various smaller projects the Hill County Commission and Havre City Council both had a busy year in 2020, and not just due to the world-wide crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both county and city have dealt with many issues this year, making progress in some, addressing controversy in others. Ambulance district An issue that came to attention in May was a request from Havre for the county to increase its share of funding for the city fire department to pro...
One of the more remarkable stories of the year is that of the St. Mary Diversion and it's 22-week-long repair after experiencing a catastrophic failure back in May. Nearly all involved with the effort called it a remarkable example of teamwork and inter-organizational cooperation in a year plagued by social isolation. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman said this project is an example to the nation of what they can do when they work together. "It is truly inc...
Havre City Council Monday unanimously passed on first reading Monday a resolution making feeding deer in the city illegal. The ordinance will have its second reading at the council’s meeting in January and will take effect 30 days later if passed then. The council has been discussing the issue for several months, and the ordinance was proposed just to raise awareness and set some regulations. Feeding wildlife already is against state law, but government officials said in past meetings that Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks d...
Havre City Council will meet Monday 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 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. Ordinance No. 913 (First Reading) — An Ordinance Amending Title 8, Chapter 5, To Modify To Add Section 21 Of The Havre City Code To Create A Feeding Of Deer Ordinance. 2. Approval of The...
The 2020 election saw a blank space in it’s section for Hill County superintendent of schools, and among many seemingly sincere votes for community members and local educators, were some less than serious and often amusing write-in-votes. County Superintendent of Schools Marie Deegan, along with a couple misspellings of her name, received a plurality of the votes with 96, but said in letter to the Hill County Commission that she has no desire to serve another term. But among the write-in votes was a number of current and f...
Havre Middle School's sixth-grade student of the month for October is Adam Garcia. Adam is the son of Adam and Alma Garcia. He has one sister, Marissa Garcia. Adam participates in the middle school band, playing the trombone. He is also a member of the middle school's student council. Outside of school, Adam plays baseball and football for the city league. He also volunteers at the food bank. In his spare time Adam loves to watch movies with his family and trains his dog to...
With the report on the final Hill County precinct counted at 3:02 a.m. today, the unofficial count for the 2020 election saw Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, retain his seat, Democrat Jacob "Jake" Strissel win a vacant seat on the Hill County Commission and Republican Ed Hill win the seat in Montana House District 28. The election also saw Havre voters approve switching the city to a charter form of government and county voters outside of Havre approve a mill levy...
Robert Ernest Brandt was born April 28, 1955, in Havre, Montana to Robert F. and Katherine (Langel) Brandt. He died at the age of 65 at his home in Clinton, Montana October 24, 2020, of natural causes. Funeral services are pending due to the COVID pandemic. Bob was baptized and confirmed at Hingham Lutheran Church and, after moving to Clinton, joined Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Bonner and recently was on the Church Council. Bob grew up on the farm between Rudyard and...
Havre City Council meets Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items: 1 and 2 only. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute. Regular agenda 1. Ordinance No. 912 (second reading) — An Ordinance Amending Title 1, Chapter 6, Section 1, Salaries Of Elective Officers, of The Havre City Code. 2. Approval of October claims and manual warrants. C...
Renovations on Highland Manor in Havre, which its new prospective owner Beki Brandborg of Echo Enterprises in Helena has been planning for the last few months, are due to go on in the wake of the Montana Board of Housing electing to fund the project in full Monday. Renovations are planned for all 32 apartments with approximately $83,000 available for each one, with additional funds for sidewalks, parking lots, and upgrading the playground on the property. Brandborg said most o...
The City of Havre has put a proposal on the ballot to change Havre to a charter form of government. The last time the city put that on the ballot was in 2016. The City of Havre has attempted to create a charter government and put the matter on the ballot before, but until now that shift to charter government had been accompanied hiring a city manager who would have taken many duties now handled by the mayor. This proposal keeps the council-mayor form of government without hiring a city manager A municipal government may...
In the past 48 hours Havre has seen three instances of what appears to be, politically motivated theft and vandalism, including the taking of Republican political signs and damage to a vendor’s property at Hill County Republican Headquarters. Hill County Republican Central Committee Chair and Havre City Council Alderman Andrew Brekke, who said his Trump flag was torn down at 4 a.m., made a Facebook post, calling it embarrassing for the community. “Well, the ‘mostly peaceful’ and ‘enlightened and tolerant’ among us have ste...
An officer was appointed as a patrol officer for the Havre Police Department Monday at Havre City Council. Havre Police Department Chief Gabe Matosich appointed Jayce Barclay to the position of patrol officer. Matosich said Barclay has gone through an extensive background investigation and graduated from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy. Barclay completed the 14-week field training program, Matosich said, adding that Barclay has met all the necessary requirements for the full-time position of the patrol officer. “Jayce h...
Havre City Council member Andrew Brekke and the Havre Police Department call log report people are taking their political animosity to a new level Brekke said people all over town are reporting lost or destroyed Trump signs, including a commercial vendor who was selling signs outside of the Republican Hill County headquarters. “This is beyond embarrassing for our community,” said Brekke, who said Havre police are investigating the incidents. “No matter who you support this is childish and alarming.” The Havre police log lis...
Havre City Council will meet Monday 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. Ordinance No. 912 — An Ordinance Amending Title 1, Chapter 6, Section 1, Salaries Of Elective Officers, Of The Havre City Code. 2. Resolution No. 3828 — A Resolution Assessing A Speci...
Montana State University Local Government Director Dan Clark gave a presentation on the differences between charter governments and general governments at Havre City Hall Thursday evening and answered questions from members of the audience. The City of Havre has put a proposal on the ballot to change Havre to a charter form of government. Clark said he wanted to make sure people know what they would be voting for in November and he wanted people to engage and ask questions....
The City of Havre is hosting a speaker to discuss what a charter government is and what it does Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee has requested voters decide whether Havre should change to a charter form of government, which will be on this year’s ballot in November. Havre City Council Ordinance Committee member Karen Swenson said the meeting is an opportunity for the public to learn about charters. Ordinance Committee member Lindsey Ratliff said Montana State University L...
In an article about a planned street dance and vendor fair presented to Havre City Council Tuesday that was published in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News, event organizers were cited as saying the Hill County Health Department had OK’d the events although it would not recommend them. Hill County Health Director said the department’s recommendation was that the events not be held. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said during Tuesday’s meeting that the health department has told him it would not recommend any event with 50...
Editor’s note: This adds comment from Hill County Health Director Kim Larson about the proposed street dance. Havre City Council unanimously approved Tuesday closing streets for a vendor event and for a band concert and dance over Festival Days weekend, which has had most events canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and conditionally approved on a split vote another vendor street closure. The meeting also included the opening of the public hearing on the city’s budget, which was recessed until tonight, and the council hea...
Havre City Council’s Ordinance Committee sent to the full council a proposal to give the mayor of Havre a raise, and also discussed adding to city ordinance that it is illegal to feed deer in the city. Council member Terry Lilletvedt brought a proposal to the committee, which met Tuesday following the meeting of the full city council, to give the mayor a raise from $22,000 a year to $30,000 a year. Lilletvedt said the last time the mayor got a raise was in 2006, and it was time for another. She added that her proposal had not...
Havre City Council will meet Tuesday 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 6. 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. Ratification of AFSCME Local 336 Collective Bargaining Agreement for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. 2. Request from Havre Chamber of Commerce to close Third Avenue from First Street to F...
By Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission In January 1905, the Havre Public Library was established in the new First National Bank building on the southeast corner of First Street and Third Avenue. The library was located in the rooms below the office of Carnal and Carruth. Donated books, current magazines and current newspapers were asked for by the association for the library. Over 300 books were donated to the library, along with current magazines...
