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In a series of unanimous votes, the Havre City Council approved the first readings of continuing a number of tax levies and assessments to fund next year’s budget. These included resolutions levying and assessing a tax on the cost of maintaining street lights for The City of Havre, a tax on property within the city limits for the cost of maintaining city streets, a tax on property within the city limits for the cost of Bullhook maintenance and a tax for the cost of solid waste services all for the fiscal year 2020-21. They al...
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 7. 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. Approve Construction and Maintenance Agreement, STPU 5702(2) Boulevard Avenue, with the Montana Department of Transportation. 2. Consider Street Closure of Third Street between Second and...
If there's going to be fall sports, everybody knows by now, they won't be your everyday normal fall sports - high school or college. That's a fact. And secondly, things are going to change on the fly, literally every day. That's what Thursday was like in the world of local and Montana sports, and today will likely bring even more change. Among things that happened Thursday, Havre High Activities Director Brian Kessler announced schedule changes, in particular, football and...
Former Hill County Detention Officer Brandon Murnion, 24, was sworn in as a new probationary police officer for the Havre Police Department at a City Council meeting Monday evening, and he said he's looking forward to his time serving the community. Murnion was was raised in Chinook where his two brothers, one older, one younger, still live along with his parents who, he said, have supported him in his pursuit of becoming an officer. "They've fully supported me, this is what t...
A new probationary police officer was appointed Monday at City Council. Havre Police Department Chief Gabe Matosich appointed Brandon Murnion to the position of probationary police officer effective as of today. Matosich said Murnion is from Chinook and is a graduate of Chinook High School. Murnion has been working with the Hill County Sheriff’s Office as a detention officer and has previously worked for Crown Construction Company, Matosich said. “Brandon has met all the necessary requirements for the position and has gone th...
Milk River Joint Board of Control Project Manager Jennifer Patrick gave Havre City Council an update Monday about the repairs taking place at the St. Mary Diversion. Progress has been made with construction, which began about a month ago at the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works to repair the concrete structure that collapsed, Drop 5 near the end of the 29-mile system of dams, dikes, canals, gigantic metal siphons and concrete drop structures, as well as another...
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 4. 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. Approve Independence Bank Pledged Securities for Quarter ending 6-30-2020. 2. Confirm appointment of probationary Police Officer Brandon Murnion. 3. Approval of July Claims and Manual W...
Editor, As a representative of the people of Havre on our non-partisan City Council, Andrew Brekke, you still have a right to your personal political opinions and decisions. In your current role, however, you should expect the same attacks on your expressed opinions as you have launched over the years at reporters for their alleged misquotes. As one of many area newspaper reporters and editors whom you’ve repeatedly vilified, I can commiserate with what you’re going through now. I can’t count the number of anonymous threa...
The Hill County Commission voted down Thursday Mike Winchell’s request for a variance that would allow him to install a septic tank on a property he recently developed east of 32nd Avenue East, Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean voting for the variance and Hill County commissioners Mike Wendland and Mark Peterson voting against. The subdivsion agreement for the land required that Winchell, owner of Lodestar Land and Home, hook the property into the public sewer system. He said at previous meetings on the issue that he l...
Along with sending a proposal to convert Havre to a charter form of government, Havre City Council Monday heard suggestions from a local residents to place stop signs in certain parts of Havre during City Council Monday. Bill Lanier suggested 4 stop signs be installed at three intersections on 11th Street. “I’m requesting the city look at taking three intersections that are uncontrolled intersections and making them controlled intersections with stop signs, and that is on 11th Street at Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue and 10t...
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 8. 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. Final Contractor Draw Down on the Bullhook/Stormdrain Project for the Amount of $56,059.81. 2. Request for Letter of Support from Echo Enterprises on the purchase and renovation of the H...
Why wear a mask? you may ask … Well other than being a menial task ... The virus is quiet, the virus is stealthy Even latching on in secret to the healthy You may think you’ll be fine, you may think it could never be you But when it infects your old auntie you’ll wonder “did I do everything I was supposed to do?” That little cloth square that covers your face Can diminish the prospects of infecting the human race We know they’re not comfortable We know they’re not fun But you can wear it to protect others, just like a gun So...
Hill County Commissioner will hold its weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m.. People are able to join the meeting remotely if they wish using their computer, tablet or smartphone by logging in at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/285550365 . They also can dial in using their phone. For supported devices, people can tap a one-touch number below to join instantly. United States toll free: 1-866-899-4679 One-touch: tel: 18668994679, 285550365# United States: 1-312-757-3119 One-touch: tel:+13127573119, 285550365# Access...
Beki Brandborg of Echo Enterprises in Helena, is in the process of purchasing Highland Manor Apartments in southeastern Highland Park with the intention of renovating the 32 units from top to bottom. Brandborg met with the Hill County Commissioners Monday to seek their approval and support in this endeavor. "I want the county to be comfortable with this and happy about it," she said. She said Highland Manor is in better shape than other similar projects she has worked on, but...
The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee met Monday and discussed Havre changing to a charter form of government. The difference between self-governing powers and general powers is that "municipal government may acquire self-government powers only with the approval of a majority of the municipal electors voting on the question," Montana State University Extension handbook says. It says the question may be presented to the local electorate directly as a ballot proposal to...
The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee met Monday after the council meeting and discussed Havre changing to a charter form of government. Ordinance Committee member Lindsey Ratliff said she and former member Caleb Hutchins met a couple of months ago and looked through examples of different cities that used charters. She said the last time the ordinance committee proposed a charter was in 2016. “What I took out from that discussion was all we need to do is figure out the language you want that gives yourself s...
Some people at the Havre City Council meeting Monday complained that the first they heard about a conflict about funding Havre Fire Department providing ambulance service outside city limits was just before the deadline the city imposed for the county to respond. Close to a dozen people spoke during the public comment section, generally complaining that they were just hearing about an issue simmering for several years. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said at the start of the discussion of the issue that he sent a letter Feb. 21 to...
The city of Havre and Hill County are negotiating an agreement for the Havre Fire Department to continue providing ambulance service outside the city limits. The Hill County Commission began communicating with the city of Havre Wednesday regarding a city request that the county increase its contribution to the area’s Ambulance Services. This request was laid out in a letter sent to the commission Feb. 21 by Mayor Tim Solomon. The letter said, under the current model, the city would not be able to financially operate an a...
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 9. 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. Administer Oath of Office to Andrew Brekke as Ward 3 Council Person. 2. Presentation by Tony Gerharz with WIPFLI of the 2019 Financial Statements and Independent Auditor’s Report. 3. Conf...
City Council members elected Andrew Brekke Tuesday as the new sitting City Council member for Ward 3. Caleb Hutchins resigned from Ward 3 earlier this month. Hutchins announced last month he had accepted a job with Spokane Community College in Spokane, Washington. Brekke resigned from the council in 2018, after being on it for 11 years, but in seat Ward 4. He said he ran for the first time in 2007, and was elected again two other times after that. "I didn't really have a...
After interviewing three people who applied to fill a vacancy on Havre City Council, in a split vote the council Tuesday appointed an applicant with experience in the position. Council voted 4-1-1 to appoint former council President Andrew Brekke to fill the seat vacated by Caleb Hutchins, who resigned to move to Spokane to take a position at Spokane Community College. Council members Terry Lilletvedt, Denise Brewer, Karen Swenson and Ed Matter voted for Brekke, while Lindsay...
The Havre City Council Committee of the Whole will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. to interview Ward 3 council position candidates. Andrew Brekke, Tim Brurud and Mitchel Dolphay have applied for the position. The meeting agenda is: • Call to order • Roll call • Interviews • Public comment • Selection • Adjournment...
A vacant seat was declared open in Havre City Council's Ward 3 after council member Caleb Hutchins resigned his position at the council meeting Monday. The council also heard about an air Montana National Guard flyover to salute the people on the front lines in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Hutchins announced earlier this month he had accepted a job with Spokane Community College in Spokane, Washington. "I just want to thank Caleb for being a great mentor and sitting next...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Due to social distancing requirements, the meeting will be limited to 10 people in the chambers at one time with council members having priority. People can join the meeting using their computer, tablet or smartphone by logging in to https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/190774485 . People can also join using their phone, from the United States by dialing 1-571-317-3122. The access code is 190-774-485 People who are new to GoToMeeting can get the app in advance and be...
City Council member Caleb Hutchins is resigning his position in the council after five years and moving out of state. "In the resignation letter I wrote to (Mayor Tim Solomon) and the council, I said my last day with the council would be April 30," he said. "Originally, I was planning on announcing that at a council, but due to current situations they ended up canceling the second monthly meeting for April, so I just wasn't going to have time." He said he accepted a job at...
