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Note: This was provided by the Office of Rep. Greg Gianforte WASHINGTON — Congressman Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award more than $1.3 billion to nearly 1,400 health centers nationwide, including more than $9.1 million to support 14 health centers in Montana. “Montana doctors, nurses and medical staff are heroes who are on the front lines treating patients and protecting our communities amid the COVID-19 outbreak,” Gianforte said. “This funding...
Havre City Council met using social distancing Monday, with five members appearing via video and social distancing used during the meeting, where the city government declared a state of emergency to exist with the city related to COVID-19, novel coronavirus. Resolution No. 3815 was approved unanimously, declaring a state of emergency to exist within the city of Havre due to the communicable disease COVID-19. Mayor Tim Solomon said the emergency declaration allows...
Havre City Council is holding its regular meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall, but with restrictions and an invitation to people to join the meeting remotely. • Council members, staff and the public are welcome to connect electronically or attend in person. • Only 10 people will be allowed in the Council Chambers at one time. • Social distancing will be strictly adhered to. • The mayor and council members will have priority to be in the chamber, then staff and media, depending on numbers attending in person. • Staff...
Havre Daily News staff Editor’s note: This removes a statement that the Great Northern Fair Board meeting Tuesday was canceled. Board Chair Tyler Smith said the meeting still is scheduled for Tuesday. With the number of confirmed presumptive cases of the disease caused by novel coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, growing in Montana, the number of events and programs being closed or suspended is growing. Following Box Elder and Rocky Boy schools announcing Saturday they would be c...
Havre City Council passed the confirmation of Tyler Craig as a patrol officer for the Havre Police Department as well as confriming Joseph Pliler and Taylor Gopher as probationary patrol officers, and approved resolutions Monday at the council’s monthly meeting. Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said Craig will complete his one year probationary period Wednesday, April 1. Matosich said Craig has gone through an extensive background investigation, graduated from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, completed the 14-week t...
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. Confirmation of Officer Tyler Craig as patrol officer with the Havre Police Department. 2. Confirm appointment of Joseph Pliler and Taylor Gopher as probationary police officers with t...
Havre Mayor Tim Solomon announced during a City Council meeting Monday that Havre was approved to be an affiliate for the Montana Main Street program. “It helps with some technical assistance as far as moving forward and there’s grant funding as far as doing the program,” he said. “One of the first ideas behind it is to make a plan, as far as to help us with the development planning and help finance that, hopefully is what we put in first.” It puts everyone on the same track as far as what they want to see for the downtown,...
Havre City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee met Monday after the council's regular meeting and discussed what some of the next steps might be for paying for improvements to city infrastructure including fixing the streets. Committee member Denise Brewer said the committee and the rest of the council need to talk about the next steps in the direction they want to go. "We have certain areas in town that we think should be targeted, areas that we want to promote special...
Havre City Council will meet 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 item 1. 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. Approval of February claims and manual warrants. Council initiatives Public comment on non-agenda items — Limited to any public matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council not on this agenda. Com...
Former state Rep. Kathleen Williams, D-Bozeman, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, was in Havre Thursday for a meet and greet event and spoke about her campaign. The seat is held by U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., who announced last year he would not be running for re-election in the House but will be running for governor of Montana. Since he announced his campaign for governor, a number of Republicans and Democrats across the state have announced their...
Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson gave Havre City Council an update Tuesday on a number of public works projects, including the Bullhook Storm Drain Project and a project to replace the water main in Boulevard Avenue. The Boulevard Avenue project is set to replace the water main and upsize the line to create redundancy for the city's water main serving the Highland Park area of the city, Peterson said. The city is trying to finish the project in the Highland Park...
The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee approved two proposals Tuesday, changing how City Council holds its monthly meetings and changing the form of Havre's government, and the proposals were sent to the city attorney for review. Mayor Tim Solomon brought up during a December council meeting the idea of changing the City Council meetings from twice a month to once a month due to a regularly low number of agenda items on the city's agenda. He said during Tuesday's...
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 item 1. 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. Public Works update by Director Peterson. Council initiatives Public comment on non-agenda items — Limited to any public matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council not on this agenda. Com...
Havre City Council unanimously approved the mayor issuing a proclamation declaring the week of Feb. 9-15 as National Scouts BSA week. "The Boy Scouts of America has served American youth since 1910, and the aims of the scouting program are fitness, character development and citizenship, Scout BSA Troop 1438 member Jackson Siemens said. "... The Havre units consistently contribute hundreds of service hours each year throughout a variety of projects." Siemens asked the council...
Jaylen Jake Crazboy of Havre, 18, pleaded not guilty Thursday at an arraignment in Montana 12th Judicial District Court in Hill County to 71 felony and misdemeanor counts related to a burglary ring witnesses say he created and spearheaded. Some of the charges include counts from burglaries at the Havre John Deere dealership Northern Ag Solutions and E-1 at Towing that made headlines at the end of January and beginning of February last year and resulted in a number of arrests b...
At the Havre City Council meeting Tuesday, Public Works Director Dave Peterson recognized the wastewater treatment facility employees for innovative improvements made to the Havre Wastewater Treatment Plant that led to the city receiving a national award. "The city of Havre received recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency for our Wastewater Treatment Plant," Peterson said. "It was given to the city, but I wanted to give a little recognition to our Wastewater...
Hill County Democratic Party Chair and State Representative for House District 28 Jacob Bachmeier announced Sunday at the Hill County Democratic Central Committee meeting his resignation as the chair of the Central Committee and that he will not file this year for re-election. "It's bittersweet," he said in an interview after the meeting. "I have loved serving in the Legislature. It has been the highlight of my life. "It has been an honor getting to know my constituents,...
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 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. Ordinance No. 910 (second reading) — An Ordinance Amending Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 10, Qualifications of Police Officers, of The Havre City Code. 2. Approve Independence Bank ple...
Derek Eldridge and a number of returning council members were sworn in at the Havre City Council meeting Monday. Eldridge was the winning candidate in the only contested race for Havre City Council last year, defeating incumbent Erik Meis with 149 votes to 78 votes for Ward 4. "I'm excited," Eldridge said after the meeting. "I'm ready to go. I want to help. I want to do what I can." He added that, for him, being on City Council doesn't mean making decisions that will...
Elvin J. "El" Vandeberg was born December 12, 1927, in Havre, Montana, and died in Tacoma, Washington December 26, 2019. He was the seventh of 12 children born to Leonard Vandeberg and Christina (Lena) Vandeberg. El attended St. Jude's grade school, Havre High School and received his law degree with honors from Gonzaga University in 1954. He served as a law clerk for Justice Frank Weaver of the Washington State Supreme Court, as deputy prosecuting attorney for Pierce County...
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. Swearing in of Newly Elected Officials. 2. Election of Council President. 3. Ordinance No. 910, first reading — An Ordinance Amending Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 10, Qualifications of...
Havre City Council passed the confirmation of Marc Oberweiser as a patrol officer for the Havre Police Department Monday at the council’s monthly meeting. Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said Oberweiser will be completing his one-year probationary period Tuesday, Dec. 31, and has met all of the necessary requirements for the position of a full-time police officer. “Marc has been doing an exceptional job and has proven to be a very solid and dedicated officer,” Matosich said. “I believe he will be a great asset and additio...
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. Resolution No. 3811 — A Resolution to Authorize Adoption of the 2018 Edition of the International Building Codes. 2. Resolution No. 3812 — A Resolution Donating Ambulance to The Hill Coun...
During the committee reports of the Havre City Council meeting Monday Mayor Tim Solomon discussed with council members an idea to reorganize the council's monthly meetings. "I find it a very interesting concept," Council member Erik Meis said. "It could be viable." Solomon said he brought up the idea at the end of the Ordinance Committee meeting last month and discussed the idea with the committee. The idea is the City Council would meet once a month to discuss and vote on...
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. Contractor pay application #5 for the Bullhook/Storm Drain Project in the amount of $155,161.43 2. Ratification of mayor’s appointment of Airport Board and Havre Historic Preservation Boa...
