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The Havre City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee met Monday to hold a follow-up discussion about how the city could utilize special improvement districts, and to review the information given by Montana State University Extension Local Government Center Director Dan Clark last month. “I am hopeful,” committee member Denise Brewer said. “I know we’ve tried other things and I think having Dan Clark come here was a really positive way for us to maybe look at some new ways of doing things.” She said that a number of the ro...
The Great Northern Fair Board heard an update during its monthly meeting Tuesday about damage to the building housing the new fairgrounds office, along with a report on a dispute over water bills with the city of Havre. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson gave a report at last month’s meeting on an issue with a water meter that led to double billing, which he said the city of Havre should make amends for. He added that, Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said the city doesn’t owe them anything, but Peterson disagrees. The issue com...
Tom LaFond, owner of Tom LaFond State Farm, told the Havre Ordinance Committee during the public comment section of its meeting Monday that the city has a shortage of parking available in the downtown area and the city does not have clear signage indicating two-hour parking spaces and 15-minute parking spaces in the downtown area. "I don't know what the right answer is for that," committee Chair Caleb Hutchins said. "It's an issue that every city deals with." LaFond said he...
Dave Brewer of Havre said during the public comment portion of Havre City Council meeting Monday that the city should look into the possibility of flying the United States flag half-staff in honor of active or retired city firefighters, emergency medical technicians or police officers when they die. "I think it would be really appropriate because, I know when I was here years ago, you get into some pretty dangerous situations whether you're in the fire department or you're...
A public meeting has been set to discuss the Oakwood Village project Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Havre City Hall, just prior to the Havre City Council’s regular meeting. Affiliated Developers Inc., a Michigan nonprofit corporation, announced last year the company was looking to purchase Oakwood Village. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said this morning that the meeting is an open hearing to gather input from the public about the project. He added that the company has gone down different routes for funding sources for the project 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 2. 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 #4 for the Bull Hook/Storm Drain Project in the Amount of $123,363.10 2. Consider a consecutive system agreement with Clear Creek Court Community Inc. Council i...
Havre voters elected Derek Eldridge Tuesday as the new sitting City Council member for Ward 4. The election was the only contested race for Havre City Council. Eldridge defeated incumbent Erik Meis with 149 votes to 78 votes. Meis was appointed in December of last year after Andrew Brekke resigned from his position in November. Eldridge, the manager at fivehead’s, was originally born and raised in Great Falls, and moved to Havre to help his parents, Keith and Loretta Eldridge, open their businesses in Havre less than a d...
Havre City Council voted Monday to make the “The Havre Song,” written and performed by Havre’s own Timely Trio, as the official Havre song. “I think it’s a great idea and a great song,” council chair Terry Lilletvedt said. “I’ve always loved it and I think it makes perfect sense to make it the Havre song.” “The Havre Song” was originally written and performed by Kim Callahan, Mavis Filler Farnham and Dena Tippets in the 1980s, and, almost 35 years later, community member Bill Lanier brought it before the council to be vot...
Montana State University Extension Local Government Center Director Dan Clark spoke to a crowd Wednesday, following his presentation regarding Special Improvement Districts, about the difference between self-governing and general government city structures. Many communities across the state are changing their powers of government from general to self-governing, Clark said. The communities may not have an immediate need for becoming a self-governing power, but they are...
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. 3810 - A Resolution to Adopt “The Havre Song” By the Timely Trio as the Official Havre Song 2. Ordinance No. 909 (second reading) — An Ordinance Amending Title 3, Chapter...
A crowd gathered in Havre City Hall Wednesday to listen to a local government expert explain how Special Improvement Districts can help fund infrastructure. "The challenge we are seeing across the state, not just in Havre or Hill County or along the Hi-Line, but across the state is that it's getting more and more challenging for local governments to find the resources, the money, to address their capital needs and that their budgeting becomes more and more constrained to annua...
Havre firefighters took to the streets for two evenings last week as part of their annual Everybody Loves Firefighters Food Drive for the Havre Food Bank. “It was a huge success. We had about 50 volunteers on Wednesday and 20 on Thursday helping collect food,” Havre Firefighters Union Vice President and head ELF Cody McLain said. “We would like to thank the entire community for their donations and a special thanks to all the volunteers that help to make it successful.” McLain said they have received to date 7,701 pounds...
Montana State University Extension Local Government Center Director Dan Clark will be in Havre to share information and answer questions on using SIDs, special improvement districts, to repair roads and infrastructure Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Havre City Hall. “I think it’s a great opportunity for all community members to become informed on how we can fix our streets as individual neighborhoods,” City Council member Lindsey Ratliff said. “There is no easy fix and there is no cheap fix.” SIDs are created when residents of an are...
In the beginning when Havre was made, The people dreamed of having their roads paved. They gathered together all the neighborhood folk, They made a proposal then let them all vote. They all pitched in, their home’s value share For Havre’s future was their utmost care. It wasn’t the city or a kind billionaire Who paid the bill to pave that gravel wear and tear. It was you and I and neighbors alike, Who invested in Havre to make streets and pipes right. Now the time has come to pitch in again, 60 years is too long with no in...
By Emily Mayer Regular readers of this column may recall that the City of Havre found itself in hot water over the dumping of raw sewage into the Milk River. The city was being sued by the State Board of Health and Montana State Attorney General Sam Ford for doing so. When the case was called, it was decided to submit questions to a commission of experts, approved by the State Board of Health, and allow the panel to investigate the sanitary conditions of the community and determine a solution. Havre was not the only bad...
Havre's vacant property registration ordinance has been at a standstill since it was last sent in June to the city attorney, who advised the city that enacting a VPRO would not be in the best interest of Havre. Local officials agree that perhaps the only way of proceeding with a VPRO would be changing Havre from a general law municipality to a charter law municipality. "We are fighting an uphill battle," Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said. The city has been looking at some kind of...
Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson told Havre City Council Monday that this part of the Bullhook Storm Drain Project has moved into its final phase and hopefully, depending on the weather conditions, will be completed within the next two to three weeks. “This takes care of the critical portion,” he said. In October 2013, sections of streets and sidewalks over the drainage began collapsing. One of the first was a 10-foot by-4-foot section of the street near Taco Treat on the 500 Block of Third Street, which collapsed Oc...
Ballots are being mailed out today in the only contested Havre City Council election in this part of Montana, in Havre's Ward 4. In that nonpartisan race, Derek Eldridge is challenging incumbent Erik Meis in his bid to retain the seat. Meis was appointed to City Council in December of last year, taking the seat after Andrew Brekke resigned after moving out of Ward 4. In September, the City Council passed a resolution canceling the Nov. 5 general election this year for the...
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. 3809 — Resolution Relating to Financing of Certain Cost Overruns Related to the Bull Hook Project; Establishing Compliance with Reimbursement Bond Regulations Under the I...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the amount of millings Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson has requested from Havre. The Great Northern Fair Board heard about problems with the fairgrounds office building during its monthly meeting Tuesday, along with an update on a dispute over water bills with the city of Havre. Great Northern Fair Board chair Tyler Smith said a roof collapsed about 18 inches at the building housing the fair office on the Great Northern Fairgrounds during the first snowstorm of the year about two w...
by Emily Mayer The news for the most part was not that great for Havre and Hill County 100 years ago. The Havre Plaindealer ran an article in its Oct. 4, 1919 edition stating that wheat was estimated to be two bushels an acre. Winter rye was 2 ½ bushels to the acre and in Hill County it was reported “practically no crops harvested except in the northern tier of townships.” A committee of the Hill County Bankers Association scheduled a meeting with the Hill County Commissioners to see what could be done to hasten action rega...
Havre City Council member Sarah McKinney told the council during its meeting Monday that Havre is hosting an educational session about special improvement districts Wednesday, Oct. 30., at 6 p.m. at Havre City Hall. Montana State University Extension Local Government Center Director Dan Clark from the MSU Local Government Center will be in Havre to share information and answer questions on using SIDs to repair roads and infrastructure. SIDs are created when residents of an area propose creating an entity — a neighborhood o...
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. Approve Pledged Securities from Independence Bank for the Quarter Ending 9-30-19. 2. Approval of September Claims and Manual Warrants. 3. Approve Storm Drain SRF project draw down. C...
Editor's note: This version corrects the online registration URL. The Bear Paw Marathon opened for registration Tuesday for the race set for Saturday, June 6, 2020. Registration is available online at https://runsignup.com/Race/MT/Havre/BearPawMarathon . Bear Paw Marathon Director Rachel Dean said people can also access the registration at the marathon website at https://www.bearpawmarathon.com . "We have a Facebook page, you can check out the route, and we will be posting...
Havre City Council passed a resolution Monday to have the city apply to the Montana Department of Commerce for financial assistance from the Delivering Local Assistance Program. The application is for funding to assist the city with costs to replace the water main in Boulevard Avenue and upsize the line to create redundancy for the city’s water main serving the Highlands area of the city, the resolution said. Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said that the city is trying to finish a project in the Highland Park a...
