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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...
The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee Monday tabled the discussion about Airbnbs in Northern Heights, a Residential A-1 Zoning, until opinions in the neighborhood change. "We have heard overwhelmingly from the majority of homeowners on this street that they are vehemently opposed to this specific business in their neighborhood," committee member Lindsey Ratliff said. "While I personally disagree with their reasoning, I do respect the will of the people and believe that...
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...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., probably spent his time during the congressional August recess differently than most senators. Tester, the only active farmer in the U.S. Senate, used the break to harvest crops on his farm west of Big Sandy. Tester found time to give the Havre Daily News an interview Sept. 3. But when the reporter and photographer arrived, he was busy loading grain and had no time to talk. He invited the reporter to ride with him in the grain truck and conduct...
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. Resolution No. 3807 — A Resolution Assessing a Special Property Tax Against Certain Property in the City of Havre, Montana, for Failure to Pay a Reasonable Charge for Nuisance Weed Con...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of the acronym for the race held in the 1980s, and that people who register after Sept. 10 will receive a T-shirt but will not have it for the run. This year during Festival Days, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hill County — CASA — is hosting for the first time the Fifth Avenue Mile Saturday, Sept. 21, to bring awareness for the non-profit group and encourage people to get involved. “Please run, please register, come one, come all,” CASA Executive Director Chamene P...
Havre City Council met Wednesday and unanimously passed several resolutions involving the city’s annual budget. Havre Finance Director and City Clerk Doug Kaercher said in an interview that the city lists the tax changes based on what is considered to be the largest lot in the city, a 50-by-140 ft. corner lot. He added that some of the taxes are calculated using the square footage of the property and others by linear foot per street. The budget was available for the review of the public since Aug. 16. All of the taxes are r...
Editor’s note: This version corrects that Miranda Bautista was issued tickets in a vicious animal and dog at large incident involving Ryan Turner. Havre City Council voted on and heard about a variety of topics during its meeting Tuesday including requests for lower speed limits in some areas, the upcoming city election and Airbnbs. The council also convened its hearing on the city’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, recessing the hearing until it reconvenes tonight at 6 p.m. During the public comments section at the end of the mee...
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. Ordinance No. 908 (second reading) — AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 4, SECTION 20, FILLING VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT, OF THE HAVRE CITY CODE 2. Resolution No. 3806 — A RESOL...
The Havre mayor and a city council member are at odds over a city attorney's recommendation on a proposed ordinance covering vacant properties. An attorney representing Havre from Hi-Line Law told the city last Tuesday that a proposed vacant property registration ordinance would not be in the city's best interest if the ordinance was passed. "I have reviewed the Vacant Property Registry Ordinance, and as I said in my last email, I do not believe it is in the city's best...
The chair of Havre City Council's Ordinance Committee nearly adjourned a meeting Monday when a heated argument erupted regarding Airbnbs, with people in the audience exchanging profanities and obscene gestures. "This is not appropriate. This is not an appropriate time for this, if it is going to go like that we are going to have to close the meeting," Chair Caleb Hutchins said. City Council member and Ordinance Committee Chair Caleb Hutchins informed community members if the...
Havre City Council unanimously passed its preliminary budget for fiscal year 2020 during a Monday public budget hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 3, following the regular council meeting and to continue into Wednesday, Sept 4, when the council will have its final vote on the budget. A number of resolutions were passed unanimously by the council to fund the budget for fiscal year 2020, with some going up and some going down. Those included a resolution levying and assessing a tax to defray the cost of maintaining street lights for...
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. Ordinance No. 908 (First Reading) — An Ordinance Amending Title 1, Chapter 4, Section 20, Filling Vacant City Council Seat, of the Havre City Code. 2. Resolution No. 3800 — A RESOL...
The second annual Woofstock is returning to Pepin Park from 4 to 8 p.m. with live music, vendors, food trucks and, of course, dogs. The event is a fundraiser for Friends of the Havre Animal Shelter, which works to help provide services at the city facility. “The purpose of this event is to keep raising funds for all things we have been doing, like we have implemented our trap-release program for cats,” Friends of the Havre Animal Shelter President Kim Federspiel said. Some of the things Friends help fund include vet...
Havre City Council member Caleb Hutchins said during the council's meeting Monday that he wants to look into an ordinance which would allow exemptions to operate an Airbnb in residential zones where they are not now allowed. "Zone change is probably not the way to do that, it sounds like, so the other option that the city could consider, is the council could consider, changing the zoning ordinance to allow Airbnbs in those neighborhoods," Hutchins said. "Some cities across...
With indefatigable grace and courage, Roger "Scott" Sorensen, 79, died July 30, 2019, at his home in Whitefish. Scott was born to Sally and Si Sorensen on March 13, 1940, in Havre, where he remembered a happy, adventuresome childhood. Scott excelled in sports and school and loved the people of Havre. He graduated from Northern Montana College and Montana State University. He taught high school in Havre for two years, and, after a master's program at the University of Montana,...
Council Agenda For August 5, 2019 Call to order 7 p.m. pledge of allegiance roll call minutes Committee reports Public comment on Agenda Items: 1 thru 6 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 minute. Regular agenda Confirm Appointment of Andrew Brekke to the City-County Planning Board for a two-year term. Approve Various Street Closures for the Havre Festival Days celebration being held on Sept. 20-21, 2019. Approval of July claims...
Six years after a subterranean drainage ditch started collapsing in Havre, work is again underway to fix the drainage system. "It is all about reliable infrastructure," Lakeside Excavation Inc. Owner-Estimator Tyler Smith said. "And it is about the public being able to travel safely on roads and not worry about channels caving in." Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said this morning that it is good the work is resuming. "This is very important," he said. "This is a big project and it...
Havre’s Dog Park Club met Tuesday evening and talked about the progress on making a dog-friendly park, and a cleanup event set for Saturday. “When we started around this time last year and we were looking for a place, we were adopting some bylaws, and we have secured some land and we are definitely making some progress,” President of Havre Dog Park Club Chad Stewart said. The Havre Dog Park Club is a nonprofit group working to create and maintain Havre’s first dog park. The board also mentioned during its meeting Dig for the...
Havre City Council approved the assignment of Nathan Courtnage as the Havre Fire Department's new assistant fire chief Monday evening during the twice-a-month council meeting at Havre City Hall. "It is with great pleasure to recommend the appointment of Nathan Courtnage to the position of assistant fire chief," head Fire Chief Mel Paulson told the council. "Nate, with 14 years of firefighting experience, exceeds all the qualifications necessary to perform the duties of...
The Town Pump Charitable Foundation has donated $2,600 worth of equipment to the Havre Fire Department through a grant program, and Assistant Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage said the city's firefighters have already put their new Little Hose Monster to use. Havre's Hose Monster is a part of a 10-piece hydrant flow testing bundle that is used "to measure water flow-rate and to diffuse and divert discharge water in fire pump testing, fire flow testing, and main flushing," according...
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 one through seven 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.3799 — A Resolution of Intention to Cancel the Nov. 5, 2019, General Election of Certain Municipal Officers. 2. Ordinance No. 906, first reading — An Ordinance Amending...
Two local officials are at odds over a billing mistake that happened on and off for decades at the Great Northern Fairgrounds, formerly the Hill County Fairgrounds. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson spoke during the public comment portion of the Havre City Council meeting Monday, saying double billing caused by a water meter at the Hill County Shop on a line that had another meter caused tens of thousands of dollars of incorrect billing to the county. He suggested that...
In a photo caption with a story about a Havre City Council meeting in Tuesday’s Havre Daily News, the name of Greg Dolven was misspelled....
