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Scouts BSA Pack 4426, Troop 1438, Troop 1406 and Venture Crew 2406 help perform the pledge of allegiance Monday before a Havre City Council meeting.
Mayor Tim Solomon speaks Monday during a Havre City Council meeting.
Public Works Director Dave Peterson speaks on when the city would finish the Storm drain and Bullhook projects Monday during a Havre City Council meeting. Peterson said that they cannot pave till the weather gets warmer for good to allow the asphalt to set properly.
Ed Matter and Terry Lilletvedt listen to Scouts BSA Troop 1438 Member Jackson Siemens present on the importance of the Scouts BSA in the community Monday during a Havre City Council meeting. Mayor Tim Solomon approved the proclamation during the meeting to make the week of February 9 National Scouts BSA week.
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 during its Jan 20 meeting to consider issuing the proclamation. Mayor Tim Solomon said that the council would consider the proclamation.
Siemens said at Monday's meeting the Havre units on the Hi-Line District include Cub Scout Pack 4426, which meets at St. Jude Thaddeus Church, and Scouts BSA Troop 1438, Troop 1406 and Venture Crew 2406, which meet at First Lutheran Church.
He said the troops and crew include nearly 100 youth and adult members. He added that Havre and the Hi-Line continue to support BSA Scout units and the Hi-Line District is consistently in the top five districts for per-scout sales.
Scout BSA volunteer Bill Lanier said each unit has a charter organization and the charter organization owns the unit. He added that any organization can be a charter organization for the BSA. In Havre the two charter organization which have BSA units are churches, although Scouts BSA is not a religious organization.
Solomon signed the proclamation.
"Thank you and congratulations," he said.
The council also, in two separate motions, approval for a drawdown for $10,000 from the Treasure Statement Endowment Program and a contractor's draw for $269,794.69 for the Bullhook Storm Drain Project.
Solomon said the drawdown from the TSEP grant is the last part of the original $500,000 for the project.
Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said that the contractor's draw is also the last part of the funding for the Bullhook project. He said that the project is close to completion with only a few punch items - the final touch ups and repairs for the project, such as repairing grass, sidewalks or pavement which may have been damaged during the construction process - left to complete.
Peterson added that some of the punch items, such as pavement repairs, cannot be completed until the weather warms up to allow the pavement to properly cure.
The council also approved accepting a Community Development Block Grant award for the Havre Eagles Manor for a total of $47,500.
Solomon said the city has agreed to sponsor the Eagles Manor in a planning grant, and before the manor can apply for the grant it needed to be approved by the council.
The planning grant will be looking at identifying priorities for the building, such as repairing the elevator systems within the manor. He added that the planning grant will be for the manor to create a plan for improvements or repairs, but does not include the funds to do any renovations.
Council member Karen Swenson made a motion to approve accepting the grant, saying she is in support of the manor identifying priorities for the building.
"I'm just glad to see something is happening," she said.
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