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Kalispell City Council could address vacancy issue created by election snafu | #citycouncil

Municipal officials have prepared resolutions ahead of Monday’s Kalispell City Council meeting that could see it declare two of its seats vacant and then immediately move to appoint replacements. City Manager Doug Russell stressed in a memo to Council that the resolutions were predicated on further clarification on how to proceed after a Flathead County […]

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Kalispell City Council to put local government review before voters | #citycouncil

During a short meeting Monday, Kalispell City Council unanimously approved a slate of resolutions, including one putting a possible review of local government before voters this spring. Municipalities must query voters on whether to review local government every 10 years under state law. If residents back the idea at the ballot box during the June […]

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Kalispell City Council to schedule public hearing on state infrastructure funds | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council is set Tuesday to confirm the date for a public hearing on how to potentially spend funds made available through the State-Local Infrastructure Partnership Act of 2023. Council will meet Tuesday because of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. Council meets at City Hall, 201 First Ave. E., at 7 p.m. […]

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Kalispell City Council to review education campaign for public safety levy request | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council will take a look Monday at a proposed educational campaign for a public safety levy request headed before voters in March. Council in November voted to put the levy request on the ballot. The move came after months of discussions surrounding recent audits of the city’s Fire and Police departments, which found […]

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Kalispell City Council sends public safety levy before voters | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council voted unanimously Monday to put before voters a public safety levy expected to raise $4.6 million in its first year. The mail-in election will be held March 19. The ballot will ask voters to authorize the city to levy 60.9 mills annually to cover the cost of creating new positions within the […]

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Kalispell City Council to vote on public safety levy | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council is expected to decide Monday whether to put a public safety levy before voters in March. The proposed levy comes on the heels of audits of the city police and fire departments that found staffing and equipment shortfalls, among other concerns. Council weighed three options for a levy during an October work […]

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Kalispell City Council moves ahead with housing grant application | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council voted to apply for a $1.36 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant Monday, simultaneously criticizing the state Legislature’s recent efforts to address Montana’s housing crisis. If awarded, funding from the grant would flow into city coffers over a three-year period, said Jarod Nygren, the city’s development services director. Municipal […]

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Meet Ward 3 candidate for Kalispell City Council Kevin Aurich | #citycouncil

The Daily Inter Lake reached out to Kalispell City Council candidates running in the Nov. 7 municipal election. The information below was provided by the candidates and edited for spelling, punctuation and space. Name: Kevin Aurich Age: 55 Family: Two daughters, one son and three granddaughters Occupation: Outside sales, Western Building Center Community involvement: Kalispell […]

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Staff to present three public safety levy options to Kalispell City Council | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council on Monday is expected to review options for a potential emergency responder levy that could go before voters in a special election next year. Discussion of a possible levy emerged in later summer following independent audits of the city’s Fire and Police departments. Undertaken by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Public Safety […]

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Kalispell City Council finalizes $141M budget | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council approved the municipality’s $141 million budget and mill levy for fiscal year 2024 on Monday. Councilors nixed appropriations that would have seen $200,000 dedicated to proposed facilities renovations and $33,000 to City Council salary bumps. The city’s general fund, from which most municipal operations are funded, was set at about $15.5 million. […]

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