CityCommission2025-06-03

Regular City Commission meeting, June 3, 2025

Meeting of the Great Falls CityCommission held June 3, 2025. Called to order 7:00 PM. Regular meetings begin at 7:00 pm in the Commission Chambers, Room 206 of the Civic Center.

Partial summary — this page lists 10 of the meeting's numbered agenda items; the agenda ran to item 20. The minutes linked at the foot of this page carry the full agenda and all the recorded votes.

Present

Commission: Cory Reeves, Joe McKenney?, Rick Tryon, Shannon Wilson, and Susan Wolff
Staff: City Manager Greg Doyon, Deputy City Manager Bryan Lockerby, Public Works Director Chris Gaub, Planning and Community Development Director Brock Cherry, Deputy Finance Director Kirsten Wavra, Utility Manager Laura Lynch, City Attorney David Dennis, Police Captain Doug Mahlum, and City Clerk Lisa Kunz

Agenda items

Petitions and communications

2. Jeni Dodd, City resident, read from a prepared statement in opposition to the City’s purchase of property located at 5200 2nd…

Boards and commissions

5. APPOINTMENT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. — Motion carried 5-0

Consent agenda

7. Minutes, May 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting.
8. Total Expenditures of $3,912,311for the period of May 1, 2025 through May 14, 2025, to include claims over $25,000, in the amount…
9. Contracts List.
10. Award a contract in the amount of $145,593.15 to United Materials of Great Falls, Inc.
11. Award a contract in the amount of $126,888 to Smith River Construction, LLC, for the 10th Street Bridget remodel project, and… — Motion carried 5-0

Public hearings

12. RESOLUTION 10574, ESTABLISHING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WATER, SEWER, AND STORM DRAIN UTILITY SERVICE RATES EFFECTIVE JULY 1,… — Motion carried 5-0
13. RESOLUTION 10566, REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF GREAT FALLS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO USE ADDITIONAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT… — Motion carried 5-0
14. RESOLUTIONS 10589 AND 10590, REQUESTS FOR USE OF DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF) FUNDS. — Motion carried 5-0

Old business

New business

City commission

Measures referenced

Ordinances: Ordinance 3273, Ordinance 3275
Resolutions: Resolution 10390, Resolution 10524, Resolution 10566, Resolution 10574, Resolution 10578, Resolution 10589, Resolution 10590

Adjourned at 10:11 p.m.; the motion to adjourn carried 5-0.

Sources

Agenda packet: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06032025-249 Minutes: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06032025-249 Video: https://greatfallsmt.viebit.com/watch?hash=zwS5WQzXY6IMQB4r