CityCommission2025-07-15

Regular City Commission meeting, July 15, 2025

Meeting of the Great Falls CityCommission held July 15, 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 11 of the meeting's numbered agenda items; the agenda ran to item 26. 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 and Deputy City Manager Bryan Lockerby, Planning and Community Development Deputy Director Lonnie Hill, Finance Director Melissa Kinzler, ARPA Project Manager Sylvia Tarman, Human Resources Director Gaye McInerney?, City Attorney David Dennis, Police Captain Brian Black, and City Clerk Lisa Kunz

Agenda items

Petitions and communications

1. Jeni Dodd, City resident, read from a prepared statement pertaining to her belief that the City failed to follow state law when…

Consent agenda

5. Minutes, July 1, 2025, City Commission Meeting.
6. Total Expenditures of $6,014,290 for the period of June 12, 2025, through June 25, 2025, to include claims over $25,000, in the…
7. Contracts List.
8. Approve the purchase of one new 548 Peterbilt tandem axle cab & chassis with a rear load packer, including a Qwik-Tip from…
9. Approve a final payment for the Missouri River North Bank Stabilization – Phase 2 project, in the amount of $15,755.25. This…
10. Approve the CDBG Funding Agreement in the amount of $65,000 to the Public Works Department for the Parks ADA Corners CDBG Project…
11. Set a public hearing on Resolution 10579, Annual Budget Resolution, for August 5, 2025.
12. Set the public hearing on Resolution 10580, Intent to Increase Property Tax, for August 5, 2025.
13. Set the public hearing for Resolution 10585 to levy and assess the General Boulevard District for August 19, 2025.
14. Set the public hearing for Resolution 10586 to levy and assess Great Falls Park District No.1 for August 19, 2025.

Public hearings

New business

City commission

Measures referenced

Ordinances: Ordinance 3276
Resolutions: Resolution 10579, Resolution 10580, Resolution 10585, Resolution 10586, Resolution 10587, Resolution 10588, Resolution 10591

Adjourned at 8:40 p.m.; the motion to adjourn carried 5-0.

Sources

Agenda packet: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07152025-246 Minutes: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07152025-246 Video: https://greatfallsmt.viebit.com/watch?hash=caUY6dEjtVQxd9uA