CityCommission2025-08-19

Regular City Commission meeting, August 19, 2025

Meeting of the Great Falls CityCommission held August 19, 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 23. 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, Public Works Director Chris Gaub, Planning and Community Development Director Brock Cherry, Finance Director Melissa Kinzler, ARPA Project Manager Sylvia Tarman, City Attorney David Dennis, Fire Chief Jeremy Jones, Police Chief Jeff Newton, and City Clerk Lisa Kunz

Agenda items

Petitions and communications

1. Kathryn Wisnoski, City resident, shared a personal story as a military spouse, business owner, volunteer, and mother of a 3-year…

Consent agenda

5. Minutes, August 5, 2025, City Commission Meeting.
6. Total Expenditures of $5,009,748 for the period of July 10, 2025, through July 30, 2025, to include claims over $25,000, in the…
7. Contracts List.
8. Grants List.
9. Approve the purchase of water meter equipment for FY26 from Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $650,000.
10. Approve a Professional Services Agreement in the amount of $123,757.06 to DJ&A, P.C. for the 9th Street NE Water Main Replacement…
11. Approve an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Great Falls and Cascade County to jointly resurface sections of Airport Bench… — Motion carried 5-0

Public hearings

12. RESOLUTION 10585 TO LEVY AND ASSESS THE GENERAL BOULEVARD DISTRICT NO. 3570. — Motion carried 5-0
13. RESOLUTION 10586 TO LEVY AND ASSESS GREAT FALLS PARK DISTRICT NO. 1. — Motion carried 5-0
14. RESOLUTION 10587 TO LEVY AND ASSESS PROPERTIES WITHIN SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING DISTRICTS. — Motion carried 5-0

New business

City commission

Measures referenced

Ordinances: Ordinance 3276
Resolutions: Resolution 10238, Resolution 10582, Resolution 10585, Resolution 10586, Resolution 10587, Resolution 10588, Resolution 10591, Resolution 10593, Resolution 10599, Resolution 6913

Adjourned at 8:36 p.m.; the motion to adjourn carried 5-0.

Sources

Agenda packet: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192025-244 Minutes: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08192025-244 Video: https://greatfallsmt.viebit.com/watch?hash=dzPxdd4tZ77iotrL