CityCommission2025-09-16

Regular City Commission meeting, September 16, 2025

Meeting of the Great Falls CityCommission held September 16, 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 12 of the meeting's numbered agenda items; the agenda ran to item 25. 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, Public Works Director Chris Gaub, Planning and Community Development Director Brock Cherry, Finance Director Melissa Kinzler, City Attorney David Dennis, Fire Chief Jeremy Jones, Police Chief Jeff Newton, and Deputy City Clerk Darcy Dea

Agenda items

Petitions and communications

2. Ben Forsyth, City resident, commented that Commissioner Tryon’s comments are not recorded in the minutes of a prior meeting and…

Boards and commissions

4. APPOINTMENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. — Motion carried 5-0

Consent agenda

7. Minutes, September 2, 2025, City Commission Meeting.
8. Total Expenditures of $4,911,868 for the period of August 14, 2025 through August 27, 2025, to include claims over $25,000, in…
9. Contracts List.
10. Approve Final Payment for the 4th Ave N Street Reconstruction project, in the amount of $97,929.38, comprising $96,950.09 to…
11. Approve Final Payment for the 32nd Ave NE Water and Storm Sidewalk Repair in the amount of $4,017.85, comprising $3,977.67 to…
12. Approve Final Payment for the Water Treatment Plant Solids Mitigation project in the amount of $302,899.21, comprising…
13. Approve Change Order No. 1 for the Central Ave/3rd Street Drainage Improvements Phase 2 project with Capcon LLC. in the amount of…
14. Approve Change Order No. 1 to United Materials of Great Falls, Inc. for the River Drive Trail Replacement project, in the amount…
15. Award a construction contract in the amount of $721,300 to United Materials of Great Falls, Inc. for the Carter Park Street…
16. Award a construction contract in the amount of $945,000 to MJD Contracting, LLC for the Water Treatment Plant Corrosion Control…

Old business

New business

City commission

Adjourned at 8:12 p.m.; the motion to adjourn carried 5-0.

Sources

Agenda packet: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09162025-242 Minutes: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09162025-242