Articles with the Tag: Polson City Manager
By Kristi Niemeyer for the Valley Journal POLSON — Youngsters in Polson may have a little less freedom to roam this summer if the Polson City Commission gives final approval to an ordinance that would establish a curfew for those under 18. The first reading last Monday met with unanimous approval....
POLSON — On the same week citizens were remembering last year’s armed assault on the U.S. Capitol, grassroots democracy was unfolding across the nation in its usual, somewhat sedate fashion as local governments welcomed new and returning elected officials. At the Polson City Co...
LAKE COUNTY — The legalization of recreational marijuana, approved by voters in Lake County and statewide during the November 2020 general election, edges ever closer to reality, with sales slated to begin Jan.1. For local governments, legalization could mean additional tax income, pending the...
POLSON — A resolution allowing the city to charge the Golf Fund for indirect costs related to operating Polson Bay Golf Course elicited the most comment during the Polson City Commission’s regular meeting on Nov. 15. City Manager Ed Meece prefaced the discussion by explaining that the is...
Affordable housing is definitely in short supply on the Flathead Reservation. Just ask anyone who has tried to rent or purchase a home in the past few years. But how big is the gap and how many homes and apartments are needed to fill it? A housing needs assessment and homelessness study, spearheaded...
News from Mission West Community Development Partners RONAN — Mission West Community Development Partners has received a $20,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for an accelerator coworking space (ACS) feasibility study in Polson. The ACS would provide free or low-cost working space ...
Blodgett Creamery in Polson hosted an unusual mix of community members last Thursday, including business owners, contractors, developers, realtors, home owners and renters, all looking for answers to the Mission Valley’s housing crisis. They left with no concrete solutions, but a fistful of ideas fr...
Polson City Manager Ed Meece sounded upbeat late Friday afternoon as the community appeared to be emerging from last week’s water crisis. “We’ve recovered a lot of water to the system and a couple of tanks are within four feet of being full,” he said. If that trend continued ...
On Monday, as the drought’s grip on the Mission Valley intensified, the city of Polson declared a water emergency, and shut off water for up to 12 hours to around 60 residences on the south side of town in order to fill critically low reserve tanks and save an essential booster pump from burning up. ...
Polson City Commissioners approved an ordinance regulating the keeping of chickens in city limits at its May 17 meeting, as well as hearing updates on personnel changes in the city public works department, planned workshops to help better serve the public and the expenditure of federal COVID-19 relief funds....
