Missoula City Council

It was crowded in the North Russell County Office building on Thursday as two county commissioners, the clerk of district court, the elections administrator, witnesses, the media and two nervous candidates met to recount the ballots from Ward Six.

When the City of Missoula acquired what is now the Missoula Water Company, one of the necessary steps was to comply with federal, state and local laws for storm water management and to maintain infrastructure for surface and underground movement of water from rain and snow melt.

With 75 percent of the votes counted, there may be more vigorous discussion over budget issues within the Missoula City Council after members of what was dubbed ‘Team Liberty’ won two seats on Tuesday night.

The man who is responsible for writing and helping to pass many of Montana’s gun laws weighed in on the recent Montana Supreme Court decision striking down the Missoula City Council’s proposed background check ordinance.

The City of Missoula and the Missoula Redevelopment Agency have received a boost from a local company led by Nick Checota, owner of Stonefly, LLC and Logjam Productions to help complete the planning of the Riverfront Triangle project.

Missoula County Democrats and Republicans will be holding back to back City Council forums next week.

The deadline for applying to run for a Missoula City Council seat was Monday, June 17, and there is renewed interest in becoming a part of city government with new candidates for all six city wards.

At the Monday, June 17 Missoula City Council meeting, there will be a public hearing concerning dockless electric bicycles and electric scooters, which have become wildly popular in larger cities.

At Wednesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, eight members of the Missoula City Council heard Mayor John Engen propose joining a lawsuit against major drug makers such as Purdue Pharma to collect damages done to Missoula residents damaged by opiods.

The City of Missoula will present a draft of their Pedestrian Facilities Master Plan to the Public Works Committee of the Missoula City Council.