January 23, 2007 | April 19, 2007 | September 20, 2007
Minutes of the Regular Meeting – September 20, 2007
Pre-Release Center – Ladies Side
Council Members Attending – Karen Grove, Pam Morris, Maureen McInnis, Jim Porter we had 5 residents present. Meeting started with the Pledge of Allegiance
Minutes of Last Meeting – we did not have them so we will approve at the November meeting.
Old Business Reports were given by Karen Grove on the latest actions of the City
Commission. Also a report on the ACTION team was given explaining the New Neighbor Packets. Patty will make sure each member of Council 8 is given some packets to hand out to new neighbors in their areas.
New Business Sgt. Glen Stinar gave a report of some statistics regarding crime in our area. We really have a pretty quite area in respects to some of the other neighborhoods.
Anna Kraus was at our meeting to inform us that they are planning on building on to their house at 1615 3rd Ave North to extend their Day Care Business. They have visited with their neighbors and they have no objections to their plans and just wanted us to know what was going to be going on. She has already visited with the planning board and plans and following all the correct steps to get this completed. The Council had no opposition to her proposal and was in support of her going forward.
Some questions came up regarding neighborhood issues. Jim Porter asked some questions on actions that can be taken when cats are running loose in the neighborhood. He has tried talking to his neighbors but they just get mad at him and won’t work out a solution. Sgt. Stinar told him to call him and he would go over some ways to solve this problem. Pam Morris has an issue with her neighborhood being so close to United Material and always having dust and debris in the streets and curb. She knows there is nothing that can be done to stop United Materials from doing business but felt if the City would make it an issue to sweep the street more often in that area that would help cut down on the buildup. Karen will present this issue to the commission at next meeting.
Sgt. Stinar also got a complaint regarding weeds in a yard and he will turn the address and issue over to Debbie Kimball at the City who handles these kinds of complaints.
It was decided since some of the Council Members will be gone in October and that a meeting not be held and that our next meeting date will be November 15, 2007.
Adjourn Time 7:20PM
Meeting called to order by Karen Grove, at 6:35PM. Members present Karen Grove and Susan Agostinelli. Maureen McInnis and Jim Porter were absent.
No minutes were available to approve.
No report from Police Advisory Board
No report from Council of Councils
Action team is in favor of option 2 for resetting boundaries. They also want to put together Welcome packets for Neighborhood Councils member to distribute to new member or the community.
The Council has a vacancy and there has been no interest at this time. It has been listed in the newspaper.
Gary Nowell representing VISA, Big Brother Big Sisters, CASA and RSVP spoke on the programs. CASA is looking for 15 volunteers, there will be 2 training sessions offered. There Night of Lights Cinco de Mayo fundraiser is May 3 at the Heritage Inn. RSVP for those over 55 is looking for volunteers that have 2 hours a week to give.
The Mapril Cleanup will be 4/28 and 5/5.
Jayci Kolar from Weed and Seed reported that no grant information will be available until late May or June
Adjourned at 7:25PM
Next meeting 19MAY07
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Agostinelli
Minutes were read & approved. Maureen gave a brief update on the Police advisory board. Karen reported on the Council Of Councils meeting. She talked about the new welcome packages to new home owners that will include info on Neighborhood Councils. We are hoping this will help attendance.
The report on the city commission included animal ordinances, emergency medical services& the coal fire plant task force.
Sandra Bearchum was the winner of the Action Team basket that was given away. After accepting her prize she also offered the services of the Boot Aftercare community service for any upcoming projects we might have.
Sergeant Stinar informed us of wanting to start a volunteer services within the police department. They are working on grant writing to target underage drinking, they are making shift adjustments to better meet the needs of the community. The Great Falls Police department is the first agency in MT to have Crimeweb.net
The council toured the new campus of the Transition Center. They currently house 25 residents & will soon be ready for 80. They recently hired an RN to monitor medications. They have added two new programs. "Open Doors" & "Warrior Down"
Submitted by Tracy Goodness-Rice
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