City commission approves budget amendments
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POLSON — Polson City Commissioners held a public hearing Jan. 7 on fiscal year 2011-12 budget amendments, closed the hearing and approved the budget amendments per Resolution No. 1035.
Polson City Manager Todd Crossett reported to the commissioners that the Polson Police Department and Polson School Superintendent Linda Reksten have been discussing school security issues and had been since before the Sandy Hook shootings to keep area schools “as safe as we can make them.”
Residents who would like to help shovel snow for disabled people, older people or people recovering from surgery should contact Crossett at Polson City Hall at (406)883-8200. The Boy Scouts have been helping, but many hands make light work.
The Heart and Soul grant will hold a community gathering for Hillcrest Drive residents on Jan. 20 at noon at the Showboat Cinema in downtown Polson.
Crossett said he and Dave DeGrandpre spent a day during the holiday working on revamping the Polson Development Code. He has also been meeting with Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal personnel regarding the Polson Airport.
In lawsuits filed by Rory Horning against the City of Polson and against Crossett and Polson City Attorney James Raymond, Judge William Nels Swandal granted summary judgment, which means that Swandal determined that Horning’s multiple motions should be denied.
The commissioners also reviewed the fiscal year 2010-11 audit report prepared by Ronald Paul Foltz, CPA.
Foltz brought up MCA 7-5-4302, which requires the use of bidding procedures for the awarding of contracts and purchases greater than $50,000. He cited three instances in which the City of Polson failed to use bidding procedures, one for $100,000 in water/sewer piping and parts from the same supplier, one for the seawall work and walkway construction in Sacajawea Park and one for replacing heating and cooling units in City Hall.
The city has until Jan 13 to explain its actions to the state.
The next city commission meeting will be held Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.
