Articles with the Tag: Ronan City Council

RONAN – After eight months of scrutiny and the resignation of two police chiefs, the Ronan City Council hired John Mitchell to lead its police department on Jan. 21 and created more stringent health and residency requirements for future officers. “We’ve been dealing with this since June ...

RONAN – A preliminary evaluation by the Federal Highways Administration determined impacts to Bockman Park created by the current proposed alignment of a Highway 93 expansion project are not great enough to trigger “constructive use” rules that would allow for mitigation or realignment. ...

RONAN – State and federal highway officials often point out the millions of dollars in road improvements the city of Ronan will receive if a highway expansion project begins as scheduled in 2018. The federal government will foot the bill for almost all of the $40 million expansion that will expand High...

RONAN – After serving 10 weeks as chief of police, Valent Maxwell endured an extensive and aggressive round of questioning about his job performance from the Ronan City Council on Jan. 7. Councilman Chris Adler aired a laundry list of concerns that ranged from Maxwell being non-responsive to emergency ...

RONAN —The City of Ronan was expected to hire a third city attorney in less than a year’s time at a Monday council meeting.  Ronan attorney Kathleen O’Rourke Mullins was listed for hire on the town’s agenda as of press time.  Mayor Kim Aipperspach said the city’s...

RONAN – The price of accessing public information from the City of Ronan increased substantially last week, as the city council approved a resolution that sets new fees for documents and services.  Under the new resolution, the city will charge $35 per hour to search and make copies for records...

RONAN — The future of a $40 million Highway 93 expansion project slated for construction in 2018 could hinge on the January decisions of the Ronan City Council.  During a meeting held last Wednesday between design engineers, the Montana Department of Transportation and the City of Ronan, Ronan ...

RONAN — The voters of Ronan were evenly torn between city council candidates Roger Romero and Tracy Morigeau Frank in the Nov. 5 election but the city council charged with breaking the tie voted almost unanimously in favor of incumbent Romero at its Nov. 18 meeting.  Councilmembers Chris Adler,...

RONAN – Significant changes were made to the Highway 93 corridor expansion plan for Ronan in a Nov. 6 meeting between the city council and state and federal highway officials. But a dispute over the impact to Bockman Park halted negotiations that must be resolved if the $40 million project is to be com...

RONAN – An increase in requests for public records over the past two months prompted the Ronan City Council to vote at its Nov. 4 meeting to draft a policy that will charge more for retrieval and copies of public documents.  “We’ve had a policy of (charging) 15 cents per page, but w...