Articles with the Tag: Ronan City Council
RONAN – The traditionally family-friendly Pioneer Days street dance in Ronan might become an event for people age 21 or older only, if this year’s enhanced security measures don’t cut down on problem behaviors. “We’ll try it one more year as a family thing and if things...
RONAN – The City of Ronan has hired a Missoula law firm to handle a class action lawsuit filed against the town’s government and police department. Jasper, Smith and Olsen law firm will represent the City in a class action federal suit filed June 3 against the town, its mayor, former pol...
RONAN — The former parks and recreation director for the City of Ronan has filed a wrongful discharge suit against the City, alleging the last two years of her employment was rife with internal personnel conflict that ultimately led to her dismissal. The lawsuit comes approximately seven month...
RONAN — The extent of insurance coverage for the City of Ronan and Ronan Police Department has come into question because of a class action lawsuit recently filed against the two entities and city leadership. Last week Mayor Kim Aipperspach said he couldn’t comment on whether or not the city o...
RONAN — The Ronan City Council last week passed an ordinance that would limit the hours fireworks can be set off within the city. Under the ordinance detonation of fireworks are allowed June 24 until July 2 from 8 a.m. until the town’s curfew. The curfew is 10 p.m. on Sunday through Thur...
RONAN — Last week members of the Ronan City Council leaned more toward outsourcing its police department than when they first considered the idea in September 2013, but the council ultimately voted to keep the department in-house and initiate new procedures for hiring a police chief. “I think ...
RONAN — Last week the Ronan City Council reversed an earlier decision to hire a police chief without advertising specifically for the position and decided to take heed of a police commissioner’s concerns about whether the latest hiring process was kosher. After a brief executive session ...
RONAN – Plans to expand Highway 93 are expected to begin moving forward again this month, after the Ronan City Council on June 2 signed off on a letter that the city had held as a bargaining chip for the past six months in an attempt to gain improvements for Bockman Park. The decision came des...
The mayor of Ronan told community members at a public hearing last week that he believes the city’s government has wrangled a pretty sweet deal of improvement projects in exchange for signing off on plans for Highway 93 to expand into land adjacent to Bockman Park. The public in attendance didn’t...
Questions about whether or not Ronan City Council is following the letter of the law swirled last week after the city clerk was left out of executive session in a May 19 council meeting, one week after she told the council that she believes state statute requires her to be present to take minutes. P...
