Articles with the Tag: St. Ignatius Town Council
ST. IGNATIUS – Last week the St. Ignatius Town Council weighed legal options available to negotiate costs of a water improvement project that have ballooned tens of thousands of dollars beyond original estimates. The most recent set of over-budget charges include nearly $50,000 in additional e...
The dog that attacked St. Ignatius Police Chief Jeffrey Ferguson in March has been shipped out of state after its owner Jeremy Samsel agreed to a plea bargain last week, according to St. Ignatius City Attorney James Lapotka. The terms of the agreement tie up some, but not all loose ends caused by the atta...
LAKE COUNTY — Residents and government authorities say some parts of Lake County are literally going to the dogs because of a network of non-uniform, unenforceable and lax laws that span jurisdictional boundaries. While a string of animal control problems have intensified across the ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Police Chief Jeffrey Ferguson will not be reimbursed for damages to his uniform caused by a March 10 dog attack. In a rare non-unanimous decision, the St. Ignatius Town Council voted to not pay for the damages because some councilmembers feared it would set precedent for other employees ...
LAKE COUNTY – Voters in St. Ignatius and Ronan will decide whether or not they want to form a government oversight committee to evaluate their city councils in this year’s election. The opportunity to vote for a mil levy that funds a local government review committee comes once every ten years...
ST. IGNATIUS — At a Feb. 4 meeting the St. Ignatius Town Council unanimously approved taking $37,700 from the Water Tower Fund to pay for additional costs to a water improvement project that is more than a year behind schedule, but is set to begin construction this spring. At a previous Januar...
ST. IGNATIUS – Representatives of Great West Engineering place the blame for delays and rising costs of a St. Ignatius water improvement project on a lack of communication and cooperation from the Town Council. At a Jan. 7 meeting the council agreed to find funding sources for more than $37,00...
ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission Town Council wants an explanation from Great West Contracting about why the town’s water improvement project keeps being delayed and thousands of dollars in additional costs are being tacked on. The project to replace the town’s water lines should have be...
ST. IGNATIUS — Mission Chief of Police Jeffrey Ferguson wants to remind townspeople that they are subject to ticketing if they break parking ordinances meant to keep roads clear for snowplowing in the winter months. Parking is prohibited on the following streets from 3 a.m. until 8 a.m. from O...
MISSION — The St. Ignatius Town Council voted to expand its police force at a Nov. 4 meeting, after several months of research into ways to provide more police protection with few available funds. At previous meetings council members said the town couldn’t afford to hire another officer, but a...
