09-15-23 City Manager Report1
City of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY
MANAGER
Information Memorandum
9/15/2023
1. Parks and Recreation
Park Staff have revitalized the landscape area
around the entry sign to Woodland Park by
adding new edging, fabric, and fibrous mulch. A
storage shed that was a total loss after last
summer’s hailstorm, has been replaced at
Woodland Water Park.
Field staff took advantage of the cooler weather
and precipitation to overseed Depot Park to aid
in the turf rejuvenation after a summer of events held at the location.
Winterization of irrigation systems has begun in outlying parks. The process to winterize
irrigation systems and restrooms takes a little longer than a month to perform.
Kalispell Youth Athletic Complex staff continues painting lines for the fall football and
soccer seasons. They have also started edging (redefining the edges of the skinned
surface and the turf) on the baseball fields and prepping softball fields. Irrigation
winterization at the complex has started in the park areas and underutilized fields.
A contractor has completed pruning trees along 12th Street East and will be moving to
13th Street East. Forestry Staff are pruning trees along 10th Street West. Thanks to a grant
from the Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation, 30 new boulevard
trees are being planted along 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Avenues West by a contractor.
Adult 5v5 Futsal league registration is now open. Futsal League will begin in October
and will take place at Edgerton Elementary on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
evenings.
Runnin’ Rascals youth flag football has started with games played on Saturdays from
9am-4pm. All games are played at the Kalispell Youth Athletic Complex.
Little Dribblers Basketball registration is open. The deadline to register is September 29
with games starting on October 14. Little Dribblers is for kids ages 4 years through 4th
grade. Games are played on Saturdays at Linderman, Peterson, and Rankin Schools.
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Fall into Soccer has started, with games played on Wednesdays
and Thursdays from 5:30- 6:30pm. All games are played at the
Kalispell Youth Athletic Complex.
Our fall break “Skip Out” camp registration is now open.
Programming includes a trip to Sweet Pickin’s pumpkin patch and
making fall crafts.
We are working with a vendor to bring online registration to Kalispell Parks and
Recreation. This will help streamline our in-house processes and be more convenient for
participants registering for our programs. This process will also update us to a point of
sale for our office and the pool. The current estimate to implement online registration is
late this winter.
2. Planning Department
The Planning Board held a public hearing on September 13 and heard two application
requests. The application requests consisted of the following:
1. File #KA-23-06 - A request from Wayne Perry, Inc, for annexation and initial
zoning of R-4 (Residential) for approximately 5.97 acres. The property contains
the Meadowlark Trailer Court with 31 mobile homes as well as an existing single-
family residence. The primary reason for annexation is to allow for the connection
of the property to city sanitary sewer. The property is located at 2160 and 2166
Airport Road.
2. File #KCU-23-04 – A request from Ted’s Development, LLC, for a conditional
use permit to allow four attached townhouses on property located at 1715 ½ 5th
Avenue East (Kenzie Lane).
The Board recommended approval of the two requests. The recommendations will be
forwarded to the Council for consideration at the October 2 meeting.
Staff is also working on the Housing and Urban Development Pathways to Removing
Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) grant, which is due October 30. The grant
application will be for needed land use updates required by SB 382. It is anticipated that
the Council will hold a public hearing on the application at the October 16 meeting.
3. Building Department
In the last 2 weeks, we have issued permits for 4 single-family homes. This brings the
total of new single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year to 80, compared to
121 at this time last year. There have been 379 multi-family housing units issued so far
this year. Last year, at this time, we had issued 494 multi-family housing units.
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There were a total of 182 combined building and/or fire inspections completed in the last
2 weeks.
Residential – 40 Plumbing – 13
Commercial – 33 Mechanical - 17
Electrical – 15 Fire – 64
4. Community Development
The city has advertised a request for proposals (RFP) to solicit engineering and design
services to support the USDOT Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) planning grant
project. A community stakeholder group will participate with staff to provide feedback
throughout this planning project in addition to larger public engagement efforts. The city
anticipates selection of a consulting team by mid-October. The RFP is available on the
city website at:
https://www.kalispell.com/bids.aspx?bidID=131
5. Police Department
Attached is the latest case report for the Kalispell Police Department.
Our year to date calls for service in comparison to previous years are as follows:
2023: 26969
2022: 25540
2021: 24673
Felony Reports: YTD
2023 – 436
2022 – 468
2021 – 389
Officer Tara Oster is starting her first year as a School Resource Officer at Flathead High.
Officer Oster joins SRO’s Garrett Smith (Glacier High), Jesse Allen (Kalispell Middle),
and Cory Clarke (FVCC).
Sergeant Eric Brinton is attending a two-day course hosted by Force Science Institute.
This training focuses on Law Enforcement Use of Force and uses Science and Data to
support best practices and policy implementation.
6. Fire Department
From August 29 to September 12, the Fire Department had 169 responses. Of these, there
were 110 medical incidents, 1 structure fire, 9 motor vehicle accidents with injuries, 14
fire alarm activations, 13 public assists, 2 haz-mat incidents, an 26 nothing found or
dispatched and canceled enroute.
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The Fire Department received a haz-mat sustainment award that will be presented to
council for acceptance in the amount of $80,000 ($40,000 annually for 2-year period).
The electric vehicle car fire blankets and EV immobilizer plugs were ordered this week
using the Town Pump grant funds.
Three new employees will start this month to fill our current vacancies. Assistant Chief
Kinzer has been planning the 4–5-week Fire Academy for our new employees.
Our 2018 Smeal Fire Engine will be in the body shop for 2 weeks to repair paint
corrosion.
7. Public Works
Sewer Maintenance LS10 Rebuild
Sewer staff are completing final punch list items from the Lift Station 10 Control Panel
Relocation Project. This project involved moving electrical controls and panels from
inside a buried dry-pit configuration to an above ground enclosure. To facilitate the
project and to upgrade the aging infrastructure controlling the lift station, City staff
designed and procured a new control panel and installed new hardware inside a
spare/repurposed enclosure
building. The repurposed
enclosure building was
sourced from the Trail Project
and was once previously used
as a railroad switch
enclosure. With the electrical
controls and components now
located above ground, the
project significantly reduces
the risk of flooding to
electrical controls if a pump
failure were to occur inside of
the dry-pit. Additionally, this
project provides for safer and
efficient preventative lift station maintenance by limiting confined space entries into the
lift station for electrical and control maintenance. The Sewer Maintenance staff designed
and constructed nearly all of the project with in-house resources. The budget for the
project was $60,000. Due to the in-house services, staff was able to complete the project
$5,000 under budget.
Solid Waste Incident
Recently, the Solid Waste Crew dealt with a fire that started in the back of a Solid Waste
Rear Loader Truck. The fire started from damaged computer rechargeable lithium-ion
batteries. The customer responsible for the noncompliance battery disposal was contacted
and asked to dispose of lithium-ion batteries by using alternative disposal methods. Due
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to the Solid Waste Crew’s recognition
and action, no one was hurt and there
was no damage to the truck. The
damaged lithium-ion batteries (over 30
lbs) were contained and disposed of
properly via a battery
recycle/hazardous waste management
company. Public Service
Announcements on social media will be
posted to remind our solid waste
customers of the dangers of improper
disposal of these types of batteries and
where they can be recycled.
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Crimes Against Persons
Homicide/Justifiable Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
SIWOC/Sexual Assault 5 0 3 0 1 0 7 1 4 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 2
Robbery 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
Aggravated Assault 4 3 5 2 11 5 5 5 10 4 8 4 7 4 6 3 30
Assault on a Peace Officer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Simple Assault 7 5 10 4 14 5 4 1 22 10 13 8 7 5 8 5 43
PFMA 12 8 5 5 4 3 11 5 13 6 12 10 4 3 6 2 42
Resisting Arrest 4 4 2 1 2 2 1 0 5 6 7 6 4 2 1 1 22
Crimes Against Property
Burglary 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4
Theft 48 15 29 7 46 20 49 28 62 39 50 19 57 23 71 26 177
Vehicle Theft/Unauth Use 9 5 3 2 5 4 1 0 4 2 2 0 5 0 8 0 13
Arson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Forgery/Counterfeit 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 5 1 4
Fraud 2 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
Theft of Identity 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Embezzlement 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Stolen Property offenses 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Criminal Mischief 12 5 13 4 17 1 16 0 30 7 24 8 13 9 20 4 38
Crimes Against Society
Weapon Law Violations 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Prostitution Offenses 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child Pornography 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Drug Offenses 6 5 15 7 8 7 6 5 11 8 23 13 15 5 17 6 56
Family Offenses (non-violent)1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
DUI 15 15 5 4 9 9 11 11 10 10 7 8 10 9 4 4 70
Possession of Alcohol 0 0 3 1 7 13 13 11 2 3 3 2 3 5 0 0 35
Provide Alcohol to Minor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Alcohol Offenses 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7
Kidnapping/Custodial Int.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Disorderly Conduct 6 6 7 6 3 3 10 7 14 11 20 19 10 10 5 5 67
Criminal Trespass 28 19 26 9 27 16 17 9 30 25 34 21 23 14 31 16 129
Violation of Protective Order 8 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 7 6 7 1 2 0 6 1 10
Obstructing a peace officer 7 5 5 2 6 6 4 4 7 7 15 13 6 4 2 2 43
Juvenile Offenses (except MIP)5 2 4 6 3 1 7 7 15 5 2 1 4 0 4 0 22
Other Offenses 11 8 13 11 11 5 14 7 18 20 11 9 15 11 24 23 94
Total 198 114 162 79 188 104 188 104 282 175 350 600 196 108 232 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 928
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Total Calls for Service
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January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals
3102 2670 3044 3252 3543 3720 2606834543283