Certificate as to Organization of City of KalispellSTATE OF MONTANA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF FLATHEAD )
CERTIFICATE AS TO ORGANIZATION
OF CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, in the
County and State aforesaid, and as such having custody of and access to the books and records of the City
relating to the matters hereinafter stated, hereby certifies that, as appears in such books and records and as
known to me the following statements are true and correct.
1. Said City has been a duly organized city for more than one hundred and twenty (120)
years and is governed by the general laws of the State relating to cities of the first class, operating under
the Council -Manager form of government. Its population, according to the 2010 United States census, is
19,927.
2. The territory included within its boundaries lies wholly in the County of Flathead, and
comprises approximately 7,500 acres. Said City is divided into four wards, each of which contains
multiple precincts, as follows:
Ward Number Number of Precincts
1 4
2 5
3 6
4 6
3.
The City is governed by a Mayor and eight Council Members.
The following named
persons hold the offices set opposite there names and
for the terms stated below.
Name
Office
Term Began
Term Ends
Mark Johnson
Mayor
01/2014
12/2017
Kari Gabriel
Council Member
01/2004
12/2015
Sandy Carlson
Council Member
01/2014
12/2017
Wayne Saverud
Council Member
03/2007
12/2015
Chad Graham
Council Member
01/2014
12/2017
Jim Atkinson
Council Member
01/1988
12/2017
Randy Kenyon
Council Member
01/2000
12/2015
Titre Kluesner
Council Member
07/2005
12/2017
Phil Guiffrida
Council Member
01/2012
12/2015
Doug Russell
City Manager
06/2012
indefinite
Charles Harball
City Attorney
04/2002
indefinite
Rick Wills
Finance Director
07/2012
indefinite
Theresa White
City Clerk
03/1998
indefinite
4. Under the by-laws and ordinances of said City, regular meetings of the City Council are
held on the first and third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m., and written notice of special meetings is
required to be given to all members in advance.
5. The following are all of the newspapers published in the City and the days of their
publications: .
Name Days of Publication
Daily Inter Lake Daily
6. There is no litigation threatened or pending questioning the organization or boundaries of
said City or the right of any of the above -named person to their respective offices or questioning the right
and power of the City and its officers to issue bonds for any purpose or to levy, collect and apply taxes or
other revenues for the payment of any bonds of the City.
7. The seal affixed below is the official corporate seal of said City.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this 4th day of February, 2014.
(SEAL)
Theresa White
City Clerk