01-15-21 City Manager Report1
City of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY
MANAGER
Information Memorandum
1/15/2021
1.Parks Department
One forestry crew will start pruning along 4th Avenue East, while a second forestry crew
is nearing completion of the Empire Estates subdivision.
Parks and Recreation has been notified that they were successful in applying for a
Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation urban forestry grant totaling
$9,850.00. Grant funds will be utilized to lower the cost to
participate in the City’s Cost Share Tree Program, as well as other
tree planting initiatives.
While warm weather has made maintaining the Woodland Pond a
challenge this year, we still have managed to get equipment on
the ice when weather and ice thickness was conducive for these
activities.
We have been working with School District #5 to explore the
possibility of operating a second afterschool program on Wednesdays at Russell
Elementary if the Board of Trustees votes to approve Wednesday early outs for the rest of
the school year. To help address concerns of parents and the lack of options for their
children during early outs, we would partner with School District #5 to offer a second
program location. This second program would serve students from Peterson, Edgerton,
and Russell Elementary Schools only on Wednesdays. The remaining elementary schools
would still attend our afterschool program at Elrod. The final decision will be based on
parent interest (must have a minimum of 14 students to cover costs). If we can meet the
minimum participation number, the school district would provide space and
transportation while Kalispell Parks & Recreation would provide the staff and
programming for the Wednesday early outs from 1:30pm -5:45pm.
Registration for our Kalispell Kickers youth indoor soccer league (for 3 years old to 4th
grade) closed on Friday, January 8. We had 180 participants register for this program
which is the most in program history and over 30% higher than last year (137
participants). The program begins on Saturday, January 23 at Rankin Elementary.
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2.Police Department
Attached is the most recent case report for the Kalispell Police Department.
The Kalispell Police Department investigated 461 felony cases in 2020. This compares
with 541 in 2019.
The Kalispell Police Department finished the year with 32,457 calls for service, this
compares with 36,000 in 2019, and 34,909 in 2018.
On January 6 and 7 the Kalispell Police Department completed a Sergeant assessment to
identify the best candidates for Sergeant for any openings in the next year. The process
included a leadership assessment, an oral interview, a written quiz, and three in-box
scenarios involving tactical, investigative, and human resource knowledge. The process
included evaluators from our outside agency partners and our own human resource
department.
Several Kalispell Police Officers are attending the 40 hour long basic negotiator course in
Kalispell on January 11-15. The Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Course (Level I/Basic) is
designed to prepare law enforcement personnel to mitigate threats involving barricaded
subjects, suicidal subjects, hostage takers, and others. Persons involved in an emotional
or psychological crisis often present law enforcement with some of the most difficult
incidents to resolve. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of emotional and
psychological issues as well as specific communication techniques.
The second co-responder position has ended field training and is available to valley law
enforcement. A co-responding social worker is now available to valley law enforcement
7 days a week.
The Kalispell Police Department continues the process of adapting Lexipol Policy to the
specific needs of the agency. This will be a several month process in partnership with
Lexipol. The first group of approved polices are being published and implemented
starting January 13.
3.Planning Department
The Planning Board held a public hearing on January 12 and heard two application
requests. The application requests consisted of the following:
1.File #KA-20-05 – A request from Layne Massie for annexation and initial zoning
of B-2 (General Business) for property located at 2015 and 2105 Third Avenue
East, containing approximately 2.04 acres. There are no development plans at this
time.
2.File #KPP-20-06 – A request from Kalispell National Investment Co., LLC for
major preliminary plat approval for Phases 3-6 of the Bloomstone subdivision,
with a total of 57 lots on approximately 33.73 acres of land. Phase 3 would
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contain 47 single-family lots, Phase 4 would contain 4 multi-family lots with 104
dwelling units, Phase 5 would contain 3 multi-family lots with 88 dwelling units,
and Phase 6 would contain 3 multi-family lots with 126 dwelling units. The
property is located within an R-4 (Residential) zoning district with a Planned Unit
Development overlay. Prior preliminary plats for the property were approved in
2008 and 2017 and have since expired. The property is located at 1070 Treeline
Road.
The Board recommended approval of both the application requests and their
recommendations will be forwarded to the Council for consideration at their February 1,
2021 meeting.
4.Building Department
In the last 2 weeks, we have issued permits for 3 single-family homes. That will bring the
total of new single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year to 3, compared to 9
last year at this time.
There was a total of 186 combined building and/or fire inspections completed in the last 2
weeks.
Residential – 77 Plumbing – 17
Commercial – 18 Mechanical - 13
Electrical – 18 Fire - 43
5.Community Development
Community Development has been working with Montana Department of Environmental
Quality and US EPA’s Region 8 Office to secure approval to use City of Kalispell
Brownfields funds to conduct a phase I environmental site assessment for a property in
the Core Area in advance of an expected sale. The property is expected to be
redeveloped consistent with the Core Area Plan. Two other requests for Kalispell
Brownfields funding of phase I environmental site assessments are pending additional
information.
6.Public Works
Public Water Supply- Risk and Resilience Assessment
In 2018, EPA amended America’s Water Infrastructure
Act (AWIA) through the Safe Drinking Water Act
Emergency Response Plan which required community
water systems larger than 3,300 persons to develop and
incorporate findings from a Risk and Resilience
Assessment into the systems Emergency Response Plan.
The AWIA required community water systems to assess
the risks and resilience from threats of both malevolent
acts and natural hazards. The assessment used a
qualitative method to analyze each act or hazard for vulnerability and consequence to
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develop the risk. Upon concluding the assessment utilizing software provided by EPA,
staff found no high risk to critical assets in respect to threats from malevolent acts or
natural hazards.
The assessment has been certified and sent to EPA, which meets the requirements of the
rule. Within the next 6 months, staff will need to incorporate the findings of the Risk and
Resilience Assessment into our current Emergency Response Plan that was developed in
2004 and updated in 2010.
Yearly Production Water and Wastewater
The City records daily, monthly, and annual production and treatment quantities for water
and wastewater flows. In 2020, 1,430 million gallons (MG) of water was produced, with
an average production per day of 3.92 MG and a max production day of 11.51 MG. On
the flip side, 1,005 MG of wastewater was treated, with a daily average of 2.75 MG and a
max daily treatment of 4.5 MG. As a comparison, below is a table with past annual
production and treatment quantities.
Yearly Water Production and Wastewater
Treatment Summary
Year Water
Production
(MG)
Wastewater
Treatment
(MG)
2020 1,430 1,005
2019 1,381 1,019
2018 1,482 1,042
2017 1,526 1,108
2016 1,356 1,013
2015 1,490 992
2014 1,230 1,043
2013 1,274 919
2012 1,263 935
2011 1,281 1,096
2010 1,242 957
2009 1,436 960
2008 1,367 1,011
2007 1,474 1,017
7.Finance Department
Fiscal Year 2020 Audit
The annual audit report for the City’s financial statements was received on December 21,
2020. The entire Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) is available in PDF
format on the City’s website. The Independent Auditor’s Report begins on page 12 of the
CAFR, and is presented as a component of the financial section of this report. The goal of
the independent audit is to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements of
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the City for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, are free of material misstatement.
The auditor’s prepared two other reports and a schedule of findings and questioned costs
for the City of Kalispell. The following is a list of the reports and a summary of the
findings included in each. This is only a summary of the reports prepared. The full
reports are included in the City’s fiscal year 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
1.Independent Auditor’s Report (pages 12-14 of the CAFR). An audit of the City of
Kalispell’s fiscal year 2020 financial statements and related notes. There were no
material weaknesses identified, no significant deficiencies reported, and
noncompliance, considered material to the financial statements, was not noted.
The financial statements and related notes received an unmodified opinion.
2.Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and
Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in
Accordance with Government Auditing Standards (pages 165-166 of the CAFR).
There were no material weaknesses identified.
3.Report on Compliance for Each Major Program and Report on Internal Control
Over Compliance Required by the Uniform Guidance (pages 167-168 of the
CAFR). This report found the City complied, in all material respects, with the
types of compliance requirements that could have a direct and material effect on
each of its major federal programs(grants) for the year ended June 30, 2020. The
report on compliance for major programs received an unmodified opinion.
4.Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs consist of four sections (pages 169-
170 of the CAFR). Section I is a summary of auditor’s results. Section II
summarizes the financial statement findings. Section III summarizes the federal
awards findings. Section IV is the current status of prior year findings. There were
no fiscal year 2020 or 2019 findings.
In addition to the primary audit, the City’s Building Code Enforcement Program
(Building Department) was reviewed, as required by ARM 24.301.208. This review
includes:
a.Determining that the City’s accounting records fully document the collection and
expenditure of all fees and charges related to the Building Code Enforcement
Fund.
b.Comparing the “Fiscal Report” submitted to the State Building Codes Bureau to
the information in the City’s accounting records.
c.Compare permit fees charged to the City’s approved permit fee schedule.
d.Verified no portion of fee charged was diverted to other functions of the
government.
e.Examined selected expenditures to determine whether “reasonable and necessary”
and specifically identifiable to the enforcement of building codes.
f.Examined selected expenditures to determine that no portion of permit fees
collected were used to support fire departments, planning, zoning, or other
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activities, except to the extent that employees of those programs provided direct
plan review, inspection, or other building code enforcement services.
g.Verified that the basis used to allocate indirect costs to the program was the same
basis used to allocate indirect costs to other funds of the City, and those costs
were allowed under Uniform Guidance.
h.Verified 0.5% of plan review and building permit revenues collected during the
fiscal year were remitted to the State Department of Labor and Industry.
i.Determined whether the reserve (fund balance) exceeded the amount needed to
support the program for 12 months.
No exceptions were found as a result of these procedures.
Auditors have a responsibility to issue an appropriate report in circumstances when, in
forming their opinion on the financial statements, they conclude that a modification to the
auditor’s opinion is necessary. The City received an unmodified opinion for the
independent audit and concludes that the financial statements are presented fairly in all
material respects.
The complete audit report is on file in its entirety and open to public inspection at
Kalispell City Hall, 201 1st Avenue East, or on the City’s website.
Offenses
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Crimes Against Persons
Homicide 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SIWOC/Sexual Assault 2 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 6 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 47 0
Robbery 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 11 7
Aggravated Assault 3 0 3 2 2 0 4 2 10 5 5 2 5 5 7 6 3 2 9 6 2 0 4 1 57 31
Assault on a Peace Officer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 6
Simple Assault 9 3 6 3 5 3 3 2 10 6 12 6 10 4 6 2 7 5 7 6 12 5 11 5 98 50
PFMA 16 12 12 7 12 7 8 4 10 7 9 6 18 10 15 12 10 9 6 5 8 5 6 4 130 88
Resisting Arrest 2 2 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 3 3 2 6 5 2 2 2 1 7 7 1 1 3 3 42 38
Crimes Against Property
Burglary 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 8 1 2 0 7 1 2 0 3 1 4 0 45 8
Theft 53 19 43 19 39 13 34 15 42 14 35 4 67 12 55 15 39 9 41 15 55 17 32 13 535 165
Vehicle Theft/Unauth Use 5 1 6 2 3 0 3 0 5 1 1 0 8 2 3 1 7 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 52 7
Arson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forgery/Counterfeit 5 1 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 5
Fraud 10 1 6 0 6 1 2 0 5 1 10 2 2 0 7 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 7 3 60 12
Theft of Identity 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Embezzlement 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 11 9
Stolen Property offenses 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 15 7
Criminal Mischief 17 3 18 10 14 1 17 4 20 6 16 4 9 3 21 2 18 5 13 2 19 2 11 3 193 45
Crimes Against Society
Weapon Law Violations 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
Prostitution Offenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Child Pornography 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Drug Offenses 29 13 38 26 27 22 18 10 40 14 22 21 24 9 25 9 9 14 22 23 12 7 11 9 277 177
Family Offenses (non-violent)0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 1
DUI 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 12 11 12 10 3 3 7 7 9 9 6 6 10 9 95 90
Possession of Alcohol 1 4 2 3 1 2 3 9 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 30
Provide Alcohol to Minor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Other Alcohol Offenses 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Kidnapping/Custodial Int.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Disorderly Conduct 5 5 9 9 5 4 10 4 9 6 10 9 14 10 7 4 11 10 8 8 4 3 6 7 98 79
Criminal Trespass 13 11 17 14 10 7 6 5 11 7 10 3 18 12 13 6 10 5 8 5 13 8 15 14 144 97
Violation of Protective Order 6 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 2 5 2 3 2 2 1 5 1 33 14
Obstructing a peace officer 7 8 10 7 9 10 3 3 8 6 5 2 9 7 7 5 5 4 7 7 1 1 10 9 81 69
Juvenile Offenses (except MIP)6 3 11 7 6 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 5 7 45 29
Other Offenses 43 39 52 48 30 31 13 12 32 30 30 28 40 38 21 24 22 19 29 27 17 16 30 27 359 339
Total 258 141 259 170 196 121 147 83 230 122 209 113 280 142 212 102 185 101 192 127 173 73 190 119 2531 1414
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744 499 807 527 412 338 234 262 455 356 425 365 381 354 240 284 324 322 511 398 447 269 472 317 5452 4291
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Kalispell Police Department Case and Arrest Reports - 2020
January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals
2976 2840 2455 2105 2717 2813 32457310026492731283524712765