06-03-22 City Manager Report and Arrest Report1
City of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY
MANAGER
Information Memorandum
6/3/2022
1. Parks and Recreation
Arbor Day was held April 29 at Woodland Park. 300 3rd graders from School District 5
participated in the day moving from educational stations throughout the park learning
about trees and the environment. We also had volunteers helping plant 30 trees in
Woodland Park and around the community. Kalispell was recognized this year as being a
Tree City USA community for 35 years.
Our forestry contractor continues to prune trees along 7th and 8th Streets as part of a 276-
tree pruning contract this spring. Our forestry crew is pruning trees along 6th Avenue
East.
Park crews continue to turn on park irrigation systems, making repairs as needed and
adjusting heads and timers. Restroom facilities are open for the season with the exception
of the restrooms in the back of Lawrence Park.
We have finalized our Picnic in the Park sponsors and
band lineup for the 2022 summer concert series. Posters
will be ready to go up in local businesses in early June
and the pocket calendar, newspaper ads, and concert
guide are currently in development. Here is our summer
lineup below.
Tuesday Evenings (6pm-8pm)
June 28 The Olson Bros
July 5 Dan Harmon & Cascade Country
July 12 Archertown
2
July 19 The Groove Riders
July 26 Miller Campbell
August 2 Tommy Edwards Band
August 9 Winnie Brave
August 16 Hannah King & Friends
August 23 Kenny James Miller Band
Wednesday Afternoons (11:30am-1:30pm)
July 13 New Relm
July 20 John Dunnigan
July 27 Larry Myer
August 3 Eric Alan
Even though Kalispell Parks and Recreation is experiencing seasonal staff shortages like
other communities, we will have the pool open for most of the traditional and popular
times. We will be limiting private party rentals moving forward and only working with
organizations/families that we have already made reservations with for this season. We
have also identified the historically, least attended open swims times and will close on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings as well as Sunday afternoons. We do have 2 certified
lifeguard trainers on staff and are able to do a blended learning to be able to certify new
lifeguards.
3
2.Fire Department
From the period of May 11 to May 24, the Fire Department had 165 responses. Of the
larger responses, there were 109 medical incidents, 2 Brush/Grass Fires, 4 Rubbish fires,
5 Motor vehicle accident with injuries, 13 Fire alarm activations, 7 public assists, 2 Haz-
Mat incidents, and 21 dispatched and canceled enroute.
Kalispell Fire assisted Evergreen Fire with a sawdust extractor unit fire at Weyerhaeuser
Lumber in Evergreen. Kalispell Fire’s Ladder 642 was the primary apparatus to be able to
flow an elevated master stream directly into the unit that was on fire.
Kalispell Fire’s Regional Haz Mat team was called to Glacier National Park’s server
room for a large bank of batteries that were overheating and off-gassing.
Kalispell Fire completed a 2nd week of a First State sponsored Firefighter I academy in
the Flathead in Columbia Falls. 4 members of our organization took part in the 2-week
academy. This academy has a small classroom component with the majority of activity
taking place on the drill ground performing skills and testing for Firefighter 1
certification. State instructors from Montana Fire Training School (Great Falls) took the
lead with the assistance of staff from Kalispell Fire. Columbia Falls Fire’s new training
facility has been signed off as an approved location to have these courses.
3.Police Department
Included in this report is the latest case and arrest report from the Kalispell Police Department.
Officer Garrett Smith was Selected to be the SRO at Glacier High School for Fall 2022.
Officer Raul Astorga was hired and began the Field Training Program this month this month. He
brings experience from the San Jose PD in California.
KPD interviewed 10 candidates for our four open positions last week. Seven of those candidates
are now eligible for background investigations.
The department will conduct an “Active Shooter” training for our June 6 Patrol Training Day.
The Alley behind the police department has been repaved in accordance with this year’s capital
improvement plan.
Training this month has included Criminal Interdiction and Crisis Intervention training.
4.Public Works
Solid Waste - Annual Spring Cleanup Collection Day
The City of Kalispell’s Solid Waste Division completed the annual spring clean-up for
residential rollout customers during the month of May. This annual service allows
4
residential rollout customers to put large items and excess
household items on the curb for rear loader pickup. These items
may consist of couches, washers, dryers, yard debris, large
boxes and other items that do not fit in their rollout container.
This service does not allow the collection of any hazardous
products like oils, antifreeze, batteries, tires, pesticides or weed
killers. A two-man crew operating a rear loader collects the
large items and delivers them to the County Landfill. In
addition to their routine collection duties, the Solid Waste Staff
and supporting Street Staff week, hauled around 28.91 tons of
debris and 27 household appliances to the landfill.
Public Water Supply Sanitary Survey
On May 8, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) conducted a
sanitary survey of the Kalispell Water System. Sanitary Surveys are completed by DEQ
on a 3-year schedule. DEQ’s intent of the survey process is to inspection public drinking
water systems to ensure that facilities are maintained to State and Federal water quality
standards. DEQ inspectors note all significant and minor deficiencies within their report.
During the 8-hour inspection, 2 minor maintenance items were noted at the Kalispell
Sheepherder Tank. Water Department staff made the appropriate repairs to the two small
vent screen gaps and followed up with the DEQ inspector of the repair actions. It’s not
anticipated that the repairs will be included into the final report. No significant
deficiencies were noted throughout the inspection. Public Works will receive the final
report from DEQ in a few months.
Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests Offenses
Reported Arrests
Crimes Against Persons
Homicide/Justifiable Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
SIWOC/Sexual Assault 8 1 3 0 4 2 1 0 16 3
Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aggravated Assault 9 0 9 6 9 4 5 1 32 11
Assault on a Peace Officer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simple Assault 13 8 6 4 6 3 5 3 30 18
PFMA 5 2 15 7 15 8 15 10 50 27
Resisting Arrest 3 2 6 4 2 2 1 1 12 9
Crimes Against Property
Burglary 3 0 1 0 6 5 3 1 13 6
Theft 49 23 63 33 63 27 72 27 247 110
Vehicle Theft/Unauth Use 1 2 5 0 8 3 5 0 19 5
Arson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Forgery/Counterfeit 4 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 11 2
Fraud 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 0 18 3
Theft of Identity 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
Embezzlement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stolen Property offenses 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Criminal Mischief 12 4 20 3 13 2 12 2 57 11
Crimes Against Society
Weapon Law Violations 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Prostitution Offenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child Pornography 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Drug Offenses 14 11 26 10 24 13 27 18 91 52
Family Offenses (non-violent)2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
DUI 8 8 9 9 11 10 5 4 33 31
Possession of Alcohol 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 7 4
Provide Alcohol to Minor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Alcohol Offenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kidnapping/Custodial Int.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disorderly Conduct 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 2 13 10
Criminal Trespass 29 20 25 21 22 13 30 11 106 65
Violation of Protective Order 2 0 3 0 4 1 5 2 14 3
Obstructing a peace officer 5 3 6 3 5 5 4 2 20 13
Juvenile Offenses (except MIP)2 0 2 0 5 0 4 1 13 1
Other Offenses 19 20 25 18 33 31 37 27 114 96
Total 201 108 238 122 245 135 248 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 932 481
Traffic
Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites Traffic
Stops Cites
396 300 374 316 345 258 248 116 1363 990
Total Calls for Service
Kalispell Police Department Case and Arrest Reports - 2022
January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals
2859 2664 3035 3094 11652