Weekly Council BriefHi Jane:
I just finished my weekly council phone calls so I thought I would update you on what I told them and the feedback I received.
I told them that I am requiring the building dept to reduce one person. I also reminded them that when they required me not to have any layoffs that promise was connected to the amended
FY09 budget which expired 30 Jun. The promise expired along with it. I did not receive any "push back." They understand that with the level of construction off so much we cannot sustain
the dept we have had. There is some good news. PW has an open position that the layoff could go into if he is qualified. It would probably mean a pay reduction but it is a job.
There is broad consensus that any Airport issues need to go away for awhile. I told them I can do that and would recommend the same to you. We need to get the tower issue resolved and
get the South Kalispell Urban Development Plan going. The Monk property acquisition can wait......for a long time.
The city has a very nice subdivision north of town called Silverbrook. Problem- the sewers leak. Last winter we noticied a lot of flow thru our northern lift station during snowmelts.
The sewer guys tracked it to Silverbrook and when we ran a camera down the lines we found breaks. It appears the contractor did not bed some of the connections properly, the developer's
engr did not check, and then when they were covered with dirt- they broke. The developer knows this is his problem to fix and we have told him not to come to us with any building permits
until the breaks are fixed. The sewers are still under bond so there is no financial risk to the city. I told the council about this in case they hear anything. I would rather they
hear this kind of thing from me first. Sometimes the craziest rumors get going and the city is always guilty until proved innocent.
The only question I received was from CM Hafferman who heard there was a leak in the city pool. From my expereince all pools leak the only issue is how much. I have passed on his question
to Mike Baker and will respond when I hear from Mike.
BTW one of the council members went to a conference and sat next to someone from Dayton. The Daytonite had nothing but good things to say about you and this will certainly increase the
comfort level of the council.
That's all for this week. Have a good weekend.
Myrt