The Minot City Council will be holding budget meetings this month with tours of government offices.
A budget tour will be held May 19, starting at the Public Works Building, with additional tours at the water plant and landfill. There will be presentations on property maintenance, streets, storm sewers, cemetery, water/sewer treatment, transit and vehicle maintenance, water distribution, garbage collection and landfill, traffic and engineering. The meeting begins at 3 p.m. and is expected to run until 9:30 p.m.
On May 20, the council will hold a budget tour from 3-9:30 p.m., starting at Fire Station 1 and including visits to the fire training grounds, proposed Station 5 site and police department. It will include sessions with the finance, human resources, city attorney and tax assessment departments.
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Gary Carpenter, a utility operator with the City of Minot, opens a hydrant as Kaitlynn Wiggins, a part-time utility operator with the city, looks on Thursday in southeast Minot. The two are inspecting, flushing and painting hydrants this year as part of an updated maintenance program.
With nearly 2,300 hydrants to maintain, the Minot Fire Department and Public Works Department have come together with a new long-term program to better ensure the vital infrastructure will perform when needed.
Flushing activities previously performed by firefighters now are among duties of a two-member crew from the city’s water department who are committing part-time hours to the project into October.
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Jon Ries, representing the gaming operations of some local nonprofits, speaks to the Minot City Council Monday.
A proposed change in licensing brought charitable gaming operators to the Minot City Council Monday.
The council had passed an ordinance on first reading last month that limited to six the number of sites that a single charity can operate. After hearing from some gaming operators, the council increased the number to eight before approving the ordinance on second reading.
Council member Tom Ross, who moved to increase the limit to eight, suggested local organizations that have been reputable should have some leeway to expand.