Candidates comment on the size of city government

Question ten of eleven in our online City Council candidate’s forum is on the size of Minot’s city government and departments. For more on this forum and information about Minot’s City Council election and candidates, check out our election headquarters here. If you appreciate this content, please share it with a friend. Are city departments

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Council candidates comment on relocating city hall

Question nine of eleven in our online City Council candidate’s forum is on the need to relocate Minot’s City Hall. For more on this forum and information about Minot’s City Council election and candidates, check out our election headquarters here. If you appreciate this content, please share it with a friend. Please comment on the

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Eating the $336 Million Flood Protection Elephant

The discussion on how to fund the local share of flood protection — about $336 million — is finally happening. Personally, I’m frustrated by the fact that we’re six years removed from the high water and just now talking about how to pay for the plan. But frustration alone doesn’t typically deliver better outcomes. So,

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City Council Candidates Comment on the Zombie Home Problem & Solutions

Question seven of twelve in our online City Council candidate’s forum is on Governor Burgum’s Main Street Initiative and the role downtown will play in Minot’s future. For more on this forum and information about Minot’s City Council election and candidates, check out our election headquarters here. If you appreciate this content, please share it

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Council Candidates Comment on the Main Street Initiative & Downtown

Question seven of twelve in our online City Council candidate’s forum is on Governor Burgum’s Main Street Initiative and the role downtown will play in Minot’s future. For more on this forum and information about Minot’s City Council election and candidates, check out our election headquarters here. If you appreciate this content, please share it

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Flood Protection Funding Remains in Question

The City of Minot’s Sales Tax Reform (Flood Protection Funding) Ad Hoc Committee met yesterday to continue the discussion on funding the local share of our long-term flood protection plan. Following the legislature’s estimated appropriation of $70 million in the current biennium, a $20 million carryover from the last biennium, and written intent to appropriate

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City Council Candidates Comment on Efficient Use of Community Facilities

This week it’s questions five and six in our online City Council candidate’s forum. Below, you’ll find comments on question six relating to making the most of our existing community facilities. Check out their answers below. To learn more about this forum, the introductions to the first week’s questions tell you a bit more about

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Council Candidates Comment on the $74.3 million NDR Award

This week it’s questions five and six in our online City Council candidate’s forum. Below, you’ll find comments on question five relating to the $74.3 million National Disaster Resilience award. Check out their answers below. To learn more about this forum, the introductions to the first week’s questions tell you a bit more about it,

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City Council Candidates Comment on the MAGIC Fund

Here’s the second of this week’s questions for our City Council candidates: please comment on the roles of the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce and the Minot Area Development Corporation and if you believe that public incentives for economic development (i.e MAGIC Fund) should be modified. Check out their answers below. To learn more about

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City Council Candidates Comment on Sales Tax Reform

Here’s the first of this week’s questions for our City Council candidates: should the allocations of the City’s 2% sales tax be modified? If so, how would you propose to do it? Check out their answers below. To learn more about this forum, the introductions to last week’s questions tell you a bit more about

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Initiative to Fix First Ave Getting Underway

If you’ve ever negotiated the potholes along the road that connects the Amtrak Station and the areas to the East including downtown, you know that the road — while difficult to travel – is often worth the effort because it’s such a valuable shortcut. The road’s condition has been the topic of reader-contributed content here on

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Struggles with Downtown Parking Garages Continue

Tom Barry, Minot’s City Manager, give a candid and complete update on the status of Minot’s downtown parking garages at Monday’s City Council meeting. If you’re interested in having the best information on where the project is headed, Mr. Barry’s update is the first-hand source. You can watch it below. Additionally, following Monday’s meeting, Jill

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Watch the City Manager’s Report & Parking Garage Update

If you’re looking for quality information, the City Manager’s monthly report to City Council has quickly become an outstanding source. And with the City now live-streaming the meetings via their Youtube Channel, catching up with the information first hand has never been easier. In this month’s report, Mr. Tom Barry (the City Manager), touched on

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City Council Candidates Comment on Downtown Parking Garages

How and where does an information-hungry citizen learn about those seeking office in a local election? We think we’ve got the answer. Every week until the June 13 election, City Council candidates will be asked two new questions by our online forum moderators. They answer the question in the allotted space, we publish them word

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City Council Candidates Comment On Minot’s Highest Priority…

How and where does an information-hungry citizen learn about those seeking office in a local election? We think we’ve got the answer. Every week until the June 13 election, City Council candidates will be asked two new questions by our online forum moderators. They answer the question in the allotted space, we publish them word

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Suggest a Question, Commentary on Conflicts, and Setting a New Standard

This June’s City Council election is the culmination of a nearly two-year discussion on how we do things at the City level and ultimately, what we want our community to look like in the future. But here’s the thing about elections — the results we get are only as good as the information about the

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