This coming Tuesday is an election day across North Dakota. For state offices, this is a standard primary election whereby we narrow the field down to the final candidates who will appear on the November ballot. But for local races, this is it. This is your only chance to cast a vote for our City
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On Tuesday, we’re all charged with offering our vote on an important decision for Minot’s future. City Council reform has been the topic of local conversations for the past ten months. And many have argued the question we’re answering Tuesday is really a choice between Wards and an at-large system.That’s probably true. Most have accepted
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Back between the 1st and second flood evacuations in 2011, the citizens of Minot approved a sales tax reallocation. Before that, the second penny of our 2-cent sales tax was earmarked for use in the NAWS project, but with voter approval in June of 2011, the second penny is now used towards 40% capital infrastructure,
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Transparency was a popular theme at Minot’s recent meet the candidates forums. But when the 14th is behind us, we all need to do a better job of holding elected officials accountable to the task. To put it simply, the City is clearing the low bar when it comes to transparency. But in a town
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It’s committee week for the City of Minot. That means the four standing committees that have business to advance to the full City Council meet before the regular monthly meeting. Typically these items are advanced by staff for discussion at the committee level, and if approved, forwarded to the full council for adoption. Here are
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Users of Minot’s municipal water are being instructed to restrict water usage. This restriction is for any outdoor use such as lawn watering or car washing. Effective Friday, May 20th, this restriction will include, in addition to lawn watering and personal car washing, any commercial car washing or irrigation use. Failure to comply with the
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Two separate water line issues are creating a water crunch for the City’s Public Works Department. Residents are asked to reduce excessive water consumption until further notice. This includes items like lawn watering. The full news release follows below. — Official News Release, City of Minot — Due to two separate water line issues the
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Why the hell isn’t the City of Minot doing any kind of “Shop our Downtown” advertising? Come on, people! I’m sick and tired of watching our local businesses slowly waste away from this construction disease! We are going to lose these places if something isn’t done, and soon. These small businesses have been fighting the good
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Did you notice? The City of Minot Public Works Department and Committee are recommending the City hire Houston Engineering to complete engineering work required for Minot’s System Wide Improvement Framework (SWIF). The SWIF is the plan we’re going to execute to bring our existing flood control levees back into compliance with Corps of Engineers requirements.
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Last week was committee week for the City of Minot, and there were more than a few notable items on tonight’s City Council agenda. Here’s the quick rundown of last week’s committee recommendations of note. Planning Commission We are a little more than a month removed from the troubling allegations of dysfunction and favoritism within
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Did you catch last week’s video flyover of Minot’s first phase of flood protection? It’s an extremely helpful visualization tool, and the City of Minot and Houston Engineering should be applauded for developing it. Well done! That said, there’s a significant design flaw, and if it doesn’t get corrected now, it’s the people in Northeast
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It was business as usual at tonight’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting. The big item on Monday’s City Council meeting agenda was whether to allow a conditional use permit for a City Council, April 4, 2016 Members Absent: Ben Berg, Dave Shomento Approval of Bills and Payroll. Monthly bills were approved without discussion. A list
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As #MakeMinot, we’ve formally launched our campaign to vote ‘Yes’ on City Council reform at the June 14th Primary Election. The full news release follows below. — Official News Release, #MakeMinot — A group organized to advocate City Council reform in Minot has announced their campaign to support a ‘Yes’ vote on a reform question
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Replacement of the Oak Park bridge on 4th Avenue NW will require the closure of the road through middle July. The closure will go into effect Tuesday, April 5th. Access to Oak Park will be available from the East on 4th Avenue. Also on Minot’s construction horizon is the closure of 16th Street SW near
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Neighbors of First Western Bank feel the records obtained through a FOIA request tell the story of City officials working hard to expedite variance requests on behalf of the bank. The case is currently making its way through the legal system.
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Following last week’s article in the Minot Daily News in which a former planning department employee raised serious questions about the way the department operates, the City of Minot issued the following news release that includes a statement from the City Manager. — Official News Release, City of Minot — Minot City Manager Responds to
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