Minot City Council Agenda, Monday, June 17, 2019

Minot’s City Council will meet for their second of two regular monthly meetings to consider the agenda below on Monday, June 17th at 5:30 p.m. All meetings are open to the public and can be attended at Minot City Hall or watched via Internet livestream through the City’s Facebook page here or Youtube Channel here.

Read & Share  

When cities take over trash collection, they take heat — but it pays off, too

Do you appreciate the City of Minot’s standardized trash service? Or, do you think the city should stay out and let the private industry pick-up our weekly discharge? We’ve heard both sides of the argument in the recent past during discussions about landfill expansion. To see a different perspective, we only have to look to

Read & Share  

Minot City Council Agenda, June 3, 2019

Minot’s City Council will meet for the first of its two monthly meetings on Monday, June 3rd at Minot City Hall. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public; it can also be viewed via live stream through the City’s Youtube Channel of Facebook page. The agenda of Monday’s meeting can

Read & Share  

Minot population drops; Williston and Watford continue growth

The latest U.S. Census estimates for North Dakota cities shows slight decline in Minot, growth in the West and Fargo, and holding ground in Bismarck and Grand Forks. Minot’s population estimate dropped by an estimated 1% to 47,370. Jill Schramm with the Minot Daily News has the full story.

Read & Share   sourced from: Minot Daily News

Minot City Council Agenda — May 20, 2019

Minot City Council will meet Monday, May 20 at 5:30 p.m. at Minot’s City Hall to consider the following agenda. All City Council meetings are open to the public and can be viewed via live stream through the City’s Youtube channel or Facebook page. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. ROLL CALL 3. PERSONAL APPEARANCES 4.

Read & Share  

Subscribe to Today in Minot!

It's the free, easy way to stay informed about what's happening in Minot, and it helps support independent local news and journalism.

NAWS takes a legal step forward, Missouri loses appeal

Today, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the State of Missouri in its attempt to stop the NAWS project. The water supply project which was first authorized by Congress in 1986 ran into legal battles shortly after construction and has been delayed for more than a decade. The ruling clears yet another obstacle

Read & Share   sourced from: Associated Press

On the City Council Agenda for May 6, 2019

Minot’s City Council will meet Monday, May 6, 2019, to consider the following agenda. City Council meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. at Minot’s City Hall. Meetings can also be viewed online live through the City’s Facebook page and Youtube Channel. 1. ROLL CALL 2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3.PERSONAL APPEARANCES 4.PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing to

Read & Share  

#GoodTalkMinot on city business with Alderman Shannon Straight

Last week’s episodes of #GoodTalk Minot are back in the feed. If you missed out on the live conversation, catch up below as we chat with Alderman Shannon Straight on all things Minot and the City.

Read & Share  

St. Paul asks residents to weigh in on alley plowing

In an example of the ever-evolving snow removal plan, collaboration, and community engagement, the City of St. Paul is surveying citizens on whether the city should plow alleys. In Minot, our alleys are maintained by the City but typically only when they become a priority for maintaining services like garbage pick-up. Still, potential revisions to

Read & Share  

Broadway intersection to close for flood protection work

Flood protection work around the Sammy’s Pizza and the new Broadway pump station are going to create a major traffic disruption in May. From May 12 through May 21, the intersection will be closed completely. This 10-day closure will shorten the time of 2-lane traffic by several months. Jill Schramm with the Minot Daily News

Read & Share   sourced from: Minot Daily News

Federal flood protection funding for Minot takes a step forward

Senator Hoeven was in Minot yesterday with U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Chief Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite. After a round table discussion that included representatives from many other federal agencies on the topic of funding Minot’s current and future phases of flood protection, General Semonite signed the Chief’s report — the culmination of a nearly

Read & Share  

Subscribe to Today in Minot!

It's the free, easy way to stay informed about what's happening in Minot, and it helps support independent local news and journalism.

In Maryland, pay-as-you-throw trash collection effectively reducing waste and nudging behavior

Landfill expansions, recycling, service days and rates, single-use plastic — they’re all topics that have been front and center for the City of Minot over the past year. That’s appropriate — there are few things more central for a municipality than garbage removal. And it’s on that topic that this story from Maryland is relevant

Read & Share   sourced from: Carroll County Times

This is why downtown Minot matters more

If you’ve been paying attention the past few years, you may have noticed a renewed focus on downtown Minot. It’s coming from the City through intentional investments, it’s coming from private investors taking leaps of faith, and it’s coming from non-profits supporting all these efforts. Over the course of that time, there’s been no shortage

Read & Share  

City Council Agenda, April 15, 2019

The City of Minot’s City Council will meet Monday, April 15th, 5:30 P.M. at Minot City Hall to consider the following agenda. City Council meetings are open to the public or can be live-streamed on Facebook or Youtube through the City of Minot pages. 1. ROLL CALL 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. PERSONAL APPEARANCES 4.

Read & Share  

Ohio asks the question on new roads — to build or not to build?

Traffic engineers are starting to acknowledge a concept called induced demand. It’s simple: the more we widen roadways, the more cars fill them up. So, often the most expensive solution to relieving congestion isn’t a solution at all, and that’s before the maintenance costs are considered. Ohio is not alone in wrestling with these questions;

Read & Share   sourced from: WCPO Cincinatti

Minot City Council Agenda, April 1, 2019

Minot’s City Council will meet for the first of its two monthly meetings on Monday, April 1st, 2019 at Minot City Hall. The agenda for the meeting follows below. 1. ROLL CALL 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. PERSONAL APPEARANCES 4. REPORTS: MAYOR 5. REPORTS: CITY MANAGER/CITY ATTORNEY Documents: ATTORNEY REPORT- MARCH 19.PDF 6. CONSENT ITEMS

Read & Share