City Council Candidates Comment on a Community Self Assessment

The first of The Minot Voice’s City of Minot election coverage begins with an executive summary SWOT. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and the analysis is used to help organizations begin a self-assessment. Below you’ll find each City Council candidate’s brief thoughts on a Minot community and City SWOT. Strengths,

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Minot City Council Committee of the Whole, Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Minot City Council’s Committee of the Whole will meet Wednesday, March 28, 2018. The agenda of items for consideration is as follows. This meeting will be live-streamed through the City of Minot’s Youtube Channel. 1. BUILDING RELOCATION REQUEST- 1016 39TH ST SE The building to be moved is a 1997 year built 624 square foot

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City Council Committee of the Whole, March 27, 2018

Minot’s City Council will meet as Committee of the Whole, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Items for consideration are as follows. This meeting will be live-streamed through the City of Minot’s Youtube Channel. Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 27, 2018 – 4:15 PM City Council Chambers 1.BUSH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY INNOVATION GRANT (G&A016) Over the last few

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City Council votes to terminate agreements with Cypress Development

“It’s unfortunate we couldn’t make this partnership work, but we need to be sure we act in the best interests of our citizens,” said City Manager Tom Barry. “We cannot waive the payment schedule the developer agreed to and make the taxpayers pick up the bill.

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City withdraws application to rezone property near landfill

The City of Minot has issued a news release regarding Monday night’s Planning Commission vote to deny a rezoning application that was the first step in a possible expansion of the City’s regional landfill operation in SW Minot. The full news release follows below. —- Official News Release, City of Minot —- The City of Minot

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Options Remain for City’s Landfill Related Rezoning Application

The City of Minot’s proposal to expand the footprint of its SW Minot landfill location hit a hurdle on Monday night as the Planning Commission denied an application to rezone the ~320 acres to ‘public’ use zoning which would allow for landfill activities to take place. The land requested for rezoning was purchased in 2017,

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Leaning Against the Majority on Hens and Snakes

Tomorrow night at Minot’s special City Council meeting, I’m leaning towards allowing snakes as pets and backyard hens. And if my support ends up in those columns, it would be in spite of what I consider a majority of public input that’s opposed to both. So, with that being the case — me likely voting

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Pitbull Potpourri & Where this Council Member is Leaning

Last month I wrote about the fact that I do think pit bulls — as a breed — represent a danger to public safety. It’s because when they bite people, they often do more damage than when other breeds bite people. And with that in mind, I think it’s appropriate for City Council to address

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Recycling in Minot… Where’s it at?

In case you didn’t know, the City of Minot had a plan to begin recycling this year. The first phase of the plan was automated garbage pick-up; that got done last summer. The second phase was building a transfer station at a cost of about $2.5 million; that was scheduled to begin about now. The

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A Museum of Bad Decisions?

Jill Schramm with the Minot Daily News provides coverage of the City of Minot’s Committee of the Whole discussion on the fate of the Walder’s Street House.

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City of Minot Committee of the Whole, January 3, 2018

Minot’s City Council will meet as a Committee of the Whole in preparation for their full City Council meeting on Monday, January 8. The agenda follows below and can be viewed here. Committee of the Whole Wednesday, January 3, 2018 – 4:15 PM City Council Chambers BUILDING RELOCATION REQUEST- 5337 ZAHARIA DRIVE The building to

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City of Minot Committee of Whole, January 2, 2018

Minot’s City Council will meet as a Committee of the Whole in preparation for their full City Council meeting on Monday, January 8. The agenda follows below and can be viewed here. Updated with meeting video ——- Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 2, 2018 – 4:15 PM City Council Chambers APPROVE THE 2018 POLLING

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Permission Granted! Major milestone for Minot flood protection cleared

“This is a great step forward for advancing flood control throughout the Mouse River basin in North Dakota. This Record of Decision applies not only to those phases of construction that are expected to begin next spring but also to future projects upstream and downstream of Minot,

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Pitbulls… Lovable? Yes. Dangerous? That too.

None of that changes the fact that as a City Council member, I’ve got the job of deciding the issue. Mark your calendars, our meeting is tentatively scheduled for January 17th.

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Wild Turkey Fatigue Spreading as Urban Nuisance Claims Rise

Here in Minot, an ad hoc committee appointed by City Council is tackling the issue of how to better manage the populations of Minot’s in-town wildlife. Turkeys have been part of the conversation. And based on this article from the NY Times, it would seem as if Minot isn’t only community dealing with the challenge.

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Buy Low or Buy Local? Or Follow Google’s Lead?

What does awarding a City contract have to do with Google and Facebook? At first glance, it’s hard to see a connection. But if we take a closer look, perhaps we can learn from the way the Internet giants process data and make decisions about the information they show us.

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