Missoula City Council approves consent agenda including $1.7 million in payments and multiple infrastructure contracts

The Missoula City Council voted by voice vote to approve the consent agenda at its March 3 meeting. City staff read the consent items aloud before the vote; the council chair called for public comment and, receiving none, took a voice vote that was recorded as unanimous.

Items listed on the consent agenda included approval of accounts payable checks dated March 4, 2025, totaling $1,700,032.85; authorization for the mayor to sign the FY25 Community Justice Department agreement for $238,346; an award for the Mullen Build Phase 2 George Elmer Drive McNett Slats right-of-way improvements project for $308,000; authorization to award a construction contract to Knife River for the Fairview Benton water main replacement project at a cost not to exceed $717,412; and a motion setting public hearings related to rezoning and a requested 12-month extension for an interim zoning ordinance, among other administrative items.

The consent agenda also included a resolution ordering sidewalk, curb, gutter and alley approach improvements without the creation of a right-of-way improvement project for owner-initiated infrastructure adjacent to miscellaneous parcels (2024 project year), and a joint resolution to modify appointments to the Food Policy Advisory Board by removing municipal, city or county mayor representation.

The council recorded the motion as passing unanimously; the meeting transcript does not record a roll-call tally for each vote. No items were removed from the consent agenda for separate consideration.

Ending: The approvals allow staff to proceed with contracting and scheduling associated design and construction work identified on the consent agenda; where specific contract start dates or implementation timelines were not provided in the meeting, those details remain to be published by city staff.