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Colstrip council approves fireworks permit and Resolution 2025R07; mayor recommends $40,700 permit fee for Cedar water main at next meeting
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda and a resolution (2025R07) and approved a fireworks special event permit for Colstrip Days; Mayor Williams said staff will ask the council next meeting to accept a $40,700 BNS permit fee to allow Cobb Construction to start a Cedar water‑main replacement in September, noting $481,000 in grant funding and $159,833 from SLIPA are already committed.
The Colstrip City Council approved routine business, a fireworks permit for Colstrip Days and Resolution 2025R07 during its meeting.
The consent agenda — including minutes, payroll summary and an internal voucher — was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. Later in the meeting the council moved to approve Resolution 2025R07 (surplus/disposal), which was seconded, discussed briefly and approved by voice vote.
Special event permit: Council approved a permit request allowing fireworks for Colstrip Days; council members discussed logistics, timing and communications to event organizers and confirmed prior outreach and notices would be used.
Water‑main replacement and permit fee: Mayor Williams told the council he will bring a memo and recommendation to the next meeting asking the council to accept a permanent BNS permit fee of $40,700 for the Cedar water main replacement project. He said KLJ has been working on permitting for six months and delays have jeopardized the construction window. Mayor Williams said Cobb Construction is prepared to begin work in September and that further negotiation with the permit holder could risk losing that start date.
Funding context: the mayor said the project has a $481,000 grant and $159,833 in funding from SLIPA (state local infrastructure partnership), which complicates delaying the project and exposing committed funding to timing risk.
What council did and did not decide: Council approved the agenda items and permits recorded at the meeting; it did not vote on the $40,700 permit fee at this session. The fee recommendation will be formally considered at the next council meeting.
Ending: With routine business complete, the mayor adjourned the meeting and encouraged the community to enjoy Colstrip Days.
Vote details: During roll calls for the consent agenda and Resolution 2025R07 multiple council members voiced "Aye" when asked (members recorded in the transcript include Dudley, Ketsay, Hanssen, Rosander, Katz, Verozacker), and the record shows the motions were approved by voice vote. The transcript does not provide a full, formal roll‑call tally for every item.
