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SWAN VALLEY - The members of the Swan Valley Community Council voted to follow SVCC member Henry Westra’s matrix in which he compiled public comments suggesting changes or recommendations to the second Swan Valley Regional Plan Draft. The comments, due on April 10, were then perused by the Council. They discussed and voted for some changes or to keep the original writing to the second draft plan at their meeting May 15. Westra wrote the specific comments on the matrix in the order of the plan, specifying location and by whom the comments w...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board discussed the future of the sewer district at its May 17 meeting after voters elected three new board members. In other business the board questioned legal fees due to a public information request and got an update on water testing. The board also continued moving the project forward by approving an update to the Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) and a resolution to apply for grants to begin acquiring funding for Phase 2 of the collection system. The resolution to levy current annual assessm...
SEELEY LAKE – The proposed ice rink and SLE's behavior health program dominated the discussion at the Seeley Lake Elementary School board meeting May 16. Contract negotiations are also complete and the board voted unanimously to retain the current staff. Trustee Ryen Neudecker said after talking with Scott Eggeman, the ice rink committee is asking for approval for a temporary ice rink on one of the ball fields. They would level the area with sand and bring in boards to form the rink. They w...
SEELEY LAKE - To be or not to be? Should the Seeley Lake Community Council (SLCC) be in the business of building and maintaining trails through its Trails Committee was the topic of much discussion at the council's May 14 meeting. The council also welcomed two new members and elected officers. The SLCC Trails Committee has been in existence for around 20 years and has been responsible in some way or another for many of the existing trails in and around Seeley Lake. The committee has worked on...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire Board discussed late rent payment, OSHA compliance and the new operations manual Fire Chief Dave Lane is compiling at the monthly meeting May 15. Interim Chief Michael Greer also addressed a letter to the board regarding a complaint alleging a misuse of taxpayer funds while using the district command vehicle in a pilot car operation May 12. Lane noticed in studying the Fire Department’s financials that they have not received a rent payment for Station 2 for the fiscal year. The facility is rented to Missoula C...
MISSOULA – The Missoula County Commissioners discussed the road use agreement required by the Powell County Planning Board to add Evergreen Drive as a secondary haul route for the proposed Cottonwood Gravel Pit at their public hearing May 10. The commissioners unanimously declined the request for the tri-party agreement between Missoula County, Double Arrow Ranch Landowners Association and Deer Creek Excavating and will submit their decision to Powell County. Evergreen Drive is a dedicated r...
MISSOULA - With the recent election of three new directors to the Seeley Lake Sewer District Board, Missoula County’s Chief Public Works Officer Greg Robertson suggested the county commissioners consider terminating the inter-local agreement between the county and the district at a county administrative public meeting May 10. The inter-local agreement has been in place for about seven years and provides county resources to the sewer district. Through the agreement, Robertson has been the contracted District Manager. He worked to secure f...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board held a public hearing May 3 regarding applications for grants to fund the construction of Phase 2 of the collection system. Great West Engineering is preparing to submit applications for funds from the Renewable Resource Grant and Loan (RRGL) program administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the Treasure State Endowment Project (TSEP) through Montana’s Department of Commerce. Both programs require an updated Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) and an e...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council hosted two candidate forums, April 9 and 11, covering eight races with 31 candidates in attendance. All candidates on the May 8 Special District Mail-in ballot and June 5 primary were invited. Ballots for the May 8 election were mailed April 18. Prior to the June 5 primary, the Pathfinder will feature each race from the Candidate Forum. This week the Pathfinder features the candidates for Missoula County Commissioner. Previous coverage of the...
SEELEY LAKE – Highlights from the Missoula County Flood Information meeting held Tuesday, May 8 at Seeley-Swan High School: Evacuations Update • Sheriff's Office is monitoring areas of concern making sure roadways are kept open and people are notified if issues arise. • There will be more officers in the area and they are making face-to-face contact with residents in the affected areas including Boy Scout Road, C Street, Cabin Lane, and Deer Park off of Airport Road, Morrell Creek. They will...
SEELEY LAKE – The Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees met for their April meeting April 25 at Seeley-Swan High School. SSHS Principal Dr. Kathleen Pecora provided an update for SSHS happenings for this spring. The board members also received a budget update on all projects underway as part of the Smart School 2020 bond passed by voters in November 2015. Two SSHS staff members, a paraprofessional and two students attended Stanford University April 20-22 and took part in the Challenge Success program. They did not send anyone in the...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) school board received a request for land to construct an ice rink at their April 17 meeting. They also received updates on a wide range of topics from the school’s new policy for walkout protests and building updates, to teacher contract negotiations. Scott Eggeman presented the idea of developing a community ice rink on SLE property. Eggeman, Jim McLean, Lee Boman, Mike Lindemer, Gary Swain and Scott Newpower have taken on this project and have been working under the non-profit, Seeley Lake ROC...
SWAN VALLEY - Members of the Swan Valley Community Council discussed the next step needed to implement the second draft of the Swan Valley Regional Draft Plan at their meeting April 17. They voted for each SVCC member to prioritize the more than 20 comments they received pertaining to the plan before the next meeting May 15. The comments along with the draft plans can be found by visiting: http://apps.missoulacounty.us/go/svccplan Chair Ken Donovan said that the comments will be discussed at open meetings and then voted upon as to what will be...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire Board discussed several personnel items, approved multiple purchases and heard comments from past volunteer Kristy Pohlman at their monthly meeting April 17. Seeley Lake’s new Fire Chief Dave Lane was welcomed by the board and volunteers. He officially started April 16 and will overlap with Interim Chief Michael Greer until early June. Greer said the district has added 10 new volunteer members and six auxiliary members to the roster in the past six months. Volunteer member Kyle Zumwalt said the membership is h...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Sewer District continued to discuss the location of the sewer forcemain from town to the treatment plant and received new information on an easement on Pine Drive at their April 19 board meeting. A possible source of funding to help out low-income residents has been identified. The board also discussed the upcoming board election and approved their conflict-of-interest policy and next year’s budget. At last month’s meeting, several board members questioned why the sewer forcemain from the lift station near the int...
SEELEY LAKE - At their special meeting April 4, Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Board of Trustees met to discuss board member possible Article 17 violation/public display towards board members and the chief, unprofessional conduct in public, public concerns, an investigation and member issues. While the majority of the meeting was closed, Board Secretary Rachel Jennings provided a written statement to the board prior to closing the meeting. In Jennings’ written statement it said that she was informed of allegations against her 48 hours prior t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire Board invited EMS and Trauma Systems Section Supervisor for the state of Montana Jim DeTienne to review the current progress of the department and speak about some of the district concerns regarding other professional licensed medical providers that continue to undermine and discredit the department’s efforts moving forward. He spoke at a special board meeting March 29. During public comment, retired Police Chief from New Jersey and past maintenance worker for the Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Doug Waldron s...
DEER LODGE - The Powell County Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a zoning variance request for a 61-lot subdivision named Swan Mountain Estates near the Seeley Lake Airport at the March 20 public hearing. The variance was the beginning of the official process with the county and the first of many steps for developers to complete before the subdivision can be finalized. Developers Martin Cahoon and Gary Chilcott gave a short presentation on their plans for the subdivision before the board deliberated the variance. The land is currently pa...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary student walkout, school safety upgrades and required facility maintenance were the main topics of discussion at the March 20 school board meeting. The student-led Walkout at SLE occurred March 14 at 10 a.m. along with the National School Walkout. While fourth through eighth graders could have participated, only 12 fourth, fifth and sixth graders left class. Students met by the flagpole in front of SLE. After a moment of silence for the 17 students and staff killed a month ago at Marjory Stoneman Douglas...
SEELEY LAKE – Part I of the report on the March 7, 2018 public trails meeting gave the results of the resident and visitor survey conducted in 2017 by the Clearwater Resource Council (CRC) Trail Advisory Council. Part II presented the views of local business owners and a discussion on partnerships between land managing organizations and special interest user groups. Part III presents the Trail Advisory Council's recommendations derived from the surveys, as well as suggestions for how to p...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire Board continues through policy updates and was informed of new groups to help support the fire department at their March 20 meeting. Thanks to the Montana Community Foundation $15,000 grant, 13 new turnouts, six new BK radios and accessories, four mobile truck radios and 18 new high visibility jackets were purchased. Board Chair Scott Kennedy said that they are continuing to work through the policy updates. Next on the list is blood borne pathogens and the district’s harassment policy. The volunteer mem...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Community Council answered questions and addressed other concerns pertaining to the second draft of the Swan Valley Regional Growth Plan at their March 20 meeting. Missoula Community and Planning Services (CAPS) planner Andrew Hagemeier also presented the beginning stages of the Missoula County mapping update. He explained the project will be a “visual of the policies and visions” of the future of the county. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the second draft of the regional plan as presented by the pla...
SEELEY LAKE – The March 12 meeting of the Seeley Lake Community Council heard reports on four in-progress projects, proposals related to mushroom harvesting and an update on the efforts of the Trails Committee. Scott Newpower disclosed plans to build a roofed, open air, regulation size hockey rink. Seeley Lake School Superintendent Chris Stout has given permission to construct it in the field along School Lane. The primary goal of the project is to provide youngsters with a no-cost winter a...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Sewer District started working on meeting Rural Development’s conditions including attaining easements and writing district policies at their March 15 meeting. The sewer project can not be let out to bid before the conditions are met. In other business, the board voted to send a letter to Powell County in regard to the proposed 61-lot subdivision and discussed the voter qualifications for the upcoming board election. The district also received one of two grants applied for to start the design of Phase 2’s col...
SEELEY LAKE – Part I of the report on the March 7, 2018 public trails meeting gave the results of the resident and visitor survey conducted in 2017 by the CRC Trails Advisory Council. Part II presents the views of local business owners and discussion on partnerships. Part III will present recommendations derived from the surveys, and suggestions for how to proceed in the future. In addition to the survey information submitted by residents and visitors to Seeley Lake, the Seeley Lake Trails A...
