City and County Government
At this point, it seems like Missoula will keep John Engen at its helm as long as he wants to stay. And despite ongoing speculation he’s headed for some bigger, better job, Engen promised to finish this term and has said he may even want a third.
But that hasn’t stopped people from speculating about [...]
I don’t like that name for Wednesday, but it had to be a headline sooner or later. Just so we’ve got that out of the way.
First of all, a ton of people want to know more about Mayor John Engen’s Best Place Project. Engen announced it during the state of the city address he gave [...]
… on the city budget. Finance director Brentt Ramharter said it looks like the mayor will give a mid-year budget report to the Missoula City Council around January 25. That’s what Councilwoman Lyn Hellegaard has asked for.
The state surplus level seems to change all the time, but that’s not the case with the city. Ramharter [...]
And they’re all solemnly sworn in. Here’s the video from Bill Schwanke. Mayor John Engen administered the oath to councilors.
“When government works right, we have elections and people step up to take office,” Engen said.
He took his own oath, too, administered by Judge Donald Louden, who did a backatcha. Engen said he was swearing in [...]
I thought City Clerk Marty Rehbein was the one to swear in the elected officials. Nope
Noon on Monday, the municipal judge, mayor and councilors take their oaths of office. The swearing in part? It’s musical chairs. Here’s the rundown from Rehbein.
“The Mayor will swear in Judge Louden. Judge Louden will swear in the Mayor. [...]
This update comes from Councilman Jason Wiener.
Monday night, Councilman Jon Wilkins said he would have preferred to award the $266,191 Reserve Street sewer contract to a local company. Councilman Bob Jaffe followed up with the crew that got the bid. He noticed they had an office in Butte and asked who’d be on the [...]
Well, I don’t know if he’s happy, but the Commissioner of Political Practices dismissed the complaint filed against Councilman John Hendrickson. So he’s cleared of allegations that he broke the law when he aired a radio ad that “may have left some listeners with the incorrect impression” the mayor endorsed him. Here’s the [...]
You know Mayor John Engen is busy in his day job. Arts reporter Joe Nickell has this lovely story on Engen’s other life as Missoula’s premier entertainer.
In his job as mayor of Missoula, John Engen wears many hats. In his free time this weekend, he’ll wear one very large dress.
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In 2009 alone, the mayor has [...]
You know you do. They didn’t meet this week, and you miss the action. Don’t you?
Well, just in case, I’ve got some extra notes from last week’s meeting, and I hope they quell your shakes.
So the day the (unopposed) Mayor John Engen was ushered into a second term by 96 percent of voters, it was time to find out who Missoula’s longest serving mayor was.
That was Dwight Mason, first elected in 1937. He served for 10 years, until the only woman ever to be mayor in Missoula knocked him [...]
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