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CITY OF LAUREL
�1`4J PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025
The Public Works Committee meeting was called to order at 6:00pm on Monday, March 17,
2025 by Vice Chair Jodi Mackay.
Members Present: Jodi Mackay - Vice Chair, Iry Wilke, Jessica Banks — Council Member,
Richard Herr
Others Present: Matt Wheeler- Public Works Director
Public Input:
General Items:
Approval of Minutes from February 18, 2025. Iry made a motion to approve the
minutes of February 18, 2025. Motion was seconded by Richard Herr. Motion carried 4-
0 to approve the minutes.
2. Emergency Call Out Report- Report attached
i. Pretty quiet over the reporting period. A few water issues and a staff calling in
sick at the Container Site.
3. KLJ Report- Report attached
i. Laurel Water Tank Funding — Council passed the resolution Authorizing The
Adoption Of The 2024 Eastern Montana Region Hazard Mitigation Plan And
Annex K For Yellowstone County which will allow KLJ to pursue FEMA grants
for the Water Tank project.
ii. Love's Annexation — Love's continues to push ahead with water and sewer
installation.
iii. KLJ continues to monitor progress / issues at new school site.
New Business:
4. Matt reported that the West Railroad project has been pushed to 2028. Richard Herr
asked if we could move away from State and County support and just take care of it as a
City. Matt said they've talked about this but because of the type of route it is, State
involvement is required.
5. There will be a volunteer at Riverside Park again this summer. He has been given a list
of responsibilities to include maintaining the bathrooms. The old concrete block bath
house has been torn down and the caretaker house has been removed. There are plans to
do some dirt work in the area and plant some flowers, hopefully.
6. Matt reported that the most recent garbage truck was purchased 3 years ago on a loan.
He's hoping it will be paid off in the next 2 years. He recently learned that a new truck
is taking 3 years to receive from the time of order. PW is seeing the need for a new
garbage truck in the near future. 1-Ie is wanting to present that the City go out to and
accept a bid for a new garbage truck in the near future to ensure we have it when
needed. By the time payment is required the other truck should be paid off and those
funds can go to the newly arrived truck. He said a garbage truck is running in the high
$300K's.
7. Public Works will have a full time opening soon. A newer employee has gotten a
position with Billings Fire. Matt will also be hiring summer help. An ad will go on the
City's Facebook page soon. He's asked for help sharing it.
Old Business:
Other Items:
Announcements
Next Meeting will be Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:00 pm in Council Chambers.
Meeting adjourned at 6:19 pm
LAUREL FIRE DEPARTMENT
21.5 West 1 st Street ® Laurel, Mt ®59044@Office 406.628.4911 o Fax 406.628.2185
Calls-
* Responded to 32 'Total Calls for 2/24/2025 — 3/24/2025.
Total Hours on Calis-
o Firefighters — 309
o Officers — 216
o Combined Hours — 525
o Training Hours - 1223 HRS YTD
Train ing-
■ Joint Training with PD/EMS/Fire
o Stop the bleed.
• Structure Fires
• Car Fires
• Wildland Training
• DNRC Training will continue over the next three months.
o Chiefs Certification is complete.
Rookie School Training-
® Vehicle Extrication
® Car Fires
■ Structure Fires
Department News -
Current Numbers
o 31 Members
■ One member resigned for personal and work reasons.
■ 7 firefighters currently in various stages of rookie school.
■ Appointments
o Assistant Chief — Travis Nagel
o Battalion Chief— Corey McIlvain and Shane Willis
o Fire Marshal — Ryan Robertus
■ In March we will appoint the following.
o Captains
o KC Bieber and Henry Fox
® Lieutenants
o Evan Bartram and Jonathan Gotschall
o Assistant Fire Marshal
o Sara Naylor
® Deputy Fire Marshals
o Jonathan Gotschall
o Abby Nagel
■ Training Officer
o Reno Olvera
® Maintenance Officer
o Jake Vannoy
• Misc,
o Congratulations to Bridger Fournier hired by Billings Fire Department
o Montana State Fire Fighter Memorial
o Working to fill fire districts.
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