Community Decay Ordinance nears completion

The city council met to have a work meeting for Ordinance No 20021-1, Community Decay Ordinance. Besides the city council members, five residences attended and expressed their opinions about having such an ordinance. The next action the council is taking is sending the ordinance one last time to the Chouteau County attorney, Steve Gannon, and to the town of Big Sandy’s attorney, Jennifer Forsyth, in Havre.

The ordinance itself is five pages long, and it will not be published in its entirety. It is also crucial that you understand the words printed here are not final and may be changed. There w...