The Manhattan Town Council will hold a special meeting this evening, Jan. 21, to discuss purchasing a lot next to for a community center, a move it has been considering for some time.
A bond issue proposal for construction of a new library and community center on Main Street in Belgrade will likely go to voters in September, pending City Council approval.
Interim residential zoning put in place last summer to block development of a proposed gravel pit on the northwest edge of Belgrade has been extended for another year.
Newly appointed Belgrade Police Department Capt. Dustin Lensing has spent his entire career with the department and said he is excited to continue growing here.
The citizens of Belgrade will decide whether to legalize backyard chickens following a City Council vote Monday to put the question on the general election ballot next November.
Citizens will have a chance to voice their opinion of the Belgrade City Court becoming a court of record at next week’s City Council meeting.
Community
Dump trucks, semis, and pickups are not a rare sight in Belgrade, but last weekend residents saw them in a new light – actually, a whole string of lights, as they were decked out in holiday decorations for the very first Christmas Convoy.
Editor’s note: Proponents of legalizing backyard chickens in Belgrade addressed the City Council at its meeting Monday. The following remarks were made by Ashley Fiske, one of the organizers of the unsuccessful effort to secure enough valid petition signatures to put the matter before voters…
