Wheatland Meadows Resident Pushes for Noise Ordinance
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Nancy Marks
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
Wheatland Meadows Resident Pushes for Noise Ordinance
MT 43 News Staff
During public comment on Wednesday, September 13, Wheatland Meadows resident Elizabeth Barton appeared once again before the County Commissioners to encourage them to come listen to Bridger Brewery’s loud music which encroaches on the peace and quiet of the subdivision. Barton said she had contacted District 70 legislator Julie Dooling who suggested she hire a lawyer to get help creating a noise ordinance, and then bring it back to the commissioners for approval. She invited the commissioners to come to her residence to listen to the Sunday night disturbance.
Commissioner Darrel Folkvord cleared up a question raised by Townsend business owner JB Howick. Howick raised the question at the Sept. 6 meeting. Folkvord explained the nonprofit Headwaters Utility Association is led by David Sigler, one of the owners of Bridger Brewing near Three Forks. The utility association operates a sewer system that processes sewage through a membrane bioreactor (MBR) for recycling gray sewer water. The system has been in operation for several months and must now meet a 90-day probation period to be approved by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Public Works Director TJ Graveley asked the commissioners to act on Winston’s Solid Waste Site problem as soon as possible. He said people continue weekly to dump furniture and junk outside the canisters which causes major work for his drivers.
A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) road reconstruction project on Copper City Road has not yet started, Graveley reported. As of Monday, the job has not begun for the 56-day closure of the road. When culverts have been installed and magnesium chloride applied to several of the subdivision roads in South Broadwater,” Roads will be in good shape for the extended future,” he said.
Public Works Assistant Supervisor Misty Masolo presented a plan to cut the rate of interest on the department’s two loans by paying off one high-interest loan and extending the life of the second loan. Commissioners approved the loan extension update. All payments come from the Solid Waste budget.
Commissioners approved the Rauser exemption gift to an immediate family member presented by Community Development and Planning Director Nichole Brown. Dana and Tammy Rauser will be deeding a portion of their land on Litening Barn Road, southeast of Townsend, to their son Blake Rauser. According to the minor subdivision covenants, there is no restriction for further subdivision of the property.
Deputy County Attorney Jania Hatfield reminded the Rausers that emergency services limit a driveway to two addresses. If they want another address, they will need to name their driveway, so it would be listed as a road, not a driveway.
