Kalispell city council to weigh housing developments, labor agreements
Kalispell City Council on Monday will be considering the preliminary plats of two housing subdivisions and voting on the collective bargaining agreements between the city, police officers and municipal workers.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at City Hall, 201 First Ave. E. Residents can also attend via Zoom.
Council will be weighing the annexation, residential zoning with a Planned Unit Development overlay, and major preliminary plat on 20.1 acres on the Timberwolf Ridge apartment development. The project is to be located at 605 Stillwater Road at the intersection of Stillwater Road and Timberwolf Parkway.
The proposed development includes 400 apartment units arranged across six buildings. The project, planned for six lots on the property, would include parking, open space in the form of courtyards, and recreational amenities like a clubhouse.
The Kalispell Planning Board gave its approval to the project in February, unanimously recommending the development and requests for deviations in height restrictions.
Councilors also will discuss the preliminary plat application for phases two and three of the Spring Creek Park apartments project. The meeting agenda describes the project as a major subdivision on 49.6 acres located to the southeast of the intersection of Three Mile Drive and West Springcreek Road.
COUNCIL WILL also consider new collective bargaining agreements and wage hikes for non-union municipal employees.
The new three year agreements with unionized municipal employees and police employees would include an adjustment in the base salary of 4% for Fiscal Year 2025 and a 3% base wage increase, as well as a yearly 1.3% step increase on the salary matrix, according to a memo addressed to the council.
The city is also proposing a pay system to non-unionized employees, based on a 20-point matrix to try to match what the city describes as comparable municipalities around the state. Council will have to approve the matrix and the associated pay increases.
Reporter Adrian Knowler can be reached at 758-4407 or aknowler@dailyinterlake.com.