The Minot City Council will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 5:30 PM in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 10 3rd Ave SW. Residents in need of special accommodations are encouraged to contact the City Clerk’s office at 857-4752. City Council meetings can also be live-streamed from
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Government transparency in Minot looks to again be on the agenda. Harold Stewart, the City Manager, wants to keep personnel records under wraps — that’s the message he delivered at a City Council meeting on the upcoming legislative session late last year. And that’s an issue that has caught the interest of columnist Rob Port.
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The investigation into the circumstances at the Minot Police Department reached it’s conclusion last night as City Manager Harold Stewart delivered his recommendations on the matter to City Council. Police Chief Klug will not be continuing with the Minot Police Department. Prior to offering his recommendations, Mr. Stewart read the following statement: “Our residents must
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The Minot City Council will hold its regular meeting on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 5:30 PM in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 10 3rd Ave SW. Residents in need of special accommodations are encouraged to contact the City Clerk’s office at 857-4752. City Council meetings can also be live-streamed from
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The landscape for animal rescue in Minot is shifting, as the Souris Valley Animal Shelter prepares to take on the city’s pound operations. This new partnership promises not just a change of address but a renewed commitment to caring for our four-legged friends. At the heart of this transition is a firm stand: maintaining the
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Navigating the tricky terrain of public transparency versus privacy, Minot city officials are pressing for changes to North Dakota’s open records law. Their recent experience with the high-profile internal police investigation highlights the need for confidentiality in certain personnel matters. City Manager Harold Stewart argues that public scrutiny complicates already sensitive issues and hinders constructive
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The City of Minot has issued a snow removal emergency proclamation, beginning at 2 a.m. Thursday. The proclamation will be in effect for 24 hours. During the duration of the proclamation, no vehicle parking is allowed on Priority 1 and Priority 2 emergency snow routes. The proclamation’s parking restrictions will help City crews remove snow
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Minot’s City Council is taking a big step to support first responders dealing with trauma. They’re partnering with a Florida-based provider, FHE Health, to create an outreach and aftercare program that helps officers and other emergency workers grappling with post-traumatic stress. This comes after the heartbreaking loss of two officers to suicide in the last
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The City of Minot will offer free dumping at the City Landfill to its sanitation customers between Dec. 23 and Jan. 4 to help dispose of household waste that could accumulate during the holidays. City of Minot Sanitation Superintendent Josh Kraft said residents receiving City sanitation services can dispose of trash at the landfill free
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The Minot City Council will hold its regular meeting on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 5:30 PM in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 10 3rd Ave SW. Residents in need of special accommodations are encouraged to contact the City Clerk’s office at 857-4752. This meeting will include the roll call, Pledge
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When it comes to the recently released independent investigator’s report on the situation inside the Minot Police Department, we shouldn’t lose sight of the forest for the trees. On the one hand, we have the people who do the work of the City. Our employees. The trees. On the other hand, we have the City
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This article is a reproduction of a conversation with ChatGPT. It is published here to provide deeper context to this recently published commentary. The original conversation can be viewed here. Chat, Are you familiar with the term “Institutional Gaslighting”? ChatGPT said: Yes, “institutional gaslighting” refers to situations where an organization, institution, or entity manipulates information
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The independent investigator’s report into the work environment at Minot’s Police Department has been out for a couple weeks now. Explicitly, there is no finding of a hostile work environment. Specifically, the report states: “A hostile work environment means conduct that is unwelcome or offensive in the workplace which causes one or more employees to
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The Minot City Council will hold its regular meeting on Monday, December 2, 2024, at 5:30 PM in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 10 3rd Ave SW. Residents in need of special accommodations are encouraged to contact the City Clerk’s office at 857-4752. This meeting will include the roll call, Pledge
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On Friday afternoon, the City of Minot released the report of Yvette Heintzelman of the firm Clark Hill into what’s been happening inside the Minot Police Department. The primary finding of the report is that a hostile work environment was not present, but that leadership has considerable room to improve. A more detailed look at
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The Minot City Council will hold its regular meeting on Monday, November 18, 2024, at 5:30 PM in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 10 3rd Ave SW. Residents in need of special accommodations are encouraged to contact the City Clerk’s office at 857-4752. This meeting will include the roll call, Pledge
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