Brinson joins Plains Town Council
What goes around, comes around. Plains Mayor Dan Rowan, left, who was sworn in in 2012 as a town council member by then Mayor Mike Brinson, swore in Brinson last week as a new town council member. Brinson replaces Sandy Chenoweth, who resigned her Ward 2 council seat effective Dec. 31, 2018. (Carolyn Hidy/Clark Fork Valley Press)
Plains Mayor Dan Rowan swore in newly-appointed town council member Mike Brinson during the February 4 regular meeting.
Brinson replaces Sandy Chenoweth, who held the Ward 2 seat until her resignation effective Dec. 31, 2018. Brinson is to complete Chenoweth’s term.
During the meeting, the town council took public comment toward a Community Block Development Grant (CBDG) to place a sheet steel barrier to keep the sewer lagoons from washing away into the Clark Fork River.
State-mandated updates to the floodplain ordinance were discussed.
A definition of “shielding” was recommended to be added to the town’s decay ordinance, and passed its first reading.
Willis Street was announced as the paving project for 2019.
Dates were discussed but not finalized for May Spring Cleanup Days.
Remodeling of the judge’s office proceeds apace, with the sheetrock nearly completed.
New sewer lift station pumps will arrive in the next few weeks, as will two new police vehicles.
The revenue check that had been delayed at the Sanders County Courthouse has arrived.