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Public Agendas Week of Oct. 6

Minot City Council When: Monday, 5 p.m. Where: Minot City Hall, council chambers, 10 3rd Ave. SW Agenda: The council will meet in executive session to discuss a city manager’s contract. The regular council meeting begins at 5:30 p.m., when the council will consider changing the distribution of the first penny of sales tax, a local preference bidding policy and the 2026 budget on final reading. It will act on creating a part-time licensed police officer program and a job description for a program management analyst in the police department in 2026. How to make your opinion ...

Minot City Council

When: Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Where: Minot City Hall, council chambers, 10 3rd Ave. SW Agenda: The council will meet to discuss making an offer to a city manager candidate. The council expects to meet in executive session to discuss a city manager contract. How to make your opinion known: Meetings are open to the public. Council members are Mayor Mark Jantzer, Lisa Olson, Paul Pitner, Mike Hayes, Rob Fuller, Mike Blessum and Scott Samuelson.

Minot Park Board

When: Monday, 4 p.m. Where: Minot Municipal Auditorium, Minot Parks meeting room Agenda: The board will hold a special meeting to consider the 2026 budget on second reading. How to make your opinion known: Meetings are open to the public. Members are President Chelsea Kirkhammer, Perry Olson, Justin Hammer, Mike Schmitt and Cliff Hovda.

Ward County Commission

When: Today, 8:30 a.m. Where: Ward County Administration Building, commission chambers Agenda: The commission will approve a 2026 county budget and set the tax levy. How to make your opinion known: Meetings are open to the public. Members are Chairman John Fjeldahl, Miranda Schuler, Jim Rostad, Ron Merritt and Jason Olson.

Minot City Council

When: Wednesday, 9 a.m. Where: Minot City Hall, council chambers, 10 3rd Ave. SW Agenda: The council will meet in executive session to discuss an eminent domain/condemnation case against Liberty Sierra Vista. The meeting is closed to the public, but any potential action would be taken publicly following the executive session. How to make your opinion known: Council members are Mayor Mark Jantzer, Lisa Olson, Paul Pitner, Mike Hayes, Rob Fuller, Mike Blessum and Scott Samuelson.

Minot Public School Board

When: Thursday, 5 p.m. Where: Minot Area Workforce Academy Agenda: Enrollment Report, 2025-26 budget and 2025 tax levy-second reading, public budget hearing to start at 5:30 p.m. or later, 2024-2025 DPI School District Financial Report, How to make your opinion known: Board meetings are open to the public, but executive sessions are closed to the public. Board members are Sabrina Herrmann, Mitch Kraft, Bill Irmen, Scott Louser and Lacey Laudenschlager.