A summary of city council actions across the Flathead Valley on Monday night:

Whitefish

• Voted to approve the preliminary fiscal year 2017 budget and set a final public hearing on the budget for Aug. 15. The proposed overall budget totals $48.6 million.

• Authorized participation in the National Center for Appropriate Technology Energy Corp Americorps program by hosting an energy intern for 11 months at a city cost of $10,000.

• Approved a resolution renewing a five-year lease to the Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation for the portion of property northeast of Ramsey Avenue for the Great Northern Veterans Peace Park.

• Approved a resolution relating to a $506,000 sewer system revenue bond from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Water Pollution Control State Revolving Loan Program.

• Approved a request from the Whitefish Animal Group to contribute about $1,800 for the cost of impact fees to construct a proposed dog wash station at the WAG Dog Park.

• Voted to recommend placing Public Works Director Craig Workman on the Flathead County Solid Waste Board.

Columbia Falls

• Approved parking restrictions on several of its most narrow streets:

— On Fran Lou Park Lane, on-street parking is allowed only on the north side of the street.

— On Diane Road, parking is only allowed on the south side of the street.

— On Wildcat Drive, there is parking on just one side of the street during winter months.

— On 16th Street West between Fourth and Fifth avenues, there is residential parking only.

• Heard from Mayor Don Barnhart, who also runs an excavating business, that he broke ground on a new bakery/bike shop on Nucleus Avenue. It will be the second bakery on the street.

• Heard from City Manager Susan Nicosia that, after complaints about noise and parking from a nearby resident, O’Brien Byrd moved a speaker and turned down the volume on live music at The Coop. A rock concert at The Coop on Saturday went well with no complaints. “O’Brien was more than cooperative,” Nicosia noted.

• Heard from Nicosia that there have been no new developments with SmartLam and the industrial park, as the company still awaits word on whether it will receive new market tax credits. The credits would help provide some of the funding for the company to expand to the park.

Kalispell

• Authorized a one-percent wage increase for non-union city employees.

• Increased hours for a geographic information systems specialist and a crimes analyst/record clerk, making them full-time city positions.

• Approved an agreement authorizing NorthWestern Energy to maintain, operate and lay its natural gas utility lines in the public right-of-way for the next 10 years.

• Nominated council member Tim Kluesner to serve as the city’s representative on the seven-member Flathead County Solid Waste District Board.