There is only one agenda item requiring council action for the Kalispell City Council meeting Monday, but it’s still anticipated to be an eventful gathering.

The Kalispell City Council chambers will reopen to the public for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic sent the city government into remote meetings about a year ago.

Monday’s meeting also presents a chance for multiple government agencies to present their budget plans for the upcoming fiscal year.

The Kalispell Business Improvement District (BID), the Kalispell Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) and the Flathead City-County Health Department all will give budget presentations at the meeting. The presentations are part of the city’s ongoing budget-setting process, which won’t be completed until the state provides property valuations in August.

The Flathead City-County Health Department is requesting a budget of just over $8.4 million for coming fiscal year. That figure is expected to be impacted by the ongoing process of separating the Flathead Health Clinic from the Health Department. The proposed budget also includes capital improvement projects at the Flathead County Animal Shelter, an estimated $20,000 for the department’s accreditation, and $35,000 in supplies related to COVID-19.

The BID is budgeting $166,259, which includes awarding up to $15,000 in facade improvement grants, placing artistic bike racks and developing a downtown walking guide with virtual passports.

The TBID is proposing a $625,000 budget. It would include $100,000 rolled over from the previous fiscal year.

The trio of agencies slated to present on Monday will make the case for their respective budgets, and the city will continue to tweak the proposed $104 million budget throughout most of the summer.

The only action item on the Monday agenda is an effort to restructure a debt from the buyer of Old School Station Lot 6.

Haig House Investments, LLC, entered into an agreement with the city to purchase the lot in 2019. The purchaser paid a down payment of $75,000, leaving $91,212 outstanding. Haig agreed to pay the remaining balance 36 months after the purchase and, in the meantime, complete interest-only payments at 5%.

At this time, Haig is now interested in performing improvements on the property, and the company secured a loan from Three Rivers Bank. However, the bank’s regulations necessitate a restructuring of Haig’s debt on the property in order to finance the improvements.

Full details of the agreement to restructure the debt are available in the agenda for the meeting, which can be found online at: https://www.kalispell.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06072021-633.

Finally, there will be a public hearing regarding a proposed reallocation of grant funding.

The city is seeking public input on a proposal to use $525,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds for the Kalispell Parkline Trail.

Historically, the city has used these grants to make small loans to Kalispell businesses. But since the total budget for the trail recently came in about $3 million over the initial estimated cost of the project, the city is considering reallocating those monies to the trail.

Federal block-grant funds must meet one of three national objectives: benefit to low and moderate income persons; aid in prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and meet a need having a particular urgency.

The council previously discussed reallocating the funds at a Sept.14, 2020. work session.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Kalispell City Council Chambers, 201 First Ave. E.

Reporter Bret Anne Serbin may be reached at 406-758-4459 or bserbin@dailyinterlake.com.