Conrad council hears budget proposals from city departments

Members of the Conrad city council listened to budget proposals from spokespeople for several city departments, including fire, BCERTS, the Heritage Hall Museum and the park board, during Thursday night’s regular meeting.
           
Gary Stattler of the museum board told the council that the group needed more room to store items and was interested in a possible expansion. The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main will be coming to Conrad next winter, and Stattler noted that of the current board members, two are over 80 and one has cancer.
           
“Storage is our big problem,” Stattler said. “That’s why it takes us two months to get a few things done when we only work a couple of hours a week.”
           
Mayor Jeff Martin suggested the old fire station as a possible outlet for additional storage and added that the city would need to remain reasonable in its financial decisions.
           
“Anything’s possible. It just takes money,” he said. “If somehow the money could be found… I think that’d be great.” 
 
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