Committee resurrects streets levy proposal

A mill levy to fund improvements to Havre’s streets to the tune of $750,000 a year is a step closer to going before voters after the Havre City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee voted unanimously Monday to send a proposal to the council.

The committee voted to send to the full council a resolution to put a mill levy increase on the ballot in November.

The 75 mills would cost a homeowner with a $100,000 home about $101.25 a year or $202.50 for a $200,000 home.

The funds would be used to upgrade some of the city’s deteriorating streets.

Committee members did not say when the resolution w...