Havre City Council rejects bid for Fort Assinniboine project

Jerome Tharaud/Havre Daily News/[email protected]@havredailynews.com

The Havre City Council has rejected last week's construction bid to stabilize the foundation of the post traders building at Fort Assinniboine.

"Quite frankly as it now stands the local match is not available," Bear Paw Development Corp. planner Craig Erickson told the council Monday night before the vote.

Erickson said neither of the two parties involved in coming up with the $12,000 local match - the Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association and the Northern Agricultural Research Station - would be able t...