The Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout Podcast

On this show we catch up on the last July, August, and September 2024 of the Billings city council. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode we catch up on the past two months of the Billings city council. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

We catch up on the Billings city council for March 2024. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks show we take our first dive into 2024 for the Billings city council. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode of the pod we wrap up the year 2023. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week we catch you up on roughly 2 1/2 months of Billings city council meetings. Windows, drains, cops and candidate introductions for the upcoming election. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this podcast for the second time we interview Lisa Harmon the senior preacher at Billings First Church. ↓↓Taken from her bio on the Billings First Church website, Lisa describes exactly what she's about.↓↓ "It's a call. It's a practice. It's remembering who we are in soulful, joyful belonging. I am called as Minister of Healing and Transformation of beloved community. Through my ministry and works, I have endeavored to embody the example of Christ in my life, in the work that I have done and in the work that I do today in all settings whether at a city council meeting, at the Montana State Legislature, on the streets in downtown Billings, in a hospital setting, or at the font and pulpit. I continue advocate and work on behalf of those experiencing homelessness, with the addicted, with marginalized populations within the native community, and LGBTQI+ community, with the stranger, the immigrant and the refugee, and across the spectrum of community. The embodiment of the life and ministry of Jesus has taken many shapes and forms in my life over the years as I taught high school French and German, created a cause-related, award-winning, national company, and served as witness on various community boards and commissions that made compassionate and just gains for the City of Billings and Yellowstone County. I have served and continue to serve on boards like the Native American Coalition, Community Innovations, Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter, the Mayor's Committee on Homelessness, the YMCA, Billings Cultural Partners, the International Downtown Association among others. A 500-hour certified, trauma-informed yoga instructor, I teach 2-3 classes a week. I teach at the Montana Women's Prison, having started a program there, at Passages, a pre-release center, at Billings First Congregational Church (weekly class), and am a substitute at a private studio. In my years of community work, I knew that God's spirit was working in me; I knew that God was in our midst in the beloved and broken community that I was called to serve. I am called by God, called by community, deeper into community. This is who I am, a minister of the United Church of Christ." *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week catch up on the months of July and August 2023 Billings city council meetings.  Parks district funding, garbage collection changes, and the ever present and persistant jib-jab. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week on The Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout we talk city budget, possible temporary jail solutions, and leaf identification and disposal solutions. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week on the show we attempt to catch up on 10 Billings city council meetings for April and May 2023. Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode we interview Julie and Mehmet about the DEI Immersion program. Julie Seedhouse is an associate broker at Century 21 and is also the chair of the Billings chamber board of directors. Mehmet Casey is the development director for the Downtown Billings Alliance Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode we detail the zig-zagging tale that is zone change 1021 which was voted on multiple times at the February 27th 2023 Billings city council.  How do you vote on something multiple times? Listen in and find out. Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode of THE Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout we talk about a myriad of different topics.  The CIP, Zone Change 1021, Recreation Centers, back in parking, just to name a few. Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

Stout and I catch up on the Billings city council meetings for the month of January 2023.   *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On our last episode of the year we catch up on council meetings for the month of December and dive head first into Billings city council's struggle with zone change 1019. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode of the podcast we detail the November 21st, 2022 work session of the Billings City Council.  We made a concerted effort to make the episode a little bit shorter.  Enjoy! *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

We catch up on the moth of October 2022 meetings for the Billings city council. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this clip heavy episode we play catch up with the Billings Montana city council for the month of September 2022. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks pod we catch up on Billings city council for the month of August. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On todays episode we detail the first three meeting of the month July 2022. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

We catch up on a massive backlog of billings city council meetings starting in May of 2022. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

We catch up on the Billings City Council for the month of April and even into May.  Housing, high life and budgets.  All things critical to a happy healthy existence. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode we ramble through, EMS, Parolees, walkable cities, Portland loos, Trash cans, duplexes, compensation agreements, and Stout takes a ride-a-long with a cop.  Buckle in because this is a long one. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

We catch up on the month of February 2022.  Zoning, cops, and we also reconnect with long lost not friends. Grandstand incident *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

In our first episode of the new year we cover January 1st, 2nd, 18th, and 24th 2022 Billings city council meetings. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this podcast Stout and Stocky catch up on December Billings city council meetings and say goodbye to some termed out council members as well.   *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks show we give the results of the 2021 municipal elections here in Billings.  We also discuss hammers, rocks and suing your creator.  In that order. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks show we focus solely on the candidates and incumbents for the 2021 Billings city council elections. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This Week on the show we talk facilities, union contacts, weed, and "federal things."  What are federal things you ask?  Listen in and find out. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week on The Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout we play catch-up with Billing city council once more.  We talk weed, building inspections, and much more. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week we discuss potential new digs for Billings city employees, annexation of property into the city of Billings, water rationing and the ever popular weed. The air purifier was running during the entirety of the episode.  So that's the weird noise you will hear throughout the episode.  We apologize. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week on the packet we talk about cops, bathrooms and the public safety mill levy that the citizens of Billings will vote on this fall. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On the show we play catsup with the Billings city council.  We talk the CPSM report on the fire department, water rates, budget, and so much more. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week on The Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout we plow through budget season the best way possible, with scotch and bourbon.  Stout and Stocky talk about public safety, building space needs, cops and did I mention public safety?  Give it a listen. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This week on The Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout we play ketchup once again.  Around 30 hours of Billings city council meetings condensed into a manageable chunk of entertainment.  We talk Budget season, massage ordinances, water rates and a myriad of other topics. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode we observe history in the making as we watch the Billings city council have a ZOOM meeting while in the same room together, sort of.  It's a complicated mishmash of technology colliding with its self and then fleeing the scene of that accident. We also haphazardly catch up on the 3-8, 3-15, and 3-22-2021 city council meetings.   *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

This edition of the podcast we catch up on nearly a month of Billings Montana city council meetings.  From cops to scotch we cover it all on this episode. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks show we meander through 3 city council meetings focusing pretty squarely on a certain council member we like to call "The hammer".  Who is the hammer you ask?  Listen in and find out from the officially unofficial PIO's of Billings, Stocky and Stout. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks podcast we talk about the continuum fo care and their new low barrier shelter in downtown Billings, talk briefly about a  massage therapy business license ordinance as well as jump back into Project re:code *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this edition of The Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout, we condense roughly 18 hours of Billings Montana City Council into an hour of listening pleasure.  We talk, CIP, SBURA, PD1, RE:Code, and the current councils struggles with Robert's Rules of parliamentary procedures. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On the podcast this week we continue to talk about project re:code in Billings.  We also talk about cops, CIP's, ERP's, and TLC"s.  Because we do not want scrubs. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks show we talk zoning, and how the city staff and the army of volunteers from throughout the city have come to council with a workable update of 40+ year old Billings city zoning codes.  How do some on the council feel about such things?  Listen in to find out. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks podcast we catch up, ketchup?, either way we catsup on all the Billings city council meetings.  Three to be exact.  Also we awkwardly enter the conversation on officer involved shootings in Billings.  What can you do to become involved?  How can you help?  We think it starts with a heathy dose of education on the subject, Check the links below ↓ →Embedded is a podcast by Kelly McEvers that deals with current events but also does a five part series called "Police videos" that details police shootings caught on video.  We highly recommend those. →Amicus is a podcast by Dahlia Lithwick  "A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America." →1619 is a podcast that if you haven't listened to, drop what you are doing and do it right now. →Radiolab, this episode asks, What are the police for?  The answer's may surprise you. →This American Life this episode in particular captures the frustration of the whole moment. (59:16→1:02:29 Kimberly Jones absolutely nails it.) →Scene on Radio  Listen to the whole catalog, seasons 1-4.  Its not explicitly about policing in America, but they are necessary history lessons. →Uncivil Tells the story of America.  And again, I can't recommend this one enough. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks show we talk about the IBL and how, according to some, needs to be done ASAP.  We also dive back into Camacho lakes, or as some people wrongly know it as, the west end reservoir.  Also tangents.  So many tangents. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On the podcast this week we talk about legislative priorities for the city of Billings, a possible affordable housing development on Jackson street, water rates, budget amendments, and so much more. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this edition of the Friday Packet with Stocky and Stout we've got sarcasm, wit, cynicism, profane language, and maybe, just maybe, hope and inspiration.  We talk Billings city council, affordable housing, dog parks and the ever enlightening city emails. click this link to get a taste of city emails. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On the podcast this week we talk about recreational vehicles, PSML(public safety mill levy), and how the city takes public comment when the city's phone system is down.  Spoiler alert its really complicated. Public safety mill levy presentation *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks show we talk with Rob Rogers and returning guest Anna Paige about their push to form The Montana News Guild.   This is an interview we conducted in June of 2020. *Email your questions, comments, and concerns to thefridaypacket@gmail.com *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

Join us in the dump this week as we catch up on 3 July 2020 Billings city council meetings.  Retirements, expulsions, and sidewalks, oh yes. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks podcast we try, and mostly succeed, to wrap up this years council budget adoption.  In a budget season of many unknowns, does the council get the job done?  Listen in and find out. Public Safety Mill Levy advocacy criteria *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this weeks podcast we get some to the bottom of the 2020 missing sidewalks program in the city of Billings. Also we look into potential cuts the city is looking to make to shore up its Budget shortfall. *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!