Malta Municipal Pool to open in July

The Malta City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a motion that will allow the Municipal Pool to open to the public in one month's time with a capacity of 75-percent of the usual amount of people allowed in the pool at one time as is spelled out in Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's Phase 2 reopening of public pools due to the COVID-19 virus.

"I thought it would be harder than this," Malta Mayor John Demarais said after the meeting. "It actually went very smooth. I appreciate all of the people that showed up and we had a very civil discussion about it."

It took a meeting of about an ho...