Aberdeen City Council

16779 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South Dakota, September 6, 2016, 5:30 p.m., regular meeting of the Board of City Council Members, Mayor Mike Levsen presiding. Present at roll call were City Councilors David Bunsness, Todd Campbell, Alan Johnson, Dennis “Mike” Olson, Mark Remily, Clint Rux, and Jennifer Slaight-Hansen. City Councilor Rob Ronayne was absent. City Staff present were Lynn Lander, Ron Wager, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Karl Alberts, Kevin Van Meter, Cody Roggatz, and Dave McNeil. Mayor Levsen led the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES Bunsness moved, Johnson seconded to approve the minutes of August 29 and 30, 2016, as circulated. All present voting aye, motion carried. OPEN FORUM – Br. Co. Rescue League Member Shannon Bohl spoke regarding foster animals. OLD BUSINESS ORDINANCE NO. 16-08-04 Bunsness moved, Johnson seconded to approve second reading and final adoption of Ordinance No. 16-08-04 renewing and granting a non-exclusive 20-Year Natural Gas Franchise to Northwestern Corp. dba Northwestern Energy. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried. CONSENT CALENDAR Olson moved, Rux seconded to approve the following items on the consent calendar: CHANGE IN DATE – from October 24, 2016 to October 15, 2016 for a Special One-Day Liquor License for Yelduz Shriners at 802 South Main Street. SET HEARING DATE – of September 19, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. for an application for a Special One-Day Liquor License on November 10, 2016 for the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce dba Business After Hours, NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center, 12th Ave., SE and South Jay St. LICENSES – Taxi Cab Drivers – Stacy Gruenstein, Steven Jones, Roberto Holmes, Timothy Hart; Sidewalk Contractor – David Kampa dba Kampa Construction. REQUEST FOR STREET USE – South 3rd Street from 13th Ave. to 16th Ave. on September 16, 2016 for Simmons Middle School Homecoming. LOTTERY NOTICES – Sacred Heart Parish Bazaar; Prairie Stitchers EGA – receive and place on file. All present voting aye, motion carried. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCE NO. 16-09-01 Ordinance No. 16-09-01 providing for the funding of projects and services for the year 2017 was presented.. Campbell moved, Rux seconded to amend to add $10,000 to Safe Harbor in the Promotion Fund. Upon roll call, Rux, Slaight-Hansen, Campbell, Remily, and Mayor Levsen voting aye, Johnson, Bunsness, and Olson voting nay, 5 ayes, 3 nays, motion to amend passed. Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 16-09-01 with the amendment. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 16-09-02 Ordinance No. 16-09-02 setting the fees and charges for certain services provided by the City of Aberdeen for 2017 was presented. Slaight-Hansen moved, Campbell seconded to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 16-09-02. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 16-09-03  16780 Ordinance No. 16-09-03 amending Chapter 20 – Emergency Management Services regarding Private Ambulance Service was presented. Bunsness moved, Campbell seconded to amend to eliminate the last two sentences in Sec. 20-86 (a) “Within 30 days after a suspension and upon reasonable notice, the licensee shall be afforded a hearing. The City Council within 30 days after conclusion of the hearing shall issue a written decision as to the suspension of the license”. All present voting aye, motion carried. Remily moved, Bunsness seconded to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 16-09-03 with the amendment. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried. HEARING ON SPECIAL ALCOHOL LICENSES This being the time and place set for a hearing on applications for Special One-Day Retail Liquor Licenses for Aberdeen Downtown Association, recommendations to approve were received, Remily moved, Campbell seconded to approve Special One-Day Liquor Licenses for Aberdeen Downtown Association’s Events on September 15th and October 6th for the Summer Concert Series on South Main St. and October 8th for Oktoberfest at the Civic Arena including Community Event Permits with street closings on South Main St. from 3rd Avenue to 4th Avenue. All present voting aye, motion carried. DECLARE SURPLUS PROPERTY Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve a request from the Fire Department to declare various sets of bunker gear and helmets surplus property for disposal. All present voting aye, motion carried. CHANGE ORDER FOR LIBRARY PROJECT Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve and authorize the City Manager to sign Change Order #1 in the amount of $35,866.62 for Quest Construction for work performed on the new Library Construction Project. All present voting aye, motion carried. PAYMENT REQUEST FOR CONCRETE ST REHAB PROJECT Bunsness moved, Olson seconded to approve and authorize the City Manager to sign Payment Request #1 in the amount of $19,954.80 to Wright & Sudlow for work performed on the Concrete Street Rehabilitation Project CONC-2016-3. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried. PAYMENT REQUEST FOR METAL STORAGE BLDG PROJECT Johnson moved, Slaight-Hansen seconded to approve and authorize the City Manager to sign Payment Request #2 in the amount of $177,620.73 to North Central Steel Systems for work performed on the Metal Storage Building Project BLDG-2016-1. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried. BILLS Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve the following audited bills for services, supplies, repairs, and maintenance: Northwestern Energy 96,020.78; US Bank 44,216.20; Dakotacare 48,185.09; MetLife 531.58; Finishing Touch Design Studio 5,160.62; Bradley Quist 15.00; AT & T 1,406.44; NVC 72.36; DOI-USGS 34,915.00; Morrison Construction 7,994.12; Dakota Pump Inc 22,850.00; United Parcel Service 32.30; 224 Holding, LLC 53.20; Annette Schwan 104.52; Jonathan Malsam 53.08; Jonathan Malsam 460.12. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried. PAYROLL Johnson moved, Olson seconded to approve the payroll for the period from August 21, 2016 through September 3, 2016 and City’s share of social security, old age and survivor’s insurance, retirement, health and life insurance: Wells Fargo 126,166.87; SD Retirement 65,622.08; Governing Body 3,192.28; City Manager 7,349.11; City Attorney 6,203.86; Finance 12,665.43; HR 7,636.46; Building 285.60; Computer 4,307.15; Planning/Zoning 13,030.55; Engineering 11,439.00; Police 110,917.42; Fire 89,336.86; Fire  16781 Prevention 4,605.60; Housing/Building 5,877.75; Street 27,596.23; Traffic 5,071.15; Solid Waste 16,596.15; Transportation/Ride Line 14,542.09; Library 22,443.63; Parks, Rec & Forestry 113,254.31, Terrina Barnes 8.75 hr, Shayna Bienvenu 8.75 hr, Ashton Bjur 10.50 hr or 16.50/class, Anthony Cooper 11.50 hr, Nathan Danforth 11.25 hr, Kennedy Dinger 8.75 hr, Zachary Feil 11.25 hr, David Fiandaca 8.75 hr, Allison Foster 9.00 hr or 15.00 hr, Lynn Holzkamm 9.00 hr, Joseph Kvale 11.25 hr, Roberta Rernleitner 9.50 hr, Dawn Thorstenson 15.00 hr, Zachary Ulmer 11.50 hr, Isabelle Weisenburger 8.75 hr; Airport 14,789.46; Pipe 20,275.83; Water Treatment 17,821.21; Meter 2,681.44; Water Reclamation 17,733.36; Pump 7,055.28, Old Federal Crths Bldg 1,680.00. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT Lynn Lander presented the City Manager’s Report. There being no further business, Johnson moved, Bunsness seconded that the meeting be adjourned. All present voting aye, motion carried. Prepared by Mary Campton for the Finance Office. /s/ Karl Alberts, Finance Officer.