Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · March 20, 2017
Minutes
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CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen,
South Dakota, March 20, 2017, at 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, Dennis “Mike” Olson, Mark Remily, Rob Ronayne, Clint Rux,
and Jennifer Slaight-Hansen by teleconference call. City Councilor Alan Johnson was
absent. City Staff present were Lynn Lander, Ron Wager, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Karl
Alberts, Tony Bisbee, Chad Nilson, Barry Dunlavy, and Cody Roggatz.
Mayor Levsen led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MINUTES
Rux moved, Olson seconded to approve the minutes of March 13, 2017, as circulated.
All present voting aye, motion carried.
OPEN FORUM – Gail Ochs of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce was present to discuss
the disposal of the Alexander Mitchell Library Building.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Rux moved, Ronayne seconded to approve the following items on the consent
calendar:
SET HEARING DATE – of April 3, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. for Special One-Day Retail On-Sale
Liquor Licenses on April 7 and May 6, 2017 for the Yelduz Shriners at 802 South Main
Street.
LICENSE – Residential Building Contractor – Todd J. Even dba Even Construction.
REQUEST FOR PERMISSION – to serve and permit the consumption of alcoholic
beverages at the Wylie Park Pavilion on June 3, 2017 for a Siro Wedding Dance.
REQUEST FOR STREET/TRAIL USE for Aberdeen Hub Area BMX 5K Glow, Run, Walk,
Bike Event on September 2, 2017 on First Ave. and Railroad Ave. to Centennial Street.
All present voting aye, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FOR EVENT CENTER TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES
Rux moved, Campbell seconded to approve of an expense of $1,500 from the
Governing Body Account 41210, Line Item 42900, to pay for Event Center Task Force
Community Activities. Upon roll call, Rux, Slaight-Hansen, and Campbell voting aye,
Olson, Bunsness, Ronayne, Remily, and Mayor Levsen voting nay, 3 ayes, 5 nays, motion
failed.
REQUEST FOR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT
Campbell moved, Bunsness seconded to approve a request for a property tax
abatement of $2,300.21 for Eric Vetter of 1111 South Lawson Street of which the City’s
share is approximately $725.76. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
BILLS
Ronayne moved, Bunsness seconded to approve the following audited bills for
services, supplies, repairs, and maintenance: Titan Machinery 42,100.00; SD Municipal
League 312.00; Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield 40,000.00; United Parcel Service 52.72;
Northwestern Energy 3,899.53; American News 1,519.28; Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
27.00; Praxair Distribution Inc 240.79; ASPIRE Inc 1,970.43; APWA 640.00; Rhodes
Anderson Agency 8,250.00; MARCO Technologies LLC 608.68; RDO Equipment Co
546.53; Brown County Landfill 14,718.76; Jordon Moench 63.00; Girton Adams Company
210.00; KONE Inc 734.27; Rosenbauer Aerials LLC 34.88; Hawkins Inc 10,760.67; Dakota
Electronics 1,905.70; Lang’s TV & Appliance 849.99; Johnson Feed Inc 10,849.19;
Heartland Paper Company 4,567.91; Quality Welding Inc 48.78; Performance Oil &
Lubricants 429.15; Cole Papers Inc 13,895.48; Farm Power Mfg Inc 380.20; Carus Corp
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6,992.00; GCR Tires & Service 24.50; Jensen Rock & Sand Inc 499.52; Carquest Auto
470.04; Graham Tire Co 538.30; HACH Co 376.34; Direct Automation LLC 705.00;
Hedahls Inc 552.08; Kesslers Inc 18.77; Aberdeen Taxi Service 229.75; Dale Farmen 160.00;
Steven Lust Automotive 183.30; MAC’s Inc 19.21; Sewer Duck, Inc 440.00; Farnums
Genuine Parts 64.99; Sean Spencer 523.56; A & B Business Solutions 65.79; Dakota Supply
Group 3,929.01; Graymont Capital Inc 25,774.44; Cross Country Freight Solutions Inc 80.77;
Safety Service Inc 2,042.19; Avera St Luke’s Hospital 357.41; Light & Siren 1,455.00;
SHARE Corp 2,490.75; Sheehan Mack Sales & Equipment Inc 59.32; Sherwin-Williams Co
192.07; Crawford Trucks & Equipment 1,104.50; Keith Sharisky 128.00; Town & County
Lumber Inc 193.12; Pro-Build 63.52; Airborne Custom Spraying Inc 11,000.00; Western
Area Power Adm 5,392.10; Aberdeen Area Arts Council 1,897.15; Grabar Voice & Data, Inc
2,016.00; Fastenal Company 303.56; Shane Franks 132.00; Praxair Inc 3,094.30; Blair
Scoular 48.00; Banner Associates Inc 5,969.35; Haug Plumbing & Heating 7,852.69;
Michael Bunke 17.00; Scott Kusler 110.00; Olson’s Pest Technicians 1,800.00; Dakota
Pump Inc 3,301.02; Mitchell 4,073.33; Ultimate Upholstery Solutions 127.50; Davin
Johnson 160.00; Dependable Sanitation, Inc 471.00; Dakota Ink & Toner 130.97; Tanner
Jondahl 430.00; Tanner Flack 128.00; Taylor Laundry 81.50; Continental Carbonic Products
Inc 37.50; Sleuth Systems 1,350.00; SD Dept Health Lab 665.00; Bierschbach Equipment
79.08; Physio-Control Inc 4,764.00; Titan Access Acct 334.00; Dennis Kornder 164.36;
Executive Management 315.78; Electrical Engineer & Equipment Co 2,050.00; Pierson Ford-
Lincoln-Mercury 521.55; Environmental System Research Institute 9,900.00; West Payment
Center 558.54; North Central Farmers Elevator 5,746.30; Jamie Langerock 15.00; Barton
Heating & A/C Inc 243.47; Goodway Technologies Corp 240.61; NBS Calibrations 312.00;
Northwestern Energy 96.94; The Sewing Shoppe 39.00; Vermont Systems inc 12,851.22;
Dakotaland Autoglass Inc 186.15; Northern Valley Communications 29.21; Kirk’s Auto
2,506.06; Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC 6.49; McMaster-Carr Supply Co 64.07; Dr.
Steve Redmond 500.00; HP, Inc 40,808.00; Center Mass Inc 405.92; Northwestern Energy
2,540.74; SD One Call 42.56; O’Reilly Auto Parts 5.38; SD Secretary of State 30.00;
Menards 1,389.72; Fred Ludwig Trucking 2,954.40; Bound Tree Medical LLC 2,080.07;
Water & Environmental Engineering 51.50; Allegiant Emergency Services Inc 345.30; Aqua
Pure Inc 19,293.75; Michael Roemmich 30.00; Convention Visitors Bureau 30,138.04;
Dakota Fluid Power Inc 2,003.61; Sherwin-Williams Co 196.60; Borns Group 983.94; Jesse
Rystrom 79.00; IMPACT Janitorial 3,580.25; AT & T 485.42; Volk Upholstery 315.00;
Double D Body Shop 1,995.20; NCL of Wisconsin 834.55; Kevin Bourdon 879.60; Tyler
Technologies 28,211.78; Ferguson Waterworks 1,171.88; Schmidt Construction Inc
5,204.04; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc 450.51; Aberdeen Shuttle 135.75; Rackspace Hosting
1,831.80; The UPS Store 40.88; TNC Industries Inc 612.23; John Kirnan 1,055.90; POMP’s
Tire Service, Inc 563.11; Joshua Poppen 75.00; Jeff Neal 126.00; Locators & Supplies Inc
274.44; GALLS Inc 805.61; Dakota Oil 501.72; Matt Parrott 608.73; Best Western Ramkota
169.98; Hase Plumbing & Heating 545.23; Lance Hammrich 75.00; North Central
Rental/Leasing 20,648.69; Best Western Ramkota 97.99; MVTL Lab 423.00; Baldwin
Supply Co 547.17; Christopher Gross 192.00; Steve Markley 286.00; Kerry Wenbourne
88.00; Aberdeen Plumbing & Heating Inc 119.47; John Kersten 390.00; Blair Smith 15.00;
Ed M Feld Equipment Co 559.00; Thatcher Company 30,640.40; Newman Traffic Signs
7,245.88; Brad Jung 126.00; Municipal St Maintenance 35.00; Gavin Voss 96.00; Austin
Eggl 160.00; Curt Fredrickson 184.00; Butler Machinery Co 1,642.81; L & O Acres
Transport 6,008.25; J & R Janitorial 100.00; GRAINGER 721.87; Sanitation Products Inc
5,952.11; Darcy Schock 15.00; Geffdog Designs 13,420.00; WEB Water Bottling Co 59.00;
IAPE 50.00; Ameripride Services Inc 1,227.36; Crescent Electric Supply 91.62; Brant Winter
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15.00; Midwest Pump & Tank 236.91; LexisNexis Risk Solutions 50.00; A-1 Sanitation
261.08; Tri-State Water, Inc 16.50; 121 Benefits 381.00; My Place Hotel 570.00; Melissa
Kollman 103.50; Chad Stapp 48.00; Kylee Richards 15.00; Jarrod Zaruba 512.00; Northern
Plains Psychological 60.00; Moss & Barnett 156.00; Traffic Parts 571.11; CH Diagnostic &
Consulting Services, Inc 415.00; Matthew Rohrbach 160.00; Daniel Orr 144.00; Luke Bunke
144.00; Rebecca Kuch 594.00; Office Depot 408.58; Tyler Oliver 236.00; Rob Williams
48.00; Bradley J Cihak 96.00; Adam Holt 55.50; Mackenzie Morgan 15.00; Dustyn Clark
134.65; Kevin Kissner 88.00; John Kolb 136.95; Chris Brick 88.00; Applie Industries, Inc
5,681.80; Jessica Larson 45.00; Monica Mandernach 47.25; Kandi K Smith 262.50; Todd
Lowe 529.09; The Buske Group 772.50; Runnings Supply Inc 1,357.08; Interstate Battery
341.85; Dan Wolf 500.00. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried.
PAYROLL
Olson moved, Ronayne seconded to approve the payroll for the period from March 5,
2017 through March 18, 2017 and city share of social security, old age & survivor’s
insurance, retirement, health and life insurance: Wells Fargo 126,222.69; SD Retirement
70,150.20; Governing Body 3,192.28; City Manager 7,716.63; City Attorney 5,754.55;
Finance 13,321.86; HR 8,305.60; Building 337.32; Computer 4,686.80; Planning/Zoning
12,058.55; Engineering 12,059.00; Police 116,779.94, Keyley Heffner 101.25 bw; Kory
Pickrel 27.13 hr; Fire 91,454.39; Fire Prevention 4,924.80; Housing/Building 6,174.55;
Street 30,943.87; Traffic 5,583.55; Solid Waste 19,221.71; Transportation/Ride Line
16,955.57; Library 24,859.84; Parks, Rec & Forestry 83,020.98, Alex Bartlett 10.25 hr,
Adam Kastigar 10.00 hr, Jodi McQuillen 13.25 hr, Andrea Nell 11.50 hr, Karla Nelson 12.75
hr, Denise Punt 11.75 hr, Airport 17,758.42; Pipe 20,890.82; Water Treatment 17,393.99;
Meter 2,825.72; Water Reclamation 19,539.92; Pump 7,341.52; Old Federal Crths Bldg
1,619.60. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried.
There being no further business, Bunsness moved, Ronayne 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.
The City Council met after the City Council meeting for a work session regarding Building
Codes. Present at the meeting were Mayor Mike Levsen and City Councilors Clint Rux,
Dennis “Mike” Olson, David Bunsness, Jennifer Slaight-Hansen by conference call, Todd
Campbell, Rob Ronayne, and Mark Remily. No action was taken.
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