Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · May 15, 2017
Minutes
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CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen,
South Dakota, May 15, 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, Alan Johnson, Dennis “Mike” Olson, Mark Remily, Rob
Ronayne by teleconference call, Clint Rux, and Jennifer Slaight-Hansen. City Staff present
were Lynn Lander, Ron Wager, Stuart Nelson, Brett Bill, Karl Alberts, Dave McNeil, and
Shirley Arment.
Mayor Levsen led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MINUTES
Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve the minutes of May 8, 2017, as circulated.
Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
PROCLAMATIONS
Mayor Levsen read and proclaimed May 15-19, 2017 as “Senior Corps Week” and
May 20-21, 2017 as “Disabled American Veterans Forget-Me-Not Campaign”.
OPEN FORUM – No one was present.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Remily moved, Olson seconded to approve the following items on the consent
calendar:
SET HEARING DATE – of May 30, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. for an application for a new Retail
On-Off Sale Wine License for Stacy J. Gossman dba Scotty’s Drive-Inn Bar & Grill, 719
North Main Street.
LICENSE – Residential Building Contractor – Joseph V. Gese
LOTTERY NOTICE – Aberdeen Aqua Addicts Water Ski Team – receive and place on file.
Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT
Campbell moved, Johnson seconded to approve a property tax abatement for 509
North Penn Street for Brown County in the total amount of $7,820.50. Upon roll call, all
voting aye, motion carried.
REAPPOINTMENT TO BID BOARD
Bunsness moved, Johnson seconded to approve the reappointment of Matthew Zeller
to the Downtown Business Improvement District I Board of Directors. Upon roll call, all
voting aye, motion carried.
BID FOR WATER & SEWER PROJECT
A Bid was received and publicly opened on May 2, 2017 for the AGP Water & Sewer
Improvements Project (WS-2017-1). A detailed list of the Bid is on file at the City Finance
Office. Campbell moved, Rux seconded to award the AGP Water & Sewer Project Bid to B
& B Contracting in the amount of $160,727.60 and authorize the City Manager and Finance
Officer to sign all the necessary documents after approval by the City Attorney. Upon roll
call, all voting aye, motion carried.
BILLS
Slaight-Hansen moved, Johnson seconded to approve the following audited bills for
services, supplies, repairs, and maintenance: Dependable Sanitation 15,298.00; Wellmark
40,000.00; Dakotacare Administrative 4,739.98; Brown County Landfill 111.00; CAVCO
Industries 100,740.00; CenturyLink 3,761.47; Borns Group 4,118.02; Bierschbach
Equipment 104,955.00; Dahme Construction 1,600.00; Morrison Construction 25,017.72;
Yianna Nadeau 23.17; Darrell Humphires 652.20; Ty Reinke 194.00; American News
4,049.61; Chris Scott 17.00; Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce 65.00; Aberdeen
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Development Corp 14,166.67; Praxair Distribution Inc 96.80; ASPIRE Inc 1,970.43; Douglas
Johnson 70.88; Helms & Associates 540.00; MARCO Technologies LLC 853.00; Lighthouse
Uniform Co 281.57; SD Municipal Attorney Assn 18.00; RDO Equipment Co 2,433.42;
Brown County Landfill 16,741.08; KONE Inc 800.94; Clark Engineering Corp 1,265.00;
Overhead Door 173.47; Dakota Riggers & Tool Supply 107.92; NDSU Soil Testing
Laboratory 23.90; J P Cooke Co 70.50; Hawkins Inc 6,192.67; Dakota Electronics 1,986.26;
Curt’s Motor Sports 125.90; Dennis Gavin 17,043.00; Quality Welding Inc 100.58; Cole
Papers Inc 624.20; Farm Power Mfg Inc 201.80; Angela Senger 73.00; GCR Tires & Service
403.22; The Lodge at Deadwood 158.00; Brian Hink 55.69; Nikolas Zimney 111.66; Direct
Automation LLC 1,228.75; Auto Value Part Stores 264.96; CASH-WA Distributing 32.27;
House of Glass 867.83; Nelson Sales & Service, LLC 9,000.00; NTOA 14,920.00; Keeleys
Inc 1,082.00; Ken’s Alignment Auto Service 235.12; Kesslers Inc 80.46; CDW Government
Inc 6,440.00; Aberdeen Taxi Service 128.25; Lawson Products Inc 927.25; Dale Farmen
160.00; Steven Lust Automotive 53.67; MAC’s Inc 106.29; B & B Contracting 110,710.17;
Clubhouse Hotel & Suites 136.00; Farnums Genuine Parts 470.41; Jesse Cantaloupe 501.08;
Northern Electric 3,787.15; Dakota Supply Group 4,741.41; Graymont Capital Inc 12,361.87;
Midstates Group 1,255.08; Best Western Ramkota 396.00; Cross Country Freight Solutions,
Inc 193.18; Safety Service Inc 1,412.45; Avera St Luke’s Hospital 104.18; SHARE Corp
3,189.00; Sherwin-Williams Co 15.54; HD Supply Waterworks 2,955.88; SIRCHIE
4,669.00; Crawford Trucks & Equipment 3,407.21; SD Div of Motor Vehicles 63.60; Keith
Sharisky 46.00; Stan Houston Equipment Inc 690.00; Hefty Seed Co 110.70; Wright &
Sudlow 42,504.50; Aberdeen Area Arts Council 33.25; Fastenal Company 65.15; Praxair, Inc
3,118.95; Blair Scoular 60.00; Curt Hoeltzner 143.00; ADAPCO Inc 4,374.80; Stacey Nelson
38.13; Babcock & Wilcox Universal Inc 2,308.73; New Angus, LLC 283,867.95; Mattern
Electric 383.41; North Wind Machine 210.00; Michael Bunke 26.00; Olson’s Pest
Technicians 3,900.00; Newark Element 337.79; Harms Oil Company 14,780.95; Tom
Wanttie 90.00; Dependable Sanitation, Inc 237.00; Dakota Ink & Toner 523.42; Eric Duven
17.00; Tanner Jondahl 860.00; Rocky Tuscherer 75.00; Justin Steiger 306.19; Taylor Laundry
74.00; AAP of Aberdeen SD 503.64; First National Bank 246,592.50; Northern Safety
Technology Inc 246.84; Integra Chemical Co 593.75; SD Dept Health Lab 1,389.00; Titan
Access Acct 694.44; Dennis Kornder 75.00; Curtis Kline 14.00; Executive Management
261.85; US Postal Service 225.00; Crawford MS & F Inc 756.11; West Payment Center
490.92; Stacy Vrchota 114.00; Parkview Nursery Inc 16,822.00; SD Dept of Revenue
15,718.96; Northwestern Energy 392.56; The Sewing Shoppe 115.00; Dakotaland Autoglass
Inc 24.45; Robin Bobzien 75.00; Northern Valley Communications 1,719.23; Kirk’s Auto
4,228.75; Mike Hluchy 160.00; Ben Roberts 249.00; Walt Bauer II 259.00; Ryan Ries 79.00;
Affinis 1,423.01; Dakota Motor Sports 16.90; Footsteps Counseling 240.00; William
Kimball 75.00; Dr Steve Redmond 500.00; Randy Meister 114.00; Northwestern Energy
4,545.58; SD One Call 181.44; Federal Express Corp 45.02; O’Reilly Auto Parts 51.65;
Century Business Products 52.73; Menards 455.65; Center Education & Employment Law
159.00; Allied Electronics Inc 136.38; Northstar Safety Inc 360.94; Shannon Broderson
36.00; Bound Tree Medical LLC 4,519.71; Water & Environmental Engineering 51.50;
Allegiant Emergency Services, Inc 1,459.17; Emblem Enterprises, Inc 164.50; Aqua Pure Inc
4,051.25; Convention Visitors Bureau 33,391.48; Ryan Husby 34.00; Dakota Fluid Power
Inc 1,266.80; Dakota Ammo Inc 501.75; Borns Group 1,135.53; Impact Janitorial 3,879.74;
AT & T 431.40; Dan Kaiser 34.00; Dakota Restoration & Cleaning Service 680.00; Double
D Body Shop 84.00; Stryker Sales Corp 17,894.63; NCL of Wisconsin 5,171.28; Tyler
Technologies 1,625.21; Ferguson Waterworks 325.01; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc 114.27; Boys &
Girls Club 115,000.00; Aberdeen Shuttle 155.25; John Kirnan 19.06; POMP’s Tire Service,
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Inc 1,674.42; Joshua Poppen 75.00; Van Diest Supply Co 16,240.54; Breann Jackson 75.00;
Creative Product Sourcing, Inc 658.90; Chaplains Corps 692.88; Axon Enterprise, Inc 45.64;
GALLS Inc 987.96; Premier Specialty Vehicles, Inc 1,445.00; NALCO Company 116.40;
Dan McCoy 302.38; Brad Holm 34.00; DSS Image Apparel 1,498.00; North Central
Rental/Leasing 7,041.74; Christopher Gross 75.00; Steve Markley 30.00; J R Huebner
114.00; Blair Smith 17.00; Aberdeen Chrysler Center 431.95; John Henry Foster MN Inc
225.33; Nielsen’s 140.69; Thatcher Company 15,837.51; Midcontinent Communications
271.58; Dave McNeil 58.00; Kim Nelson 57.19; Alan Ruhlman 160.60; Curt Fredrickson
60.00; Butler Machinery Co 2,433.11; L & O Acres Transport 2,053.13; GRAINGER
749.92; Sanitation Products Inc 28.29; Geffdog Designs 1,320.79; WEB Water Bottling Co
20.00; Ameripride Services Inc 719.84; Janel Ellingson 25.00; Crescent Electric Supply
55.55; The Training Place 6,036.45; A-1 Sanitation 804.54; G & R Controls Inc 2,750.00;
Tri-State Water, Inc 54.00; JN Development, LLC 1,055.12; 121 Benefits 371.00; Justin
Parsons 160.00; Burdette Security & Technologies 360.00; Northern Plains Psychological
60.00; American Bankers Inc Co 7,975.00; Stuart Donaldson 79.00; CWF Masonry &
Construction Inc 2,662.80; MAC Tools/D & D Distributing LLC 527.00; Mike’s Firewood
1,000.00; Mackenzie Morgan 32.00; Carla Jo Krege 51.00; CH Diagnostic & Consulting
Services, Inc 415.00; Office Depot 473.29; Hillyard Sioux Falls 15,746.35; FEDEX 159.78;
Kent Warrey 26.00; Austin Barvels 32.00; Megan Kusler 15.00; Haar Plumbing & Heating,
Inc 453.19; The Buske Group 4,830.60; Runnings Supply Inc 1,846.95; Interstate Battery
687.75; Gary’s Engine & Repair Inc 81.56; Eide Bailly LLP 30,000.00; Lynn Lopes 50.00;
Robert Boulais 42.40. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
PAYROLL
Bunsness moved, Olson seconded to approve the payroll for the period from April 30,
2017 through May 13, 2017 and city share of social security, old age & survivor’s insurance,
retirement, health and life insurance: Wells Fargo 134,371.06; SD Retirement 69,314.21;
Governing Body 3,192.28; City Manager 7,726.71; City Attorney 6,378.28; Finance
13,309.37; HR 8,305.60; Building 215.51; Computer 4,481.29; Planning/Zoning 13,260.75;
Engineering 12,659.00, Destin Spellman 15.00 hr; Police 117,399.33, Eric Paul 25.19 hr; Fire
97,758.89, David Koch 18.90 hr, Darcy Schock 18.90 hr, Christian Scott 16.71 hr, Brant
Winter 16.71 hr, Fire Prevention 4,034.00; Housing/Building 6,174.55; Street 29,111.49,
Jayden Everson 12.00 hr, Traffic 5,058.93, Paul Nelson 12.00 hr; Solid Waste 20,331.35,
Jacob Ham 12.00 hr, Zachary Hammrich 12.00 hr, Daniel Holmstrom 12.00 hr, Layne Holzer
12.00 Dominic King 12.00 hr; Transportation/Ride Line 17,678.02, Brian Bauer 11.00 hr,
Library 25,230.89, Jayde Gauer 8.70 hr, Nathan Hebeisen 8.70 hr; Parks, Rec & Forestry
108,707.78, Avery Aman 9.75 hr, Brittany Aman 10.25 hr, Haley Anderson 10.00 hr, Angela
Archambeau 9.75 hr, Kaylee Backman 9.50 hr, Natalie Barclay 9.75 hr, Rachel Barclay 11.75
hr, Carrie Bartscher 10.25 hr, Mallory Beckler 9.75 hr, Rachel Berreth 9.50 hr, McKenzie
Bierman 10.25 hr, Mikaela Blumhardt 10.25 hr, Mikayla Braun 9.75 hr, Hallie Bretsch 9.50
hr, Nicholas Buras 9.75 hr, Aubrey Clark 9.75 hr, Madeline Comstock 9.50 hr, McKenzie
Cordie 9.75 hr, Hailey Crawford 9.75 hr, Vickie DeWalt 10.00 hr, Amber Dix 9.75 hr, Alexis
Doerr 10.00 hr, Duane Donat 11.25 hr, Nyssa Duffield 10.00 hr, Tristan Dvorak 9.75 hr,
Abigail Fischbach 10.00 hr, Austin Fischer 10.00 hr, Zoey Gab 9.75 hr, Alex Garvin 10.25
hr, William Geyer 10.00 hr, MaKenna Glanzer 9.00 hr, Erin Haase 11.25 hr, Kaylee Hall
10.00 hr, Zachary Hammrich 12.00 hr, Paige Haugen 10.25 hr, Rachel Heilman 10.75 hr,
Bradi Heinz 9.75 hr, Jeremy Hildebrandt 10.25 hr, Nicole Hilsendeger 10.75 hr, Alyssa Hintz
9.75 hr, McKenzie Holty 11.25 hr, Keegan Hovel 11.00 hr, Amanda Jacobs 10.50 hr, Larry
Jaragoske 10.00 hr, Kallyn Jerde 11.00 hr, Spencer Johnson 9.75 hr, Allison Johnston 9.75
hr, Jazmin Jundt 9.75 hr, Nancy Kadoun 9.50 hr, Kyle Kenser 10.25 hr, Alexandria Larson
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10.00 hr, Jared Loecker 9.75 hr, Mayah Malchow 10.00 hr, Zoey Mann 10.75 hr, Laurelyn
Marmorstein 9.75 hr, Ryan Marnette 9.50 hr, Antony Martinez 9.75 hr, Trevor Matteson
11.00 hr, Mary Merxbauer 9.75 hr, Monte Meyerink 10.50 hr, Alyssa Mielke 10.25 hr,
Andrew Mitzel 10.00 hr, Elizabeth Mitzel 10.25 hr, Brady Mohr 10.00 hr, Taylor Morgan
10.00 hr, Austin Moser 10.25 hr, Joseph Murtagh IV 10.00 hr, Brady Ochs 10.00 hr,
Cassandra Paulsen 10.75 hr, Chase Petersen 11.00 hr, Tanner Pietz 9.50 hr, Tim Price 11.25
hr, Dylan Reid 9.00 hr, Kimberly Roblewsky 9.50 hr, Bailey Roehrich 10.25 hr, Laurie
Rogers 9.50 hr, Matthew Rohrbach 10.50 hr, Tara Rook 9.00 hr or 50-60 team, Chandler
Ross 9.50 hr, Sarah Rozell 9.75 hr, Collin Rumpca 10.00 hr, Madeline Scarlett 10.50 hr,
Hannah Schmierer 10.00 hr, Bailee Schopp 9.75 hr, Landon Seaman 10.50 hr, Britney Senger
10.00 hr, Daniel Severson 12.25 hr, Kerry Shannon 10.25 hr, Bridget Shishnia 9.50 hr,
Jessica Sommers 11.00 hr, Calista Steinbach 9.75 hr, Jonah Stolp 10.00 hr, Elizabeth Tobin
9.50 hr, Logan Swenson 11.50 hr, Taylor Swiontek 9.75 hr, Tia Swiontek 9.00 hr, Mariah
Vilhauer 10.00 hr, Kamie Wagar 11.75 hr, Tabitha Walks 9.75 hr, Tya Weideman 9.75 hr,
Isabelle Weisenburger 9.50 hr, Elizabeth Wensmann 11.75 hr, Alexandra Williams 9.75 hr,
Amy Wockenfuss 11.25 hr, Rebecca Woytassek 10.00 hr, Jenna Zantow 9.75 hr , Airport
15,221.75; Pipe 21,489.76, Conner Deutsch 12.00 hr, Samuel King 12.00 hr, Victor Padilla
12.00 hr, Michael Roger 12.00 hr, Matthew Schlosser 12.00 hr; Water Treatment 17,506.34,
Micah Hoellein 12.00 hr; Meter 2,751.20; Water Reclamation 19,902.92, Tyler Badten 12.00
hr; Pump 7,818.90, Zach Lundquist 12.00 hr; Old Federal Crths Bldg 1,619.60. Upon roll
call, all voting aye, motion carried.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
Lynn Lander presented the City Manager’s Report. Shirley Arment provided
information on the project timeline for the new library.
There being no further business, Bunsness moved, Johnson 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.
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