Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · May 14, 2018
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CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South
Dakota, May 14, 2018, 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, Alan
Johnson, Dave Lunzman, Dennis “Mike” Olson, Mark Remily, Rob Ronayne, Clint Rux, and
Jennifer Slaight-Hansen by teleconference call. City Staff present were Lynn Lander, Ron
Wager, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Karl Alberts, and Angela Senger.
Mayor Levsen led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MINUTES
Rux moved, Olson seconded to approve the minutes of May 7, 2018, as circulated. All
voting aye, motion carried.
PROCLAMATION
Mayor Levsen read and proclaimed May 19, 2018 as “Kids to Parks Day”.
OPEN FORUM – No one was present.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Bunsness moved, Johnson seconded to approve the following items on the consent
calendar:
DECLARE SURPLUS PROPERTY – City vehicles and miscellaneous items to be sold at the
public auction to be held on May 18, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. at the Public Works Shop Area on 3rd
Avenue, SW. The list of items is on file at the City Finance Office.
LICENSE – Taxi Cab Driver – Lisa Anderson
SET HEARING DATE – of May 29, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. for an application for Special One-Day
Liquor License on July 12, 2018 for Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business After
Hours on First Avenue, SE between South Main Street and Market Street with an application
for a Community Event Permit.
SET BID DATE – of June 5, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. for an advertisement for bids on a Perimeter
Fence Project for the Water Reclamation Facility.
PETITION OF VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION – for Lot 2, Neitzel First Subdivision in the
NW ¼ of Section 6, T123N, R63W of the 5th P.M., Brown County, South Dakota (3030 North
Dakota Street) – refer petition to City Attorney, City Engineer, and Planning/Zoning Director
for review and recommendations.
MOVING BOND DEPOSIT – of $500 for Glaesman Moving – receive and place on file.
Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
RESOLUTION NO. 18-05-01R
City Engineer Robin Bobzien requested approval of Resolution No. 18-05-01R
accepting dedication of essential public facilities in HAPI 1st through 4th Central Subdivision from
the developer Homes Are Possible, Inc. Ronayne moved, Rux seconded to approve Resolution
No. 18-05-01R as follows:
WHEREAS, Homes Are Possible, Inc., a South Dakota nonprofit corporation (hereafter
referred to as the “Developer”), was the original owner of all of the subdivided real property in
those certain recorded plats highlighted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A and identified as
follows (hereafter referred to as the “HAPI 1st – 4th Central Subdivision”):
a. HAPI FIRST CENTRAL SUBDIVISION TO ABERDEEN;
b. HAPI SECOND CENTRAL SUBDIVISION TO ABERDEEN;
c. HAPI THIRD CENTRAL SUBDIVISION TO ABERDEEN;
d. HAPI FOURTH CENTRAL SUBDIVISION TO ABERDEEN; and
e. The public streets and rights-of-way contiguous and associated to such
plats; and
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WHEREAS, HAPI 1st – 4th Central Subdivision is situated wholly within the real
property legally described as:
THE WEST HALF (W1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE ¼) OF
SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 123 NORTH, RANGE 63 WEST OF THE
FIFTH P.M., BROWN COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA; and
WHEREAS, Developer petitions, without compensation, to dedicate to the City of
Aberdeen, a South Dakota municipal corporation, and for the City to accept for public use the
following essential public facilities in rights-of-way, utility easements, and public grounds located
wholly within the HAPI 1st – 4th Central Subdivision:
a. Water system;
b. Sanitary sewer system;
c. Storm water drainage system, including the retention ponds located on
LOT 1, BLOCK 2, HAPI THIRD CENTRAL SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY
OF ABERDEEN and LOT 16, BLOCK 2, HAPI FOURTH CENTRAL
SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF ABERDEEN;
d. Streets; and
e. Curb and gutter.
WHEREAS, said essential public facilities are in conformance with the applicable
subdivision regulations and meet engineering and construction standards established by the City
Engineer.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Aberdeen hereby
appropriates and accepts the following dedicated essential public facilities in the HAPI 1st – 4th
Central Subdivision:
a. Water system;
b. Sanitary sewer system;
c. Storm water drainage system, including the retention ponds located on LOT 1,
BLOCK 2, HAPI THIRD CENTRAL SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF
ABERDEEN and LOT 16, BLOCK 2, HAPI FOURTH CENTRAL
SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF ABERDEEN;
d. Streets; and
e. Curb and gutter.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those dedicated public facilities specified above
shall hereafter become the property of the City free from all claims from any person or entity and
that this Resolution shall operate as a conveyance of each accepted public facility and that each
accepted public facility placed within a public or platted right-of-way or dedicated public
easement is irrevocably dedicated to the public use without any right of reimbursement or
compensation to Developer of any kind; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Developer shall have no claim, direct or implied, in
the title or ownership of the public facilities dedicated to and accepted by the City and that the
City hereby takes full title to the public facilities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City hereafter shall enter upon and assume the
use, operation, and maintenance according to law of those essential public facilities accepted
herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Manager are hereby
authorized to execute, and the Finance Officer is authorized to accept, all deeds and instruments
necessary to convey the above-described essential public facilities to the City.
Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
REQUEST TO LOCATE POLE IN RIGHT-OF-WAY
Planning/Zoning Director Brett Bill presented a request by Northwestern Energy for a
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license to locate a pole in the right-of-way adjacent to 405 North Commerce Street for advanced
metering infrastructure. He stated that the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved the request
with stipulations that Northwestern Energy obtain a license from the City Council to occupy the
public right-of-way, required permits be obtained prior to construction, and that Northwestern
Energy be responsible for maintenance and liability of the structure. Remily moved, Ronayne
seconded to approve the request by Northwestern Energy for a license to locate the pole within
the public right-of-way at 405 North Commerce Street with stipulations recommended by the
Zoning Board of Adjustment. Chelsea Sheridan with Clark Engineering was present to describe
the project and answer questions from the Council. Upon roll call, Bunsness, Johnson,
Lunzman, Remily, Ronayne, Rux, Slaight-Hansen, and Mayor Levsen voting aye, Olson voting
nay, motion carried.
BILLS
Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve the following audited bills for services,
supplies, repairs, and maintenance: Dependable Sanitation 22,871.97; Great Western Bank
192,648.18; Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield 10,215.52; Northern Electric 6,938.99; Tri-State
Water, Inc. 16.50; AT & T 367.65; NVC 81.71; CenturyLink 3,986.98; Borns Group 4,220.01;
Pierson Ford-Lincoln-Mercury 62,652.00; Western Area Power Adm. 4,135.55; Banner
Associates 28,651.83; Aqua Pure Inc. 18,050.00; Dependable Sanitation 121.00; Robert Braun
227.84; Dennis Kornder 369.76; Assero Resources LLC 20,933.00; American News 3,827.51;
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce 15.00; Aberdeen School Dist. 13,500.00; ASPIRE Inc.
2,029.55; Animal Care Clinic 190.00; MARCO Technologies LLC 938.66; Tom Barstad 75.00;
RDO Equipment Co. 662.36; Brown County Landfill 16,837.82; Cradys Radiator Shop 570.00;
Dahme Construction 16,194.03; Hawkins Inc. 1,098.00; Dakota Electronics 17,142.30; Dakota
Pump & Control 3,675.00; Lynn Hanson 393.75; Eddie’s Northside Sinclair 2,510.00; Quality
Welding Inc. 140.20; Exhaust Pros 64.90; Cole Papers Inc 1,525.87; Angela Senger 52.00;
Jensen Rock & Sand Inc. 8,728.71; Global Imports Inc. 172.55; HACH Co. 744.50; Auto Value
Part Stores/Hedahls 1,049.70; House of Glass, Inc. 272.55; SD Redbook Fund 311.40; Kesslers
Inc. 476.35; Lawson Products Inc. 617.61; MAC’s Inc. 119.18; Michael Todd & Co Inc.
4,170.42; Sewer Duck, Inc. 125.00; Sanford Health Occupational Medicine Clinic 617.00; B &
B Contracting 3,602.50; Farnums Genuine Parts 18.96; A & B Business Solutions 795.00;
Nathan Sturgeon 215.00; Pantorium 13.00; Dakota Supply Group 644.33; Graymont Capital
Inc. 18,296.03; Midstates Group 4,422.50; Best Western Ramkota 220.00; Cross Country
Freight Solutions, Inc. 99.61; Avera St. Luke’s Hospital 395.40; SHARE Corp. 827.20;
Crawford Trucks & Equipment 2,467.85; SD Div. of Motor Vehicles 21.20; Keith Sharisky
185.69; Town & Country Lumber Inc. 79.81; Western Printing 636.31; Aberdeen Area Arts
Council 1,700.00; Fastenal Company 587.26; Totally Tubular Mfg. 226.55; Cody Roggatz
231.43; Michael Bunke 64.00; Olson’s Pest Technicians 1,200.00; Tony Bisbee 240.00;
Northern Truck Equipment Corp. 702.70; Tanner Seaman 134.97; Dependable Sanitation, Inc.
294.00; Prairie Home Inspector 7,250.04; HARR Motors 1,110.00; Jay Tobin 36.00; Tanner
Jondahl 176.00; Fontenelle Construction, Inc. 1,045.91; Amy Scepaniak 54.00; Tanner Flack
972.98; Pressure Washer Central 220.00; AAP of Aberdeen SD 88.54; Sioux Valley
Environmental Inc. 3,519.00; M & T Fire & Safety Inc. 9,105.00; Cartney Bearing Co. 140.58;
SD Dept. of Health Lab 1,376.00; Titan Access Acct/Productivity Plus Acct. 3,181.56;
Executive Management 474.50; Pierson Ford-Lincoln-Mercury 1,981.46; Pro Hydro–Testing
364.00; Stacy Vrchota 363.03; Traffic Control Corp. 246.00; SD Dept of Revenue 14,866.45;
The Sewing Shoppe 10.00; Jarman’s Water Systems 536.83; Vermont Systems Inc. 2,003.00;
Northern Valley Communications 100.00; Kirk’s Auto 7,424.90; Lien Transportation Co.
20,350.00; Dakota Fence Co. 20,664.00; AFFINIS 601.93; Mcmaster-Carr Supply Co. 61.58;
Dr. Steve Redmond 500.00; Midland Lease Division 250.54; Premier Auto 1430.00; Jon
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Droege 540.00; JDH Construction 157.65; Towing Plus 4,050.00; Civic Plus 4,100.00; Quill
Corp. 51.80; Lutheran Social Services 300.00; Claims Associates Inc. 250.00; Galeton Gloves
221.65; Jerome Wild 450.00; Menards 1,099.57; Fred Ludwig Trucking 2,249.65; Northstar
Safety Inc. 319.20; Shannon Broderson 54.00; Bound Tree Medical LLC 2,372.85; Convention
Visitors Bureau 34,835.52; Dakota Fluid Power Inc. 1,302.58; Borns Group 1,285.78; Impact
Janitorial 5,221.57; Kevin Bourdon 2,144.02; Tyler Technologies 1,706.47; Full Circle AG
141.63; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. 126.82; SRF Consulting Group, Inc. 807.97; POMP’s Tire
Service, Inc. 1,505.49; Locators & Supplies Inc. 252.31; Federal Resources 11,900.00; SD
Public Assurance Alliance 200.42; Creative Product Sourcing, Inc. 668.43; AXON Enterprise,
Inc. 51,066.00; R B Upholstery 78.00; GALLS Inc. 34.81; JK Sales & Towing 2,190.00;
Dakota Oil 4,791.33; SD Underground, Inc. 500.00; DSS Image Apparel 1,561.00; Hase
Plumbing & Heating 385.26; North Central Rental/Leasing 25,590.00; MVTL Lab 439.00;
Baldwin Supply Co. 181.25; Stuart Nelson 22.00; John Kersten 210.00; Aberdeen Chrysler
Center 31.27; Thatcher Company 7,077.60; Dave McNeil 26.00; West Sioux Ceramics & DPS
998.65; Butler Machinery Co. 9,959.53; JGE Rental Equipment 52.98; Sanitation Products Inc.
6,629.68; Geffdog Designs 11,615.48; ARROW International, Inc. 550.00; WEB Water
Bottling Co. 59.00; Ameripride Services Inc. 788.47; Crescent Electric Supply 1,681.66; Coast
to Coast Solutions 588.13; J Gross Equipment 64.75; Jasper Engineering & Equipment
2,726.00; Harlow’s Bus Sales, Inc. 109.20; Diamond Dry Cleaning 30.00; Stantec Consulting
Services, Inc. 14,990.00; Community Trans Assn. America 1,250.00; A-1 Sanitation 593.36; G
& R Controls Inc. 2,750.00; Tri-State Water Inc. 50.50; Swanson Electric 18,033.00; 121
Benefits 276.50; Melissa Kollman 112.50; Robyn Ewalt 201.00; Northern Plains Psychological
1,300.00; Aberdak Club 352.50; MAC Tools/D & D Distributing LLC 1,225.00; Lyla Agius
Designs 630.00; Carla Jo Krege 39.00; Sara Scepaniak 99.00; CH Diagnostic & Consulting
Services, Inc. 415.00; Office Depot 635.99; Great Plains Sponsorships, Inc. 185.71; Megan
Kusler 151.00; Samatha Scepaniak 48.00; Core & Main LP 1,602.94; Stephanie Sorensen, PHD
60.00; Blackstrap Inc. 39,085.10; Olivia Stet 48.00; Runnings Supply Inc. 1,257.04; Interstate
Battery 235.90; Kevin Weig 75.00. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
PAYROLL
Ronayne moved, Johnson seconded to approve the payroll for the period from April 29,
2018 through May 12, 2018 and city share of social security, old age & survivor’s insurance,
retirement, health and life insurance: Wells Fargo 126,959.77; SD Retirement 71,533.19;
Governing Body 3,192.28; City Manager 8,113.11; City Attorney 6,790.87; Finance 13,952.14;
HR 8,568.80; Building 321.77; Computer 5,177.98; Planning/Zoning 14,544.15; Engineering
12,936.51; Police 111,644.67, Nicole Foote 24.58 hr, Gavin Larsen 24.58 hr; Fire 102,399.84,
Etienne Ezeff 12.00 hr; Housing/Building 6,486.55; Street 30,102.88, Thomas Lammon 14.00
hr; Traffic 5,412.61; Solid Waste 20,483.42, Anthony Buechler 12.00 hr, Bailey Hauge 12.00 hr,
Daniel Holmstrom 12.25 hr, Austin Kokales 12.00 hr, Anthony Snow 12.00 hr;
Transportation/Ride Line 17,366.83, Library 26,490.40; Parks, Rec & Forestry 110,744.61,
Angela Archambeau 10.00 hr, Kaylee Backman 9.75 hr, Natalie Barclay 10.00 hr, Terrina
Barnes 10.00 hr, Mallory Beckler 10.00 hr, Bailey Biegler 10.00 hr, Mikaela Blumhardt 10.50
hr, Mariah Brandner 9.50 hr, Hallie Bretsch 9.75 hr, Haven Brunes 9.50 hr, Antonio Campanella
11.25 hr, Kaylee Carlson 9.50 hr, Aubrey Clark 10.00 hr, Madeline Comstock 9.75 hr, Donald
Craft Jr 10.75 hr, Halley Crawford 10.00 hr, Ross Criddle 11.25 hr, Faith Crissman 9.50 hr,
Morgan Dannen 9.75 hr, Jasmine Dagatz 10.25 hr, Allison Dix 9.50 hr, Amber Dix 10.50,
Darlene Dutenhoeffer 17.39 hr, Jordan Edwards 9.50 hr, Reganne Engebreton 9.00 hr or
42/team/week, Shannon Evans 10.25 hr, Paige Falcon 9.50 hr, Erik Fastenau 10.00 hr, Katelyn
Fetsch 9.50 hr, Devin Fipps 9.50 hr, Julia Friedrichsen 10.25 hr, Zoey Gab 10.00 hr, Symmone
Gauer 9.50 hr, Sydney Gelling 9.75 hr, William Geyer 11.00 hr, Tylan Glover 9.75 hr, Jayden
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Gross 11.00 hr, David Hagen 11.25 hr, Courtney Hanisch 9.75 hr, Paige Haugen 11.25 hr,
Zachary Haugen 9.75 hr, Kayley Henjum 11.50 hr, Jeremy Hildebrandt 10.25 hr, Nicole
Hilsendeger 11.00 hr, Alyssa Hintz 10.00 hr, Errol Hochstetler 10.25 hr, McKenzie Holty 11.25
hr, Lucas Howard 10.25 hr, Miranda Huffman 9.25 hr, Amanda Jacobs 10.75 hr, Kallyn Jerde
10.75 hr, Adam Johnson 10.00 hr, Spencer Johnson 10.00 hr, Tevin Johnson 9.75 hr, Jazmin
Jundt 11.00 hr, Jazmyn Kaufman 9.75 hr, Kyle Kenser 10.50 hr, Lydia Kline 9.50 hr, Viena
Klipfel 9.75 hr, Sydney Kost 10.00 hr, Kaitlyn Krumm 9.50 hr, Alexis LaFave 10.00 hr,
Alexandria Larson 10.25 hr, Shelby Leverson 10.25 hr, Isabel Litzen 10.25 hr, Jared Loecker
10.00 hr, Gregory Lux 10.00 hr, Mikayla Lynn 9.50 hr, Jerry Maier 11.00 hr, Myah Malchow
10.25 hr, Greg Malsom 10.00 hr, Natalie Malsom 10.00 hr, Stanis Malsom 11.25 hr, Sara
Mangan 14.50 hr, Zoey Mann 10.75 hr, Dawson McNeil 10.50 hr, Jackie McNeil 10.75 hr,
Riley McNeil 10.00 hr, Tanah Messerole 10.00 hr, Alyssa Mielke 11.00 hr, John Miller 10.00 hr,
Andrew Mitzel 10.25 hr, Elizabeth Mitzel 10.50 hr, Alecia Morehouse 9.75 hr, Rachel Morrison
9.75 hr, Austin Moser 10.25 hr, Kraig Nelson 10.25 hr, Victoria Neville 9.50 hr, Kaylla
Nicholson 10.00 hr, Danielle Notz 9.75 hr, Vanessa O’Brien 10.00 hr, William Olander 10.00 hr,
Carson Ortmeier 10.00 hr, Olivia Oye 9.50 hr, Cassandra Paulsen 11.25 hr, Tanner Peck 10.00
hr, Andrew Perleberg 9.75 hr, Chase Petersen 11.25 hr, Tayla Peterson 10.25 hr, Kyra Pfaff 9.50
hr, Mcklay Pettigrew 10.00 hr, Tanner Pietz 9.75 hr, Spencer Raap 11.00 hr, Christopher Ray
9.50 hr, Andrea Rivera Martinez 9.50 hr, Whitney Rosebrock 10.25 hr, Sarah Rozell 11.25 hr,
Kaylene Sauer 11.00 hr, Madeline Scarlett 12.50 hr, Cassidy Schaar 9.75 hr, Christina Schaffer
9.50 hr, Austin Schlosser 10.00 hr, Micah Schmidt 9.75 hr, Hannah Schmierer 10.75 hr, Zyandra
Schroeder 9.75 hr, Kyla Schuster 9.50 hr, Isaac Seaton 10.25 hr, Daniel Severson 13.50 hr,
Kerry Shannon 10.50 hr, Meara Sharisky 9.50 hr, Daniel Sharp 11.50 hr, Abbie Siefken 9.75 hr,
Jessica Sommers 10.25 hr, Dessa Spellman 9.50 hr, Jore Spier 9.75 hr, Jonah Stolp 10.25 hr,
Katherine Strande 9.75 hr, Connor Stubbe 10.00 hr, Scott Sueltz 11.25 hr, Gabe Swanson 11.00
hr, Logan Swenson 11.75 hr, Dilyn Swingler 9.75 hr, Taylor Swiontek 10.00 hr, Amy
Thompson 11.25 hr, Briggs Tople 10.00 hr, Jacob Usselman 9.50 hr, Claire Vetter 10.00 hr,
Tabitha Walks 12.50 hr, Nicole Wanttie 9.75, Matthew Weber 9.75 hr, Tya Weideman 10.00 hr,
Jacob Wiedrich 10.25 hr, Rebecca Wieting 10.25 hr, Bryce Zawatzke 10.25 hr, Airport
15,696.14; Pipe 26,306.41, Colten Drageset 12.00 hr, Isaac Jones 12.25 hr, Dylan Vincent
12.00 hr; Water Treatment 18,267.48; Meter 2,885.64; Water Reclamation 20,382.15; Pump
8,413.91; Old Federal Crths Bldg 1,747.75. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
Lynn Lander presented the City Manager’s Report which included information on the
Emerald Ash Borer.
There being no further business, Ronayne moved, Rux seconded that the meeting be
adjourned. All voting aye, motion carried.
Prepared by Mary Campton for the Finance Office. /s/ Karl Alberts, Finance Officer.
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