Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · May 24, 2021
Minutes
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MINUTES
ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen,
South Dakota, May 24, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., regular meeting of the City Council.
CALL TO ORDER
MEETING ROLL CALL
Present at roll call were City Council Members Rob Ronayne, Dave Lunzman, Josh
Rife, Alan Johnson, Justin Reinbold, Tiffany Langer, Clint Rux, and Mayor Travis
Schaunaman. City Council Member Mark Remily was absent.
City Staff present were Joe Gaa, Ron Wager, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Karl Alberts,
Dave McNeil, and Joel Weig by teleconference.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Schaunaman led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
City Manager Joe Gaa requested amending the agenda to add a Safe Harbor
Lottery/Raffle Notice under the consent calendar and to change Item #6E1 to appoint a Park
and Recreation Board member for an unexpired term ending June 30, 2022 rather than a five-
year term ending June 30, 2026. Motion by Ronayne, second by Rux to amend the agenda as
requested. All present voting aye, motion carried.
MINUTES
Motion by Reinbold, second by Lunzman to approve the minutes of the May 17, 2021
City Council Meeting, as circulated. All present voting aye, motion carried.
OPEN FORUM
No one appeared in open forum to address the Council.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by Ronayne, second by Rife to approve the following items on the consent
calendar:
SET HEARING DATE – of June 7, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. for a Special One-Day Retail Liquor
License on June 17, 2021 for Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce dba Business After
Hours, 5th Avenue, SW between Alley and South Main Street.
LICENSE – Water and Sewer Contractor – DeBoer Construction Inc.
PLATS – 1) Sovereign Grace Church Subdivision to Aberdeen in the SW ¼ of Section 6,
T123N, R63W of the 5th P.M., Brown County, South Dakota (901 – 24th Avenue, SE); 2)
Stacy Harty First Addition to the City of Aberdeen in the NE ¼ of Section 13, T123N, R64W
of the 5th P.M., Brown County, South Dakota (424 North Jay Street); 3) Holtey First
Addition to the City of Aberdeen in the SE ¼ of Section 6, T123N, R63W of the 5th P.M.,
Brown County, South Dakota (2405 North Roosevelt Street); 4) HAPI 2021-2 Subdivision
to the City of Aberdeen in the NE ¼ of Section 13, T123N, R64W of the 5th P.M., Brown
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County, South Dakota (407 North Penn Street); 5) American News First Subdivision to the
City of Aberdeen in the SW ¼ of Section 13, T123N, R64W of the 5th P.M., Brown County,
South Dakota (124 South 2nd Street).
REPORTS AND MINUTES FROM CITY BOARDS – Aberdeen Airport Board Meeting
Minutes; Aberdeen City Planning Commission Meeting Minutes; Board of Zoning
Adjustment Meeting Minutes; K. O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Minutes – receive and place on file
LOTTERY NOTICE – Safe Harbor Foundation – receive and place on file
All present voting aye, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
HEARING ON PETITION TO REZONE PROPERTY
Mayor Schaunaman opened a hearing on a petition from Ronald and Karen Erdmann
to rezone property described as Erdmann 1st Subdivision to the City of Aberdeen in the SW ¼
of Section 13, T123N, R64W of the 5th P.M., Brown County, South Dakota (302 South
Fourth Street) from (I-2) Unrestricted Industrial District and (C-3) Central Business
District/(R-4) Special Density Residential District to (I-2) Unrestricted Industrial District.
City Planning/Zoning Director Brett Bill explained that the reason for the rezoning request is
to eliminate the split zoning that was created as a result of replatting the parcel. No one was
present to testify in opposition to the rezoning request so Mayor Schaunaman closed the
hearing. Motion by Rux, second by Reinbold to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 21-
04-01 to rezone the property. Upon roll call vote, all present voting aye, motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 21-05-02
City Planning/Zoning Director Brett Bill explained Ordinance No. 21-05-02 regarding
the issuance of local medical cannabis establishment permits and or license. Brett Bill stated
that the ordinance amendment is recommended to provide a short term stopgap ordinance
that will provide time for the City to analyze and evaluate the impacts of medical cannabis
establishments and propose regulations accordingly. Motion by Rux, second by Johnson to
approve first reading of Ordinance No. 21-05-02. Discussion followed. City Attorney Ron
Wager addressed a question by Ronayne regarding the sunset provision allowing the
ordinance to be automatically repealed two years from the date it becomes effective. Wager
stated that the ordinance was proposed by the SD Municipal League and the SD Public
Assurance Alliance and the state statute allows up to two years for this emergency or
temporary ordinance. Motion by Ronayne, second by Johnson to amend the sunset provision
to read as follows: “Unless sooner amended or repealed, this ordinance shall be
automatically repealed on January 1, 2022.” Upon roll call vote, all present voting aye,
motion carried. On the main motion to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 21-05-02 as
amended, upon roll call vote, all present voting aye, motion carried.
COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT FOR FALLOUT CREATIVE COMMUNITY
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Motion by Reinbold, second by Ronayne to approve a Community Event Permit for
the Fallout Creative Community’s Art & Music Festival on June 6, 2021 at the 200 Block of
South Main Street. All present voting aye, motion carried.
BIDS FOR REFUSE COLLECTION UNIT FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
City Engineer Robin Bobzien explained the bids received for the Refuse Collection
Unit for the Public Works Department and recommended to award the bid to Sanitation
Products for the Refuse Packer Body in the amount of $62,228.00, award the bid to Truck
Center Company for a Cab and Chassis Unit in the amount of $81,634.00 less trade
allowance on a 2014 Freightliner Truck of ($47,000.00) for net bid in the amount of
$34,134.00, and declare a 2014 Freightliner Truck surplus property for trade-in to Truck
Center Company. Motion by Johnson, second by Rux to award the bids for the Refuse
Collection Unit for the Public Works Department as recommended and to authorize the City
Manager and Finance Officer to sign all necessary documents after the approval by the City
Attorney. Upon roll call vote, all present voting aye, motion carried.
PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT
Motion by Rife, second by Lunzman to approve the following appointments and
reappointment to the Aberdeen Parks and Recreation Board: Appointment of Elizabeth
Schwab for an unexpired term ending June 30, 2022; Appointment of Jake Cramond for a
five-year term ending June 30, 2026; Reappointment of Dave Sandvig for a second, five-year
term ending June 30, 2026. All present voting aye, motion carried.
REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL
Motion by Lunzman, second by Johnson to approve payment of the bills listed for
May 24, 2021 and payroll for the period from May 9, 2021 through May 22, 2021.
Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor
or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of
the following approved bills: Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield 146,000.00; US Bank Corp.
Trust 246,858.61; DTC 7,395.00; Stripe Inc. 100.00; Mainstream Realty 31.35; Monica
Mandernach 26.81; Caroline Thorsen 20.85; Greg Wolf 42.40; Chris Lamont 18.93; Gary
McNeil 42.74; Seth Holmstrom 30.07; Nicole Detches 29.40; Wilbert Schultz Legacy Trust
27.16; Gary Meyers 25.65; James Sandvig Living Trust 52.56; Fifth Ave. Holdings, LLP
90.02; Herbert Dabbert 51.27; Curt Gelling 61.93; Nancy Redwing 20.00; Northwestern
Energy 125,000.00; Northern Electric 10,000.00; MARCO Technologies 37.67; Bonnie Bitz
3,980.00; RBL Designs 4,500.00; Br. Co. Landfill 34.96; Aberdeen News 8,832.74; Hawkins
Inc. 2,832.50; Quality Welding Inc. 82.64; SD Gov. Human Resource Assn. 50.00; Jensen
Rock & Sand Inc. 31,747.42; Direct Automation LLC 196.17; Auto Value Part
Stores/Hedahls 417.20; Nelson Sales & Service, LLC 61.00; Ken’s Alignment Auto Service
90.05; Kesslers Inc. 5.17; MAC’s Inc. 1.49; Farnams Genuine Parts 124.66; Dakota Supply
Group 1,040.22; Midstates Group 91.00; Safety Service Inc. 19.50; SHARE Corp. 4,138.40;
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Crawford Trucks & Equipment 361.33; SD Dept. of Labor 970.22; SD Government Finance
Officer Assn. 75.00; Paula Nelson 28.00; Fastenal Company 262.40; Cortrust TIF #19
23,977.88; Olson’s Pest Technicians 400.00; Tim Reed 3,200.00; Dependable Sanitation Inc.
54.00; Bantz, Gosch & Cremer, LLC 30,512.65; PEPSI-COLA 1,167.74; Justine Charles
115.98; Relentless LLC 1,198.00; UNIVAR Solutions USA Inc. 21,155.15; Dakotaland
Autoglass Inc. 233.30; NVC 29.98; MTI Distributing 705.19; SD One Call 511.84; Sanford
Health 304.00; Menards 64.54; Neil & Joan Bellikka 31,551.95; Dakota Fluid Power Inc.
1,467.50; Borns Group 4,803.92; Impact Janitorial 500.00; Kevin Bourdon 14,735.99;
POMP’s Tire Service, Inc. 59.86; GALLS Inc. 762.35; Central Divers 7,970.00; Business
Improvement Dist. 13,880.32; Prairie’s Edge Development, LLC 91,528.90; Brett Bill 28.00;
DURR Universal, Inc. 1,026.35; Olympic Sales Inc. 79.41; TAPCO 567.80; Aramark 120.05;
Butler Machinery Co. 5,403.69; JGE Rental Equipment 375.00; Sanitation Products Inc.
544.95; Geffdog Designs 7,772.96; David Dosch 28.00; Klas Group (TIF 18) 38,882.51;
LexisNexis Risk Solutions 150.00; Knight Towing 125.00; Guardian Life Ins. Co. 1,071.35;
United Parcel Service 90.80; Frost Development, Inc. 52,801.93; Great Plains Bank
34,370.14; CWF Masonry & Construction Inc. 7,581.80; Depot Revival LLC 30,243.74;
MAC Tools/D & D Distributing LLC 360.00; Office Depot 159.07; Dacotah Bank TIF #26
170,959.05; Plains Commerce Bank 72,250.08; Runnings Supply Inc. 185.51; Nancy Kelsey
63.57.
Payroll for the period from May 9, 2021 through May 22, 2021 and City share of Social
Security, Old Age & Survivor’s Insurance, Retirement, Health and Life Insurance: EFTPS
145,180.81; SD Retirement 81,155.70; Governing Body 3,192.28; City Manager 7,832.80;
City Attorney 6,991.01; Finance 15,217.88; HR 8,145.60, Building 1,797.77; Computer
4,949.41; Planning/Zoning 15,752.95; Engineering 15,626.92, Austin Stahlke 15.00 hr;
Police 139,483.92, Braxton Farmen 25.82 hr, Jakob Heyd 25.82 hr, Eric Paul 29.21, Kory
Pickrel 33.05 hr; Fire 117,330.48, Chad Nilson 36.48, Blair Smith 23.61 hr;
Housing/Building 6,886.55; Street 32,466.17; Traffic 6,606.46; Solid Waste 26,665.35;
Transportation/Ride Line 18,650.35, Library 28,815.51; Parks, Rec. & Forestry 139,192.38,
Kamryn Anderson 10.25 hr, Kendyl Anderson 10.25 hr, Jack Artz 10.25 hr, Jade Auske
10.50 hr, Jacob Bakken 10.25 hr, Tavia Beck 10.25 hr, Imogen Bengs 10.00 hr, Mercedes
Bengs 10.00 hr, Margo Bertsch 11.00 hr, MacKinley Bruemmer 11.00 hr, Cole Bukaske
10.25 hr, Dylan Bukaske 11.25 hr, Carly Comstock 10.00 hr, Ashley Crouch 10.00 hr, Emily
Davis 11.25 hr, Adam DeBoer 10.75 hr, Carter Dingman 10.00 hr, Kayla Duncan 13.25 hr,
Abigail Dunlavy 10.25 hr, Reece Ermer 10.25 hr, Erik Fastenau 11.75 hr, Taryn Fergel 10.00
hr, Kinzie Fischer 10.00 hr, Aislinn Flaherty 10.25 hr, Sage Forsting 10.25 hr, Laney Gonsor
10.00 hr, Parker Grieben 10.25 hr, James Griffin 10.50 hr, Jenny Gross 10.75 hr, Zachary
Hanson 10.75 hr, Zachary Haugen 11.00 hr, Gavin Heier 10.75 hr, Bailey Heim 12.00 hr,
Cason Hellwig 10.00 hr, Carter Hogg 10.75 hr, Brian Holmstrom 10.00 hr, Jolene Hoverstadt
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11.75 hr, Jayda Hunstad 11.75 hr, Jenna Joachim 10.00 hr, Ethan Kjenstad 10.00 hr, Alexis
LaFave 11.25 hr, Maren Hansen 10.00 hr, Aidan Hoffman 10.00 hr, Abram Imrie 10.75 hr,
Brett Jacobs 10.00 hr, Andrew Jorgenson 10.25 hr, Abbilyn Kaan 10.00 hr, Megan Kingsriter
10.25 hr, Rachel Knapp 10.25 hr, Trent Kurtz 76.00 day, Morgan Leidholt 10.50 hr, Parker
Lemer 10.00 hr, Jared Loecker 11.25 hr, Brianna Luce 10.25 hr, Miranda Maas 10.25 hr,
Lauren Marcuson 10.00 hr, Steve Markley 132.50 day, Alexis Martin 10.75 hr, Isabella
Martinez 10.25 hr, Aiden McCafferty 10.00 hr, Kristin McCafferty 132.50 day, Alyssa
Mielke 12.25 hr, Makylie Miller 10.00 hr, Jonathan Mitzel 13.00 hr, Kaylee Mohn 10.25 hr,
Cassandra Mraz 11.75 hr, Grace Nelson 10.75 hr, Reese Noeldner 10.25 hr, Joshua Opp
12.00 hr, Julia Orr 10.00 hr, Lisa Osman 105.00 day, Zachary Palmer 10.25 hr, Abigail Pietz
11.00 hr, Chase Petersen 10.00 hr, Maxwell Prehn 10.00 hr, Kayley Quinton 11.00 hr, Sadie
Raap 11.25 hr, Janice Reich 16.50 hr, Ashton Remily 10.00 hr, Roberta Rernleitner 11.25 hr,
Emily Ringgenberg 10.00 hr, Dagny Ritter 10.25 hr, Ava Rott 11.00 hr, Jackson Rott 11.00
hr, Ethan Russell 10.00 hr, Daniel Rux 11.75 hr, Mitchell Rux 10.25 hr, Thomas Sahli 11.75
hr, Daniel Severson 12.00 hr, Rebecca Severson 14.25 hr, Lance Siefken 10.00 hr, Kara Sinar
11.50 hr, Joshua Steinwandt 10.00 hr, Sawyer Stroschein 11.75 hr, Hannah Struble 10.25 hr,
Alexander Tennant 11.75 hr, Brooke Thielbar 11.00 hr or 12.00 hr, Elizabeth Tobin 11.00 hr,
Tyler Traphagen 10.00 hr, Claire Vetter 12.25 hr, David Vilhauer 350.00 session, Cody
Voegeli 10.00 hr, Ashley Vogel 10.00 hr, Christopher Weber 11.00 hr, Tya Weideman 11.75
hr, Donald Weigel Jr 12.00 hr, Jasmine Whitecrane 10.25 hr, Kim Zimmerman 106.00 day,
Airport 18,498.69; Pipe 32,140.52; Water Treatment 19,720.16; Meter 1,798.50; Water
Reclamation 21,764.02; Pump 10,142.00. Upon roll call vote, all present voting aye, with
abstentions as follows: Ronayne abstaining on a payment to Plains Commerce Bank of
$72,250.08 and Rux abstaining on a possible payroll payment to Mitchell Rux, motion
carried.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Joe Gaa gave his report including a reminder to the public that
neighborhood safety is important due to children being out for school summer vacation and
crews working on Public Works projects.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, motion by Ronayne, second by Rux to adjourn the
meeting. All present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:51 p.m.
Prepared by Mary Campton for the Finance Office. /s/ Karl Alberts, Finance Officer.
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