Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · May 23, 2022
Minutes
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ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen,
South Dakota, May 23, 2022 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 by teleconference,
Mark Remily, Dave Lunzman, Josh Rife, Justin Reinbold, Tiffany Langer, Clint Rux, and
Mayor Travis Schaunaman. City Council Member Alan Johnson was absent.
City Staff present were Joe Gaa, Ron Wager, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Jordan
McQuillen, Dave McNeil, Bob Braun, and Joel Weig.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Schaunaman led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion by Reinbold, second by Rux to approve the agenda. Voice vote to approve,
all present voting aye, motion carried.
MINUTES
Motion by Lunzman, second by Rife to approve the minutes of the May 16, 2022 City
Council Meeting, as circulated. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
OPEN FORUM
Corey Barbato, organizer of the “Junedeenth Freedom Day Celebration”, explained
the event to be held on June 19, 2022 at Central Park.
Ron Krogman of 40 & 8 Veterans Organization presented Emma Keefe with the
“Heroism of the Year Award” for saving her mother’s life.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by Rux, second by Reinbold to approve the following items on the consent
calendar:
SET BID DATE – of June 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. for Bids on the Standby Generator
Improvements
SET BID DATE – of June 14, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. for Bids on 2022 Roosevelt Street Sanitary
Sewer Line
SET HEARING DATE – of June 6, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. – Transfer of Retail On-Sale Liquor
License with Video Lottery from Airport Fuel LLC dba Holiday, 4707 – 6th Avenue, SE to
Steven Lust dba Steven Lust Automotive, 1514 – 6th Avenue, SW (Inactive Status)
LICENSES – Residential Building Contractor – Adam R. Roemmick; Residential Building
Contractor – Jason Rudolph
PLAT – ADC 2022-2 Addition to the City of Aberdeen in the NE ¼ of Section 17, T123N,
R63W of the 5th P.M., Brown County, South Dakota (2914 and 2916 Industrial Avenue, NE)
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REQUEST FOR STREET USE – 17th Avenue, SE between South State Street and Marshall
Road for Arts in the Park on June 19, 2022
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
PROCLAMATION – “One Vine Day” June 5, 2022
Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 22-05-01
Mayor Schaunaman opened a hearing on a petition from Dakota Equity Group, LLC
to rezone property described as Lot 1, Briscoe Second Addition to Aberdeen in the SE ¼ of
Section 13, T123N, R64W of the 5th P.M., Brown County, South Dakota (224 – 1st Avenue,
SE) from (I-2) District Unrestricted Industrial District and (C-3) Central Business District/(R-
4) Special Density Residential District to (C-3) Central Business District/(R-4) Special
Density Residential District. City Planning/Zoning Director Brett Bill said that the petitioner
requested the property be rezoned to eliminate split zoning which would permit future
residential living space above the existing commercial space. No public comments were
received so Mayor Schaunaman closed the hearing. Motion by Rife, second by Rux to
approve first reading of Ordinance No. 22-05-01 to rezone the property as requested. Roll
call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 22-05-02
City Attorney Ron Wager presented Ordinance No. 22-05-02 repealing sections of
City Code duplicative of existing statutues or which duplicate another section. Wager
indicated that the goal was to eliminate unnecessary City regulations and duplications of
existing statutes found in South Dakota Codified Law. Motion by Remily, second by
Reinbold to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 22-05-02 repealing sections of the
Aberdeen City Code which are duplicative of existing South Dakota statutes or another
section. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
REQUEST TO PURCHASE FUELS OFF STATE CONTRACTS
City Engineer Robin Bobzien requested approval to purchase fuels for the Public
Works Department from State Contracts for this area. Bobzien explained that Harms Oil and
Vollan Oil Co. have both agreed to supply the fuel at State fuel prices. Motion by Reinbold,
second by Rux to approve the purchase of 2022-2023 fuels from the State Contracts with
Harms Oil and Vollan Oil Co. as recommended by the City Engineer. Roll call vote to
approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
REQUEST TO PURCHASE TORO MOWERS FROM MTI DISTRIBUTING
City Engineer Robin Bobzien requested approval to purchase two new Toro
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Groundmaster 3300 Mowers from MTI Distributing of Minnesota for the Public Works –
Street and Utility Storm Departments in the total amount of $62,517.00 through the
Minnesota State Contract bid process. Motion by Rux, second by Lunzman to purchase two
Toro Mowers in the total amount of $62,517.00 from MTI Distributing as recommended by
the City Engineer. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
PAYMENT REQUEST FOR ACCESSIBLE QUADRANT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
City Engineer Robin Bobzien requested approval of Payment #1 in the amount of
$65,196.55 to CWF Masonry & Construction for work on the Accessible Quadrant
Improvements Project. Motion by Rife, second by Lunzman to approve of Payment #1 in the
amount of $65,196.55 to CWF Masonry & Construction for work on the project. Roll call
vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
CHANGE ORDER/PAYMENT FOR MELGAARD ROAD/LAWSON STREET TRAFFIC
SIGNALS PROJECT
City Engineer Robin Bobzien requested approval of Change Order #2 in the amount
of (-$55,748.00) and Payment #3 in the amount of $4,408.17 to Ringgenberg Electric for the
work on the Melgaard Road and Lawson Street Traffic Signals Project. Motion by Rux,
second by Remily to approve Change Order #2 in the amount of (-$55,748.00) and Payment
#3 in the amount of $4,408.17 to Ringgenberg Electric for work on the project. Roll call vote
to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
PRESENTATION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MARKETING ACTIVITIES
Lisa Anderson, Chamber Marketing Director, presented the Aberdeen Chamber of
Commerce Marketing updates.
REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL
Motion by Lunzman, second by Remily to approve payment of the bills listed for May
23, 2022 and payroll for the period from May 8, 2022 through May 21, 2022.
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: Depository Trust 3,442.50; Jacob Schloe 30.77; Steven
Ballinger 23.63; Jeff Andrews 25.82; Charles Miller 41.48; Todd Cunningham 21.16; Rusty
Flack 38.34; Erdmann Properties 26.23; Northwestern Energy 150,000.00; Northern Electric
10,000.00; Dependable Sanitation 23,941.17; American News 234.00; MARCO
Technologies LLC 62.16; RDO Equipment Co. 392.55; Quality Welding Inc. 249.31; Direct
Automation LLC 3,564,27; Auto Value Parts/Hedahls 1,993.81; Sanford Health
Occupational 4,680.00; Dakota Supply Group 109.47; Midstates Group 49.55; Ringgenberg
Electric Inc. 418.37; SHARE Corp. 4,979.22; Crawford Trucks & Equipment 650.87; Stan
Houston Equipment Inc. 1,685.61; Brad Ziegler 80.00; Paula Nelson 54.00; Fastenal
Company 1,327.66; Banner Associates Inc. 287,475.00; Mattern Electric 1,011.76; Tim Reed
1,150.00; Dependable Sanitation 178.00; Titan Access Productivity 18.57; Executive
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Management 60.55; Landon Seaman 220.00; US Postal Service 2,741.09; Pierson Ford-
Lincoln-Mercury 113.85; NVC 263.52; Kirk’s Auto 2,777.83; SD One Call 181.44; Quill
Corp. 53.81; Federal Express Corp. 15.89; Century Business Products 70.00; Menards Inc.
489.87; Aqua Pure Inc. 325.00; Dakota Fluid Power Inc. 1,264.58; ATCO International
149.85; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. 70.40; POMP’s Tire Service 204.95; SD Public Assurance
Alliance 462,714.44; Brett Bill 54.00; Best Western Ramkota 154.00; North Central
Rental/Leasing 7,046.94; Aberdeen Chrysler Center 276.01; Aramark Uniform Service
156.23; Butler Machinery Co. 208.37; GRAINGER 226.84; Geffdog Designs 285.08;
Jefferson Partners LP 891.53; David Dosch 54.00; Crescent Electric Supply 454.78; Tri-State
Water Inc. 27.00; United Parcel Service 164.11; James Valley Coop. Telephone Co. 41.94;
Core & Main LP 23,539.71; Matthew Hovendick 220.00; Specialty Mfg. Co. 6.98; Cummins
Inc. 1,166.68; Runnings Supply Inc. 462.58; Interstate Battery 255.90; Jordan Busche 220.00;
ODP Business Solutions LLC 238.16; VIBE Test, Inc. 1,010.00; SODEXO 66.00.
Payroll for the period from May 8, 2022 through May 21, 2022 and city share of social
security, old age & survivor’s insurance, retirement, health and life insurance: EFTPS
146,236.89; SD Retirement 83,705.63; Governing Body 3,351.93; City Manager 8,364.06;
City Attorney 7,579.88; Finance 11,222.88; HR 8,033.24, Building 1,887.36; Computer
5,067.50; Planning/Zoning 16,499.35; Engineering 14,665.19; Police 140,517.29; Fire
123,005.76 , Housing/Building 7,233.75; Street 36,582.43, Jennifer Clark 16.75 hr.; Traffic
7,905.37, Jaden Karst 16.50 hr.; Solid Waste 23,501.38, Jace Kroll 16.00 hr., Maxwell
Geditz 16.25 hr.; Transportation/Ride Line 21,168.24; Library 27,899.19, Anna Moser 40.27
hr.; Parks, Rec & Forestry 140,821.10, Stacy Morman 18.27 hr., Ian Ahlberg 13.25 hr.,
Aleigha Allison 11.00 hr., Claire Angerhofer 14.50 hr., Kamryn Arneson 11.00 hr., Jack Artz
12.75 hr., Ashtyn Bahr 13.00 hr., Brock Baker 13.50 hr., James Behan 12.00 hr., Imogen
Bengs 11.25 hr., Mercedes Bengs 11.25 hr., Tyler Berndt 11.25 hr., Grant Beyer 13.00 hr.,
Ashlyn Beyers 11.50 hr., Jayden Biegler 12.00 hr., Natalie Biel 11.00 hr., Olivia Black 12.00
hr., Reagan Blackburn 11.00 hr., Kaylee Block 11.00 hr., Emily Bockorny 11.25 hr.,
Elizabeth Brakefield 15.00 hr., Andrew Brennan 13.75 hr., Ashley Brockhaus 15.00 hr.,
MacKinley Bruemmer 13.25 hr., Lilly Bryant 11.00 hr., Jeminie Cantalope 17.00 hr., Jett
Carlson 13.00 hr., Kaden Clark 14.00 hr., Kylie Clemens 12.00 hr., Grayce Comes 11.00 hr.,
Reese Comstock 13.00 hr., Corina Conklin 11.00 hr., Jaci Cox 13.00 hr., Kaitlyn Crawford
11.00 hr., Logan Cybulski 12.00 hr., Faith Danielson 11.00 hr., Morgan Dannen 14.00 hr.,
Cloe Daugherty 11.00 hr., Emma DeRouchey 12.00 hr., Olivia DeRouchey 12.00 hr.,
Abigail DeVries 11.00 hr., Jocelyn Dockter 11.00 hr., Livia Douglas 13.25 hr., Carter Dreyer
11.75 hr., Talen Dutenhoeffer 13.25 hr., Kaylee Efraimson 13.00 hr., Cooper Eisenbeisz
13.00 hr., Taryn Emery 11.75 hr., Bryce Landon Fischer 12.00 hr., Peyton Fisher 13.75 hr.,
Jozlyn Franks 11.00 hr., Meredith Friedrichsen 14.25 hr., Dylan Gabriel 12.25 hr., Isabella
Gauer 12.25 hr., Madyson Gillen 11.25 hr., James Griffin 12.25 hr., Laney Gonsor 13.25 hr.,
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Zach Gonsor 14.00 hr., William Goscicki 12.00 hr., Jordan Grieben 11.00 hr., Parker Grieben
12.25 hr., Stanley Haskins 12.00 hr., Sidney Hansen 13.75 hr., Zachary Hanson 12.25 hr.,
Zoe Hardwick 13.00 hr., Andrew Hase 12.00 hr., Kiera Haugen 12.00 hr., Zachary Haugen
13.00 hr., Gavin Heier 12.25 hr., Cason Hellwig 13.25 hr., Sophia Hoeft 12.00 hr., Kylee
Hoffmann 12.25 hr., Stephanie Holscher 12.00 hr., Katrina Holzkamm 11.00 hr., Alexia
Hoven 12.25 hr., Eilene Hulscher 11.00 hr., Ruth Hulscher 11.00 hr., Jordyn Jensen 12.00
hr., Palmer Johnson 13.00 hr., Lauren Joosten 11.00 hr., Andrew Jorgenson 12.25 hr., Alexis
Ketterling 12.00 hr., Ashlyn Kiefer 11.00 hr., Jacob Klemme 12.00 hr., Rachel Knapp 12.75
hr., Samuel Koch 14.00 hr., Grace Kuch 13.00 hr., Jaxon Ladner 13.00 hr., Alexis LaFave
13.25 hr., Gavin Lane 13.00 hr., Ember Leidholdt 11.00 hr., George Lemer 13.00 hr., Parker
Lemer 13.25 hr., Isabelle Loecker 12.00 hr., Angelina Lopez 11.00 hr., Zachariah Lopez
13.00 hr., Miranda Maas 12.25 hr., Eva Madsen 11.00 hr., Aaron Malsbury 15.00 hr., Sara
Mangan 14.50 hr., Kyra Marcuson 13.25 hr., Madisen Martin 11.00 hr., Isabella Martinez
12.25 hr., Jennifer McDermid 12.00 hr., Lisa McNeely 12.00 hr., Stella Meier 13.00 hr.,
Dominic Miller 12.00 hr., Makylie Miller 11.25 hr., Anna Mitzel 11.00 hr., Evelyn Moe
11.00 hr., Nelson Moench 12.00 hr., Grace Nelson 12.75 hr., Taryn Nieman 13.25 hr., Ava
Nilsson 13.25 hr., Leigha Osborn 12.00 hr., Andrew Perleberg 12.00 hr., Chase Petersen
13.50 hr., Abigail Pietz 12.50 hr., Kailyn Poppen 13.00 hr., Maxwell Prehn 12.00 hr., John
Quinn 12.00 hr., Sadie Raap 13.25 hr., Jayden Reecy 13.00 hr., Ashton Remily 13.25 hr.,
Dagny Ritter 12.25 hr., Hunter Robinson 13.00 hr., Ava Rott 13.25 hr., Jackson Rott 13.25
hr., Ellis Russell 13.00 hr., Mitchell Rux 12.75 hr., Elizabeth Ryan 15.00 hr., Kaylene Sauer
12.00 hr., Libby Scepaniak 12.00 hr., Matthew Scepaniak 14.00 hr., Tabor Schabot 13.75 hr.,
Hannah Schentzel 13.00 hr., Kaelyn Schutter 12.00 hr., Lee Schwagel Jr. 12.00 hr., Bethany
Severson 11.00 hr., Jessemy Sharp 14.00 hr., Austin Sichmeller 13.00 hr., Caiden Siebert
11.00 hr., Kara Sinar 13.75 hr., Donald Soderlund IV 13.00 hr., Austin Sprinkel 12.25 hr.,
Thomas Stickelmyer 13.00 hr., Alli Stoltenburg 13.00 hr., Bryan Taylor 12.00 hr., Renee
Thayer 11.00 hr., Alison Theis 12.00 hr., Addyson Thorstad 11.00 hr., Courtney Thorstenson
11.00 hr., Taryn Thorstenson 12.00 hr., Cade Trenhaile 13.00 hr., Kira Udell 11.00 hr.,
Sophia Uttermark 11.25 hr., Cody Voegeli 16.00 hr., Ashley Vogel 13.25 hr., Coen Vogel
13.00 hr., Kiera Weisser 11.00 hr., Emma Weiszhaar 11.00 hr., Christian Wells 13.00 hr.,
Jasmine Whitecrane 12.25 hr., Boyd Willems 13.00 hr., Landon Zikmund 13.00 hr.; Airport
20,323.14, Gary Suedmeier 21.19 hr.; Pipe 34,551.73, Dawson Brandner 16.75 hr., Leroy
Conn 19.20 hr., Kobe Busch 16.50 hr.; Water Treatment 21,692.28; Meter 1,808.64; Water
Reclamation 21,960.75; Pump 9,299.23, Larry Hettich 16.50 hr., Brendan Roso 16.50 hr.
Roll call vote to approve, Ronayne, Remily, Lunzman, Rife, Reinbold, Langer, Mayor
Schaunaman voting aye, and Rux voting aye but abstaining on payroll item for Mitchell Rux,
motion carried.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
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City Manager Joe Gaa gave an update on the Roosevelt Street sanitary sewer line
collapse to be bid as an emergency and unbudgeted project.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, motion by Rux, second by Remily to adjourn the
meeting. Voice vote to adjourn, all voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at
6:11 p.m.
Prepared by Mary Campton for the Finance Office. /s/ Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer.
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