Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · May 5, 2025
Minutes
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1 MINUTES
2 ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING
3 City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South
4 Dakota, May 5, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., regular meeting of the City Council.
5 CALL TO ORDER
6 MEETING ROLL CALL
7 Present at roll call were City Council Members Rob Ronayne, Erin Fouberg, Charlotte Liebelt,
8 Rich Ward, Tiffany Langer, David Novstrup, and Mayor Travis Schaunaman. Council Member Alan
9 Johnson was absent.
10 City Staff present were Robin Bobzien, Ron Wager, Stuart Nelson, Ken Hubbart, Joel Weig,
11 Dave McNeil, and Jordan McQuillen.
12 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
13 Mayor Schaunaman led the Pledge of Allegiance.
14 APPROVAL OF AGENDA
15 Motion by Ronayne, second by Ward, to approve the agenda. Voice vote to approve, all
16 present voting aye, motion carried.
17 MINUTES
18 Motion by Novstrup, second by Ward, to approve the minutes of the April 28, 2025, City
19 Council Meeting, as modified. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
20 OPEN FORUM
21 No one appeared in open forum to address the Council.
22 CONSENT CALENDAR
23 Motion by Liebelt, second by Ward, to approve the following items on the consent
24 calendar:
25 JULY 2025 – JUNE 2026 RENEWALS FOR RETAIL ON-OFF SALE MALT
26 BEVERAGE AND SD FARM WINE LICENSE in Aberdeen for the following businesses: 1.
27 Schwan's Recreation RB-2205, 2. EZ Stop RB-2225, 3. Deuces Wild Casino RB-2282, 4. 4 Aces
28 Casino RB-2326, 5. Royal Casino RB-2507, 6. Grand Casino RB-2755, 7. Mulligans-Street Corner
29 Market RB-27800, 8. International Kitchen RB-29709, and 9. AmericInn of Aberdeen RB-3885
30 SET PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 27, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. for the first reading of
31 Ordinance 25-05-02, a petition to rezone certain property located 502 East Melgaard Road
32 REQUEST FOR STREET/TRAIL USE – receive and place on file: Leadership Aberdeen
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1 Class for event on June 1, 2025, and Brown County Fair 5k Race on August 16, 2025
2 NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS LICENSE for Radiant Roofing &
3 Siding
4 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT for Aberdeen Downtown Association, Spring Wine
5 Walk on May 22, 2025
6 Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
7 NEW BUSINESS
8 PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL ONE-DAY RETAIL ON-SALE
9 LIQUOR LICENSE ON MAY 22, 2025, FOR ABERDEEN DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION’S
10 SPRING WINE WALK
11 Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for the special one-day alcohol license.
12 Motion by Ward, second by Novstrup, to approve the Special One-Day Retail On-Sale Liquor
13 License on May 22, 2025, for Aberdeen Downtown Association’s Spring Wine Walk. Voice vote
14 to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
15 PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF A NEW RETAIL (ON-OFF SALE) WINE
16 AND CIDER LICENSE FOR SKY LLC DBA INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN, 1721 6TH AVE
17 SE
18 Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for a new wine and cider license. Motion
19 by Liebelt, second by Fouberg, to approve the new Retail (on-off sale) Wine and Cider license for
20 Sky LLC dba International Kitchen, 1721 6th Ave SE. Voice vote to approve, all present voting
21 aye, motion carried.
22 PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF A NEW RETAIL (ON-OFF SALE) WINE
23 AND CIDER LICENSE FOR VERY NECESSARY LLC DBA IRIE VIBES, SIP & PAINT, 10
24 5TH AVE SW
25 Mayor Schunaman opened the public hearing for a new wine and cider license. Motion by
26 Ronayne, second by Novstrup, to approve a new Retail (on-off sale) Wine and Cider license for
27 Very Necessary LLC dba Irie Vibes, Sip & Paint, 10 5th Ave SW. Voice vote to approve, all
28 present voting aye, motion carried.
29 APPROVAL OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 25-05-03 REPEALING THE
30 PARKING BOARD AND EXPANDING THE PURPOSE OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
31 IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
32 City Attorney Wager presented Ordinance No. 25-05-03. Motion by Ronayne, second by
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1 Langer, to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 25-05-03 repealing the Parking Board and
2 expanding the purpose of the Downtown Business Improvement District. Roll call vote to approve,
3 all present voting aye, motion carried.
4 APPROVAL OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 25-05-04 AMENDING
5 PUBLIC PARKING REGULATIONS
6 City Attorney Wager and Police Chief McNeil presented Ordinance No. 25-05-04. Motion
7 by Ronayne, second by Ward, to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 25-05-04 Amending
8 Public Parking Regulations.
9 Motion by Langer, second by Ronayne, to amend section 52-217(d) of the ordinance to
10 remove the phrase of “more than two days”, thereby allowing appeals to the Council of any denied
11 request in the downtown core area.
12 Roll call vote to approve the amendment, with Council Members Ward and Fouberg voting
13 no, all others present voting aye, motion carried.
14 Roll call vote to approve first reading of Ordinance 25-05-04, as amended, all present
15 voting aye, motion carried.
16 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL
17 Motion by Liebelt, second by Novstrup, to approve payment of the bills listed for May 5,
18 2025.
19 Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor
20 or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of the
21 following approved bills: First Interstate Bank 107,500.00, US Bank Corp. Trust 17,334.95, US Bank
22 90,303.25, SD Public Assurance Alliance 585,461.53, Optilegra Inc. 12.92, Wellmark BCBS of SD
23 65,479.98 Aberdeen Community Concert 2,500.00, Amazon Capital Services 671.63, AT&T Cell
24 1,856.89, Atlas Carbon LLC 33,487.36, Auto Value Parts/Hedahls 1,555.07, Brown County Landfill
25 4.80, Builders Firstsource Inc. 181.06, Century Business Products 50.00, Convention Visitors Bureau
26 27,698.72, Crawford Trucks & Equipment 6,210.38, Dakota Fluid Power Inc. 368.82, Dakota Supply
27 Group 135.93, Dependable Sanitation 132.00, Direct Automation LLC 2,835.48, Dival Safety
28 Equipment Inc. 1,013.73, Eide Bailly LLP 27,620.00, Flexible Pipe Tools & Equipment 1,957.30,
29 Garett Ristau 333.82, Grainger 1,095.77, Graymont (WI) LLC 10,965.57, Haar Plumbing & Heating,
30 Inc. 825.37, Hawkins Inc. 3,716.70, Interstate Battery Arlington 285.90, Jarman's Water Systems
31 452.50, JGE Inc. 1,063.73, Killoran Trucking & Brokerage 13,218.44, Lawson Products Inc. 632.05,
32 Mac's Inc. 13.97, Menards Inc. 423.31, Mid Continent Testing Lab Inc. 124.75, Midstates Group
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1 6,973.74, Mitchell1 1,908.00, MTI Distributing 77.78, MVTL Laboratories Inc. 1,336.50, Napa
2 Central 196.06, Nelson Sales & Service LLC 324.00, Runnings Supply Inc. #14 564.14, Safety
3 Service Inc. 33.00, Schwan Welding & Boiler 10,521.00, SD Department Health Lab 1,104.00, SD
4 Supplemental Retirement 45.00, Share Corp. 3,386.55, Sky Dine Inc. 150.00, Stan Houston
5 Equipment Inc. 240.00, Steven Lust Automotive 36.40, Tip Top Cleaning Services 630.00,
6 Transource Truck & Equipment 72.92, US Postal Service 2,939.75, Vestis Group Inc. 316.26,
7 172286.15
8 Payroll for the period from April 20, 2025, through May 3, 2025, and city share of social
9 security, old age & survivor’s insurance, retirement, health and life insurance. Governing Body
10 Council 3,401.22, City Manager 9,711.67, Attorney 8,621.87, Finance Office 18,706.08, Human
11 Resources 13,094.81, Municipal Hall 2,184.97, Computer Services 6,348.31, Community
12 Development 18,019.00, Engineering 14,496.61, Police 182,293.43, Fire 170,513.64, Building
13 Inspection 7,825.60, Street 44,999.02, Traffic Control 11,016.22, Raniesa Mattke 19.25/hr, Utilities
14 - General 8,477.03, Solid Waste 29,765.40, Nathan Hebeisen 19.00/hr, Ethan Sombke 18.50/hr,
15 Wastewater Treatment 24,677.73, Utilities - Sewer 12,267.25, Water Treatment Plant 25,916.14,
16 Wayne Krysowaty 19.00/hr, Utilities - Water 20,335.38, Airport 21,827.45, Cemetery 4,595.35,
17 Jessica Bitz 16.00/hr, Dennis Dahme 15.25/hr, Charles Forrest 16.50/hr, Arista Padfield 15.75/hr,
18 Transit 29,994.53, Tyler Davidson 13.25/hr, Kyra Fairchild 13.00/hr, Carson Goethals 13.25/hr,
19 Elizabeth Gustafson 13.00/hr, Katharine Hartung 13.50/hr, Dylan Huff 13.25/hr, Skyler Kramer
20 13.00/hr, Jayda Siebert 13.00/hr, West Nile 379.50, Zachary Bowser 16.25/hr, Mitchell Henjum
21 16.25/hr, Katrina Holzkamm 16.00/hr, Lynn Holzkamm 17.50/hr, Bradley Sharp 17.75/hr, Isaiah
22 Sharp 16.00/hr, Amy Thompson 17.75/hr, Meals On Wheels 690.75, Concessions 85.32, Jillian
23 Harmel 13.25/hr, Arianna Johnson 13.00/hr, Leah Kranzler 13.00/hr, Brooklyn Schwartz 13.00/hr,
24 PRF Admin 12,529.97, Randy Padfield 16.25/hr, Matthew Braun 4,224.19/Bi Weekly, Participant
25 Rec 11,254.02, Brooke Backous 14.00/hr, Rylee Baumgartner 14.00/hr, Joshua Lee 15.00/hr, Park
26 Rec ARCC 31,203.60, Ashtyn Ba 15.75/hr 15.75/hr, Olivia Derouchey 15.50/hr, Rayven Dutenhoffer
27 15.25/hr, Bryson Hanson 15.25/hr, Jeanette Huss 16.00/hr, Zachariah Lopez 15.75/hr, Ava Rott
28 16.00/hr, Elizabeth Ryan 19.75/hr, Natalie Schultz 15.00/hr, Alice Vogel 15.50/hr, Coen Vogel
29 15.75/hr, Tatum Waldrop 19.25/hr, Jessalyn Fischer 16.25/hr, Kaelyn Schutter 16.00/hr, Olivia
30 Whitney 16.00/hr, Aquatic Center 8.88, Jaxon Block 15.00/hr, Parker Grieben 17.25/hr, Rachel
31 Knapp 17.00/hr, Alexis Lafave 17.75/hr, Miranda Maas 17.25/hr, Chase Peterson 17.75/hr, Taryn
32 Thorstenson 16.25/hr, Ava Wagner 13.00/hr, Kenadi Withers 15.50/hr, Park Rec Golf 8,683.33,
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1 Kerry Buntrock 14.25/hr, Jackson Isakson 14.00/hr, Trent Kramer 16.25/hr, Dennis Olson 14.50/hr,
2 Malek Wieker 14.00/hr, Pc Complex 7,384.40, Park Rec Senior Center 6,220.71, Campground
3 2,170.43, Jenny Gross 15.50/hr, Hope Joachim 14.00/hr, Greyson Noeldner 13.25/hr, Aislinn Walks
4 15.00/hr, Taylen Walks 14.25/hr, Parks 24,976.40, Alicia Davis 14.00/hr, Marcus Fletcher 14.00/hr,
5 Lucus Howard 16.50/hr, Jacob Lewandowski 14.00/hr, Jacob Stulken 14.25/hr, Ben Swanson
6 16.25/hr, Parks/Wylie 15,519.18, Jacob Haugen 14.00/hr, Cason Hellwig 15.25/hr, Kaylie Grotjohn
7 14.00/hr, Nathan Kornmann 15.00/hr, Brandon Kreber 14.50/hr, Preston Kreber 15.25/hr, Jacqueline
8 Mcneil 16.00/hr, Gary Olson 15.50/hr, Hannah Rovang 14.00/hr, Noah Trauger 14.25/hr, Breah
9 Webb 14.00/hr, Cassandra Webb 14.50/hr, Aidan Walker 14.00/hr, Kayden Wika 14.00/hr, Forestry
10 10,942.76, Cole Holmes 15.25/Hr, Library 33,750.90, City Econ Dev 2,989.60
11 Roll call vote to approve, with Council Member Ward abstaining, Mayor Schaunaman
12 abstaining to Jarman’s Water Systems, all others present voting aye, motion carried.
13 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
14 City Manager Bobzien discussed FEMA’s need to remap flood plains in Aberdeen.
15 EXECUTIVE SESSION
16 Motion by Ronayne, second by Ward, to move into executive session at 6:21 p.m. to consult
17 with legal counsel about contractual matters, pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2(3). Voice Vote to approve,
18 all present voting aye, motion carried.
19 Motion by Ronayne, second by Fouberg, to move out of executive session at 6:40 p.m.
20 Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
21 ADJOURNMENT
22 There being no further business, motion by Fouberg, second by Novstrup, to adjourn the
23 meeting. Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 6:40
24 p.m.
25 Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer
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