Aberdeen City Council

18875 1 MINUTES 2 ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3 City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South 4 Dakota, June 2, 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 via 8 teleconference, Charlotte Liebelt, Rich Ward, Alan Johnson, Tiffany Langer, David Novstrup, and 9 Mayor Travis Schaunaman. 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 Liebelt, second by Novstrup, to approve the agenda. Voice vote to approve, all 16 present voting aye, motion carried. 17 MINUTES 18 Motion by Ward, second by Novstrup to approve the minutes of May 27, 2025, City Council 19 Meeting, as circulated. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 20 OPEN FORUM 21 South Dakota Senator Carl Perry appeared to inform the council of election matters, 22 legislative activities, and Boys State at NSU. 23 CONSENT CALENDAR 24 Motion by Ronayne, second by Liebelt, to approve the following items on the consent 25 calendar: 26 JULY 2025 – JUNE 2026 RENEWALS FOR RETAIL ON-OFF SALE MALT 27 BEVERAGE AND SD FARM WINE LICENSE in Aberdeen for the following businesses: 1. 28 Aberdeen Catering Company LLC RB-27988, 2. Barbeque Twist, LLC RB-29724, 3. Hub City 29 Axe Throwing RB-27278, 4. Modalane RB-30464, 5. Palm Garden Thai RB-27440, 6. China 30 Ginger – Imperial Buffet RB-21775, 7. The Market on The Plaza RB-27585, 8. Cuzco Peruvian 31 Cuisine RB-30196 32 SET BID DATE ON JUNE 26, 2025, until 2:00 p.m. for Preconditioned Air (PCA) Unit, 33 Aberdeen Regional Airport, Aberdeen, South Dakota  18876 1 LOTTERY NOTICE – Receive and place on file: Aberdeen Aqua Addicts Ski Team 2 NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS LICENSES: Dakotah Witte – On 3 the Edge Construction, LLC, David Kanizar – Dakota Dave’s Handyman Service, Chase Manhart 4 – Manhart Contracting LLC, and Jory Grismer – Grismer Construction 5 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT: Aberdeen Downtown Association Downtown Concert 6 Series and Dacotah Bank Community Appreciation Picnic 7 SET PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON JUNE 16, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. for the transfer of Retail 8 On-Off Sale Malt Beverage and SD Farm Wine License number RB-2218 from Ace Boschee dba 9 Moccasin Creek Concessions, 1202 10th Ave SE, to Hub City Softball Association, Inc. dba 10 Players Field SB Concessions, 1202 10th Ave SE 11 Voice vote to approve, with Council Member Ward abstaining to item A and Fouberg 12 abstaining to item E, all others present voting aye, motion carried. 13 OLD BUSINESS 14 SECOND READING AND FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 25-05-01, A PETITION 15 TO REZONE FROM C-2 & R-3 TO C-2, PROPERTY AT 1812 SIXTH AVENUE SE – LEGENDS 16 LIQUOR PROPERTY 17 Community Development Director Hubbart presented the second reading of Ordinance 25- 18 05-01. Motion by Ward, second by Liebelt, to approve the second reading and final adoption of 19 Ordinance 25-05-01, a petition to rezone from C-2 & R-3 to C-2, Property at 1812 Sixth Avenue SE 20 – Legends Liquor property. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 21 SECOND READING AND FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 25-05-02, A PETITION 22 TO REZONE FROM R-1 TO C-1, PROPERTY AT 502 MELGAARD ROAD E – FORMER 23 LOCATION OF JOURNEY CHURCH 24 Community Development Director Hubbart presented the second reading of Ordinance 25- 25 05-02. Motion by Johnson, second by Novstrup, to approve the second reading and final adoption 26 of Ordinance 25-05-02, a petition to rezone from R-1 to C-1, Property at 502 Melgaard Road E – 27 Former location of Journey Church. Roll call vote to approve, with Council Member Fouberg 28 abstaining, all others present voting aye, motion carried. 29 NEW BUSINESS 30 PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL ONE-DAY, 31 ON-SALE, MALT BEVERAGE LICENSE FOR ABERDEEN DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 32 FOR THE 2025 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES ON JUNE 26, JULY 10, AND JULY 24, 33 LOCATED ON MAIN STREET: 6TH AVE TO 4TH AVE & 5TH ST E AND WEST TO  18877 1 ALLEYS 2 Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for the special one-day license. Motion by 3 Novstrup, second by Ward, to approve the request for a Special One-Day, On-Sale, Malt Beverage 4 License for Aberdeen Downtown Association for the 2025 Summer Concert Series on June 26, 5 July 10, and July 24, located on Main Street: 6th Ave to 4th Ave & 5th St E and West to alleys. 6 Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 7 APPROVAL OF REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE PURCHASE AND APPROVE 8 PAYMENT TO VISTO’S TRAILER SALES OF WEST FARGO, ND IN THE AMOUNT OF 9 $43,690.42 FOR A USAR TRAILER 10 Fire Chief Weig presented the trailer purchase request. Motion by Johnson, second by 11 Liebelt, to approve the request to authorize purchase and approve payment to Visto’s Trailer Sales 12 of West Fargo, ND in the amount of $43,690.42 for a USAR Trailer. Roll call vote to approve, all 13 present voting aye, motion carried. 14 APPROVAL FOR HUBER TECHNOLOGY INC. TO REBUILD 2 HUBER SCREW 15 PRESS DEWATERING UNITS AS QUOTED IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,309.69 FOR LABOR 16 AND PARTS 17 Water Reclamation Director Fischer presented the rebuild. Motion by Ronayne, second by 18 Ward, to approve Huber Technology Inc. to rebuild 2 Huber Screw Press Dewatering Units as 19 quoted in the amount of $69,309.69 for labor and parts. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting 20 aye, motion carried. 21 APPROVAL OF PAY REQUEST #1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,499.54 AND CHANGE 22 ORDER #1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,928.00 FOR CONC-2025-2 (ACCESSIBLE QUADRANT 23 IMPROVEMENTS) TO CWF MASONRY & CONSTRUCTION OF ABERDEEN, SD 24 City Engineer Nelson presented the pay request. Motion by Johnson, second by Ward, to 25 approve Pay Request #1 in the amount of $75,499.54 and Change Order #1 in the amount of 26 $8,928.00 for Conc-2025-2 (Accessible Quadrant Improvements) to CWF Masonry & 27 Construction of Aberdeen, SD. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 28 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL 29 Motion by Novstrup, second by Ward, to approve payment of the bills listed for June 2, 2025. 30 Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor 31 or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of the 32 following approved bills: US Bank Corp Trust 42,056.25, Reed Fund 14,226.91, US Bank 75,706.44, 33 Aberdeen Christian School Inc. 500.00, Aberdeen Chrysler Center 234.60, Aberdeen Insider 660.24,  18878 1 American Bank & Trust 55,875.27, AT&T Cell 1,857.35, Auto Value Parts/Hedahls 3,505.52, Avera 2 St. Luke's Hospital 450.00, Brian Baker 80.00, CemCast Pipe & Precast 26,386.29, Convention 3 Visitors Bureau 27,877.08, Cortrust TIF #19 23,977.86, Crawford Trucks & Equipment 143.59, 4 Crouch Irrigation 348.59, Dacotah Bank TIF 283,599.71, Dakota Electronics LLC 2,034.00, Dakota 5 Fluid Power Inc. 39.64, Diamond Vogel 34,894.00, Fire & Police Selection Inc. 1,375.50, First State 6 Bank of Roscoe 8,869.59, Geffdog Designs 1,385.62, Graham Tire Co. 48.40, Great Plains Bank 7 90,245.41, Guardian Life Insurance Co. 1,298.91, Harms Heating and Cooling Inc. 204.08, Harms 8 Oil Company 19,424.87, Henry Schein Inc. 99.60, Hub Auto 1,591.09, Jensen Rock & Sand Inc. – 9 Mobrridge 51,845.40, Ken's Alignment 179.60, Lawson Products Inc. 1,125.63, MacQueen 10 Emergency Group 16,890.15, Mac's Inc. 79.70, Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. 69.00, Matt Parrott 1,087.83, 11 Menards Inc. 108.94, Metering & Technology Solutions 7,290.71, Pierson Ford-Lincoln-Mercury 12 10,404.72, Plains Commerce Bank 128,125.35, Pomp's Tire Service 4,404.09, Ringgenberg Electric 13 Inc. 1,919.18, Safety Service Inc. 118.60, Sanitation Products Inc. 507.57, SD Redbook Fund 196.00, 14 Sewer Duck Inc. 125.00, Sherwin Industries Inc. 37.98, Taiten Leesch 80.00, Visto's Trailer Sales 15 43,690.42 16 Payroll for the period from May 18, 2025, through May 31, 2025, and city share of social 17 security, old age & survivor’s insurance, retirement, health and life insurance. EFTPS 201,292.32, 18 SD Retirement System 109,721.66, City Health Insurance 90,162.50, Governing Body Council 19 3,401.22, City Manager 9,681.75, Attorney 8,457.31, Finance Office 18,633.81, Human Resources 20 10,156.66, Municipal Hall 2,184.97, Computer Services 6,385.08, Community Development 21 18,016.00, Engineering 14,496.62, Police 204,165.82, Kasey Kurtz 30.84/hr, Austin Van Overbeke 22 30.09/hr, Brycelyn Wolff 22.81/hr, Braxton Farmen 34.05/hr, Eric Paul 36.66/hr, Fire 174,129.29, 23 Jaydon Leidholdt 14.25/hr, Building Inspection 7,825.60, Street 40,432.19, Solid Waste 2,269.17, 24 Traffic Control 11,984.04, Solid Waste 25,716.74, Zane Backous 18.50/hr, Aiden Fisher 18.50/hr, 25 Trinitie Hoff 18.50/hr, Carter Samson 18.50/hr, Stacy Sexton 22.81/hr, Jordan Titus 18.50/hr, Transit 26 29,272.73, Terry Nash 21.71/hr, Library 36,154.63, City Econ Dev 2,989.60, Cemetery 9,013.56, 27 West Nile 7,018.19, Beau Binder 16.00/hr, Casey Vining 16.00/hr, Meals On Wheels 571.81, Admin 28 11,506.72, Participant Rec 20,032.97, Park Rec ARCC 24,753.04, Julia Orr 19.25/hr, Brooke 29 Backous 14.00/hr, Turner Bergan 14.00/hr, Trevin Black Bear 17.00/hr, Stewart Bohle 20.00/hr, 30 Kannon Coats 17.00/hr, Jaci Cox 15.75/hr, Lauren Griese 14.00/hr, Caiti Hubert 17.00/hr, Trent Kurtz 31 19.00/hr, Triston Leidholdt 15.00/hr, Steve Markley 20.00/hr, Mason Moe 14.00/hr, Nevaeh Moser 32 14.00/hr, Tanner Schabot-Shultis 14.25/hr, Morgan Smith 14.00/hr, Katelyn Steinwandt 14.00/hr, 33 Cody Voegeli 19.00/hr, Anneliese Wells 14.00/hr, Kim Zimmerman 20.00/hr, Aquatic Center  18879 1 23,579.86, Addyson Edwards 16.00/hr, Olivia Grohs 15.75/hr, Kiera Haugen 16.25/hr, Makhi Jones 2 13.00/hr, Maria Vrooman 13.00/hr, Kennadee Wagner 15.50/hr, PC Complex 4,193.76, Park Rec 3 Senior Center 6,012.20, Parks 31,268.86, Joshua Erhardt 15.00/hr, Holden Havlik 14.00/hr, Maxwell 4 Prehn 14.75/hr, Jackson Welke 14.00/hr, Parks/Wylie 29,139.04, Garrett Lock 14.00/hr, Kyler 5 Mehlhoff 14.00/hr, Bailey Pietz 16.25/hr, Rylie Pietz 14.00/hr, Braelyn Thomle 14.00/hr, Daniel Rux 6 17.50/hr, Forestry 13,392.30, Airport 24,576.71, Utilities - General 17,107.73, Owen Langerock 7 20.00/hr, Utilities - Sewer 5,389.38, Utilities - Water 10,666.93, Water Treatment Plant 27,446.78, 8 Utilities - Water 2,230.15, Wastewater Treatment 24,960.88, Utilities - Sewer 9,563.86, SBL Rides 9 13,446.40, Raylee Brick 13.00/hr, Anessa Napton 13.00/hr, Rhianna Troske 13.25/hr, Concessions 10 13,110.93, Denise Auske 14.25/hr, Lisa Link 14.25/hr, Damian Mcintosh 13.00/hr, Karlee Reszler 11 13.50/hr, Elizabeth Shultis 13.50/hr, Kenley Skinner 13.00/hr, Kiya Stillman 15.25/hr, Grace 12 Sumption 13.75/hr, Amay Untereiner 13.00/hr, ARCC 3,720.42, Paddle Boat/Canoe 130.00, 13 Campground 7,296.46, Rylie Stadel 14.00/hr , Park Rec Golf 11,189.04, Niklas Hansen 14.00/hr. 14 Roll call vote to approve, with Council Member Ronayne abstaining to Plains Commerce 15 Bank, Fouberg abstaining to Dacotah Bank, and Mayor Schaunaman abstaining to Sewer Duck Inc., 16 all others present voting aye, motion carried. 17 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT 18 City Manager Bobzien provided an overview of upcoming board meetings, announced a 19 special meeting for the canvassing of election results, and acknowledged recent employee 20 recognitions. 21 ADJOURNMENT 22 There being no further business, motion by Ward, second by Novstrup, to adjourn the meeting. 23 Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:49 p.m. 24 Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer