Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · June 23, 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, June 23, 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, Alan Johnson, Talmage Ekanger, Tiffany Langer, David Novstrup, and Mayor Travis
9 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 Ekanger, second by Ward, to approve the agenda with modifications to consent
16 calendar and item 7C. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
17 MINUTES
18 Motion by Johnson, second by Liebelt, to approve the minutes of the June 16, 2025, City
19 Council Meeting, as circulated. 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 Ward, second by Ronayne, to approve the following items on the consent
24 calendar:
25 DAY CARE LICENSE RENEWAL – Gina Ryan and Tracy Whittlinger
26 NEW TAXI DRIVER LICENSE – Todd Hieb
27 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT AND STREET CLOSURE for the following
28 organization: Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce: Business After Hours on July 10, 2025
29 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT for the following organization: Red Rooster/Fallout:
30 Locals Concert on June 27, 2025, and Fallout Art Festival on August 3, 2025
31 RAFFLE AND LOTTERY NOTIFICATION – Receive and place on file: Sidney L. Smith
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1 American Legion Post #24, beginning September 8, 2025, through February 8, 2026, Aberdeen
2 Area Pride on June 20-21, 2025
3 SET PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON JULY 7, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. for a New Retail (on-off
4 sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine license for One Legged Pheasant
5 REPORTS AND MINUTES FROM CITY BOARDS – Receive and place on file: 1.
6 Aberdeen Airport Board Meeting on May 8, 2025, 2. KO Lee Library Board Meeting on May 6,
7 2025, and 3. Zoning Adjustment Board Meeting on May 8, 2025
8 JULY 2025 – JUNE 2026 RENEWAL FOR RETAIL ON-OFF SALE MALT
9 BEVERAGE AND SD FARM WINE LICENSE in Aberdeen for the following businesses: Hub
10 City Softball Association RB- , and Hub City Softball Association RB -
11 Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
12 NEW BUSINESS
13 REAPPOINTMENT OF MIKE ERICKSON TO THE ABERDEEN AIRPORT BOARD
14 FOR ANOTHER FIVE-YEAR TERM ENDING JUNE 30, 2030
15 Mayor Schaunaman presented the reappointment. Motion by Johnson, second by Ekanger,
16 to approve the reappointment of Mike Erickson to the Aberdeen Airport Board for another five-
17 year term ending June 30, 2030. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
18 ABERDEEN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – MARKETING UPDATE
19 Executive Director of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce, Gail Ochs, presented
20 the marking update for the Chamber of Commerce.
21 APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL ONE DAY RETAIL ON-SALE BEER, WINE AND
22 CIDER LICENSE FOR ABERDEEN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AFTER
23 HOURS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AND LOCATIONS: JULY 10, 2025, AT MAIN
24 STREET, 400 BLOCK UP TO 4TH AVENUE, AND AUGUST 7, 2025, AT TWIN CITY FAN,
25 515 COMMERCE STREET
26 Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for the special one-day alcohol license.
27 Motion by Langer, second by Novstrup, to approve the Special One Day Retail On-Sale Beer,
28 Wine and Cider License for Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on the
29 following dates and locations: July 10, 2025, at Main Street, 400 block up to 4th Avenue, and
30 August 7, 2025, at Twin City Fan, 515 Commerce Street. Voice vote to approve, all present voting
31 aye, motion carried.
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1 APPROVAL OF A NEW RETAIL (ON-OFF SALE) MALT BEVERAGE & SD FARM
2 WINE LICENSE FOR CATHERINE INFANTE DBA BISTRO 42, 420 SOUTH MAIN STREET
3 [CONTINGENT ON FINAL INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEFORE
4 OPERATING – RESTAURANT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE SD DEPARTMENT OF
5 HEALTH]
6 Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for the new alcohol license. Motion by
7 Ronayne, second by Ward, to approve the Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine
8 license for Catherine Infante dba Bistro 42, 420 South Main Street [contingent on final inspection
9 and certificate of occupancy before operating – restaurant must be approved by the SD Department
10 of Health]. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
11 APPROVAL OF PAY REQUEST NUMBER 4, IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,326.90, TO
12 CLIMATE CONTROL FOR THE WATER TREATMENT HEAT EXCHANGER
13 IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
14 City Engineer Nelson presented the pay request. Motion by Johnson, second by Liebelt, to
15 approve pay request number 4, in the amount of $39,326.90, to Climate Control for the Water
16 Treatment Heat Exchanger Improvements project. Roll call vote to approve with Council Member
17 Ward and Mayor Schaunaman abstaining, all others present voting aye, motion carried.
18 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL
19 Motion by Novstrup, second by Ronayne, to approve payment of the bills listed for June 23,
20 2025.
21 Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor
22 or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of the
23 following approved bills: Utility 488.20: Cremer & Peterson Gosch 27.95, M&M Property Holdings
24 205.82, Asher Mersereau 30.99, 7th Ave DTS LLC 55.81, Briscoe Rentals LLC 89.61, Apostolic
25 Lutheran 40.52, Double L Trucking 37.50, United Parcel Service 1,000.00, Dacotah Bank 150.00,
26 Elavon Merchant Services 500.00, Paymentech LLC 6,000.00, Century Link 5,000.00, Northwestern
27 Energy 175,000.00, Northern Electric 10,000.00, ABDN Downtown Assoc. 39,026.47, Aberdeen
28 Chamber of Commerce 30,000.00, Adam White 47.73, All American Gasket 372.70, Area IV Senior
29 Nutrition 12,000.00, Auto Value Parts/Hedahls 959.79, Avera St. Luke's Hospital 450.00, Brown
30 County Landfill 22.32, Brown County Treasurer 26.70, Butler Machinery Co. 655.85, Cardinal
31 Tracking Inc. 9,225.30, Century Business Products 79.40, Centurylink 3,013.98, Climate Control
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1 39,326.90, Cole Papers Inc. 161.25, Constellation Newenergy 4,882.64, Core & Main LP 15,740.02,
2 Country Concrete/Landscaping 1,687.35, Crawford Trucks & Equipment 2,363.97, Cuzco LLC
3 3,075.00, Dacotah Paper Co. 376.13, Dakota Doors Incorporated 86.73, Dakota Fluid Power Inc.
4 557.26, Dakota Oil 348.40, Dependable Sanitation 949.82, Direct Automation LLC 1,418.59, Duncan
5 Co. 1,945.60, Eddie's Northside Sinclair 29.65, Ez-Liner 1,217.74, Gary's Engine & Repair 738.98,
6 Geffdog Designs 311.00, Grainger 122.44, Grey Willow Music 1,000.00, Haar Plumbing & Heating,
7 Inc. 237.63, Harms Heating and Cooling Inc. 270.41, Harms Oil Company 20,421.03, IMEG
8 16,738.87, IP Media Holdings Inc. 649.50, Jackson Lewis P.C. 3,000.00, James Valley Coop
9 Telephone Co. 35.20, Jarman's Water Systems 2,522.25, Jensen Rock & Sand Inc.-Mobridge
10 57,342.60, John Kirnan 94.00, Ken's Alignment Auto Service 2,184.99, Kent Warrey 180.00,
11 Kessler's 32.35, Killoran Trucking & Brokerage 14,830.58, Kristin Kroell 28.00, M&T Fire & Safety
12 Inc. 1,907.97, Mac's Inc. 140.34, Maddox Hanson 47.73, Marco Technologies LLC 90.35, Menards
13 Inc. 1,178.17, Metering & Technology Solutions 42,700.63, Mid Continent Testing Lab Inc. 124.75,
14 Midstates Group 3,915.00, Napa Central 12.52, Nelson Sales & Service LLC 122.46, Northern Valley
15 Communications 574.83, NSU Foundation 500,000.00, Performance Oil & Lubricants 20.83, Pierson
16 Ford-Lincoln-Mercury 34.16, PKG Contracting Inc. 4,615,956.51, Pomp's Tire Service 1,304.97,
17 Pressure Washer Central 180.62, RDO Equipment Co. 42,673.46, Runnings Supply Inc. #14 82.90,
18 Safety Service Inc. 22,565.95, Sanford Health Occupational 6,800.00, Sanitation Products Inc.
19 3,700.00, SD Department Health Lab 40.00, SD Dept. of Transportation 2,511.87, Share Corp
20 4,802.62, Sioux Valley Environmental Inc. 21,620.00, SOTG Concepts LLC 4,179.00, South Dakota
21 Safety Council 3,693.79, Tim Reed 2,924.00, Triplec Pros Window Cleaning 925.00, Uline 216.77,
22 US Postal Service 382.00, Verizon Wireless 225.85, Vestis Group Inc. 378.13, Zoom Construction
23 Inc. 830.75. Roll call vote to approve with Council Member Ward abstaining, Fouberg abstaining to
24 Dacotah Bank, and Mayor Schaunaman abstaining to Climate Control, all others present voting aye,
25 motion carried.
26 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
27 City Manager Bobzien announced the budget reviews with all departments are complete.
28 Mayor Schaunaman recognized Council Member Langer during her final City Council meeting.
29 ADJOURNMENT
30 There being no further business, motion by Ronayne, second by Langer, to adjourn the
31 meeting. Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:59
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2 Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer
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