Aberdeen City Council

18915 1 MINUTES 2 ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3 City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South 4 Dakota, July 28, 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, Talmage Ekanger, Chad Nilson, David 9 Novstrup, and 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 Ekanger, to approve the agenda with removal of item 7A, 16 and item 7D. Voice vote to approve with amendments, all present voting aye, motion carried. 17 MINUTES 18 Motion by Nilson, second by Ward, to approve the minutes of the July 21, 2025, City Council 19 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 Nilson, second by Johnson, to approve the following items on the consent 24 calendar: 25 SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CERTIFICATION OF UNION 26 ELECTION RESULTS – receive and place on file 27 NEW DAY CARE LICENSE: Nicole Fuller 28 NEW EXCAVATOR LICENSE: Pro Contracting Inc. 29 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT: Bryan Delzer on September 6, 2025 – amplified sound 30 shall cease at 11:00 p.m. 31 REPORTS AND MINUTES FROM CITY BOARDS – Receive and place on file: 1.  18916 1 Aberdeen Airport Board Meeting on June 5, 2025, 2. KO Lee Library Board Meeting on June 10, 2 2025, 3. Parks & Recreation Board Meeting on April 2, 2025, May 7, 2025, and June 4, 2025, 4. 3 Planning Commission Board Meeting on May 20, 2025, and 5. Zoning Adjustment Board Meeting 4 on June 12, 2025 5 Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 6 OLD BUSINESS 7 SECOND READING AND FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 25-07-01, AN 8 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE ABERDEEN CITY CODE 9 TO INCLUDE HOME DAYCARES IN ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTIONS 10 Community Development Director Hubbart presented the second reading of Ordinance 11 25-07-01. Motion by Ronayne, second by Ward, to approve the second reading and final adoption 12 of Ordinance 25-07-01, an ordinance amending the zoning regulations of the Aberdeen City Code 13 to include Home Daycares in Administrative Exceptions. Roll call vote to approve, all present 14 voting aye, motion carried. 15 SECOND READING AND FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 25-07-03 16 REPEALING THE ORDINANCE REGULATING THE RECREATIONAL AND HOBBY 17 FLYING OF DRONES 18 City Attorney Wager presented the second reading of Ordinance 25-07-03. Motion by 19 Liebelt, second by Ward, to approve the second reading and final adoption of Ordinance No. 25- 20 07-03 repealing the ordinance regulating the recreational and hobby flying of drones. Roll call 21 vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 22 NEW BUSINESS 23 PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF THE FOLLOWING 24 ALCOHOL LICENSES: 1. TRANSFER OF RETAIL ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSE RL-5423 25 FROM REGENCY MIDWEST VENTURES, LP DBA RAMKOTA INN, 1400 8TH AVE NW, 26 TO ABERDEEN LODGING, LLC DBA BEST WESTERN, 1400 8TH AVE NW, 2. TRANSFER 27 OF RETAIL ON-OFF SALE WINE AND CIDER LICENSE RW-6475 FROM REGENCY 28 MIDWEST VENTURES, LP DBA RAMKOTA INN, 1400 8TH AVE NW, TO ABERDEEN 29 LODGING, LLC DBA BEST WESTERN, 1400 8TH AVE NW, 3. TRANSFER OF RETAIL 30 ON-OFF SALE MALT BEVERAGE AND SD FARM WINE LICENSE RB-2328 FROM 31 REGENCY MIDWEST VENTURES, LP DBA RAMKOTA INN, 1400 8TH AVE NW, TO  18917 1 ABERDEEN LODGING, LLC DBA BEST WESTERN, 1400 8TH AVE NW 2 Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for the transfer of alcohol licenses from 3 Regency Midwest Ventures, LP dba Ramkota Inn, 1400 8th Ave NW, to Aberdeen Lodging, LLC 4 dba Best Western. Motion by Ekanger, second by Ward, to approve the transfer of the following 5 alcohol licenses: 1. Transfer of Retail On-Sale Liquor License RL-5423 from Regency Midwest 6 Ventures, LP dba Ramkota Inn, 1400 8th Ave NW, to Aberdeen Lodging, LLC dba Best Western, 7 1400 8th Ave NW, 2. Transfer of Retail On-Off Sale Wine and Cider License RW-6475 from 8 Regency Midwest Ventures, LP dba Ramkota Inn, 1400 8th Ave NW, to Aberdeen Lodging, LLC 9 dba Best Western, 1400 8th Ave NW, 3. Transfer of Retail On-Off Sale Malt Beverage and SD 10 Farm Wine License RB-2328 from Regency Midwest Ventures, LP dba Ramkota Inn, 1400 8th 11 Ave NW, to Aberdeen Lodging, LLC dba Best Western, 1400 8th Ave NW. Voice vote to approve, 12 all present voting aye, motion carried. 13 ANNUAL REVIEW OF OPEN MEETING LAWS 14 City Attorney Wager presented the annual review of open meeting laws. 15 FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 25-07-04 SUPPLEMENTING THE 2025 BUDGET 16 FOR VARIOUS PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES 17 Finance Officer McQuillen presented the first reading of Ordinance 25-07-04. Motion by 18 Ward, second by Novstrup, to approve the first reading of Ordinance 25-07-04 supplementing the 19 2025 budget for various Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department activities. Roll call vote to 20 approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 21 APPROVAL OF PAY REQUEST #3 IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,210.71 FOR PCN 09GP 22 (10TH AVE SE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT) TO PRAHM CONSTRUCTION INC. OF 23 SLAYTON, MN 24 City Engineer Nelson presented the pay request to Prahm Construction Inc. Motion by 25 Johnson, second by Nilson, to approve Pay Request #3 in the amount of $19,210.71 for PCN 09GP 26 (10th Ave SE Bridge Replacement) to Prahm Construction Inc. of Slayton, MN. Roll call vote to 27 approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 28 APPROVAL OF A BID TO JOHNSON FEED FOR ROADWAY DEICING SALT 2025- 29 2026 30 City Engineer Nelson presented the bid. Motion by Ronayne, second by Johnson, to 31 approve the bid to Johnson Feed for Roadway Deicing Salt 2025-2026. Roll call vote to approve, 32  18918 1 all present voting aye, motion carried. 2 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL 3 Motion by Liebelt, second by Ward, to approve payment of the bills listed for July 28, 2025. 4 Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor 5 or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of the 6 following approved bills: Utility 280.58: Jared Murphy 54.25, Keith Trinko 34.85, Cody Bekkerus 7 48.86, Stephanie Shuster 51.37, Deryck Two Bulls 11.91, Don Hamlin 79.34, United Parcel Service 8 1,000.00, Dacotah Bank 150.00, Elavon Merchant Services 500.00, Paymentech LLC 6,000.00, 9 Northwestern Energy 175,000.00, Northern Electric 10,000.00, Wellmark BCBS of SD 15,406.17, 10 Optilegra Inc. 12.92, Delta Dental of SD 101.90, Abdn Area Humane Society 6,400.00, Aberdeen 11 Finance Corp 50.00, Advance Auto Parts 26.43, Auto Value Parts/Hedahls 670.81, Avera St. Luke's 12 Hospital 522.59, B & B Contracting 3,435.33, Best Western Ramkota Pierre 272.00, Chad Nilson 13 158.52, Crawford Trucks & Equipment 1,652.59, Dakota Fluid Power Inc. 275.99, Dakota Oil 14 1,038.40, Dakota Supply Group 16,906.48, Diamond Dry Cleaning 85.74, Dival Safety Equipment 15 Inc. 1,073.44, Don's Builders Hardware 61.45, Federal Express Corp 19.06, GPGFOA 25.00, 16 Guardian Life Ins. Co. 1,333.68, Jensen Rock & Sand Inc.-Mobridge 40,703.40, Joel Weig 80.00, 17 L&T Lawn Care LLC 75.00, Lake Area Tech Foundation 5,500.00, Marco Technologies LLC 166.55, 18 Mariah Mougey 80.00, Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. 258.63, Menards Inc. 633.95, Metering & Technology 19 Solutions 62,078.20, Midcontinent Communications 1,340.00, Midstates Group 1,175.00, Napa 20 Central 327.09, NESD Family Violence Prevention Conference 3,500.00, ODP Business Solutions 21 LLC 99.41, Prahm Construction Inc. 19,210.71, RDO Equipment Co. 124.13, Runnings Supply Inc. 22 #14 299.81, Sanitation Products Inc. 1,413.53, SD Municipal League 100.00, SD Secretary of State 23 30.00, SDN Communications 3,810.00, Share Corp 1,509.46, The UPS Store #4543 122.44, The YGS 24 Group 1,250.00, Town & Country Lumber 166.67, Tyler Technologies 153.75, Wageworks Inc. 25 581.25. 26 Payroll for the period from July 13, 2025, through July 26, 2025, and city share of social 27 security, old age & survivor’s insurance, retirement, health and life insurance. EFTPS 215,279.59, 28 SD Retirement System 108,662.00, City Health Insurance 89,212.50, Governing Body Council 29 3,789.28, City Manager 9,681.75, Attorney 8,659.27, Finance Office 18,993.31, Human Resources 30 10,951.55, Municipal Hall 2,184.96, Computer Services 6,386.44, Engineering 14,496.60, Police 31 189,010.83, Fire 173,465.45, Street 47,194.92, Traffic Control 12,420.39, Solid Waste 32,926.61,  18919 1 Transit 29,316.93, Library 34,949.86, Cemetery 9,446.24, West Nile 11,128.52, Meals On Wheels 2 735.44, Admin 11,015.72, Participant Rec 43,199.50, Park Rec ARCC 45,997.60, PC Complex 3 6,854.31, Park Rec Senior Center 6,419.60, Parks 39,362.81, Parks/Wylie 33,395.28, Forestry 4 13,223.04, Airport 24,597.73, Utility Storm 33,260.63, Water Treatment Plant 28,968.83, Jason 5 Klinkner 30.6/hr, Wastewater Treatment 25,007.84, Utilities - Sewer 15,311.92, SBL Rides 6 13,255.48, Concessions 13,834.15, ARCC 4,377.24, Paddle Boat/Canoe 536.25, Campground 7 9,870.20, Park Rec Golf 13,877.06, Gavin Heier 14.50/hr. 8 Roll call vote to approve with Nilson abstaining to self-payment, and Fouberg abstaining to 9 Dacotah Bank, all others present voting aye, motion carried. 10 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT 11 City Manager Bobzien discussed a meeting at the airport, upcoming meetings and work 12 sessions for the budget, and highlighted employee milestones. 13 ADJOURNMENT 14 There being no further business, motion by Ward, second by Ekanger, to adjourn the meeting. 15 Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:53 p.m. 16 Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer