Aberdeen City Council

18942 1 MINUTES 2 ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3 City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South 4 Dakota, September 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, Charlotte Liebelt, 8 Rich Ward, Alan Johnson, Talmage Ekanger, Chad Nilson, 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, Anna Moser, and Jordan McQuillen. 12 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 13 Mayor Schaunaman led the Pledge of Allegiance. 14 APPROVAL OF AGENDA 15 Motion by Nilson, second by Liebelt, to approve the agenda. Voice vote to approve, all 16 present voting aye, motion carried. 17 MINUTES 18 Motion by Ekanger, second by Nilson, to approve the minutes of the August 25, 2025, City 19 Council Meeting, as circulated. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 20 OPEN FORUM 21 Leann Fredrickson and Dawn Shepard appeared before the council to address the proposed 22 main street project. 23 CONSENT CALENDAR 24 Motion by Ward, second by Novstrup, to approve the following items on the consent 25 calendar: 26 PROCLAMATION: Library Card Sign-Up Month – September 2025 27 DAY CARE LICENSE - ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTION for Nicole Fuller – Receive 28 and place on file 29 NEW DAY CARE LICENSE – Neishataly Torres Santiago – license is contingent on 30 receipt of First Aid Certificate and proof of insurance 31 DAY CARE LICENSE RENEWAL: Chasity Jones  18943 1 SET BID DATE ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2025, until 2:00 p.m. for 2025-2026 Snow 2 Removal Services 3 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT for Dacotah Prairie Museum’s Harvest Stroll Festival 4 on September 27, 2025 5 LOTTERY NOTICE – receive and place on file – Dacotah Prairie Museum and YMCA 6 Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 7 OLD BUSINESS 8 SECOND READING AND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25-08-01, A PETITION TO 9 REZONE FROM C-2 TO R-3, PROPERTY AT 511 ARCH STREET S 10 Community Development Director Hubbart presented the second reading of Ordinance 11 25-08-01. Motion by Liebelt, second by Ward, to approve the second reading and approval of 12 Ordinance 25-08-01, a petition to rezone from C-2 to R-3, Property at 511 Arch Street S. Roll call 13 vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 14 NEW BUSINESS 15 PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 25-09-01; 2026 16 APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE 17 Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing and first reading of Ordinance 25-09-01. 18 City Manager Bobzien and Finance Officer McQuillen presented the first reading of the ordinance. 19 A motion to approve the ordinance was made by Council Member Ronayne, but the motion failed 20 due to the absence of a second. Motion by Johnson, second by Liebelt, to table and reschedule the 21 first reading of Ordinance 25-09-01 on September 15, 2025, at the regular City Council Meeting. 22 Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 23 AMENDMENT OF COUNCIL HANDBOOK FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF 24 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND 25 City Attorney Wager presented the amendment of the Council Handbook. Motion by 26 Novstrup, second by Ward, to (1) amend the Bylaws of the Handbook of the Aberdeen City 27 Council as follows: Articles IX, XIV, and XIX to reflect voting to comply with state law and 28 Article XVII to replace the secret ballot for filling a council vacancy with a written ballot to comply 29 with state law; and (2) to authorize the Mayor to sign the amendment as prepared by the City 30 Attorney. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 31 APPROVAL OF REQUEST TO PURCHASE A 2025 FORD EXPLORER POLICE  18944 1 INTERCEPTOR VEHICLE FROM KARL FORD IN STORY CITY, IOWA IN THE AMOUNT 2 OF $44,143.20 3 Police Chief McNeil presented the purchase request. Motion by Johnson, second by Nilson, 4 to approve the purchase of a 2025 ford Explorer Police Interceptor vehicle from Karl Ford in Story 5 City, Iowa in the amount of $44,143.20. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion 6 carried. 7 APPROVAL OF PAY REQUEST #5 IN THE AMOUNT OF $241,274.01 FOR PCN 8 09GP (10TH AVE SE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT) TO PRAHM CONSTRUCTION INC. OF 9 SLAYTON, MN 10 City Engineer Nelson presented the pay request to Prahm Construction Inc. Motion by 11 Liebelt, second by Ronayne, to approve Pay Request #5 in the amount of $241,274.01 for PCN 12 09GP (10th Ave SE Bridge Replacement) to Prahm Construction Inc. of Slayton, MN. Roll call 13 vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 14 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL 15 Motion by Ward, second by Nilson, to approve payment of the bills listed for September 2, 16 2025. 17 Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor 18 or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of the 19 following approved bills: Karl Ford 44,143.20, Reed Fund 14,226.91, Titles of Dakota 335,000.00, 20 US Bank 52,362.64, ABDN Area Humane Society 6,400.00, Aberdeen Swim Club 10,000.00, 21 Applied Concepts Inc. 462.25, AT&T Cell 2,512.15, Atlas Carbon LLC 35,099.90, Auto Value - 22 Aberdeen 664.99, Avera St. Luke's Hospital 804.55, Braxton Farmen 188.00, Cathy McNickle 20.00, 23 Century Business Products 50.00, Claims Associates Inc. 250.00, Clayton Innis 188.00, Cole Papers 24 Inc. 304.84, Convention Visitors Bureau 36,718.64, Core & Main LP 105,839.48, Crawford Trucks 25 & Equipment 964.78, Crescent Electric Supply 955.84, Dakota Fluid Power Inc. 452.94, Dakota Oil 26 692.60, Dakota Supply Group 352.95, Dakotaland Autoglass Inc. 189.50, Dependable Sanitation 27 132.00, Diesel Machinery Inc. 1,068.86, Double D Body Shop 2,164.39, Emergency Technical Decon 28 967.50, Ethan Traster 140.00, Farm Power Mfg. Inc. 117.00, Geffdog Designs 124.00, Graymont 29 (WI) LLC 11,687.65, Hach Co. 4,420.00, Harms Oil Company 26,085.28, Henry Schein Inc. 30 1,152.35, HKG Architects Inc. 278,000.00, Hutcheson Engineering Products Inc. 1,976.78, Idexx 31 Distribution Inc. 244.28, IMEG 39,393.72, James Valley Coop Telephone Co. 35.16, Jebro Inc.  18945 1 75,945.27, Kaden Johnson 140.00, Karl's TV & Appliance 119.92, Lawson Products Inc. 864.15, 2 Linde Gas & Equip Inc 74.51, Mac's Inc 29.98, Marco Technologies LLC 237.07, Matheson Tri-Gas 3 Inc. 250.36, Menards Inc. 714.94, Metering & Technology Solutions 29,938.60, Mid Continent 4 Testing Lab Inc. 114.50, Midstates Group 325.00, MTI Distributing 66.21, NAPA Central 171.99, 5 Northern Valley Communications 512.08, ODP Business Solutions LLC 594.19, Otis Elevator 6 Company 2,625.48, Performance Oil & Lubricants 225.50, Pierson Ford-Lincoln-Mercury 319.06, 7 Prahm Construction Inc. 241,274.01, Quality Welding Inc. 65.89, Rick's Heating/Air Condition 8 163.27, Runnings Supply Inc. #14 115.93, Safety Service Inc. 297.10, Share Corp 2,184.50, Titan 9 Access Productivity 1,438.15, Vestis Group Inc. 444.06, Wageworks Inc. 315.00 10 Payroll for the period from August 24, 2025, through September 6, 2025, and city share of 11 social security, old age & survivor’s insurance, retirement, health and life insurance. 12 Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 13 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT 14 City Manager Bobzien recapped National Night Out, notified water test kits received by mail 15 and service line warranties are not promoted and issued by the city, and noted employee milestones. 16 ADJOURNMENT 17 There being no further business, motion by Johnson, second by Nilson, to adjourn the meeting. 18 Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 6:09 p.m. 19 Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer