Aberdeen City Council

18983 1 MINUTES 2 ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3 City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South 4 Dakota, October 27, 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, Brad Jung, Tanner Jondahl, and Jordan McQuillen. 12 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 13 Mayor Schaunaman led the Pledge of Allegiance. 14 APPROVAL OF AGENDA 15 Motion by Ward, second by Novstrup, to approve the agenda. Voice vote to approve, all 16 present voting aye, motion carried. 17 MINUTES 18 Motion by Liebelt, second by Johnson, to approve the minutes of the October 20, 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 Ekanger, second by Nilson, to approve the following items on the consent 24 calendar: 25 FINANCE OFFICER CERTIFICATION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS for Tax Year 26 2025 payable 2026 27 RECEIVE AND PLACE ON FILE – DLA Acceptance of 2024 Audited Financial 28 Statements 29 WORKERS COMPENSATION COVERAGE for City of Aberdeen Volunteers 30 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT – Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce – Business 31 After Hours on November 13, 2025, and Aberdeen Downtown Association – Trick or Treat on 32  18984 1 Main Event on October 31, 2025 2 2026 RETAIL LIQUOR, PACKAGE LIQUOR, AND RETAIL WINE LICENSE 3 RENEWALS for various businesses in the city of Aberdeen, SD 4 REPORTS AND MINUTES FROM CITY BOARDS – Receive and place on file: 1. 5 Aberdeen Airport Board Meeting on September 4, 2025, 2. KO Lee Library Board Meeting on 6 September 2, 2025, 3. Parks & Recreation Board Meeting on September 3, 2025, 4. Planning 7 Commission Meeting on August 19, 2025, 5. Zoning Adjustment Board Meeting on September 8 11, 2025 9 PUBLIC NOTICE FROM THE CITY OF ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA 10 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT to construct a water transmission line along 8th Ave NE 11 including where it intersects the City Flood Protection Levee 12 DAY CARE LICENSE RENEWAL for DeeAnn Job 13 Voice vote to approve with Council Member Ward abstaining to item 5A, all present voting 14 aye, motion carried. 15 NEW BUSINESS 16 AFFIRM REAPPOINTMENT OF KATHY ZERR TO THE ABERDEEN HOUSING 17 AUTHORITY BOARD FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM ENDING 12-31-2030 18 Mayor Schaunaman presented the reappointment. Motion by Ronayne, second by Ward, 19 to approve the reappointment of Kathy Zerr to the Aberdeen Housing Authority Board for a five- 20 year term ending 12-31-2030. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 21 CITY MANAGER’S APPOINTMENT OF TANNER JONDAHL AS POLICE CHIEF 22 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 28, 2025 23 City Manager Bobzien presented the appointment. Motion by Liebelt, second by Ekanger, 24 to approve the City Manager’s appointment of Tanner Jondahl as Police Chief effective October 25 28, 2025. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 26 APPROVAL OF APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR CANNABIS DISPENSARY AT 27 3015 6TH AVENUE SE, SUITE 1 28 City Attorney Wager presented the permit for the dispensary. Motion by Ronayne, second 29 by Nilson, to approve the application for permit for cannabis dispensary at 3015 6th Avenue SE, 30 Suite 1. Roll call vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 31 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL  18985 1 Motion by Ekanger, second by Liebelt, to approve payment of the bills listed for October 27, 2 2025. 3 Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor 4 or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of the 5 following approved bills: Utility 875.61, Century Link 10,000.00, United Parcel Service 1,000.00, 6 Dacotah Bank 150.00, Elavon Merchant Services 500.00, Paymentech LLC 6,000.00, Wellmark 7 BCBS of SD 204,000.00, Northwestern Energy 175,000.00, Northern Electric 10,000.00, Optilegra 8 12.92, Aberdeen Insider 1,380.85, Aqua Pure Inc. 4,134.00, Atlas Carbon LLC 24,373.92, Auto Value 9 - Aberdeen 1,031.60, Avera St Luke's Hospital 734.83, Benjamin Phillips 64.00, Borns Group 10 6,857.36, Brad Jung 40.00, Briston Bruce 154.00, Brown County Landfill 17.28, Butler Machinery 11 Co 1,445.00, Century Business Products 88.77, Centurylink 4,081.13, Clayton Innis 1,072.00, Cole 12 Papers Inc. 666.42, Connections Inc. EAP 530.10, Dakota Doors Incorporated 2,407.12, Dakota 13 Electronics LLC 760.00, Dakota Fluid Power Inc. 1,116.59, Dakota Supply Group 324.17, Direct 14 Automation LLC 4,603.00, Eide Bailly LLP 27,598.15, Federal Express Corp 19.06, Ferro Safe 15 106.34, Fire Safety First 18.00, Foerster Testing 1,525.00, G & R Controls Inc. 2,750.00, Geffdog 16 Designs 335.25, Girton Adams Company 20,183.00, Grainger 863.38, Graymont (WI) LLC 17 11,196.26, Hach Co. 52.44, Hawkins Inc. 12,940.90, Hutcheson Engineering Products Inc. 7,236.93, 18 Jefferson Partners LP 322.59, Jennette Kriz 142.00, Jensen Rock & Sand Inc.-Mobrridge 1,803.60, 19 John Weaver 69.02, Jordan Lemke 154.00, Knight Towing 1,900.00, L&T Lawn Care LLC 125.00, 20 Lien Transportation Co. 3,693.60, Linde Inc 7,547.30, Mac's Inc. 9.99, Marco Technologies LLC 21 96.85, Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. 129.53, Menards Inc. 433.85, Midstates Group 992.00, Midwest Pump 22 & Tank 7,888.50, Napa Central 14.59, Northern Valley Communications 62.55, ODP Business 23 Solutions LLC 29.01, Performance Oil & Lubricants 2,044.88, Pomp's Tire Service 193.56, RDO 24 Equipment Co. 21,594.00, Rich Krokel 142.00, Rick's Heating/Air Condition 191.33, Runnings 25 Supply Inc. #14 880.65, Sansio Inc. 1,261.25, Sd Department Health Lab 522.00, SD Redbook Fund 26 30.00, Sewer Duck Inc. 200.00, Share Corp 895.32, Thein Well 43,372.46, Two Way Solutions Inc. 27 300.00, Vestis Group Inc. 441.99, Zoll Medical Corp GPO 1,489.60 28 Roll call vote to approve with Council Member Ronayne abstaining to payment to Dacotah 29 Bank, Fouberg abstaining, all others present voting aye, motion carried. 30 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT 31 City Manager Bobzien discussed various meetings, incoming City Manager McNeil and  18986 1 Lieutenant Jung provided updates to downtown parking improvements. 2 ADJOURNMENT 3 There being no further business, motion by Johnson, second by Ward, to adjourn the meeting. 4 Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:58 p.m. 5 Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer