City Council Meeting

City Council Meeting July 11, 2022 The regular Riverdale City Council meeting of July 11, 2022 was called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Taylor. Present: Dick Cheatley, Mike Dirk, Dave Fryda, Alex Taylor, Garth Zimbelman and Auditor Del Kolke Organization: Newly elected council members completed Oaths of Office. Serving as President of the council will be Garth Zimbelman and Dick Cheatley will remain as Vice President. Taylor assigned portfolios: Taylor – Personnel Zimbelman – Campground Fryda – Electric Dirk – Water, Sewer, Garbage, Streets Cheatley – Water Treatment Facility Cheatley moved to approve check signing authority for financial accounts with Bravera Bank and Bank of North Dakota to Alex Taylor, mayor; Garth Zimbelman, council president; and Delerie Kolke, city auditor with removal of Ken Skuza and Jerry Orth on accounts. Dirk seconded. Motion carried. Cheatley moved to have Mike Dirk fill vacancy on Water Advisory Council. Zimbelman seconded. Motion carried. Dirk moved to appoint city officers. Zimbelman seconded. Motion carried. Del Kolke – City Auditor Paul Forster, Crowley Fleck – City Attorney AJ Tuck, Moore Engineering – City Engineer Cheatley moved to approve consent agenda items. Fryda seconded. Motion carried. Guest: City Engineer, AJ Tuck, presented bid tabulation from gate valve replacement bid opening. Cheatley moved to reject all bids due to cost overrun. Dirk seconded. Motion carried. Cheatley moved to rebid project for one-half (1/2) gate valves and alternate 2; approve plans and specs; and authorize bid opening date of August 8. Dirk seconded. Motion carried. Dirk moved to revise gate valve replacement project into two (2) separate construction gate valve replacement phases. Cheatley seconded. Motion carried. Fryda moved to authorize mayor, president and auditor to sign loan paperwork, contract and other related documents. Zimbelman seconded. Motion carried. Cheatley moved to approve Terracon proposal for $10,200 for geotechnical engineering 07/11/2022 Page 2 services for proposed raw water line replacement project. Zimbelman seconded. Motion carried. A letter will be mailed to property owners informing them of the gate valve replacement project and possible disruption of landscape enhancements. City personnel will stake areas near the valves to be replaced prior to project commencement. Expenses incurred for the temporary fix to the raw water line amount to over $10,000. An on- site visit by ND Water Commission officials to tour the raw water line is scheduled for late July. Public Comments: Brenda Beran, Women’s Club representative, requested use of the former Trading Post site (SW corner of Plaza II) rather than former Credit Union site (NE corner of Plaza I) for vendor show and permission was granted. Terry Morast, campground manager, reported a fire of a camper at the campground over the July 4th weekend. Old Business: Research of electrical service to accommodate Kimi’s Food Truck would require upgrading a transformer to allow 50amp service. Council will not pursue installation of a new transformer due to no return on the investment. Dirk moved to accept American Tower Corporation’s lump sum payment of $125,000 and no longer receive monthly payments. Cheatley seconded. Motion carried. Preliminary budget was discussed briefly and will be placed on August meeting agenda for further review. Reports: Taylor explained mower, back hoe and dump truck all require parts/maintenance. He will reach out to possible violators of Ordinance No. 44. Various locations within the city require weed control. Cheatley provided further information regarding water treatment facility budget figures. Replacement parts were included as well as an additional employee. Zimbelman reported a tree growing into a power line was trimmed. Notification was received from Missouri River Energy Services that possible power disruptions may be incurred due to extreme heat throughout the country and power grid concerns. Zimbelman moved to appoint Dave Fryda as City of Riverdale representative to MRES and Garth Zimbelman as alternate. Cheatley seconded. Motion carried. 07/11/2022 Page 3 Fire department had repairs done to water supply on Ford truck. Auditor notified council of a 5.8% increase to Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance for next year and modification to the preliminary budget will be necessary. Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 8 at 6:00 PM. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 PM. Executive Officer: ________________________________ Mayor Attest: _________________________________________ Auditor