Commission Meeting

May 18, 2022 A regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners was held on May 18, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. at the City Meeting Room. Present Commissioners Bill Kary, Lisa Hedstrom, Jim Schacher and Pres. LeeAnn Domonoske-Kellar. Motion made by Schacher and seconded Hedstrom to approve the minutes of the last regular meeting (5-04-22) as presented. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Hedstrom and seconded Schacher to approve the minutes of the special meeting held on May 10, 2022 as presented. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Kary and seconded by Hedstrom to approve the agenda as presented. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Kary to increase the City water bills by $18.00 per month. All present voted aye, motion carried. These funds will be used to pay for the CWSRF/DWSRF loan for the upcoming water and sewer improvement project. Motion made by Hedstrom and seconded by Schacher to approve the liquor license transfer for the County Line Café to serve alcohol at the South Park on July 16, 2022 for Wild in Wilton. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Kary to approve the Washburn American Legions gaming site applications for the Sportsmen’s Bar and the County Line Café as presented. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Kary to discontinue the City website. All present voted nay, motion failed. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Hedstrom to pay the annual maintenance fee for the City website. All present voted aye, motion carried. A draft for updates to ordinance 8.0608 – Application for Liquor License was presented for review. Motion made by Hedstrom and seconded by Schacher to approve the first reading to repeal ordinance 13.0408 – Business or Labor on Sunday. All present voted aye, motion carried. The City received a letter from the Federal Deputy Secretary of Treasury stating American Rescue Plan Act funds can be used to provided competitive wages. The City of Wilton wages are below average. A 10% wage increase would align wages with towns of similar population in North Dakota. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Kary to approve using funds from the American Rescue Act Plan to give all full-time salaried employees a 10% raise effective June 1, 20222. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Kary to pay bills as presented. Roll call vote. Aye: Comm. Kary, Hedstrom, Schacher and Pres. Domonoske-Kellar. Absent: Comm. Clausen. Motion carried. With no other items for discussion Pres. Domonoske-Kellar declared the meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m. *-99697 City of Wilton 244,875.00 -99696 Verizon Wireless 200.49 -99695 BCBS of ND 2,567.49 -89715 NDPERS 27.65 -89714 NDPERS 362.50 21027 SCRWD 244,875.00 21028AFLAC 54.87 21029 Bek Telephone 12.41 21030 Nordak North Publications 401.16 21031 Circle Sanitation8,092.75 21032 Farmers Union Oil2,271.63 21033 ND One Call 20.80 21034 Advances business Methods 68.99 21035 Dennis Dockter 100.00 21036 Stein's Inc. 91.93 21037 Power Plan 103.18 21038 GovOffice 660.00 21039 Butler 52.66 21040 Dennis Dockter 1,337.02 21041 Dean Larson 1,129.74 21042 Pattie Solberg 1,642.12 21043 Logan Wiebe 641.93 21044 Wilton Lions Club 1,000.00 *Transfer from Sales and Use Tax Checking to General Checking Pattie Solberg, City Auditor LeeAnn Domonoske-Kellar, Pres.