Commission Meeting

February 1, 2023 A regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners was held on February 1, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. at the City Meeting Room. Present Commissioners John Clausen, Bill Kary, Lisa Hedstrom, Jim Schacher and Pres. LeeAnn Domonoske-Kellar by conference call. Motion made by Hedstrom and seconded by Schacher to approve the minutes from January 18, 2023 meeting as presented. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Kary and seconded by Clausen to approve the agenda as presented. All present voted aye, motion carried. Justin and Annette Birst with A&J Rental presented the soil sample results the City requested as part of the rezoning of Parcels 01002700118010 and 01002700115030. A 2 foot x 2 foot are was recommended for clean up due to a volatile organic compound. General discussion was held concerning the clean up of the lots owned by A&J Rental. Motion made by Pres. Domonoske-Kellar and seconded by Hedstrom to turn the matter of the cleanup of parcels 01002700118010 and 01002700115030 to McLean County. Roll call vote. Aye: Comm. Schacher, Hedstrom and Pres. Domonoske-Kellar. Nay: Comm. Clausen and Kary. Motion carried. At this time Pres. Domonoske-Kellar handed the meeting over to Comm. Clausen and disconnected from the conference call. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Kary to invest the funds from the 2001-1 CD into a new 13- month CD with a 3.58% interest rate at the Union Bank. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Hedstrom to close the current Water CD and invest the funds into a new 13-month CD with a 3.58% interest rate at the Union Bank. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Schacher and seconded by Kary to approve the application from the Sacred Heart Church for property tax exemption for 2023. All present voted aye, motion carried. Motion made by Kary and seconded by Schacher to purchase a utility billing software upgrade that will allow the City to offer email bills and recurring ACH payment. All present voted aye, motion carried. Documents from Wold Engineering were presented to the board for review. McLean and Burleigh County is requesting to purchase a section of City right away for improvements to 18th Street SW. Motion made by Hedstrom and seconded from Kary to pay bills as presented. Roll call vote. Aye: Comm. Clausen, Kary, Hedstrom, Schacher, and Pres. Domonoske-Kellar. Motion carried. With no other items for discussion Comm. Clausen declared the meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m. --99668 BCBS of ND 2,872.81 -99667 ND Dept of Environmental Quality 40.00 -99666 Visa 10.34 -89667 NDPERS 2,037.70 -89966 NDPERS 362.50 1017 Moore Engineering 8,065.33 1018 Tand Construction 232,849.65 1019 Braun Intertec 109.69 21284 Bek Communications 5.23 21285 Montana Dakota Utilities 1,286.71 21286 Otter Tail Power 1,885.05 21287 NABCO 81.52 21288 ND Dept of Health 16.00 21289 ND One Call 3.90 21290 SCRWD 10,824.61 21291 B&B Excavating 6,000.00 21292 Dennis Dockter 27.80 21293 Office Depot 72.63 21294 Dennis Dockter 1,509.18 21295 Dean Larson 1,276.29 21296 Pattie Solberg 1,823.95 21297 Aflac 54.87 21298 Tru Community Bank750.00 21299 Tru Community Bank 100.00 Pattie Solberg, City Auditor LeeAnn Domonoske-Kellar, Pres.