Beresford City Council s11

Beresford City Council July 18, 2011

The Beresford City Council met in regular session in the City Library Community Room on Monday July 18, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

Members present: Mayor Jim Fedderson presiding, Gerald Dahlin, Troy Doeden, Tom Erickson, Teresa Kaltenbach, Gary Lambert, and Art Schott.

Also present: Kathy Moller, Finance Officer, Jerry Zeimetz, City Administrator, and Tom Frieberg, City Attorney.

Absent: None.

Adopt Agenda: A motion to adopt the agenda was made by Doeden, second by Lambert, motion carried.

Minutes: Lambert made the motion to approve the minutes from the meeting held on July 5, 2011 seconded by Dahlin, motion carried.

Public Forum and Visitors Don Dahlin: Mr. Dahlin questioned the status of the property located at 200 E Cedar St. Zeimetz stated that the owner’s family has verbally given the property to the City however there is a long process to go through before anything can be done with the property.

At 7:38 p.m. Attorney Frieberg joined the meeting.

Dept. Head Reports Jay Nordquist – Electric Supt.: Mr. Nordquist informed the Council on a few items: . The Welcome to Beresford sign located at 100 Quality Park Dr. has fallen down. It is damaged beyond repair. Council questioned the ownership of the sign. Mr. Nordquist was asked to get a cost estimate to repair the sign and bring the information back to the August 1, 2011 Council Meeting. . Two of our existing tornado sirens will be replaced with battery operated sirens. The current sirens date back to the 1970’s. Grants will be used to pay for each of these. Both have been ordered and should be here shortly. The one next to the depot is not working at this time. The generator used for backup power has been moved to the lift station adjacent of Sioux Corp. Erickson made the motion to declare the broken sirens surplus, Schott seconded the motion. All present Council Members voted aye; motion carried. . The Electric Department recently provided mutual aid over the 4th of July weekend to the City of Flandreau. They helped restore power after a storm went through their City. The City of Flandreau will be sent a bill for labor and materials. . Clay Rural Water will be purchasing water from the City July 20-22, 2011. . A progress report was given on the streets being repaired at Grandview & Main, 16th & Main and Spruce St. The street chip sealer is expected to be in town Mid-August. . A rubble site class will be given on August 4, 2011 in Madison SD. Nordquist suggested sending the Street Superintendent and Tom Cotton.

Committee / Mayor Reports: Gerald Dahlin and Art Schott: Dahlin and Scott attended the Elected Officials Workshop in Pierre on July 14, 2011. They both spoke about things they learned at the workshop and felt it was a very informative class and glad they had the opportunity to attend. Old Business Ordinance to amend ward boundaries for City of Beresford: Ordinance 03-2011, an ordinance amending sections 7-2 through section 7-5 of the Beresford City ordinances and defining the ward boundaries for the City of Beresford was given its first reading and placed on file.

New Business Unlicensed vehicles in zoning districts other than residential: Zeimetz stated that Chief Christensen has been targeting unlicensed vehicles and giving the owners 15 days to take care of the vehicles. The current ordinance does not cover the non-residential zoning districts. Attorney Frieberg is working on changing the ordinance and will discuss at the August 1, 2011 Council Meeting.

Appeal of Notice and Order: The City has received a notice of appeal and order on the property located at 506 W Oak Street. Building Inspector Fillingsness will be meeting with the owners on July 19, 2011 to view the property. A report of his findings will be held at the August 1, 2011 Council Meeting. Lambert made the motion to set August 15, 2011 as the hearing date. Doeden seconded the motion, all present Council Members voted aye, motion carried.

Building Permit fines: Planning & Zoning has discussed a possible fine for individuals that fail to apply for a building permit. Council discussed the set amount of time and the financial fine. Doeden made the motion per Planning & Zonings suggestion, to fine $50.00 a day after 5 business days of failing to obtain a building permit, Schott seconded the motion; all present Council Members voted aye, motion carried.

Discussion & Information Items Set date for Financial Discussion Meeting: Council discussed a financial planning meeting. Lambert dispersed a proposed agenda for the Council to view. The meeting will be held at 7:00pm August 8, 2011 at the City Library Community Room. It was noted that it will take more than just one meeting to discuss all of the items on the agenda.

Approval of Travel Requests A motion to approve the following travel request was made by Erickson second by Lambert. All present Council Members voted aye, motion carried. SD Annual Library Convention, Spearfish, Oct. 4-7, Norling Restricted Use Operator Training Course, Madison, Aug. 4, Cotton, Sebern

Payment of Bills: A motion was made by Doeden, second by Dahlin, to approve payment of the bills listed below, motion carried.

A-OX, chemicals, $3,212.69; A-1 Portable Toilets, service, $391.50; Alliance Communications, toll, $67.18; Beresford Cablevision, July ACH, $4,883.46; Beresford Republic, publishing’s, $654.94; Beresford Schools, advertising, $100.00; Butler Machinery, supplies, $54.37; Carlson’s Body Shop, repairs, $251.80; CDW Govt, office supplies, $138.93; City of Vermillion, tipping fees, $2,509.92; Concrete Materials, gravel, $421.65; Conseco Health Ins Co, group insurance, $466.95; Cooperative Oil Company, fuel, $3,263.88; Cutler & Donahoe, legal fees, $117.50; DAD’S Repair, service, $58.75; Dahlin, Gerald, mileage & meals, $294.50;

Dakota Riggers & Tool, shop equipment, $92.00; DGR Engineers, engineering fee, $70.00; Edward Glove Co, safety equipment, $440.91; Eidem, Andrew, meals, $68.00; Express Communications, toll settlement, $3,353.29; Farmers Coop Elevator, supplies, $57.50; Fastenal Company, materials, $92.00; Fiber Ring Pooling, pooling fees, $2,292.00; Fiesta Foods, food, $1,398.89; First Savings Bank, Fed excise tax, $1,485.27; Grainger, water preservative, $42.78; Gravely, Justin, meals, $68.00; Graybar Electric, sewer lift station, $378.64; Graymont Capital, chemicals, $4,159.58; Hawkins Water Treatment, chemicals, $5,773.32; Hillyard, supplies, $420.54;

Jet Service Center, service, $57.32; Knutson, Joseph, meals, $17.00; LECA, toll settlements, $1,475.00; Lewis Drug Stores, supplies, $45.12; Landscape Garden Centers, trees, $675.00; Lewis & Clark RWS, meter building plaque, $175.00; MidAmerican Energy, natural gas, $134.09; Minnesota Municipal Utilities Assn., safety management program, $2,864.80; Nordquist, Michael J, meals, $17.00; Northern Tool & Equipment, tools, $82.33; Pedersen Machine, repairs, $343.11; Premier Pyrotechnics, fireworks display, $1,400.00; Printing Plus, office supplies, $258.00; Qwest, E911 circuits, $314.82; R & R Products, equipment repair, $74.35; River Lodge, lodging, $128.00; S & S Willers, sand, $752.72; SD Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources, drinking water fee, $600.00; SD Dept. of Revenue, sales tax, $21,842.70; SD Network, lease line, $2,140.82; Sioux Falls Shopping News, coupons, $205.00; Sioux Falls Two Way Radio, repair, $44.99; Sommervold, Carol, office supplies, $50.37; South Dakota One Call, location fees, $137.79; Southeastern Elec Coop, electric, $1,035.96; Stuart C Irby, safety equipment, $64.33; Sturdevant’s Auto Parts, filter, $5.01; Tiedeman Refrigeration, dehumidifier, $418.43; Total Stop Convenience, fuel, $3,709.56; Variety Foods, food, $1,125.91;

Wearfighter, water treatment plant, $77.37; Wesco, safety equipment, $1,299.40; Zeimetz, Jerry, car allowance, $300.00.

Executive Session: A motion was made by Lambert seconded by Doeden to go into executive session to discuss a personnel and contract negotiations matter at 8:27 p.m. Motion carried.

Regular session reconvened at 9:39p.m.

Motion by Doeden to offer the Street/ Water / Sewer Superintendent position to Bill Sebern at $26.00/hr. with an increase to $27.11 on January 1, 2012. Seconded by Schott, all present Council Members voted aye, motion carried.

Adjournment: As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:42 p.m. on a motion by Lambert, second by Dahlin, motion carried.

______Kathy Moller, Finance Officer Recorded by Elaine Johnson