PROCEEDINGS OF THE STURGIS
The
Common Council of the City of
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Proclaimed January 17, 2008 as “235th
Military Police Day”
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Recognition day
at the Library will be held on February 1, 2008
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There will be a
public meeting held on February 11, 2008 with FEMA at 6:00 PM at the Community
Center
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Recognized Jordon
Reynolds and Matthew Collins for their merit badge in communications
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Proclaimed
February 4, 2008 as “Old Glory’s Journey of Remembrance Day” for the Veterans
Administration
Motion
by Chaplin, seconded by McVay and carried with all members voting yes to
approve the agenda with the addition of New Hire: Desirae Ehlers, $7.00 – Community Center.
Motion
by Chaplin, seconded by Scudder and carried with all members voting yes to
approve the minutes from January 7, 2008 regular meeting.
Motion
by Anders, seconded by Scudder, and carried with all members voting yes to
approve the following claims:
GENERAL FUND – A&B
Business, $141.87, maint; A&B Welding, $172.00, maint; Kevin Aga, $140.00,
group ins; Alltel, $865.22, util; Amcon Distributing, $590.36, merch for
resale; Associated Supply Co, $121.55, maint; Atco International, $80.00, sup;
Shawn Barrows, $66.00, travel; Best Business Products, $2.39, maint; BHP&L,
$19,007.30, util; Rick Bush, $30.00, other; Campbell Supply, $133.50, sup;
Caselle, $480.00, prof fees; CCI Solutions, $24.34, sup; Century Business
Products, $14.10, maint; Chemsearch, $159.60, sup; Mike Close, $10.00, cc prog
exp; Coca Cola, $9.00, sup; Community Center Petty Cash, $3.49, cc prog exp;
Devon Crowe, $30.00, cc prog exp; Dakota Backup, $193.64, sup; Early Childhood
Connections, $40.00, travel; Dana Edlund, $84.80, refunds; Elan, $4,821.43,
sup; Farmers Union Oil, $2,747.88, sup; Grocery Mart, $14.99,m sup; Rodney
Heikes, $232.00, group ins; Hills Materials, $2,258.47, maint; Hillyard,
$274.30, sup; Kade Huntington, $30.00, sup; IAFC Membership, $215.00, other;
Jacobson First Western Ins., $18,009.00, insurance; Johnston Hardware, $25.28,
sup; Kimball Midwest, $30.98, sup; Maury LaRue, $34.39, other; Kristen Legner,
$150.00, cc prog exp; Steve Lensegrav, $20.00, cc prog exp; Mike Maxon,
$234.00, group ins; David McCarthy, $96.00, other; Meade Co Auditor, $955.39,
util; Meade Co Times, $342.00, publishing; MDU, $3,457.01, util; John Murphy,
$66.00, travel; NAPA, $408.66, sup; Natl Volunteer fire Council, $50.00, other;
Northern Hills Drug & Alcohol, $100.00, prof fees; Michael O’Bryan,
$250.00, group ins; Officemax, $112.69, sup; Joel Ortiz, $30.00, other; Owens
Interstate Sales, $47.66, sup; Pamida, $38.21, sup; Pete Pi Sr, $30.00, other;
Pitney Bowes-Finance, $99.00, rent; Plumbmaster, $430.56, maint; Powerplan,
$1,639.49, maint; Prairiewave, $1,830.30, util; Purchase Power-Finance,
$200.00, sup; Rapid City YMCA, $150.00, travel; Roger Frye’s Paint &
Supply, $163.90, sup; Fred Schmidt, $30.00, other; SD Chapter APWA, $70.00,
travel; SD Dept of Transportation, $50.00, travel; SD Municipal League,
$120.00, travel; Servall, $47.35, sup; Spearfish Extinguisher Service, $101.80,
sup; Tee’s Plus, $318.77, other; Think! Toner & Ink, $191.18, sup; Tom
Trigg, $66.00, travel; West Dakota Water Dev District, $46.00, sup; West River
International, $136.17, sup.
PARK – Alltel, $31.80, util; BHP&L, $53.11, util;
Elan-City, $64.97, sup; Meade Co Times, $157.50, publishing; MDU, $251.57,
util; Prairiewave, $113.41, util;
BRICK PROJECT FUND – Elan-City, $20.84, sup.
AMBULANCE SERVICE – Alltel, $66.14, util; Dakota Backup,
$14.41, prof fees; DB Billing Co, $618.47, prof fees; Enning Propane, $642.20,
util; Farmers Union Oil, $831.54, sup; Farmers Union-Union Center, $22.07, sup;
Jacobson First Western Ins, $9,941.00, ins; Owens Interstate Sales, $16.30,
sup; Think! Toner & Ink, $191.18, sup.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT – Brosz Engineering, $3,587.50, cap
imp; Meade Co Auditor, $2,837.93, principal.
2005 SERIES REVENUE BOND – Rural Development, $9,773.00,
principal.
LIQUOR – 5-Star Audio Video Systems, $1,266.06, maint;
BHP&L, $793.38, util; Frito-Lay, $20.89, snacks for resale; Heartland
Paper, $31.56, sup; Johnson Western Wholesale, $28,350.10, off sale liquor;
Liquor Dept, $57.09, sup; M&B Enterprises, $60.30, snacks for resale; Meade
Co Times, $40.00, publishing; MDU, $89.48, util; Nash Finch, $60.00, other;
Prairiewave, $156.96, util; Republic
WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONS – Alltel, $78.72, util;
BHP&L, $740.24, util; Meade Co Times, $227.85, publishing; Prairiewave,
$190.60, util; Russ Scheckel, $250.00, group ins; SD Municipal League, $30.00,
util; West Dakota Water Dev District, $50.50, sup.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES – Alltel, $136.29, util; BHP&L,
$2,145.26, util; Kimball Midwest, $208.57, sup; Mike W. Plaggemeyer, $250.00,
maint; Postmaster, $41.00, sup.
SANITARY SERVICE – Adams Machining, Inc., $2,359.50,
maint; Alltel, $27.26, util; Butler Machinery, $72.23, maint; Meade Co times,
$157.50, publishing; NAPA, $168.56, sup; Orwak USA, $340.25, sup; Owens
Interstate Sales, $66.27, maint; Product Stewardship Institute, $60.00, travel;
Sanitation Products, $562.92, maint.
RALLY – A&B Business, $74.46, maint; Alltel, $279.29,
util; BH Rally & Gold, $1,000.00, merch for resale; BH Technologies,
$243.75, maint; Coca Cola, $12.00, rent; Elan-City, $1,208.00, travel;
Soutsource Solutions, $6,756.18, sup; Pitney Bowes-Rally, $342.00, rent; Pizza
Ranch, $27.27, sup; SD Office of Tourism, $75.00, city promotion.
This was the designated time
for committee reports:
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Public Safety—Cleaning
up ordinances
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Public Works—Travel
issues and minor items
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Community Center—Meeting
to be held on January 25th at 7:00 a.m.
v
Liquor—nothing to
report
v
Legal and
Finance—will be meeting soon
v
Rally—working on
visitors CD and attended Tourism Conference in
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Park Board—nothing
to report
v
Planning
Commission—nothing to report
v
Library Board—Recognition
day on February 1, 2008
v
Airport Board—Went
over policies
City Manger Report:
Attended ICS 300 classes for emergency management last
Friday and Saturday
Working on Snow Removal Policy and updating Sign
Ordinance
Hersrud
introduced the following written resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION 2008 - 03
A RESOLUTION approving and adopting a major streetS plan
WHEREAS SDCL 11-6-26
requires the adoption of a comprehensive plan that includes at least a major
streets plan before a plat or subdivision of land lying within the
municipality, or of land within three miles of its corporate limits and not
located within any other municipality may be filed or recorded.
WHEREAS the City of Sturgis
acknowledges and recognizes that the City of Sturgis’ Comprehensive Plan of
1998 included a Major Streets Plan and said Comprehensive Plan included in
addition to a map setting out the major street plans, a detailed analysis of
the:
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existing transportation
services;
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existing street system;
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functional classification
of streets including the categories of highway, arterial, residential collector
and local streets
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traffic flow patterns; and
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future traffic generators.
WHEREAS the City of Sturgis desires to supplement the
Major Streets Plan included in the City of Sturgis Comprehensive Plan of 1998
to include the area set forth in the City of Sturgis’ Major Streets Plan map
prepared by Engineering and Inspections dated January 2008 with the specific
intent of supplementing the Major Streets Plan to include those arterial
streets located outside of the City limits but within three miles of the City
limits as set forth in said map.
WHEREAS it is the intent of the City of Sturgis that
said Major Streets Plan shall be recorded with the Register of Deeds of the
county or counties in which the municipality and any proposed area is located.
NOW THEREFORE
the City of Sturgis having acknowledged the Major Streets Plan set forth in the
City of Sturgis’ Comprehensive Plan of 1998 and the January 2008 map setting
forth the major streets and proposed major streets and the City does hereby
approve and adopt said Major Streets Plan.
Dated this 21st day of January, 2008.
Call seconded the
motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution. All those present voted in favor of and the
resolution was declared passed & adopted.
Motion
by Call, seconded by Chaplin and carried with Anders, Call, Chaplin, LaRue,
McVay, Scudder, and Usera voting yes and Hersrud abstaining to award the bid
for the brush chipper to Hersruds of Sturgis for $41,950.
Motion
by Anders, seconded by Chaplin and carried with all members voting yes to allow
the Meade County “Relay for Life” to have a monthly raffle for the year 2008.
At
this time
Motion
by Hersrud, seconded by Scudder, and carried with all members voting yes to
purchase tickets for the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce Banquet.
Motion
by Anders, seconded by Chaplin, and carried with all members voting yes to
approve first reading of Ordinance 2008-01 amending Title 11, Chapter 11.05,
section 11.05.32, “cost per gallon”.
Motion
by Anders, seconded by Chaplin, and carried with all members voting yes to
approve first reading of Ordinance 2008-02 a supplemental ordinance amending
ordinance 2007-33 annual appropriations.
Council
member Anders stepped out.
Motion
by Chaplin, seconded by McVay and carried with all members voting yes to
authorize the
Motion
by McVay, seconded by Chaplin and carried with all members voting yes to
authorize First Western Bank to take a security interest in the hangar building
that is being assigned to
Motion by Chaplin, seconded
by Call and carried with all members voting yes to approve the following wages
and new hires: Maxine Cordes – .25 cent increase from $9.25 to $9.50, Bob Looby
- .25 cents increase from $8.75 to $9.00 – Community Center
Daniel Meirose – Fun &
Fitness - $6.25 – Community Center, Diane Moravec – Front Desk - $6.25 –
Community Center - Desirae Ehlers – Lifeguard - $7.00 – Community Center
Motion
by Chaplin, seconded by Call and carried with all members voting yes to approve
travel for Lance Stanbury and Bob Moser to Sioux Falls Wastewater training
class on January 28-31, 2008.
Anders
returned to the meeting.
ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE COUNCIL
·
Council member
Chaplin announced that he will be making a career change
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Council member
Scudder reported to the council about the Tourism Conference
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There will be a
Cracker Barrel on Saturday January 26th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at
the Community Center
Motion
by Chaplin, seconded by Anders and carried with all members voting yes to go
into executive session at 8:34 p.m. for legal advice.
Motion
by McVay, seconded by Hersrud and carried with all members voting yes to come
out of executive session at 9:44 p.m.
Motion by Hersrud, seconded by Scudder, and
carried with all members voting yes to adjourn the meeting at 9:45 p.m.
ATTEST:
___________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________