PROCEEDINGS OF THE STURGIS CITY COUNCIL – JULY 5, 2006

 

The Common Council of the City of Sturgis met in adjourned session on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sturgis Community Center.  Present:  Mayor Mark Zeigler, Alderpersons Roger Call, Penny Green, Sherry Scudder, Terry Jensen, Pokey Jacobson, Mark Chaplin, Steve Anders, and Bev Patterson.  Absent:  None.

 

Mayor Zeigler made the following announcements:  a) Dean Rasmussen, Parks Director Gene Stock, Forestry Board Secretary Joyce Ehlers & the rest of the Forestry Board for all of the hard work that they put into the Freedom Memorial; b) he announced his resignation last Friday, June 30, 2006 and Deputy City Attorney Candi Thomson handed out a memo to the council regarding the steps to be taken; c) the city picnic will be Thursday, July 6, 2006 at 5pm; d) recognized his parents; e) thanked BH Corporation for the $10,000 check for the Strong Field lights & the $3,500 commitment to the new scoreboards.

 

Steve Ommen with the Post 33 Baseball program presented Parks Director Gene Stock with a plaque in recognition of his support and hard work with the baseball program.  Ommen also thanked the Park Board & the Mayor for all of their support.

 

Motion by Jensen, second by Jacobson & carried to approve the agenda with the following additions:  a) add 23a – Change Order #1 for the Whitewood Service Road, $14,800 increase to come out of the Water Fund; b) add Executive Session for Personnel, Contract & Legal matters.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Patterson & carried to approve the minutes of the June 19 & 30, 2006 council meetings,

 

Motion by Jacobson, second by Anders & carried unanimously to approve the following wages, transfers & claims:

            Wages – Mayor and Council $6,365.35; Finance Office $15,474.62; Buildings $2,008.92; Engineering $7,661.55; Police $67,273.66; Fire Department $5,008.95; Streets $14,264.42; Street Cleaning $2,532.94; Cemetery $5,325.25; Community Center $26,944.63; Library $17,548.59; Parks $23,260.94; Ambulance $16,392.02; Liquor $7,480.61; Water $15,582.19; Wastewater $14,694.46; Sanitary Service $20,194.02; Rally $9,918.34; Federal Withholding $22,441.81; FICA $40,364.16

            Transfers Out - General Fund $33,998.50; Capital Impr $61,585.09; UDAG $2,500.00; Liquor $6,250.00; Water $3,333.33; Wastewater $26,575.00; Rally $6,250.00

            Transfers In – Parks $33,998.50; General Fund $12,500.00; Debt Service (303) $29,908.33; Debt Service (304) $41,888.42; Debt Service (305) $2,916.67; Debt Service (306) $3,333.33; Community Projects $13,446.67; Revolving Loan Fund $2,500.00

            Accounting Services Out – Sanitation $675.00; Wastewater $675.00

            Street Overlay Out – Sanitation $4,166.67

            GENERAL FUND – A&J Surplus, $53.40, maint; Laurie Adkins, $312.00, cc prog exp; AICPA, $185.00, other; Amcon Distributing, $677.29, merch for resale; Avaya, Inc., $48.26, util; Baker & Taylor, $603.13, sup; BHP&L, $804.52, util; Border States Electric, $665.97, maint; Richard Borkovec, $234.00, cc prog exp; Jerry Burnham, $2,125.00, prof fees; Butte Electric, $187.06, util; Larry Carpenter, $100.00, prof fees; CASA Program, $1,500.00, other; CCI Solutions, $717.02, sup; Century Business Products, $28.18, maint; City of Sturgis Water Dept, $1,161.20, util; Bill Coacher, $507.00, cc prog exp; Community Center Department, $44.00, other; Crisis Intervention Shelter, $1,500.00, other; Dataform, $82.00, sup; Demco, $57.68, sup; Ebsco Subscription Service, $3,497.10, sup; Elan-Fire, $250.95, sup; Energy Labs, $52.50, maint; Engineering Dept. Petty Cash, $42.28, sup; Farmers Union Oil, $102.01, sup; Diane Fish, $30.00, other; Virginia Fitzpatrick, $30.00, other; Foggy Notion Sound, $35.00, maint; G&G Enterprises, $215.00, maint; Hauff Mid-America Sports, $468.00, cc prog exp; Heartland Paper Co, $234.28, sup; Heiman Fire Equipment, $69.80, sup; Hills Materials, $42,281.36, cap imp; Jacobson First Western Ins, $65.00, insurance; JB’s Computers, $85.00, maint; Jerry’s Refrigeration, $50.00, maint; Ray Jilek, $35,000.00, buildings; Dennis Johnson, $312.00, cc prog exp; Ketel Thorstenson, $9,500.00, prof fees; Kick Start, $4.04, cc prog exp; Kimball Midwest, $227.19, sup; Linda Lamb, $62.50, group ins; Legislative Mail, $25.30, sup; Melissa Lensegrav, $44.00, cc prog exp; Meade Co Auditor, $937.83, util; Meade Co Times, $48.00, sup; Jean Moelter, $30.74, refunds; MDU, $95.20, util; Morman Law Firm, $5,670.40, prof fees; Candy Morrell, $2,800.00, maint; Mountain Plains Health Consort, $7.00, sup; Neighborhood Housing Service, $1,000.00, other; Neve’s Uniforms, $8.95, sup; Northern Hills Drug & Alcohol, $5,000.00, other; Northern Hills RSVP, $1,500.00, other; Elvira Pittman, $484.60, travel; Pizza Hut, $103.25, other; Prairiewave, $1,256.31, util; Larry Prince, $78.00, cc prog exp; Public Safety Equipment, $14.00, sup; Regent Book Co, $37.97, sup; Rushmore Communications, $88.38, maint; Rushmore Office Supplies, $119.68, sup; Sam’s Club, $1,046.90, merch for resale; Fred Schmidt, $30.00, other; Science Fiction Book Club, $33.17, sup; SD Board of Accountancy, $50.00, other; SD CPA Society, $60.00, other; SD Dept of Health, $35.00, sup; Jeanie Shyne, $34.00, travel; Sturgis Area Transportation, $5,000.00, other; Sturgis Jaycees, $107.06, merch for resale; Sturgis Senior Center, $2,500.00, other; Sturgis Tire, $229.00, sup; Pauline Sumption, $34.00, travel; Superior Lamp & Supply, $397.51, sup; Temperature Technology, $7.44, maint; Twilight First Aid & Safety, $200.00, sup; US Fish & Wildlife Services, $40.00, refunds; Verizon, $1,303.32, util; Walco, $54.47, sup; Joey Weiland, $60.00, sup; Cheryl Weisz, $250.00, group ins; West River Electric, $327.71, util; Steve Westbrook, $30.00, other; World Media Express, $170.83, sup; Z&S Dust Control, $2,310.12, maint.

            PARKBHP&L, $759.06, util; City of Sturgis Water Dept, $2,907.80, util; MDU, $15.16, util; Morman Law Firm, $12.39, prof fees; Verizon, $45.08, util.

            BRICK PROJECT FUNDSturgis Center for the Arts, $2,500.00, city promotion.

            AMBULANCE SERVICE – Alltel, $14.83, util; Audio-Video Solutions, $778.00, maint; BHP&L, $466.13, util; City of Sturgis Water Dept, $57.20, util; Dataform, $82.00, sup; DB Billing, $883.58, prof fees; Elan-Fire, $1,083.92, sup; Interstate All Batteries Center, $73.60, sup; MDU, $58.66, util; Pitney Bowes-Police, $12.00, sup.

            MAYOR’S RIDE – TDG Communications, $8.50, sup.

            SPECIAL SALES TAXChamber of Commerce, $7,500.00, chamber; SIEC, $6,416.67, industrial dev; Sturgis Area Arts Council, $2,500.00, city promotion.

            CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT – Heavy Constructors, $57,858.41, cap imp; Morman Law Firm, $36.00, cap imp; Sacrison Paving, $20,813.27, cap imp.

            UDAG – SIEC, $2,750.00, ind dev.

            CAPITAL PROJECTS – Ainsworth Benning Construction, $94,329.00, cap imp; Morman Law Firm, $254.00, cap imp; Roof Tech, $16,626.00, cap imp.

            LIQUOR – 5-Star Audio-Video Systems, $1,104.37, sup; City of Sturgis Water Dept, $130.60, util; Eagle Sales, $6,552.45, off sale beer; Fisher Beverage, $5,206.01, off sale beer; Frito-Lay, $31.95, snacks for resale; Heartland Paper, $192.92, sup; Johnson Western Wholesale, $4,263.89, off sale liquor; Nash Finch, $30.00, other; Prairie Berry, $1,128.00, off sale liquor; Prairiewave, $187.93, util; Rushmore News, $42.00, snacks for resale; Sam’s Club, $80.92, sup; Sodak Distributing, $3,093.26, off sale liquor; Sturgis Tire & Automotive, $877.85, maint; Homeslice, $4,383.00, off sale liquor.

            WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONSBHP&L, $7,954.97, util; Butte Electric, $183.60, util; City of Sturgis Water Dept, $68.00, util; Linda Lamb, $62.50, group ins; MDU, $11.90, util; Prairiewave, $153.13, util; Verizon, $180.53, util.

            WASTEWATER FACILITIES – Bierschbach Equipment, $60.69, maint; Linda Lamb, $62.50, group ins; Verizon, $90.16, util.

            SANITARY SERVICE – American Engineering Testing, $2,078.00, prof fees; BHP&L, $77.15, util; Golden West Technologies, $667.50, sup; Linda Lamb, $62.50, group ins; Qwest, $43.61, util; Rose’s Sanitation, $18.00, prof fees; Street Dept Petty Cash, $6.00, other; Verizon, $45.08, util; Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, $81,653.48, capital leases.

            RALLY – BH Rally & Gold, $2,500.00, merch for resale; Fedex, $32.22, sup; McLeod’s Printing, $177.99, sup; Morman Law Firm, $1,396.41, prof fees; Public Safety Equipment, $2,947.67, sup; Quill Corp, $151.62, sup; Rally Dept Petty Cash, $27.30, sup; Sturgis Harley Davidson, $95.95, sup; TDG Communications, $1,934.00, sup; Tom’s T’s, $150.50, other; Vanway Trophy, $65.00, sup; Verizon, $45.08, util.

            CC CHILDREN’S FUND – Community Center Department, $135.00, other.

            TIF #2-BESTGEN – First Western Bank, $8,134.32, other.

            TIF #6 – Dacotah Bank, $13,655.93, other.

            TIF #7-LEGNER – Wells Fargo-Sturgis, $14,899.12, other.

            TIF #8-ALLISON II – First Western Bank, $17,330.16, other.

 

This was the time set upon application for a public hearing for a zoning variance for Ronald Waterland, 801 Glover, to construct a deck on the front of his house with less than the required front-yard setback.  The Planning Commission took no action as Waterland was not in attendance at the meeting.

 

Waterland advised that he did not attend the Commission meeting because he was not notified of the date of said meeting.  He wants to build a 6’ deck off the front of his house due to safety concerns.

 

Green advised that she would request that this be tabled & sent back to the Planning Commission so they can have a recommendation.

 

Jacobson advised that she would hate to hold this up beings the side deck is already done.

 

Building Inspector Scott Rovere advised that he does not have a problem with his request.

 

Green questioned if the council felt this request qualified as a hardship.

 

Jacobson advised she felt it did because what was currently in place is not functional and also because of the time it would take to go back to the Planning Commission.

 

Motion by Patterson, second by Chaplin & carried to approve said request.

 

This was the time set upon application for a public hearing for a Use on Review for Heather Kreutz, 1407 Willard, to operate a home daycare business at this location.  The Planning Commission approved this request contingent upon the state licensing it.  Motion by Chaplin, second by Green & carried to approve said request.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Jensen & carried to set a public hearing of July 31, 2006 for a zoning variance for Janet Bayless, 2326 S Fulton, to construct a garage extension on the existing garage with less than the required side-yard setback.

 

Motion by Green, second by Jensen & carried, with Scudder abstaining, to approve the preliminary plat of Meade County Housing for land located along the I-90 service road.

 

The monthly updates of various projects will be moved to the meeting on July 17, 2006.  However, the council will meet at 7pm at the Library prior to the next meeting for a tour.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried to approve the temporary sign request of the US Postal Service contingent upon them working with Building Inspector Rovere, Police Chief Jim Bush & the affected landowner(s) so that the sign does not impede visibility or become an obstruction.  The proposed sign is 3’x10’ and is going to be place approximately at the corner of 4th St/Kinship Road and Lazelle during the rally.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Call & carried to approve the temporary sign request of the Meade County Fair to place signs in the right-of-way for the fair July 31-August 1, 2006.

 

Thad Olson was not present to address the letter he received from the City.  However, Building Inspector Rovere advised that things have not changed since the letter was sent.  Also, Olson was not the only person to receive such a letter; 6-7 other people received the same letter.  Mike Strain had advised Rovere that he has taken responsibility for the Dolan Creek area referred to in Olson’s letter.  No action was taken.

 

Mike Brandt appeared before the council to voice his concerns with the possibility of traffic being diverted through the Allison subdivision during the rally.  He feels this would be unsafe for bikers and would affect about 55 residences and 3 churches.  The City shouldn’t allow bikers to bypass the town and miss the vendors.  He is definitely opposed to opening Old Stone Road.

 

Mayor Zeigler advised that this was a BLM issue so he could not promise that this road would stay closed.  He has voiced his concerns to BLM regarding pushing traffic through residential areas.  He and Police Chief Bush are to meet with BLM to talk about traffic flows etc.  Mayor Zeigler advised that he could see some benefit for the local traffic to use this.

 

Zeigler also advised that he had concerns on the turn lane coming off of the exit because the people in the lanes aren’t going to know what they are doing.  However, DOT has said they would have someone there to monitor it so they can begin to merge the traffic onto Junction if it is too confusing.

 

Police Chief Jim Bush advised that the intention is not to divert traffic onto Anna St.  In regard to Old Stone Road, Bush advised that BLM closed it about 10 years ago during the rally.  However, Ft. Meade employees have petitioned that it be reopened for them to be able to get to work easier.

 

Jacobson advised that if it were opened and publicized that it’s open, it could be a problem.  When you get past the gate, it gets very rough and could be very dangerous.  She has seen very few bikes on that road because of its deterioration.

 

Mayor Zeigler advised that these comments had been taken seriously but he could not promise that Old Stone Road would stay closed.

 

Motion by Green, second by Chaplin & carried unanimously to approve the second reading of Ordinance 2006-14 – Revised Ordinance Amending Title 18 City of Sturgis Zoning Ordinance Article III Section 1.  The ordinance reads as follows:

ORDINANCE 2006-14

REVISED ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18 CITY OF STURGIS ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE III

 

            BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, that the current Title 18 City of Sturgis Zoning Ordinance, Article III, Zoning Districts and Map, Section 1, Establishment of Zoning Districts shall be amended to add a seventeenth zoning district known as RV, CAMPGROUND AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK and the following language legally describing the area included in said district shall be included at the end of Section 1:

Lot 4E, Parks Subdivision City of Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, as shown on the plat filed in Plat Book 20 on Page 326.

 

Lots 14, 15, 16, Block 2 of Lot F of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 5 North, Range 5 East of the Black Hills Meridian, City of Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, as shown by the Plat recorded in Plat Book 3 on Page 36. 

 

Lot F of the Northwest Addition to the City of Sturgis, in the Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Township 5 North, Range 5 East of the Black Hills Meridian, City of Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota

 

Dated this 5th day of July 2006.

 

First reading:  June 5, 2006

Second reading:  July 5, 2006

Adopted:  July 5, 2006

Published:  July 15, 2006

Effective:  August 5, 2006

 

Mayor Zeigler advised Doug Clark, owner of Mt. Rodney Campground, that he was vehemently opposed to the proposed bust of himself (Clark) that he was planning on putting on the hill next to the Mt. Rodney RV Park sign as he felt it desecrated Mt. Rushmore and what it stands for.  Zeigler took a straw poll of the council and they all agreed with what the Mayor had said.

 

Motion by Green, second by Chaplin & carried unanimously to approve second reading of Ordinance 2006-15 – Revised Ordinance Amending Title 18 City of Sturgis Zoning Ordinance Article III to Add Title 18.05.17.  The ordinance reads as follows:

ORDINANCE 2006-15

REVISED ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18 CITY OF STURGIS ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE III

 

            BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, that the current Title 18 City of Sturgis Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, District Regulations shall be amended to add Title 18.05.17 entitled RV - RV, CAMPGROUND AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK DISTRICT and shall read as follows: 

 

TITLE 18.05.17

 

RV - RV, CAMPGROUND AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK DISTRICT

 

(A)              DEFINITION:

 

This District is intended to provide for permanent and seasonal campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks.  Facilities within this district shall be offering for rent spaces for overnight camping and for overnight parking of recreational vehicles such as camping trailers, motor homes and coaches. Any facility located within this district shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including any State of South Dakota Department of Health requirements for the operation of a campground, recreational vehicle park or other such facility.

 

Setbacks shall be the distance from any facility’s property line to camping or parking sites and shall not include access roads or driveways.

 

(B)              PERMITTED USES:

 

1.      Recreational vehicle park

 

2.      Small retail convenience stores providing products and services normally 

associated with a campground or recreational vehicle park

 

3.      Recreational vehicle dumping sites which are connected to the City Waste   

Water Collection system and which have been approved by the Sturgis Public Works Director.

 

(C)       USES PERMITTED ON REVIEW:

 

            1.   Temporary vending for a period not to exceed 14 calendar days per year in

  conjunction with a specific event.

 

 

(D)       AREA REGULATIONS:

 

1.      A campground or recreational vehicle park shall have a minimum area of 

two (2) acres.

 

2.      Retail and temporary vending area shall not exceed a total of two thousand (2000) square feet or one percent (1%) of the gross area of the campground or recreational vehicle park, whichever is greater. 

 

3.      Any facility shall have a minimum front setback of twenty five (25’) feet from the public right-of-way.

 

4.      Any facility shall have a minimum of ten (10’) feet side yard setback.  If the side yard abuts a public right-of-way such as a side street it shall have a minimum side yard setback of eighteen (18’) feet.  If the side yard abuts any residential zoning it shall have a minimum side yard setback of twenty five (25’) feet.

 

5.      Any facility shall have a minimum of ten (10’) feet rear yard setback.  If the rear yard abuts any residential district it shall have a minimum rear yard setback of twenty five (25’) feet.

 

6.      Any facility shall have a minimum of one hundred (100’) feet of frontage on a dedicated public right-of-way. 

 

(E)        HEIGHT REGULATIONS:

 

No structure shall exceed two and one-half (2 ˝) stories in height.

 

(F)        OFF STREET PARKING: 

 

Each facility or campground within this district shall provide sufficient on- premise parking, maneuvering, and loading space so that all parking, maneuvering and loading of camping units incidental to the use of the facility shall be undertaken without the use of any public right-of-way, street, alley or any private property not a part of the facility.

 

(G)        UTILITY REQUIREMENTS:

 

Each campground, recreational vehicle park or any other such type facility located within this district shall be connected to the municipal water supply for the City of Sturgis, the Sturgis Municipal Waste Water Collection System, and will be serviced by the Sturgis Solid Waste Collection Department. 

 

(H)        SCREENING

 

Each campground, recreational vehicle park or any other such type facility located within this district which abuts a residential district shall provide a screening in the form of a solid fence, hedge, or provide for other appropriate means of shielding the facility from the adjacent residential properties.  Plans for compliance with this screening requirement shall be approved by the Planning Commission and City Council prior to beginning construction of the facility. 

 

(I)                SIGNAGE

 

Total signage not exceeding one (1) square foot of surface for each one (1) lineal foot of lot frontage shall be allowed.  Signs erected in conjunction with a facility permitted by this Title shall comply with any and all applicable provisions of Title 30, City Beautification and Regulation of Advertising of the Sturgis City Ordinances.

 

                                                                                                           

(J)      FLOOD PLAIN REQUIREMENTS

 

Any building constructed within this district, on lands located within the Flood Plain areas as shown on the City’s FIRM Map, shall be subject to the additional provisions and requirements contained in the City’s Flood Plain Ordinance included in Article VIII.

 

 

Dated this 5th day of July 2006.

 

First reading:  June 5, 2006

Second reading:  July 5, 2006

Adopted:  July 5, 2006

Published:  July 15, 2006

Effective:  August 5, 2006

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried unanimously to approve second reading of Ordinance 2006-16 – Revised Ordinance Amending Title 3 Licensing and Regulation of Alcohol, Malt Beverages and Drinking Establishments, Section 3.02.10 Requirements for Restaurant Malt Beverage License.  The ordinance reads as follows:

 

ORDINANCE 2006-15

REVISED ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18 CITY OF STURGIS ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE III

 

            BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, that the current Title 3 Licensing and Regulation of Alcohol, Malt Beverages and Drinking Establishments, Section 3.02.10 Requirements for Restaurant Malt Beverage License be amended to  read as follows: 

3.02.10:  REQUIREMENTS FOR RESTAURANT MALT BEVERAGE LICENSE

 

A Restaurant Malt Beverage License shall only be issued to the owner of a permanent business whose business qualifies as a bona fide restaurant.  A bona fide restaurant shall at a minimum meet the following requirements:

 

A.                  Provide and keep open seating for at least seventy (50) people at all times;

 

B.                  Have a kitchen therein with sufficient equipment to prepare and provide meals in a bona fide manner for seventy (50) people at all times.   Facilities that only have a grill and/or serve only prepackaged foods or items that can be heated in grease, a microwave, crock pot or small pizza or toaster ovens will not be considered to have sufficient equipment; and

 

Dated this 5th day of July 2006.

 

First Reading:  June 19, 2006

Second Reading:  July 5, 2006

Adopted:  July 5, 2006

Published:  July 15, 2006

Effective:  August 5, 2006

 

This was the time set to award the bid for the airport hay.  The following bids were received:  Les Jeffery $706 & Bill Jones $600.  Motion by Anders, second by Patterson & carried unanimously to award the bid to Les Jeffery.

 

This was the time set for the public hearing on the restaurant malt beverage license renewal for the period July 1, 2006June 30, 2007 for Clayettna, Inc. dba Pizza Ranch, 2711 Lazelle.  Motion by Chaplin, second by Patterson & carried unanimously to approve said renewal.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Jacobson & carried unanimously to approve the raffle request of Opportunities for Independent Living.  They are raffling a Harley-Davidson soft tail on August 13, 2006.

 

Motion by Scudder & second by Green to approve the increase of rally property rental rates for the 2007 rally.  This would be a $2 per square foot in crease at the Community Center only.

 

Motion by Patterson, second by Jacobson & failed, with Jacobson, Anders & Patterson voting in favor of, to table this request until July 17, 2006.

 

The original motion to approve the rental rates for the 2007 rally was approved with Jacobson, Anders & Patterson voting no.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried unanimously to authorize the advertising of bids for the Murray Addition sanitary sewer extension.

 

Motion by Chaplin & second by Call to authorize the Mayor to sign the Fosheim agreement for the I-90 Service Road.

 

Motion by Patterson, second by Green & carried to table this until the next meeting on July 17, 2006.  The first motion then dies due to this motion passing.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried to approve the Mayoral appointment of Bruce McFarland to the Library Board for a 3-year term.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried unanimously to approve change order #1 for the Whitewood Service Road project.  This is an increase of $14,800 and is to come out of the water fund.

 

Motion by Patterson, second by Anders & carried, with Chaplin abstaining, to approve the following salary matters:     Wages - Wendy Skinner - CC Front Desk, $.25/hr increase to $6.75/hr, effective 6/26/06; New Hires – a) Neile Hoops & Kelly Scherer – CC Front Desk, $6.00/hr, effective 6/26/06; b) Jess Lauer – CC Tennis Instructor, $6.50/hr, effective 6/26/06; c) Julie Witcraft, Phyllis Erfman & Julie Shyne – Temp Rally, $8.50/hr, effective 8/3/06; d) Bev Johnson, Kathy Dykstra & Patty Barff – Temp Rally, $8.25/hr, effective 8/3/06; e) Rita Schwartz, Tiffany Bailey, Elizabeth Martinson, Kendra Havorka, Leslie Bertolotto, Shawna Cooley, McKenzie Bachand, Katryn Chaplin, Dylan Miller, James Thompson, Lane Barden, Skyler Takahashi, Lois Rathman, Melissa Hardon, Shirley Bierle & Jan Steinle – Temp Rally, $8.00/hr, effective 8/3/06.

 

Motion by Anders, second by Jensen & carried to adjourn to executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel, legal & contract matters.

 

Prior to going into executive session, Rick Schmid requested that the City level off the alley between Lazelle & Dudley streets and Junction and 1st streets & treat it with magnesium chloride water.

 

Mayor Zeigler advised that he would have Public Works Director Randy Nohava work with Schmid.

 

Motion by Anders, second by Chaplin & carried to return to regular session.

 

OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE COUNCIL

 

Jacobson advised that, if there were any questions or comments on the memo from Deputy City Attorney Candi Thomson, to please get back to her right away.

 

Parks Director Gene Stock requested authorization for the Mayor to sign a compliance/inspection affidavit for LWCF grants.  Motion by Chaplin, second by Jacobson & carried unanimously to authorize the Mayor to sign this.

 

Scudder advised that she is working with Budweiser for showmanship of the Clydesdales around the elderly.

 

Patterson advised that she had received a copy of a letter requesting an economic impact for the proposed by-pass road which was sent by the Chamber but included the City.  She just wanted clarification if the city was referencing the City of Sturgis as the council or citizens.

 

Chamber Director Jennifer Gabriel advised that she had worked with Scudder in writing the letter.

 

Scudder advised that she felt that the letter would be stronger if the City were included.

 

Patterson advised that she just felt that council should have had official action taken but was not opposed to the request.

 

Motion by Patterson, second by Anders & carried unanimously to ratify the letter sent to the State.

 

Green questioned what it would cost the City to participate.

 

Gabriel advised that the State had never done one before – only an environmental impact study.  However, she expected the State to pay for the study as the business community does not need to.  She made no guarantees that the Chamber or the City would pay for this.

 

Gabriel thanked everyone for their cooperative efforts at the fairgrounds.  Everyone seemed extremely happy with the results.

 

Mayor Zeigler thanked the fire department for the wonderful fireworks display on the 4th of July.

 

Motion by Call, second by Chaplin & carried to adjourn the meeting at 9:15pm.

 

ATTEST: ______________________________ APPROVED: ___________________________

            Pauline Sumption, Finance Officer                                  Mark T. Zeigler, Mayor