PROCEEDINGS OF THE STURGIS
CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 18, 2006
The Common Council of the City of
Mayor Jensen made the following announcements: a) Pierce Williams, a Sturgis soldier, was badly
wounded in Iraq and is now back in the States; b) condolences go out to Ann
Bertolotto and her family for the loss of her mother; c) a moment of silence
was observed for our service men and women; d) the last meeting of the year will
be held on December 29, 2006 at 7:30at at City Hall. Anders & Call will be available by
conference call.
Patterson left the meeting.
Motion by Chaplin, second by Scudder & carried
to approve the agenda as presented.
Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried to
approve the minutes of the December 4, 2006 council meeting.
Motion by Jacobson, second by Call & carried
unanimously to approve the following claims:
GENERAL FUND A&B Business,
$95.59, sup; A&B Welding, $89.10, sup; A&H Truck Salvage Inc., $75.00,
maint; A-1 Auto Recyclers, $45.00, maint; Amick Sound, $360.41, maint;
Associated Pool Builders, $404.75, maint; Bentz Equipment, $237.25, maint;
PARK BHP&L, $39.43, util;
Bierschbach Equipment, $172.00, sup; Campbell Supply, $204.56, sup; Hersrud Co,
$97.54, maint; Hills Materials, $118.04, sup; Jims Auto Salvage, $65.00, maint;
Meade Co times, $7.06, freedom site expenditure; Menards, $144.61, sup; MDU,
$81.70, util; NAPA, $37.56, maint; Prairiewave, $126.20, util; Rockingtree
Landscapes, $181.48, sup; SD Federal Property Agency, $100.00, sup; SDML Work
Comp Fund, $8,350.00, unemployment & work comp.
BRICK PROJECT FUND Elan-City,
$9.95, sup; Glover Investments, $1,400.00, publishing; Hebron Brick, $2,696.70,
merch for resale.
LIBRARY BUILDING FUND Elan-City,
$227.75, sup.
AMBULANCE SERVICE Commercial Door,
$388.60, maint; Dakota Backup, $12.50, prof fees; DB Billing Co, $1,799.77,
prof fees; Farmers Union Oil, $609.19, sup; Key City Glass, $250.00, maint;
Cindy Matt, $115.00, travel; MDU, $730.68, util; NAPA, $48.44, maint; Office
Depot, $82.86, sup; Regional Home Medical Equip, $70.00, sup; SDML Work Comp
Fund, $8,350.00, unemployment & work comp; Sherry Spring, $55.00, travel.
MAYORS RIDE AMA Insurance Dept,
$35.00, sup; Elan-City, $125.00, sup.
SPECIAL SALES TAX Campbell Supply,
$65.23, city promotion.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT Brosz
Engineering, $43,062.50, cap imp; Freeman Electric, $49.30, cap imp; Hills
Materials, $1,808.72, cap imp; J&W Construction, $890.40, cap imp; Meade Co
Auditor, $2,837.93, interest; Rockingtree Floral, $219.90, cap imp.
SPECIAL SANITATION SDML Work Comp
Fund, $933.00, unemployment & work comp.
2003 SERIES REVENUE BOND Rural
Development, $8,739.00, interest.
COMMUNITY PROJECTS MDU, $1,551.93,
cap imp; Muth Electric, $211,334.40, cap imp.
LIQUOR BHP&L $787.65, util;
Coca Cola, $395.30, pop for resale; Clinton Dunker, $250.00, group ins; Eagle
Sales, $6,539.74, off sale beer; Ecolab Pest, $25.50, maint; Fisher Beverage,
$6,016.97, off sale beer; Frito-Lay, $20.00, snacks for resale; Heartland
Paper, $126.74, sup; Johnson Western Wholesale, $20,350.99, off sale liquor;
Harriet Lolley, $84.00, merch for resale; Lynns Dakotamart, $145.80, sup;
M&B Enterprises, $31.80, snacks for resale; MDU, $60.15, util; Nash Finch,
$45.00, other; Pepsi Cola, $357.30, pop for resale; Prairie Berry, $1,017.00,
off sale wine; Rushmore News, $44.80, snacks for resale; SDML Work Comp Fund,
$1,072.00, unemployment & work comp; Servall, $88.38, maint; Sodak,
$7,739.42, off sale liquor; Wells Fargo Merchant Service, $7.50, other.
WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONS BHP&L,
$930.95, util; Butte Electric, $349.80, util; Prairiewave, $43.78, util; SDML
Work Comp, $3,907.00, unemployment & work comp; Servall, $4.68, maint.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES American
Engineering Testing, $1,332.75, maint; BHP&L, $1,935.11, util; Butler
Machinery, $762.84, maint; Dan Cass, $125.00, group ins; City of Belle Fourche,
$38.85, other; Elan-City, $9.95, sup; SD DENR, $36.00, prof fees; SDML Work
Comp Fund, $3,546.00, unemployment & work comp.
SANITARY SERVICE A&B Welding,
$67.20, maint; Butler Machinery, $458.62, maint; Campbell Supply, $311.73,
buildings; Dan Cass, $125.00, group ins; City of Belle Fourche, $14,469.30,
other; Elan-City, $9.95, sup; Delmar Fackelman, $250.00, group ins; Farmers
Union Oil, $1,614.22, sup; Freeman Electric, $250.00, buildings; Frontier
Glass, $174.93, maint; Johnston Hardware, $37.95, buildings; NAPA, $95.25, sup;
Owens Interstate Sales, $101.34, sup; Rushmore Communications, $90.06, maint;
SDML Work Comp Fund, $10,015.00, unemployment & work comp.
RALLY Coca Cola, $9.00, util;
Elan-City, $49.98, sup; Farmers Union Oil, $97.83, sup; Great Western Tire,
$292.96, maint; Johnston Hardware, $6.00, sup; Prairiewave, $285.78, util;
Rally Dept-Petty Cash, $12.61, sup; SDML Work Comp Fund, $6,913.00, unemployment
& work comp.
TIF #2-BESTGEN First Western Bank,
$15,174.61, other.
TIF #7-LEGNER Wells Fargo-Sturgis,
$17,913.70, other.
TIF #8-ALLISON II First Western
Bank, $42,102.82, other.
This was the time set upon application for the
public hearing for the transfer of the
Retail (on-sale) Wine License and the Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage
License from Sheree Schriver, dba Jambonz,
Patterson returned.
Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried to
approve the mayoral appointment of the joint Downtown/Rally Development
committee. Those members are as
follows: Chairperson Pokey Jacobson,
Gary Prince, Pepper Massey Swan, Francie Ruebel Alberts, Dean McNenney, Mike
Bachand, Scott Reiman, Penny Green & Lisa Weyer (advisory).
Motion by Chaplin, second by Patterson & carried
to approve the mayoral appointment of Keith Smit and Dan Mayer to the Northern
Hills Regional Railroad Authority.
This was the time set to award the bid for the
Strong Field scoreboard. Only one bid
was received from Daktronics in the amount of $21,707.50. This included shipping costs of $919.50,
which was deducted for a final bid amount of $20,788. Motion by Green, second by Chaplin &
carried unanimously to award the bid to Daktronics.
Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried
unanimously to authorize the Public Works department to use Dakota Backup as
their off-site backup vendor and to authorize the Mayor to sign the agreement.
Motion by Chaplin, second by Patterson & carried
unanimously to authorize the Mayor to sign a 5-year agreement with A&B
Welding for the Public Works department.
Motion by Anders, second by Chaplin & carried
unanimously to authorize the Mayor to sign the 3-year police union contract.
Motion by Patterson, second by Chaplin & carried
unanimously to approve change order #2 for the Industrial Park loop and to
authorize the Mayor to sign said change order. This is a contract increase for $6,882.
Motion by Call, second by
Motion by Chaplin, second by Jacobson & carried
unanimously to approve the following travel matter:
Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried
unanimously to approve the following new hires:
a) Gene Lucas
OTHER MATTERS
THAT MAY COME BEFORE COUNCIL
Call complimented the Mayor on the nice Christmas
tree that was purchased at Festival of Trees.
Motion by Anders, second by Scudder & carried to
adjourn to executive session for the purpose of discussing a contract matter.
Motion by Call, second by
Motion by Call, second by Scudder & carried to
adjourn the meeting at 7:55pm until 7:30am on December 29, 2006.
Mayor Jensen wished everyone a Merry Christmas.
ATTEST: _____________________________ APPROVED:
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Pauline
Sumption, Finance Officer Terry
Jensen, Mayor