PROCEEDINGS OF THE STURGIS CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 18, 2006

 

The Common Council of the City of Sturgis met in regular session on Monday, December 18, 2006 at the Sturgis Community Center.  Present:  Mayor Terry Jensen, Aldermen Tom Ferguson, Penny Green, Roger Call, Sherry Scudder, Pokey Jacobson, Mark Chaplin, Steve Anders & Bev Patterson.  Absent:  None.

 

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; Ann Bertolotto, $250.00, group ins; Best Business Products, $21.83, maint; BH Chemical, $210.86, sup; BHP&L, $16,490.57, util; BH.com, $120.00, maint; Butte Electric, $242.23, util; Campbell Supply, $347.97, sup; Chief, $58.98, sup; City of Belle Fourche, $7.20, prof fees; Coca Cola Bottling, $1,079.00, merch for resale; Commercial Door & Specialties, $388.60, maint; Dakota Backup, $12.49, prof fees; Diesel Machinery, $1,619.80, maint; Displays2go, $623.81, sup; Ecolab, $144.00, other; Joyce Ehlers, $10.00, travel; Elan-City, $638.38, sup; Energy Labs, $52.50, maint; Executive Business Comm, $255.00, sup; Farmer Brothers Co, $53.24, merch for resale; Farmers Union Oil, $10,639.16, sup; Finance Office Petty Cash, $40.86, sup; First Western Bank, $860.00, other; Foothills Seed, $452.76, sup; Freeman Electric, $3,863.00, maint; Frontier Glass, $129.08, maint; FSH Communications, $110.00, util; G&H Distributing, $234.59, maint; Drew Grotti, $10.00, travel; Darrel Hatzenbuhler, $10.00, travel; Heiman Fire Equipment, $1,102.85, sup; Hersrud, $344.76, maint; Hills Materials, $709.39, sup; Hillyard, $62.00, sup; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, $30.00, other; Johnston Hardware, $120.79, sup; Law Related Education, $3,510.00, other public safety; Locks by Bernie, $15.00, sup; Lynn’s Dakotamart, $16.64, merch for resale; Meade Co Auditor, $946.73, util; Meade Co Times, $224.38, publishing; MDU, $7,456.33, util; Mountain Air Insurance Service, $2,898.00, ins; NAPA, $1,029.91, sup; Neve’s Uniforms, $46.90, sup; Office Depot, $82.86, sup; Officemax Contract, $114.72, sup; Owens Interstate Sales, $217.21, sup; Powerplan, $62.32, maint; Prairiewave, $196.37, util; Public Safety Equipment, $4,255.93, sup; Quality Services, $1,430.50, prof fees; Rally Dept Petty Cash, $7.00, sup; RPM Machine Shop, $20.00, sup; Rushmore Office Supplies, $281.12, sup; Sanichem, $1,215.63, sup; SDML Work Comp Fund, $43,472.00, unemployment & work comp; Servall, $349.97, sup; Sturgis Tire & automotive, $195.80, sup; Subway, $52.50, sup; Pauline Sumption, $398.88, group ins; TDG Communications, $120.00, sup; Temperature Technology, $980.22, maint; Town-n-Country Plumbing, $26.20, sup; Twilight First Aid & Safety, $108.64, sup; Joey Weiland, $60.00, sup; Z&S Dust Control System, $3,541.23, sup.

            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; Jim’s 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.

            MAYOR’S 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; Lynn’s 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, 2214 Junction Ave to Jesseph & Bartels, LLC, dba Jambonz, 2214 Junction Ave.  Motion by Green, second by Chaplin & carried to approve said transfers.

 

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 Ferguson & carried unanimously to authorize the liquor store to advertise for a part-time liquor clerk.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Jacobson & carried unanimously to approve the following travel matter:  Clint Dunker – NGA Convention in Las Vegas, January 29 – February 1, 2007.

 

Motion by Chaplin, second by Anders & carried unanimously to approve the following new hires:  a) Gene Lucas – Seasonal Parks, $7.00/hr, effective 1/2/07; b) Albert Arsaga – Seasonal Cemetery, $8.25/hr, effective 1/2/07.

 

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 Ferguson & carried to return to regular session.

 

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: ____________________________

            Pauline Sumption, Finance Officer                              Terry Jensen, Mayor