June 2- Minutes
Minutes of regular City Commission Meeting held on June 2, 2010. The meeting was held at City Hall and began at 4:00 PM.
Present: Rea, Sondeland, McLaughlin and James, board; Pond, auditor; Headley, Sarsland, Mason and C Whitney.
Absent: Snavely
Motion by Sondeland with second by Rea was made to accept the amended agenda. In a roll call vote, all voted aye. The motion carried.
Motion by Sondeland with second by Rea was made to accept the minutes of the previous meeting. In a roll call vote, all vote aye. The motion carried.
Motion by Sondeland with second by Rea was made to accept the May Judge's Report. In a roll call vote, all voted aye. The motion carried.
Motion by Sondeland with second by Rea was made to pay the bills as presented. In a roll call vote, all voted aye. The motion carried. Checks #6815-6852 & 102728-102744: Void checks # 6709: Salaries, 24812.80; E Frank, 84.24; NDPERS, 622.50; Badlands Welding, 142.85; Bowman Auto Parts, 8.99; Bowman County Auditor, 4607.50; Bowman True Value, 22.77; Cashway, 12.81; Dacotah Paper, 41.47; Dakota Communications, 405.36; Dakota Dust-Tex, 75.40; Dakota Pump, 250.11; Dakota Western Insurance, 150.00; D Garza, 200.00; Fargo Water, 244.50; Federal Signal Corp., 1305.56; Fidelity Security, 138.42; Fleet Services, 4649.31; James Wosepka, CPA, 3600.00; Jim Stebbins Trucking, 870.24; Super Valu, 70.85; KPOK, 15.00; L Siverson, 335.00; L DeBode, 179.00; L James, 255.12; MDU, 6689.27; M Senn, 30.00; NDPERS, 15332.07; NDPERS, 4485.09; NW Tire, 99.16; One Call, 28.60; Postmaster, 275.52; Ray's Filters, 61.50; RDO Equipment, 45.54; S Fischer, 100.00; Sanitation Products, 469.74; SBM, 214.97; The Flower Nook, 19.95; Xerox, 26.77:
Mason:
The water department will be installing a Main Valve between 9th & 10th Ave NW and 1st St NW.
Mason passed his Recertification Testing conducted by the ND State Health Department.
Sarsland:
The street department has rented a Dura Patcher to repair the streets.
A request was received to remove a tree in the alley behind the Silha Building. That portion of the alley has been vacated with ½ to the Silha's and ½ to the City. The tree is situated on the Silha's property. They may remove the tree at their expense.
A verbal request was received from a resident requesting the paving of a portion of the alley where their garage entrance is located. City policy on paving in an alley is: The expense of the paving and all other expenses, maintenance and damages are the property owner's responsibility. The property owner will need to sign an agreement to these terms. The auditor will send this information to the resident.
Headley:
Headley has hired Frank Eberle from Plentywood, MT as the cities new patrolman. Eberle will be on a probationary period until he has successfully completed all required schooling and testing. Eberle has 5 plus years experience in law enforcement.
The City of Bowman Police Department building sustained vandalism painting on the west end. Chief Headley and his wife were able to remove the graffiti.
Security Measures on Police Building:
Headley is checking into options for installing cameras on the inside and outside of the building.
The police department has their name on the Experience Works program.
Richard Spillman, an earlier visitor to our city, visited again. He has stated there is an untapped market for software for smaller police departments. He is working on such a program.
Headley stated there are some structures in the city that appear to be unsafe and need to be inspected. He has talked with one property owner with unkept property following a complaint that was received.
He stated there is other property that needs to be inspected and cleaned up. Letters will be sent.
Pond:
Motion by McLaughlin with second by Rea was made to issue a raffle permit to Dakota Prairie Helping Hands. In a roll call vote, all voted aye. The motion carried.
The Bowman County Emergency Department is requesting a "Letter of Commitment" from the city that will allow them to join the Bowman/Slope Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan. Motion by Sondeland with second by Rea was made for the City to be a part of the plan. In a roll call vote, all voted aye. The motion carried. The city will participate in the revision of the current plan later this year.
Motion by McLaughlin with second by Sondeland was made to revise the 2010 Budget as follows: Fund 4010: Expense addition of $6000. In a roll call vote, all voted aye. The motion carried.
The "Downtown Apartments", formerly the Downtown Motel, are the first Renaissance Zone Project in the City of Bowman. Congratulations to Maria Madrigal.
The city was notified their request for a grant for a snow blower does not qualify as part of a Mitigation Project.
James:
James was asked by Tim Moore, Director of EDC for Senator Conrad, to serve on a three person panel at a recent Senate Budget Committee Field Hearing. Others on the panel were the mayors from Williston and from Stanley. The hearing was held in Williston.
Due to the 4th of July holiday, the regular meeting date of July 6th has been moved to July 7th, 2010.
The meeting adjourned at 5:35 PM.