City Board Minutes

City Board Minutes

The Humboldt City Board met in regular session on Monday, June 9th, 2008. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Allen Schmeichel at 7:00 p.m. Trustees present were Theresa Muth, Jeff Kaufman and Dawn Hahn via speaker phone. Others present included Don Boll, Mike Smith, Jack Rieger and Kelly from the Main Café and Kevin Berg. Leslie Ideker will be late.

The minutes of the May 27th, 2008 regular meeting were reviewed. A motion was made by Kaufman and seconded by Muth to approve the minutes. The motion carries with Schmeichel, Muth, and Kaufman voting yes and Hahn abstaining.

Open discussion was then held. Items discussed in open discussion were the siren, bathrooms at the park, the MCEDA meeting and the car show meeting. The siren has been going off at odd times. The utility manager will look into that and contact BlueValley. The new bathrooms at PresslerPark were vandalized. Someone started a roll of toilet paper on fire. Locking the bathroom regularly and setting a curfew were discussed.

The curfew time for the park will also be put in the next newsletter. The car show meeting cannot be held on the 18th, of June. It has been rescheduled for June 24th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Several complaints have also been received regarding one of the ball coaches.

Leslie Ideker arrived at 7:15 p.m.

The public hearing regarding the Ordinances for the amendments to the Planning and Zoning Ordinance PZ-11-12-07 was held. No comments regarding the amendments were received from the public. After discussion, Ordinance PZ-06-09-08-01 regarding amendment to the Residential District was submitted for the first reading, a motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Hahn to approve the first reading of the Ordinance. Roll call was held, the motion carried with all members voting yes.

Amendment Ordinance PZ-06-09-08-02 regarding amendments to the General Business district was submitted for the first reading. After discussion, a motion was made by Kaufman and seconded by Ideker to approve the first reading of the Ordinance. Roll call was held, the motion carried with all members voting yes.

Amendment Ordinance PZ-06-09-08-03 regarding amendment to the Light Industrial district was submitted for the first reading. After discussion, a motion was made by Muth and seconded by Schmeichel to approve the first reading of the Ordinance. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all members voting yes. The second readings will be on June 16th, 2008.

Kevin Berg left at 7:25 p.m.

Two bids were received for the Silver City Truck. The bids were opened. The first bid was from Kevin Kueter in the amount of $310.00. The second bid was from Terry Hanson for $355.00. A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Muth to award the bid to the highest bidder Terry Hanson in the amount of $355.00. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all members voting yes.

Mike Smith was present to discuss the bids for the flooring at the bar. The quotes are in the amount of $3924.12 and $7676.00. The quotes appear to have different items listed. The board would like the quotes to be uniform and have a sample of what type of flooring will be installed. A motion was made by Ideker and seconded by Muth to table the bar floor quotes and obtain uniform quotes and samples. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all members voting yes.

A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Kaufman to move the 4th of July before park land. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all members voting yes.

The 4th of July was discussed. The newsletter was sent late due to the finalizing of the Thursday the 3rd and Saturday the 5th, fun day schedule. Jack Rieger and Kelly were present from the Main Café to discuss the food on the 3rd and the 5th.

Thursday, there will be food starting at 6:30 at the ball diamond with a game between the Humboldt Gamecocks and Colman A’s at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks to follow.

Saturday, parade registration starts at 9:30 a.m. at the City Shop, theme this year is “Show your spirit is great in 2008”, Parade at 10:30 on Main Street, Food, Games and inflatables at 11:30 at Pressler Park and the Street Dance on Main Street with BattleCreek Station from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

5k Walk/Run has been cancelled this year. It will be revisited for next year’s events.

The PA system at the HCC and for Summer Fun day was discussed. Last year the City rented a PA system from Keller Rental that worked very well. Ed Begeman has priced a couple of new PA systems and they are around $500.00. The one at the HCC is 15 years old and if a new PA system is purchased, it can also be used at the HCC.

Jack Rieger and Kelly left at 7:55.

Mike Smith left at 8:00 p.m.

The rental of inflatables from Keller Rent All was discussed. The City is getting three inflatables, with a generator, setup and tear down, delivery charge, damage waiver and attendee who will be present during the whole event. The amount of the quote is for $1496.91 which includes a discount of $345.00. A motion was made by Ideker and seconded by Muth to approve the rental of the inflatables through Keller Rent All. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all members voting yes.

Before it got too dark the board members wanted to go check out the drainage ditch, the Russ-Mill property, the culvert and driveway at Faith Lutheran parking area, the park land and PresslerPark. Hahn inquired if the meeting on July 14th could be rescheduled to the 7th of July due to conflicts with her work schedule. After discussion, it was decided that the meeting date would remain the same. Hahn indicated that she would probably do the meeting via speaker phone again. Hahn disconnected and left the meeting.

The remaining board members went to the sites indicated to get a visual of each situation and discuss the options.

The board members returned to the office. The utility manager received a quote for the replacement of all of the light poles on Main Street with new matching poles and adding three additional poles to also match in the amount in excess of $15,000.00.

The sale of the Russ-Mill property was discussed. The attorney will be contacted to proceed with the paper work. The property will also have to be rezoned as General Business. The utility manager will also get a locate submitted to see what is all in the ditch to the east of the Russ-mill property.

The size of the park land to be purchased from Don Shumaker was discussed.

The ICC Hearings in Minneapolis were discussed. One of the Planning and Zoning members is checking his schedule to see if he can go and the chairman indicated that he would look at his schedule also.

The purchase of a back up vehicle was discussed. There are twovehicles in the Huron Surplus Property magazine that are both 2001 Ford F150, 4x4, with V8’s. One has 22,249 miles for $11,250 and the other has 27,734 miles for $10,950. After discussion, a motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Kaufman to purchase the F150 with 22,249 miles for $11,250.00. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all present voting yes. Hahn was absent.

The utility manager will have Mark Mathieu look at the drainage behind Lukes east of Ford Street. Chip sealing this year is at a price of $1.30 per square foot.

A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Ideker to add the rental of a skid loader after chip seal quotes. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all members present voting yes. Hahn was absent.

The utility manager would also like to rent a skid loader from his son Brian Boll. He has a trailer to deliver it and will only charge for the days it is being used, unlike a rental in Sioux Falls that rent by the day and do not take rain days into consideration. The amount for the rental will be $160.00 per day.

A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Ideker to approve the rental of a skid loader from Brian Boll in the amount of $160.00 per day. The motion carried with all members present voting yes. Hahn was absent.

The finance officer gave a list of special meetings and events going on in the area for the board members to attend if they wish. They included the Annual Surplus Property Auction in Sioux Falls which will be held on October 4th, 2008, the Elected Officials work shop in Pierre on July 11, 2008, the Elected Officials Workshop in Brandonon June 24th, 2008, and the 2010 Initiative meeting in Sioux Falls on June 10th, 2008.

The Consumer Confidence Report for the water system is available at the finance office during regular business hours.

Broken Water Shut off’s were discussed.

The bill and payroll were submitted for approval. A motion was made by Kaufman and seconded by Schmeichel to approve the bills and payroll. Roll call was held. The motion carried with all members present voting yes. Hahn was absent.

The financials will not be completed until the June 23rd, 2008 meeting.

With no further business, a motion was made by Muth and seconded by Kaufman to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 p.m. The motion carried.

ATTEST:KRISTIE ELLIS

FINANCE OFFICER