Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.  All members were present.

NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY:

REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

A  PUBLIC HEARING was held  Concerning Seal Coat, Patching, Construction and Reconstruction District #17-41 protests and the sufficiency thereof.   No one appeared for the public hearing.

Following the Public Hearing it was determined that the protests have been found to be insufficient to bar proceeding with the District.

The City Council directed the City Administrator to advertise for bids for the construction of The District.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

The City Council  awarded the bid for the sale of impounded/abandoned vehicles to Kim Carol for a 2003 Buick LaSabre, in the amount of $360.  Awarded the bid for a 2003 Subaru Forester in the amount of $1,957 to Tim Kachel.

ORDINANCES:

A  FIRST READING: Concerned an ordinance to amend  the District Map to change the zoning of a portion of the NW¼ and NE¼ of Section 3, T139N, R64W from C-2 (General Commercial District) and A-1 (Agricultural District) to C-2

A PUBLIC HEARING was held: Concerned the annexation of a tract of land located within the north half of Section 3, T139N, R64W, of the Fifth principal Meridian, being within the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota. (All property owned by John and Brenda Corell in the north half of Section 3, Township 139 North, Range 64 West, which has not previously been annexed, and all property within the Anne Carlson Center 2nd Subdivision.)

Following the Public Hearing the City Council Approved a  SECOND READING of an Ordinance  to annex a tract of land located within the north half of Section 3, T139N, R64W, of the Fifth principal Meridian, being within the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota. (All property owned by John and Brenda Corell in the north half of Section 3, Township 139 North, Range 64 West, which has not previously been annexed, and all property within the Anne Carlson Center 2nd Subdivision

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:  No one spoke.

APPOINTMENTS:

The City Council re-appointed Neil ‘Tex” Weatherly to serve as a member of the Shade Tree Committee for a three year term to expire April 2020.

Re-appointed Alicia Harstad to serve as the NDSU member of the Shade Tree Committee for a three year term to expire April 2020.

Appoined Eric M. Watne to serve as a member of the Special Assessment Commission for a six year term to expire April 2023.

Re-appointed the City Council to serve as members of the Storm Water Committee for a two year term to expire April 2019.

Re-appointed the City Engineer, City Administrator, City Building Inspector, Engineering Technician II, Public Works Chairperson, Street Foreman and Street Equipment Operator III to serve as members of the Storm Water Sub-Committee for a two year term to expire April 2019.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:  No One Spoke.

OTHER BUSINESS:

The City Council approved the plans & specifications and authorize the advertisement for bids for the construction of Cell 4A Sanitary Landfill Expansion, the next 80 acres.  Completion deadline is this fall.

The city has worked with the State Health Department to obtain a permit since 2009.

Council members approved the sale of a parcel in the I-94 Business Park Addition, to Allen Enterprises, contingent upon a tenant signing a business lease. The cost is just under $69,000.  The business will create ten new jobs.

The City Council authorized Interstate Engineering to submit a grant application to the Garrison Diversion  Conservancy District for funding to repair the wall at Frontier Village.

Earlier under the Consent Agenda the City Council approved Interstate Engineering, Inc., preparing a preliminary engineering report and cost estimate regarding the repair of the roadway/ a modular block retaining wall at Frontier Village.

The meeting was seen live on CSi 67 followed by replays.