Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 20

CSi Weather…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY…INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN AND VALLEY CITY AREA

.REST OF TODAY…Snow with  accumulations around 1 inch in the Jamestown area, upt to 3 inches in the Valley City area. Highs 15 to 20. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent in the Jamestown area 90 percent in the Valley City area.

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the

evening. Snow in the evening, then chance of snow after midnight.

Snow accumulation around 2 inches.. Storm total around 3 inches in the Jamestown area, 6 inches in the Valley City area.

Lows zero to 5 above. North winds 15 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 10. Northwest winds 5 to

15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above. Southwest

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs

in the lower 20s. West winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the

northwest around 15 mph in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above.

Highs 15 to 20.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows near zero. Highs

around 10.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 10 below.

.CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs zero to

5 above. Lows around 10 below.

 

A winter weather advisory is in effect today and tonight. Storm
total snow amounts of 2 to 6 inches are expected. Winds gusting
as high as 35 mph will cause some blowing and drifting snow. Wind
chills as low as 20 below zero are expected tonight.

 

For Thursday through Christmas and into Tuesday, much colder
conditions are forecast as an Arctic airmass overtakes the region.
Dangerous sub-zero wind chills are expected, especially this
coming weekend through Christmas and Tuesday. Those with travel
plans should stay up to date at www.weather.gov/bismarck.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council’s FINANCE & LEGAL,  BUILDING, PLANNING & ZONING.

CIVIC CENTER AND PROMOTION, POLICE AND FIRE COMMITTEE, and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES met is joint session Tuesday afternoon at City Hall.  Council Member Gumke was not present.

FINANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE

An Update and discussion was held  on the City Administrator search. Mayor Andersen said the hiring committee reached out to a candidate that previously withdrew her application, Sarah Helleckson, solid waste coordinator for the city of Plymouth, Minnesota, who said she still has interest in the position.

She may be interviewed for the first time by the committee.

Retiring City Administrator Jeff Fuchs and the city have agreed to use unused vacation time to work part time past the December 31, 2017, the previously agreed to retire date,  through March 2018, plus a wage increase.

A contract is yet to be drawn up.

The committee recommends updating the AE2S contract and move it to the January City Council Agenda to continue as a member of the hiring committee.

 

Ralph Friebel updated the committee on recycling.  He said  the bank loan approval has been delayed.

He said the recycling carts have been purchased and will be distributed the week of January 15, 2018 through February 1^st, when residential recycling will start.  The recycling will start that week on the garbage collection day, and then every other week on that day.

He said when the SBA loan is approved to purchase the former Coke plant the recycling center will move to that location.

The amendment to the agreement is yet to be formalized.

 

With the subsidy, that was voted on previously to not continue past December 31^st  2018,  thus closing the recycling center, the council members who voted in opposition previously, Phillips. Brubakken and Buchanan were offered the opportunity to reconsider and revote.

The item was moved to the January City Council meeting without recommendation, but failed for lack of a second.

 

The committee recommends approving  the request from the JSDC for an additional $345,000 in FlexPACE interest buy down funds from the Economic Development Fund with the City Share to be $276,000, and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.

The committee recommends accepting the proposal from SRF Consulting for Planning and Zoning Technical Services for 2018 in an amount not to exceed $60,000.

The committee moved to the City Council without recommends  an agreement with the Jamestown Community Correction Program to provide community service and restitution program services for a fee of $3.00 per hour.

The committee recommends that the County Commission approve the request from Elaine LeFevre for a property tax abatement for 2017, on the Replat of the South 90’ of Lot 1, Block 1, Residence Park 2nd Addition, by reducing the True and Full value from $259,792 to $175, 200. There was an error corrected in the square footage.  The recommendation then comes before the City Council Meeting.

The committee recommends  the re-establishment of suggested sales prices on City owned lots for the year 2018.

 

Informational: The Second Reading of an Ordinance granting a franchise to Northern Plains Electric Cooperative is scheduled for the January 2, 2018, City Council meeting.

 

Informational: Departmental and financial reports were presented.

 

BUILDING, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE

No agenda items at this time.

CIVIC CENTER AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE

No agenda items at this time.

POLICE AND FIRE COMMITTEE

The committee discussed adjusting security fees for off duty police officers.

City Police Chief Scott Edinger explained that 2003 was the last time the fee was increased.

He said officers surveyed indicate an hourly rate of $42 per hour.

Stutsman County Special Deputies are presently being paid $30 per hour.

The committee on Tuesday made no decision.

There was a review of the 2017 ISO Survey Results concerning fire insurance rates.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther said the city fire rating classification has gone down, a positive feature, which will save the city money.  He reviewed the report, and Reuther indicated the need for an additional city fire fighter.

 

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

An update was given on the Urban Grant Program funding program with information and solicitation for Urbanized Areas, concerning the Land Use and Transportation Plan.

Travis Dillman from Interstate Engineering said February 23, 2018 is the deadline for filing the application, and noted an expansion of the corridor in the area map defining downtown.

Public Input meetings will be held in the Future.

General discussion was held on the Downtown Improvement Road Diet Project on the flow of traffic and traffic lanes.

The committee recommends entering into an engineering services agreement with Interstate Engineering, Inc. for the Frontier Village Retaining Wall Project.

 

The committee recommends approving of Plans and Specifications and advertisement for bids on the Water Plant Re-roofing project.

 

The committee recommends  a Change Order to Swanberg Construction for construction on the Automatic Rake Bar Screen Improvements, at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. for a net increase in the contract price of $6,870.00.

Also approved was other improvements to bring the Change Order to $16, 532.

 

The committee recommends approving the 2018 Seal Coat, Patching, Construction and Reconstruction District No. 18-41 including:

1. To create the district.
2. To direct the preparation of an Engineer’s Report concerning the district.
3. To approve the City Engineer’s report on the district.
4. To declare it necessary to construct the district and direct the City Administrator to publish notice of a public hearing concerning the district

A District will be set up for the Safe Routes to Schools program.

 

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The City of Jamestown is currently accepting applications for the following:

One opening on the Fire Code Board of Appeals—3 year term to November 2020

Anyone interested in serving on the above committees/boards should complete an “Application for Appointment”. The application may be obtained in person at City Hall, 102 3rd Ave SE, Jamestown, ND, by calling 701-252-5900 or online at jamestownnd.org and select government tab/city committees to download the form.

The application should be returned by January 19, 2018, to:

City of Jamestown

Attn: Appointments

102 3rd Avenue SE

Jamestown, ND 58401-4205

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

The City Commission moved to enter an Executive Session as authorized by the North Dakota Century Code sections 44-04­ 17.1 subsection 4 and in conformance with section 44-04-19.2 (1).

 

The purpose of the Executive Session was to enter into confidential discussions with legal counsel regarding negotiations in Lindberg Bros., Inc. v. Valley City and (2) to limit the executive session to Commission members, City Administrator, City Auditor, City Attorney, and retained legal counsel.

 

Following the Executive Session, the City Commission reconvened into Open Session.

 

Commissioners moved to grant authority to retained legal counsel to proceed with negotiations as directed in Executive Session and authorized under 44-04-19.2 subsection 2e.

 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA

1. Approve raffle permit for Sharp Shooter Showdown
2. Approve renewal applications for liquor and/or beer licenses for the following businesses:
3. Dakota Silver
4. Hi-Line Hospitality, LLC
5. Jimmy’s Pizza
6. RND Inc.
7. VFW
8. Approve all license renewals received on/before December 29, 2017 that are approved by Fire Chief and Police Chief.

 

1. Approve renewal applications for permit to sell L.P. gas for the following businesses:
2. Dakota Plains Ag
3. Vining Oil & Gas, LLC

 

1. Approve renewal applications for mobile home parks for the following businesses:
2. Plecity Mobile Home Park
3. Richard Plecity Trailer Court
4. Rockwater, LLC

 

1. Approve renewal application for pawn shop license for the following businesses:
2. Northwestern Industries
3. Approve renewal application for taxi license for the following business:
4. South Central Adult Services
5. Approve renewal applications for tree trimming and removal service for the following businesses:
6. Belling Tree Service
7. Ground to Sky
8. Ross’ Tree Service

 

1. Approve all license renewals received on/before December 29, 2017

PUBLIC COMMENTS  No One Spoke

 

RESOLUTION

Approve a Resolution determining sufficiency of protest for Paving Improvement District No. 115.

City Auditor Richter said protest were minimal.

Approved a Resolution as a Participating Municipality of Red River Corridor Fund.

Valley City/Barnes County Development CEO, Jennifer Feist explained the funding process, and that two projects in Valley City Have participated in the program.

 

Approved a Resolution Approving the Preliminary Engineer’s Report and Directing Preparation of detailed plans, specifications & estimates of probable cost for Paving Improvement District No. 117.

KLJ will be able to go ahead with the chip seal and mill and overlay including a portion of Old Number 10.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Approved a Valley City Barnes County Development Corporation request in the amount of $316,160

from sales tax for economic development to assist with location of Preventice Solutions.

Valley City/Barnes County Development CEO, Jennifer Feist said the company is a heart monitoring equipment software manufacturer, to be located in the Valley City Regional Technology Center.  She said the company plans to initially employ 10 employees.  She said if the company decides not to locate in Valley City, the funds released contains a claw back provision returning a percentage of the sales tax dollars.

 

Approved the Barnes County Commission’s designation of voting places for each precinct for 2018 election.

Vote by mail will be activated in the June 2018 elections along with one polling place at the Barnes County Courthouse.

Approved the 2018 Public Works Budget.  City Administrator Schelkoph said, the 2018 General Fund budget is $11- million – 99 thousand lower than each of the past two years.  He said a major factor in the decline is a 12-to15 percent cut in power  costs from the Western Area Power Authority.

Approved the Final Design Engineering Agreement for Paving Improvement District No. 115 with KLJ in an amount not to exceed $37,500.

Approved the Preliminary & Design Engineering Agreement for Permanent Flood Protection Phase III

– Master Lift Station with KLJ in an amount not to exceed $140,000.  KLJ said the Master Lift Station will be protected by this phase of the project.  

Approved the appointment of Mike Bishop to Barnes County Planning & Zoning; Valley City Planning & Zoning Commission.

Approved the  renewal applications for mobile home parks for the Viking Drive Estates. City Fire Chief Retterath said the water supply issue has been corrected and approved.  The Commission approve the renewal pending a certificate of insurance of liability.

 

City Administrator Schelkoph said three liquor establishments have not complied with trained liquor servers.

Police Chief Hatcher said a final class will be held for any delinquent liquor establishment to send servers for training on December 27, 2017.

Commissioner Bishop moved that a $200 fee for the establishments in attendance due to non compliance, outside the normal complementary training held quarterly, with the those costs coming from a grant.

The Commissioners voted unanimously to approve.

 

A License Qualifications violation resolution was also reviewed concerning serving training compliance, and renewals of liquor licenses, specifically delaying the license renewal, or suspension.

Chief Hatcher prefers more lienience  in the resolution.

The Commissioners discussed a motion to delay issuance of license renewal of those establishments not in compliance of server training by a date before December 29, 2018.

Mayor Carlsrud said monitoring should continue.

City Administrator’s Report was given, along with the City Updates and Commission Reports.

David Schelkoph said, about 50 people attended the last Comprehensive Transportation plan.

He repeated that it is unlawful to place snow into the streets.

 

City Updates and Commission Reports:

City Fire Chief Retterath reminds residence to service such items as furnace and other fuel burning applicances.

He added that ice on bodies of water is still not safe to be on.

The open meeting was shown live on CSi 68 followed by replays.

 

Update…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will use state lawyers to defend him against a lawsuit filed by the Republican-led Legislature, meaning that he will be represented by an office headed by a former political rival.

The decision announced Tuesday is that lawyers from the attorney general’s office will represent the first-term GOP governor. Burgum defeated Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem in a hotly-contested Republican primary for governor last year. Lawmakers have sued because they believe Burgum overstepped his authority on some vetoes he issued after the Legislature adjourned.

It’s unclear if Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem will defend the case personally in the state Supreme Court.

Stenehjem was traveling out of the country Tuesday and could not be reached for comment.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge has set bail at $5 million cash for a Catholic priest accused of molesting two boys in North Dakota in the 1990s.

KFGO radio reports that Fernando Laude Sayasaya appeared in court on Tuesday via video from the Cass County Jail. He’s facing two counts of gross sexual imposition.

Sayasaya was recently returned to the United States from the Philippines, where he had been since 1998. A Philippines court ordered his extradition in 2010. He appealed, lost and was ultimately arrested last month.

Prosecutors allege that Sayasaya abused two underage siblings from 1995 to 1998, while he was assigned to the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and St. Mary’s Cathedral in the Fargo area.

They argued that Sayasaya was a flight risk. He didn’t oppose the bail amount.

 

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A former Beulah police officer accused of sexual contact with a teenage girl wants evidence thrown out from an interview with state Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents.

Thirty-six-year-old Dustin Pekas is scheduled for trial on Jan. 4 on a charge of felony sexual assault. He was fired from the police force in mid-September.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Pekas testified during a motion hearing Monday that he thought he would have been fired if didn’t cooperate with BCI agents. The state countered that Pekas was told he didn’t have to talk to investigators and Pekas said he understood his rights.

Special prosecutor Ladd Erickson agreed to toss evidence from a phone call Pekas made to his wife from jail and statements after he asked for an attorney.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — State corrections officials have ended special monitoring at the Ward County Jail which had been in place since 2015 following the death of an inmate.

Sheriff Bob Barnard told commissioners he has received a letter from the North Dakota Department of Corrections that says the jail will now have only routine, annual inspections.

Minot Daily News says the jail had been under full-time compliance monitoring following the October 2014 death of Dustin Irwin. He died in Bismarck after he was transferred from the Ward County Jail. An investigation revealed a pattern of jail compliance violations.

The jail has since developed a training program for correctional officers. Previously cited for overcrowding, the jail has moved most inmates to a floor in the building’s new addition.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of a proposed oil refinery near picturesque Theodore Roosevelt National Park tells North Dakota regulators the company isn’t trying to skirt state permitting law.

The state Public Service Commission Tuesday questioned Meridian Energy Group officials on why the company’s production capacity for the Davis Refinery is listed at 49,500 barrels per day — just under the 50,000-barrel threshold that triggers a PSC siting review.

Meridian CEO William Prentice said the company plans for a refinery processing 27,500 barrels daily, with the possibility of expansion. He says if expansion happens, the company will come to the PSC for a siting permit.

Commissioners noted public opposition to the refinery because of its proximity to the park. Commissioner Julie Fedorchak unsuccessfully implored Meridian to voluntarily go through the siting process.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s second-most populous county won’t change how people can vote on Election Day.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Burleigh County wanted to eliminate roughly half of its polling sites in favor of 12 universal Election Day vote centers.

But Burleigh County State’s Attorney Conor Kennelly says the city of Bismarck has the jurisdiction to draw the precinct lines within city limits.

He says the city has not given the county authority to change the number of precincts, or the boundaries of the precincts.

The County Commission voted Monday night to drop the universal vote center idea.

 

In sports…

Boys’s Hockey…

Devils Lake-Cando 3, Fargo North 2

Grafton-Park River 4, Fargo South 3, OT

Grand Forks Red River 4, Fargo Davies 3, OT

Sheyenne 8, West Fargo 5

Williston 2, Bismarck JV 1, OT

 

Girl’s Hockey…

Aberdeen Central, S.D. 4, Jamestown 1

Fargo Davies 4, Detroit Lakes/Perham, Minn. 2

Fargo North 9, Grand Forks Knightriders 2

 

Hi-Liner Basketball…

Girl’s

West Fargo-Sheyenne 66 Valley City 54

 

Boy’s

West Fargo-Sheyenne  97 Valley City 66

 

 

Blue Jays Basketball…

Boy’s

Mandan 73    Jamestown 58

 

Girl’s

Mandan 76  Jamestown  65

 

Class B

Carrington 49 MPB  45

 

LLM 69, Lisbon 53

 

Ellendale 41, Strasburg Zeeland 29

 

Boys

Napoleon Gackle-Streeter  39, Linton-HMB 34

Kidder County  64, Barnes County North  51

 

Lakota 63, Midkota 61

 

Class B Basketball Polls

(First-place votes in parentheses)

Girls

Team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Langdon-E-M (14) 6-0 147 1

2. Shiloh Christian (1) 7-0 125 5

3. Thompson 5-1 120 3

4. Edgeley-K-M 7-0 107 6

5. LaMoure-L-M 6-0 87 7

6. Medina-P-B 6-1 60 8

7. Grant County 6-1 54 2

8. Carrington 5-1 44 9

9. Rugby 5-1 29 10

10. Kindred 4-2 21 4

Others receiving votes: Grafton (5-2), Trenton (6-0), Hettinger-Scranton (5-2), Killdeer (4-2), Bishop Ryan (2-3), Des Lacs-Burlington (6-1), May-Port-CG (6-1), Velva (5-2).

Boys

Team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Stanley (10) 4-0 142 1

2. Beulah (2) 1-0 122 3

3. Bishop Ryan (1) 3-0 117 4

4. Thompson (1) 2-0 88 6

5. Carrington 2-0 79 5

6. St. John 4-0 67 7

7. Shiloh Christian 1-1 61 2

8. Grafton 3-0 41 8

9. Hillsboro-CV (1) 2-0 39 10

10. Oak Grove 1-0 36 9

Others receiving votes: Hettinger-Scranton (5-0), Maple Valley (3-0), Dickinson Trinity (3-1), New Town (3-0), Cavalier (2-0), Our Redeemer’s (3-0).

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Washington 116 New Orleans 106

Final Sacramento 101 Philadelphia 95

Final Milwaukee 119 Cleveland 116

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Eric Staal scored twice, Nate Prosser had a goal and an assist and the Minnesota Wild rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4. Ottawa led 3-1 in the second period behind two goals from Erik Karlsson and another from Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Chris Stewart and Mikko Koivu scored to tie it before the second intermission, and then Prosser, Jonas Brodin and Staal scored for Minnesota in the final period.

Final Toronto 8 Carolina 1

Final Detroit 6 N-Y Islanders 3

Final N-Y Rangers 4 Anaheim 1

Final Boston 3 Buffalo 0

Final Winnipeg 6 Nashville 4

Final OT Washington 4 Dallas 3

Final Florida 3 Arizona 2

Final Vegas 4 Tampa Bay 3

Final Montreal 7 Vancouver 5

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (3) Arizona St. 95 Longwood 61

Final (8) Texas A&M 64 N. Kentucky 58

Final (9) Xavier 81 Marshall 77

Final (11) Wichita St. 89 Arkansas St. 80

Final (13) Virginia 78 Savannah St. 47

Final (17) Oklahoma 105 Northwestern St. 68

Final (20) Cincinnati 77 Ark.-Pine Bluff 49

Final (22) Texas Tech 90 FAU 54

 

College Football…

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Lane Kiffin ended his first Florida Atlantic season with a flourish, with Devin Singletary running for 124 yards and three touchdowns as the Owls rolled past Akron 50-3 in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday night

 

 

Vikings selected for Pro Bowl…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Four Minnesota Vikings players have been picked for the Pro Bowl. They’re actually hoping not to participate in it. Wide receiver Adam Thielen, cornerback Xavier Rhodes, linebacker Anthony Barr and defensive end Everson Griffen are on the NFC roster for the annual all-star game, held in Hawaii on Jan. 28. Players whose teams reach the Super Bowl will be replaced. The Vikings have their sights set on the big game in Minnesota on Feb. 4. This was Thielen’s first such honor.

 

TENNIS…

 

UNDATED (AP) — Former Wimbledon champ Marion Bartoli has announced on Twitter that she is coming out of retirement and returning to the tennis tour next season.

The 33-year-old Bartoli surprisingly won her only Grand Slam title while seeded No. 15 at the All England Club four years ago, then retired two months later.

 

 

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