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.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms, in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the mid
80s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 50 percent chance in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows
in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s.
Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across the southern
2/3 of North Dakota Monday night. Possible hazards are hail from dime
to quarter size and wind gusts from 50 to 60 mph.
Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday and Tuesday night. Some storms
may be severe, especially across south central and southeast
North Dakota. The main threats are large hail and damaging winds.
Some heavy rainfall will also be possible Tuesday and
into Wednesday with rich moisture flowing into the area.
There is a chance of thunderstorms during the daytime hours
Wednesday, Independence Day.
A cold front will sweep east across the state during the day with the chances of showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of the cold front. Clearing in the west by afternoon, and clearing central by evening.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session, Monday at City Hall. All members were present.
HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Individuals may address the City Council about any item not contained on the agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allotted for the hearing. If the full 15 minutes are not needed, the City Council will continue with the agenda. The City Council will take no official action on items discussed at the hearing, with the exception of referral to staff or Committee.)
Appearing with Informational items were Frontier Village Association President Nellie Degen along with and Vice President, and Tina Busch, Frontier Village Association Treasurer and Secretary.
However no one was present from the Frontier Village Association.
NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WERE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
REGULAR AGENDA
RESOLUTIONS:
ORDINANCES:
A PUBLIC HEARING was held, concerning an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of a tract of land (approximately 10 acres) located within the NW ¼ and the NE ¼ of Section 27, T140, R64W, Midway Township, Stutsman County, North Dakota from A-1 to M-2.
No one appeared to speak at the Public Hearing.
Following the Public hearing, the City Council approved the Second Reading of an Ordinance to amend and re-enact a section of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of a tract of land (approximately 10 acres) located within the NW ¼ and the NE ¼ of Section 27, T140, R64W, Midway Township, Stutsman County, North Dakota, from A-1, Agricultural District to M-2, General Industrial & Manufacturing District. The property is located along 34th St SE approximately 1,000 feet east of the Bypass. The property is to be used by a ready mix concrete business.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:
Council Member Phillips report that the Farmers Share luncheon will be held on Thursday July 12th at noon at the Farmers Union headquarters in Jamestown.
The South Central Homeless Coalition has started the annual Diaper Drive for Region VI July 16th through August 17th.
Council Member Steele reported on a meeting with Jamestown Regional Airport officials, and plans to meet with University of Jamestown, President, Polly Peterson.
He thanked the city staff for their assistance, as he becomes a City Council Member,
Council Member Buchanan said with the James River level low, he noted much debris.
Travis Dillman from Interstate Engineering said bid will be opened later this month, with the project to take place later this summer.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Mayor Heinrich thanked the staff for their assistance, during the transition as he became mayor.
He reported his trip to Germany later this month, planned a year ago, before his decision to run for mayor.
IN OTHER BUSINESS:
A Resolution was approved to authorize and approve Mastel’s Heating & A/C, Inc. to replace two 5-ton condensing units, line sets, expansion valves at the Wastewater Plant, at an estimated amount of $11,987 to be paid from the Sewer Utility Fund, with no additional costs.
A Resolution to authorize and approve installation of a security system at city facilities under the current Daktel system at an estimated cost of $24,469, total, to be paid from the Public Building Fund was, approved. Mayor Heinrich said security issues will be corrected.
A Resolution was approved to authorize and approve Dan Poland Machine, Inc. to repair the lime press at the water plant at an estimated cost of $12,000 to be paid from the Water Utility Fund.
Council Member Steele said currently only one line press is operational.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown will hold the first budget meeting for the 2019 calendar year,city budgets, on Thursday July 12th, at 1:30-p.m., at City Hall.
The second budget meeting will be on July 20th at 8-a.m. at City Hall.
On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show, on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown’s Mayor Dwaine Heinrich said City Administrator, Sarah Helleckson, has been preparing budgets, with the preliminary budgets needing be set for introduction at the August sixth, City Council meeting, earlier than in past years, in accordance with a new North Dakota law.
After that budget is introduced, the figures may be reduced but not increased.
He added that the final budget will be introduced in September this year.
He pointed out that the budgeting process will be difficult in terms of balancing, and maintaining a Reserve Fund.
On our show, he also pointed out that due to a pre-planned trip to Germany, that was arranged about a year ago before deciding to make a run for Mayor, he will be gone to visit family there, between July 8-18th.
Following the trip Heinrich will establish regular office hours at City Hall.
He has a city E-mail address, available on the city’s web site. Jamestownnd.org
Jamestown (CSi) A 43 year old wanted man was apprehended in the 600 block of 6th Avenue East, in Jamestown,by law enforcement, Monday afternoon just before 4-p.m., following a foot chase, as police attempted to arrest him.
Jamestown Assistant Police Chief, Major Justin Blinsky reports, Robert Teron Lee, was chased on foot, and caught by Jamestown Police with assistance by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, and the Stutsman County Drug Taskforce , and was arrested stemming from a warrant issued and subsequent charges, and jailed at the Stutsman County Correctional Center.
The Foster County warrant was for two counts burglary and two counts of theft of property.
He now faces additional charges of failure to halt, possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia-methamphetamine.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met Monday evening at City Hall. All members were present.
PRESENTATION TO RETIRING FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICER.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDED;
Monthly Reports from the Fire Chief, Building Inspector, Auditor, Municipal Judge and Public Works Accountant.
Monthly Bills for the City and Public Works in the Amount of $1,633,475.65
A Raffle Permit for Barnes County Historical Society, CHI Health at Home – Hospice, Red Knights
Aproved alcoholic beverage license for Captain’s Pub.
PUBLIC COMMENTS …No one spoke..
ORDINANCE
City Commissioners approved a first reading of an Ordinance amending Title 11, Zoning.
City Attorney Mertins said it replaces the existing Ordinance in conjunction with the recodification process.
NEW BUSINESS
Discussed was an application to Block off Street on July 28, 2018 by the Thundering Saints on the 200 block of Main Street East, or the 100 block of 3rd Avenue SE if reconstruction has not begun
City Administrator Schelkoph said construction will start at that point in that area sometime around that time period, and asked the contractor to start on time.
The alternate is Main Street.
The Commissioners approved 3rd Street, with the option of Main Street.
The City Commission approved the Visitors Committee recommendation for an extension for completing the installation of replacement interpretive and map panels along the Scenic Byway to December 31, 2018.
Approved was the Public Works Policy on Meter Exemption Charges.
City Administrator Schelkoph requested three changes.
“Snowbird” seasonal water service shutoffs at the curbstop be charged disconnect and reconnect fees.
Irrigation meters to be charged a connect and disconnect fee.
With commercial properties with temporary electrical service to be charge if used for less than six months.
Two items were delayed…
A “Notice to Award” to Swanberg Construction for the Ultra Filtration Project at the Water Treatment Plant
A “Notice to Proceed” to Swanberg Construction for the Water Treatment Plant Ultra Filtration Project
CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
David Schelkoph thanked residents for their patience with the street project work, including distruption to traffic flows.
CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS
City Fire Chief Gary Retterath said all has been quite so far concerning reports of abuse of the city ordinance.
KLJ gave a report on street projects and permanent flood control flood wall installations.
Where no parking is in effect July 5th and 6th, parking on the 4th allowed, if moved by the 5th.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.
Valley City (CSi) Due to the 4th of July holiday on Wednesday this week, the Valley City Transfer Station, and Public Works Department along with City Hall offices will be closed Wednesday, for Independence Day.
Tuesday’s garbage pick up will follow the normal route.
Wednesday and Thursday’s garbage will be picked up on Thursday. Garbage should be put out by 7:00 AM.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tax collections in North Dakota this year have been exceeding economic estimates, but the state’s treasurer is still urging caution.
State Treasurer Kelly Schmidt told the Bismarck Tribune last week that General Fund revenues from biennium-to-date are more than 2 percent higher than projected. Surging oil and extraction tax revenue is 72 percent higher than what was forecast for June, according to a Legislative Council report.
The Legacy Fund, derived from nearly a third of oil and gas tax revenue, received a $58.8 million deposit last month, its largest since February 2015.
But Schmidt cautions that the forecast from last year was a conservative one.
“I know that what goes up can go down, and we’ve seen it before,” she said.
Last year’s legislative forecast based on 925,000 daily barrels at $47 a barrel was “definitely conservative,” but “reasonable at the time,” said Joe Morrissette, director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Morrissette said there’s still a lot of forecasting left for the 2017-19 biennium and edging into 2019-21. The Advisory Council on Revenue Forecasting, an informal group of 20 state and industry leaders, will review preliminary figures from Moody’s Analytics this month, with the new forecast to come in August.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Business remains strong in nine Midwest and Plains states, but a new monthly survey suggests growth is slowing as concerns about trade and tariffs increase.
The region’s overall economic index decreased to 61.8 in June from May’s 67.3, but any score above 50 indicates growth.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said the trade concerns and more interest rate increases are likely to slow the region’s economy.
“I expect expanding tariffs, trade restrictions and rising oil prices to slow growth and push inflation into a range leading to more aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes,” Goss said.
The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth in that factor. A score below that suggests decline.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
The employment index dipped to 61.9 in June from May’s 66.3.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Fargo Public Library is eliminating overdue fines for all children’s materials in an effort to increase literacy.Library officials said Monday that research shows doing away with fines encourages children to check out more items and that materials are usually returned on time.The library’s policy change takes effect Monday. People will still be charged for lost and damaged items.
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota offers landscapes and history that are unique and enchanting.
Teddy Roosevelt spent time there in the 1880s after his wife and mother died the same day. He grieved, recovered and formulated the philosophy that would lead the future president to become one of America’s greatest conservationists.
The park’s badlands and prairie etch the land and sky with gray-green grasslands and tawny palettes of stone. The scent of sage perfumes the air. There are hikes, scenic overlooks and wildlife: prairie dogs, wild horses and bison.
In the park’s South Unit, accessed via the tiny town of Medora, you can even visit the cabin that Roosevelt lived in and learn more about his sojourn there.
In world and national news…
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Rescuers found all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand late Monday, more than a week after they disappeared and touched off a desperate search that drew international help and captivated the nation.
Chiang Rai provincial Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn said the 13 were in the process of being rescued, but he cautioned that they were not out of danger yet.
“We found them safe. But the operation isn’t over,” he said in comments broadcast nationwide, referring to the complicated process of extricating them.
Family members of the missing hugged each other as they cheered the news.
Aisha Wiboonrungrueng, the mother of one of the boys, 11-year-old Chanin Wiboonrungrueng, smiled and hugged her family. She said she would cook her son a Thai fried omelet, his favorite food, when he returns home.
Rescue divers had spent much of Monday making preparations for a final push to locate the lost soccer players, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach. They disappeared when flooding trapped them after entering the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai on June 23.
Narongsak said the divers located the missing about 300-400 meters (yards) past a section of the cave that was on higher ground and was thought to be where the team members and their coach may have taken shelter.
“When the medics have evaluated the kids to see if their health is in good condition, we will care for them until they have enough strength to move by themselves, and then we will evaluate the situation on bringing them out again later,” Narongsak said.
Anmar Mirza, a leading American cave rescue expert, said many challenges remain for the rescuers. He said the primary decision is whether to try to evacuate the boys and their coach or to supply them in place.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he met with four potential Supreme Court Justice candidates on Monday morning as he works to fill the spot vacated by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Trump he says he plans to meet with two to three more as he works toward a decision “over the next few days.”
Trump told reporters that the candidates he met with are “outstanding people and they are really incredible people in so many different ways, academically and in every other way.” He spoke during an appearance with the prime minister of the Netherlands.
He has said he was homing in on up to seven candidates, including two women.
Trump plans to announce his pick on July 9 and is eyeing a list of 25 previously announced people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Internal memos and business records obtained by The Associated Press show that Russian citizen Konstantin Kilimnik (Kuh-LIMB-nick) played a far more important role formulating pro-Russia political strategy with Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort many years ago than was previously understood.
Kilimnik is an elusive figure now indicted alongside Manafort on witness tampering charges. Special counsel Robert Mueller believes Kilimnik is currently in Russia and has ties to Russian intelligence.
Internal memos and other business records obtained by the AP include a rare 2006 photograph of Kilimnik, in an office setting with Manafort and other key players in Manafort’s consulting firm. Some of the documents were later independently obtained by U.S. government investigators.
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein expects to be “fully vindicated” in the wake of new charges alleging a sex crime against a third woman.
That’s according to the Hollywood mogul’s lawyer, Ben Brafman. He issued a statement Monday after Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced an updated indictment.
The updated indictment alleges the Hollywood mogul performed a forcible sex act on the woman in 2006. The new charges join previous ones alleging forcible sex acts in 2004 and 2013.
Brafman says any actions were consensual and charging Weinstein as a predator “is simply not justified.”
Weinstein is scheduled for arraignment Monday, July 9.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, who once said he would do anything to protect the president, says in an ABC News interview that he now puts “family and country first.”
Michael Cohen also told George Stephanopoulos that he would defer to his new lawyer, Guy Petrillo, if federal prosecutors charge him with anything in their investigation. FBI agents raided Cohen’s home, office and hotel room in April as part of a probe into his business dealings.
Cohen added that he is not a “villain of this story” and will “not be a punching bag” as part of anyone’s “defense strategy.”
Cohen was Trump’s longtime fixer and a key player in the Trump Organization. He spoke to Stephanopoulos in an off-camera interview over the weekend and the details were released on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday.
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