Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council’s Police & Fire Committee , Public Works Committee met Thursday evening at City Hall. Council Member Phillips was not present.

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE:

The committee recommends approving the request for a variance to allow a rollover curb at 1100 5th Ave SE. (West Side of the Old TSC Building), to be the new home of RV Motorsports.

Considered was a request for Change Order No. 2, to Burski Excavating, Inc., on Sanitary Landfill Cell 4A Liner and Cell 2/3 Partial Final Cover, for a time extension on the completion date, to mid to the end of October this year.   A motion recommended approval of the extension, however due to a lack of a second the motion failed.

INFORMATIONAL: Project updates.

Travis Dillman from Interstate Engineering the first phase of the river tree snagging is complete.

He said grant applications will be filed to finish the project, to include river bank restoration.

One item remains to be completed at the Frontier Village wall replacement.

INFORMATIONAL: Update on Recycling Collection.

Recycle North Dakota, Manager, Ralph Friebel said, with the new recycling building at 10th Street Southeast, the architectural review has been completed and approved by the city.

He said the baler portion of the operation may be completed next week.

INFORMATIONAL: Garbage and recycling collection update.

Sanitation Foreman, Roger Mayhew, said after conferring with other cities, he recommends curb side garbage collection.  He noted the new garbage trucks are heavier and could cause problems with the soft alleyway soils.

With recycling, Ralph Friebel indicated 12 addresses with no curb access, and 25 addresses have no alley access.

 The committee recommends city open houses on the garbage collection issue, including maps, for public access.

August 24, 2018 Poll: Should Jamestown keep alley garbage pick-up?

The committee considered letter received from Ralph Friebel, of Recycle North Dakota, for permission to remove sidewalk on the north side of property at 1016 10th St SE, the new recycling center in the former Coke Plant.

The committee recommends approval of the request.

INFORMATIONAL:

A Sprint representative spoke regarding antennae for three radios, on the City water tower located at the University of Jamestown.

The request is to add three antennae for cell phone communications, prior to October 1 this year.

Council Member Brubakken pointed out Tuesday’s committee meeting recommended an increase in the annual lease fee, to $1500 with an escalator clause.

He said Sprint would agree to that annual lease fee.

The committee recommends reviewing the information from Sprint, with the city engineer,  be presented at the October 1 City Council meeting.

Sprint wants to have the cell antennae operational by October 31.

POLICE & FIRE COMMITTEE

No items at this time.

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