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Jamestown JPD) On Monday December 3, 2018, at 11:11-a.m., Stutsman County Communications Center received information from an anonymous concerned citizen reporting a male with an active arrest warrant was currently inside 122 Sunnyside Trailer Court. The caller indicated the suspect drove a vehicle to the trailer house, which was still parked outside.
Assistant Police Chief, Major, Justin Blinsky’s news release continued, Jamestown Police Officers responded to 122 Sunnyside Trailer Court and the first officer to arrive observed a male walking into the residence. The officer attempted to make contact at the residence and a female answered the door. She notified officers of the male’s identity in the back bedroom. Officers attempted to make contact, but the male suspect fled out of a window and ran through the trailer park.
Officers witnessed the male suspect flee into 128 Sunnyside Trailer Court. Multiple Officers set up a perimeter around the residence and attempted to convince the suspect to come out and give himself up. The male refused to acknowledge the officers commands and a search warrant was obtained for the residence.
Officers carried out the search warrant. During the search, Officers located Gary Zinck, Jr., a 43 year old resident of Jamestown, inside the entryway of the trailer house. Zinck Jr., was arrested on the Parole Violations warrant. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to Stutsman County Corrections, to await further legal proceedings.
The Jamestown Police Department was assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office and North Dakota Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The incident remains under investigation.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session, Monday evening at City Hall. All members were present.
HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:
David Satrom said in December of 2017 his rental apartment was flooded while he was on vacation for two weeks, when the thermostat malfunctioned, causing the water pipe to burst.
He said he’s been paying back the city on a water bill of $1500.
He said he’s been paying the back bill over the past several months, and wanted to the city to further look into the status of the late fees, and payments.
He added that he’s been paying fees for services not used in apartment buildings, as well.
Mayor Heinrich said the city will take his statements under advisement and look into the issues.
A PRESENTATION WAS MADE, OF A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AWARD TO THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN.
The National League of Cities presented the City of Jamestown with an award at the recent convention in California. Blake Crosby, ND League of Cities Executive Director, accepted the award on behalf of the City of Jamestown. The award recognized Jamestown for 50 years in the League of Cities, the longest running in North Dakota.
NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
An “Other Business,” item was moved up in the meeting.
A Frontier Village Program Update by current President, Nellie Deegan.
She said that she’s resigning as President and Board Member.
She pointed out that she is involved in addressing domestic violence and abuse, and needs further time to dedicate to those efforts.
She said she requested the FVA board to regularly update the City Council on a regular basis, on Village business.
REGULAR AGENDA
RESOLUTIONS:
A Resolution to forego bids and enter into an agreement for the purchase of hydrocarbons for 2019 for the City of Jamestown Operational Programs and the Jamestown Park Districts Operational Programs, a sharing of resources.
Requires a 75 percent, or 4 out of 5 yes votes to pass.
Yes votes, 100 percent, and passed unanimously.
Consider a Resolution to forego bids and enter into an agreement to establish the specific market prices for chemicals for the water, sewer and wastewater departments during the 2019 calendar year.
Requires a 75 percent, or 4 out of 5 yes votes to pass.
Yes votes 100 percent the Resolution passes unanimously.
TWO APPOINTMENTS APPROVED:
The City Council moved to appoint Blaine ‘Pat’ Stockert and James Weight to serve as a members of the Fire Code Board of Appeals for three year terms to expire November 2021.
Appointed Calvin Dupree to serve as a member of the Law Enforcement Governing Board for a four year term to expire December 2022.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:
Council Member Steele thanked the University of Jamestown for supporting the Jamestown Police Department to allow special uniforms worn during a recent hockey to be auctioned to support the police department.
Council Member Buchanan thanked law enforcement for their service, regarding life saving efforts performed during emergencies.
Council Member Phillip pointed out that the James River Valley Library System will hold an open to all public meeting and social, on December 11th.
Mayor Heinrich said the city is close to making a decision on re-establishing garbage and recycling routes, regarding alley and residential curbside, pick up.
He asks residents not to go ahead with the changes, if they’ve been notified until it goes into force.
OTHER BUSINESS:
A PUBLIC HEARING was held to obtain citizen views and to respond to questions related to the proposed Community Development Block Grant application for the Downtown Façade Improvement Project; the community development and housing needs, including the needs or very low and low income persons, as well as other needs in the community that might be addressed through the CDBG program, and the performance of the City in carrying out its community development responsibilities. No one spoke at the Public Hearing.
Following the Public Hearing, the Council approved, a Resolution to approve and authorize the signing and submission of the final grant application for the CDBG program to the North Dakota Division of Community Services for a ten-year, up to $100,000 annual grant for the Jamestown Downtown Façade Improvement Project, for commercial property owners.
The City Council approved a Resolution to approve and authorize entering into an agreement with the State of North Dakota for a hazard mitigation grant for Phase III of the River Project to stabilize the riverbank, for which 75% is federal, 10% state funded, and 15% locally funded to be paid from the Special Assessments Deficiency Fund.
Council Members then approved a Resolution to approve and authorize entering into an agreement with Interstate Engineering to provide the basic civil design services and special services on the River Project: Phase III Riverbank Stabilization.
The City Council approved a Resolution to approve the applications for Renaissance Zone Incentives for up to a five (5) year, one hundred percent (100%) state income tax exemption for the following pending approval by the State of North Dakota Department of Community Services
City Assessor Jamison Veil explained specifics of each request.
The first three requests concerned business properties.
1) Legendary Properties LLP on Lot 10, Block 1, Lindberg Addition (213 Lindwood Drive SW);
2) William and Carrie Curtis on Lot 11, Block 1, Lindberg Addition (211 Lindwood Drive SW);
3) Jon Lindberg, Lot 1, Block 1, Lindberg Addition (200 Lindwood Drive SW);
The final application is under residential.
4) Joseph and Jaime Kraehenbuehl, east 100 feet of Lots 16 and 17, and east 100 feet of the south 20 feet of Lot 18, Block 31, Jamestown Original (124 3rd Ave SE).
The City Council approved a Resolution to approve and authorize signing of the Department of Transportation North Dakota State Aid for Public Transit Funding Agreement for Section 5311 and State Aid to Public Transit funding on behalf of Jamestown Taxi Service, and committing the local share of funds necessary as budgeted for 2019.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) Passage in the North Dakota Legislature in 2019 of the “Prairie Dog,” legislature would bring significant annual dollars to the state non-oil producing counties.
On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, he said, counties including Stutsman would come in for $2.4 million dollars annually, on a continuing basis.
He feels confident that the legislature will pass a bill to create the annual funding.
On another topic, Mayor Heinrich said this month’s joint City Council Committee meetings on December 18, will include a recommendation on changes in city garbage and recycling routes, with designated residential areas, moving from alley to curbside.
He said most of the alley routes will remain as is.
He pointed out that city officials have made a “good faith,” effort to plan for the changes, as some alleys are not being navigated by the new larger garbage and recycling trucks.
He said that stems from narrow of alleys with a “T” design, plus narrow alleys or alleys with structures close to the alley.
He said maps outlining the changes will be “tweaked” a bit yet, before the final plan is set.
He added at residences affected the changes have been notified by mail, with more possibly to be notified if more are indicated.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is rescheduling a public scoping meeting on its Lake Ashtabula master plan.
The meeting is being postponed due to the closure of all federal offices Dec. 5, in honor of President George H.W. Bush. The public scoping meeting for Lake Ashtabula Master Plan planned for Dec. 5, is now rescheduled for Dec. 11, at the Valley City Fire Department. The Homme public scoping meeting will continue to be held on Dec. 6.
The nearly 650 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the St. Paul District Fiscal Year 2018 $106 million budget, nearly 1,700 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $163 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after admitting to stealing a forklift in a plan to attack President Donald Trump’s limousine during his visit to a refinery in the state.
Forty-two-year-old Gregory Lee Leingang, of Bismarck, stole a forklift and entered the presidential motorcade route in Mandan prior to Trump’s arrival at the Andeavor Mandan Refinery on Sept. 6, 2017. The forklift got stuck in a gated area and Leingang fled on foot. Prosecutors say Leingang planned to harm the president by flipping the limo with the forklift.
The Bismarck Tribune says Leingang reached a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Friday pleaded guilty to attempting to enter a restricted area while using a dangerous weapon, the forklift.
A sentencing hearing is set for Feb. 15.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota on Monday ordered a Rhode Island woman convicted of funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica to remain jailed pending a February sentencing hearing where she could face a stiffer sentence than the alleged mastermind.
“Her hands were all over the conspiracy” that authorities said bilked at least 90 mostly elderly Americans out of more than $5.7 million, U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said at the end of a contentious detention hearing in which Melinda Bulgin, 28, of Providence, Rhodes Island, verbally sparred with him and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan O’Konek.
Hovland at one point admonished Bulgin for interrupting, and he also said Bulgin “has displayed a bit of an attitude throughout this entire process.” Bulgin said she was nervous, and defense attorney Chad McCabe labeled her “very emotional.”
A jury in September convicted Bulgin, 28, of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering in what is believed to be the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam tried in U.S. courts. Authorities identified victims in numerous states, including at least one person who committed suicide. It’s being prosecuted in North Dakota because that’s where the initial identified victim lives.
A government filing in in October suggests the appropriate sentence for Bulgin under federal guidelines is life in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan O’Konek said in an interview that the document is meant only to give the judge an idea of what sentencing guidelines might apply. The actual recommendation he will make, likely in January, “will be lower than life,” he said.
His filing indicates her sentence might still be higher than for Lavrick Willocks, who authorities say was the kingpin of the operation. He pleaded guilty in July 2017 to conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors. The government’s initial suggested sentencing range included a maximum of just under 20 years, and O’Konek ultimately recommended six years and three months. Hovland in October sentenced Willocks to six years.
Most of the 27 defendants took plea deals, but Bulgin fought the charges, so she isn’t getting credit from the government for accepting responsibility.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush made numerous visits to North Dakota before and during his presidency.
One of the most notable visits was to celebrate the state’s centennial. President Bush helped plant a tree from the White House lawn on the state Capitol grounds on April 24, 1989. An estimated 10,000 North Dakotans were on hand for the celebration. The Bismarck Tribune says the tree was removed the following year when it did not survive the harsh winter.
Gov. Doug Burgum, Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Kevin Cramer issued statements of condolences on the death of the former president. Burgum announced U.S. and state flags would be flown at half-staff according to law.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A military aircraft carrying the remains of former President George H.W. Bush has taken off and is flying from Houston to Washington for official mourning ceremonies, including a state funeral.
Pallbearers carried Bush’s casket from a hearse across the tarmac to a presidential plane commonly known as Air Force One. For the task of transporting Bush’s body on Monday, the plane has been renamed Special Air Mission 41, the number being a reference to Bush’s place in the roster of America’s presidents.
A military band played “Hail to the Chief.” An American flag and one with the presidential seal flew nearby.
Bush’s son former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, were among those relatives and Bush friends who walked to the aircraft shortly after the body was loaded aboard.
George H.W. Bush died Friday in Houston at age 94.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft has arrived at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years.
The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex pulled within 12 miles (19 kilometers) of the diamond-shaped space rock Monday. It will get even closer in the days ahead and go into orbit around Bennu (BEN-oo) on Dec. 31. No spacecraft has ever orbited such a small cosmic body. Bennu is estimated to be 1,600 feet (487 meters) across.
About the size of an SUV, the spacecraft will shadow the asteroid for a year, before scooping up some gravel for return to Earth in 2023.
A Japanese spacecraft, meanwhile, has been hanging out at another asteroid since June, also to collect samples. A previous Japanese spacecraft brought back tiny particles from an asteroid.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for President Trump want a Los Angeles judge to award $340,000 in legal fees for successfully defending him against defamation claims by porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Attorneys are due in Los Angeles federal court Monday to make their case that gamesmanship by Daniels’ lawyer led to big bills.
Daniels alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006. She sued him after he dismissed her claims of being threatened to keep quiet about the tryst as a “total con job.”
A judge ruling Trump’s statement was an exaggeration aimed at a political rival threw out the case in October. He said Trump could recoup legal fees.
Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents Daniels, says the amount sought is staggering and shouldn’t exceed $25,000.
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Children have returned to school across a Northern California county devastated by wildfire three weeks ago.
Butte County Office of Education Superintendent Tim Taylor says there were tears, hugs and anxiety as 31,000 children returned to school on Monday.
The county canceled all classes following the Nov. 8 wildfire that devastated some communities, inundated others with smoke and killed 88 people.
Nearly 5,000 public school students are going to classes in other buildings because their own schools were damaged or destroyed or are inside areas that are still evacuated.
Michelle John, who is superintendent of Paradise Unified School District, says counselors are in nearly every classroom to help children who were traumatized by their escape through a burning town and the loss of their homes.
She says counselors were brought in from around the country to work with teachers, many of whom lost their own homes, and prepare them to support the students.
PARIS (AP) — France’s presidential Elysee palace has confirmed that Emmanuel Macron’s two-day foreign trip to Serbia this week is being postponed as a result of the weekend violence in Paris.
Macron was due to meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday. After a phone conversation Monday, they agreed to reschedule the trip in the near future.
The Elysee said Macron is “deeply attached” to the relationship between France and Serbia and “our deep ties sealed during the First World War.”
More than 100 people were injured in the French capital and 412 have been arrested over the weekend during France’s worst urban riot in years, with dozens of cars torched.
BENTON, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say the driver of a charter bus that crashed in Arkansas, killing one child and injuring dozens of people, told authorities she lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll off the interstate.
Arkansas State Police say the bus involved in Monday morning’s crash was owned by Scott Shuttle Service of Somerville, Tennessee.
State police say the bus was carrying a youth all-star football team that was returning home to the Memphis area after competing in a tournament over the weekend in Texas.
According to police, one child was killed and 45 people were injured. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
The wreck happened on Interstate 30 near Benton, which is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Little Rock.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — William Peace University in North Carolina says a possible gunman was reported on campus and is telling people to shelter in place.
In a tweet, the school said a gunman was reportedly on his way to the campus. School spokesman Ian Dunne said Raleigh police are on the scene Monday to investigate.
In an email to The News & Observer, Raleigh police spokeswoman Laura Hourigan wrote: “We have responded to that location in an attempt to locate a subject.”
William Peace is a small, private liberal arts college in downtown Raleigh that’s affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. The school is located just north of the North Carolina government complex, which includes the Legislature.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly inaugurated president has hit the ground running, with his pledge to govern as a common man and end decades of secrecy, heavy security and luxury enjoyed by past presidents.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sported slightly ruffled hair at his first early morning news conference as president, which started at 7 a.m. local time Monday.
Lopez Obrador took his first airplane flight as president Sunday, boarding a commercial flight with the rest of the passengers. He promised to sell the presidential jet.
Lopez Obrador arrived at Mexico City’s National Palace in the same white compact car he used before taking office Saturday. Lopez Obrador refused the military body guards used by past presidents.
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — Three astronauts who launched into space aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft have entered the International Space Station after spending nearly eight hours in their tiny capsule.
NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Russian space agency Roscosmos were greeted upon arrival Monday by the station’s current crew members, who had waited outside the capsule’s hatch.
The hatch was opened at 1:37 a.m. (1940 GMT; 2:40 p.m. EST) while the station was flying over the southern coast of Yemen.
The three launched into space from the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday at 5:31 p.m. (1131 GMT; 6:31 a.m. EST.) They docked with the station at 11:33 p.m. (17:33 GMT; 12:33 p.m. EST.)
The astronauts were the first sent to be sent to the space station since a crewed Soyuz launch was aborted in October after a booster rocket failed to separate properly, crippling the rocket.
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says politicians need to win over all of society for measures needed to tackle climate change.
Speaking Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. climate summit, Rutte said there’s already a lot of understanding in the Netherlands about the urgency of curbing global warming.
Rutte told The Associated Press that with millions of Dutch living in low areas and the country’s main airport being below sea level “you have your evidence and your case in point to make sure that you prevent sea levels from rising even further.”
Asked about recent violent protests in France against fuel price hikes, Rutte said “you have to bring (this knowledge) along to the whole of society in a way that people understand.”
He said “that means talking, talking, talking. With all societal organizations, politicians, all citizens being involved if they want to.”
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