Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 1

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Not as cold. Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Not as cool. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 50. Southeast winds 5 to

10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

 

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

Under Resolutions:

Considered was approving an emergency measure effective 2021, and expiring , for a temporary moratorium on the enforcement of the Jamestown City Code pertaining to the sale and possession of alcohol on a public right-of-way at the location of an on-sale license holder with a temporary city permit by the on-sale license holder, to protect the public health, safety and welfare, and limit the impact of the pandemic upon the citizens of Jamestown, North Dakota.

The City Council approved moving on to draft an Ordinance, making it permanent, rather than a temporary emergency measure. The First Reading will come before the City Council

Considered was approving an existing emergency measure that expired February 5, 2021, for a temporary moratorium on the enforcement of the Jamestown City Code pertaining to the off-sale, sealed liquor sold with food curbside by on-sale liquor license holders, to protect the public health, safety and welfare, and limit the impact of the pandemic upon the citizens of Jamestown, North Dakota. The Council failed to approve a motion to continue the temporary moratorium.

 

Considered was extending the current emergency measure of requiring prior approval for indoor and outdoor gatherings of 50 or more people and a plan to limit the spread of the virus, with the listed exceptions, effective October 30, 2020, originally approved and intended to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and limit the impact of the pandemic upon the citizens of Jamestown, North Dakota. The City Council motion to extend the measure failed due to lack of a second.

Considered was extending the current emergency measure of requiring face coverings for all public-facing retail and service employees including liquor and eating establishments, and employees that may come in contact with the general public, effective October 30, 2020, originally approved and intended to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and limit the impact of the pandemic upon the citizens of Jamestown, North Dakota. The City Council voted 3-2 to extend, to be taken up again at the April, 5 2021 City Council meeting.  Council Member Kamlitz and Schloegel voting opposed.

The council unanimously approved that Monday’s actions supersede previously approved emergency measures.

Also on Monday’s agenda:

A  PUBLIC HEARING:

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE: No one spoke.  (Any person 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.)

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

To provide more time to discuss controversial or disputed issues, the Council will consider the items on the consent agenda together at the beginning of the public meeting. These items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. If a member of the City Council or public requests to be heard on one of these items, the Council will remove the item from the consent agenda and consider that item individually.

Mayor Heinich removed Item F for further explanation, a Resolution to approve granting State of ND CARES Act reimbursements in the amounts of $200,000 to the Jamestown Parks and Recreation District to modify restroom facilities in the parks as the District determines to meet ADA compliance, and to approve $300,000 toward the City’s share of the aerial fire truck purchase to be transferred to the Equipment Replacement Fund. Mayor Heinrich explained the motion is to delete the ND CARES Act portion, with the funds, actually coming from the city and not federal funds.

The amended Resolution passed unanimously.

REGULAR AGENDA

 BIDS          

Considered opening bids for the University of Jamestown Storm Sewer Improvements Project, J20-00-120. Interstate Engineering’s Travis Dillman said bids were received, some of which were unable to be opened.

Assistant City Attorney Abby Gerioux explained the defects or other issues, making the bids unopenable and rejected.  One bid was opened from Nustad Brothers in the amount of $430,264 with alternated “A” at $64,000.

To consider opening bids for the 2021 Jamestown Water Main Improvements, IE project # J20-00-090, DWSRF NO. 4700498-12, City Project # 21-61.  Two bids were received one unable to be opened, as explained by Abby Gerioux, with not waivable defects.  A bid was  sumitted from Sellend Brothers at $1,749,604 dollars.

Considered was opening the bid for the 2021 Jamestown Civic Center Roofing Removal & Replacement of Area A. Four bids were received, three were rejected.  The low bid opened was from A&R at $118,280.

After review of the bids, they were discussed for council approval later in the meeting.

OTHER RESOLUTIONS:

Approved was  the request to allow chickens to be kept within city limits at 1301 4th St NE.

 

Discussed was whether a city Ordinance (Section 8.8, Appendix C, of the City Code) applies only to outbuildings or whether it also applies to single family dwellings. City Building Inspector, Tom Blackmore questioned corrugated steel siding for single family dwellings.

Mayor Heinrich said the so-called Shouses, (Shed-houses) and Barndominiums are becoming popular and that the type of siding needs to be further addressed, for all structures.

The City Council voted to approve further review of the issue.

 

Approved the Special Use Permit application submitted by Scott and Shannon Bintz for the property located at 8382 31 ½ Street SE, Jamestown, ND, as recommended by SRF Consultants.

BIDS CONTINUED:

Approved was a Resolution to award the bid for the University of Jamestown Storm Sewer Improvements – J20-00-120, to Nustad Brothers, in the amount of $430,264 .

Approved a Resolution to award the bid for the 2021 Jamestown Water Main Improvements, IE project # J20-00-090, DWSRF NO. 4700498-12, City Project # 21-61, in the amount of $1,508,966.64 , with the award contingent upon ND Department of Environmental Quality approval.

Approved  a Resolution to award the bid for the 2021 Jamestown Civic Center Roofing Removal & Replacement of Area A, A&R Roofing in the amount of $118,280 .

ORDINANCES:

Approved a FIRST READING: Concerning an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 by amending the District Map to change the zoning of a portion of Government Lot 1 within the NE ¼ of Section 26, Township 140N, Range 64W, laying and being North of a line extended from the intersection of the South boundary line of 9th Street with the East boundary of said lot, consisting of 8.4 acres in Stutsman County, North Dakota from R-1A (One-Family Residential District and Duplex or Two-Family District) to P-U-D (Plan Unit Development). The property is located at 901 4th Ave NW. (Proposed Hidden River Acres).

 

APPOINTMENTS:

Appointed was Carol Jean Wolf to serve as the City member and Charlotte Freborg to serve as the Joint City/County member of the James River Valley Library System Board for three year terms to March 2024.

Appointed Leroy Gross to serve as the City employee representative and Dan Buchanan, as the City Council representative on the Pension Committee for one year terms to March 2022.

 

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:

Council Member Steele commended Central Valley Health District and Robin Iszler in coordinating the Stutsman and Logan county vaccine distribution.

Mayor Heinrich said the one third funding for the City Fire Department ladder truck has been approved by the ND House and moves on to the state senate.

OTHER BUSINESS:

Approved was a Resolution to approve renewal of the Farm Lease Agreement with Ben Busch for the 2021 crop year.

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

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

Mon. Mar. 1,  2021

11am

Barnes:

New Positives 0

Total Positives 1291

Active 7

Recovered 1253

 

Stutsman

New Positives  1

Total Positives 3291

Active 7

Recovered 3192

COVID-19 Test Results
The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website.

Please note that from now on the daily news release will be sent Monday – Friday. The NDDoH dashboard will continue to be updated daily.

 

BY THE NUMBERS
133,262	Residents who received at least one dose of vaccine
224,184	Total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered
1,983	Total Tests from yesterday*
1,661,084	Total tests completed since the pandemic began
45	Positive Individuals from yesterday*****
28	PCR Tests
17	Antigen Tests
99,852	Total positive individuals since the pandemic began
3.09%	Daily Positivity Rate**
571	Total Active Cases
-34	Change in active cases from yesterday
69	Individuals with a recovery date of yesterday****
97,836	Total recovered since the pandemic began
25	Currently hospitalized
+4	Change in hospitalizations from yesterday
3	New death(s) since 2/26
1,445	Total deaths since the pandemic began
INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19
Woman in her 60s from Bowman County
Man in his 70s from Burleigh County
Woman in her 80s from McKenzie County
NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED MONDAY BY COUNTY
Adams		0	Grant	0	Ransom	0
Barnes		0	Griggs	0	Renville	0
Benson		0	Hettinger	0	Richland	2
Billings		0	Kidder	0	Rolette	2
Bottineau		0	LaMoure	0	Sargent	0
Bowman		0	Logan	0	Sheridan	0
Burke		0	McHenry	1	Sioux	1
Burleigh		5	McIntosh	0	Slope	0
Cass		19	McKenzie	0	Stark	2
Cavalier		0	McLean	0	Steele	0
Dickey		0	Mercer	0	Stutsman	1
Divide		0	Morton	0	Towner	0
Dunn		0	Mountrail	2	Traill	0
Eddy		0	Nelson	2	Walsh	0
Emmons		0	Oliver	0	Ward	5
Foster		0	Pembina	0	Wells	0
Golden Valley		0	Pierce	0	Williams	2
Grand Forks		1	Ramsey	0

 

* Note that this includes PCR and antigen; it does not include individuals from out of state. 

**Individuals (PCR or antigen) who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters). 

*** Number of individuals who tested positive with a PCR or antigen test and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. Please remember that deaths are reported as they’re reported to us by the facility or through the official death record (up to 10-day delay). 

**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.

*****Daily positive numbers include people who tested with a PCR or antigen test. Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.

 

Update

Valley City  (NDHP)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol, Barnes County Sheriff’s Office  investigated a two vehicles crash Saturday about 12:50-p.m.at the intersection of North Dakota Highway 1 and Barnes County 22, one mile east of Sanborn.

A 2015 Nissan Murano operated by 70 year old Thomas Gawronski, of Cooperstown, was southbound on ND State Hwy. 1 approaching the intersection with Barnes Co. Rd. 22.

A 2017 Chevrolet Equinox operated by 20 year old, Celeste Piatz, from Valley City, ND was westbound on Co. Rd. 22. Hwy. 1 is the through road and traffic on Co. Rd. 22 must stop and yield to traffic on Hwy. 1.
Piatz entered the intersection as Gawronski was entering it. Gawronski’s vehicle struck the right rear of Piatz’s vehicle at a right angle. After the collision, the vehicles blocked the southbound lanes of Hwy. 1.

Barnes County Ambulance transported Gawronski and 63 year old Kath Soma-Gawronski, of Cooperstown to Mercy Hospital in Valley City. They were treated and released. The 70 YOA female from Piatz’s vehicle was transported by private party Mercy Hospital in Valley City and treated and released. Celeste Piatz, was not injured.

The  occupants were all wearing seat belts.
Piatz was cited for Failed to Yield at a Stop Intersection, a traffic citation.

At the scene were: NDHP, Barnes County SO, Sanborn FD, Barnes County Ambulance.
The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

 

Valley City  (Chamber 3-1-21)  Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud is sending Valley City Residents a new message this week:

Hello Folks,

THE NORTH DAKOTA WINTER SHOW will be March 10-14. Get your event tickets now. FREE ENTRANCE to the building.

A note from “the power outage” we incurred here awhile back. There were a number of events creating the outage from supplementary power sources to timely notifications and they are being researched through the federal level. Though it was a “perfect storm”, knowledge gained from this experience will help going forward. “Never let a good crisis go to waste”.

Missouri River Energy Services, our supplier, successfully hedged the market purchasing energy and fuel prior to the weather event. Those purchases will help stabilize our current rates.

We had good ice on the river a few days ago, though now runoff has caused substantial amounts of water on top and changes in currents may have caused thinning ice in places. Please be careful. ICE always has a “degree of danger”!

For no particular reason, be nice to someone today.

“LOVE OF LOCAL”. Buy Chamber Bucks in the Rosebud Center or City Hall at a discount and redeem them in Valley City businesses at full face value. Each person can purchase up to $1,000.00 worth (including prior purchases). (buy $1000 get $1250)

COVID VACCINATIONS, visit the City-County Health District website, citycountyhealth.org or call 845-8518.

 

“We must be interested in finding the best way, not in having our own.”     

(John Wooden)                                                    

 

Blessings, Pray, Be Safe and Be Kind,

Dave

Dave Carlsrud

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)       Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Jamestown Inflatables. They recently opened a new business called Party Crashers Jamestown at 1211 8th St SE here in Jamestown. This new business offers year-round fun for the whole family with open play times and birthday party rentals.

Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.  For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

 

Valley City  (CCHD)Free COVID-19 testing events for the VCSU and Valley City communities will be held this week from 1-2 p.m. at the W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse, “The Bubble”. Rapid and conventional testing will be offered again on Friday March 5.

These are WALK-IN testing events. Colder temperatures have moved operations indoors. If you wish to be tested, please park your vehicle and enter through the west entrance. Handicap parking spaces and access are available at the east entrance. Preregistration at testreg.nd.gov is encouraged; one only needs to register.

 

Bismarck  (NDDPI) State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler is encouraging North Dakota public school students and families to take part in an online survey to describe their K-12 learning experiences during the current school year.

The brief survey asks several questions, including whether student participants went to school in-person, via distance learning, or a combination of the two from August 2020 through February 2021. It is intended for public school students and families in grades K-12, and should take no more than 15 minutes to complete, the superintendent said.

The survey asks about whether students had reliable internet service and whether their school provided a tablet or similar connection device. It inquires about whether school staff kept in touch with students, whether “more challenging lessons were available, if needed,” and whether class grading and assessment was “clear and consistent.”

The survey is a collaborative project between the Department of Public Instruction and the North Dakota University System. It provides students and their families an opportunity to express how North Dakota’s public education system worked for them during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Baesler says, “We need to hear the voices of our students and families about the conditions they experienced during the current school year. This information is important as we try to pinpoint successes in North Dakota public education, and how and where we need to improve.”

A link to the survey is here. The link will also be available through the Department of Public Instruction’s social media channels. North Dakota students and families who wish to take the survey are asked to do so by Sunday, March 14.

 

In world and national news…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief says it’s “premature” and “unrealistic” to think that the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year. But Dr. Michael Ryan said Monday that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. Ryan said that the world’s focus right now should be to keep transmission of COVID-19 as low as possible. WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was “regrettable” that younger and healthier people in rich countries are being vaccinated before at-risk health workers in the developing world. He warned against complacency, noting a recent increase in cases.

 

CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of Chicago Public Schools students have returned to schools for in-person learning after almost a year of remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Monday marked the second phase of the CPS reopening plan in which students in kindergarten through fifth grade could return to school. The district hasn’t said how many of the 37,000 students in those grades who opted for in-person learning actually showed up. Prekindergartners and special education students were allowed to return to class last month. Next Monday, another 18,500 sixth, seventh and eighth graders who opted in for in-person learning can also return. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says it isn’t clear when high schoolers will be allowed back into schools.

 

BOSTON (AP) — An American father and son wanted by Japan for aiding former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape the country in a box have been transferred to Japanese custody. One of Michael and Peter Taylor’s attorneys says says U.S. officials handed them over to Japanese custody on Monday. The Taylors had fought for months to stay in the U.S. but failed to convince American officials and courts to block their extradition. Japan wants to try the Taylors on charges that they smuggled Ghosn out of the country in a box in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing expanded in February at the fastest pace three years, helped by a strong gain in new orders. The Institute for Supply Management reported Monday that its gauge of manufacturing activity rose to a reading of 60.8% last month, 2.1 percentage-points above the January level of 58.7%. It was the strongest performance since February 2018. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion in the manufacturing sector.

 

DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted in at least two homicides in Ohio has been critically wounded during a shootout with police outside a motel near downtown Detroit. Detroit Police Chief James Craig says 55-year-old Chandra Moore exited the motel around 9:50 a.m. Monday, walked to a vehicle then turned and opened fire on officers who were waiting for him. Craig says the officers returned fire and shot Moore several times. No officers were hurt. Craig says Moore is suspected in the killings Sunday evening in Cincinnati, and that one of the victims was Moore’s estranged wife, who had been fatally stabbed.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Monday’s meeting is a chance for them to discuss migration, the coronavirus and economic and national security issues. Mexico’s president says he intends to propose to Biden a new Bracero-style immigrant labor program that could bring 600,000 to 800,000 Mexican and Central American immigrants a year to work legally in the U.S. He says it would be not only for agriculture workers but for other sectors and professionals. A senior Biden administration official won’t say whether Biden will back the proposal. The original Bracero program allowed Mexicans to work temporarily in the U.S. to fill labor shortages during and after World War II.

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have reached an agreement aimed at getting most public school children back in classrooms by the end of March. Under the deal announced Monday, school districts could tap into $6.6 billion in new funding if they reopen classrooms by March 31. Two state officials familiar with the plan said schools must return to in-person instruction at least through second grade to get the money. Districts in regions with coronavirus case numbers at low enough levels must return to in-person instruction for all elementary school grades, plus one grade each in middle and high school. The officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are considering reshaping parts of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed by the House. As they do, party leaders who are hoping to salvage a minimum wage increase have abandoned one proposal aimed at pressuring big companies to boost workers’ pay. The chances seem slim that Senate Democrats will find a way to include a minimum wage boost in the massive relief package. Last week, the nonpartisan parliamentarian said it violated the chamber’s rules and had to fall from the bill. Compared to that, most other changes the party is considering seem modest.