Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council’s Police & Fire, and Public Works, Committees met in joint session, Thursday evening at City Hall.

 

POLICE & FIRE COMMITTEE:

 

INFORMATIONAL: Community Correction annual report and contract by Director, Sarah Frohlich.   She asked that the current contract be extended another year.  An informational booklet was given to the committee for review.  She will be certified in alcohol education as part of the corrections duties.  She said with cases, 56 total cases were monitored in 2020, with about half that amount so far this year.  She said work sites are on schedule. Sentencing by the court  for community service has changed according to state law.

The committee recommends City Council renew the current Community Service Agreement for an additional one-year term as allowed in Section 3 of the current 2020 agreement, the additional term expiring December 31, 2022, and authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to sign the amendment to renew the agreement.

 

INFORMATIONAL: Police department and municipal court general update, training.

Police Chief Scott Edinger said, the School Resource Officer has undergone additional training.

He added officers have also had advanced training.

 

Discussed was the engineer’s probable cost of a future south Public Safety Building. Travis Dillman said the information is vague at this time, without land acquisition costs not available.

 

Chief Edinger said, the preliminary floor plan has basic ideas in the documentation.  No land acquisition costs are included at this time.  He added an architect will also need to hired.

He talked about evidence collection and retention items, that continue to increase, and the property needs to kept, with over 3500 items collected and stored, at this time.  He said right now five  locations are being used, but not up to standards.  The Police Department is also holding the items under more security.  He said the Public Safety Building could also be used as a backup to the Dispatch Center.

 

INFORMATIONAL:

Fire Department update, inspections, training.

 

Before that City Fire Chief Jim Reuther said the southside fire hall is in poor condition structurally.  He said the location is not allowing fire units to access the Business Loop due to traffic in a timely manner.  He said the location of a Public Safety Building is important, and that a committee be formed in the planning.  Mayor Heinrich said the building costs may have to come to a public vote, once the information has been established.

Council Member Steele said land acquisition need to be known as the first step, in the planning process, and forming a committee.  The consideration of Public Safety Building will be on next month’s Police & Fire Committee agenda.

 

Chief Reuther, went on to report that,  training continues on operating the Ladder 1 truck.  He added fire inspections are continuing.

 

Considered recommending the City Council amend the City Code to integrate the adopted policy to follow the Stutsman County burn ban and authorize the City Attorney’s Office to write the amendment.  Reuther suggests amending the City Code, which was recommended by the committee.

 

 

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE:

Considered recommending approval of the specifications and authorizing advertisements for proposals for the City Hall roof project budgeted in the 2021 Public Building Site Fund.

City Building Inspector, Tom Blackmore said the present cedar roofing is deteriorated.

The committee recommends, approval and be budgeted for.

 

The committee recommends,  approval of Change Order No. 5 – Final Balancing Change Order, to Scherbenske Inc., for the State Hospital Water Line Replacement Project, District 20-62. The change order is a negative $408.

 

The committee recommends approval of Change Order No. 1 – Final Balancing Change Order, to Naastad Brothers, Inc., on the University of Jamestown Storm Sewer Improvement Project, District 21-71,  with five items that needed to be changed after the project got started due to unknowns.

The committee recommends, approving the Change Order of an additional $9,000, an increase of 2.3 percent.

 

Considered the request from Arnie Falk (Farmers Market) to place signs on City property.

He said advertising on social media has been used, however he points out that some customers do not have access to the internet, and social media, to advertise to.  He said sign  locations are near Central Valley Health, along with across from the Gladstone and at Highways 10 &20.

Also considered is placing signs on NDDOT right of ways.

The committee recommends, approving requesting waiving for 60 days, the placing of Farmers Market signs.  The Farmers Market is now located south of the railroad tracks, near the Civic Center parking lot.

 

 

INFORMATIONAL: A public hearing is scheduled at the July 6, 2021, regular City Council meeting, to consider the request to vacate a part of 19th Ave NE adjacent to Lots 3, 4 and 5, Block 2, replat of Block 2, Hillcrest Park Addition, to the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota.

 

INFORMATIONAL: City Engineer project updates were given.  Striping of the pavement on the road diet, project, the final markings, will be inlayed with reflective tape, to last longer that just painting.

 

INFORMATIONAL: Recycling collection update. Ralph Friebel from Recycling North Dakota passed along the fact that one of the recycling trucks was destroyed by fire last week    and is looking to be replaced.

 

INFORMATIONAL: Garbage collection update. Sanitation Foreman Shwan O’Neill said the bulk item pick ups are starting to increase, with a minimal charge to residents, to pick up the items, according to schedules.   He said a new city garbage truck has arrived, to be put into service.

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