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Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.<\/p>\nJamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.<\/p>\n
All members were present.<\/p>\n
At the\u00a0 PUBLIC HEARING: <\/strong>Concerning the proposed budget for City General and Special Funds for the fiscal period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, City Administrator Sarah Hellekson said the General Fund Budget increased by seven percent, and levies increased by 1.3 percent.<\/p>\n From the audience Dean Hafner said, his residence is located in the City of Jamestown, but he doesn\u2019t receive city services, adding that the tax increase is too high for 2019.\u00a0 He said he put his residence up for sale due to the total tax increases from all entities, on his tax bill of over eight percent.<\/p>\n James Blaha said the same concerning his tax increases.<\/p>\n Karen Schumacher added that the tax increase will have an affect on small businesses such as hers.<\/p>\n Then the SECOND READING: <\/strong>of the Ordinance, pertaining to the appropriation of the General and Special Funds for the fiscal year January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, was approved.<\/p>\n The SECOND READING <\/strong>of an Ordinance pertaining to the appropriation of the Revenue and Special Funds for the fiscal year January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, was approved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In other discussions<\/p>\n HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:<\/p>\n Karen Schumacher told of a rain event when the storm sewer water flooded her business, at 802 13th<\/sup> Street Northeast,25 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n She said in the ensuing years the city has not addressed the flooding problem<\/span><\/p>\n She said previous city engineers had not acted on her complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n She added that the business\u2019 insurance won\u2019t cover the damage and referred he to the city.<\/span><\/p>\n Mayor Heinrich said the City staff will look into the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A Presentation was made of North Dakota Governor Burgum\u2019s Main Street Mobilizer Award for Jamestown\u2019s Get Fit & Explore Initiative, by Central Valley Health District.<\/p>\n Robin Iszler spoke and \u00a0presented the award to the city, on behalf of North Dakota Governor Burgum\u2019s Main Street Mobilizer Award for Jamestown\u2019s Get Fit & Explore Initiative by Central Valley Health .<\/p>\n The Mobilizer Award recognizes community efforts in creating convenient, inviting and multimodal transportation options for residents and visitors<\/p>\n One of three local efforts addressing health issues such as obesity, this Jamestown project will increase physical activity by adding educational components and fun interaction to one of the local recreational paths. By making it convenient and more entertaining to use the trail, the community hopes to increase the number of people biking, walking and using other forms of active transportation.<\/p>\n The Main Street Awards are a collaborative effort of the Office of the Governor, the North Dakota Department of Commerce and the North Dakota League of Cities. A selection committee made up of the collaborating agencies and partners judged the entries to make final awards.<\/p>\n