Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.  Council Member Brubakken was not present.

The Council awarded the bid for well monitor at the City Landfill to Northern Technologies, LLC in the amount of $52,915, with the approval of the  State Health Department funding.

NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY

REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

The City Council approved a Resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $900,000 Water Treatment Revenue Bond, Series 2017B.

The City Council approved entering into an agreement with Interstate Engineering, Inc., for engineering services on construction of sidewalk along 12th Ave NE from 5th St NE to 13th Street NE and sidewalk between Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) and the Jamestown High School.  It part of an 80 percent  grant, through the NDDOT, and the Safe Routes to Schools program to be special assessed.

The City Council considered a letter from Paul Ebertz requesting the variance granted to Tim Newton which would allow the construction of a garage exceeding the statutory lot coverage maximum of the property at 1418 5th Ave. NE be rescinded.

Mayor Andersen said the letter no longer requires action due to changes in the original requests.

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce  Executive, Becky Thatcher-Keller told the Council that she has received correspondence  from CenturyLink seeking solutions to  future fiber optic telephone line cuts,  and address redundancy issues.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:

Council Member Buchanan spoke about the Answering the Call newspaper insert, concerning first responders,  and spoke about the Jamestown Dive Team their training, and their responses to calls.

He added the insert included information on the area SWAT Team.

Council Member Pam Phillips attended the North Dakota League of Cities meeting last weekend, saying Mayor Andersen has been elected as the new President of the North Dakota League of Cities.

The meeting was recessed until the 6-p.m., City Budget Meeting.

The Regular Session was shown live on CSi 67 followed by replays.