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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Council’s Finance &Legal, Building Planning & Zoning, and Civic Center & Promotion Committee met in monthly session at City Hall, on Tuesday (Feb 19, 2013).
All members were present.
With Finance & Legal Committee business:
The committee recommnend approving the recommendation from the JSDC, for Economic Development Funds for the South Central Dakota Regional Council 2013 membership dues, in the amount of $33,810, with the City Share to be $21,300 and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund. ..A full year funding in line with the amendment of the Stutsman County Commission.
The committee then discussed the offer from Tim Dabill to purchase Lots 1 & 2, Block 2, Beverly Hills 6th Addition, and Lot 19, Beverly Hills 3rd Addition, in the amount of $6,000, subject to the buyer paying for all costs of surveying and approval of a re-plat prior to deed transfer. A competing offer was withdrawn, and Dabill had 30 days to come back with his offer.The committee recommends approving the offer, with a sunset clause of January 1, 2014.
The committee recommends entering into an agreement with Tyler Technologies for the procurement of accounting, tax and appraisal software for the City, subject to Stutsman County procuring the same (approved Tuesday morning at the county meeting.) The city’s share is $105,000, with a portion of the total costs shared with Stutsman County. The city will need to opt out of the present tech provider’s contract.
The committee recommends setting a public hearing, to be held March 4, 2013, relative to amending the Renaissance Zone Plan Boundaries to include Block 9, Kelley and Fuller’s 2 nd Addition, subject to approval by the ND Division of Community Services.
The committee discussed and recommends approving requests for street closings and/or permits to allow alcoholic beverages in fenced areas for the March 16, 2013, St. Patrick’s Day Run for the following: Buffalo Lanes, Inc.; Frontier Fort & Grill; Corner Bar; Office Bar & Lounge; Shady’s; Cork and Barrel, Inc. (Elk’s location); Vets Club and Wonder Bar Sports Bar. (Some have yet to submit requests, and would include Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille.)
The committee considered reaffirming the policy relative to street vendors during the St. Patrick’s Day Run:
- Closing of 2nd Street East in the 100 Block;
2. Allowing vendors to apply for a permit to locate, based on permit applications being submitted and processed, and city staff assigning them to a specific space based on the order of submitted applications;
3. The vendors only be allowed to park adjacent to curbs in order to maintain a fire lane down the center of the street; and
4. The City Council requires a vendor permit fee of $50 to cover the cost of closing the street and providing waste containers for the refuse.
The committee approved the recommendations.
The committee is sending to the City Council, pending research, without recommendation the application of Ben Maulding for an animal permit to pasture and keep horses at 605 10th Avenue NW in the City.
Discussion then concerned filling the City Forester position within the City, due to the resignation of Vern Quam.
The committee discussed forestry services on a contracted basis, possibly on a part time basis.
Tex Weatherly said the City Shade Tree Committee and the county extension service are in favor of a full time city forester, relative to disease and other concerns.
The Jamestown City Park Board will be asked to weigh in on the future plans.
The committee recommends exploring a contract service, before making a decision, on filling the position. Council Member Kourajian was opposed.
Informational: Monthly departmental reports were presented.
With city negotiations with Stutsman Rural Water, Mayor Andersen said the city has not received a formal response to the city’s last offer made two weeks ago. She said SRWD board was planning to meet this week.
With Building, Planning & Zoning Committee business:
The Draft Minutes of the February 11, 2013, Planning Commission meeting was presented.
The committee approved recommending the First Reading of an ordinance to change the zoning of southeast portion of Lot 2, Berndt Addition, from M-2 (General Industrial and Manufacturing District) to POC (Public, Open Development and Conservation District).
The committee recommended the First Reading of an ordinance to change the zoning of Lots 1 & 2, Block 4, Hi-Acres Hillcrest Addition, from R-1 (One Family Residential District) to POC (Public, Open Development and Conservation District). The City Planning Commission has recommended the city approve the Ordinance change. The zone change is in conjunction with plans of Eventide, for redevelopment of the nursing home facility.
The Civic Center and Promotion Committee considered a proposal from ESG relating to boilers and other energy issues.
The committee recommends proceeding with the proposals outlined by ESG, and enter into a project development agreement.
Council Member Kourajian noted the opening for a Frontier Village Manager.
He introduced Searle Swedlund as the new Buffalo City Tourism Director, who noted that Nina Sneider will stay on until spring, in an advisory capacity to Swedlund.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Public School Board Monday (Feb 18, 2013) reviewed items to increase school safety.
No action was taken by the school board.
Superintendent Robert Toso said discussion is needed on the issue, especially at the elementary school level, and has suggested changes in the aftermath of the tragic shootings last December at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Conn.
Toso stated that the school board has difficult choices to make regarding community access to the schools.
He estimates the total cost for cameras and panic buttons at about $100,000 for the five Jamestown elementary schools.
He added that cameras and locked doors at Jamestown High School would be more difficult given the number of students that enter and leave the building .
In other business, it was noted that a five-person team with AdvancED will be at each school next month as part of an on-going accreditation process.
Results of the review will be given to the School Board at 4 p.m., March 13, 2013, at the middle school’s, Thompson Community Room.
The School Board also unanimously voted to approve an increase in funding to a total of $20,000 next year for Arts Center programs in the schools.
The meeting was recorded by CSi-T.V. 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL and is now showing.
Bismarck, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Feb 19, 2013) — The NDDOT is informing motorists that construction has begun on Highway 26 at Ashtabula Bridge near Sibley.
Work on the project will consist of replacement of the bridge structure, hot bituminous pavement, rip rap and other improvements.
During Construction:
Traffic will be reduced to one lane through the construction zone
A stop bar, stop lights and warning sign will be in place to direct traffic
There will be a 12 foot width restriction through the construction zone
Speed will be reduced through the construction zone
Motorists should expect minimal delays
The project is expected to be complete by the end of October.
The traveling public should use caution when driving through the construction zone. Motorists are reminded to please slow down for their safety and the safety of the highway workers.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed a bill that makes $31 million immediately available for rural water projects in North Dakota.
Dalrymple announced the signing Tuesday. He says the bill passed with an emergency clause so that the funding is available to complete design work before the 2013 construction season.
Dalrymple says $21 million of the total is dedicated to the expansion of the Southwest Water Pipeline, which serves several communities in southwestern North Dakota and provides water to about 50,000 people.
The remaining funds are slated for rural water projects in Stutsman, McLean and Sheridan counties and in north-central North Dakota.
McVILLE, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a man who died in a snowmobile crash over the weekend.
Lt. Aaron Hummel said Tuesday that 59-year-old Michael Duane Barney of Michigan, N.D., was killed while traveling west on Horseshoe Lake. Barney’s snowmobile hit a slight grade and went airborne adjacent to Nelson County Road 35.
Police say Barney cleared the road, lost control of the snowmobile and rolled on the west side of Horshoe Lake. The accident occurred about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.
Barney was taken to Nelson County Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police in Fargo have arrested a woman after she allegedly assaulted a male acquaintance with a butter knife.
Authorities responded to a call about 4 a.m. Tuesday about a woman with a knife at an apartment.
Lt. Joel Vettel says the 25-year-old woman allegedly grabbed a large knife and went after the man, but was tackled by others inside the apartment. She then reportedly grabbed a butter knife and assaulted the man.
Vettel says the man had a small abrasion and a bruise that didn’t required medical attention.
The woman was arrested on an aggravated assault charge and taken to the Cass County Jail.
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the alleged assault.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Senate approved a measure Tuesday that gives more money to an agency that provides lawyers for criminal defendants who cannot afford to hire their own.
The Senate voted unanimously to increase funding for the state Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents from $11.7 million to $14.5 million over the next two years.
Robin Huseby tells The Associated Press that her legal aid agency last year handled 10,611 cases statewide. That’s up more than 12 percent since 2009.
Huseby says Williams County in western North Dakota’s booming oil patch had a 43 percent increase in cases since 2009.
She says the commission has about 50 lawyers under contract but many are being shifted from other parts of the state to western North Dakota due to the increased workload there.
“Exports are an important part of our state’s economy, and we should recognize business leaders who play a major role in bringing our high-quality North Dakota products to consumers throughout the world,” Gov. Jack Dalrymple said.
The Exporter of the Year Award is presented to one North Dakota business each year. To win the award, the business had to expand to a new international market in 2012, increase its export sales during the past year, and support the larger, statewide effort to expand North Dakota’s global reach.
Legacy has engineered steel buildings for more than 40 years, supplying rigid-frame steel buildings for industrial, commercial, residential, agricultural, government and military building construction. Today, Legacy ships to customers all over the globe. In 2012 alone, they increased their exports by 70% and expanded into markets including Colombia, Bolivia and Australia.
The 2012 Service to Exporters Award is given to the international business resource which has demonstrated exceptional commitment to supporting North Dakota exporters and increasing the state’s overall international business strategy.
TAG provides innovative trade finance solutions to exporters throughout the Midwest, including short-term insurance, working capital guarantees, and medium-term insurance and loan guarantees for foreign buyers. Most recently, TAG has become an integral part of the The Export Enhancement Program, a new agreement between the Bank of North Dakota and Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), which provides high-quality low-risk loans to the North Dakota exporters.
Approximately 110 people participated in the 2013 Global Business Connections conference, which was sponsored by the North Dakota Trade Office and its network of international business partners on Feb. 19 at the Ramkota Hotel, Bismarck. The event consisted of educational breakout sessions, a panel discussion with leading business professionals, a networking reception and a keynote address provided by international entrepreneur and business television correspondent, Troy Hazard.
NDTO is a member-based organization that provides education, research, advocacy, organization and leadership so that North Dakota companies can develop and expand their export business. According to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics, North Dakota’s merchandise exports have grown over 325 percent since the conception of NDTO, from $1 billion in 2004 to $4.3 billion in 2012.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials in North Dakota’s capital city are sorting through the details of a newly adopted curbside recycling program.
Bismarck commissioners voted Feb. 12 to begin the program for all single-family households. City Director of Public Services Jeff Heintz says he hopes it gets under way by early fall.
But there are some issues to sort out, largely because commissioners decided to allow residents to opt out of the program.
Those who elect to stay in the program will place recyclables such as aluminum, plastic and glass bottles into one container. Residents will be able to specify whether they want a 96-gallon container or one that’s just 65 gallons.
Heintz says the city also is weighing a “pay as you throw” rewards-based program.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – City officials in the booming oil town of Williston are working on projects to renew the downtown area and keep out so-called man camps.
That might include changing an ordinance that allows people to have residences behind, below and above commercial businesses downtown. The ordinance was created before the city’s population skyrocketed with oil-related development.
Planning and Zoning Director Kent Jarcik says the current rules could be exploited to create crew camps downtown. City commissioners last week approved the first reading of an ordinance to thwart that kind of development.
Commissioner Howard Klug says the goal is also to keep people from living in poor conditions, such as basements.
He says, “We need places to live in Williston, but who really needs to live like that?”
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – The flu and other winter illnesses have led to a shortage of blood in parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota, and recent blizzard conditions have hindered efforts to collect more.
Molly Vetter, center manager of United Blood Services in Aberdeen, S.D., says a blizzard about a week ago cost the organization’s six Dakotas offices about 300 units of blood.
She says the problems are likely to continue. On Monday, a mobile unit that was supposed to go to Fullerton, N.D., was canceled because of the weather. Illnesses, especially the flu, have also hindered people from being able to donate.
United Blood needs about 500 donations a day to supply 93 hospitals in the Dakotas and part of Minnesota.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Marine Gen. John Allen won’t become commander of NATO forces in Europe after all. President Barack Obama says he’s accepted Allen’s request to retire. Allen this month completed a 19-month stint as the top commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan. Obama says in a statement that the general is retiring to “address health issues within his family.” Allen was investigated last fall for email exchanges with a woman in Florida. He was cleared of wrongdoing.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Syria’s state news service says there was only material damage from two mortars that went off Tuesday near one of President Bashar Assad’s palaces. It was the first confirmed strike close to one of the palaces — and another sign that the civil war is seeping into areas that were once considered safe.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck says the review of ex-officer Christopher Dorner’s firing is under way, but it’s too early to comment on the re-examination. Dorner, who was black, claimed he was subjected to racism and was targeted for reporting misconduct. He died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot during a mountain cabin siege that followed a spree of violence in which authorities say he killed four people and wounded three.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The International Space Station has regained contact with NASA controllers after three hours of quiet. Officials say the six crew members and the station are fine, and that there were no problems during the brief outage. A NASA spokesman says something went wrong Tuesday morning during a computer software update on the station. The outpost abruptly lost all communication with Houston.
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – A Michigan man who went to Mississippi for a friend’s funeral is now $7.2 million richer. The man stopped by a casino and won that much in a jackpot from a penny-slot machine. Casino officials tell the Sun Herald newspaper that Tyler Morris won the jackpot Friday after attending the memorial service.
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