Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session Wednesday afternoon at City Hall.

　

The first item was to enter into Executive Session to consult with the City Attorney concerning territorial service claims by Stutsman Rural Water District.

At issue is which entity will serve Titan Machinery’s location under construction west of Jamestown, and other parcels in that area, within the one mile extra-territory of Jamestown.

　

Those present at the Executive Session were: Mayor Andersen,

Assistant City Attorney Mary Jensen, City Administrator Jeff Fuchs, City Council Members, Kourajian, Gumke, Brubakken, and Buchanan, along with City Engineer Reed Schwartzkopf , City Fire Chief Jim Reuther, Public Works Director Steve Suko, and on telephone conference call, Tammy Norgaard from Vogel Law firm in Fargo.

　

Following the Executive Session the open portion of the Special Session was reconvened.

Mayor Andersen said, Council Member Gumke had to leave the meeting at 4:27 p.m. and was not present for votes later.

She said the city is to offer Stutsman Rural Water District a Territory Exchange.

The plan is to allow SRWD to serve Titan in exchange for the city to serve any new development in the quarter section of land directly south of the entrance to Jamestown Regional Airport.

The quarter includes some areas served by Jamestown and allows the city to extend water lines into the rest of the area.

She added while no formal agreement has been reached between the city and SRWD, the plan will be sent to Stutsman Rural Water District, noting that the two entities have had good communications and correspondence.

The next agenda item was the awarding of the bid for sewer district only, at the Titan Addition, to Manito Construction in the amount of $393,360. .

The Mayor said the construction date was also amended to reflect a later possible start date.

She said should the city and SRWD not reach a water service agreement the city is still willing to be the water service provider to Titan.

The vote to approve the bid award was 4-0.

In other business, the City Counci declared an emergency and directed the replacement of the water main on 11th Avenue Southeast between 12th Street and 13thStreet.

City Engineer, Reed Schwartzkopf said the main there has broken seven times in the past five days, within a range of 100-120 feet. He said the main is likely to keep breaking without immediate replacement.

The project will be bid, and expected to cost about $42,000.

 11TH Ave SE between 12th & 13thSt SE will be closed for water main replacement work due to a “cascade” failure in the water utility line.

Crews anticipate the repairs will take 7-10 working days, weather permitting. The Street will remain closed in order to facilitate the repairs.

Residents in the area may experience short periods of water outages during the repair period.

Motorists’ should use caution in and around this area and use alternate routes if possible.

The open portion of the meeting was shown live on CSi 67, followed by replays.