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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in another 2020 budget session Monday morning at City Hall. All members were present.
City Administrator, Sarah Hellekson, continued the review of the proposed budget.
Explaining a power point presentation she said, challenges in drafting the 2020 city budget. Highlights included building up the reserve fund, budgeting for unfilled positions, funding for capital replacements, revenue options, a city sales tax increase to raise $1.3 million. Utility rates would be raised by five percent, not included is the storm water utility. The General Fund Mill Levy required for 2020, is 111.61 mills, with one mill generating $46,263.
The 2020 General Property Tax levy is now proposed at $5,163,324.
Transfers into the General Fund are proposed at $450,000.
Also reviewed were City Fire Department insurance premiums, along with expenditures for the Police Department insurance premiums and city health insurance costs.
A new Finance & Assessment position is funded at $86,856.
A Civic Center janitor position is funded at $41, 537, some positions will become vacant due to retirements.
The City Beautification Fund is reduced to zero, the Jamestown Arts Center budget is now at $3,000.
The projected 2020 General Fund Budget income is at $8,775,094. The 2019 General Fund carry over balance is at $877,612.
Mayor Heinrich proposed transferring $150,000 from the city sales tax fund to support the Civic Center, for $900,000 in funding….the proposed quarter of one percent city sales tax of the proposed one half percent increase. He said the transfer would lessen the need to increase the mill levy, and also provide for dollars in the Reserve Fund.
He added that with the goal of having $2 million in the reserve fund, that figure would not available for 2020 spending, which would require over $2 million dollars for that purpose. He feels the additional funding over $2 million won’t entirely be able to be met in the 2020 budget.
Funding for improvements to the Civic Center, roof repairs and boiler replacement and addressing safety issues will come for the separate Public Building Site Fund.
With employee salaries, the proposed budget will include a one percent increase in the cost of living , and .5 percent in the Step increase.
The Water Utility Fund remains at a five percent increase, along with the sanitary sewer utility increase of five percent.
A five percent increase is in the budget for the landfill fees.
The budget will be further discussed at the August 5th City Council Meeting, when the Preliminary budget will be adopted.
At that time the budget can be reduced but not increased to be submitted by August 9.
The final budget is needed ready for passage by October.
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown announces, that due to the water main improvement project, that 8th Ave NW between 4th St & 5th St NW will be closed.
Traffic to Anne Carlson Center should use the 3rd St NW bridge.
This construction work will continue for two days.
Motorist’s should use extreme caution in this area.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approved the following four grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
- Grand Forks Regional Airport received $786,542 to reconstruct existing apron pavement and rehabilitate the west general aviation apron.
- Rolla Municipal Airport received $750,000 to construct a 5,850 square foot hangar and a 2,000 square foot hangar apron.
- Mott Municipal Airport received $276,748 to rehabilitate runway pavement, taxiway, apron pavement, and an access road.
- Cooperstown Municipal Airport received $150,000 to acquire 113 acres of land and necessary easements to enable the airport to control land use within the runway protection zones.
Totaling $1,963,290, these grants will be used for various improvement and maintenance projects at local airports in North Dakota.
Jamestown (JRMC) — Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) is hosting a blood drive on Thursday, Aug. 8 to help save lives.
The blood drive is open to the community from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Vitalant’s bloodmobile. The mobile will be located near the Emergency Department parking lot at JRMC.
JRMC Clinical Service Assistant Katie Mittleider says the blood drive is a great event for the community and staff.
She says, “As professionals in the healthcare industry, we see how important it is to have donor blood readily available, that’s why we host blood drives every year.”
People can donate blood up to three times each year.
The JRMC blood drive collects whole blood. During a whole blood donation, nearly 500 ml of blood is collected from the donor and then separated later into components like red cells, plasma and platelets. These are used for patient transfusions.
Mittleider adds, “This will be our 15th time holding a blood drive since 2011 at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center. We welcome the opportunity to allow Vitalant into our facility to help us hold the blood drive. Vitalant provides our facility with red cells, platelets and plasma for transfusions.”
To date, the JRMC blood drive alone has collected 935 pints of blood for Vitalant.
While most adults can donate blood, some individuals are ineligible.
Certain diseases, like AIDS and hepatitis, prevent people from donating.
Others who are ineligible include people who:
- have used needles to take nonprescription drugs
- have had syphilis or gonorrhea in the past 12 months
- have had the Ebola virus disease or infection
To donate blood and schedule an appointment or for donor eligibility, call (701) 952-4814 or go to www.bloodhero.com and use JRMC as the code.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2019, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” as well as a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.
Williston (Williston Herald) Williston police were searching Monday night, for a driver who hit several pedestrians on Seventh Avenue West.
How many people were struck and the seriousness of their injuries was unclear Monday night.
Police Sgt. Detective Dustin Celander, says the driver drove onto grass and then into an alley between Fifth and Sixth Streets West.
PERHAM, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have identified the North Dakota woman who died after she was dragged by a horse in western Minnesota.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says 47-year-old Bertha Wood, of Fargo, was walking the horse on a road near Star Lake last Friday. Investigators say the lead rope was wrapped around her arm when she was dragged.
A funeral service for Wood will be held Tuesday in Oakes, North Dakota at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former volunteer firefighter accused of setting fires in southwestern North Dakota has been sentenced to serve five years in prison.
Twenty-six-year-old John Iszler was sentenced Monday to concurrent five-year sentences on two counts of arson, meaning he’ll serve the sentences at the same time.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland also ordered Iszler to pay nearly $4 million in restitution.
Iszler was accused of setting buildings on fire in Elgin in late 2017 and early 2018, including a farm equipment dealership that was destroyed. Authorities say Iszler sometimes returned to the scene to help battle the flames.
The Bismarck Tribune reports Iszler declined an opportunity to speak before he was sentenced.
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — A teenage visitor to a national park in North Dakota has been injured by a bison.
Officials at Theodore Roosevelt National Park say the 17-year-old girl from Colorado was on a trail Saturday and walked between two bull bison that had been fighting. One bison charged the teen. She was struck in the back, gored in the thigh and tossed about 6 feet (2 meters) into the air.
Park rangers and Billings County paramedics treated the girl at the scene until she could be taken by helicopter to a Bismarck hospital. Authorities say the teen’s condition is stable.
Park regulations require that visitors stay at least 25 yards (22.85 meters) away from large animals such as bison, elk, deer and horses.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Mandan city leaders have halted accepting mural permit applications and enforcing related regulations until a dispute over artwork outside one bar is resolved.
Lonesome Dove bar owners Brian Berube and August Kersten sued in May after the city ordered them to remove a Western-themed mural from the building.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that an ordinance prohibits murals on the front of buildings. The owners say that violates free speech.
City Planner John Van Dyke says the city isn’t considering new mural permit applications until the lawsuit is completed or until the city decides to pass a new ordinance, which wouldn’t occur before fall.
The case is set to go to trial in 2021.
Artist Melissa Gordon says not having rules in place can encourage artists “to start pushing the boundaries.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of new laws are about to hit the books in North Dakota.
The range from decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana to making it a crime to improperly pass off a pet as a service animal.
But the one North Dakotans might notice most is the one that allows businesses to throw their doors open on Sunday mornings.
That undoes one of the state’s so-called blue laws that have been in place since statehood.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The four-person Hillcrest Open golf scramble is August 2 at Hillcrest Golf Course, beginng with a shotgun start at 1 – p.m.
Registration is $40 per player, including green fees, mulligans, hole contests, lunch and a beverage.
MLB..
UNDATED (AP) _ Anthony Rendon’s grand slam propelled the Washington Nationals to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves Monday, tightening the National League East race in the process.
Rendon launched a 2-0 fastball from Atlanta reliever Chad Sobotka 412 feet into the left-field seats for his third career grand slam and the 500th RBI of his career.
It was the 23rd homer of the season for Rendon, who has now hit safely in 17 of his last 19 games.
Juan Soto and Trea Turner also drove in runs for the Nationals (57-49), who pulled within 4 1/2 of the Braves (62-45) in the NL East as a pivotal three-game series got underway.
In other MLB action:
_ Cavan Biggio hit the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning, Randal Grichuk and Teoscar Hernandez also went deep, and the Blue Jays beat the Royals 7-3. Top prospect Bo Bichette singled in the first at-bat of his big league career for the Blue Jays.
_ Jon Gray pitched eight innings of one-run ball for his first win in a month, Nolan Arenado had a two-run single in a five-run fifth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-1 Monday night.
_ Caleb Smith endured a bad stretch after a baserunning adventure but recovered to pitch seven innings and help the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-6 Monday. The Marlins, who won three of four games from Arizona, improved to 10-9-1 in their past 20 series. They started the year 1-10-3.
_ Jose Iglesias’ grand slam completed Cincinnati’s 10-run second inning, and the Reds beat the Pirates 11-6 after Pittsburgh traded scheduled starter Jordan Lyles to the Brewers for a prospect. The last-place Pirates lost their ninth straight, their longest skid since they dropped 10 in a row in 2011.
_ Jose Iglesias’ grand slam completed Cincinnati’s 10-run second inning, and the Reds beat the Pirates 11-6 after Pittsburgh traded scheduled starter Jordan Lyles to the Brewers for a prospect. The last-place Pirates lost their ninth straight, their longest skid since they dropped 10 in a row in 2011.
^MLB-BREWERS-PIRATES TRADE
Brewers acquire Jordan Lyles for prospect
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan Lyles is heading back to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Milwaukee acquired the 28-year-old right-hander from Pittsburgh on Monday for pitching prospect Cody Ponce.
Lyles was 1-0 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 appearances for the Brewers late last season, helping Milwaukee win the NL Central. He agreed to a $2.05 million, one-year contract with the Pirates and earned a rotation spot, going 5-7 with a 5.36 ERA. He won five of his first six decisions with Pittsburgh but has a 9.58 ERA in eight starts since May 28.
Lyles was scheduled to start for Pittsburgh on Monday night against Cincinnati and was replaced by Alex McRae. The Pirates are 2-14 since the All-Star break, falling out of contention.
Ponce, a second-round pick in the 2015 amateur draft, is 1-3 with one save, 44 strikeouts and a 3.29 ERA in 27 appearances at Double-A Biloxi this season.
_ Rookie Fernando Tatis Jr. and Franmil Reyes homered on David Hess’ first two pitches, and Eric Hosmer homered twice and drove in five runs to lead the San Diego Padres to an 8-1 victory against the Baltimore Orioles. Luis Urias also went deep for the Padres, who hit four homers off Hess (1-10) and five overall.
_ Jordan Zimmermann got his first win in 18 starts dating to last season and the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2. Zimmermann allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings to get his first victory since Sept. 5, 2018 and avoid setting a team record for most consecutive starts without a win. Adam Bereno also went 17 starts without a win during the 2002-03 seasons. Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three, and Jordy Mercer also connected for Detroit.
In other MLB news:
_ Houston outfielder Jake Marisnick’s two-game suspension for his violent home plate collision with Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy on July 7 has been upheld by Major League Baseball. Marisnick was suspended on July 11 by Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre but appealed the decision to a special assistant to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. The commissioner’s office said the hearing took place July 23 and the penalty was upheld. Lucroy suffered a concussion and a broken nose.
_ The New York Mets are close to a trade to send left-hander Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Double-A catcher Austin Bossart, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Vargas is a 36-year-old left-hander. He is 6-5 with a 4.01 ERA, winning his last three starts. He became expendable when the Mets acquired right-hander Marcus Stroman from Toronto on Sunday night for a pair of pitching prospects.
_ Max Scherzer is back on the 10-day injured list, unwelcome news for the Washington Nationals as they try to catch the Atlanta Braves in the NL East while pushing for a wild card berth. The Nationals announced that Scherzer was placed on the IL with a minor rhomboid strain. It’s similar to the inflammation under his right shoulder that forced the ace right-hander to the IL for 19 days earlier this month.
_Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz says he is glad to be home with his family after a botched assassination attempt in his native Dominican Republic. More than seven weeks after he was shot, Ortiz said on Instagram that watching his family celebrate that he is home and safe is “priceless.” These are his first public comments since the attack by a hit man who police say was supposed to be targeting someone else.
^NFL NEWS-COWBOYS-MORRIS
Cowboys bringing back Alfred Morris with Elliott holding out
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are bringing back running back Alfred Morris with two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott holding out of training camp while seeking a new contract.
Agent Michael Katz says Morris agreed to terms Monday, the third day of practices without Elliott. Morris was the replacement back for the Cowboys when Elliott was suspended for six games over domestic violence allegations two years ago.
The 30-year-old Morris spent two seasons with the Cowboys, signing in 2016 before Dallas made Elliott the fourth overall pick in that year’s draft. Morris was Elliott’s backup both years.
In six games as Elliott’s replacement in 2017, Morris ran for 430 yards and a touchdown.
In other NFL news:
_ New York Jets wide receiver Jamison Crowder left practice with a foot injury and was having an MRI to determine the nature and severity. Crowder was hurt late in practice, walking to the sideline with a bit of a limp, where trainers examined his left foot. Crowder signed a three-year, $28.5 million contract with the Jets in March after spending his first four NFL seasons with Washington.
_ Saints coach Sean Payton says Zion Williamson’s physical stature would make the Pelicans rookie an intriguing NFL prospect at several positions. Williamson is 6-foot-7 and 285 pounds. In an interview on SiriusXM, Payton says five Saints assistants would have their hands up if offered a chance to coach Williamson. The former Duke star also has thrown the football with Saints quarterback Drew Brees. The Saints and Pelicans are under the same ownership and have neighboring training headquarters.
_ The Saints have released veteran wide receiver Cameron Meredith. Coach Sean Payton says the former Chicago Bears leading receiver has struggled to recover from a major 2017 knee injury and was falling behind some young receivers who’ve been performing well.
_ A Louisiana judge has ordered that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and three officials from January’s NFC title game be questioned under oath in September about an infamous “no-call” during January’s NFC title game. Attorney Antonio LeMon, who filed a lawsuit over the game, says he and league attorneys will pick a mutually agreeable date for the questioning _ barring any league appeals that might delay or cancel the questioning.
_ Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Keith Reaser hurt his Achilles tendon during practice and could miss the season. Reaser emerged as one of the stars of the brief Alliance of American Football and was likely to make the Chiefs’ roster.
_ Keith Lincoln, a star on the San Diego Chargers’ 1963 AFL championship team, has died. He was 80. Lincoln’s death was announced by Washington State University. Lincoln was a five-time AFL All-Star and was elected to the Chargers Hall of Fame.
^NHL NEWS
Lightning give Vasilevskiy 8-year, $76 million extension
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has signed an eight-year, $76 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The team announced the deal — worth an average of $9.5 million per season — with the Vezina Trophy winner on Monday.
The two-time All-Star appeared in 53 games last season, going 39-10-4 with a 2.40 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage while helping Tampa Bay match the NHL single-season record with 62 wins.
In other NHL news:
_ The New Jersey Devils acquired left wing Nikita Gusev from the Vegas Golden Knights and signed him to a two-year contract with an average annual salary of $4.5 million. The Devils sent a 2020 third-round draft pick and a 2021 second-round pick to Vegas. Gusev has spent his entire seven-year professional career in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.
— Alex Meruelo has completed his purchase of the controlling interest in the Arizona Coyotes. The team announced Monday that Meruelo completed the transaction with Andrew Barroway to become Arizona’s majority owner. Meruelo becomes the only Hispanic controlling owner of an NHL team.
_ Hockey Hall of Famer Denis Potvin has announced his retirement as a television broadcaster for the Florida Panthers. Potvin, a former captain for the New York Islanders, was part of the Panthers’ first broadcast team in 1993-94 and spent 21 seasons as their TV analyst.
US WOMEN-EQUAL PAY
US Soccer says women’s team has made more than the men
U.S. Soccer says the players on the World Cup champion women’s national team were paid more than their male counterparts from 2010 through 2018.
According to a letter released Monday by U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro, the federation has paid out $34.1 million in salary and game bonuses to the women as opposed to $26.4 million paid to the men. Those figures do not include the benefits received only by the women, like health care.
Players for the women’s team filed a federal lawsuit in March alleging “institutionalized gender discrimination” that includes inequitable compensation when compared to players on the men’s team. The two sides have agreed to mediation to settle the lawsuit.
USSF also says the men’s team generates more revenue. The women’s team generated $101.3 million over the course of 238 games between 2009 and 2019 while the men generated $185.7 over 191 games.
NASCAR
7-time NASCAR champion Johnson gets new crew chief
UNDATED (AP) — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is moving on to another new crew chief.
Hendrick Motorsports has replaced Kevin Meendering with Cliff Daniels, who will be atop the pit box for Sunday’s road course race at Watkins Glen International in New York.
Johnson won seven championships with crew chief Chad Knaus over 17 years before they were split up after last season. Meendering failed to steer Johnson into victory lane this season. Johnson is 12 points out of the 16-driver playoff field with five races left before the cutoff.
The 31-year-old Daniels was Johnson’s race engineer on the 2016 championship team.
OBIT-HARRISON B WILSON
Ex-educator, grandfather of Seahawk Russell Wilson has died
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Former Norfolk State University president and grandfather of NFL star Russell Wilson has died.
The Seattle Seahawks quarterback remembered his 94-year-old grandfather Dr. Harrison B. Wilson on Instagram, describing him as an educator and mentor. Wilson posted: “Going to miss you Grandpa.”
News outlets report the elder Wilson was the grandson of a former slave, who instilled the idea of education in his 15 children. Wilson was a star athlete at Kentucky State University and received his master’s and doctorate from Indiana University.
Wilson was Norfolk president from 1975 to 1997, helping the school flourish academically and athletically. New graduate programs were added under his tenure and the Spartans racked up CIAA basketball and football titles.
Wilson is survived by his wife, Dr. Lucy Wilson, and daughter, April Woodard, a broadcast journalist for WTKR News 3 in Norfolk.
In world and national news…
DETROIT (AP) — The second set of Democratic presidential debates will be a last chance for some 2020 candidates to be considered serious contenders.
The 20 hopefuls will face off Tuesday and Wednesday nights in Detroit. They will have the opportunity to respond to President Donald Trump’s recent string of racist and incendiary tweets and comments, but they’ll also be under pressure to provide specifics on how they can improve the lives of Americans.
The stakes are high: To qualify for the third set of debates in September, candidates must raise money from more donors and hit higher polling thresholds — a bar more than half of the contenders are at risk of missing.
Those tougher rules set by the Democratic National Committee are expected to winnow the race.
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s recent return to racial politics may be aimed at rallying his base of white working-class voters across rural America, but he risks losing the support of suburban women.
Many professional, suburban women — a critical voting bloc in the 2020 election — recoil at the abrasive, divisive rhetoric, exposing the president to a potential wave of opposition in key battlegrounds across the country.
In more than three dozen interviews by The Associated Press with women in critical suburbs, nearly all expressed dismay — or worse — at Trump’s racially polarizing insults and what was often described as unpresidential treatment of people.
Even some who gave Trump credit for the economy or backed his crackdown on immigration acknowledged they were troubled or uncomfortable lining up behind the president.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Experts say organizers should take another look at their emergency plans in the wake of the deadly shooting at a California food festival to see if they can make additional safety improvements.
The shooting Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival left three dead — including two children — and a dozen wounded at the three-day event that attracts more than 100,000 people annually to Northern California agricultural community.
The festival included a perimeter fence, metal detectors, bag searches and police. Despite those measures, 19-year-old Santino William Legan cut through the fence and opened fire before three officers fatally shot him.
Officials say first responders and event coordinators need to balance safety concerns, costs and a welcoming atmosphere for visitors as the height of summer brings the peak of fair season.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore residents are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s comments about their city.
In his recent attacks on Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, Trump called the congressman’s district a “rat and rodent infested mess” where no one would want to live.
The remarks have rocked Maryland’s largest city, which is nearly 53% black. Residents say their home bears no resemblance to the place Trump described.
Maryland’s 7th Congressional District is far from monolithic. While some parts have struggled with poverty and crime, the district also includes more affluent areas and some famous landmarks such as Johns Hopkins University and its hospital, as well as the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Elsewhere are cultural touchstones like the Baltimore Museum of Art.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s recent tweets aren’t the first time a president has drawn attention for racist gestures.
Throughout American history, presidents have uttered comments, issued decisions and made public and private moves that critics said were racist, either at the time or in later generations.
Thomas Jefferson wrote that black slaves smelled and couldn’t produce art or poetry. Woodrow Wilson screened the racist film “The Birth of a Nation” at the White House without apology. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon used racist epithets in secretly recorded conversations with aides.
Many of the early presidents owned black slaves. They also held power when African Americans, Native Americans and Latinos did not have the right to vote or serve on juries and could be refused service in public accommodations.
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