Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 19

 

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING…THEN CLOUDY WITH A
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. PATCHY BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
EVENING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. COLDER.
LOWS AROUND 10. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. HIGHS AROUND 15.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.

 

A COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. IN ITS WAKE AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE FAVORED LOCATION FOR MEASURABLE SNOW AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO BE FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

STEADY OR EVEN FALLING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO NEAR 10 ABOVE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

TRAVELERS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES…SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW.

ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR AND WIND FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING WILL BRING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW.

　

Jamestown, ND (CSi) — The Jamestown City Council met Tuesday afternoon at City Hall, at 3-p.m. Council Member Gumke was not present.

The City Council considered two items.

First Council Members reviewed the City of Jamestown and Stutsman Rural Water District agreement to provide water to the Great River Energy plant, at Spiritwood.

City Attorney Ken Dalsted said, the city has concerns of meter access by the city for readings and maintenance.

GRE’s Al Christianson said both the City and Rural Water would have equal access.

Other items such as water tower maintenance and other issues were brought up.

Christianson said GRE will be able resolve issues of concern.

Following additional concerns of Dalsted and City Council Member Dan Buchanan,

that were addressed the City Council voted to approve the contract.

Next the City Council voted to table authorizing entering into an agreement with Interstate Engineering, for miscellaneous improvements to the water distribution system, pending specific fee structure numbers instead of just percentages.

The item will then come before the December 2, 2013 City Council meeting for final approval.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67 Followed by replays.

　

Jamestown (CSi) — The Jamestown City Council’s committees met in combined session on Tuesday (Nov 19, 2013) at City Hall.

With Finance and Legal Committee business:

The committee recommended approving the request from the North Dakota Trade Office for $25,000 in Economic Development Funds to match dues from local companies with the City Share to be $20,000 and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.

Recommended approving the offer from Koste (Coast) Materials, LLC, to purchase Lots 1, 2 & 3 in the JSDC Ag Food Processing Industrial Park, in the amount of $262,500.

Recommended for disapproval, the offer from Ambassador Steel Corporation to purchase Lot 4 in the JSDC Ag Food Processing Industrial Park, in the amount of $81,375…$7,500 per acre..approved Tuesday by the Stutsman County Commission. A grant of $175,000 may also be applied for.

The committee recommended for approval the offer from Kevin Thoele, Buffalo City Diesel, to purchase Lot 6, Block 4 in the I-94 Business Park, in the amount of $69,260.

Recommended approval of the offer from Shaw Development Group to purchase Lot 8, Block 1 in the I-94 Business Park, at $1 per acre, in the amount of $68,171.

(proposed motel). Former Mayor Clarice Liechty appeared and opposed the approval, based on the sale below market value, and a competing business, and not a primary sector business. (The JSDC Board of Directors, and Stutsman County Commission has approved the offer).

The committee recommended approving the sale of the JSDC Condos # 2 & #3 on the second floor of Buffalo City Grille, in the amounts of $150,000 and $145,000.

Recommends approval of an SRF Consulting Change Order, in the amount of $13,839, for performing out of scope services and to authorize the use of Economic Development Funds with the City Share to be $11,071.20 and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.

Considered the request from Metro Plains for the City Council to consider the inclusion of Block 42, Original Addition, to the City of Jamestown into the Renaissance Zone. Representative Erin Anderson says Metro Plains is seeking state, funding from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency to construct 24 units of affordable senior housing, at the former Essentia Clinic location in downtown Jamestown, and parking lot. She said an agreement has been reached with Essentia officials for the purchase. The James River Library System has been looking at the site for a new library.

The committee recommends to approve the request for inclusion to the Renaissance Zone.

Considered the request of Ray Hammer to purchase (subject to North Dakota Historical Society Approval) the East 95’ of the South 50’ of Lot 12, Block 1, Homestead III Addition, in the amount of $3,000. The committee voted to recommend approval contingent upon approval of the State Historical Society.

The committee recommends approval of Water, Sewer, Sanitation and Solid Waste rates effective January 1, 2014, per the 2014 Budget.

Considered the extension of the agreement to Jointly Operate the Stutsman County

Communications Center. The agreement would cover an additional dispatcher while two new dispatchers are trained, under the changes in the dispatch center, expected until July 2014. The extension until July of 2014, was recommended for approval.

　

Norm Aldinger appeared concerning the erection of an Otter Tail Power Company electrical pole and structure on 12th Avenue NE, and its removal. Mayor Andersen says the city has limited authority to provide a solution, based on the franchise agreement with Otter Tail Power Company.

The committee move the item to the December City Council meeting without recommendations.

Monthly departmental reports were presented.

The committee noted, the First Reading of an Ordinance to amend and reenact Chapter 26 of the City Code pertaining to taxicab licenses and taxicab driver’s licenses.

The committee recommends authorizing the issuance and sale of $1,000,000 Wastewater Treatment Assessment Warrants, Series 2013B. (Gravity Sewer Mains)

The committee recommends authorizing the issuance and sale of $10,350,000 Wastewater Treatment Revenue Warrants, Series 2013D. (Sewer Lift Station Replacements & Force Main)

The committee recommends consider authorizing the issuance and sale of $3,812,000 Water Treatment Revenue Warrants, Series 2013C. (Water Tower & Water Mains)

　

Building, Planning & Zoning Committee:

The committee recommends sending to the City Council without recommendation approving the recommendation from the Planning Commission to fund formal planning and development services for calendar year 2014 either by contract or position for at least what was budgeted for this year which was $35,000.

　

Forestry

Discussion was held about the Partners In Planting Program.

City Forester Doug Wiles talked about a program to plant trees on city boulevards, through donations, without cost to the city. A funding program for the property owners will be developed, based on a formula. Wiles will inspect the plantings to make sure the trees are located in the proper spot.

The committee recommends implementing the program.

　

Public Works Committee:

Discussion was held about conflicts with existing private utilities relating to the Wastewater & Lift Station Replacement & Force main Improvements Project Phase II – Force Main and Gravity Sewer project. David Swofford with Sellin Brothers contractors gave an update on problems encountered including utilities that had to be moved, unknown at the start of the project. Sellin says an additional $65,000 is being asked from the city for the extra work.

City Attorney Ken Dalsted recommends that topic be tabled, until he does more research on legal recourse on behalf of the city.

　

The balance of the committees agenda items were delayed until a meeting later this week or early next week, when the committees will reconvene.

Tuesday’s meeting was shown live on CSi 67 followed by replays.

 

Valley City (CSi) A Navigator with the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) to find uninsured residents and inform them of their options under the Affordable Care Act.

Donene Feist will be available to answer questions about new federal law on Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Valley City Barnes County Public Library. For more information about the presentation call the library at 845-3821.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found along railroad tracks in an industrial area but say no foul play is suspected.
 
     The body was spotted by a passing train crew late Monday afternoon. Sgt. Mike Erbes says the man had been struck by a train.
 
     Authorities identified the man as 43-year-old Chad Lewis Johnson, of Fargo.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A faith-based effort to provide housing for flood recovery volunteers in Minot has ended, after 17 months of helping North Dakota’s fourth-largest city rebound from a historic Souris River flood.
 
     Hope Village hosted nearly 400 teams with a total of nearly 5,300 volunteers from 48 states and five Canadian provinces.
 
     Officials say the volunteers helped about 550 homeowners with repairs. Hope Village Board President Paul Krueger estimates the value of the volunteer help at $3.25 million.
 
     Many organizations with several church denominations took part in Hope Village. The final few mobile homes were closed Monday.
 
     The June 2011 flood caused by heavy spring snowmelt and rains damaged or destroyed more than 4,000 homes, businesses and other structures in Minot.

 

 ALBANY (AP) – It’s the biggest-settlement ever between the Justice Department and a corporation. JPMorgan Chase is agreeing to pay $13 billion — including $4 billion in customer relief. It resolves claims over the bank’s sales of mortgage-backed securities that collapsed during the U.S. housing crisis.
 
     SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – George Zimmerman is going to have to stay away from his girlfriend’s house, and refrain from any contact with her. Those are among the conditions set by a judge in Florida Tuesday who set bond at $9,000 in Zimmerman’s domestic violence case. He’s facing charges including aggravated assault, which could bring up to five years in prison if he’s convicted. Zimmerman’s girlfriend accuses him of pointing a gun at her, but Zimmerman denies it. A prosecutor said the girlfriend fears for her life, saying Zimmerman mentioned suicide and said he “had nothing to lose.” Defense lawyers say he doesn’t appear to be suicidal. 
 
     GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado teenager who killed and dismembered a 10-year-old girl in the Denver area last year is being sentenced to life in prison. A judge Tuesday sentenced 18-year-old Austin Sigg after an emotional two-day hearing. Sigg pleaded guilty to the October 2012 slaying of Jessica Ridgeway. The girl was abducted while walking to school, and human remains identified as hers were found five days later in a park. Sigg didn’t face the death penalty because he was 17 when Jessica was killed.
 
     ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has denied appeals on behalf of white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, hours before his scheduled execution. Appeals are still pending before federal courts. Franklin is scheduled to die after midnight for a sniper killing at a suburban St. Louis synagogue in 1977. He has also been convicted of seven other murders in four other states and has claimed responsibility for up to 20 killings.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed a bill banning the sale of tobacco products to anyone under age 21. The legislation makes New York the first large city or state in the country to prohibit sales to young adults. Bloomberg said the law will help prevent young people from experimenting with tobacco at the age when they are most likely to become addicted. City health officials say 80 percent of smokers start before age 21. Tobacco companies and some retailers say the law will simply drive teenagers to the city’s thriving black market.