Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Feb 3, 2014

 

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 DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS NEAR 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT
 THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 30 BELOW ARE
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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday (Feb 3, 2014) at City Hall.

Council Member Brubakken was not present.

 Opening bids for the sale of an impounded/abandoned vehicle.

Consent Agenda items discussed separately…

Item “A” was removed by Council Member Buchanan…

A Resolution to authorize Renaissance Zone Tax Incentives for a portion of the Jamestown Rowhomes Limited Partnership project located on Block 42, Original Addition (401 3rd Street SE), the former Essentia Clinic location,

by providing a 5 Year – 100% property tax exemption, subject to ND Department of Community Services approval.

He said the Resolution should be denied in order to exempt property tax collections as indicated. Development costs were also not know, he said by the developer at a recent committee meeting. He said the city has more pressing needs, than dollars available.  Erin Anderson with the developer MetroPlains explained demolition and asbestos removal costs, adding the facility will be located centrally to senior citizens and others, saying the project will provide value to the community, plus added services, from Central Valley Health District, James River Community/Senor Center, and Easter Seals. The motion to authorize was passed on a 3-1 vote with Council Member Buchanan voting in opposition.

Regular Agenda:

Resolutions:

A Public Hearing was held concerning the request to vacate a roadway adjacent to Lot 3, Block 2 and Lot 3, Block 3, Diamond Acres 2nd Addition.Corey Bayer indicated a model home business will be set up there. Following the Public Hearing the City Council voted to approve  the request.

 

The Council considered the evaluation related to claims of utility conflicts by Sellin Brothers, Inc., on Wastewater Lift Station Replacement and Force Main Project Phase II – Force Main and Gravity District 13-31 & 13- 32 (CWSRF No. 380808-06). City Attorney Dalsted asked the matter be tabled, following a call from Sellin’s attorney, asking to defer action.

 

Council Members considered the replacement of a Roll-off Truck for the Sanitation Department.  The Council voted to send the item to the Public Works Committee.

 

The City Council then, discussed the request of Norm Aldinger for the City to direct Otter Tail Power Company to remove the structure at 113 12th Avenue NE based on language in the city franchise ordinance.Mayor Andersen said the item was tabled at the request of Aldinger’s attorney.

 

Approved a Change Order to Energy Services Group, for the Jamestown Civic Center Energy Services Project, with no change in contract price.

 

Ordinances:

The First Reading concerned to amending and re-enacting an Ordinance of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of Lots 10-14, Tahran’s Addition from R-1 (One-Family Residential District) to C-1 (Local Commercial District).

Jerry DeMore asked the proper procedure if a citizen feel a zoning Ordinance is in violation. Attorney Dalsted said it depends on the type of violation that occurs either his office or police.

Other Business:

Approved a Payment to Energy Services Group, LLC. for the Jamestown Civic Center Energy Services Agreement, in the amount of $60,213.00.

Granted the request from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation MinnDak Inc – Jamestown Chapter for a gaming site authorization to conduct gaming at the Gladstone Inn on March 22, 2014.

 The  Council discussed the painting scheme and additional $44,300.00 and additional 30 days for painting completion on the new Southwest Water Tower.  Travis Dillman with Interstate Engineering noted the paint scheme from white with black letter to blue with letter similar to the JSDC logo lettering.  The blue and lettering  would cost another approximately $44,300 to bring the total to about $69,000.  Mayor Andersen suggested the paint and letter is a marketing tool for Jamestown. The Council moved the item to the next Public Works Committee meeting.

Approved a Payment to Woodsonia Real Estate Group, Inc., per the Developer Agreement with the Menard’s project, dated August 8, 2013, in the amount of $125,000.00.

Approved a Payment No. 1 (1710), to Prairie Soil Consulting, LLC, for services on the Solid Waste Landfill (Expansion-50 Acres approx), in the amount of $7,650.00.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67, followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown’s Mayor Katie Andersen says she’s taken out a petition to run for a second term as mayor.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Mayor Andersen said, later this year she will make a formal announcement.

In addition to mayor, city elections include a city council seat, a municipal judgeship and three positions on the Jamestown Parks and Recreation board.

The city elections require 300 petition signatures for mayor and city council, 269 for municipal judge and 284 for park board. The paperwork for those elections can be picked up at Jamestown City Hall, 102 3rd Ave. SE. The deadline to return the petitions with the required number of signatures in April 7, 2014, at 4-p.m.

Also in 2014, five Jamestown Public School Board seats – four at-large and one rural -are up for election.

In Stutsman County, positions up for election include: Stutsman County sheriff, State’s Attorney, three County Commissioners and seats on the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District Board of Directors and the Soil Conservation District.

The city and school board elections are held during the Primary Elections in June 2014.

 

Valley City (CSi) The Hi Liner Activity Center will host an informational meeting, on Thursday February 6, 2014, for input on the direction of permanent flood protection in Valley City.

The meeting will start at 7-p.m.

Valley City is working on a comprehensive plan, and Commissioner, Mary Lee Nielson says, this will be the first of a number of meetings to discuss the permanent flood protection process.

Options include the buyouts to widen the river channel while some residents are concerned about the city losing its tax base with buyouts.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police arrested a suspect in the armed robbery of a payday loan store and pawn shop after a standoff at an apartment in the city.
 
     A SWAT team was called to the residence about 5 a.m. Monday. The apartment building was evacuated and streets in the area were blocked off. The standoff ended peacefully about four hours later.
 
     The 22-year-old suspect is wanted in connection with the Jan. 7 robbery of a Mister Money store.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The value of building permits issued in North Dakota’s fourth-largest city last year was the second-highest total in Minot’s history.
 
     The city says $261.2 million worth of permits were issued in 2013, second only to the $305 million in permits issued in 2012. The second-highest amount had been $204.6 million in 2011.
 
     City Manager Dave Waind says officials expect the growth to continue due to energy development in the western part of the state.
 
     Minot’s population is now estimated at more than 50,000 people, up from the 2010 census count of just under 41,000.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The city of Minot is asking the federal government to extend the eligibility deadline for a program aimed at helping residents repair homes damaged in the summer 2011 Souris River flood.
 
     The Housing and Urban Development program allows qualified homeowners to be reimbursed for repair expenses during the first year following a flood. But many residents of Minot postponed repair decisions while they waited for the city to finish work on a new flood protection plan.
 
     U.S. Sen. John Hoeven has asked HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan to extend the period of eligibility from one year to three years in Minot’s case. That would mean repair expenses would be covered through this coming May.
 
     The city has set aside $5 million in federal grant money for home repair reimbursements.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A new survey of business leaders suggests the economy will continue growing in nine Midwestern and Plains states in the months ahead.
 
     The monthly Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 57.7 last month, compared with 53.2 in December.
 
     Looking six months ahead, the business confidence index dropped to a still strong 62.2 from 66.5 in December.
 
     The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth, while a score below that suggests decline.
 
     The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

 

KENMARE, N.D. (AP) – Residents of the northwestern North Dakota town of Kenmare will be voting a second time on a multimillion-dollar school bond proposal.
 
     Voters last Nov. 19 narrowly defeated a $14 million measure to build a classroom addition and a secondary gymnasium. About half of the 425 people who voted were in favor, when 60 percent approval was required under North Dakota law.
 
     Superintendent Duane Mueller says the school board has scaled back the proposal, to $7.5 million. Residents will vote April 8. Once again, 60 percent approval is needed.

 

In world and national news…

 NEW YORK (AP) – It’s been another day of big losses on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average has been down more than 280 points in Monday afternoon trading. Stocks opened lower after declines in European and Japanese indexes. The sell-off accelerated in the U.S. after a private survey showed U.S. manufacturing barely expanded last month.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A battlefield survey has found higher morale and fewer mental health problems among U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan as their combat role decreased.  An Army report released Monday says rates of depression, acute stress and suicidal tendencies were lower last year than in 2010 and 2012. In those years, the number of troops in Afghanistan increased, along with the violence they faced.
 
     TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign is asking permission to exceed New Jersey’s election spending cap to pay lawyers handling subpoenas issued in an investigation of a political payback scandal. The campaign says it spent all but about $13,000 of the $12.2 million limit for Christie’s re-election last year. It says that if the campaign can’t raise and spend more, it cannot pay its lawyers. And without paying the lawyers, it won’t be able to answer the subpoenas. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission has set a hearing for Feb. 11.
 
     EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The head of New Jersey Transit is defending the agency’s response to a huge bottleneck that left thousands of fans waiting for trains for hours after the Super Bowl. He says the agency did “an excellent job” moving the crowds, despite the delays. More than 30,000 people rode trains between MetLife Stadium and Secaucus (sih-KAW’-kuhs) Junction. That’s double the highest estimates made by organizers before the game. The crowds were stuck on train platforms at the stadium.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – After fighting crowds to get to and from MetLife Stadium, some people who went to Super Bowl are now battling the weather as they try to get out of the New York City area.  For one Indiana man and his 11-year-old son, the Super Bowl experience has been a triple bust. First, their beloved Denver Broncos got crushed by the Seattle Seahawks. Then, as they left the stadium, their bus got stuck in a massive traffic jam. Monday they found out their flight home was canceled — and it took them hours to get from the airport back to their hotel.