Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 5

CSi Weather…

 …WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT TO NOON CST TUESDAY…
 
 .TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. WEST WINDS 5 TO
 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.
 .TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
 AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
 WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.
 .TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 25 BELOW.
 NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 50 BELOW.
 .WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. WEST WINDS 10 TO
 15 MPH.
 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 SNOW. NOT AS COLD. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
 15 MPH.
 .THURSDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
 THROUGH THE DAY. WINDY. HIGHS AROUND 10.
 .THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
 IN THE EVENING. BREEZY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
 .FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
 .FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 BELOW TO
 10 BELOW ZERO. HIGHS AROUND 10.
 

VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RETURN MONDAY NIGHT…RANGING BETWEEN 27 BELOW AND 37 BELOWZERO.
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
 
 ANOTHER ROUND OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.  All members were present.

Consent Agenda Items considered separately included:

Council Member Buchanan asked that item “D” be discussed separately, a Resolution to direct the City Attorney to review State statutes relative to joint powers agreements and special assessment districts within townships and to direct the City Administrator to prepare a report regarding potential funding opportunities in order to provide for a Storm Water Master Plan Study in the immediate vicinity of the City of Jamestown.

He asked for a clarificaiton.

City Attorney Ken Dalsted said by adopting the Resolution the City Council was not taking action on specific items.

On the Regular Agenda:

Resolutions:

A public Hearing was held, concerning the request to vacate 13th Avenue NE from 4th Street NE to 5^th Street NE, adjacent to Block 1, Solien & Denault Hi-Acres Addition, and Lots 1 & 2, Meadowlark Addition, to the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, near the 7^th Day Adventist Church. A supportive letter was received by the city from the Church. Subject to the reservation of easement rights.

Following the Public Hearing the City Council approved the request.

 

Another Public Hearing was held, concerning the request to vacate 11th Avenue NE/1400 Block, adjacent to Lot 6, Block 4, Leapaldt Addition, Replat of Block 4; Part of Lots 7 & 8 Less N.102.5’ of W.233’ & S.72.75’ of N.175.25’ of W.200’, Replat of Lots 7 & 8, Block 4, Leapaldt Addition, Replat of Block 4; and Lot 1, Block 1, Leapaldt 2nd Addition, to the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota. Adjacent to the Jehovah’s Witness Church. Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther said he and Police Chief Edinger have indicated adequate access will be available.

Council Member Buchanan suggested a provision that includes reserving the rights of easements. Mayor Andersen said she does not favor most vacations.

Following the Public Hearing the City Council voted to table the item until next month.

The City Council moved the request from Newman Signs to lease space for two (2) sign structures on Outlots A & B, Menards Addition, to this month’s committee meeting.

The Council Members discussed entering into a CORS Host Agreement with Butler Machinery Company d/b/a MidStates VRS to attach a CORS Station at the Water Treatment Plant,

for GPS equipment. City Attorney Dalsted said has been reviewing the agreement, indicating more work needs to be done on the agreement.

The Council moved the item to the January committee meeting.

The Council moved a revised Catering Agreement for Alcohol Beverage Sales at the Jamestown Civic Center to include a revision of the fees, to the next committee meeting. Dalsted indicated a separate alcohol and catering agreement be included in revisions.

The City Council approved payment of Invoice No. 120814, to Joseph P. Larrivee, Architects, P.C., for work related to the water damage at the Fire Hall, in the amount of $1,908.00.

Ordinances:

A Public Hearing was held, concerning an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 by amending the District Map to change the zoning of Lot 1, Block 61, Klaus Second Addition, (503 2^nd Ave SW) from R-2-A (One to Six Family Residential District) to C-2 (General Commercial District).

A Second Reading of an Ordinance was approved to amend with Mayor Andersen voting in opposition.

Hearing From The Audience:

Nellie Degen a liason of the North Dakota Fraternal Order of Police, James River Valley Chapter presented a letter to the Council, she offered her assistance and support in setting up goals and objectives.

Ms. Degen appeared on the January City Matters Program on CSi Cable 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL with more information.

　

Appointments:

The City Council approved appointing Harvey Schuh to serve as a member of the Board of Adjustment for a three (3) year term to expire January 2018.

Appointed Trent Hillerud to serve as a member of the Fire Code Board of Appeals for a three (3) year term to expire November 2017.

Appointed Calvin Dupree to serve as a city representative member of the Law Enforcement Center Governing Board for a four (4) year term to expire December 2018.

Appointed Trent Sletto to serve as a member of the Regional Airport Authority for a five (5) year term to expire December 2019.

Mayor and Council Member Reports: No one spoke.

 

Other Business:

Consider approval of the sale of the current portable basketball floor and backstops to Tom Tracy in the amount of $18,000.00 ($12,000 floor and $6,000 backstops). The trade-in value was estimated at $10,000.

Mayor Andersen moved to place the item on the next committee meeting agenda.

Approved the NDDOT Project Submittal List, as prepared by the City Engineer, for FY 2015-2020, with the condition that the Council can choose to amend the Approved Project List after submittal and approval of the City’s Land Use and Transportation Plan, tentatively scheduled for March/April of 2015.

The City Council discussed rejecting the bid for Storm Drain Cleaning, as the bidder did not supply adequate information and was out of price range. A representative of Schebenske Inc., requested their proposal be considered. The work would be on a trial basis on a section of drain, and if the work was not adequate, no charge would be made.

City Attorney Dalsted said the project would need to be re-bid, if the current bids are rejected.

The City Council voted to reject the bid which failed.

The Council then accepted the bid of Scherbenske’s, to perform the work.

An application from KSS63 LLC Cherry Berry’s restaurant for an On Sale Beer, Wine, and Sparkling Wine license at 2403 Highway 281 South for the period December 31, 2015 was approved.

Council Member Buchanan voted in opposition.

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

 

Jamestown (CSi) Beginning Experience (BE) in Jamestown begins the next 10 week session, on January 8, 2015.

Spokesperson Jay Wagner says, BE is a non-denominational Christian grief support group for those who have lost a loved-one or partner through death, divorce, or separation.

The new series is entitled “Coping With Life Alone.”

The group meets at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jamestown, at 7-p.m., with sessions starting at 7:30-p.m., and run until 9:30-p.m.

For more information call Dani at 269-0036, Jim at 320-1334, or Jay at 252-0525, or 659-3319.

 

  LARIMORE, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say that two people have died and at least 11 are injured in a train-school bus collision in North Dakota.
 
     The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the accident happened at 3:39 p.m. Monday on a gravel road about 5 miles east of Larimore in the northeastern part of the state. Grand Forks County Sheriff Bob Rost tells KFGO radio that the bus is from the Larimore School District.
 
     Highway Patrol Lt. Troy Hischer says the bus was heading north on a county road when it was struck by a westbound freight train. He says authorities do not have an exact total of the number of people injured, but believe it to be 11 or 12.
 
     Hischer says the weather was clear at the time of the crash.

 

Valley City (CSi) When the North Dakota 2015 legislative session opens on Tuesday January 6, 2015, Valley City State University will request the largest capital funding request in VCSU’s history.

Valley City State President Tisa Mason says the majority of the more than $40 million dollar request will be for a fine arts center and a new heating plant.

State Senator Larry Robinson says Foss Music Hall will have to be razed to make room for a permanent flood protection project once a new fine arts center is built.

Robinson says MaCarthy Hall the current home of the Communication Center will also be razed under this proposal and the new center will move into the new fine arts center once construction is completed.

　BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some North Dakota lawmakers are taking on a sobering tone as crude oil prices slipped to a more than five-year low Monday and below a threshold that could threaten billions of dollars of oil tax revenue for the state.
 
     The chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee says oil prices are the biggest concern for lawmakers for the 2015 Legislature, which begins Tuesday.
 
     Sen. Dwight Cook, of Mandan, calls tumbling oil prices a “big, black cloud hanging over the session.”
 
     Senate Democratic Minority Leader Mac Schneider, of Grand Forks, says it’s the first time in years the Legislature has had to consider the prospect of low oil prices. He says the state must look at carefully at spending while making long-term investments on such things as education.

In world and national news…

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) – An official with the U.S. Ski Team says team members are all “in shock” over today’s deaths of two American skiers in an avalanche. It happened near the team’s European training base in the Austrian alps. Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle were part of a group of 10 skiers on the U.S. development team who were preparing to race on the top-level World Cup.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it’s up to Republicans to decide whether Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise (skuh-LEES’) keeps his position in the House GOP leadership. He’s been under fire over revelations that he gave a speech to a white supremacist group 12 years ago. White House spokesman Josh Earnest adds that the makeup of the House Republican leadership — in his words — says a lot about who they are” and “what their values are.”
 
     LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Police in Long Beach, California, are asking for the public’s help in finding out who abducted a 3-week-old infant after shooting her parents and uncle. The baby was found dead in a trash bin about 120 miles south of Long Beach yesterday, a day after the family members were shot and wounded. The baby’s father is out of the hospital, but her mother and uncle are still in critical condition.
 
     MIAMI (AP) – The Coast Guard says the number of Cubans attempting to reach Florida illegally by sea has surged since the U.S. and Cuba announced they would restore diplomatic relations. The surge was prompted by rumors that an abrupt end is coming this month to the so-called wet foot-dry foot policy. It usually shields Cubans from deportation if they reach U.S. shores. There are no immediate plans to change the policy.
 
     PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) – A judge in Wisconsin says the actor who played Screech in the 1990s TV series “Saved by the Bell” must stand trial in a Christmas Day stabbing. Dustin Diamond faces charges including reckless endangerment. He told police he accidentally stabbed one of the men while trying to defend his fiancé.