Dir. Deb Kantrud

Dir. Deb Kantrud

Jamestown (CSi) The South Central Dakota Regional Council Executive Board has approved working with Stutsman County officials to resolve the issues related to the county’s multi-hazard mitigation plan completion

The executive board Wednesday agreed to seek payment from Stutsman County equal to how much of the mitigation plan was completed by the Regional Council.

Regional Council executive director, Deb Kantrud said former planner Daniel Schwartz had estimated that the plan was 70 percent done before he was fired on May 18th . Kantrud said Schwartz not completing the plan by the June 1st deadline in the contract the Regional Council had with Stutsman County was part of the reason she fired Schwartz.

Schwartz said at the executive board’s May 20 meeting that he was told by Kantrud he was fired for being insubordinate.

On Tuesday the Stutsman County Commission approved terminating the contract with the Regional Council for work the council did on the mitigation plan.

 

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Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission has approved terminating an agreement the county has with South Central Dakota Regional Council updating the county’s multi-hazard mitigation plan.

In 2013 the county contracted with the Regional Council to provide consulting and advisory services to revise the plan.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist says the Regional Council missed a June 1 deadline to complete the plan, which would then be submitted to state and federal officials for approval.

Bergquist says the county and regional council will negotiate how much the regional council will be paid for the work it has completed on the plan.

　

In other business, the commission approved the sale of three lots in the I-94 Business Park from the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. to Magnum LTL for $221,000. Magnum is planning to build a freight terminal on the property, according to Jim Johannesson, Magnum LTL vice president.