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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall. All members were present.
NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY:
A Resolution was approved, the request from JSDC for a Resolution to participate in the Red River Valley Water Supply Pipeline. The pipeline would bring a western water supply to the Jamestown area, being supervised by the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District. Mayor Andersen said the water would benefit the Spiritwood Energy Park.
The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) Board of Directors has unanimously approved a resolution to participate in the Red River Valley Water Supply pipeline project.
The non-binding resolution contains no cost implications for the JSDC at this time.
Administrative Officer for the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, Merri Mooridian, says, “It reaffirms interest but does not commit. We’re identifying cities and water projects in need of water along the route.”
Early engineering designs of the Red River Valley Water Supply pipeline include a 66- to 84-inch- diameter pipeline roughly along the route of North Dakota Highway 200 from the Missouri River to the northern end of Lake Ashtabula. From there, the water would flow into the Sheyenne River to the Red River for industrial and municipal use by communities.
REGULAR AGENDA
RESOLUTIONS:
The City Council approved a Resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $450,000.00 Solid Waste Treatment Revenue Bond, Series 2015 for the landfill expansion.
ORDINANCES:
A Second Reading of an Ordinance to amend and re-enact Sections of the City Code pertaining to regulations for the use of utility-task vehicles in the City of Jamestown.
At Monday’s meeting, Council Member Brubakken restated that safety organizations and consumer groups are against putting the vehicles on the streets. He said members of the community have told him they do not want the vehicles on the streets, and noted possible liability issues.
City Council Member Buchanan concurred with Brubakken for the same reasons and pointed out documentation saying the vehicles are not appropriated for city streets
He said proof of insurance is required, and UTV operators may not drive without liability insurance. He said 471 cases of driving without liability insurance in Jamestown were in court records this year up to November 1, 2015, ,and the number is likely to go higher if UTVs are on city streets. He said police and court work will increase with violations.
From the audience Nick Hardy a law enforcement officer, spoke in favor of the Ordinance, saying he has full liability coverage on his UTV.
Jeff Schwind asked how many of the 471 citations of not driving with liability insurance involved UTVs.
Tom Nagel a police detective spoke in favor, saying he also drives a motorcycle, and noted that mopeds are now legal for street operations.
Stutsman County Sheriff, Chad Kaiser spoke and said no highway accidents have occurred in the county for several years with UTVs. Those accident that have occurred happened while off-roading.
Mayor Katie Andersen said, the UTVs need to be in compliance with the North Dakota Century Code, to be on city streets, citing several components .
The motion to approved carried on a 3-2 vote with Council Members Brubakken, and Buchanan voting in opposition.
HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:
Liaison, ND Fraternal Order of Police, James/Valley Regional Lodge #4, Nellie Degen, again explained the need for the city to budget for law enforcement to participate in the Public Employees Retirement System .
Mayor Katie Andersen said city and law enforcement officials recently took part in a state webinar that explained details of the program.
She indicated that some law enforcement personnel participate in an insurance program that allows early retirement at age 50 and full retirement at age 55.
She added that if the City of Jamestown participates the percentage of the city’s contribution will go up from 8% to 10%. She said the cost to the city is unknown depending on the number of participants.
Ms. Degen has pointed out that political subdivisions that have PERS available for local law enforcement is a good recruitment tool, noting that with officers under emotional and physical stress and limitation as they get older officers will benefit from being able to fully retire at age 55.
She added that PERS for law enforcement, is separate from the PERS mainstream program of public employees.
She said Stutsman County officials recently held a workshop on how the program works, but as of yet has taken no formal action. She is on the November 3, 2015 County Commission agenda.
Mayor Andersen said the information from the webinar, and subsequent meeting will be brought to upcoming city committee meeting for discussion.
APPOINTMENTS:
The City Council approved the appointment of Blaine P. Stockert to serve as a member of the Fire Code Board of Appeals for a term to expire November 2018.
Appointed Darlene Jung to serve as a member of the James River Valley Library System Board for a term to expire March 2018.
Appointed Lynn Hill to serve as a member of the Shade Tree Committee to fill the unexpired term of Sandy Eckelberg — April 2016.
Reappointed Brent Harris to serve as a member of the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority for a term to expire December 2020.
Reappointed Mayor Andersen to serve as the City Council representative on the Law Enforcement Center Governing Board for a term to expire December 2019.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:
Council Member Kourajian said the new Jamestown Bus Depot will open on Monday November 9, 2015. He also pointed out that this year’s Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade in Jamestown will be on Tuesday November 24, 2015 at 7-p.m. preceded by the Community Christmas Tree Lighting at 5:15 p.m. in front of the Civic Center.
Council Member Buchanan noted that JSDC CEO Connie Ova has been chosen as the new President of the North Dakota Economic Development Association.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67,followed by replays
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown has announced a temporary road closure for this Tuesday at 2nd Avenue Southwest between 1st Street & 2nd Street Southwest for building construction work.
Closures will be from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM and is anticipated to be finished that day. Street closure is contingent upon weather conditions at the time of closure.
Motorists and other traffic should use alternate routes if possible.
Jamestown (CSi) An online GoFundMe page has been established for a family after they lost their home to a fire on Friday, October 30, 2015.
Neighbor, Halie Johnson started the page after a home fire on the 200 block of 6th Avenue Southeast in Jamestown early Friday morning.
The Buffalo Valley American Red Cross Chapter in Jamestown has provided immediate assistance to the four adults and three children displaced by the fire.
The campaign is looking to raise roughly $3,000 to assist the family in their most immediate and basic needs.
Jamestown (CSi) In the second program in a series on preparation for end of life, Michael R. Williams will speak on pre-planning funeral options, cremation, body donation, and deaths occurring out-of-state.
The program will be on Tuesday November 10, 2015, at 6-p.m., at the Alfred Dickey Public Library, lower level area.
He will also discuss legal right to disposition and where ashes may or may not be interred.
He will share his experiences of funeral celebrations and changing attitudes toward the traditional funeral rite.
Mike is a local funeral director and owner of Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel of Jamestown and Edgeley.
Adult Program classes are held in the lower level Alfred Dickey Library conference room.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Federal labor officials say a North Dakota roofing contractor has been cited as a result of a workers safety investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor says inspectors found Fargo-based Lorz Construction failed to provide guard rails or fall protection equipment to roofers, exposing them to falls of up to three stories. The agency says the company also failed to ensure that forklifts supporting scaffold platforms were not moved while the platform was occupied or that scaffolds were built correctly.
A message left for the company’s management seeking comment was not immediately returned Monday.
The investigation began after a worker suffered serious injuries in May, when a forklift platform he was working on at a West Fargo construction site tipped over.
The agency is proposing $105,000 in penalties against the contractor.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota man who was sexually assaulted months before the abduction of Jacob Wetterling says he hopes the identification of his suspected attacker helps investigators close the 1989 case.
Jared Scheierl was 12 when he was grabbed off the streets of Cold Spring, forced into a car and sexually assaulted by a man. Nine months later, Wetterling was abducted near his home of St. Joseph.
Daniel James Heinrich was arrested last week for possessing child pornography and linked to Scheierl’s attack, as his DNA was found on the sweat Scheierl wore that day. Heinrich was also named a person of interest in Wetterling’s disappearance.
Scheierl said Monday he believes his attacker is also responsible for Wetterling’s abduction. Public defenders representing Heinrich did not respond to requests for comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Fort Yates man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing a woman on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
Thirty-year-old Lance Summers appeared in federal court in Bismarck Monday. Summers pleaded guilty in August to second-degree murder in the death last year of 38-year-old Natalie White Lightening of Cannon Ball.
The charge carried a maximum penalty of life in prison but the plea deal between Summers and prosecutors called for 10 years, and Judge Daniel Hovland approved it. Summers will be on probation for five years following his prison time.
White Lightening was last seen by friends on March 17, 2014. Her body was discovered more than a month later by two people walking through a field on the reservation that straddles North Dakota and South Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A survey of high school students in North Dakota shows a drop in tobacco use and binge drinking.
State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says students who responded to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey also said they were more apt to wear seat belts, less likely to drink and drive, and less likely to use a cellphone while driving.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started the survey in 1990 to monitor potential causes of health and social problems. Students in grades 7-12 voluntarily take the survey in the spring of odd-numbered years.
Eighty percent of students in this year’s survey said they did not use tobacco, compared with 74 percent two years ago. Eighty-two percent said they did not binge drink, compared with 78 percent in 2013.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Bank of North Dakota is on pace to make the profits it needs this year to build a financial services campus in Bismarck.
The Legislature earlier this year approved investing bank assets in a $17 million campus at the bank’s site in west Bismarck, provided it makes $125 million in profits.
Bank President Eric Hardmeyer tells The Bismarck Tribune that profits at the nation’s only state-owned bank reached $104 million in September. He says with profits averaging more than $10 million per month, the likelihood of hitting $125 million by the end of the year is strong.
The bank bought two parcels of land next to its new location near the Missouri River in 2011 with the intention of creating the 50,000-square-foot campus.
In Sports..
Valley City (CSi) The annual Buck show returns sponsored by the Barnes County Wildlife Club. The show will be held Monday, November 23, 2015 at the Valley City Eagles Club.
Event coordinator TJ Hansen says the club will take deer from 6pm-7:30 pm on November 23rd.
Rules to be eligible for the prizes are:
The hunter either has to be a Barnes County resident or if they live outside of Barnes County they have to be a member of the Barnes County Wildlife Club.
Hansen said the rules changed allowing deer harvested by both bow and rifle this year.
Those not a Barnes County resident, in order for the bow deer to be eligible the individual needs to become a Barnes County Wildlife Club Member prior to September 4th.
For the rifle deer to be eligible in individual would have to be a member prior to November 6th.
For more information contact TJ Hansen at 701-490-0929.
MADISON, S.D. – The Dacotah Bank/North Star Athletic Association Football Bowl game pairings have been set after the completion of Saturday’s games.
Dickinson State (N.D.) won the outright Dacotah Bank/NSAA Football Conference title after routing Mayville State (N.D.) 40-2 in Dickinson, N.D. The Blue Hawks finished the conference schedule with a 5-1 record.
The Trojans finished with a 27-16 victory over Presentation (S.D.), tying with Valley City State (N.D.) who was idle Saturday for second-place in the conference standings with a 4-2 record.
Jamestown defeated Waldorf (Iowa) 29-7 to put the Jimmies in a tie for fourth-place in the standings with a 3-3 conference record.
The Warriors finished sixth in the conference with a 2-4 record, followed by Saints seventh with 0-6 record.
The Dacotah Bank/NSAA Football Bowl Game on Sunday, Nov. 8 kicks off with Presentation facing Trinity Bible (N.D.) at 9 a.m. Valley City State-Waldorf will follow with a 12:30 p.m. kick-off.
Dakota State plays Dickinson State at 4 p.m., followed by Jamestown-Mayville State in the night cap at 7:30 p.m.
All four bowl games are counted as a non-conference game. The team listed first in the pairings will be the home team.
2015 Dacotah Bank/North Star Athletic Association Football Bowl Game Schedule
Sunday, Nov. 8 – FargoDome – Fargo, N.D.
9 a.m. Presentation (S.D.) vs. Trinity Bible (N.D.)
12:30 p.m. Valley City State (N.D.) vs. Waldorf (Iowa)
4 p.m. Dickinson State (N.D.) vs. Dakota State (S.D.)
7:30 p.m. Mayville State (N.D.) vs. Jamestown (N.D.)
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Looks like the honeymoon’s over for President Barack Obama and new House Speaker Paul Ryan. Just four days after Ryan took the helm in the House, the White House is accusing him of “pandering to the extreme right wing” of his party. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Ryan’s new comments on immigration reform are “preposterous” and disappointing. Ryan said Sunday he’s ruled out passing comprehensive immigration legislation while Obama is president. He said Obama can’t be trusted on the issue.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government says Volkswagen’s been caught cheating again. The automaker is now accused of programming about 10,000 cars with larger diesel engines to emit less pollution during testing than in real-world driving. Officials say the cheating was discovered by the Environmental Protection Agency and by California’s Air Resources Board in tests that took place after VW acknowledged rigging emissions tests for four-cylinder diesel engines.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) – The airline that operated the Russian plane that crashed in the Egyptian desert over the weekend, killing all 224 people on board, is insisting that the crash could not have been caused by equipment failure or by pilot error. An official with Metrojet says that only leaves an “external impact” on the plane as the possible cause. Russia’s top aviation official is denouncing the comments, saying they are “premature and not based on any real facts.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – One of the Democrats who’d been running for president is dropping out of the race — and you might not even have been aware he was in it. Harvard law professor Larry Lessig is ending his bid for the Democratic nomination — and he blames the Democratic party, which he says left him “just shut out” of the debates. Lessig had struggled to hit one percent in the polls, the necessary marker to qualify for the debates. His sole campaign issue was the influence of big money in politics.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A court fight gets under way Tuesday — between Big Sugar and Big Corn. The issue: What’s the difference between sugar and high-fructose corn syrup? Sugar processors are seeking as much as $2 billion in a false-advertising suit against corn refiners and agribusinesses giants. Sugar says it lost money when corn refiners tried to rebrand high fructose corn syrup product as “corn sugar” and claim it was the same as cane sugar. The corn refiners are countersuing, accusing the sugar industry of lying about their product.
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