Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 10

CSi Weather..

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS AROUND 40.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 50S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN
THE 40S TO LOWER 50S.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council and Public Works Committee met in Special Session, Thursday at City Hall, at 3-p.m. to address issues regarding the Jamestown Sanitation Utility operation Analysis and Report, and recycling.  All members were present.

The City Council meeting recessed to allow the Public Works Committee to convene, as Brent Erickson of HDR, Inc., gave details of the new Jamestown Sanitation Utility and Operational Analysis and Report, a 74 page draft document.

The breakdown consists of financials, assessments, the feasibility for residential recycling, and a rate projection.

The report included the “enterprize utility,” consisting of the landfill for disposal and collections at residence.

He said a rate increase will be needed in those areas, for operational increases.

The tipping fees would increase to generate sufficient revenues for the future, plus regulations.

A deficit is also projected in collections, with rate increases recommended, specifically with commercial collections.

A cart provided by the city would be in conjunction with a can provided by the city, which allows automated collections, with one person the driver, operating the system. It would reduce the number of trucks from three to two, and reduces the labor numbers and possibility for injuries.

The customer is charged based on volume collected.

With recycling he said the cost projections are lower than the figures he presented last November. Additional drop off sites are NOT recommended.

Mandatoory yard waste collections will be added, if approved. The process would be in conjunction with automated curbside collection.

Dual stream collection where residents sort the items by type, or single stream where all recyclables are put into one container by customers are option.

Weekly or biweekly recycling collections are also options.

He said recycling will not save dollars for garbage collection.

12 years of recycling will save one year of less garbage collected at the landfill.

A new landfill cell will be needed by 2017, or 2018.

The Study recommends using single stream curbside recycling at a cost of $350,000 to $400,000 per year. Privatized contractors to perform the collections is also an option, including all phases of collection.

Rate projections are based on the options of automated service, including yard waste collection  at $12 to $14 per month, including one disposal cart, with more carts or larger carts an option at a higher rate.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs pointed out handling the internal costs to the city, including the logistics of distributing and maintaining the containers, and switching cart sizes.

Erickson said an option is a middle size cart be distributed, and if more volume is needed, to add more carts.

Erickson said a fee can be implemented in changing cart sizes, adding that the carts are longer lasting. He said the collection sites, alleys or curbside, would remain the same as present.

The final report will be given to the city, for consideration to determine rate structures and other policies.

From the audience Mike Neumiller said that the information provided to HDR consisted of assumptions, which will affect the date HDR had to use to make the study. Joan Morris from the City Beautification Committee questioned if the report contained input from a stakeholders meeting, concerning costs, and how the Request For Proposals was performed, and if issues were included in the contract.

The City Council reconvened to address the tabled Payments to HDR Engineering in the amount of $7,336.25 and $6,126.72. Any remaining costs from any additional work by HDR was not specifically known, based on hourly costs, as one more bill will be coming.

Mayor Andersen suggested tabling payment until the scope of service is reviewed.

Council Member Gumke moved to make payment of both bills, costs that been incurred, so far.

The City Council voted to 4-1 to pay the bill with Mayor Andersen voting in opposition.

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

Valley City (CSi) District 24 Republicans and Democrats have nominated state house and senate candidates for the 2016 elections.

Republicans nominated Eldred Knutson to run for the state Senate. Also nominated was State Representative Dwight Kiefert to run for another term.

Republicans nominated Daniel Johnston of rural Fort Ransom to run for State Representative.

District 24 includes Barnes and a small portion of Cass and Ransom Counties.

The District 24 Democratic-NPL Party has nominated Larry Robinson for the North Dakota State Senate, along with Naomi Muscha and Sharon Buhr for North Dakota House of Representatives.

Jamestown (CSi) The Southeast Central Regional Science & Engineering Fair will be Friday, March 11, 2016, at the Jamestown Civic Center.

Participating are students from Ashley, Ellendale, Kidder County Steele, Kidder County Tappen and Wishek.

The projects will be on display in the Exchequer Room, north side lower levelof the Civic Center.

The awards ceremony will be at 4 p.m. in the Exchequer Room.

The top 16 projects in the junior and senior high divisions will advance to the North Dakota State Science & Engineering Fair in Grand Forks March 30-April 1.

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (AP) – Federal authorities believe the woman whose body was recovered last month from the Sheyenne River in North Dakota was killed.
 
     FBI spokesman Kyle Love says the death of 36 year-old Amanda Engst “appears to be a homicide.”
 
     Engst, of Halstad, Minnesota, disappeared last fall. A dive rescue team from Jamestown recovered her body from the river Feb. 9.
 
     Loven wouldn’t provide details of the case, including the cause of death, because of the ongoing investigation.
 
     Authorities had suspected foul play since the body was recovered. Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies has said that a car owned by Engst was used by two people linked to burglaries and robberies in Minnesota and North Dakota.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple is directing state government agencies to fly flags at half-staff Friday to honor the life of former first lady Nancy Reagan.
 
     He’s also encouraging all North Dakotans to fly flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset.
 
     Reagan died on Sunday of congestive heart failure at her home in Los Angeles. She was 94. The wife of former President Ronald Reagan is being laid to rest Friday.
 
     Dalrymple’s flag directive is in accordance with an order by President Barack Obama.

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A woman who operates an aviation business at the Minot airport has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the airport director who quit last week after spearheading construction of a new terminal.
 
     Eva Lucke (LUHK’-ee), formerly known as Eva Rojas, accuses airport director Andrew Solsvig and the city of Minot of demanding unfair lease terms because she’s a Latina woman.
 
     Lucke’s attorney, Robert Martin, says the suit “could be solved in 15 minutes on the computer.”
 
     Solsvig resigned just days after a $43 million terminal opened. He told the Minot Daily News that he’d been thinking about a new job for several months but decided to wait until the terminal project was complete.
 
     An attorney for the city did not respond to a phone message seeking comment.

In sports…

Point Lookout – Valley City State University squeaked out a win Thursday morning over Tennessee Wesleyan College 65-64 in the first round of the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship.

Ellwood Ellenson gave VCSU the lead for good, with two made free-throws with 1.9 seconds left

In world and national news…

 UNDATED (AP) – A leading Muslim civil rights group is calling on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump to apologize for his claim that Islam hates the West. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that aired late Wednesday, Trump said: “I think Islam hates us.” He said, “We have to get to the bottom of it.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on Trump to apologize for the comment and other recent remarks it deems Islamophobic.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Utah Sen. Mike Lee is planning to endorse Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, making him the first in the U.S. Senate to publicly endorse the Republican presidential hopeful. While Cruz has maintained a steady lead over rivals Marco Rubio and John Kasich, he has not received the same level of backing from party elites who have thrown their support by the dozens behind Rubio’s campaign in particular.
 
     BERLIN (AP) – A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State says files containing personal data on members of the militant group could help crack down on the group’s foreign fighter networks. Germany’s federal criminal police say they are in possession of those files, and believe them to be authentic. U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren also says any media outlet that has “names and numbers” should publish them. This, after Britain’s Sky News said it had obtained 22,000 Islamic State files including the names of fighters.
 
     SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – Members of the public are once again coming to pay their respects to the late Nancy Reagan in Southern California. It’s the second and final day of public visitation at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi (SEE’-mee) Valley. The former first lady’s private funeral is set for Friday. More than 3,000 people filed past Mrs. Reagan’s casket yesterday. She died Sunday in Los Angeles at age 94.
 
     ATLANTA (AP) – The owner of a small insurance company in Georgia is requiring his employees to carry a firearm at the office, sparking a debate: Does having a gun on the job make you safer, or is it inviting violence into the workplace? Lance Toland is the owner of Lance Toland Associates, an aviation insurance firm. All 12 employees have been told to get concealed carry permits. Then he gives each of them a revolver known as “The Judge.” So far, he says, none of his workers has resisted the idea.