{"id":110854,"date":"2016-11-15T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T23:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=110854"},"modified":"2016-11-15T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T23:22:15","slug":"city-commissioners-approve-employee-assistance-prgm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=110854","title":{"rendered":"City Commissioners approve Employee Assistance Prgm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4832\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VCcommPixs-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"VCcommPixs\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VCcommPixs-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VCcommPixs-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VCcommPixs.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Valley City (CSi)\u00a0 The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.\u00a0 All members were present.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDED:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Approved a Raffle Permit for Sharp Shooter Showdown, Relay for Life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC FORUM:\u00a0 No one spoke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">ORDINANCES <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Approved the Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance amending Title 9, Zoning for Valley City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">NEW BUSINESS <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0Approved a Special Alcohol Beverage Event for CHI Mercy Health Holiday Party <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Approved the\u00a0 2017 Scheduled Board Meetings, as explained by Finance Director Richter.<\/p>\n<p>Approved the three year Employee Assistance Program Full Service Contract with the Village Business Institute. \u00a0City Administrator Schelkoph said assistance is through the Employee Assistance Program, with a toll free phone number, including counseling, and other assistance including training sessions.\u00a0 He said the cost is $30 per full time employee, $300 per year, including members of the fire department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Approved a Temporary Construction Easement to the NDDOT for the purpose of constructing the\u00a0 Main Street Mill &amp; Overlay. \u00a0\u00a0City Engineer KLJ\u2019s Chad Peterson said\u00a0 the work will be in 2017, with bids this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Approved the purchase of 348 9th Avenue Northeast for the appraised value of $175,000.\u00a0 Commission Pedersen said the dollars for purchase come in part from a grant.\u00a0 The city also has the option of moving the structure to another location.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Schelkoph said the valve replacement project at the Master Lift Station is nearly completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY UPDATES &amp; COMMISSION REPORTS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Carlsrud thanked city commissioners and employees for their time spent on city business.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was shown live on CSi 68, followed by replays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY UPDATES &amp; COMMISSION REPORTS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayor Carlsrud thanked city commissioners and employees for their time spent on city business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The meeting was shown live on CSi 68, followed by replays.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City (CSi)\u00a0 The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.\u00a0 All members were present. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDED: Approved a Raffle Permit for Sharp Shooter Showdown, Relay for Life. PUBLIC FORUM:\u00a0 No one spoke ORDINANCES Approved the Second and Final Reading of an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110863,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110854\/revisions\/110863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}