{"id":147540,"date":"2018-06-19T17:59:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T22:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=147540"},"modified":"2018-06-20T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T14:17:11","slug":"city-commissioners-praise-pedersen-last-commission-mtg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=147540","title":{"rendered":"City Commissioners praise Pedersen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-101047\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/PedersenMattDeputyMayor-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/PedersenMattDeputyMayor-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/PedersenMattDeputyMayor-260x175.png 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/PedersenMattDeputyMayor.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session, Tuesday evening at City Hall.\u00a0 All members were present, Commissioner Powell joining over the phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLOCK PARTY PROCLAMATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approve alcoholic beverage licenses for the following businesses:<\/p>\n<p>Boomer&#8217;s Corner Keg<\/p>\n<p>Budget Burger<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Palace<\/p>\n<p>Dakota Silver<\/p>\n<p>Eagles Club<\/p>\n<p>City Lights<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy&#8217;s Pizza<\/p>\n<p>Tavern Ninety-Four<\/p>\n<p>My Bar Valley City, LLC<\/p>\n<p>RND Inc. dba NuBar<\/p>\n<p>The Labor Club<\/p>\n<p>The Liquor Locker<\/p>\n<p>VC Developers LLC dba Bridges Bar &amp; Grill<\/p>\n<p>VFW Post<\/p>\n<p>Woodland Steakhouse Bar &amp; Grill<em>And all licenses received before June 30 and approved by the Police Chief and Fire Chief <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Approved a cabaret license for Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2192<\/p>\n<p>Approved a electrician license for: a. Lyon\u2019s Electric LLC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Approved retail tobacco licenses for the following businesses:<\/p>\n<p>Boomers Corner Keg<\/p>\n<p>Brothers III Sports<\/p>\n<p>CHS Inc (151 9th Ave NW)<\/p>\n<p>CHS Inc (807 W Main St)<\/p>\n<p>County Bottle Shop, Inc. dba The Liquor Locker<\/p>\n<p>Dakota Silver<\/p>\n<p>Dollar General Store #17856<\/p>\n<p>Eagles Aeries Club 2192<\/p>\n<p>Family Dollar Stores of ND #7662<\/p>\n<p>Leevers Foods (424 2nd Ave NE)<\/p>\n<p>Leevers Foods (148 Central Ave S)<\/p>\n<p>Petro Serve USA #071<\/p>\n<p><em>And all licenses received before June 30 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC COMMENTS: <\/strong>No one spoke<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ORDINANCE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approved the second and final reading of Ordinance No. 1032, an Ordinance Amending Title 4, Alcoholic Beverages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">RESOLUTION <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Approved a Resolution Recommending AE2S for modification project at Water Treatment Plant <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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;\">Approved a Recommendation from Renaissance Zone Board for 348 5<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt;\">th <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">St NE to transfer remaining 5 year income tax exemption and 5 year property tax exemption up to $250,000 for purchase of a new home, and designate it as VC-97 (pending receipt of Certificate of Good Standing)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Approved the Recommendation from Renaissance Zone Board for 513 Legacy Lane to transfer remaining 5 year income tax exemption and 5 year property tax exemption up to $250,000 for purchase of a new home, and designate it as VC-68 (pending receipt of Certificate of Good Standing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Approved Amending Renaissance Zone Policy Regarding Transfer of a Previously Approved Project<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Approved appointing board members for open positions, effective July 1, 2018. Renaissance Zone Board (2 openings; 3 year term): JoEllen Lee will fill one opening.<\/p>\n<p>Approved a Preliminary Engineering Reimbursement Agreement with NDDOT for Project No. SU-2-990(058), mill &amp; overlay project on Main Street West frontage roadway (I-94 Ramp to 5th St SW)<\/p>\n<p>Approved Preliminary Engineering Reimbursement Agreement with NDDOT for Project No. NHU-2-094(158)928, mill &amp; overlay project on Main Street West (I-94 Ramp to 3rd St SW)<\/p>\n<p>Approved the Annual Gaming Site Authorization for Valley City Hockey &amp; Figure Skating Club at Town &amp; Country Club<\/p>\n<p>Approved the Annual Gaming Site Authorization for Valley Twisters Gymnastics Club at Bridges Bar &amp; Grill<\/p>\n<p>Approved the Annual Gaming Site Authorization for Valley City State University at Shelly Ellig Field at Lokken Stadium, W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse, Valley City Town &amp; Country Club, Eagles<\/p>\n<p>Consideration of \u00a0accepting bid for solid waste transfer contract was delayed pending additional information.<\/p>\n<p>Approved was an employment contract with Carl Martineck for City Attorney\/HR Director.<\/p>\n<p>City Administrator Schelkoph said City Attorney Lilie Mertins will run for States Attorney in the November elections, having received\u00a0 130 write in votes, on the primary ballot, needing a minimum of 75 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Approved\u00a0 Permanent Flood Protection Phase IV buyout purchase of 259 4th Avenue SE for the appraised value of $37,000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY ADMINISTRATOR\u2019S REPORT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Schelkoph commented on the recent Rally in the Valley, giving thanks to city employees who put in extra work for the successful weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Commissioner Pedersen for his work on the Commission over his tenure on the Commission, noting several items.\u00a0 Pedersen will serve on the State Water Commission, after serving eight years on the City Commission, and he will continue to serve on the Permanent Flood Control committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY UPDATES &amp; COMMISSION REPORTS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commissioners Powell, Bishop and Magnuson also expressed thanks to Matt Pedersen.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Pedersen\u2019s comments ncluded, becoming interested in becoming involved with city government following the flood of 2009, noting he was also temporary mayor for a time.<\/p>\n<p>He noted economic development successes, along with implementing the Permanent Flood Protection plan, and buyouts, plus several other accomplishments during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked the community\u2019s support over the years along with city staff.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Carlsrud gave his thanks to city employees for work they do behind the scenes, along with thanks to Matt Pedersen,saying he has had high ethics and integrity, \u00a0and Lilie Mertins, as they leave city government.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Carlsrud presented Pedersen with a plaque noting his years of service on the City Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was shown live on CSi 68 followed by Replays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session, Tuesday evening at City Hall.\u00a0 All members were present, Commissioner Powell joining over the phone. BLOCK PARTY PROCLAMATION APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Approve alcoholic beverage licenses for the following businesses: Boomer&#8217;s Corner Keg Budget Burger Chinese Palace Dakota Silver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":119133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147540","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\/147540","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=147540"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147596,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147540\/revisions\/147596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}