{"id":190048,"date":"2020-01-21T17:39:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T23:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=190048"},"modified":"2020-01-21T17:39:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T23:39:16","slug":"city-commission-approves-utility-rate-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=190048","title":{"rendered":"City Commission approves utility rate hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Valley City (CSi) \u00a0 The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.\u00a0 Commissioner Powell was not present.<\/p>\n

P<\/strong>ROCLAMATION <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor Carlsrud read a Proclamation declaring January 26 \u2013 February 1 as Catholic Schools Week<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A<\/strong>PPROVAL OF <\/strong>C<\/strong>ONSENT <\/strong>A<\/strong>GENDA ITEMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Raffle Permit for Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals, Valley City High School Music Boosters.<\/p>\n

P<\/strong>UBLIC <\/strong>C<\/strong>OMMENTS: \u00a0No One Spoke<\/strong><\/p>\n

R<\/strong>ESOLUTION <\/strong><\/p>\n

Commissioners approved Refinancing of 2008 Bonds by Essentia Health.<\/p>\n

Ronni Tansey, Chapman & Cutler, LLP joined the meeting by phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

The City Commission approved a Joint Powers Agreement by and among Cass County, cities of Jamestown, Wahpeton, and Valley City, North Dakota for Issuance of Revenue Bonds under Municipal Industrial Development Act.<\/p>\n

Approved was a Resolution Approving the Issuance of Bonds by Cass County, North Dakota on behalf of Essentia Health and its Affiliates under the Municipal Industrial Development Act.<\/p>\n

Commissioners approved a Resolution Approving the Replat of Lots 2 Through 17, Walkers Addition. City Attorney Martineck said 10 feet of each lot will now be dedicated for a permanent flood control wall.<\/p>\n

Approved were Resolutions for 2020 Valley City Public Works utility rate increase. Public Works Accountant Jacobson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resolutions included:<\/span><\/p>\n

Establishing Electric Utility Rates an increase of three percent.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Establishing Water Utility Rates an increase of nine percent.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Establishing Sewer Utility Rates an increase of four percent.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Public Works Department Manger, Gary Anderson said the last increase was in 2016.<\/p>\n

Approved were Resolutions for Paving Improvement District No. 120. <\/span><\/p>\n

Approved was a Resolution Creating Paving Improvement District No. 120 (NDDOT Project# UGP-2-999(051), PCN 22280), a mill and overlay project on Central Avenue S<\/p>\n

Approved was a Resolution Approving Engineers Report & Directing Preparation of Detailed Plans, Specifications & Estimates of Probable Cost for Paving Improvement District No. 120<\/p>\n

Approve Resolutions for Paving Improvement District No. 121.<\/p>\n

A Resolution Creating Paving Improvement District No. 121 (2020 Seal Coat)<\/p>\n

A Resolution Resolution Approving Engineers Report & Directing Preparation of Detailed Plans, Specifications & Estimates of Probable Cost for Paving Improvement District No. 121 (2020 Seal Coat)<\/p>\n

N<\/span><\/b>EW <\/span><\/b>B<\/span><\/b>USINESS <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Approved was a Construction Engineering Contract for 5<\/span>th <\/span>Avenue NW Reconstruction Project in an amount not to exceed $339,500.00 (Paving Improvement District No. 118; Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. 65; Storm Sewer Improvement District No. 53; Watermain Improvement District No. 101.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project is estimated to start in May this year, or sooner if weather permits. The public will be informed what areas will be worked at, and when. <\/span><\/p>\n

City Commissioners approved the purchase of EZ-Screen 1200XLS in the amount of $45,898.79 for the screening of compost. Public Works Accountant Jacobson <\/i>recommends approval.<\/span><\/p>\n

The City Commission approved a Gaming Site Authorization for North Dakota Winter Show at the North Dakota Winter Show Event Center. City Auditor Richter <\/i>said the authorization was standard allowing raffles to be conducted.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was explained where snow from the city was being hauled out of town,\u00a0 answer to a question from the audience.<\/p>\n

Approved was the 2020 Employee Policy & Procedure Manual. City Attorney Martineck explained the changes, including sick leave policy, and strengthening \u00a0background checks, and conducting random drug testing.<\/p>\n

C<\/strong>ITY <\/strong>U<\/strong>PDATES <\/strong>&C<\/strong>OMMISSION <\/strong>R<\/strong>EPORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

City Attorney Martineck said a transition team will be formed in seeking a successor for City Administrator, David Schelkoph.\u00a0 He said a job posting for the position will be made. He expects a new City Administrator to be in place in 60-90 days.<\/p>\n

Dave Andersen reminded residents that it is unlawful to place snow in city streets.\u00a0 He said piles of snow on street corners will be removed, as soon as crews finish clearing alleys.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Powell and Mayor Carlsrud said city crews did a timely job of clearing snow from last weekend’s blizzard, and praised fire and police, and first responders in getting to calls through difficult conditions.<\/p>\n

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valley City (CSi) \u00a0 The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.\u00a0 Commissioner Powell was not present. PROCLAMATION Mayor Carlsrud read a Proclamation declaring January 26 \u2013 February 1 as Catholic Schools Week \u00a0 APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS: A Raffle Permit for Sheyenne Valley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190048","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\/190048","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=190048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190052,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190048\/revisions\/190052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=190048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=190048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=190048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}