{"id":50694,"date":"2014-07-24T16:58:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T21:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=50694"},"modified":"2014-07-24T16:58:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T21:58:41","slug":"council-committee-reviews-gps-partnering-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=50694","title":{"rendered":"Council Committee Reviews GPS Partnering Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cityhall448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-972\" alt=\"cityhall448\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cityhall448-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council\u2019s Public Works, Police &amp; Fire Committees met Thursday afternoon at City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Gumke was not present.<\/p>\n<p>Police &amp; Fire Committee:<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Buchanan recommended a Resolution of Recognition and Condolences for Gerald &#8220;Jerry&#8221; Kainz, the Jamestown City Fire Department Deputy Chief, who passed away, July 7, 2014, serving the fire department for 46 consecutive years, responding to over 3,000 fire calls.<\/p>\n<p>Public Works Committee Business:<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends approval of the Business Loop East Landscaping project bids. The project costs $105,000 with $5,000 coming from Beautification funds. The city\u2019s share is $15,800 , and the committee also recommends approving the contract.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next, discussion centered on partnering with Cat\/Butler Machinery to place a GPS Base Station in Jamestown. A Butler Machinery representative explained the modern method in using GPS, concerning precise measurements, and with a base station in Jamestown the surveying information is sent to the internet, and downloaded to a cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>Various sites need federal approval, about 50 in North Dakota and South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>The business proposes the base station with the City of Jamestown as a host.<\/p>\n<p>The cost to Jamestown is estimated at $17,100.<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends moving the items to the city\u2019s budget meetings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends a change order to Paving District 14-41; a petition to pave an alley in the 800 block between 2nd &amp; 3rd Ave SE in Klaus 3rd Addition, Block 82.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends a change order relating to Pump Station Improvements project, be moved to the City Council without recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends a Change order for the Wastewater &amp; Lift Station Replacement &amp; Force main Improvements project.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion was held concerning liquidated damages with Wastewater &amp; Lift Station Replacement &amp; Force main Improvements project. Swanberg Construction.<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends not pursuing liquidated damages, as the previously agreed to extension deadlines were met.<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends approving a change order \u2013 for the Wastewater &amp; Lift Station Replacement &amp; Force main Improvements Lift station project.<\/p>\n<p>Authorization was recommended to advertise for bids relating to hydrological drilling for the Jamestown Sanitary Landfill Expansion project.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was shown live on CSi 67, followed by replays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council\u2019s Public Works, Police &amp; Fire Committees met Thursday afternoon at City Hall. Council Member Gumke was not present. Police &amp; Fire Committee: Council Member Buchanan recommended a Resolution of Recognition and Condolences for Gerald &#8220;Jerry&#8221; Kainz, the Jamestown City Fire Department Deputy Chief, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50694","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=50694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50721,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50694\/revisions\/50721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}