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UNOFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HOT SPRINGS
January 17, 2012
A regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Hot Springs, South Dakota, was convened on January 17, 2012 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. at the Mueller Center with Mayor Don De Vries presiding.
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| Members Present: |
| Mayor Don De Vries, Carl Atchley, Joseph Bartolome, Dave Burris, Wes Grimes, Craig Romey, Carolann Schwarzenbach and Dwight Wynia |
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| Members Absent: |
| Raymond Ecoffey |
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| ALL ACTIONS RECORDED IN THESE MINUTES
WERE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED |
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| Staff Present: |
| AdministratorFinance Officer Harley Lux and Assistant Finance Officer Debbie Romey. |
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| Agenda: |
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Romey to approve the agenda.
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| Minutes: |
Councilman Atchley corrected his motion regarding the VA contribution.
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Burris to approve the amended minutes of the regular meeting held January 3, 2012. |
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| Claims: |
Moved by Schwarzenbach, seconded by Burris to approve the bills in between totaling $96,327.98, Romey voted no.
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Wynia to approve the 2011 A/P totaling $1,525.12.
Moved by Burris, seconded by Schwarzenbach to approve current claims totaling $109,309.64, Atchley and Romey voted no.
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| Communications from the Public: |
Rodger Woeppel from the Veterans Administration regarding Veterans Employment Program. Mr. Woeppel commented that the Hot Springs community has been very receptive to veteran employment in the past and this has consistently been beneficial to the veterans in the veterans employment program. Moved by Schwarzenbach, seconded by Burris to authorize the Mayor to sign the Memorandum of Agreement with the Veterans Employment Program.
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| Hearing: |
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| Ordinance: |
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| Old Business: |
| Mayor De Vries asked the Council if they would be interested in having Johnson Control do the study for the city. The council asked for information from other entities that have had Johnson Control research their operating cost and have the City Attorney review the agreement. |
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| Resolution: |
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Romey to adopt Resolution 2012-3, a resolution regarding the Angostura Irrigation District Water Service.
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| Personnel: |
Kimberly Kotti resigned from the Pro Shop effective January 4, 2012.
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| New Busines: |
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Romey to approve the application from Winners Circle for a temporary special event license for Save The VA FundraiserBanquet at the Mueller Center on February 10th.
Moved by Schwarzenbach, seconded by Grimes to approve the Save The VA Fundraising Committee to hold a gun raffle until February 10th.
Councilman Romey said the police department will need to purchase a vehicle. The Public Safety Committee will review information on vehicles with Chief Evans and make a recommendation at a council meeting.
Councilman Romey said Public Safety committee discussed clean up efforts on Evans Street, possibly putting a roll-off dumpster out there depending on the cost. After discussion, moved by Atchley, seconded by Burris to have the Building Inspector enforce the existing ordinances regarding the clean up issue, Wynia voted no.
Councilmam Atchley said Public Works committee reviewed the variance fees and recommended leaving the fees as is and apply the fee towards the cost of the building permit. Moved by Schwarzenbach, seconded by Burris to leave the variance fees as is and apply the fee towards the cost of the building permit, Romey and Grimes voted no.
Moved by Grimes, seconded by Romey to approve Tescher and Hylle to go to a Basic Water Treatment Class in Spearfish on January 24-26th with a cost of lodging for 2 nights and travel.
Fall River County accepted the low bid from M. G. Oil Co. for 8,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline at $2.739 per gallon on January 3rd.
Moved by Romey, seconded by Atchley to remove the fence on the West ½ of the property around the old water shop on 21st and Canton by March 15th and to prepare to sell the lots.
Councilman Romey discussed selling city property in the Hot Brook area. A map will be brought to the next meeting.
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| Mayor Report: |
Mayor De Vries gave an update on the VA efforts.
Administrator/Finance Officer:
Southern Hills Community Recreation Initiative will host an Open House at the Mueller Center on January 28th at 5:00 p.m. to update the community on what has been accomplished so far.
Elections are coming up and there will be vacancies in all four wards and the mayor seat. Petitions will be available on March 1st and to be returned by March 27th.
Banyon Software is going well in payroll, W-2's were processed and sent out. There are a couple modules we should look at, the ACH/Direct payments and Out Sourcing modules. Utility billing is now in the process of changing over to Banyon and possibly sending out the new billing from Banyon soon.
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| Committee Reports: |
Administrative-Promotion, Carolann Schwarzenbach, Chairwoman said they discussed Evans Plunge, a website for the city, agendas needing more specific information, fireworks, removing the fence from city property on 23rd Street. Their next meeting will be February 15th at City Hall at 1 p.m.
Public Works - Carl Atchley, Chairman said they discussed repairing and rebuilding streets.
Cultural Recreation- David Burris, Chairman said they discussed the Boys & Girls Club using the Mueller Center, Library having problems with broadband and the library is now charging for library cards, clubhouse cooler and ADA bathrooms, and rates at the Mueller Center.
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| Adjournment: |
Being no further business to come before the Council, moved by Atchley, seconded by Romey to adjourn at 8:35 p.m.
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| Approved: |
| Don De Vries, Mayor |
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| Attest: |
| Harley Lux, AdministratorFinance Officer |
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