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UNOFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HOT SPRINGS
August 3, 2009
A regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Hot Springs, South Dakota, was convened on August 3, 2009 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. at the Mueller Center with Mayor Don DeVries presiding.
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| Members Present: |
Mayor Don DeVries, David Burris, Charles Catlett, Raymond Ecoffey, Barry Field, Bobbie Hamaker, Georgia Pomrenke and Truman Savery
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| Members Absent: |
| Carl Atchley |
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| ALL ACTIONS RECORDED IN THESE MINUTES
WERE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED |
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| Staff Present: |
Finance Officer Cheryl Wait and Assistant Finance Officer Debbie Romey
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| Agenda: |
Mayor DeVries removed Executive Session from the agenda. Moved by Burris, seconded by Hamaker to approve the amended agenda.
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Moved by Catlett, seconded by Savery to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held on July 20, 2009, Pomrenke abstained.
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| Claims: |
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Burris to approve the bills in between totaling $118,041.08.
Moved by Savery, seconded by Burris to approve current claims totaling $47,909.84.
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| Communications from the Public: |
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Pomrenke to approve the Cultural Development Organization, non-profit organization, to sell beer in Centennial Park for the Hog Roast during the Hot Springs Heritage Festival on September 19, 2009.
Mayor DeVries referred the request from Floyd Simunek to install an off premise sign on his property located at 510 South 5th Street to Administrative-Promotion Committee on August 10th at City Hall at 1:30.
Moved by Burris, seconded by Ecoffey to decline waiving the landfill fees for Kenneth Keil to tear down his property at 706 N W River.
George Kotti, Director of the Chamber of Commerce, thanked all the volunteers, committees, American Legion, Southern Hills Drag Racing Association and the city crews for helping with the Southern Hills Rally events. The Fall River Freedom Ride had 176 riders up from last year. The Harley Davidson Street Team attended this year to show off the new 2010 line of motorcycles. Coming up in August the Lean Horse Ultra Marathon and Crazy Days Events.
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| Hearing: |
Moved by Savery, seconded by Catlett to approve, contingent upon the City Ordinance being enforced, the application for an off-sale malt beverage license from Lynn’s Dakotamart, Inc. located at 505 South 6th Street.
Moved by Ecoffey, seconded by Hamaker to approve, contingent upon the City Ordinance being enforced, the application for an off-sale malt beverage license from Dakotamart, Inc. located at 445 South Chicago Street. |
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| Ordinance: |
Moved by Pomrenke, seconded by Catlett to approve the second and final reading of Ordinance No. 1082, a supplemental ordinance on Library revenue received from Fall River County.
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| Old Business: |
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Burris to accept the low bid from Hills Materials of Rapid City bid $59,900.00 for the Highway 385 road repair project.
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| Resolution: |
Moved by Savery, seconded by Burris to adopt Resolution 2009-27, a resolution giving approval to the issuance of Sales Tax Revenue Bonds to finance a portion of the costs of the Golf Course Project and authorizing the sale of said Sales Tax Revenue Bonds.
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| Personnel: |
Jay Miles and Lucas Runyon, Street Department, received a wage increase on July 24 from $7.25 to $7.50. Jake Johnson and Jerred Tarrell, Parks Department, received a minimum wage increase from $6.75 to $7.25 effective July 24.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Pomrenke to approve the appointment of Stephanie Akers as Wastewater Superintendent effective August 15, 2009 at $17.96.
Moved by Field, seconded by Pomrenke to approve Contract 2009-6 with Brent Crow, Assistant Golf Course Superintendent at $30,000.00 effective July 27, 2009.
Moved by Burris, seconded by Pomrenke to hire a full time street department employee.
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| New Busines: |
Fall River County accepted the low bids from MG Oil for 8,000 gallons of unleaded gas for $2.1353/gallon and from Nelson’s Oil & Gas for 8,000 gallons of #2 red dyed diesel fuel for $1.759/gallon.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Field to approve the Mayor to enter into a Lighting Maintenance Contract with Light Maintenance Company.
Mayor DeVries will check into adding other lights to the contract.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Burris to adopt Resolution 2009-28, a resolution to have the bridge by the American Legion to be put on the schedule with the Department of Transportation for replacement.
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| Mayor Report: |
Ed Van Dreal, Hot Springs Cyber, will be providing the council meetings live on the internet.
Councilwoman Hamaker said the evergreen in the pod across from City Hall is too tall making it difficult to see pedestrians and vehicles when backing out of the parking area.
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| Committee Reports: |
Administration-Promotion: Councilman Field said they will meet on Monday, August 10th at City Hall at 1:30.
Public Works: Councilman Catlett will meet on Tuesday, August 11th at City Hall at 1:30
Public Safety: Councilman Ecoffey said they discussed additional crosswalks, ordinance changes, handicap accessibility in parks.
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| Executive Session: |
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| Adjournment: |
Being no further business to come before the Council, moved by Field, seconded by Burris to adjourn at 8:06 p.m.
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| Approved: |
| Don DeVries, Mayor |
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| Attest: |
Cheryl Wait, Finance Officer
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