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UNOFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HOT SPRINGS
September 8, 2009
A regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Hot Springs, South Dakota, was convened on September 8, 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, Carl Atchley, David Burris, Charles Catlett, Raymond Ecoffey, Barry Field, Bobbie Hamaker and Georgia Pomrenke.
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| Members Absent: |
| Truman Savery |
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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, Assistant Finance Officer Debbie Romey and City Attorney Patrick Ginsbach
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| Agenda: |
Mayor DeVries added Personnel under Executive Session.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Burris to approve the amended agenda.
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| Minutes: |
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Hamaker to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held on August 17, 2009, Pomrenke abstained.
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| Claims: |
Moved by Burris, seconded by Atchley to approve the bills in between totaling $145,154.46.
Moved by Burris, seconded by Field to approve current claims totaling $70,413.44.
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| Communications from the Public: |
Joy McCracken and Tara J. Brodkorb, Marketing Director with Dakota Land Trust presented a Housing Market Analysis for Custer, Fall River, Pennington and Southwestern Meade Counties.
Charles Easterby inquired about the width of the Butler Park Trails. Mayor DeVries said the original plans were used for width and it meets ADA requirements.
Charles Easterby said it is government control on small businesses by placing a six month moratorium on signage while the city council sits and rewrites the ordinances.
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| Hearing: |
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| Ordinance: |
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Atchley to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 1083, an ordinance approving the appropriations to meet the obligations of the municipality for fiscal year 2010.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Hamaker to set a public hearing on September 21st at 7:15 p.m. for Ordinance No. 1083.
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| Old Business: |
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| Resolution: |
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| Personnel: |
Recreation season ended on August 31st for: Patty Schuh, Linda Stoll, Jim Hayes, Scott Harkless, Ben Kramer, Barry Hansen, Michelle Stevens, Denise Haden, Katherine Vollmer, Connie Phelps, Mary Ginsbach, Kelsey Kruger, Lindsay Livesay, Cassidy Schoenfelder, Anna Schumacher, Brooke Thompson, Brianna Williamson, Daniel O’Connor, Haylee Phelps, Dana Nachtigall, Rikki Powell, Carlie Weiss, Chris Housley, David Housely, Madison Prehiem, Sarah Geiser, Sandra McPherson, Thomas Mossman, Kylie Van Wagoner and Tanna White.
Jake Johnson and Jerred Tarrell, Parks Department and Danny O’Connor, Cemetery Department season ended on August 14th. Bill Slater, Pro Shop, season ended on August 26th. Don Santa was hired at the Pro Shop on August 26th at $7.25 per hour.
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Hamaker to pay only the employee portion of the group health insurance for all new hires with the City beginning on September 1, 2009 and any current employee with health insurance coverage will have until April 30, 2010 to add a spouse, children or a family to their policy with the City paying 50% of the cost.
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Pomrenke to approve Vince Logue to use all of his available sick leave accumulated for family sick leave and to authorize any City employee to donate sick leave to him.
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| New Busines: |
The following bids were opened for the Battle Mountain Avenue and Highway 385 water main replacement and road repair project on September 8, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall: (for schedule A)Tru-Form Construction, Inc. from Black Hawk, SD bid $168,957.90, Simon Contractors of SD, Inc. from Rapid City, SD bid $105,515.50, Shovelhead Construction from Rapid City, SD bid $107,696.18, Hills Materials Company from Rapid City, SD bid $106,250.00 and Mainline Contracting, Inc. from Rapid City, SD bid $101,290.01.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Atchley to accept the low bid from Mainline Contracting, Inc. for $101,290.01 for the Battle Mountain Avenue and Highway 385 water main replacement and road repair project.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Pomrenke to approve Arlin Fenhaus, Golf Course Superintendent, to attend the South Dakota Golf Course Superintendent’s Association meeting in Mitchell, SD on October 4, 5 and 6, 2009, Burris, Catlett, Hamaker and Pomrenke voted yes, Atchley, Ecoffey and Field voted no; motion failed.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Burris to approve Scott Simianer, Building Inspector, to attend the annual SDML Conference in Watertown on October 7, 8 and 9, 2009 at the cost of $265.00 for lodging and registration.
Moved by Catlett, seconded by Hamaker to approve Stephanie Akers, Wastewater Superintendent, to attend the annual South Dakota Wastewater Association Conference in Spearfish on September 16, 17 and 18, 2009 at the cost of $268.47 for lodging and registration.
Moved by Ecoffey, seconded by Atchley to impose up to a six month moratorium on all on-premise signage within the City to allow for review of the existing sign ordinance, Atchley and Ecoffey voted yes, Hamaker, Pomrenke, Burris, Catlett and Field voted no; motion failed.
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Burris to allow The Hot Springs Fall Heritage Festival committee to use the Union Station, the train and the jail as part of the festivities in the afternoon on September 19, 2009. |
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| Mayor Report: |
Annual South Dakota Municipal League Conference on October 6-9 in Watertown.
Mayor DeVries appointed Truman Savery to Cultural Recreation Committee.
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Burris to accept the Mayor’s appointment of Carole Boos as City Attorney effective September 8, 2009, Hamaker and Pomrenke voted no.
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| Committee Reports: |
Administration-Promotion: Councilman Field said they will meet on September 21st at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall
Public Works: Councilman Catlett said they will meet September 15th at 1:30 at City Hall
Public Safety: Councilman Ecoffey said they will meet September 25th at 4:00 at City Hall
Cultural Recreation: Councilwoman Pomrenke said they will meet on September 29th at 5:00 at the Material Recovery Facility
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| Executive Session: |
Moved by Atchley, seconded by Ecoffey to go into executive session for legal matters at 8:18 p.m. City Attorney Ginsbach was present.
Executive session ended at 8:42 p.m.
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| Adjournment: |
Being no further business to come before the Council, moved by Atchley, seconded by Hamaker to adjourn at 8:43 p.m.
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| Approved: |
| Don DeVries, Mayor |
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| Attest: |
| Cheryl Wait, Finance Officer |
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