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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING

            The City Council of the City of Volga, SD, met in Regular Session, Monday, December 3, 2007, at 7:00 PM, in the conference room of City Hall, with Mayor Tom Pierce presiding.  Members present: Anderson, Benson, Bjerke, Howell, Fideler, and Strasburg.  Also present: City Attorney, Steve Britzman, City Administrator, Steve Meyer, Finance Officer, Jennifer Petersen, and Jane Utecht from the Volga Tribune. Following the Pledge of Allegiance Anderson moved to approve the agenda. Benson seconded the motion.  On roll call all members voted AYE.  Motion carried. Strasburg moved to approve the minutes of the November 5, 2007, regular meeting. Bjerke seconded the motion.  On roll call all members voted AYE.  Motion carried. Fideler moved to approve the following claims and ordered them paid. Benson seconded the motion.  On roll call all members voted AYE.  Motion carried.

December 2007 Claims

 

 

AFLAC

insurance

318.36

AG First Farmers Co-op

fuel/supplies

805.57

Aramark

supplies

245.73

1st Nat'l Bank

payroll tax august

5,776.87

Alltel

utilities

65.40

Bkgs County Treasurer

Contract Law

7,597.22

Brent Brown

cell phone

30.00

Brookings Auto Mall

supplies

5.50

Brookings Dumpster Service

garbage service june/july

6,332.65

Brookings Dumpster Service

city clean up

498.88

Brookings Health System

professional services

119.64

Central Business Supply

supplies

1,136.00

Caseys

supplies est

300.00

City of Volga

utilities

7,250.05

CNH-Titan Machinery

supplies & materials

157.52

Corey Granum

meter deposit refund

50.00

Courtesy Plumbing

maintenance

372.50

Dakotaland FCU

equipment, supplies

1,755.14

Dakota Supply Group

supplies

1,373.54

Dales Alignment

repairs & maintenance

623.09

Daniels Construction

pay request #2

35,317.83

Delta Dental

insurance

212.90

Dept. of Revenue & Health

sampling

541.00

DM & E

professional services

370.00

Dust-Tex

cleaning

440.33

East River

service

10,736.00

Eugene Beckman & Sons

supplies

19.81

First Bank & Trust - Loan

loan

4,072.16

Fort Dearborn Life Insurance

life insurance

55.50

Gas Stop I-90

supplies est

500.00

Graybar

supplies & materials

83.31

Hamlin Building Center

supplies

68.54

Hawkins

supplies & materials

1,197.74

Heartland

power

121,058.48

Heiman Fire Equipment

supplies & materials

515.00

Jagers

supplies

163.87

Jason Nieman

cell phone

30.00

Jennifer Petersen

mileage

51.66

Jerry's Electric

materials

4,875.00

Joan Bjorkland

cleaning

100.00

Lawrence Leasing

repairs & maintenance

115.25

Lemme's Plumbing

repairs & maintenance

76.25

Mas Media

professional services

165.00

Mediacom

utilities

109.95

MMUA

registration fees

800.00

Nebraska Child Support

monthly maintenance

357.00

Nielsen's

supplies & materials

5.33

Northwestern Energy

utilities

679.31

Office Systems

supplies & materials

25.76

One Call Systems

locates

34.00

Orbitcom

utilities

559.20

Pamela Wold

meter deposit refund

50.00

Paul Santema

cell phone

30.00

Qwest

utilities

84.00

Real Clean

cleaning

30.00

RFD News Group

legals, publishing

151.79

Runnings

supplies & materials

54.30

Sanitation Products Inc.

repairs & maintenance

1,047.69

Sara Jennen

refund

73.48

SD Retirment System

retirement

2,655.80

 

 

 

SD Redbook Fund

materials

108.00

SD States Treasury

Sales Tax

8,495.72

Servall

supplies

19.66

Shepardson Hardware Hank

supplies

38.95

Steve Meyer

mileage

90.30

Theresa Anderson

meter deposit refund

8.32

Thomson West

materials

27.50

USA Blue Book

supplies

1,685.94

Verizon Wireless

utilities

17.70

Volga Ag Center

supplies est

250.00

Volga Postmaster

u/b postage

316.19

Volga Tribune

annual subscription

36.75

WAPA

service

16,384.80

Wellmark Blue Cross

insurance

3,658.64

Wesco

supplies & materials

3,765.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Fund Employees

Payroll

5,009.14

Water Fund Employees

Payroll

2,356.63

Electric Fund Employees

Payroll

7,223.98

Sewer Fund Employees

Payroll

2,356.63

            Benson moved to approve the 2nd reading of Ordinance 2007-05, AN ORDINANCE SUPPLEMENTING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2006-03.Motion was seconded by Bjerke. All in favor. Motion carried.
            At 7:30 PM Skid Steer Bid Opening. Bids were presented by Farmers Implement for $14,469 and by Eugene Beckman & Sons for $18,431.28. Bids were checked for accuracy by attorney Britzman. Motion was made by Strasburg to accept bid by Farmers Implement which included trade-in for old skid steer. Seconded by Fideler. All in favor. Motion carried.
           
            At 8 PM a Public Hearing was held to review an application by Jim Schade of Schade’ Vineyard, Inc., to place an off-site sign in Lot C-1, located in Section 22, Township One Hundred Ten (110) North, Range Fifty-One (51) in the City of Volga, Brookings County, State of South Dakota. Motion made by Fideler to approve public hearing, for Jim Schade of Schade’ Vineyard, Inc., to approve an off-site Billboard sign. Motion was seconded by Bjerke. On roll call all in favor. Motion carried.
            At 8:15 PM Kevin & Kari VanderWal Electric dig in bill. Bill amount and estimate amount was discussed. Council decided that the bill was accurate and is a direct pass on of costs (no mark-up) that were incurred by the city for the new service. No action taken.
            Garbage pickups for Christmas and New Years weeks will be on Friday Only. There will be no City Wide clean up in January.
            Holiday Closures in December and January.  Motion by Bjerke to have the Volga City Offices officially closed on December 24 and 25th and January 1st for the Holidays. Seconded by Anderson. All in favor. Motion Carried.
            Committee Reports were given.
There being no further business a motion was made by Anderson to adjourn. Motion seconded by Bjerke. All in Favor. Motion Carried.
                                                                                   
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Tom Pierce, Mayor, City of Volga

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Jennifer Petersen, Finance Officer                                                                           

    

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