City Board Minutes

The Humboldt City Board met in special session on Monday, December 19^th, 2005. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Schmeichel at 7:00 p.m. Trustees present were Larry Skari and Theresa Muth. Others present included Butch Hanssen with Novak Sanitation, Nancy and Chris Korkow with Addy Disposal, Rick Blomberg with Rick Blomberg Sanitation, Jim and Paula Jarding, Rich Victor with Banner and Associates, Scott Buss with Minnehaha Community Water Corporation, Debra Gaikowski and Sara Kleinschmit both with SECOG.

The Garbage bid awarding was discussed. Items discussed included the size of trucks to be used, donations to city events, different free services provided to the locals in the city, type of garbage cans currently used and the weight load of the chip sealed streets.

After discussion, the Chairman declared the meeting in executive session at 7:10 p.m.

The meeting was reconvened at 7:25 p.m.

The Chairman stated that after a phone discussion with the City Attorney, the board has two options which are to accept the lowest bid or to reject all of the bids and the current contract with Addy would continue on a month by month basis. A motion was made by Muth and seconded by Skari to reject all of the bids and continue the current contract with Addy Disposal on a month by month basis until the board decides what steps need to be taken next. The motion carried. The attorney will be contacted.

Debra Gaikowski was present to submit the results of the RateMaker program that the city has received grants for. Both the water and sewer rates, expenses and revenues were reviewed. Three options for each of the utilities were submitted for changing the current rate structure. The board will review the options. The RateMaker documents need to be submitted to DENR for approval and a final draft submitted to the board.

Rich Victor, Sara Kleinschmit and Scott Buss were all present to discuss the Water Improvement Project. The contract with the city and MCWC expires in 2006. A new contract will need to be drafted including the proposed upgrades and water delivery. The engineers for the project will be meeting on Wednesday. Once Sara received the final numbers for the project she will submit the grant application.

Jodi from SiouxLand Libraries will be present at the January 9^th, 2006 meeting.

Revising the water and sewer rate structure was discussed.

The second reading of the 2005 Supplemental Budget was held. After discussion, a motion was made by Muth and seconded by Schmeichel to approve the second reading of Supplemental Budget Ordinance O-12-12-05-1. The motion carried. (e-mail attached)

With no further business, a motion was made by Muth and seconded by Skari to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 p.m. The motion carried.

ATTEST: KRISTIE ELLIS

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