City Commission Minutes

Minutes of the Regular City Commission Meeting held on December 28, 2021 at City Hall at 4:00 PM.

Present:  President Lyn James, Benjamin Schaaf, Ryan Shear, Myron Vail, Chief Headley, Bill Mason, Todd Hofland, Stacy McGee, Ruth Ann Lorge, Bill Fiegel, and Peggy Allen. Officer Masters (arrived at 4:30 pm).  Absent:  Darren Limesand

President James called the meeting order at 4:05 pm.  James requested to add EDA Federal Grant to the agenda.  Motion by Shear, second by Schaaf to approve the agenda as revised.  RCV= all aye, MC.              

Direct Deposit: $32,616.20; Check #: 12921 – 12958;  Voided Checks: 12948  Bills:  Bowman Cemetery $198.71, Bowman Park and Rec $4,160.72, Carmel’s Cleaners $130.68, Dacotah Paper $127.89, Dakota Western Insurance $8,425.00, Fallon County Treasurer $4,637.50, John Deere Financial $609.72, Joshua Ridl $286.16, Kohler Communication $31.50, Pete Knopp $14.00, S & T Custom Plumbing $28.83, Saber Torch $239.08, Slope Electric $1,359.00, Southwest Healthcare Services $186.00, Summit Fire Protection $480.00, Tim Olson Construction, Inc. $586.00, Verizon Wireless $357.12, Wild and Weiss Law Office $200.00, Advanced Business Methods $146.25, Bill Mason $438.90, Boss Office Products $398.88, Bowman Auto Parts $104.16, Bowman Sales and Service $1,104.00, BR’s Construction and Flooring $5,996.10, Brosz Engineering $7,382.50, Curtis Blue Line $427.62, Dacotah Paper $50.94, RDO Equipment $925.92, S & T Plumbing $1,013.59, Sound Engagement $1,000.00, Southwest Business Machine $25.32, Tiger Electric $546.27, Visa $3,382.40, Western Frontier Insurance $26,706.00, and Woodley Construction $4,321.25.

Tax and Tourism Checks:  #12922 – 12923

Tax and Tourism Bills:  Bowman Chamber of Commerce $2,598.88 and Bowman County Development Corporation $21,802.06

MCGEE:

                Resolution #2021-M-14 Resolution for SUR Fund Rate Change:  As discussed during 2022 preliminary budget meetings, McGee presented a resolution to change the SUR Fund rate.  Effective January 1 2022, the SUR Fund monthly rate on the utility bill will be $5.00 a month.  Motion by Schaaf, second by Shear to approve Resolution #2021-M-14, a Resolution for the Surcharge Rate.  RCV= all aye, MC.

EDA Grant:  James stated there is a federal grant the City can apply for to put infrastructure to the proposed Gooseneck Implement property and the deadline is January 26, 2022.  The Commission is okay with checking into and applying for the grant.

                Park and Rec Utility Information:  This was tabled for another meeting.

Employee Personnel Manual:  This was tabled for another meeting.

HOFLAND:

Dept. Head Report:  The crew removed 76 loads of snow off streets from the last snow fall.

MASON:

                Dept Head Report:  Nothing to report

OFFICER MASTERS:

Dept. Head Report: Department activity from 12/7/21 to 12/28/21. There were 7 incident reports, 34 calls for service, 44 traffic stops of which 16 citations were issued, 8 written warnings were issued, and 20 verbal warnings, and 3 arrests were made (suspended driver and 2 domestic assaults)

BCDC-No Representative Present:

Annual Agreement Between City of Bowman and BCDC:  James read the annual agreement between the City of Bowman and BCDC office.  Motion by Schaaf, second by Shear to approve signing the 2022 Agreement between the BCDC office and the City of Bowman.  RCV= all aye, MC.

Resolution #2021-F-19 Resolution for Funding FY 2022:  James read the annual Resolution for Funding the Pace, Flex Pace, Micro loans, Interest Buy Downs, Downtown Façade Grant and Workforce Program.  Motion by Schaaf, second by Shear to approve Resolution #2021-F-19 Resolution for Funding FY 2022 for the Pace, Flex Pace, Micro Loans, Interest Buy Downs, Downtown Façade and Workforce Program for the Bowman County Development Corporation.  RCV= all aye, MC.

LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS:

Silver Dollar:  Fiegel was advised to get his staff trained with alcohol server training.  Currently none of his employees have training.  James gave him a handout on alcohol server training dates and NDCC info on alcohol server training and liability.  He said he will have his staff there for training scheduled in March.

Crystal Bar:  Due to the number of instances that the Crystal Bar has had patrons in the bar after 1:00 am, the Commission decided to write a letter to Lorge stating that if there is one more offense there will be a 30 day suspension of her liquor license.  Schaaf will hand deliver the letter.  There was discussion between Lorge and Officer Masters regarding the last incident.

The following liquor license applications were presented for renewal:

Kum and Go, LLC- License #LL-01-Off Sale Beer and Wine-$500-Class VI License

Bowman Energy, LLC DBA Frontier Travel Center-License #LL-02-Off Sale-Beer and Wine $500-Class VI License

Newd Legacies, LLC DBA Windy’s Bar-License #LL-18 On & Off Sale $950- Class I License

Silver Dollar Bar and Grill-License #LL-21-On& Off Sale-$950- Class I License

Bowman Lodge, LLC-License# LL-11-On Sale Liquor and Beer-$500-Class VIII-A Motel/Hotel

Bowman Liquor’s Properties, LLC -License #LL-15-Off Sale Liquor and Beer-$800-Class III License

Bowman Market, Inc.-License #LL-16-Off Sale Liquor and Beer-$800-Class III

South Main Lanes, LLC-License #LL-23-On & Off Sale-$950- Class I License

Crystal Bar-License #LL-17-On & Off Sale Liquor and Beer-$950-Class I License

Carlson’s Steakhouse License- #LL-22-On and Off Sale-Liquor and Beer-$950-Class I License

Big Cat’s NDP Too, LLC -License # LL-20-On Sale Beer and Wine- $300-Class VII – B License

Motion by Schaaf, second by Shear to approve all the liquor license applications for 2022 with the stipulation for the Crystal Bar that if they have one more offense, they will have a 30-day license suspension and Silver Dollar is required to get alcohol server training by the March 3, 2022 class.  RCV=all aye, MC.

ALLEN:

“No Air Brake” Signs:  At a previous meeting Officer Bergerson asked if we could get larger ‘No Air Brakes” signs.  Allen corresponded with Rob Rayhorn at NDDOT and there is only one size sign for the “No Air Brakes.” NDDOT is the only ones that can replace those signs, the City cannot.

Speed Limit Study:  A developer requested to have the speed limit changed for an area they are considering building in off Highway 85 and NDDOT said they can’t do the speed limit study until the area is developed.

Transfers:  Allen presented the 2021-year end fund transfer requests as follows:

Motion by Shear, second by Vail to approve the 2021-year end transfers.  RCV= all aye, MC.

Budget Amendments:  Allen Presented the following 2021 budget amendments: 

Motion by Shear, second by Vail to approve the 2021-year end budget amendments as presented.  RCV= all aye, MC.

JAMES:

Hwy 12 and Hwy 85 Intersection:  NDDOT said the work to be done for the safety issue at this intersection is adding a left side stop sign and stop ahead sign, changing the stop signs to LED and adding stop rumble strips.  The commission is okay with the NDDOT plan.

CLOSE OF MEETING:

Next Meeting:  1/4/21 at 4:00 pm.

Motion by Shear, second by Vail to approve the bills, November 2021 Financials and the 12/7/21 meeting minutes.  RCV= all aye, MC.

President James adjourned the meeting at 5:40 pm.

BOWMAN CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 4:00 pm

Bowman City Hall, 101 1st St. NE

*Agenda Policy*:  The City follows a strict agenda policy in order to insure transparency to the citizens of Bowman.  NO topics will be discussed that are not on the agenda unless said topic constitutes an emergency action.  This agenda has a rolling schedule so scheduled appointments may take place sooner than the scheduled time unless it is a public hearing.

 4:00  –  4:05 PM               Call Meeting to Order, Approval of Agenda and Pledge of Allegiance

Commissioners Review of Bills

4:05 – 4:30PM                  Dept. Head Reports/Engineering (McGee, Hofland, Mason, Headley, and Brosz)

ALLEN

Burn Ban

Beylund Property Re-plat

SHEAR

Zoning Code Enforcer Job Description

Gooseneck Proposed Property

Open Forum

Close of Meeting

• Approval of Bills, December 2021 Financials and 12/28/21 Meeting Minutes.
• Next Meeting Date:  2/1/22
• Adjournment of Meeting