Pursuant to due call and notice thereof the Britton City Council met in regular session at Council Chambers in the Britton Event Center on Monday, February 2019 at 6:30 p.m. Present were Aldermen Satterlee, Beck, Sasker, Freeman, Deutsch and City Foreman Phillips and Attorney Scott. Council President Beck presided. Doug Card, Laken Atkinson and Rhonda Hardina also attended. The Pledge of Allegiance was said recited by all in attendance. COMMUNICATIONS: Railroad Right-Of-Way application was reviewed. 2019 WAGES: The Council tabled approving 2019 wages until employee evaluations are completed. Finance Officer Marlow will do the Assistant Finance Officer s; Foreman Phillips will do the city crew members and the Mayor and/or Council members will do the Finance Officer and City Foreman s. LIBRARY NEW HIRE AND 2019 WAGES: Freeman moved Deutsch seconded to approve the salary for Shelly Kann, Assistant Librarian, at $11.00 per hour and she is eligible for all benefits of full-time employees. All members present voted aye, motion carried. Deutsch moved Sasker seconded the following 2019 wages for library employees: Rhonda Hardina- $17.50 hr., Lori Farber-$12.65 hr., Bonnie Henricks-$15.11 hr., and Cindy Krutsinger-$12.65 hr. All members present voted aye. PUBLIC VOICE and COMMENTS AND CONCERNS: No persons appeared for the Public Voice/Comments or Concerns. MINUTES: Deutsch moved Freeman seconded to approve the minutes of the December 12 regular meeting, December 19 special meeting and December 26 special meeting as printed. All members present voted aye, motion carried. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT: Freeman moved Satterlee seconded to accept a quote from Crouch Recreation in the amount of $19,304 for playground equipment and disc golf for the 4 th Street Park, Centennial Park and the Britton Swim Pool. All members present voted aye, motion carried. ANNUAL POLICIES: Reviewing and approving annual policies was tabled to next month. CURB & GUTTER PROJECT FOR 2019: It was decided to wait until spring to get quotes for curb & gutter in the southwest area of Britton. FEE SCHEDULE FOR EVENT CENTER: A fee schedule was discussed for the Britton Event Center. To get a fee for an event, interested parties can contact Laken Atkinson, Event Center Coordinator at 605-448-5015. CEMETERY DATA ENTRY: Sasker moved Freeman seconded to hire Peggy Satrang in a temporary part time position for less than 19 hours per week to do cemetery data entry at $14.00 per hour. All members present voted aye, motion carried. SALE BARN DEMO-The city will get quotes for the demolition of the sale barn. CODE ENFORCMENT: It was decided not to utilize the Code Enforcement staff employed by the South Dakota Municipal League at this time. 1
AUTHORIZE TO ACCEPT AND APPOINT SIGNATORS FOR CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS: Deutsch moved, Freeman seconded to authorize the Mayor or Council President to sign an Amendment to the Agreement for Professional Services for the Britton Municipal Airport Hangar Taxi-lane Expansion AIP #3-46-0004-12-2017 A-6586 with Helm s & Associates amending the costs of the agreement to the finalized costs. All members present voted aye, motion carried. Deutsch moved Sasker seconded to accept the Engagement Letter relating to the audit of the City for the year ended December 31, 2019 from Eide Baily and to authorize both the Mayor and Council President as signatories. All members present voted aye, motion carried. Sasker moved Deutsch seconded to authorize the execution of the Agency Agreement between the State of South Dakota Department of Transportation and City of Britton by the Mayor as the authorized representative for the City of Britton. All members present voted aye, motion carried. TREES AND SHRUBS IN ALLEYS: The council stressed that property owners need to keep trees and shrubs in alleys trimmed. Service vehicles such as fuel and garbage trucks are unable to delivery or pick up garbage in the alleys when the trees and shrubs are not trimmed. SPECIAL MALT BEVERAGE AND LIQUOR LICENSE: Sasker moved Deutsch seconded to approve a special on-sale malt beverage and on-sale liquor license for March 19, 2019 at the Britton Event Center. All members present voted aye, motion carried. CABLE TV RATE INCREASE: A letter was received from Venture Communications with a price change (increase) to the digital television lineups. SPECIAL MALT BEVERAGE AND LIQUOR LICENSES FROM OUT OF TOWN VENDORS: Attorney Scott will review state statute concerning special licenses being issued to out of town vendors. COMMITTEE REPORTS: LIBRARY: Shelly Kann was hired as Assistant Librarian and Kirby Stenvold was hired to do snow removal. EVENT CENTER: The Council authorized Event Center Coordinator Atkinson to organize events sponsored by the Britton Event Center up to $1,000.00 without council approval. CLAIMS PAYABLES: Deutsch moved Freeman seconded to approve payment of the claims payables listed. All members present voted aye motion carried. FOREMAN REPORTS: Foreman Phillips reported the crew has been busy with snow removal and the city should look at purchasing another dump truck. The council advised him to get costs on a new truck. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Freeman, Deutsch moved, seconded the meeting adjourns. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Marie Marlow, Finance Officer APPROVED: Brian Beck, Council President 2
PAYROLL Animal Control $167.85 City Crew $12,346.80 Housekeeping library and city hall $634.60 Library $7,560.35 Office $6,090.11 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Aflac Supplemental Insurance $311.32 Colonial Life Supplemental Insurance $211.75 Guardian Life, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD $1,333.94 Health Pool of SD 2019 Health Insurance $2,319.87 IRS Payroll Taxes $8,742.44 SD Retirement Retirement $3,037.66 SD Unemployment 4th Qtr. 2018 $65.88 UTILITIES BDM Water $13,776.94 Lake Region Electric airport, cemetery, city shop $1,638.40 Lehr Sanitation residential garbage pickup $9,605.00 North Star Energy propane $1,612.64 Otter Tail electricity $3,661.69 Venture Communications telephone and internet $574.43 Verizon Wireless cell phone $160.44 PAYABLES SD State Treasurer Sales Tax $681.26 OTHER AmeriPride rugs $99.74 Avera Occupational Medicine random drug testing $84.55 Bantz, Gosch & Cremer legal fees $11,514.41 Britton Insurance airport liability insurance $1,260.00 Britton Lumber & Home Center office construction & supplies $1.50 Butler Cat cutting edges $913.72 Dakota Pump Scada software support $200.00 Davidson Plumbing Heating bus barn repairs $204.08 DC Tree Removal trim trees, tree removal $1,700.00 Dollar General office supplies $15.44 Expetec offsite backup, monitoring, maintenance $410.15 First Savings Bank Interim Loan interest $4,661.64 First Savings Bank bank fees $37.10 Full Circle Ag gas $1,262.45 Helm's & Associates airport land acquisition, storm sewer project $4,850.00 Holland Bros Oil Co gas $1,448.61 Holland Napa Auto Parts starting fluid $8.97 3
John Deere Financial oil filters, oil $122.45 Ken's Food Fair council meetings, Kleenex $84.32 Marlow, Marie per diem $8.40 MC Healthcare Ctr wellness membership $92.00 Meyer Hardware Hank city hall humidifier and heaters $132.94 Mike's Cooling & Heating snake sewer-water project $698.98 Overhead Door repair door openers $749.95 Payment Service Network epay and cc collection fee $250.03 Riteway Business Forms laser W-2 $70.59 Rural Development loan payment $5,243.00 SD One Call Systems 1 locate $1.05 Sd Public Assurance Alliance 2018 added Britton Event Center to insurance $2,276.29 The Britton Journal adv & pub $61.60 Tri-State Water Water $16.70 US Bank SRF loan payments-water and sewer $32,264.94 Visa shop equip, software, postage, event ctr $2,160.51 Britton Event Center AmeriPride rugs, TP, PT, soap $99.74 Atkinson, Laken reimburse for supplies purchased $148.96 Britton Lumber & Home Center supplies $113.74 install hose bib for floor scrubber & line for CDJ Electric coffeemaker $367.85 Cole Paper floor scrubber & pads $6,261.79 Dollar General supplies $52.29 Expetec purchase and install MS Publisher $158.44 Ken's Food Fair supplies $88.18 Meyer Hardware Hank basketball, cleaning sup $101.06 North Star Energy propane $4,099.50 Otter Tail Elec $1,271.96 The Britton Journal advertising $87.00 Venture Communications phone $46.64 Britton Public Library AmeriPride rugs $101.58 Center Point Publishing books and sup $133.02 Century Business Products printer maintenance $153.22 Dollar General supplies $41.25 Martha Stewart Living renew sub $25.00 National Pen Co supplies $187.30 Otter Tail Elec $643.35 Penworthy books $122.05 Quarve Drug supplies $17.46 Saturday Evening Post renew sub $10.00 The Britton Journal advertising $152.25 4
Venture Communications phone and internet $205.79 Visa books and sup $910.96 City of Britton is an equal opportunity provider. Published once at the total approximate cost of 5