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Resolution 25-0302R — validating prior votes for conflict-of-interest instances: The council approved Resolution 25-0302R, which staff described as validating a set of past votes by a council member that were technical violations rather than acts of ill intent. (Counsel/staff characterized the items as routine bill payments and other non-bill-paying votes related to climate control.) Councilman Johnson moved the resolution and Councilman Nordstrom seconded. Roll call recorded seven ayes and one abstention (Ward). Outcome: approved.

Tax-abatement application (county-submitted): The council approved a county-recommended abatement after the county director of equalization amended the property’s factored value and the county commission approved the change. Staff recommended approval and the council approved the abatement on voice/roll call; all members present voted aye. Outcome: approved.

Waive TIF application fee — Homes Are Possible (affordable housing): The council approved a one-time waiver of the newly implemented $1,000 TIF application fee for a nonprofit, Homes Are Possible, applying for an affordable-housing TIF. City staff said this is the city’s first \"true affordable housing TIF\" with price restrictions established by the South Dakota Housing Authority; staff recommended the waiver. Motion to waive the fee passed on a roll call with all voting aye. Outcome: approved (waiver of $1,000 application fee).

Pay request — Domi Construction (mill and overlay project): The council approved payment of $108,287.11 to Domi Construction to release retainage and close the mill-and-overlay project. Public Works staff said the work wrapped up last August and the payment clears remaining retainage after restoration work. Motion carried on roll call; all voting aye. Outcome: approved ($108,287.11 to Domi Construction).

Bills and payroll: The council approved finalized payroll and associated taxes for the indicated pay period and approved paying the bills. Councilman Liebauch moved and Councilman Ronain seconded; roll call showed one recorded abstention (Ward on one line item), otherwise all aye. Outcome: approved.

Consent calendar: The consent calendar (nine items including mobile-home-park licenses, a daycare license renewal, board minutes and a community event permit) was approved earlier in the meeting; two abstentions were recorded for a particular consent item (Ward and one other abstention was made note of). Outcome: approved (with recorded abstentions on item H).

Ending: No appeals or further debate followed these votes; recorded roll-call tallies are included in the actions array below.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting March 24th, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its March 24 meeting the Aberdeen City Council approved Resolution 25-0302R validating certain prior votes, approved an application-fee waiver for an affordable-housing TIF, released retainage for a street project, approved a property-tax abatement and routine payroll/bill payments; roll calls are recorded below.","taxTitle","City of Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota","taxId",64107,"location","South Dakota","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6107123,"Council approves first reading to raise building-moving thresholds, remove cash-bond requirement",221,1742000,1963000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2778614-4c5b589108a969c70037729d7e5cb29b&start=1742&end=1963","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2778614-4c5b589108a969c70037729d7e5cb29b/thumbnail_1742000.jpg","/articles/6107123/South-Dakota/Council-approves-first-reading-to-raise-building-moving-thresholds-remove-cash-bond-requirement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6107123-84360a1f2afae1974d905b0670c0250b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770436887&Signature=lJGYuXTWnvBw12zYiex9AXnZsJa99Em4p~4kWQLnq04OpS8B~RW2Lb-urfaohP5pkHEPQMefyVL6F9jgeeQ13nw6pIKNPFlO43stNUNjPMTTby9O6ZsfnWNUhhrgzZj3TzyBLIZDeXk6pS0hS4OSiStTjwehE7oNfGkruXI~0Vhe3nLtZDIvV-UXGESVqFgYAafIqXzF4tflRN0P6AqrmwWGV0PJkwCWUBQ2v3q6ZXfodW48EDH0xCfgXU1ii6JM~ZQHWCpTuihW8CZGUThKQ76~yLFRx17wcBLR2Jxzw6Cd3okzUOwXalES~DUQUgcHH0IjFwRoNQS3YV6guQmpCw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City Council on March 24 approved first reading of Ordinance 25-0301, amending Chapter 46 of the city code to change when a building-moving permit is required and how financial guarantees are posted.

Ken (Public Works) described the draft ordinance and the changes it would make. He said the ordinance as printed used a 13-foot loaded height threshold but staff recommended raising the threshold to 15 feet to avoid requiring permits for many commonly moved sheds and small buildings. \"This will protect overhang utilities, signs, so forth from any damages,\" Ken said, and noted staff recommendation to allow insurance or a surety bond in lieu of the existing $500 cash bond held by finance.

Councilman Ward moved an amendment to change the printed 13-foot height threshold to 15 feet; Councilman Nordstrom seconded the amendment. The amendment passed by voice vote. Council members discussed how the change would reduce permitting for small sheds moved within town and noted that state highways remain outside the city permitting requirement for through-movement. Ken told the council the city issued about 10 moving permits last year and that prior policy changes (raising a prior square-foot threshold) had already reduced permit counts.

After the amendment, the council approved first reading of the ordinance on a roll-call vote. The ordinance as amended exempts buildings that do not exceed the new thresholds (loaded width up to 12 feet, loaded height up to 15 feet) from the city moving-permit requirement; projects exceeding those dimensions will require route approval, police escort and financial guarantee via insurance or surety bond rather than cash retainage.

Ending: The ordinance passed first reading; staff said the second reading will reflect the amendment to the height threshold and that routine permitting policy language will be adjusted to match the ordinance.","The council passed first reading of Ordinance 25-0301 to change the city code on building-moving permits (chapter 46): it raised size thresholds (height to 15 feet after amendment), and removed the cash-bond requirement in favor of insurance or a surety bond; the council discussed permitting frequency and state-highway exceptions.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6107128,"Aberdeen CVB reports visitor gains, outlines 2024 marketing and Hotel Alliance support",769,269000,1038000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2778614-4c5b589108a969c70037729d7e5cb29b&start=269&end=1038","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2778614-4c5b589108a969c70037729d7e5cb29b/thumbnail_269000.jpg","/articles/6107128/South-Dakota/Aberdeen-CVB-reports-visitor-gains-outlines-2024-marketing-and-Hotel-Alliance-support","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6107128-1b9000ec5a23420131b3bace6eb3819b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770436887&Signature=hsOyvQnq-t9uL232oT3iM67WmULmVF7urYTbrtuSVl-8rW1YoNsVV9WIOCBd71jqybxZzbSo1qzXL-SpjQLD70p~jkUT7CzHILH2czv55HnmX13OK36KK1fA2k75c~9S4egcUkYSDWlDv5bMjyXBDUFQRUKNUTJzerEvbUFBh6pmSJ0TTE36GWSrUHNHgQ9SH6~tFrvEk4UhbDE6SyOxr2HxJQmhbYxUrnrpd0fNt-1nOr12IQa0kbJEtAJwENzp79g-GVRNAqmj-V9m79ZxU7T9j8vQf5~0jVX9QxfiLwZvgmCGzYd0qoXoNNWvJB~OKAGsVeQ8Q5FgjxTqmivbpg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Casey Weismantle, a representative of the Aberdeen Convention & Visitors Bureau, told the City Council on March 24 that 2024 brought measurable gains in visitor activity and online engagement and described how the CVB and its partners market the city.

Weismantle said the bureau’s promotional work focused on a regional three-state market for leisure visitors and a nationwide approach for hunting marketing. \"Our goal is to try to refill that triple b budget,\" he said, referring to the city’s promotional tax fund. He described the occupancy fee as \"a $2 fee that's added to a hotel stay anytime a visitor travels to Aberdeen area and rents a hotel room.\" He attributed a 4.53% increase in the occupancy fee receipts in 2024 compared with 2023 to higher visitor traffic.

The update included counts and performance metrics for the bureau’s 2024 campaigns: 25 print campaigns, four digital campaigns, three video campaigns, six radio campaigns and 29 email marketing campaigns; social platforms remained important, with Facebook delivering the largest reach. The CVB’s main website registered about 469,000 page views in 2024; the hunting subsite had roughly 52,000 users. Weismantle also gave specific marketing-performance figures: a 38% open rate on hunting email campaigns and a 2.2% click-through rate, and cited a widely viewed “MeatEater” video with about 489,000 impressions.

Weismantle described the Aberdeen Hotel Alliance as a separate industry group that \"runs their own budget\" and pays event sponsorships and advertising that amplify the CVB’s work. He said in 2024 the Hotel Alliance paid about $79,000 in event sponsorships and roughly $113,000 in advertising on Aberdeen’s behalf. The alliance, he said, aims to seed events with three- to five-year sponsorships to help them become self-sustaining.

Council members asked about audience analytics. Weismantle said the CVB and partner organizations are testing Placer.ai and have run demos; full access was not yet purchased but preliminary reports are available. \"We look at the full visitation, which would include Aberdeen residents, and then we also annex out the Aberdeen residents and look at visitors that are 50 miles away and farther,\" he said, describing heat maps and origin/destination reports used to plan outreach and event scheduling.

Council members praised the CVB’s year and noted early 2025 occupancy numbers were strong. Several council members and the mayor thanked the CVB for coordination during recent tournaments and events.

The bureau asked event organizers to submit listings at aberdeenareaevents.com for free promotion; Weismantle said the CVB and several local partners pull event information from that calendar for radio, social and local marketing.

Ending: The council did not take action on the presentation; it served as an informational briefing and concluded with council questions about analytics and partnership funding.","The Aberdeen Convention & Visitors Bureau presented 2024 marketing results to the City Council, reporting increases in occupancy and website traffic, summarizing ad campaigns and Hotel Alliance event funding, and describing tools used to analyze visitor origins.","actionData","errors"]

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