Votes at a glance: council approves agenda, minutes, financial report, licenses, training, bids, hires and change orders

At its April 21 meeting the Beresford City Council took the following formal actions (voice votes reported as —all in favor—; recorded roll-call tallies were not provided in the public transcript):

- Adopted the agenda as amended (motion carried by voice vote).

- Approved minutes for April 7 and the April 9 special meeting (motions carried by voice vote).

- Approved the March 2025 financial report (motion carried by voice vote).

- Approved retail on- and off-sale malt beverage and South Dakota farm wine license renewals for the listed businesses for the July 1, 2025——6/30/2026 licensing year (applications and operating agreements received): River Bridal, Jet Total Stop, Dollar General, [others as listed in packet]. (Motion carried by voice vote.)

- Authorized MMUA to offer a no-cost chemical hazard and hazard-communication training for small businesses at the fire station (tentatively July 14); council approved the training and use of the fire station (motion carried by voice vote).

- Awarded a multi-community asphalt surface-treatment contract to Astec Corp. of St. Cloud, Minnesota, in the amount of $105,699.42 (motion to approve bid carried by voice vote; council directed staff to confirm remaining budget availability for any additional streets).

- Approved Change Order No. 6 for Gil Haugen Construction (patio/stone repair work) at a unit price of $48.67 per square foot; a total square-foot estimate was not provided in the meeting packet (motion carried by voice vote).

- Approved Change Order No. 7 for Gil Haugen Construction in the amount of $519.95 to complete additional surface work (motion carried by voice vote).

- Approved an updated wage scale for pool staffing (lifeguards, attendants and managers) including a $0.30 increase for lifeguards to reflect minimum-wage changes and a pool-manager rate increase to $22.00; council then authorized hiring seasonal pool, parks and Bridges Clubhouse event staff as listed in the packet (motions carried by voice vote).

- Approved a travel request for the state library board meeting (motion carried by voice vote).

- Authorized payment of city bills (motion carried by voice vote).

- Moved into executive session for contract/legal matters (motion and second recorded; council entered executive session).

Where votes were taken by voice, the transcript reports "all those in favor, say aye" and the mayor said the motion carried; no roll-call tallies or individual recorded votes appear in the public transcript.