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Council approves routine licenses, easements, contracts and resolutions; design contract for water maintenance facility authorized
Summary
Mitchell’s City Council approved a slate of licenses, easements, a design contract for a new water maintenance building and several routine resolutions at the regular meeting.
The Mitchell City Council approved multiple routine and project items in its regular session, including business licenses, easement agreements, a design contract for a new water department maintenance facility and several resolutions needed to carry out ongoing projects.
Key votes and actions (summary):
- Alcohol licenses: Council approved new retail on/off sale wine and cider and malt beverage licenses for culinary operator "The Green Room," 623 S. Sanborn Boulevard. (Motion carried; one abstention noted.)
- Easements: The council approved two recorded easement agreements related to lakeshore sanitary sewer work (identified on the agenda as A2025‑55 and A2025‑56).
- Water distribution maintenance facility design: The council approved an agreement with Silverella Design for design, bidding and construction‑phase services to build a new water maintenance building near the groundwater storage tank. The contract is a lump‑sum fee of $143,300, and staff said the new building will provide storage for equipment, materials and vehicle parking and will allow the existing building to be repurposed.
- Resolutions and financial items: The council passed a package of routine resolutions, including the Business Improvement District #3 special assessments for 2025‑26 (R2025‑59), the collection roll for miscellaneous concrete, paving and nuisance abatements (R2025‑63), surplus and auction authority for two properties in the former mobile‑home park (R2025‑65), city tax levies to be certified to the county auditor (R2025‑66) and bond approval language to support a $5 million state SRF loan for wastewater facility improvements (R2025‑67). The council also approved a compensation plan change to reclassify certain part‑time bus driver roles to van driver positions (R2025‑68).
- Surplus and auction: The council authorized auction of a trailer and one house at the former mobile‑home park; staff said this is the last auction in the multi‑year clearing of the site.
Most votes were routine and carried without extended discussion; council members asked staff to provide minor clarifications on items including dates, property owner spellings in assessment rolls, and the scope of the Silverella Design contract.
