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Mobridge council approves routine business: sidewalk waiver, pay requests, hires, park work and permits
Summary
At its May 14 meeting the council approved a resolution to waive a sidewalk requirement for a Seventh Avenue East property (with a condition), multiple construction pay requests totaling several hundred thousand dollars, several personnel actions, park improvements and event permits.
The Mobridge City Council approved a package of routine motions on May 14, including a conditional sidewalk waiver, multiple construction pay requests for water projects, several personnel actions, park improvements and event permits.
Key votes at the meeting included:
- Resolution 25-06: Waive sidewalk requirement for a property on Seventh Avenue East, subject to a condition that the waiver becomes void if adjacent lots are developed and sidewalks are later required. Motion approved on roll call.
- Water and treatment project pay requests: Pay request No. 3 to Preload LLC for $377,828.10; pay request No. 4 to Century for $151,979.35; and pay request No. 2 to Muth Electric for $30,330 were all approved on roll call. Staff reported work continuing on tank, mains and treatment-plant piping, electrical and control systems.
- Street/concrete work: Concrete replacement in front of the city shop (drainage improvement) quoted at $48,000 and approved; the curb, gutter and sidewalk contract at Heath Play Park for $34,900 was approved.
- Personnel and payroll items: A step increase for Darren Brown in the water and sewer department (hourly increase from $27.01 to $27.26 effective May 5, 2025); new hires and step/hire approvals in the police, street and other departments (police hires and effective dates, and street hire Killian Warner at $21.30/hour effective May 19, 2025) were approved.
- Fire department wildland firefighter roster and pay rates were approved as presented (list of names and hourly rates recorded in packet); city staff said wages are later reimbursed under incident reimbursement processes.
- Events and permits: "Brown bag" (open-container) permits for May 30, May 31 and June 14 were approved; a building mover's license and a permit and return-of-deposit related to moving a mobile home on Highway 12 to Ninth Avenue East were approved.
- Finance and administration: The annual report for 2024 was presented and will be filed with the Department of Legislative Audit; the council approved using Dakota Community Bank as a depository. Council approved paying the bills as presented.
Most actions were routine and passed on roll call without recorded opposition. Several items were discussed briefly by staff before votes; no amendments were made to the substantive content of the motions.
