Aberdeen council approves budget supplements, rezones, license transfers and infrastructure bids; water-tower project delayed

The Aberdeen City Council approved a package of ordinances, rezones, alcohol-license transfers and procurement awards and heard from City Manager Robin that the Corps of Engineers lacks budget to review the city—s water-tower and transmission-line application, a development that will delay that infrastructure project.

Council adopted three ordinances on second and final reading that supplement the 2025 budget and authorize a sales-tax revenue bond; approved two rezones; authorized multiple transfers and renewals of liquor licenses; and awarded bids for a sanitary sewer lining project and for utility materials used by the city—s utility division.

Why it matters: the adopted budget supplements and the sales-tax revenue bond affect how the City of Aberdeen will fund parks, forestry and other unanticipated 2025 projects and set a borrowing framework tied to sales-tax collections. The procurement awards and license transfers clear pending operational items; the Corps— decision on the water-tower review pauses a multi-year infrastructure project central to city water transmission.

Ordinances and rezones

- Ordinance 25-04-03 (supplement to 2025 budget for Parks, Recreation and Forestry): adopted on second reading. Staff recommended approval and the council approved on roll call with council members recording aye votes; motion carried.

- Ordinance 25-04-04 (supplementing 2025 budget for unanticipated projects and expenditures): adopted on second reading. Council recorded one abstention during roll call; the ordinance was approved.

- Ordinance 25-04-05 (relating to sales-tax revenue bond series 2025A, authorizing issuance and…