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Mobridge council approves roughly $1.49 million in water-project pay requests and several hires, budget moves
Summary
Council approved four major pay requests for the water tank and treatment-plant projects totaling about $1.49 million, confirmed hires for police and street staff, and approved budget transfers and pool slide repairs. FEMA review and warranty items for utilities remain ongoing.
The Mobridge City Council authorized multiple payments tied to ongoing water and wastewater projects and handled personnel and budget business.
Jared Clabundi of Moore Engineering detailed pay requests tied to the new water-tank and water-treatment projects. Council approved Preload LLC pay request No. 1 for $22,617.90 and pay request No. 2 for $370,499.40; Crow River Construction’s pay request for stored transmission-line materials, $240,897.72; and Century Construction’s pay request No. 1 for the treatment plant, $859,361.40. Those four approvals total approximately $1,493,376.42.
Clabundi said compaction and foundation work were completed this fall and that some work was scheduled to resume in spring; he also reported minor coating warranty repairs at the wastewater plant and a FEMA-funded water-intake project pending a biological assessment and agency concurrence. "We sent in the biological assessment on the endangered species," he said, and noted that if nesting is present construction may be delayed or mitigated.
On personnel actions, the council approved hiring police officer Romero (full time, $23.20/hour, effective 11/18/2024), part-time fill-ins Ashton Order and Lane Perman ($32/hour, effective 12/02/2024), and part-time fill-in Pete Ng ($32/hour). The council also approved street-department hires (Bridal Iron at $21.30/hour; Thomas Littlebear at $20/hour), a pay increase for Josh Fisher to $23.76/hour, and the surplus of an old street sweeper.
Finance votes included approval of the annual NECOG agreement ($1,777.30), unrestricting pool funds for slide repairs ($84,331), a budget transfer of $50,000 from the general fund to the pool loan fund, and transferring $269,927 from the PSAP fund to the general fund to cover dispatch costs. Council approved the first reading of the supplemental-appropriations ordinance (Ordinance 24-03) and approved other routine items including county abatements, a three-year lease for emergency-manager office space ($4,500), boiler repairs estimated at up to $20,000, and permission for the school to place a scoreboard at the city softball field.
Most pay requests were certified by staff and approved by roll call; the council approved payment of bills and adjourned the meeting.
Votes at a glance: Pay requests — Preload (No.1) approved; Preload (No.2) approved; Crow River approved; Century approved. Personnel — Romero, Ashton Order, Lane Perman, Pete Ng, Bridal Iron, Thomas Littlebear all approved. Budget transfers and NECOG agreement approved.
