City administrator reports on power-board role, Gerald Gentleman tour and planned infrastructure upgrades

City administrator Greg reported on several items affecting the city’s infrastructure and intergovernmental work. He said he was elected to a wholesale customer committee that will advise the MPPD board on contractual items and that the committee will add four to five extra meetings alongside regular wholesale customer meetings. "This contains wholesale customers from across the state," he said.

Greg described a recent tour of Gerald Gentleman Station and the Doniphan Control Center, calling the control center "literally looks like mission control from NASA" and noting high security measures. He said the tour was educational and related to long‑term commitments the city has with the power district.

On local infrastructure, Greg said the city is upgrading connectivity — increasing from a shared 100 Mbps to roughly 500 Mbps for individual sites — to support cloud-based services and higher computing needs at City Hall, the library and the municipal building. He also referenced SRF funding for a water tower and wastewater plant, ongoing grant work (including CDBG), and the wrapping up of the Worthen Boulevard project.

Greg said he and Doctor Fields met with NDOT regarding Highway 15 adjacent to the high school; NDOT is expected to propose some changes, including minor speed reductions that would extend lower speed limits past Waverly Road. "They're gonna extend the lower speed limits outside of further outside the city... They don't need our permission. It's their highway," he said, explaining NDOT control over the changes.

The council moved and seconded acceptance of the administrator’s report and later recorded a 7–0 vote accepting it.