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Grafton council adopts water-rate and pest-control ordinances, awards contracts and confirms appointments
Summary
At its May 12 meeting the Grafton City Council adopted Ordinance No. 361 (water rates) and Ordinance No. 362 (pest-control fee waived for one year), awarded a crack/seal coat contract, approved appointments and several other routine motions, all by unanimous vote.
The Grafton City Council on May 12 adopted multiple ordinances and approvals, taking a slate of formal actions by unanimous roll call votes.
On second reading the Council adopted Ordinance No. 361 amending Section 24-136 of the Code of Ordinances (water rates). The motion carried with all members voting in favor. The Council also discussed a proposed pest-control ordinance and, noting $450,000 in reserves, adopted Ordinance No. 362 with the pest-control fee set to zero for one year and a review scheduled for next spring; Brian Sieben moved the measure and Greg Young seconded.
The Council approved a FlexPACE community buydown of up to $29,000 for Xperience Health & Fitness at 1004 Hill Avenue; the Walsh County Job Development Authority will contribute $10,000 toward the buydown. The Mayor's appointments to several boards were confirmed, including Brian Erovick and Nathan Sillers to Planning and Zoning and Todd Morgan to the Board of Adjustments.
Jeff Daley of KLJ Engineering reviewed bids for a crack/seal coat project: the engineer's estimate was $231,405.50 and the low bidder was Morris Sealcoat & Trucking, Inc. at $208,001.28; the Council voted to award the contract to Morris Sealcoat. The Council also approved a construction engineering agreement with KLJ Engineering for $18,200 contingent on City Attorney review. For the southside water tower project—where the low bid was $867,600 versus an engineer estimate of $700,000—the Council voted to reject all bids and reassess the project specifications.
The Council adopted Resolution No. 1807 creating Street Improvement District No. 9-25 (Leistikow Park Road), approved Summerfest applications, granted an alcohol-license extension for Extra End to serve at the Armory on June 7, and renewed a two-year contract with the Office of the State Tax Commissioner to collect city sales tax. All listed votes were recorded as unanimous in the minutes.
Announcements included Grafton earning Tree City USA recognition for the 37th year and a reminder that citywide spring-cleanup week began May 12.
