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Grafton council adopts $750,000 sewer bond, approves appointments and license extensions; ambulance transfer tabled
Summary
The Grafton City Council on March 10 adopted a resolution authorizing $750,000 in sewer revenue bonds, approved city appointments and several license and lease matters, and tabled a request to transfer ambulance assets to Valley Ambulance pending financial review.
Mayor Chris West presided over the March 10 City Council meeting in Grafton, where the council adopted Resolution No. 1806 to issue $750,000 in sewer revenue bonds, Series 2025. The motion to adopt the resolution was made by Council member Greg Young and seconded by Council member Brad Burianek; the roll-call vote was unanimous among members present.
The bond authorizes the issuance and sale of sewer revenue bonds to support the city’s sewer financing needs; the council did not specify an immediate use beyond the authorization in the resolution. The action came amid routine agenda business that also included appointments and local license approvals.
At the meeting the council appointed Administrator Nick Ziegelmann as the city’s representative to the Northern Municipal Power Agency Advisory Council and reappointed Mayor Chris West as the city’s member on the N.M.P.A. Board of Directors for terms expiring April 30, 2026. The council also approved Mayor West’s reappointment of Heather McMillian to the Carnegie Regional Library Board for a three-year term.
Council approved a conditional renewal of the Grafton Golfers lease for the municipal golf course; the lease renewal requires the golf course to comply with North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality testing and regulatory requirements for wastewater irrigation. The council also approved an alcohol-license extension for Grafton Company, Inc., doing business as Extra End, to serve at the Centennial Center on April 12 from 4:00 p.m. to midnight.
Mayor West added a request from Valley Ambulance and Rescue Service asking the city to gift the ambulance building, contents and ambulances to the newly formed taxing district. City Attorney Rob Fleming asked for more time to review VARS’s financial viability; the council voted to table the transfer request to allow due diligence.
The meeting concluded with routine financial approvals, including bills and claims, and adjournment. The council recorded no dissenting votes on actions taken at the meeting.
