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Wishek Council approves rezoning and flood-plain ordinances, rejects cemetery spraying
Summary
The Wishek City Council voted 5-0 to approve Ordinance #8 (rezoning) and Ordinance #9 (flood-plain management, approved on first reading). The council denied a $3,800 cemetery spraying request and approved several equipment purchases and routine items.
The Wishek City Council on Jan. 6 approved a rezoning ordinance and a flood-plain management ordinance and handled routine administrative business, while rejecting a proposed cemetery-spraying contract.
Mayor Brenda Dohn called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Councilperson J. Welder moved to approve the consent agenda, Councilperson Lipp seconded, and the consent items (including minutes from Dec. 2, 2024 and a Dec. 6 special meeting) were approved on a roll-call vote recorded as 4-0.
During public comments, public commenter James Fandrich asked about sidewalk and alley replacement and snow-removal responsibilities; the mayor also read a complaint submitted by Nick Marlot. No formal action was recorded on those public-comment items.
On the agenda, Ordinance #8, a rezoning of specified lots, was taken up on second reading. Councilperson J. Welder moved and Councilmember Opsahl seconded suspension of the reading; the council voted 5-0 to suspend the reading and then approved the ordinance by a 5-0 roll-call vote.
Ordinance #9, titled Flood Plain Management, was read as a first reading. Councilmember Opsahl moved, and Councilperson Roth seconded, to suspend the reading; that motion passed 5-0. A subsequent motion by Councilperson Eiseman, seconded by J. Welder, to approve the ordinance as presented passed by roll-call vote 5-0, indicating approval on first reading.
City Auditor Mary Vickers reported on the city website and noted a $2,000 tree grant awarded for the Civic Center block. The Chief of Police provided a brief report in which a department pickup was discussed. The street department brought forward an equipment request: Councilmember Opsahl moved and Councilperson Lipp seconded a motion to purchase a refrigerator from Nantt; that motion passed 5-0. Council later approved acquisition of one City Hall camera on a 4-1 roll-call (Councilperson Eiseman opposed).
Councilmember Eiseman proposed contracting Riley to spray the cemetery for $3,800; the motion (moved by Opsahl and seconded by Roth) failed on a 1-4 roll-call, so the spraying contract was not approved. Councilperson Lipp reported the library received new carpet. The council adjourned at 6:40 p.m.; the auditor attested to the minutes and Mayor Dohn signed the record.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda: approved (motion: J. Welder; second: Lipp) — recorded 4-0. - Ordinance #8 (rezoning), second reading: suspended reading then approved (mover: Opsahl; seconder for passage: Roth) — 5-0. - Ordinance #9 (Flood Plain Management), first reading: reading suspended, then approved (mover for final approval: Eiseman; seconder: J. Welder) — 5-0. - Fridge purchase from Nantt (street department): approved (mover: Opsahl; seconder: Lipp) — 5-0. - City Hall camera purchase: approved (mover: Lipp; seconder: Roth) — 4-1 (Eiseman opposed). - Cemetery spraying contract ($3,800): defeated (mover: Opsahl; seconder: Roth) — 1-4. - Adjournment: approved — 5-0.
The council’s next procedural steps include implementation of the approved ordinances per city procedures; no additional deadlines were recorded in the transcript.
