CITY COUNCIL MEETINGJANUARY 7, 2019

The City Council met at 5:00 PM at Oakes Community Center with the fol-lowing members present: Mayor Zimmer and Council: Engel, O’Brien, Conklin, and Forward. Harris arrived at 5:03pm and Schaeffer was absent. Employees present: Pat Nelson, Kevin Haring, Ja-son Paradis and Zasha Johnson. Matt O’Brien arrived at 5:20pm.

Engineer Report: Engineer was not in attendance. Information provided by en-gineer was reviewed.

Minutes, Auditor and Court Reports: Conklin moved, O’Brien second to ap-prove minutes and all other reports as presented, carried.

Destruction of Records: O’Brien moved, Forward second to approve the destruction of records as presented, car-ried.

Year-End Financial Statement: For-ward moved, Conklin second to approve the report as presented showing Year End Financials for 2018 ending cash bal-ance $ 1,835,862.73, carried.

Pledge of Assets and Designate De-positories: Starion Financial, First Com-munity Credit Union, BankNorth are designated depositories with pledges of $2,246,059.86, $0.00, $540,451.56 ac-cordingly; Conklin moved, O’Brien sec-ond to accept report and depositories designation, carried.

Transfers: O’Brien moved, Conklin second to approve 2019 budgeted an-nual, quarterly, and monthly transfers, carried.

Capital Asset and Inventory Changes: O’Brien moved, Harris second to approve Inventory changes Capital Asset Records and changes for 2018, carried.

Budget Amendments: Forward moved, O’Brien second to approve the budget amendments for 2018 fiscal year decreasing the overall budget by $268,966.36 due to unused reserves, carried.

Account Authorizations: Forward moved, O’Brien second to introduce and approve RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE MAYOR ZIMMER, COUNCIL PRESI-DENT O’BRIEN AND CITY AUDITOR JOHNSON TO SIGN FOR FUND FOR THE CITY AT DESIGNATED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND REQUIRE TWO SIGNATURES FOR DRAFTS OR OTH-ER WITHDRAWAL ORDERS ISSUED, roll call approved.

Bills: O’Brien moved, Engel second to

approve bills as listed, roll call approved:NDPERS-Deferred Compensation 50.00 Edward Jones 50.00 ND Water & Pollution Control 190.00 Reserve Acct - Pitney Bowes 1,500.00 NDPERS-Group Insurance 11,287.52 Visa 238.81 Mertz Lumber & Supply 137.93 Hawkins, Inc 2,094.53 Praskas Hardware Hank 358.21 Vistos Carquest 386.24 Novak Electric 169.76 Sweets N Stories 12.74 Aflac 372.86 Quill 75.97 Oakes Times 155.52 NDPERS-Retirement Transmittal 6,933.38 Napa Parts Supply Inc 1,287.25 Ecolab Pest Elim Div 106.97 Oakes Enhancement Inc 9,475.29 Oakes Truck & Trailer Center 461.07 Sanitation Products, Inc 160.48 Starion Bank 2,407.04 Rods Cleaning 350.00 Ameripride Linen & Apparel 106.26 Waste Management-Landfill 2,220.91 Visa-City 1,169.65 Verizon Wireless 412.44 City Of Fargo 28.00 Avid Hawk 200.00 Gs Services 1,400.00 Job Service Of ND 1,268.50 ND Tax Commissioner 1,344.73 Pitney Bowes Inc 140.97 Pro Forms 1,184.69 Economy Propane, Llc 206.40 Circle R 120.58 American Welding & Gas 30.61 Caseys General Stores, Inc 205.10 Information Technology Dept 68.85 Dickey Rural Communications 591.91 Jason Paradis 500.00 Jemco, Inc 238.62 ND Water Users Assoc 300.00 Omni Site 1,656.00 Otter Tail Power Company 7,841.75 R Enterprises, Inc 4,854.00 Dakota Valley Electric A 1,124.00 Dakota Valley Electric P 27.00 Oakes Area Chamber Of Commerce 395.00 Oakes Family Pharmacy 2.69 Workforce Safety & Insurance 6,741.74 PPI Consulting 400.00 Dickey County 4,285.62 Agtegra - Ampride 2,434.30 Starion/PSN – Bank Fees 753.56 Payroll Taxes 12,906.21Salaries 39,504.77

Game of Chance Permit: Forward

moved, Harris second to approve game of chance permit application for Oakes Community Hospital Foundation raffle, carried.

Committee Reports:Streets, Nelson relayed a resident con-

cern about the intersection of Grape Ave & N 9th St. This “T” intersection has a yield sign on the utility pole, request was made to give sign its own pole or change to a stop sign. Harris moved, Forward second to change to stop sign, install-ing new pole this spring. Nelson also let council know they are gathering informa-tion about purchasing a pickup with hoist to service lift stations. More information will be given at next meeting. HR: Conk-lin discussed Deputy Auditor applicants and interview schedule. Council agreed to defer final hiring decision to the hiring committee. New employee will be work-ing with police department information and must pass a background check. Au-ditor Johnson must also pass background check to access the same information. Forward moved, O’Brien second to allow no more than 20% of deputy’s time spent on PD tasks.

Unfinished Business:Block 7 Baldwin’s Addition, petition to

vacate entire alley to accommodate ex-isting structures. Both property owners agree to the vacation. O’Brien moved, Harris second to accept petition. Notice will be published in official newspaper for four weeks before a hearing is held.

New Business:County JDA Board, currently the City

does not have a representative on the board. Gary Schnell is the representative for OEI and is viewed as the City rep as well. Council agreed to leave this as is for the time being, will review if needed.

Announcements & Correspondence:Thank you received from TJ Roney for

the donation to her Girl Scout Gold Proj-ect.

Thank you received from Jessica, Becki and Jonda of Tornado Watch for continued support.

Harris moved, O’Brien second to ad-journ the meeting at 5:38 PM.

MAYORATTEST(minutes subject to correction and ap-

proval at the next regular meeting)(Published in the Oakes Times

January 17, 2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO VACATE ALLEY

A petition has been filed with the city auditor to vacate the following alley lo-cated in the City of Oakes, North Dakota under N.D.C.C. § 40-39-05:

The entire alley of Block 7 George Baldwin’s Addition

The petition will be heard and consid-ered by the city council at the March 4, 2019 city council meeting.

Signed this 8th day of January, 2019.City of OakesZasha Johnson, City Auditor

(Published in the Oakes Times January 17, 24, 31, and February 7,

2019)

Oakes Public School District #41 Regular Meeting Minutes

December 11, 2018President Sonia Meehl called the regu-

lar meeting of the Oakes Public School District #41 to order at 7:00 a.m., De-cember 11, 2018, with Directors Sonia Meehl, Robert Thorpe, Bill Schmitz (left early), Karla Hoelscher (left early) and Sheila Nagel present. Also attending: Superintendent Kraig Steinhoff, Business Manager Thomas Vanorny, Shari Chris-tenson, Brandon Bata, Anna Sell, Larry Engel, Roxane Miller, Becca Kourajian, Michael Krause, Brennan Hack, Madison Taylor, Katie Johnson, David Ehrlin, April Haring and several track students.

The pledge of allegiance was recited.Nagel motioned, Hoelscher seconded,

to approve the agenda with the addition of business manager pay. All present ap-proved, motion carried.

Meehl recognized the visitors present.Michael Krause, head track coach,

gave a presentation on the track upgrade and his support thereof. Board thanked him for his time and will place this topic on the January school board meeting agenda.

Nagel motioned, Hoelscher seconded, to approve the first reading of the 2019-20 district calendar. All present approved, motion carried.

Schmitz motioned, Hoelscher second-ed, to approve the payout of any unused vacation leave of Thomas Vanorny as of December 31, 2018, at his current con-tracted rate of pay. All present approved, motion carried.

Nagel motioned, Hoelscher seconded, to approve paying April Haring for any time spent in the business manager role before January 1 at her current contract-ed rate of pay. All approved, motion car-ried.

Board reviewed a document from the North Dakota School Boards Association titled sample motions for policy adoption.

There were no second reading of poli-cies.

Hoelscher motioned, Schmitz second-ed, to approve the first reading of policy HCAF – Food Service Procurement Poli-cy. All approved, motion carried.

Shari Christenson presented the ac-tivities director report and Anna Sell and Brandon Bata presented the principals reports.

A 212 shout out was read for Thomas Vanorny.

The administration informed the Board they will be posting an opening for a new full time high school Math teacher for the upcoming school year, with the teacher possibly starting earlier, if available.

Steinhoff reported five staff from Oakes visited the Lindsay, California, School District to look at a Personalized Compe-tency-Based Learning school district.

Thorpe reported on the November 20th facilities and grounds committee meeting. They recommended the same amounts for the contracted building repair ac-counts for the 2019-20 fiscal year as are

currently in place. A major issue to be ad-dressed and to get some quotes include tuck pointing and repair of the parapet in the high school building.

Thorpe and Engel reported on the November 21st technology committee meeting. Highlights include purchasing the antivirus software TRAPS, the teach-ing of coding, computer rotation schedule and that Engel plans to resign from Tor-nado TV at the end of the current school year.

(Hoelscher and Schmitz left at this time).

It was noted that April Haring has signed her intent to hire for business manager.

Nagel motioned, Thorpe seconded, to approve the minutes as presented from the November 13 regular meeting and the November 20, 23 & 24 special meetings. All present approved, motion carried.

Thorpe motioned, Nagel seconded, to approve the revenue, expense, recon-ciliation and cash balances reports. All present approved, motion carried.

Nagel motioned, Thorpe seconded, to approve the schedule of bills totaling $222,943.96. All present approved, mo-tion carried.A&B Business $4,222.68, Aberdeen News $394.19, Active Arts $214.50, Affordable Promo $2,873.00, Agtegra $1,497.12, Allard Trophy $174.50, Ameripride $164.68, Apple Computer $3,959.00, Asproth Gary $25.00, B&B Gardens $17.99, Bata Brandon $599.58, Billings Joe $25.00, Bittner Jamie $125.96, Blackboard $4,500.00, Bound to Stay Bound Books $974.91, BSN Sports $ 9 5 . 0 0 , Butcher Block $ 2 0 . 0 0 , Central Valley Health District $140.00, Christenson Shari $304.66, Circle R $93.50, Coca Cola Bottling $386.50, Cole Papers $730.76, Courtney Geri $25.00, Curriculum Associates $52.94, Dakota Water Solutions $184.00, Dean Foods $1,731.51, Department of Public Instruction $81.81, Diggs Janna $400.00, Downies Piano Tuning $125.00, Duncan Shane $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Eckroth Music $ 4 2 . 0 0 , Entzi Donald $332.35, Everspring Inn $ 8 4 . 6 0 , Faulkton PS $100.00, Food Services of America $7,453.34, Forward Presley $ 6 2 . 1 2 , Garrison Reid $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Gelinske Barret $50.00, Gerrells $460.00, Grand Hotel $5,103.00, Grand Theatre $ 6 6 . 0 0 , Great American Opportunities $7,670.00, Gwilliams Jennifer $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Haafke Kalyn $716.74,

Hoelscher Karla $ 5 0 . 0 0 , Holiday Inn $1,171.80, Hype Socks $721.56, I State Truck $491.10, IThreeG Media $100.00, Jamestown Tournaments $ 5 0 . 0 0 , Junker Bruce $ 6 8 . 6 5 , Krieger Marchel $125.30, Leadbetter John $125.94, Lisbon PS $ 7 5 . 0 0 , Malpert Hayden $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Marco Technologies $705.88, Mastel Wayne $161.55, Mertz Lumber $ 4 . 6 9 , Midwest Pest Control $165.00, Millers Fresh Foods $ 4 1 . 8 6 , Minot State University $2,092.00, Musland Eric $201.17, NCS Pearson $1,417.50, NDACDA $135.00, ND Assistive Technology $29.40, NDAESP $235.00, ND Attorney General $ 4 0 . 0 0 , NDNBA $ 1 0 . 0 0 , ND Student Activities $860.00, Oakes City of $1,073.50, Oakes Community Clinic $100.00, Oakes Community Hospital $ 4 2 . 0 0 , Oakes Postmaster $131.75, Oakes Times $322.88, Oakes Truck & Trailer $10,171.54, Otter Tail Power $12,334.54, Parts Supply $867.27, Pepper & Son $ 2 1 . 7 5 , Pepsiamericas $ 6 3 . 7 6 , Popplers Music $96.69, Praskas Hardware $328.61, Rambow $560.00, Renaissance Learning $4,087.50, Rodine Michele $500.00, Romereim Rod $100.00, Roney Brogan $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Sagert Shawn $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Savey Lucina $ 3 0 . 9 4 , Sheyenne Valley SEU $10,531.21, Shopko $ 2 1 . 9 8 , SRCTC $115,870.85, Spellerberg Cindy $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Steinhoff Kraig $118 .00 , Steins $2,169.60, Thorpe Dana $125.00, ThreeX Gear $115 .00 , Training Room $893.55, US Foods $6,475.54, Vistos Carquest $ 5 0 . 7 6 , Voightman Tyler $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Warren Kathryn $ 4 1 . 6 7 , Webster Bradley $ 2 5 . 0 0 , Wibstad Janelle $ 4 8 . 7 5 , Wisner Adrianna $ 3 0 . 0 0 , Worthington & Schultz $36.98.

Next regularly scheduled board meet-ing is scheduled for Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 p.m., in the central office conference room.

The February board meeting is sched-uled for February 12, 7:00 a.m.

Meehl declared the meeting adjourned at 8:45 a.m.

President Business Manager

(Published in the Oakes Times January 17, 2019)

6 Section A – Oakes Times, Thursday, January 17, 2019 Tornado Boys Fall to 2-5 in Loss to Napoleon photos and article by Sonia Meehl

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The Oakes Tornadoes boys’ basketball team won the first two minutes of the game vs. Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter Monday, January 7, storming out to an early 10-1 lead. But the Tornadoes were soon plagued by turnovers, giving up 34 throughout the game and sputtering to a 44-77 loss. The Tornadoes are now 2-5 on the season.

Sophomore Steele Hansen again led the Tornado scoring with 11 points. Sophomore Dal-ton Schmit finished with 9 points, going 3 for 7 from beyond the arc. Junior Dalton Nelson had 7 points and freshman David Schmitz add-ed 5. Sophomore Ashton Biester-feld grabbed 7 rebounds.

The junior varsity boys lifted their record to 5-2 with a 75-60 win over the Imperials.

The Tornadoes hosted South Border (2-6) Tuesday, January 15, and will travel to Edgeley to play Edgeley-Kulm/Montpelier (6-1) Friday, January 18, and Strasburg (4-5) Monday, January 21.

“South Border is a young team with a lot potential,” said Coach Peterson. “Collin Martz is a do it all player for them.”

Coach Peterson says that Edge-ley-Kulm/Montpelier is big and fast and plays great defense. “We will need to limit our turnovers against them and rebound to be success-ful.”

Junior varsity action vs. Napoleon-GS. Left to right: Erik Haugen,Carter Deering, Dalton Nelson, and Zack Dethlefsen. Ashton Biesterfeld looking to score vs. Napoleon-GS.

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