By Aberdeen Insider - July 3, 2025 in CITY OF ABERDEEN
6.23.25 MINUTES
ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South Dakota, June 23, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., regular meeting of the City Council.
CALL TO ORDER
MEETING ROLL CALL
Present at roll call were City Council Members Rob Ronayne, Erin Fouberg, Charlotte Liebelt, Rich Ward, Alan Johnson, Talmage Ekanger, Tiffany Langer, David Novstrup, and Mayor Travis Schaunaman.
City Staff present were Robin Bobzien, Ron Wager, Stuart Nelson, Ken Hubbart, Joel Weig, Dave McNeil, and Jordan McQuillen.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Schaunaman led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion by Ekanger, second by Ward, to approve the agenda with modifications to consent calendar and item 7C. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
MINUTES
Motion by Johnson, second by Liebelt, to approve the minutes of the June 16, 2025, City Council Meeting, as circulated. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
OPEN FORUM
No one appeared in open forum to address the Council.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by Ward, second by Ronayne, to approve the following items on the consent calendar:
DAY CARE LICENSE RENEWAL – Gina Ryan and Tracy Whittlinger
NEW TAXI DRIVER LICENSE – Todd Hieb
COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT AND STREET CLOSURE for the following organization: Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce: Business After Hours on July 10, 2025
COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT for the following organization: Red Rooster/Fallout: Locals Concert on June 27, 2025, and Fallout Art Festival on August 3, 2025
RAFFLE AND LOTTERY NOTIFICATION – Receive and place on file: Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post #24, beginning September 8, 2025, through February 8, 2026, Aberdeen Area Pride on June 20-21, 2025
SET PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON JULY 7, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. for a New Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine license for One Legged Pheasant
REPORTS AND MINUTES FROM CITY BOARDS – Receive and place on file: 1. Aberdeen Airport Board Meeting on May 8, 2025, 2. KO Lee Library Board Meeting on May 6, 2025, and 3. Zoning Adjustment Board Meeting on May 8, 2025
JULY 2025 – JUNE 2026 RENEWAL FOR RETAIL ON-OFF SALE MALT BEVERAGE AND SD FARM WINE LICENSE in Aberdeen for the following businesses: Hub City Softball Association RB- , and Hub City Softball Association RB –
Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
REAPPOINTMENT OF MIKE ERICKSON TO THE ABERDEEN AIRPORT BOARD FOR ANOTHER FIVE-YEAR TERM ENDING JUNE 30, 2030
Mayor Schaunaman presented the reappointment. Motion by Johnson, second by Ekanger, to approve the reappointment of Mike Erickson to the Aberdeen Airport Board for another five-year term ending June 30, 2030. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
ABERDEEN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – MARKETING UPDATE
Executive Director of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce, Gail Ochs, presented the marking update for the Chamber of Commerce.
APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL ONE DAY RETAIL ON-SALE BEER, WINE AND CIDER LICENSE FOR ABERDEEN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AND LOCATIONS: JULY 10, 2025, AT MAIN STREET, 400 BLOCK UP TO 4TH AVENUE, AND AUGUST 7, 2025, AT TWIN CITY FAN, 515 COMMERCE STREET
Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for the special one-day alcohol license. Motion by Langer, second by Novstrup, to approve the Special One Day Retail On-Sale Beer, Wine and Cider License for Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on the following dates and locations: July 10, 2025, at Main Street, 400 block up to 4th Avenue, and August 7, 2025, at Twin City Fan, 515 Commerce Street. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
APPROVAL OF A NEW RETAIL (ON-OFF SALE) MALT BEVERAGE & SD FARM WINE LICENSE FOR CATHERINE INFANTE DBA BISTRO 42, 420 SOUTH MAIN STREET [CONTINGENT ON FINAL INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEFORE OPERATING – RESTAURANT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE SD DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH]
Mayor Schaunaman opened the public hearing for the new alcohol license. Motion by Ronayne, second by Ward, to approve the Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine license for Catherine Infante dba Bistro 42, 420 South Main Street [contingent on final inspection and certificate of occupancy before operating – restaurant must be approved by the SD Department of Health]. Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried.
APPROVAL OF PAY REQUEST NUMBER 4, IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,326.90, TO CLIMATE CONTROL FOR THE WATER TREATMENT HEAT EXCHANGER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
City Engineer Nelson presented the pay request. Motion by Johnson, second by Liebelt, to approve pay request number 4, in the amount of $39,326.90, to Climate Control for the Water Treatment Heat Exchanger Improvements project. Roll call vote to approve with Council Member Ward and Mayor Schaunaman abstaining, all others present voting aye, motion carried.
REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL
Motion by Novstrup, second by Ronayne, to approve payment of the bills listed for June 23, 2025.
Bills having been audited by the Finance Officer and fully itemized and authorize the Mayor or City Manager to sign, and the Finance Officer to countersign, all warrants for payment of the following approved bills: Utility 488.20: Cremer & Peterson Gosch 27.95, M&M Property Holdings 205.82, Asher Mersereau 30.99, 7th Ave DTS LLC 55.81, Briscoe Rentals LLC 89.61, Apostolic Lutheran 40.52, Double L Trucking 37.50, United Parcel Service 1,000.00, Dacotah Bank 150.00, Elavon Merchant Services 500.00, Paymentech LLC 6,000.00, Century Link 5,000.00, Northwestern Energy 175,000.00, Northern Electric 10,000.00, ABDN Downtown Assoc. 39,026.47, Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce 30,000.00, Adam White 47.73, All American Gasket 372.70, Area IV Senior Nutrition 12,000.00, Auto Value Parts/Hedahls 959.79, Avera St. Luke’s Hospital 450.00, Brown County Landfill 22.32, Brown County Treasurer 26.70, Butler Machinery Co. 655.85, Cardinal Tracking Inc. 9,225.30, Century Business Products 79.40, Centurylink 3,013.98, Climate Control 39,326.90, Cole Papers Inc. 161.25, Constellation Newenergy 4,882.64, Core & Main LP 15,740.02, Country Concrete/Landscaping 1,687.35, Crawford Trucks & Equipment 2,363.97, Cuzco LLC 3,075.00, Dacotah Paper Co. 376.13, Dakota Doors Incorporated 86.73, Dakota Fluid Power Inc. 557.26, Dakota Oil 348.40, Dependable Sanitation 949.82, Direct Automation LLC 1,418.59, Duncan Co. 1,945.60, Eddie’s Northside Sinclair 29.65, Ez-Liner 1,217.74, Gary’s Engine & Repair 738.98, Geffdog Designs 311.00, Grainger 122.44, Grey Willow Music 1,000.00, Haar Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 237.63, Harms Heating and Cooling Inc. 270.41, Harms Oil Company 20,421.03, IMEG 16,738.87, IP Media Holdings Inc. 649.50, Jackson Lewis P.C. 3,000.00, James Valley Coop Telephone Co. 35.20, Jarman’s Water Systems 2,522.25, Jensen Rock & Sand Inc.-Mobridge 57,342.60, John Kirnan 94.00, Ken’s Alignment Auto Service 2,184.99, Kent Warrey 180.00, Kessler’s 32.35, Killoran Trucking & Brokerage 14,830.58, Kristin Kroell 28.00, M&T Fire & Safety Inc. 1,907.97, Mac’s Inc. 140.34, Maddox Hanson 47.73, Marco Technologies LLC 90.35, Menards Inc. 1,178.17, Metering & Technology Solutions 42,700.63, Mid Continent Testing Lab Inc. 124.75, Midstates Group 3,915.00, Napa Central 12.52, Nelson Sales & Service LLC 122.46, Northern Valley Communications 574.83, NSU Foundation 500,000.00, Performance Oil & Lubricants 20.83, Pierson Ford-Lincoln-Mercury 34.16, PKG Contracting Inc. 4,615,956.51, Pomp’s Tire Service 1,304.97, Pressure Washer Central 180.62, RDO Equipment Co. 42,673.46, Runnings Supply Inc. #14 82.90, Safety Service Inc. 22,565.95, Sanford Health Occupational 6,800.00, Sanitation Products Inc. 3,700.00, SD Department Health Lab 40.00, SD Dept. of Transportation 2,511.87, Share Corp 4,802.62, Sioux Valley Environmental Inc. 21,620.00, SOTG Concepts LLC 4,179.00, South Dakota Safety Council 3,693.79, Tim Reed 2,924.00, Triplec Pros Window Cleaning 925.00, Uline 216.77, US Postal Service 382.00, Verizon Wireless 225.85, Vestis Group Inc. 378.13, Zoom Construction Inc. 830.75. Roll call vote to approve with Council Member Ward abstaining, Fouberg abstaining to Dacotah Bank, and Mayor Schaunaman abstaining to Climate Control, all others present voting aye, motion carried.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Bobzien announced the budget reviews with all departments are complete. Mayor Schaunaman recognized Council Member Langer during her final City Council meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, motion by Ronayne, second by Langer, to adjourn the meeting. Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:59 p.m.
Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Jordan McQuillen, Finance Officer
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