00:00:13,230	Good evening and welcome. The beautiful city of Mandan, North Dakota. It is August 6, 2024, 5:30 and we’re in the Bosch Frelich meeting room at Mandan City Hall. noau, could we please have the roll call? Comm. Schoberg Hainan. Braun. He roar here, Mayor Frelick here. Let’s stand for the pledge, please.

00:00:47,730	Allegiance to the flag. Of the United States of America. To the Republic for which Yeah One nation under God. and justice for all. Uh, one announcement, we have Girl with a Cop August 15th from 5:30 to 7:30. At the Eagle Park. We’d also like to welcome our new Comm.

00:01:22,670	Ryan Hinchon, Ryan is filling the vacant position of Brad Olson, and that’s a two-year position, correct? Comm., you’ve had a chance to look at the agenda. Could I get a motion? To approve I’ll make the motion to approve the agenda. Second That a motion by Comm. Schoberg seconded by Comm. Rohr. Roll call please. Comm. Heinha Braun roar, yes, Schoberg, yes, Mayor Frelick.

00:01:51,000	Yes. Consider the approval of the minutes of the following meetings, July 1624. City Comm. regular meeting. Can I get a motion to approve. I’ll make a motion to approve the. Minutes of the last city commission meeting. 2 Motion by Comm. Schoberg, seconded by Comm. Rohr. Roll call, please. Commissioner’s Braun Braun roar We have a public hearing.

00:02:37,470	Consider the right of way, vacation related to the minor plot for Helling’s 6th edition. Andrew Stromi. Good evening, Mayor Froelich and Commissioners. On me a moment to pull up the agenda packet here.

00:03:01,730	This is a request that was received from helping Land Company for uh the property in south central Mandan where Helblings uh properties are located. I’ll pull up a location map to familiarize you with the property and it, it, it can be brought up onto the screen as well. There is a right of way uh from a former platted alley between the two buildings that are on this property.

00:03:22,100	In 2023 when the city’s assessing department did its own review of this area. It was requested that some corrections be made related to property boundaries and ownership, which led to this plot being filed and the related vacation occurring as well. There are no public utilities in this area. And there is no need for this to be publicly maintained or publicly owned. It has essentially been.

00:03:42,600	Privately maintained and thought of as privately owned for quite some time now. So in a matter of housekeeping, the right of way vacation was requested and it’s recommended for approval by staff. Um, the minor plot for Hubling 6th edition would be the the vehicle that would absorb the vacated property into the. The Hellwings property.

00:04:05,000	And therefore kind of extinguish the right of way from from being there. I have provided some findings related to the minor plat application as well as the requested right of way vacation. This has been noticed to the public and no concerns have been floated to staff.

00:04:24,330	Uh, for this item, we would request that a motion to approve the minor plat be made here under public hearings and that the public hearing be conducted for the right of way right of way vacation.

00:04:43,470	And then for a motion on the vacation to occur under resolutions and ordinances number 4 that allows us to help help with our housekeeping efforts and making our minutes trackable so a motion can be made for the minor plot. After the public hearing and then go down to resolutions and ordinances for the vacation portion. Do you have any questions for me? Thank you. This is a public hearing. Are there any comments from the audience? Second call any comments from the audience? 3rd call. Seeing none, I wouldn’t.

00:05:19,170	Entertain a motion to approve? I’ll move to approve the minor plaque for holding 6. Second We have a motion by Comm. Schoberg a second by Comm. Hainan, roll call, please. Commissioners roarberg. He raun Mayor Frelick. Can I get a motion on the resolution ordinances I 4.

00:05:52,430	I’ll make a motion to proceed to the resolution and ordinances item number 4 for the right of way vacation. Our second Discussion Andrew, Yes, Comm., we’ll just move down and introduce the resolution. This is the recorded document that will go.

00:06:12,830	I have it drafted for the the legal description for the subject property and and as stated with the public hearing portion we are recommending approval of the resolution of vacation. Thank you. OK, we’ll start over. Yes, and a suggested motion is included within the agenda doc for resolutions and ordinances number 4. OK. Uh. I moved to approve the resolution vacating the right of way associated with Hilbing’s 6th edition. Second So We have a motion by Comm. Schoberg seconded by Comm. Rohr.

00:06:44,630	Any discussion? Jingnan roll call, please, Comm. Schobergron Roar. Yes. Agenda item G. Consider allowing fire department staff to advertise for bids for source capture exhaust systems. For chief pits. Evening Mayor, commissioners, uh, as you mentioned, this is to allow staff to uh.

00:07:19,400	Advertised for bids as part of the later on in the agenda where it will be hopefully accepting assistance to firefighters grant. To install exhaust, uh, recovery systems that hook directly onto our trucks at both Fire Station 1 and Fire Station 2.

00:07:39,500	This action item before you um right now is to allow us to advertise for bids, um, to bid that project out as part of our procurement process in the city of Manin. I’ll stand for any questions you might have. Could you explain a little more, it’s a diesel exhaust. Recapture system correct. Mayor, uh, commissioners, uh, so the, it’s actually a drop down tube system that hooks directly onto the um exhaust pipe of our apparatus.

00:08:06,800	So when the truck starts up, the fan uh extracts exhaust out of the fire station, so it’s not contaminating our gear or migrating into the living quarters of the fire station, um, so we’re getting rid of those carcinogens before they have a chance to. Migrate anywhere else. Hope that answers your question. If not, I’m happy to expand.

00:08:25,070	Mayor mission, I did discuss this with Fire chief cause I was not quite certain about the whole apparatus was. To do and how it works, but uh. Played pretty well so something as needed, would it be appropriate? OK. Any further comments? Can I get a motion for. Approval.

00:08:53,370	I move to approve the fire department staff to advertise bids of source capture exhaust system for the fire stations 1 and 2. Second We have a motion by Comm. Braunn, seconded by Comm. Schoberg. Any discussion. Seeing no roll call please, Comm. Hainan Braun, yes, roar, yes, Schoberg, Mayor Frelick, yes. Commissioners, you have the consent agenda in front of you. Item one items one through 11.

00:09:29,370	Number one, consider approval of gaming site authorization. For Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation at Big Stick Cigar Lounge. From August 7th, 2024 to June 30th, 2025. Item 2, consider approval of an update to the media guidelines regarding ballot measures. Item 3. Consider use of the city. Of Mannan utility fund for upsizing costs related to street improvements, district 227. Item 4. Consider amending street improvement district.

00:10:02,670	229 to include additional parcels. Item 5 consider cost participation and maintenance agreements for Old Red trail path. Mill and Overlay. Item 6, consider submitting a sole source request to the North Dakota Department of Transportation for Memorial Highway utility items. Item 7. Consider approval to close 27th Street to accommodate a storm sewer connection. Item 8.

00:10:31,600	Consider approval of the raffle permit for the Mandan Braves volleyball booster Club. Number 9, consider minor plat. For Helbong’s 5th edition. 10 consider allowing the fire department to apply for a fifty-fifty. North Dakota game and fish grant. And 11 consider a request from the fire department to accept. FY 2023 assistance for.

00:11:02,470	Firefighters Are there any items on the the commission would like to remove from the consent agenda. Mayor, just briefly on item number 5. Which would be the uh Of participation on the uh. Old Red Ril meal and overlay. Jerk. Uh, mayor and Comm.

00:11:34,470	, is there anything, any clarification I can we talk about the old red trail path. Is that the walking path? Correct. OK, I just want to clarify and the costs for that are, are pretty much borne by the park board, is is as a energy and painful that it comes from the park board. Um, that is correct, Comm..

00:11:54,970	We would be special assessing this entirely back to the Manin Parks district, and I confirmed that with um, thank you. I just want that clarified. Thank you. Mirror would it be possible to uh also discuss consent agenda items 3 and 7. With uh Jarek Wingness as well. Mayor Comm., absolutely, I’d be happy to clarify, um. I was just wondering for Both 3.

00:12:29,070	And number 7. Um, how these, um. Tasks will be funded. Um, number 3 is the upsizing of the sanitary sewer line associated with the, um, street improvement district around the new high school site that would be funded, that would be out of the city’s utility fund, which is funded by utility rates, um. And The twenty-seventh Street.

00:13:02,600	Uh, so storm sewer connection would be privately funded, um, by, uh, the, the group that’s making the connection. OK. Well, that Affect surrounding businesses and homeowners at all? Financially, um, no, it shouldn’t have any financial effect on them, um. The, the street closure would just be. Inconvenient for the surrounding area while the connection is being made. OK.

00:13:36,270	Hopefully 8th Avenue will be close to. If Avenu was getting closer and closer. Absolutely. What what’s the length of the uh closure. They’re proposing one week, um. Ideally they’d they’d be able to get in there and make the connection and bring it up to a temporary surface sooner than that, but, but they’re requesting one week.

00:13:54,870	What are they looking to do that? When? They would be looking to do it as soon as possible prior to school starting. Thank you, Jarek. Absolutely. Any other questions? Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda? I’ll move to approve consent items 1 to 11 as presented.

00:14:24,900	Second, We have a motion and a second a motion by. Comm. Rohr Seconded by Comm. Brown. Any further discussion? Seeing none, roll call please. Commissioners Braunun roar, yes, Schoberg, yes, Henshawn Mayor Frelick. Right Grant and amend the 2020. For fire department budget by $20,000. Jerk. I think we did that. Yeah, that was part of the.

00:15:12,030	There for like, yes, that was a, that’s already taken care of. agenda. Accept your apologies, my bad, city administrator. Let’s move on to new business. Consider Comm. portfolios and committee assignments. You’re like and commissioners, um, as a result of Comm. Hanshong being appointed to the commission. There was some kind of realignment of portfolios and committee assignments in essence, um, Comm.

00:15:43,330	Schoberg would have the engineering and planning portfolios and related committees and Comm. Hainchan would have the public works portfolio and related committees. We did add an information technology portfolio and would also suggest that the Comm. Hanshaw be appointed to that. Spot also. Any questions? Seeing none Make a motion to approve the portfolio and committee assignments as presented.

00:16:20,170	I’ll second that question of order, uh, doesn’t the mayor appointees, do we have to have a motion made? Well, I, I understand his positions are appointed by the mayor. Would they be subject to a motion? Uh, Mayor Freeli and Comm.

00:16:37,270	Rohr we have typically done that with consensus of the City commission, so we have always brought those in front of the commission for their approval. Technically, I think the technically, I think the mayor could make those appointments, but again, we bring it in front of the commission so that it’s, I just want to clarify how, how the order of business was here. We have a motion by Comm. Hanan.

00:17:02,330	Did we have a second? Schoberg Seconded by Comm. Schoberg. Any further discussion? Seeing none roll call please missioner’s roar, yes, Schoberg Heinch Braunun Mayor Freilich. Item number 2 under new business. Consider the Martin Mandan Public Library 2025 budget. Good evening, Mayor and commissioners, if we could show the presentation.

00:17:35,930	Uh, so what I have for you is kind of a combination of the 2025, um, proposed budget as well as a review of the 2023 year. That is what we submit to the North Dakota State Library, and then also components of our strategic plan. Are you able to see? No. This one’s not on. Jim, this this TV is not on.

00:18:27,130	Hm I like to stir up a little trouble before we start. 00 So we have musical interlude or? Or. It Oh. Good. Yes, I assure you I did have it working before. Um, so, as I said, these are some just basic, some numbers about the library, um, in 2023 we had 14,658 registered users, so we gained about 3000.

00:19:35,000	Keep in mind in 2022 we were half closed most of the year. Um, Bookmobile still was doing services. We were doing some, um, pickup, curbside pickup kind of things, but most for the most part, We were closed, um, our library collection has also increased. We’ve added a bunch of board games and fun, unique kinds of tools and devices.

00:19:58,000	Um, we have jumped, obviously, um, from 11,000 to 34,000 visitors in 2023. A number of circulations at 94,000, that would almost be like 3 items per citizen in Morton County. And then our public computer use obviously went up as well.

00:20:23,170	The Wi Fi sessions, uh, we know people were using our parking lot when we were closed a lot, so that made a huge Difference Some other kind of pieces of information and this is both 22 and 2023, um, the commun the community room has been booked 104 times um throughout the year and a half, Parkside has been 12 times Skyview is 8. The loft has been 27 times.

00:20:51,870	Um, unique, the bookmobile has seen an increase of patrons, um, to 1000. Uh, when we look at our passports, we, um, did, um, just in photos alone, 1000 95 and are processing was 889, um, the highest that we had before was, I suppose it would have been prior to 2020 was like 449.

00:21:16,400	Um, last year we held 190 events and there were 6, 16 people who attended and that was people of all ages. Um, this year I can tell just in June we had 31 events, so I think we will surpass the 190.

00:21:39,570	So what I’ve kind of done is broken down our areas of focus for the strategic plan and then correlated a little bit of some of the pieces for the proposed budget that I that was shared with you. So area of focus is our communication services, technology, community engagement, collection, building and grounds and staffing. So we anticipate increasing our advertising expenses. Um, we are really going to focus this year On revenue from meeting rooms.

00:22:06,100	Uh, we want to start, we need to start replacing our public computers and we’re going to do that using laptops. Um, in the community engagement we’re going to do a slight decrease, um, because Shawna has become very, very good at writing grants. And so, um, we’re just gonna try to focus on those key components.

00:22:28,730	Um, our collection increase has increased, um, we are going to start by November, a collection analysis. So, um, the only person after Bell retires on August 24th, who has been here more than 7 years, is Susan Har And none of us have any clue why decisions were made as far as what books and, um, automatic orders that we’re

00:22:51,470	getting for companies and so we wanna start with analyzing what is in our collection and then going from there and being able to truly budget what we need and what our patrons are demanding. Um, in building and grounds, there will be a slight decrease.

00:23:12,270	Um, our focus is really going to be on the outside, making sure our landscape is, is up to par and just the building, painting, um, those kinds of items in staffing, we’re going to increase, but we would like to increase by adding one nineteen-hour building and grounds worker, and then we have a position that is changing from a grade 12 to a 16.

00:23:35,270	Excuse me, when you go back to a slight decrease in community involvement? Are we talking about specific events? No, just over it’s like $500 is what like so for youth services, it was 7500. I don’t, I took it down to 7000. So that’s what I mean by not the amount of events but just a little bit more of the dollars. Thank you.

00:24:03,530	Um, when we look at the 2025 revenue, uh, we are still as libraries, still learning how the new system is working prior to it, it was done on a memorandum of, um, I shared I can never remember the name.

00:24:25,470	It is a maintenance of local effort, and it was kind of a combination of 3 years, so 1 year you might get some funding from the state and next year, you might not. It was just very unpredictable. And so they have that and what they are doing is either it is $1 per resident of the city or county or a percentage.

00:24:48,000	I honestly don’t know which one they choose, um, but it is determined by the latest federal census. Um, so this year for the city of Mandan, we got about $23,000 for this from the state library and for the county, it was about 14,000. Um, previously we’ve had 20,000 and 7000 or 20,000 and none.

00:25:09,330	So, um, that I’ve been assured that that is going to be a little more consistent. Um, again, I talked about making our meeting rooms, um, Just doing some dynamic marketing with them. We have one of our board members is a photographer, so she’s been working with some of our staff and just setting up room arrangements so people can get a visual, um, picture of what those rooms could look like for

00:25:31,130	them. Um, again, Shawna and I both are very active in pursuing grants. We do not just pursue grants for the sake of a grant, but we really look at what it is we need in the library, whether it’s programming wise or if it relates to our strategic plan and so that is our focus.

00:25:50,370	Another area that is. Strange is called on categorized and that’s on our cash register that we use or use and this is kind of that catch all, so it might be refunds that we get for stuff we have to send back. It could be reimbursements.

00:26:09,530	Um, there’s just a variety of things that come from that and we’ve averaged about 100 to $15,000 every year just in that area. Any questions so far? Obama What’s happening to the upstairs part. It’s been a while since I been. Up there looking around I know last time I was up there they were doing renovations and.

00:26:34,130	Looks at something that has the upstairs part of the old library has that project has been completed in any extent what’s going on The old rice bowl, no, nothing yet has been done with that. Um, we have ideas and it’s just a matter of trying to figure out, um, how to go about making that happen. Um, it’s a, it’s gonna be a big project.

00:26:51,670	Uh, we would like to kind of turn it into an incubator kind of space where people can come in, we can have a professional kitchen in there. Can, um, do some cooking, we can hold cooking classes. We would do some podcasting booths, make it more available for anybody, um, so that’s kind of our big picture.

00:27:12,100	So any help would be wonderful. OK, thank you, cause it’s been a while. I didn’t know what’s been happening for future use up there, but I appreciate that information. Um, so expenses, um, again, tried to correlate a lot of them with what our strategic plan initiatives were.

00:27:32,500	So one of them is involves staffing and um we need to assess our needs and the gaps of the library and craft, either a new position or open position. So we anticipate this coming year of 5% increase for cola, and then we plan on changing the position from a grade 12 to 16, um, for the bookmobile Services Associate, so she would be become a coordinator.

00:27:54,200	Um, she would have more administrative and marketing responsibilities. And then of course, adding that building and grounds worker for 19 hours. Um, the next big expense is with our collection and doing that analysis, um, I, this subscription that we have will be 3 years, um, and then we can decide if we want to change it down to a lower value

00:28:15,530	or if we just want to stop, but we really feel we need that in order to figure out what it is that we’re spending on our materials. And that we’re very being more strategic about it.

00:28:39,570	Um, for building and grounds, um, this is kind of what we anticipated 5 to 7% increase for utilities, heat, electricity, water, garbage, and phones, um, we are going to start trying to balance billing for our heat and electricity. See how that works for the remainder of the year.

00:29:02,100	And then, um, we’re just slightly we I’ve analyzed the past couple of years and feel comfortable and able to decrease the amount, um, again, slightly in gas in Greece, same with our janitorial supplies, um, repairs and maintenance we should not need anything major, knock on wood, um, and that also includes equipment, building, and then the vehicle.

00:29:23,370	Um, our strategic plan initiative that kind of correlates with that is just making sure our outside is as welcoming as our front, or as the inside, so that we kind of start from the street, including the parking lot and the outdoor entrances, um, making sure that landscape is being maintained or replaced if we need to, um, making them having an accessible book drop right now it is very hard for people to Uh, bring their books after hours, um, better flow of traffic, whether it’s more

00:29:44,230	signage, some more arrows that are pointed, we have people driving every which way around that parking lot or Looking at entrance and exit changes.

00:30:11,270	Um, the next component would be with the technology and again, um, we would be updating with NRG um adding about 2 laptops and um our goal is to have a charging locker so people would not be able to check them out and take them out of the building, but they would be able to check them out from this locker and use them within our space. Another component that we would like to add and this, these are more grant wise would be a self-serve kiosk.

00:30:27,930	Uh, we have a self checkout right. Now, but this would allow us to do a whole lot more, or patrons to do a lot more. And then just so you know, we went from a staff of 9, I think, and now we’re about 1516.

00:30:50,470	And some of our new faces that we have, um, Bell again, she is retiring on the 24th, so join us at the library. And here are two new hires, Shanzy. Do you have any questions for me? Mar This chaos thing is a, is a similar to like when you go to a grocery store, McDonald’s, and you, you have to go all these buttons and everything, a

00:31:17,000	little bit. Sorry, it would make it a lot easier right now we have a computer and people just do not seem to know how to I don’t know, it’s just crazy.

00:31:33,600	They can’t seem to use it, but this would also allow us to do other things so they could go on and check if we have books in the library or they can sign in for an event, um, if they’re. to participate so it would allow a little bit more flexibility and take, um, there’s many times at the front counter we have 34 or 5 people deep.

00:31:52,270	And so this would help eliminate a little bit of that congestion at the front as long as it’s user friendly, some of these, uh, there’s been places of business that have. Going downhill because of the fact that they’re not user friendly or. Whatever have you. So you have to be able to balance the use of that with uh the uh.

00:32:10,970	Ability of the customer to manipulate its way through it, and this one I actually, I had gotten the opportunity to go to a national national American Library Association in San Diego and so I got to see this one particular piece and it I was just truly impressed with it because there wasn’t a separate scanner.

00:32:32,470	Everything was all built in and the, the monitor was very clear, very easy to read, but yes, I agree with you. It has to be simple. I’m one of the old guys, so if you get Dinner, you want to test it out whether some of the elderly can do it, you know, come down and try it out. If it works on me, it’ll work on anybody.

00:32:49,670	Any additional questions? I just make a comment on I don’t know how versed the staff is on the federal E-rate program when it comes to technology. That’s not something that NRG can assist with as a vendor, but, uh, the federal Era program with schools and libraries has been expanded very recently to include maybe some of these

00:33:10,200	technology pieces, so I would uh utilize the state resources to. To see what pieces of this could fit into because I’m familiar with just like the savings on, you know, technology in general, but yes, we just got that letter out. Thank you for sharing that. Any other questions? Mm Or um.

00:33:42,270	Sorry, Barb, you presented this budget to the county already, right? OK. And it was just presenting it, that was it. OK, thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Barb. Measures I would like to move to approve the Morton Mandan Public Library 2025 budget as recommended by the library board of trustees. A second. There was a motion by Comm.

00:34:17,470	Schoberg. A second by. Comm. Hahn. Any further discussion? Hearing no roll call please Comm. Schobergschan Braun Rohr, yes Thank you, Bob. It’s a very good presentation. Yes, thank you. Item number 3, consider the Mandan Airport Authority 2025 budget. Lindsay Mayor Commissioners. If you could. Sure. My screen. Thank you.

00:35:01,370	Um, I just wanted to familiarize, um, I’m hoping that you all have a copy of the budget that I presented to you a few weeks ago, um, I wanted to just familiarize, uh, some the new mayor and commissioners at the airport and kind of rag us up and uh let you know who we are and what we do out there.

00:35:16,730	Let you know what was going on this year and what we have planned for 2025. Um, A little statistics about the airport is uh we have 5 airport owned tea hangers that are all at capacity right now, um, that’s 54 units inside the tea hangers all at capacity.

00:35:44,000	Um, One recently acquired airport owned community hangar that can hold up 78 aircraft inside it. It’s actually, um. rent it out fully now by a helicopter company. It was scooped up from us pretty fast. They, they lease the entire hangar from us now with their um fleet inside.

00:36:09,830	Um, 16 privately owned hangars on the airport, um, a full-time aviation maintenance facility on the airport in egg spraying operation, um, the aerial surveying helicopter company I mentioned that um is permanently in our, our airport owned community hangar with their fleet of 3. Um, an aviation medical examiner on site and a flight instructor on site, the civil air patrol headquarters is on site in Mandan with their fleet of 3.

00:36:35,270	And in total we have 99 base aircraft on our airport and a certified flight simulator. Um, To put it into perspective. How many why it’s important, why we have 99 aircraft. Um, the only other general aviation airport in the state that even comes close to us is West Fargo, and they have 41. On the field, um.

00:36:59,830	In the surrounding states, the only one that I could find that came close to us was Brainerd, Minnesota that has 83 on the field. So we are the largest general aviation airport between Minneapolis and Seattle right here in Mandan, so I kind of always like to say we’re we’re kind of a big deal, and a lot of people in town don’t

00:37:18,100	know that we even have an airport, so, um. I encourage anybody to come out and check it out. Um, the services that we provide for, um. Pilots on the field or transient pilots we have snacks and drinks, a full kitchen area, a picnic area, um, short term and long term hanger and tie down Jetty

00:37:43,170	and hunter low lead fuel on site, um. pilots lounges, um, with entertainment to come, I’m thinking about doing a pool table or ping pong table or maybe some uh workout equipment in there. I haven’t decided.

00:38:08,600	Um, we have a new flight planning room, uh, sleep room, showers, men’s and women’s showers and two courtesy cars for them to take to town if they’re transient to um. Visit our hotels and restaurants or come in for doctor’s appointments, which happens often and don’t mind the dent, that was me, not a pilot. Um, our revenue comes from. Primarily three sources are fuel, our hanger rent, and our land lease.

00:38:36,330	Um, that um is me, I deliver it in a truck to aircraft and uh Avgas is the self-surf pump here. Um, Like I said, our, our tea hangers are at capacity. So uh hanger rent is a big one for us.

00:39:00,930	And um the land lease in the 16 um buildings that we have between the businesses and the private hangers that everyone pays land lease. In 2024, we had something really exciting happen, uh, clear skies was a full service FBO on the field and they went out of business and so we were able to swoop in and purchase Clear skies and as you can see on the left is the old terminal where my old

00:39:29,270	offices, and now on the right with our new sign, um, that’s the new Mandan Airport terminal. Um, this is the ramp side view of it. This is what pilots see when they taxi in. And this is what you would see on the parking lot side of it. Uh, this is.

00:39:50,170	What you see when you walk in, um, if you look to the upstairs area on the right, there’s offices upstairs that we actually lease out to um businesses on the field, helicopter company, flight instructor, um. Aviation medical examiner all lease out offices inside the new terminal.

00:40:14,200	Um, the, this is, this is the first pilot’s lounge with fireplace and, um, way off to the right, you can kind of see where the new flight planning room is. Um, this is our, um, former, uh, um, board Chair, Dr. Dale Klein.

00:40:34,370	I just happened to catch him at the flight simulator the other night, so, um, I snapped a few pictures of him when he wasn’t looking just to show you um the pilots do come in and use the flight simulator. They can actually earn real hours. On the flight simulator rather than pay for fuel and, and, um. The exploded costs of actually flying the airplane to keep up their hours they can actually earn hours on a certified flight simulator without leaving the ground.

00:40:56,200	Um, this is the kitchen area and on the right here is the 2nd pilot’s lounge upstairs. Um, my office on the left and our new boardroom on the right. I’ve yet to move a lot of the furniture in, so it looks a little barry yet, but we’re getting there.

00:41:19,730	Um, we were also lucky enough in the purchase of the new terminal to purchase uh this community hangar, um, that I was, uh, mentioning our helicopter company. has leased the entirety of from us. Mm But we could put transient aircraft in there. If we needed to. Um, this summer we did extend our parking lot in front of the new terminal.

00:41:47,530	So now there’s plenty more places to park, um, landscaping is yet to come, so. Sorry about the weeds. Um, I did put um some new barricades around our rotating beacon just to protect that a little bit as you might remember, I had it crash into the ground a few years ago, so we got some protection around it now and

00:42:09,370	especially since vehicles will be driving past it now with the new asphalt, um, it’s very protected. Um, we also started, um, we have one lift down so far Mother Nature hasn’t really been cooperating with us, but we are installing a new tea hanger parking lot.

00:42:30,300	The rapid growth at the airport and all the tea hangers going up in such a short amount of time, no one really thought where are these pilots going to park when they’re flying and so now we’ll have a great parking lot right there for them to walk to their tea hangers and keep the vehicles off of the active. Area For 2025.

00:42:55,070	Our, um, not so big project, but an important project is the runway 1331 pavement maintenance. As you can see, um, the pavement is about 10 years old, the concrete is about 10 years old and it has been had small repairs. In the last 6 years.

00:43:16,770	And um you can see it’s deteriorating in some spots, so we and on the right there was a um. There was an airplane that burned up on the runway a few years back. It did do some damage to those panels, so those are 10 by 10 panels, those, those particular ones are gonna need to be replaced.

00:43:33,570	And um on the left is just kind of. What you see out there some wear and tear to the runway for the most part it’s in really good condition for being 10 years old, but um. Other areas that are gonna get repaired next year, joints and sealant, um, that’s completely missing in some areas, um. And previous repairs that are failing.

00:43:55,700	Like you can see on the right. Um, another thing that will be nice after these repairs are done is we’ll get all new lines cause you can see they’re, they’re pretty worn. So our large project. For next summer.

00:44:21,200	We’ve been struggling to um for many, many years we’ve been struggling to figure out how we’re going to mitigate the wetland on the airport, the FAA has determined that it’s a wildlife attractant. They want us to get rid of it. Um, It’s Become very clear that it’s going to be very expensive to get rid of it.

00:44:40,000	The engineers have gone back and back and try to figure out ways to um keep the cost down on it and um the best way. We’ve come up with so far is to um. Fashion, a holding. Facility for the water.

00:45:04,600	Move the water to a different spot, install drainage tile into the areas that are wet and um have a lift station that would pump it out into the DOT right of way through a call for under Highway 6 and out through the USDA property. But unfortunately, we can’t increase the flows to downstream users, so it needs to um be a lift station so that it’s metered out. This is just a view of um the wetland from two summers ago.

00:45:30,730	I had a drone come out and just take some good pictures of it, so, um, we’re facing north in this picture for your orientation. Uh, this is the engineer’s design, as you can see kind of up in the left hand corner there’s um the pink is the drainage twel that will be installed.

00:45:55,100	Over in this area here, there’ll be a lift station. That will meter out into the road and here is there’s Highway 6. Here’s culvert, it will flow through the culvert naturally and out um to the west USDA property. It’s been kind of a labor um getting the highway department and the USDA and downstream users and everyone on the same page and making everybody happy.

00:46:23,700	It seems everyone is happy with this plan. So, um, we went out for bids for it last year, twice received 0 bids, um, went out for bids for it this year and received one bid. It was A rather large bed. And um it came in at 1.5 million. I’m sorry, 1.3 million.

00:46:49,800	Um, the FAA is aware and they help us fund this at 90% and the FAA is aware that it did come in this way and there’s some discretionary funding that they’re willing to help us with, but for the most part, this will be paid for with our entitlements that we’ve saved up over the last two years and

00:47:06,930	our bill funding entitlement that the airport has saved for the last 2 years. Um, whatever’s left over will be discretionary from the FAA hopefully and uh 5% match with the airport from North Dakota Aeronautics Commission. This was a picture of the wetland from 2 days ago.

00:47:29,470	Just to give you a better idea of what it looks like from the ground. It’s there’s. Lots of cattails and lots of places for um. Birds to Hide nest Um, this is just a picture of our airport layout plan. So this is basically a wish list of what we’d like the airport to look like someday.

00:47:54,330	Um, for orientation, the, um, north is to your left. Um, the 3, if you look at the white. Buildings here that all kind of match each other. These are already up airport owned tea hangers. As you can see, if the wetland was not there. We would actually have room to develop 3 more tea hangers.

00:48:18,300	And so that’s also our goal with mitigating this wetland is to give us some more developable space out there because we are growing and I do have a wait list of 19 people right now, a 10 unit tea hanger could fit. Right here and could cut into my wait lists. I could fill it the day it was finished.

00:48:37,670	So Mayor and Comm., do you have any questions for me? Mayor Lindsay, uh, what’s that? Wetlands mitigate is or more expenses in the future to deal with that or is that going to take care of the problem to where you can put your hangers on there and then it is what it is without having to deal with future

00:48:56,430	water problems. Um, it, it is what it is about having to deal with future water problems, but there will be, um, you know, possibly future maintenance on the lift station, you know, and upkeep on the lift station. The way that our engineer has designed this, it can easily tie into a um.

00:49:15,400	A better fix for the problem that the FAA wouldn’t fund. It was a $5 million project to route the water all the way to the south end of the airport, um, so. When the time comes, if the time comes that we do receive funding to um give it a more permanent fix.

00:49:35,200	It’s readily able to tie into that original project that the FAA said, no, we’re not going to fund that low elevation here that causes this accumulation mostly or high there as well. It’s extremely high water table, even though we’re up on a plateau, you wouldn’t, you wouldn’t think it, but it’s, it’s a low spot on a high plateau.

00:49:57,130	Is there a future for drones stationed at the airport? Uh, Probably. Yeah, as much as I mean, uh. There needs to be work done on on that to get um drones and manned aircraft to be able to safely fly in the same sky. There needs to be more developments on that, um, as of right now, I wouldn’t feel comfortable having drones.

00:50:24,870	In our airspace out at the airport or based at our airport right now without there being further um. Communication, um. Research done for the two of them because um drones don’t have radios, they, they’re, um, pilots on the ground can’t tell the pilots in the air where they are, so, um. Real manned aircraft, uh, they.

00:50:48,370	On an airfield, I feel that they’re a hazard until we can, um. Come up with more research on how these two. Things can talk to each other. But it’s inevitable, yes. And Yep. May butt in on this drone deal, uh, having been a member of the Civil Air Patrol for roughly 2 years, um.

00:51:15,500	And getting several certifications, um. As far as I know, the Civil Air Patrol is still, um, working to develop their own SOPs on drone. Pilots and they last I talked to um Mark Shealy. Um, The civil air patrol which is headquartered on our airport. Uh, Those fellows and girls have to be a type 7.

00:51:51,670	Rating uh pilot rating basically, is that correct? Um, as far as unmanned aircraft, you’re talking to the wrong girl. I, I couldn’t, I don’t want to speak out of place. I, I am.

00:52:19,600	Um Land aircraft pilot, I don’t, I don’t I don’t know anything in order for the Civil Air Patrol, uh, and, uh, congressional authorized auxiliary to the United States Air Force for those uh civil air patrol members, they have to have that. You’re essentially a pilot to fly those things. So as far as it being, I guess, mayor, if you were looking at that as possibly a recreational drone area, um, no, no, no industrial.

00:52:43,270	Not and that’s why I say, you know, it’s with with things progressing in the world the way that they are, you know, Amazon is talking about delivering packages with drones soon and so I, that’s why I say it is inevitable.

00:53:03,430	We are going to have to play nice with each other eventually, um, it’s not something that without more research and um communication between the two I would feel comfortable having on the airport at this time. OK. Thank you. Any other questions for Lindsay? Mayor and Comm. Lindsay, can you expand a little bit on the uh.

00:53:23,930	Uh, the, the cost for the wetlands, I mean, this, this has been a beast for years trying to mitigate this, and the reason we’re looking so hard at that, correct me if I’m wrong, is because we’re running out of space to develop our hangars. I mean this is a, this is a prime piece and we have to work through this problem. It’s the only spot we have left for development, yes, and the FA, um, they did a wildlife study on the airport.

00:53:42,330	It’s been about 5 years and they had several points that, um. At the end of their report, they tell us what we need to do to mitigate wildlife hazards on the airport. One of them was put up the perimeter fence.

00:54:03,730	There used to be an airplane bone yard out at the airport and that’s was attracting wildlife so that had to go and the other one was the wetland. So this is at the suggestion of the FAA. That we remove this, yes, it’s to our benefit because it is developable space. I can’t, this is my portfolio, gentlemen. I, I can’t. Stress enough of the.

00:54:28,800	Diligence that the board And our airport manager, uh, the success comes from these people and based on the statistics you heard, it is a success. And I, I would support this. Totally. Thank you, Lindsay. Thank you. Treasures I move to prove the Mandan Airport authority 2025 budget as recommended by the Airport Authority Board. 2 We have a motion by Comm. Brown. Second by Comm. Schoberg.

00:55:02,470	Any further discussion? Hearing non roll call please. Comm. Braun roar Braun roar. Item number 4 under new business. Consider appeal from TRX developers regarding use of city. Of Mandan right of way for irrigation crossing Andrew. Evening, Murfreli and Commissioners again.

00:55:31,270	I allow me one moment to just pull up some attachments that were provided with this item when it was introduced in June. And while I’m doing that, I’ll introduce this item a little bit more at the June, I believe it was 18th city commission meeting, uh, the board considered a statement of appeal from TRX developers, the team behind the shores at Lakewood subdivision in southeast Mandan regarding an administrative denial of the

00:55:51,530	use of the city’s right of way for some planned private irrigation crossings. The proposed project would entail the installation of 8 specific. Crossings of Mandan City public right of way for the purposes of the creation of a community-wide uh irrigation sprinkler system, so in a more conventional manner, uh, each home would have their own

00:56:13,000	sprinkler system right in this case the entire subdivision would have one sort of water system that each of the homes within the subdivision would benefit from. Uh, at the meeting in June, staff had recommend denial of the project due to the general unprecedented nature of it and the city having ordinances that prevent things such as private

00:56:35,530	crossings within the right of way. And some concerns related to the long term maintenance and other impacts that it could have to the public right of way in the city. At the time, the board did consider the statement and suggested that. Um, it be tabled and additional research be put into.

00:56:59,400	How some potential legal agreements could be crafted to address some of the concerns that we had over the course of the month of uh later month of. June, all of July and. first few days of August we have viewed a few proposals. And uh the concerns remain regarding the project and our recommendation remains to deny.

00:57:26,670	The application files that I just wanted to include on the screen and that the developer may want to reference in his statement this evening, should you permit him to make statements. Uh, are on the screen now. This is an exhibit that shows the master plan for the shorts at Lakewood and the proposed irrigation crossings.

00:57:49,000	are shown With these uh red demarcations here, so throughout the subdivision. It adds up to 88 locations. Some of the concepts that we floated included um monuments, demarcation monuments. Things such as tracer wire and conduit and I just wanted to make sure that these files were made available for you this evening. Now going to tonight’s agenda, new business number 4.

00:58:20,000	Apologies for jumping around so much. I’ve outlined a few concerns that have been crafted. Following collaboration between the city’s public works engineering and planning departments, among others, and at a high level. concern is that we have that we simply just don’t feel can be addressed with documents and and legal assurances are outlined here, um.

00:58:53,770	Topic and bold expanded in. Uh, regular text that include. The choices maintenance capabilities, the general inevitability that this will fall on the city. Uh, the improper use of the public right of way. Generally the only utilities in the public right of way would be critical utilities such as electricity, gas, communications infrastructure.

00:59:22,470	Uh, future infrastructure conflicts when we plan maintenance or if there is any maintenance needed to the system, um. Resulting in things as minor as a road closure to make a repair, but as major as um. Potential Damage to city infrastructure. Comments regarding minimum water levels for the stormwater pond and. alternative solutions that have been proposed to the developer.

00:59:52,330	The current status that we’re at is sort of a chicken and egg situation, if you will. Staff has put a significant amount of time into vetting. Concept proposals for what agreements might look like to support how this would work. And Not quite comfortable with it. Yeah.

01:00:16,330	Where we lie now is core concept of the project of the use of the public right of way. Um, with the previous board tabling it and this being a new board we’re not quite clear on the direction that the city Comm. would like to go, of course, our recommendation would be to deny.

01:00:33,600	However, um, prior to putting further time into reviewing legal documents and things like that we just sort of want to know how you feel about it and. Um, maybe make a final stance on the topic this evening either supporting our recommendation and placing a kind of a final denial on this project or directing us to continue this uh vetting process.

01:00:56,330	So the developer would like to approach you. I did also forward, I believe, two emails from homeowners that were. Uh, essentially kind of promised this irrigation crossing line and want to know when their sprinklers are going to be installed.

01:01:17,230	And our formal recommendation regarding this is to, uh, is to deny the appeal and to uphold our staff recommendation and not allow the use of the city’s public right away for this irrigation line. If you have any questions for me or if you’d like any more background on this, I can take them. Um, otherwise I would suggest. Considering the developer’s statement and then making the suggested motion in the packet.

01:01:36,970	Andrews this, are there any other instances within the state that This exists. Uh Mayor commissioners, uh, it’s not our, it’s not our understanding that this has been something that’s been common in North Dakota, a couple of examples have been floated within private subdivisions with private roads and things like that, however, not for the public right of way and not at this scale.

01:02:02,000	Some of the examples that were floated such as like for the Lincoln Oaks nursery in South Bismarck would be disputed by staff given the fact that Lincoln Oaks nursery is sort of a.

01:02:21,800	public entity in a sense providing critical conservation landscaping, their facilities in South Bismarck by the Bismarck Airport and they have a right of way crossing of Burleigh Avenue from one nursery to another. Um, But something like this with 8 crossings in 50 acres is not something that we’re familiar with and to further uh state, um, the cities that we spoke to would not support this and would deny it. And it’s the opinion of the director of public works correct.

01:02:47,400	Other commissioners Mayor Andrew, so looking at the uh highlighted concerns there, these are pleasantly concerns and I understand that the developer has not been able, been able to overcome or justify or Get to where those concerns would go away. They, they are outstanding, those would be present concerns. Air Freight like Comm. Rohr, that is correct.

01:03:16,800	The most recent agreement that we received came in early this morning, um, took a quick look at it. It’s um. Kind of details a lot of the same things that.

01:03:35,930	State that we wouldn’t have to take over maintenance of it, of course it’s within the city’s right of way and this board would be permitting its construction within the city right of way and that might be considered the consent of the city to allow it to be built there and maybe our responsibility in the future, of course, so. Long story short, we don’t feel that documents or legal agreements or anything will. Help this situation. It’s not really a door we’re looking to open.

01:03:54,200	I did get an email from someone that. I think it lives there and uh And support, you know, of the developer’s proposition here, of course, that for the person living that might be something they would consider, but. I think we’re looking at A whole city.

01:04:16,730	Issue Not specifically the developer and, and I explained to develop to sometimes, you know, there is a conflict between the developer and the city in terms of what specific needs or or how specific things should be done and The developer, of course, you know, they have their interests, they have their focus, whatever have you, but may not always align with what the cities.

01:04:35,900	Uh, intentions, goals, whatever have you. I think that’s where we are to a certain extent. That is correct. Are there any other questions for me? Thank you. It’s somebody from TRX. I Good evening, Mayor and Commissioners. Arthur Goldhammer, president, uh, DRx Developers. Thanks for hearing this out again.

01:05:03,200	Um, Just in brief, I know I’ve sent you all some information. I don’t know if you had a chance to review it or not, ultimately what we’re talking about is a uh. 4 inch at the biggest. Pipe buried 18 inches to 24 inches below the street surface, um. Smaller pipe than the Lincoln Oaks nursery that does cross Burley Avenue South 12th Street.

01:05:24,970	Um, You know, that one goes quite a ways in South Bismarck. Our intent with this was. In place since the beginning inception of this as it was private, um, at that time. Different city planner, different engineer. Uh Staff look different. They want to keep what was private.

01:05:45,800	Private and responsible of the HOA to keep it off the city back and, uh, so we did so, um, we did have irrigation. Referenced in the covenants that we recorded with shores at Lakewood initially, which was I think in 2000. 18, we had our first uh.

01:06:06,670	Set recorded, I believe, or 17, uh, so this isn’t, uh, something new that we’re just trying to slide in, um. Trying to formalize it. We feel that. Hm The concerns of a of a pipe in the ground that’s well above any other utilities, um. You know, it’s negligible and. While we understand that there’s not an ordinance or a path to.

01:06:31,270	Mitigating this and ensuring that the each way never has issues in the future. Uh, this is a seasonal. Pipe low pressure, uh, won’t be charged like a typical water main would be, um. You know, if this thing would break. Uh, crack. Gets in half somehow, you know, it would just leak water slowly when the pumps are running, um.

01:06:55,670	The system is designed as such, so it would put, you know, individual homeowner’s yards onto the main line, very similar to like tapping a city mainline would. Um, It was our intent to help offset some of the costs of home ownership for our residents and, uh, do our part for the environment that we can and also.

01:07:20,930	By not installing it on city services would give the city of Mandan water treatment plant, uh, a lot more capacity to be used in other housing projects or other different types of facilities that. Can and will come up for development in the city. That said, uh. Entertain any questions.

01:07:45,930	Well, I should say also that, you know, through the development agreements that we can, we can solve, I think, and address any of the. Any of the concerns as long as we get the direct feedback from staff what their concerns truly are, um, again, I felt like we’ve provided. Multiple Multiple replies on how we can address each concern and how we could mitigate it, um.

01:08:09,070	Just seems like Comm. Russo kind of at a standoff I’m not sure what’s, what’s best, but we feel it’s best for the environment, for the city, and for the residents is to, is to install this. So I would ask that you consider.

01:08:29,130	Moving forward with the appeal for the city staff to work with our attorney to make sure that the items are resolved before we were to go to install the system, um. But again, in the uh the interest of. Our community and Shores of Lake would Current and future residents, this is kind of a big deal and I know what Would really appreciate your support. Mr.

01:08:54,030	Goldhammer, In terms of defining this, would you say that? This is a nice and convenient thing to have as a water resource for the people there, or is it a need to have Resource, in other to provide for the people living there. How would you define between those two, Comm.

01:09:16,100	Roh I was an environmentalist, I would say need, but for me personally, I, I would say it’d be just a benefit. Mhm Not a life or death or a. I mean, you do have some alternatives if We have some alternatives there. It’s not that. You’re cut off and this would stop the development or Not allow grass to grow or whatever have you.

01:09:39,130	Correct, um, I’m in a builder group with other builders from around the country and a lot of these guys build in areas where they would, uh, they would pay a lot of money to have this challenge and to have the The municipality is telling them that they could have all the water that they wanted from the city supply and, uh, as you

01:09:54,530	know, water conservation in most areas has become a thing. We enjoy having the Missouri and Hart River running through town, so we don’t have those conflicts, at least not today, and we’re very fortunate because of that.

01:10:12,230	But it is a thing that’s nationally recognized and is a concern in a lot of municipalities that don’t enjoy the water rates that we do here in Mandan. Maybe perhaps one of our problems we don’t have a good comparative. Value to place on this request. That’s true. I mean, in at least in Bisarman and only one that I’m aware of is the Lincoln Oaks.

01:10:37,270	Supply line but that’s been there for 2030 years or longer and um I don’t think any of these issues have arose. Regarding that, that have been mentioned. Yeah If I was a new shoes developer, I mean, I understand what you’re trying to do here. It’s not that I disagree with what you’re seeking for an outcome again.

01:10:56,000	you know, I think we discussed it depends on. On the cities view at this particular point in time as to where this is in terms of uh whether it’s should be allowed, not allowed, whether it’s future problems, not future problems where there’s legal issues, you know, whether or not those are resolved or not resolved. Thank you. Any other questions for Mr.

01:11:19,600	Goldhammer? Thank you. With that Fishers What he wishes. One, One thing I want to mention, I wanna thank Art and TRX for your uh investment in demand, um, I know you have choices where you want to build, and I appreciate you chose me. Um, I put my A utility operator out on, um.

01:11:58,570	My biggest concerns don’t come down to the. To the pipe size and the depth, um, but the responsibility of the locates of a really busy new development area if. Uh, city franchise contractor calls for a locate to 811. All the the. Public utilities and all the in this case, private would have 48 hours to to locate all the.

01:12:29,930	I own the infrastructure that’s in that ground, so that’s one thing that I haven’t when I’ve been reviewing the documents, there’s That’s a concern that I have now that I’m in the seat of.

01:12:50,830	What will be the The process from from that side to, to get a locator who’s gonna be, who’s the responsibility because that’s a 48 hour window to locate those, uh, and any type of uh 811 call. So that for my seat, that was a concern that I had on this project. Any other comments? Mr. Goldhammer, I’d personally like to thank you. I read your emails. They’re very articulate.

01:13:15,400	Articulate and well thought out, and I do appreciate your honesty at the podium tonight. Yeah, I’d like to thank Andrew and and Mr. Goldhammer. There’s Uh, being new to this, um. There’s been Where are we at now? 37 days of constant back and forth and uh we’ve read all of it. And um we’re not. I don’t think coming with a preconceived.

01:13:45,200	Judgment So With that Commissioners Well, if there’s gonna be a good Guy or a bad Guy. Mr. Goldhammer and Company. This is square on me. So If we have any issues. call me and. We’ll buy the hamburgers. OK. Uh, to be brutally honest with you. That’s the way I operate.

01:14:14,670	We have to go with the city crew’s recommendation. And I will move to deny the request. I was involved with construction. Um, Years ago and I do know. The Things that you are facing? OK. Um, But I have to draw a line somewhere and as I did before and as I mentioned. When we appointed uh Comm. Heinsson.

01:14:51,430	Just have to be the bad Guy tonight for you. And moved to deny So I appreciate your honesty and I appreciate the fact that we will be working together again. And Will, uh Keep this communication line open. And I, I hope you understand. That You’re not only in a tight position, but we are too as new guys.

01:15:18,070	So, um, That’s my motion. Again, I move to deny the request. We have a motion. Go get a 2nd Second We have motion in a second. We have a motion by Comm. Schoberg and a second by Comm. Hun. Any discussion? Hearing none roll call please Commissioners Braunun, yes, roar, yes, Schoberg, Heinscha Mayor Frelick. On to item number 5.

01:15:53,370	Consider change order 3. For a street improvement district 224. Derek. It can be commissioners, um, I’m gonna pull up a map here on screen. If we could to help out with this. Um, street Improvement District 224 is the um street and storm work associated with the Rockwood and Sunrise View developments just west of 1806 and just.

01:16:22,670	North of the new high school site. Um, during this project, uh, the contractor encountered some groundwater issues, unforeseen groundwater issues and um this change order would implement soil corrections, geogrid, and subsurface drain tile to accommodate those issues, um.

01:16:46,870	I think the total of the of the change order is 150,000 and the total project cost right now is about 2.6 million, so it’d bump it up to 2.75 million. Um, we’re recommending approval of this change order and I can answer any questions if you have any. Sure, can you leave that Up for just a second. OK. Any questions for Derek? Hearing none, thank you, Jarek. Comm.

01:17:18,830	, your Moved to approve change order number 3 is presented. Second. We have a motion from Comm. Rohr and a second from Comm. Brown. Any further discussion? Hearing none roll call please. Commissioners roar. Yes, Schoberg, yes, yes, yes, Mayor Frelick, yes. Item number 6. Consider raw water intake project change orders.

01:17:51,530	Jerk, Mayor commissioners, um, our raw water intake project is nearing completion, and we have just a few items remaining on this project before it’s closed out. Um, it’s been in the works for many years, I think close to a decade, if not more than a decade. Um, it is a $35 million project.

01:18:09,000	Uh, the State Water Commission is participating at 60% cost share and the remaining 40% is being split between marathon split evenly between marathon and the city of Mandown. Um, just a little bit about Back on that. This change, this group of change orders is for the general contract for this project and the electrical contract for this project. Um, these are landscaping security system and other minor contract adjustments associated.

01:18:30,830	Um, with wrapping this up. I think the total of the change order here is $44,000 on the $35 million project and we do have an estimated um contingency remaining of almost $1.5 million. Um, it’d be our recommendation to approve these change orders as presented as well.

01:18:59,700	Any questions? Being on I move to approve the raw water intake change water as presented. We have a motion 2. We have a motion by Comm. Rohr and a second by Comm. Braun. Any discussion? Hearing none roll call please Commissioners Schobergron, yes, roar, yes, Mayor Frelick, yes. Item number 7.

01:19:30,900	Consider the 2025 street reconstruction project pavement condition report and and district creation resolutions, um. Second I pull up. Some visuals for everybody. Um, This Uh, project has a little bit of a history to it.

01:19:57,930	Um, over the last couple of years we have been going around to some of the uh areas around Mandan that have been identified as in need of infrastructure improvements, um, last year, this, uh, project concept report included areas 1, 2A, 2B, 3B, and 3A. Um, During that, we evaluate uh. Street conditions we evaluate, um. Water, water main conditions, sewer main conditions, storm conditions, ponding issues, um. Tre pruning needs pretty trying to be pretty comprehensive to what the needs to bring these areas up to up to snuff. Um, R.

01:20:31,570	Last year, uh, the commission decided to move forward with Project Ares one and 2A, and that’s what’s being completed this summer. Uh, over the last few months we asked more engineering to amend the the project concept report that they completed last year.

01:20:50,800	Update project costs for all of these areas and then include 4 new areas and that we are calling Mandan proper, phases 123, and 4. Um, we went through the work. To do all of the same um evaluations in these new areas and um we have a table here where we can make apples to apples comparisons on. All of these different areas.

01:21:15,200	Um, As a, as a, as a result of today’s meeting, we’re hoping to um Recommend or we’re hoping to get an area to move forward with for 2025 reconstruction. Our recommendation is to move forward with Area 2B, which was shown in orange on this map right here, Area 2B.

01:21:37,600	This is around Roosevelt Elementary, Christ the King, um, there’s a significant amount of cast iron water mains in this area, we would be pursuing state water commission uh 60% cost share on the eligible items for this area, and we would also be recommending um approval or authorization to uh.

01:21:59,000	by the street reconstruction portions of the project down with uh by 20% with municipal infrastructure dollars. Uh, we have been doing that on all of the recent projects. Um, We have a couple different motions today, um, those are recommended motions today, those are associated with.

01:22:25,700	One Uh, creating district 238 to move forward with Area 2B, and then 2 to authorize the use of the municipal infrastructure funds. Um, I can try and answer any questions that you might have and then we also have Grant Dr. for more Engineering and he would be able to expand on anything I can. Jerk, what’s the age of that pipe in that neighborhood. Cast iron. You know, 1650 to 60. 50s or 60s.

01:22:44,330	How many breaks have occurred in the last 10 years in that neighborhood? We, we have it in the report. This, this area is so the project to a Sweet Briar was kind of the poster child for Water main breaks. Um, this area also had many maltwater main breaks in there.

01:23:01,930	I don’t know the number off the top of my head though. cast iron has been just an issue all all the way across town though. Mayor Jerry I had. Thinking back ways, I had heard that the course this areas had a lot of water main breaks is it that heard that’s due to a round shifting going on there in that area.

01:23:21,670	Uh, Mayor Comm., uh, they, they happen for a lot of different reasons, a lot of it ends up being, yeah, free style cycles, causing movement, um, and, and breaking, breaking the cast iron water mains.

01:23:39,400	Um, some of the water mains, water main breaks that happened this summer were a result of increased water usage related to that apartment fire and the PRV um basically creating a water hammer as it tried to reduce pressure, um, while that fire was going on, um. I would say typically it’s related to freestyle cycles though. There’s a new piping construction of the piping more less susceptible to that kind of dynamic American Comm.

01:24:03,370	abs absolutely it’s less susceptible. Um, we would be able to uh. To redo it from ground up including Pipe trench backfill, um, proper, yeah, proper pipe bedding and then the material, I would say would be less susceptible, less brittle, and obviously the age of the pipe uh would be.

01:24:25,870	70 years newer, so you know these things have been around for a long time now we’re having to pay the pier for some of this stuff. Thank you. Any other further questions? I just want to ask on the methodology of how.

01:24:49,070	The movement across the city, um, you know, starting in the 2A to the, you know, where, what was the methodology of this is where we were gonna start, um. When you look at the the overall plan for not just this year but for the next 2 years. Overall plan, I would say, has a lot to do with um. Funding outside funding availability.

01:25:09,170	We have a lot of Uh, the state water commission has been a fantastic project partner and we want to take advantage of those outside funding sources while they’re still available. There’s no guarantee that they could last forever. Outside funding availability, affordability of these projected special assessments.

01:25:30,470	Um, you can see that these projected special assessments would be in the $19,000 range, um, manned in proper phase two, special assessment projection at this time without any other outside funding sources, $54,000 per property. So at that, at that number, we, we feel that we need to We need to do more research on what funding might be available to make those more affordable for those property owners or look at how, how we could possibly. Subsidize that internally.

01:25:51,370	It was we’d have to have more conversations around that. Um, I would say another, uh, another piece that went into project selection is where have recent projects taken place, um, Area 3A in particular was, was redone or not redone but had some work done to it fairly recently, and we wouldn’t want to go through and.

01:26:15,830	We want, we’re sensitive to going through and ripping up what might be um. Fresh, fresh, a fresh improvement for to to address some of those issues in the area. So, Um, we try to, we try to balance out need with um. How, how realistic it is to accomplish that, the, the project and then also Um, what it does to the property owners in those districts. Thank you.

01:26:44,670	Any other questions? Thank you, chair. Commissioners. Move to prove the resolution, creating district to prove the engineer’s report, prove his appeal feasibility report. And approve the resolution of necessity for street Improvement District 238 project number 2025-01 parentheses.

01:27:23,200	The 2025 Mandan Street rehabilitation project and parentheses 2, I move to approve the dedication of Prairie Dog funds towards the project at the rate of 20% of the reconstruction work. We have a motion by Comm. Schoberg. 2 Seconded by Comm. Brown. Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please, Commissioners Henshawn Braun roar, yes, Schoberg, Mayor Frelick.

01:28:03,070	Item number 8, consider engineering services amendment for street Improvement District number 224 me again, um, we’re bouncing back to Street Improvement District 224. This is the Rockwood and Sunrise View estates, um, development, um, just north of the new high school site and just west of 1806. Um, over the last few months we’ve been in conversation with the North Dakota Department of Transportation Bismarck District office around the connection of this development to 1806.

01:28:27,130	Right now, they have a temporary connection being used for construction, but the DOT has required as a part of their full connection to 1806, the installation of a turn, a left turn lane, as well as some widening um north of this connection point.

01:28:46,930	Um, This would be an amendment to the Sert Engineering Service agreement we have with more for the design of the street improvement district to go through the design and the construction oversight phases of that turn lane work. Um, the, I think the total of the Total of the amendment would be in the $180,000 range and would bring the total engineering service agreement to I think 550,000-ish.

01:29:15,200	Um, we’re recommending approval of the amendment, um, and I’d be able to answer any questions if you have any. Questions. the uh The turn lane on 1806. That that’s not just painting lines on the road. Great. It it would would entail, yeah, significant or fairly significant widening, um, where the tapers would start.

01:29:47,730	I can hear hundreds of feet north and south of that of that connection point. OK, thank you. I should also, I did not mention that this would be special assessed back to the street Improvement District, um. 100% OK. Any other questions? hearing none. What are your wishes? Move to a point that engineering service amendment as presented.

01:30:20,270	Beckett We have motion by Comm. Han Chan and is seconded by Comm. Brown. Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Comm. Braun roar, Schoberg Hech Mayor Frelick. Yes, item number 9, consider sale of 1.5 acre portion of Lot A. Of Northwest. One quarter Southeast one quarter and Lot A of government Lot 7.

01:30:51,870	Andrew, Mayor Frelick, commissioners, sales is the best word for this. I’ll just fly down to the property and. Probably early spring of 2024, earlier this year. I was approached by members of the Lower Water Resource District for some assistance in the transfer of a piece of city property, uh, that was identified as excess that could be used to help us obtain a

01:31:12,000	piece of property that would be critical for the completion of the flood risk reduction project. The parcel that we made available is included in the agenda packet, um, I can kind of show you the description of it as I. Find my way down there. It’s 1.5 acres that we’d be trading for 1.

01:31:31,270	5 acres. Um, the listing. With a Trade preferred was approved at the city’s May 7th City commission meeting. That’s about what 1.5 acres of our 13 would look like um to help with your bearings like would drive the wastewater treatment plant are also included in the screen clip too. The parcel that we would um.

01:31:57,930	Trade for is described within the uh purchase agreement included in your packet. It is presently owned by Tom Ber Ber irrevocable trust at all, and their offer is to accept 1.5 of our acres for 1.

01:32:19,400	5 of their acres, which happened to be in a critical location for the Floor production project as stated, the consulting engineers that will be performing the survey work for this project to describe the piece of land so that it can be put into a deed and transferred and everyone’s puzzle put back together at the end of the day, uh, sought this kind of contingent approval of the purchase agreement that Evening to allow that work to commence.

01:32:37,170	It is our recommendation as staff to approve the purchase agreement contingent upon the completion of future planning work. To help describe this lot before closing, um, and this item will most likely return to the city commission agenda via the planning process and the purchase agreement again, um, over the course of coming months, but we’re just looking for contingent approval tonight.

01:32:56,300	If you have any questions for me, I’m happy to take them. Thank you. Any questions or comments? Andrew. I move to approve the purchase agreement contingent upon the completion of future planning to describe the lot prior to closing. Second We have a motion by Comm. Rohr and a seconded by Comm. Brown.

01:33:25,630	Any further discussion? Excuse me, Mary, that was someone else that second. Second was by Comm. Schoberg. Yes, sir. Saint Kurt No further discussion, roll call, please. Schoberg Braun, yes, Roar I’m number 10 under new business. Consider the request from the ban in Progress Organization for Funding for holiday displays and streetlight pole displays.

01:34:00,730	Felich and commissioners, the Man in Progress organization submitted a request to the man and Visitors Committee for funding assistance as you indicated for uh some additional holiday light displays and also for the street, um, the decorations that go on the street light poles, um, during the holiday season and the visitors committee met yesterday and is recommending approval to spend up to $300,000 on that project.

01:34:24,370	There is a balance of $1.1 million. in the bidders fund. Currently, um, it’s unobligated, so there are funds there, um, to make that fulfill that request.

01:34:45,670	Um, I know Matt Shenando, the executive director for the VA Progress Organization is here to maybe go into more detail on, um, the ask and the things that we would expect to see, uh, this winter. Hello, Matt. Well, Comm. Mayor Frelich. Glad to be in front of you guys here in this, this new season. Um, yes, so we, um, this is a partnership phase two of the holiday lights um project.

01:35:16,600	Um, we were approached by the beautification committee on a assistance with helping to Get funding and and maintain new pole light decorations for Mandan’s main street that would go along with the kind of the the. Current holiday lights project that we’re, we’ve currently um developed in downtown Mandan.

01:35:38,500	This is part of a larger ask of replacing all of the light pole decorations that we have currently um used in the city of Mandan, they are quite a few years old, um, are pretty antiquated. They have made some adjustments through public works, um, with upgrade to some LED lighting, but they are um tinsel-based, very dirty, um, hard to uh maintain. Um, due to the current future.

01:36:05,200	Road construction projects both on Memorial Highway and First Street, um, the beautification community and MPO have um reserved to just focus on Main Street currently and we’ll uh redress those. Current, um, roadways as they get finished with their projects and lighting infrastructure is replaced and we can reevaluate the um.

01:36:29,370	Necessity for um decorations on Memorial Highway and First Street, so we’re focusing the first part of this project on just Main Street, which is about 60 light pole decorations to replace, um, these, these new ones would be um tinsel free, um, they’d be LED lighting, um, very, uh, easy to maintain, which the NPO has taken on that project of maintaining um those street light decorations on for the public works department and we

01:36:51,600	made that. Transition this um last spring. Um, the other part of phase two is working with the Morton Mannon Public Library. And creating a decorated entrance on the west side of the library currently right now the west side of the library is accessible to the holiday lights through the breezeway for uh bathroom use,

01:37:11,370	things like that, but the uh west side parking lot doesn’t really have the same holiday cheer and connected to the current park system that we have and so as people are parking on that side, it’s, it’s dark, it’s dingy, doesn’t really have any of the holiday lights. So we’ve, um.

01:37:29,630	They’re board was working with us to kind of create some sort of Um, entrance piece and we’ve worked, we’ve narrowed down to a a garland wreath arch that would go between the two iron cast light poles and then some larger, uh, whimsical kind of Christmas box displays that would be in the large planting.

01:37:50,530	Um, the other part of that, um, Morton Mandan Public Library phase is to complete the trim lighting that we did in 2022 around to the south and west side of the, the library. So currently, when we did 2022, we focused on more of the street side, um.

01:38:11,200	Uh, part of the building for the trim lighting, and that was on the west side facing Dystrom Park as well as the north side Main Street. The um. This next stage would put LED lighting, trim lighting around the south side of the current library and then would complete the lighting on the new portion of the Morton Manden Public Library.

01:38:31,470	The um 4th part of the or the 3rd part of the phase is to, again, like the library complete the LED lighting on the trim light of the depot. We focused again on 2022 we focused our funding on kind of the street side facing part of the depot and we did not do the backside, the south side of it, and um.

01:38:48,630	Currently in the last two years we’ve seen a lot of Just foot traffic behind both our current office building, the, the beanery, as well as behind that depot and the depot is very dark and not well lit. So adding this kind of trim lighting in there would help to kind of complete that.

01:39:07,200	Um, it’s definitely noticeable when you walk around the holiday lights that the backside of the depot was not completed and we’ve worked with um Rene Murs, uh, the owner of Signature events there to um kind of help her complete that. Um, project and she has also expressed, um.

01:39:25,100	Um, gratitude for helping to kind of complete that um the lighting on that um on the depot. And then, um, The other part comes into adding some um ornament pieces and signature pieces into the the Holly lights display.

01:39:42,670	One of the things that we’re able to do with this, this project is, is really leverage some of the city’s investment in terms of helping to operate both the holiday lights but also to help to take on some of these new, these new tasks that we’ve done, we’ve taken on maintaining the The street pole lights for the public works department.

01:40:02,230	Um, we’ve hired a full-time year round, um operations administrator that’s really focused on maintaining all of our Christmas lights, but also works year-round with us helping with all of our other projects, street closures, things like that. Um, so when we get investments in a new display or a new piece, we can turn around and and go after sponsorships for those pieces, um, things like that and that additional funding helps to really give um this.

01:40:22,070	Attraction in Mandan kind of a good funding source that we can continue to go forward not only helping with the the holiday lights, but our overall um operation throughout the year. Um, last year, the Holly Lights saw a huge increase, we doubled our numbers from the original year in 2022 of about 23,000 people. We saw 48,000 people come through last year.

01:40:42,900	Uh, we were also awarded a governor’s award for new tourism attraction in the state as well for the holiday lights. So, We’re getting a lot of good kind of.

01:41:00,600	Um, good recognition for what we’ve been doing with the holiday lights on Maine and kind of thinking outside the box and creating this attraction and, and this phase two is just gonna kind of help to just keep taking us forward and creating a really, really uh unique attraction in Mandan. So I be happy to answer any questions that you guys have for me.

01:41:21,300	Any questions for Matt? Yeah, Mary Matt was one question in terms of, you know, studying and putting the labor in and setting them up, taking them down and all sorts. I I didn’t come mostly on the City service department, or do you have an NPO who, uh, who does a lot of that work? So the, the holiday lights in the park, um, are put up strictly by the NPO.

01:41:38,870	We, we, we fund the equipment coming in and obviously have hired a staffer to help full time with that. Um, but it’s our team as long as, as well as volunteer days and things like that we bring people together to do the decorating.

01:41:54,070	The, um, the street light poles would would continue to be done by public works, um, that has been done historically. over the past few years, same thing with the 4th of July flags and the, um, Visit Mandan banners that went up, um, they just have the expertise and the equipment to, to do the streetlight polls, but we, like I said, we are currently um maintaining those, um.

01:42:14,170	Those those street pole decorations, fixing them up, replacing lights, um, things like that, um, that, um, we, we’ve committed to doing on behalf of the city. And the street light on Main Street Street light polls are really weak. My, my opinion, I, my wife even called me go down well, you can’t hardly see him anymore, just they’re almost uh.

01:42:34,970	You know, non-noticeable sometimes. Yeah and that’s mainly due to the fact that there a tinsel-based um pole decoration and so that light is really hidden in those tinsel. They’re not very close together either.

01:42:57,430	Um, again, we’re dealing with some, some older pieces of decoration, um, we could go through the process of completely stripping them down and rewiring him, that would take a very, very long time as we have about 150 pole decor. um in, in storage right now. So just going through them and fixing the lights is uh quite a process. It’s time to get them updated for sure. Thank you.

01:43:15,230	Looking at the packet matt, you see all these wonderful pictures of what you’re looking at. Hope that people can pull this down and look at this. Yeah, so a few of the pieces that we’ve been looking at are a couple of whimsical characters, um, the Penguin piece. was one we were going to try to bring in, we, we had plans to bringing in 2022.

01:43:51,430	And we were, we were unable to win the bid for it from the company we were working with and so we had to pass on it, so we came back to that um penguin character. The the North Pole, um, of a very nice large piece, it will actually have, um, we’re working with the company to have Mandan placed.

01:44:09,930	Um, on top instead of North Pole. We don’t want to make people feel like we’re colder than we have to be. Uh. And then, um, A few other things just to add more of the canvas to it, you know, we have big pieces, but it’s getting into that canvas. It’s getting into those smaller pieces.

01:44:27,600	So, um, instead of doing, we have a majority of gift boxes that we placed throughout the park. We’re looking at um an assortment of um Christmas tree ball ornaments that would be in that same style to kind of fill in the corners, um, that we have throughout the display.

01:44:46,830	Um, these illuminated sidewalk, uh, luminaries, these candy canes, um, the goal behind these is to really help kind of traffic people in. Um, the two things we’ve dealt with, um, the last couple of years as people kind of just walking all over the place in the park and it’s, it’s lend to a few issues of of um some trip hazards in the

01:45:00,770	park with with electrical cords and stuff like that, as well as to us unnecessary traffic patterns on the grass that we have to deal with in the spring. So our goal is to focus some of these alumin.

01:45:16,270	to help keep people on the sidewalks and not um going through the grass, um, grass areas in the park. And so you’ll see there’s, that’s why there’s 30 of these 4 ft high kind of candy cane luminaries.

01:45:34,300	And then the castle is our signature piece, um, you know, having these signature pieces is one of the things that we’ve been asked many times is to establish some sort of light tunnel. Um, they’re very. Very well received for photo opportunities we brought in a um a walk through snowman last year that had a kind of a walk through the the base of it, and that was one of our higher photo op areas in the park just because of that kind of that overall surrounding light.

01:45:54,100	Um, so this winter, 3D castle is one that is gonna be another one of those signature displays like the um the 17 ft high gift box that we have and so this will be a uh a piece that you will see definitely from the street. um, street side as well.

01:46:11,670	And um we’ll allow for a about a 16 ft long tunnel that people can walk through as they um enter the spaces. And then you’ll see some of the polelight decorations um in that packet, um, some of the design concepts that the beautification committee talked about was um establishing um some cleaner lights, so we looked at some snowflakes that would be spread throughout the

01:46:34,730	uh more or less the downtown corridor as well as some um Christmas trees to add a little bit of color and then on the outskirts. Um, from Manon Avenue to Collins and then from.

01:46:56,870	About 4th Avenue to past Olm’s Cafe, you’ll see the other pieces being integrated in the uh the traditional holiday bells, um, a leaping Buck, I think we’ve got the points that us candy canes, things like that, and so these will all play a kind of a role um in creating a a a new a better lit display as you come down Main Street towards the holiday lights.

01:47:22,600	Any other questions? Matt, I remember you and I could hold you in two hands. So go back a long way and You know that, uh, you know, my wife Pudge and I are pretty conservative, so I just want to reiterate what Jim, uh, Mr.

01:47:46,130	Neubau City administrator Nub um addressed and, and you did as well, but I just wanna summarize it that Visitors fund currently has $1.1 million dollars in unreserved funds and the presentation tonight, um. With those 5 items total is $300,700 is that correct? Uh, yes, I, I believe the the ask is just for a straight 300,000. OK, so I guess my bottom line is the money’s there.

01:48:15,630	Would that be sound? I, I would agree with you. Thank you for your patience. OK. What are your wishes? I move to approve funding up to $300,000 as requested by the organization. Or street light pole display and a holiday light signature piece from the Visitors fund. We have a motion Second, In a second we have a motion by Comm. Brown.

01:48:40,670	We got a seconded by Comm. Soberg. Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Commissioner’s roarberg. Braun Yes. MK 2nd and resolution and ordinances second and final consideration of ordinance 1451 to amend the Mandant code. Of ordinances section 2-3-3 groups created by ordinance related to word changes to the Mandan architectural review Commission. Jordan, good evening. Mayor Frelick and commissioners.

01:49:23,370	There are no changes and no comments uh for this second and final consideration for this ordinance. Do you have any other questions for me? s move to approve Ordinance 1451 related to Sections 2 of the Code of Ordinance. OK. We have a motion by Comm. Brown, a 2 by Comm. Rohr. Discussion Hearing none, roll call please. Comm.

01:49:58,530	Henan Braun, roar. Yes, Schoberg, Mayor Frelich. Item number 2,,, 1st consideration of ordinance 1453, an ordinance to amend and reenact. Enact Article 2 of the Man and Code of Ordinance ordinances relating to city sales, use and grocery seats tax under the Home Rule Charter of the city of Mandam.

01:50:26,870	Mayor Flick and commissioners, um, this would be the codification of the results of the vote at the June 11th election, um, adding a 1.5 cents sales tax on to the city of Mandan.

01:50:51,400	The, the funds would be of that half cent sales tax, um, 3 cents would go to police and fire vehicles and buildings and Also City Hall accessibility needs and also the other um 2 cents would go to public transportation. So, um, again, this is the first consideration of the ordinance that would enact, um, the, the will of the people that voted on June 11th and asked the half on sales tax. Any questions? Moved to approve the first consideration of ordinance 1453.

01:51:15,800	2. We have a motion by Comm. Brown, seconded by Comm. Schoberg. Discussion Hearing none roll call please. Comm. Braunun Rohr, yes, Schoberg. Hi, Mayor Frelick, yes. Item number 3. Consider the introduction and first consideration of ordinance number. 1452 making the annual appropriations. For expenditures or expenses of the city of Mandan, North Dakota.

01:51:55,970	For the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2025 and ending December 31st, 2025 and making the annual tax levy for the year 2024. Greg Good evening. Good evening, Mayor and commissioners, uh, just as a way of background, uh, the city of Mandan is required to prepare the annual budget in accordance with the North Dakota Century Code.

01:52:21,600	In addition, the city’s budget policies provide further guidance to the budget development process. The city’s budget is coordinated by the finance department under the direction of the Budget and Finance Committee with the assistance from commissioners, department managers, supervisors, and staff. On July 9th, the city commission conducted a budget working session with department managers.

01:52:47,270	Um, the budget and finance committee consists of Mayor Frelick, city administrator Neubauauer, assistant finance director Schulz and myself. On July 12th, the committee review, discussed, and approved recommendations for the city’s preliminary 2025 budget.

01:53:17,630	Based on prior and current budget operations uh along with the availability of unreserved cash balances, the city is able to fund to sustain the recommendations that are proposed for the 2025 budget for the city. Uh, therefore, on behalf of the Budget and Finance Committee, I will be presenting the preliminary 2025 budget for the city commission’s consideration and discussion. Time Merit commissioners and and feel free to ask me any questions during my presentation. Uh, the city of Mandan, um.

01:54:12,130	Citywide has 25 separate funds that we budget for, so looking at the total citywide expenses for the 2025 budget, uh, salaries and benefits. would amount to 16.6 million operations and maintenance expenses 10.9 million. Debt service or in other words, principal and interest payments for the city’s bonds, loans, and equipment leases would amount to 8.

01:54:41,030	2 million and capital outlay or machinery equipment, uh, purchases and city funding for projects would amount to 2.6 million for a total expenditure budget of 38.3 million proposed for 2025. Uh, the 2025 budget would increase approximately 2.4 million from the current year budget, those increases are as follows. Uh, salaries and benefits would increase 2.2 million operations and maintenance expenses would increase approximately 1000.

01:55:18,870	Debt payments would increase 354,000 and capital purchase and funding for city projects would decrease by 1.2 million for next year. Uh, the first section, salaries and benefits, again, the, the increase from the current year budget would be 2. 2 million um.

01:55:53,030	And just I’m going through what makes up the increases from 2024 to 2025, uh, the employment cost index is what we use to set the uh proposed salary adjustment for the following year, uh, for full-time employees that would amount to 538,000. For next year Uh, In September of last year.

01:56:19,730	Um, the city commission had to approve a 2024 budget amendment because at the time that the 2024 budget was prepared, we were projecting a 10% increase in health insurance premiums and we were notified that increase after the budget was adopted was 16.77% increase in health insurance premiums. As a result, the city commission they approved an expenditure budget amendment of 168,000. Health insurance premiums.

01:56:51,370	As a placeholder in the 2025 budget, um, the budget committee is, um, we, we put in a 10% increase for health insurance premiums, which amount to 300 and 2000, um, the health insurance committee, um, will provide an update to the city commission, uh, on August 20th with uh hopefully recommendations to uh to lower that amount.

01:57:21,670	The other major increase in salaries and benefits for the 2025 budget would be the recommendation, uh. For 11 new full-time employees, which would amount to 1.1 million in in salaries and benefits, uh, all of the positions listed, uh, before you are all in the general fund, um, it would be an administrative assistant position, assistant city administrator, assistant city planner, a computer and information systems manager position, uh, for police

01:57:52,270	officer positions of which the city applied. For a federal grant. Which would provide funding for up to 75% of the salaries and benefits for each of the four officers, um, or up to 125,000 per officer over a 3 year period. Also would be requests for uh two new firefighters and one equipment operator.

01:58:26,770	Next section operations and maintenance, uh, the total increase from 2024 to 2025 is approximately $1000. Uh, the major categories, um. Of increase here would be in professional fees and services, which would be $100,000 increase in that line item, repairs and maintenance would increase 139,000 from the prior year and subsidies would increase 764,000 and when I

01:58:54,030	refer to subsidies, I’m, I’m referring to revenue uh pass through payments. So for example, with the newly, um, approved half city sales tax. Um, According to the ballot language, 40% of that 1.8 1.

01:59:21,800	8 million in revenue that we’re anticipating that from that half cent sales tax, 40% of that has to be designated for public transportation, so we have to include uh 40% of that revenue as an expense. That was before, uh, so that would increase the ONM budget by 7 731,000 as a result of budgeting the 40% of that half cent sales tax.

01:59:50,630	Next category, um, debt service, which is uh to uh pay for our annual um principal interest payments for our infrastructure bonds and loans and equipment leases, the principal portion is $6.5 million. Interest would amount to 1.5 and uh service charges would be 117,000, uh, total debt service spending for next year 8.2 million. Moving on to capital outlay in your um agenda information.

02:00:17,930	There is a detailed list of machinery and equipment and um city funding for projects, not gonna go through those individually. If you have any questions regarding uh specific machinery equipment or capital outlay items, feel free to, to ask the department managers behind me, however, I would like to summarize what what the total spend is by fund. Uh, general fund would represent 711,711,000. Of that total 2.

02:00:45,070	6 million, the 1% city sales tax fund would be 222,000. The half city sales tax fund would be 164,000, which would be used for the purchase of two police vehicles, uh, the water and sewer utility fund would be 815,000 and the solid waste utility fund of uh approximately 600,000 for a total capital outlay spending

02:01:08,170	for next year. Of 2.6 million. Looking at the city’s revenue budget for 2025, uh, total revenues would amount to 41.4 million. Uh, again, um, this would be citywide of all 25 funds that the city budgets for, uh, the largest revenue categories, charges for services which would amount to 14.

02:01:40,100	2 million, the vast majority of those charges for services result from the city’s utility bill, which would generate 12.3 million for next year. Uh, city sales and use taxes would be 8.2 million and that would be the combination of the once sales. and 3/4 cents and the half cent sales tax. Uh, property taxes would amount to $7.

02:02:04,530	1 million for next year’s budget, um, moneys from federal, state, and local government entities would amount to $4.9 million for next year. Uh, special assessments would generate 4.1 million, and again, the total revenue budget for 2025 for the city would be 41.4 million. Uh moving on to the general fund, the general fund is the main operating fund for the city.

02:02:29,200	Um, and it’s the fun that probably most people um probably identify with, uh, the total general fund expenditures proposed for next year is 18.6 million, which is a 1.9 million increase from the current year budget largely due to um salaries and benefits for cost of living and for health insurance and with the addition of new 11 employees which would

02:02:50,030	all be in the general fund. Uh To pay for the 18.6 million and proposed expenditures for the general fund for next year, uh, property taxes would amount to 6.6 million, um, state aid and highway tax distribution from the state of North Dakota would be 3.9 million, um, contribution from the 1% city sales tax fund would be 2.

02:03:16,670	7 million this particular contribution is important. Because, um, without it, um. For a $300,000 residential property, uh, the city property taxes would have to go up $270 additional dollars without that property tax reduction from the 1% city sales tax fund. So that has a significant monetary effect for residential, um, property owners.

02:03:49,270	There’s also a contribution from the city’s utility funds of 1.7 million. Uh, other operating revenues amount to 3.2 and uh we’re proposing to um. Use existing fund balance of 457,000 to balance the total general fund budget of 18.6 million for next year. Uh, currently the city collects for every $1 property taxes that are, are collected, um.

02:04:27,200	The city only receives 23 cents of that property tax dollar, uh, the vast majority of it, as you can see on the screen goes to the Mandan school district, but wanted to highlight that only 23 cents of every property tax dollar is, um, used for the city’s budget. Looking at the property tax levy in dollars for 2025.

02:04:55,470	Um, According to the City Board of Equalization that the taxable evaluation of the city’s property increased. 6.8%. Which would generate, um, an additional 554,000 of additional property tax, um, revenue for the 2025 budget, um, the general fund would receive $559,000 of that increase other tax levies would actually decrease our city sheriff’s special assessment tax levy

02:05:25,400	would, would decrease because we don’t need as much in a property taxes uh for city sheriff special assessments for next year. Uh, the library. would receive an additional 46,000 of that property tax levy increase in the airport 35,000.

02:05:46,900	Um, however, it’s, it’s important to note even though that um the valuation is going up in the city of Mandan which would um result in in higher property tax collections, the city’s mill levy. Itself is going to remain the same. We’re not going to increase the mill levy for the 2025 budget.

02:06:11,770	So the impact for a $300,000 existing residential property that would go up, the average of 5%, which is uh the amount determined by the city board of Equalization, um, that would be the average, uh. Some residential property will go up, you know, higher than that, and some will be less, but the average citywide for existing residential property is a 5% increase.

02:06:31,570	So if you add that to uh $300,000 of value, um, the city property tax increase would only amount to $43 for the 2025 budget. Give me, uh, Craig, just, but that’s just the city’s increase. That’s just the city tax entities you might see a $43 increase.

02:06:52,030	On your, uh, from the city, but your overall, you might be paying up, it could be $150 to $200 more if you want to involve the other entities, is that correct? Mayor Frelick, Comm. Rohr, depending upon What the other taxing entities do and how they set their tax rates, that’s possible. So when you look at that that figure that’s just strictly.

02:07:11,870	City it’s not the other it’s not it’s just a city. So again, we’re only 23 cents of that property tax pie. I think one time we get a little higher I think we was up to 25 or 26% at one time, so we’ve we’ve been in the, in the low twenties for, for a long time a little gray there.

02:07:27,800	OK, thank you. Moving on to the utility bill, um, proposing monthly base charge increases. Uh, the first area would be for water and wastewater, the city, uh, is, um. We have currently two projects that that the city is, is looking at.

02:07:53,400	One is the Collins Avenue reservoir project and in the city, um, portion of that cost is about 4.5 million and the water treatment plant optimization phase 3, the city, um, may have a funny contribution of that one for about 5.5 million in order to finance these costs, the city will have to adjust the monthly base rate for water and wastewater, um.

02:08:18,970	And the impact on that on a residential account would be $4.75 per month, uh, just for the water and wastewater base charge increase a commercial account with a C, an increase of $9.50 in an apartment commercial account combination would see an increase of $14.25 per month.

02:08:48,130	The other base rate changes proposed for the utility bill um for 2025 would be a 5 cent increase per month for garbage collection and disposal and a 61 cent increase per month for recycling, collection, and disposal. So with a combination of water and wastewater base charges, garbage recycling, adding all of those up, a residential account base rate increase would be $5.41 per month. The next steps would be um.

02:09:27,730	would be the consideration and approval of, of the, um, 2025 preliminary budget this evening, uh, the next step would be the finance department would provide a copy of the preliminary budget and notice of public hearing dates to the Morton County Auditor, who then, uh, the county treasurer, of course, then sends out the the letters to all the property

02:09:48,000	owners in Mandan, uh, no later than August 31st and then the public hearing for the 2025 budget is proposed for September 17th at 6 o’clock. And so with that, I will answer any questions you have or feel free to ask questions to and if the department managers behind me. Any questions for Greg? No questions. OK.

02:10:27,570	Commissioners, what are your wishes? I’ll move to approve a resolution. Oh, I’m sorry, the wrong one. Um I will Thank you. A move to approve the introduction and first consideration. And call for a public budget hearing of ordinance number 1452 making the annual appropriations for expenditures or expenses of the city of Mandan, North Dakota.

02:11:04,870	For the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025 and making the annual tax levy for the year. 2024. Thanks, Mike. We have a motion by Comm. Schoberg and a second by Comm. Brown. Any discussion? Greg, I want to thank you and Jim and and your.

02:11:32,230	Your team that put this together. Hard work every year we, we know. Thank you So motion in a second, no discussion. Roll call please. Commissioners roar, yes, Shoberg Heinshawn Braun, yes, Mayor Frelick, yes. Is there any other business come before the board? Seeing on the future meeting dates. August 20th, 5:30. September 3rd. At 5 Not 5:30 September 17th. At 5:30.

02:12:21,200	Motion to adjourn. No move. I