The Common Council for the City of Faith, South Dakota met in regular session on March 3, 2009 at 5:00 P.M. in the Community Room of the Community Center. Mayor Haines called the meeting to order, Brown called roll call, and Mayor Haines led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Council members present: Collins, Fisher, Becker, Inghram, Maxwell, and Afdahl.

Others in attendance were: Debbie Brown, Sandy Rasmussen, Loretta Passolt, Arlen Frankfurth, Tait Simonson, Justin and Shara Haines.

Inghram made a motion, seconded by Becker to approve the agenda taking off items #12. Motion carried.

Inghram made a motion, seconded by Collins to approve the minutes of the February 17, 2009 and February 24, 2009 meetings. Motion carried.

Collins made a motion, seconded by Becker to approve the following correction of February 6, 2009 minutes

Under: Resolution No. 02-06-08-01. (Add the following):

A Resolution Passed Pursuant to the Revised Ordinances Title 8 – Utilities Establishing Regulations, Rates, and Charges for Utility Services for the City of Faith, South Dakota:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Revised Ordinances, Title 8 – Utilities, the Common Council is authorized to establish regulations, rates, and charges for all utility services by Resolution, it is hereby

RESOLVED that the following regulations, rates and charges are established as of April 1, 2008 billing cycle repealing the rate contained in Resolution No. 01-06-04-01:

aDSL High Speed Internet:

Service: Monthly Charge:

Up to 256 kbps: includes 1 E-mail accounts $34.95

Up to 512 kbps: includes 3 E-mail accounts $44.95

Up to 1.5 Mb includes 5 E-mail accounts $64.95

Motion carried.

CLAIMS APPROVED:

The following claims were presented and read:

AFLAC / Cancer & Accident Insurance / $ 170.20
Avesis Third Party Administrator / Vision Insurance / $ 115.06
Butler Insurance Company / 2001 Dodge PickUp / $ 102.00
City of Faith / Utilities / $ 11,616.73
Consortia Consulting by Telec / General Consulting & Settlements / $ 2,242.50
Dakota Business Center / Library Supplies / $ 163.89
Department of Revenue / Testing Water / $ 12.00
Faith Fitness Center / Full Time Employees Memberships / $ 100.00
Frito Lay / Misc / $ 32.75
Golden West Telecommunications / Special Access / $ 3,950.19
Heartland Waste Management / Hauling Garbage & Dumpsters / $ 2,835.00
Jerome Beverage, Inc. / Beer / $ 1,872.50
Johnson Western Wholesale / Liquor / $ 1,536.86
Midwest Coca Cola / Misc / $ 161.55
Newstar / LNP Annual Invoice Charges / $ 193.93
Northwest Distributing Co / Beer / $ 7,184.40
Ostrander, Angela / Mileage to Whitewood(Summer Reading Training) / $ 126.50
Post Prom Party / Donation / $ 500.00
Rapid City Laundry & Dry Cleaners / Ambulance / $ 103.40
Reliable / Office Supplies / $ 85.90
Roy's Pronto Auto Parts / Parts & Supplies / $ 226.67
S & S Road Runner Co. / Misc / $ 218.79
SD Retirement / Retirement / $ 3,193.10
Schwan's / Misc / $ 218.38
Sodak Distributing Co. / Liquor / $ 1,678.65
Sysco North Dakota, Inc. / Supplies for Lone Tree / $ 29.40
Tri County Water / Water / $ 5,227.20
Verizon Wireless / Police & Ambulance Phones / $ 139.51
VISA / Gasoline & Battery Support System / $ 3,955.97
Farmer's State Bank / SS & Withholding / $ 2,595.51
Missouri River Energy Services / Power & Supplemental Power & Member Dues / $ 25,360.44
Express Communications / Intra/Inter Access Expense / $ 1,891.46
Combined Insurance / Supplemental Insurance / $ 220.73
Farmers State Bank / Extra Statement / $ 3.00
E&B Karaoke / Karaoke @ Lone Tree Bar / $ 350.00
Department of Revenue / Drivers Licensing / $ 67.00
Division of Motor Vehicles / License Fee, Transfer Plate Fee / $ 6.00
Companion Life / Dental Insurance / $ 502.96
Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield / Health Insurance / $ 5,953.51

Inghram made a motion, seconded by Fisher to approve all claims as presented. All yes votes. Motion carried.

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS:

Ordinance 292: Establishing the Durkee Lake Sport Shooting Range (2nd Reading):

Collins made a motion, seconded by Becker to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 292: Establishing the Durkee Lake Sport Shooting Range. Roll call vote – all yes votes. Motion carried.

ORDINANCE NO. 292

AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE DURKEE LAKE SPORT SHOOTING RANGE IN THE CITY OF FAITH, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAITH, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to create and establish a sport shooting range, as defined by SDCL 21-10-33, pursuant to its inherent authority as a Home Rule Municipality, pursuant to Article I of the City of Faith Home Rule Charter, and pursuant to the power granted to all municipalities by the State of South Dakota, by SDCL 9-38 entitled Municipalities: Parks and Recreation, and acts amendatory thereto.

Section 2. Title 5.04 – FIREWORKS, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

5.0401 No person shall discharge any firearm within the City , unless permitted by the City Council at sport shooting ranges.

5.0401(a) There is hereby created and established a sport shooting range, as defined by SDCL 21-10-33, at Durkee Lake Park at the location and boundaries as set forth on the map thereof, attached to this Ordinance and included herein by this reference. This sport shooting range shall be known as “Durkee Lake Sport Shooting Range”.

5.0401(b) No person shall discharge any firearm or shoot a bow and arrow upon any portion of Durkee Lake Park outside of the Durkee Lake Sport Shooting Range as defined herein.

Collins introduced the following resolution for it’s adoption:

Resolution No. 03-03-09-01

A Resolution Passed Pursuant to the Revised Ordinances Title 8 – Utilities Establishing Regulations, Rates, and Charges for Utility Services for the City of Faith, South Dakota:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Revised Ordinances, Title 8 – Utilities, the Common Council is authorized to establish regulations, rates, and charges for all utility services by Resolution, it is hereby

RESOLVED that the following regulations, rates and charges are established as of March 1, 2009 billing cycle adding to the rate contained in Resolution No. 02-06-08-01:

aDSL High Speed Internet ONLY (Without a Landline):

Due to NECA Tariff

Service: Monthly Charge:

Up to 256 kbps: includes 1 E-mail accounts $60.91

Up to 512 kbps: includes 3 E-mail accounts $70.91

Up to 1.5 Mb includes 5 E-mail accounts $92.66

Seconded by Fisher. All yes votes. Motion carried.

Collins introduced the following resolution for it’s adoption:

Resolution No. 03-03-09-02

A Resolution Passed Pursuant to the Revised Ordinances Title 3 – Health and Sanitation Establishing Regulations, Rates, and Charges for Garbage and Landfill Services for the City of Faith, South Dakota:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Revised Ordinances, Title 4 – Health and Sanitation, the Common Council is authorized to establish regulations, rates, and charges for all garbage and landfill services by Resolution, it is hereby

RESOLVED that the following regulations, rates and charges are established as of April 1, 2009 bill, changing rates contained in Resolution No. 05-21-97-02.

Landfill rates for garbage pickup:

$ 7.75 Unoccupied Residence or Business/Pole

$13.50 Normal Residence

$24.50 Heavy Residence

$19.50 Home Occupational

$19.50 Light Commercial

$31.50 Normal Commercial

$60.50 Heavy Commercial

Seconded by Fisher. All yes votes. Motion carried.

Senior Class – Use of Gym and Community Room Baccalaureate and Graduation:

Graduation is a school function, but the reception and Baccalaureate are not. Tait Simonson, on behalf of the Senior class wanted to know if it would be possible to use the gym for the Baccalaureate and reception after the graduation. Collins made a motion seconded by Becker to approve an exemption to not charge the Senior class to use the gym for the Baccalaureate and reception after graduation and the Community Room as long as the class has it cleaned up after graduation. Motion carried. The Council stated that they ask the Senior Class to come before the Council for an exemption and to also make sure there is not any discrimination to religions on City property.

Fire Department:

Justin and Shara Haines on behalf of the Fire Department would like the Council to approve their updated fire list with some of the members changed to inactive reserve. If they are inactive reserve, they still will be on the list in case of a bad fire and they are needed as long as they are with a member of the Fire Department. In order to keep the City at a fire code rating of 8, each member needs to have twelve hours of training and the ones they want to change to inactive reserve usually don’t attend the trainings therefore the whole department has to do extra hours of training to make up for the ones who don’t do the training. In order to stay as an active member on the Fire Department, each person must have twelve hours of training per year, and attend six meetings a year. The Fire Department received a letter from a Faith business thanking them for getting the fire rating down lowering their liability insurance by 17.9%. Becker made a motion, seconded by Collins to approve the following fire list:

Anthony Fisher
Charlie Steen
Glen Haines
J.R. Holloway
Justin Haines
Noel Fishbach
Randolph Thomas / Inactive Reserve
Arlen Frankfurth
Cindy Frankfurth / Inactive Reserve
Paul Peterson
Shara Haines
Tim Bernstein / Inactive Reserve
Scott Gray
Fred Hulm
Ace Inghram / Inactive Reserve
Bill Hibner / Inactive Reserve
Mike Merriman
Brian Medrud
Gordie Collins / Inactive Reserve
Rusty Kilby / Inactive Reserve
Jerry Spencer
Joe Taylor
Scott Vance / Inactive Reserve
Lee Mortenson
Russel Johnson / Inactive Reserve
Brian Maloney / Inactive Reserve
Melitta Martin
Cory Borg
Bruce Humble / Inactive Reserve

Motion carried.

Justin also asked the Council if they would be willing to pay for six rooms for the State Fire School the second weekend in June. Becker made a motion, seconded by Collins to approve paying for the rooms for the Fire Department coming out of the fire budget. Motion carried.

Approve Part Time Bartenders:

Loretta Baier and Darwin Hauser were needed during the Karokee February 14, 2009. Collins made a motion, seconded by Fisher to approve hiring Loretta Baier as extra part time bartender retroactive to February 14, 2009 at $8.00 an hour. All yes votes. Motion carried. Darwin Hauser is already approved for extra part time bartender.

Police Chief Meeting:

Becker made a motion, seconded by Fisher to allow Arlen Frankfurth to attend the Police Chief meeting in Yankton on April 22-24 as long as his shift is covered. Motion carried.

Federal Mileage Rate:

As of January 1, 2009, federal mileage rate went to $.55 per mile. City of Faith uses federal mileage rate.

Election Clerks:

Collins made a motion, seconded by Fisher to approve Claudine Afdahl, Sonja Gebhart and Kathy Schuchhardt as election clerks at the upcoming election on April 14th, 2009. Afdahl abstained. Motion carried.

District 10 Meeting:

The District 10 Meeting is to be held in Whitewood on April 21, 2009, any Councilman attending needs to let the Finance Office know by April 13.

Executive Session - Personnel:

Becker made a motion, seconded by Fisher to retire into executive session to discuss personnel at 5:21 PM. Motion carried.

Mayor Haines declared the Council out of executive session at 6:10 PM

Hire of Part Time Police Officer:

Fisher made a motion, seconded by Collins to approve the hire of Travis Grueb for Part Time Police Officer by the Police Committee as of February 10, 2009. All yes votes. Motion carried. Grueb will take call in the absence of either police officer.

Approve and Update Job Descriptions:

Mayor Haines suggested all Councilman take the job descriptions for police and ambulance home and come back to the next meeting. Maxwell made a motion, seconded by Fisher to table the Job Descriptions until next meeting. Motion carried.

Bumper for Ambulance:

Maxwell made a motion, seconded by Fisher to approve having a grill guard bumper put on the new ambulance and the other main ambulance at $1695 a piece and $125 to install each. All yes votes. Motion carried.

Hire of Full Time EMT:

Fisher made a motion, seconded by Maxwell to approve hiring Helen Hall as full time EMT at $21,000 plus benefits. All yes votes. Motion carried.

Collins made a motion, seconded by Fisher to adjourn. Motion carried.

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Debbie Brown, Finance Officer Glen Haines, Mayor