May 24, 2022 CALL TO ORDER Chairman Bode called the regular meeting of the Davison County Board of Commissioners to 9:00 a.m. All council members were present. Auditor Kiepke was also present. PLEDGE The pledge of allegiance was led by President Bode. APPROVE AGENDA Motion by Claggett, seconded by Kiner to approve the agenda for the May 24, 2022 meeting. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE MINUTES Motion by Claggett, seconded by Weitala to approve the minutes of the May 10, 2022 meeting. All members voted yes. Motion carried. INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION At 9:41 am, at the request of Chairman Bode, motion by Weitala, seconded by Reider, to move into executive session to discuss personnel as per SDCL 1-25-2. All members voted yes. Motion carried. OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION At 9:58 am Claggett motion, seconded by Reider to exit executive session. All members voted yes. Motion carried. ANNOUNCE DEPUTY SHERIFF At request of Sheriff Harr, motion of Claggett, seconded by Kiner to authorize the advertisement of an additional full-time sheriff’s deputy at the rate of $22.75 per hour. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE PURCHASE At the request of Sheriff Harr, motion by Kiner, seconded by Claggett to approve the purchase, programming and installation of twelve Kenwood radios for a total cost of $41,097.90 from Vantek Communications, Inc. , because current radios will be obsolete by 2023 All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE TRAVEL REQUEST At the request of Diversion Coordinator Buschbach, Weitala’s motion, seconded by Reider to approve travel to the Dual Status Youth Initiative Conference in Oacoma on July 11-12, 2022. All members have voted yes. Motion carried. ACCEPT FUEL QUOTE At request of Highway Superintendent Weinberg, Claggett’s motion, seconded by Kiner to accept the only fuel quote for 7,200 gallons of No. 2 red-tinted diesel at a cost of $4.15 per gallon. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE FMLA REQUEST Motion by Reider, seconded by Kiner to approve an FMLA request for employee #2845 from May 25 to June 6, 2022. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPLY A RENTAL RATE SUPPLEMENT At the request of Superintendent of Highways Weinberg, motion of Claggett, seconded by Weitala to apply a surcharge of $10.00 per hour to the rental rates of all equipment used to perform road works for the cantons. All members voted yes. Motion carried. INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION At 10:42 am, at the request of Auditor Kiepke, motion by Weitala, seconded by Claggett to move into executive session to discuss personnel as per SDCL 1-25-2. All members voted yes. Motion carried. OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION At 10:49 am Weitala motion, seconded by Reider to exit executive session. All members voted yes. Motion carried. ADVERTISING FOR ASSISTANT AUDITOR POSITION At the request of Auditor Kiepke, given that Assistant Auditor Karen Knadle will be retiring at the end of the year, motion by Weitala, seconded by Reider to allow advertising for the position of Assistant Auditor I with a rate between $20.07 and $23.00. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE INTRODUCTORY SALARY INCREASES Motion by Kiner, seconded by Claggett to approve a $0.50 per hour wage increase for Sheriff’s Deputy Kyle Bice, effective May 15, 2022, as he completed his introductory period. All members voted yes. Motion carried. Kiner’s motion, seconded by Claggett to approve a $0.50 per hour wage increase for Sheriff’s Deputy Trestin Jerke, effective May 3, 2022, as he completed his introductory period. All members voted yes. Motion carried. Motion by Weitala, seconded by Claggett to approve a $0.50 per hour wage increase for Wellness Admissions Administrative Assistant, Christine Norwick, effective May 14, 2022, as she ended with success an introductory period of six months. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE NEW HIRES Motion of Reider, seconded by Kiner to approve the hiring of Gerald Koch as a Seasonal Roads employee effective May 23, 2022, at the rate of $17.05. All members voted yes. Motion carried. Weitala’s motion, seconded by Claggett to approve the hiring of Tyler Torres as a full-time correctional officer, effective May 28, 2022, at the rate of $19.81, with a $0.50 increase in l hour after successful completion of an introductory period. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE RECLASSIFICATION Motion by Reider, seconded by Weitala to approve the reclassification of Haley Renberg from full-time correctional officer to part-time correctional officer, effective May 14, 2022. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE VETERAN’S FAIR Motion by Claggett, seconded by Kiner to approve the use of the Davison County Fairgrounds for a Veteran’s Fair to be held September 17, 2022. All members voted yes. Motion carried. APPROVE INVOICES Motion by Reider, seconded by Weitala to approve the following invoices for payment. All members present voted yes. Motion carried. GENERAL FUND: COMM: Publishing/Daily Republic Forum Comm-100.00, Supplies/McLeod’s Printing-17.94; ELECT: Electoral Supplies/Systems and Software-5,023.72; JUD: Prof Fees/Carol Johnson-425.00, Stephanie Moen & Assoc-219.20, Interpreter Fees/Certified Languages International-44.55, Law Library/West Payment Center-109.50, Jury Fees/Jurors-525.20; AUD: Trvl&Conf/Susan Kiepke-42.00; TREAS: Supplies/First Dakota Nat’l Bank-6.50; ATTY APPTED CRT: Atty Appted Crt/Alvine Law Firm, LLP-1,214.10, Laron and Nipe-3,010.65, Legal Expenses/Allegiance Investigators-832.55; A&N: CASA/First circuit CASA-1 500.00; PUB SFTY BLDG: Repairs/Advance Auto Parts-12.87, Carquest of Mitchell-26.56, Menards-55.09, Sturdevant’s Auto Parts-10.04, Supplies/Menards-10.44, Water & Sewer/City of Mitchell-1,350.54, Pest Control/Premier Pest Control -80.00, Buildings/Direct Digital Control-38,500.00; CRTHOUSE: Repairs and Maintenance/Menards-99.62, Running Supply-32.99, Gas and Electric/Northwestern Energy-3,283.03, Pest Control/Premier Pest Control-50.00; NORTH OFC: Repairs/Menards-67.96, Supplies/SD Dept of Motor Vehicles-24.20, Water & Sewer/City of Mitchell-43.74, Pest Control/Premier Pest Control-50.00, Gas & Electric/Northwestern Energy-1207.32, Minor Equip/ Center Iverson Chrysler-52,720.00; VET: Supplies/McLeod’s Printing-243.05; COORD: Postage/Qualified Presort-693.21, Postage/Qualified Presort-196.58, Copy Mach Maint/Access Systems-59.57, Century Business Products-195.79; SHERIFF: Prof Services/Jack’s Uniforms & Equip-18.99, Repairs Patrol Car/Dakota Two Way-47.50, Oil Changes/Lube Rangers-75.80, Office Supplies/A & B Business Solutions-42.49, Dakota Data Shred-51.70, Office Advantage- 13.97, Uniforms/Jack’s Uniforms & Equip-121.90, Field Supplies/Jack’s Uniforms & Equip-255.75, Trvl & Conf/Steve Harr-134.00, Tim Reitzel-134.00, Prisoner Transport/Pennington Co Jail-73.30, Cellular Service/Verizon Wireless- 563.37; JAIL: Medicine/Avera Medical Group Surgery Mitchell-749.47, Avera Queen of Peace Hosp-5,719.39, Lake Co Sheriff’s Ofc-18.02, Lewis Drug Stores-5,119.23, Mitchell Clinic-226.95, Fed Inmate Med Ex/Lewis Drug Stores-10.29, Mitchell Clinique-95.00, Bldg Maint/Arctic Refrigeration-693.82, Ofc Supplies/Innovative Office-216.59, Jail Supplies/Bob Barker Co-711.30, Jones Supplies-706.43, Lewis Drug Stores-312.92, Menards-46.36, Laundry Supplies/Aramark-264.96 , Jones Supplies-296.37, Kitchen Supplies/Jones Supplies-452.61, Oth Co Jail Bd/Lake Co Sheriff’s Ofc-1 760.00, Prisoner Food/Summit Food Service-10 695.10, Trvl & Conf/Avera Health DBA AESS-150.00, Ginger Faas -270.24, Water Softener/Darrington Water-49.00, Contracts/Office Advantage-112.20, Minor Equipment/Arctic Refrigeration-90.82, Inmate Services/Swanson Services-1.60; WELFARE: Supplies/Qualified Presort-8.43, Funeral/Funeral Chapel Will-2,500.00; MENTAL ILLNESS: Committals/Patrick Kiner-101.00, Douglas Papendick-202.00, Hearings/Avera Medical Group University Psychiatry-387.03, Fox & Youngberg PC-189.91; FAIR: Repairs & Maintenance/CK Bicycles & Locks-85.00, Santel Comm-40.00, Supplies/Menards-33.90, Pest Control/Premier Pest Control-50.00, Phones/Verizon Wireless-41.90, Water & Sewer/Davison Rural Water-68.60; CO EXTENSION: Postage/Qualified Presort-12.31, Utilities/CenturyLink-27.02; WEED: Publishing/Daily Republic Forum Comm-19.15, Repairs/Heartland Ag Systems-167.62, Wrightway Repair-1,000.00, Utilities/Verizon Wireless-41.90; HIWAY: Prof Fees/Avera Occupational-322.00, Repairs & Maint/Heartland Ag Systems-491.28, Transource-514.83, Sturdevant’s Auto Parts-15.94, Wheelco Truck & Trailer-1,300.62, Wrightway Repair-557.50, Supplies/Access Systems-50.57, Aramark -187.58, Rockmount Research & Alloys-295.47, Wheelco Truck & Trailer-108.33, Utilities/Northwestern Energy-1801.85, Santel Comm-41.47, Verizon Wireless-83.80, Projects/Civil Design Inc-472.50; EMG MGMT: Utilities/CenturyLink-13.51, City of Mitchell-29.22, Northwestern Energy-66.78, Verizon Wireless-30.06, EM ACCUML/Verizon Wireless-117.90; LIABILITIES: Fairground Dep Ret/Central Electric-200.00, Todd Czmowski-200.00, Erica Melendrez-200.00; 911: Communications/Mitchell City Police Department-16443.48; 247 PRISON: Supplies/PKT-900.00. APPROVE TIME SHEETS Motion by Weitala, seconded by Reider to authorize the President to sign time sheets for managers as a supervisor. All members voted yes. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT At 11:51 p.m., Chairman Bode adjourned the meeting and fixed the next regular meeting of the Council of Commissioners for May 31 at 9 a.m. . (June 1, 2022) 69244
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