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From YouTube: Council Meeting 02 04 2019
Description
Agenda items include a temporary location transfer of retail (on-sale) liquor license as well as Resolution No. 19-07. Also included is the Mayor's State of the City report and Consideration of Bids for Essential Airline Service.
B
Let
us
pray
Psalm,
106
proclaims.
Give
thanks
to
the
Lord,
for
the
Lord
is
good
for
his
kindness
endures
forever,
who
can
tell
the
mighty
deeds
of
the
Lord
or
proclaim
his
praises?
Oh,
yes,
all
creation
praises
you'll,
God,
even
ice
and
snow,
as
we're
reminded
in
the
Book
of
Daniel
and
Azariah
is
prayer.
Chapter
3,
verse,
70,
o
ye
ice
and
snow
bless
the
Lord
praise
and
exalt
him
above
all
forever.
B
We
tell
of
your
mighty
deeds.
Lord
God,
who
guide
us
in
our
deliberations
of
moving
forward
in
our
beautiful
snow-covered
city,
to
be
caretakers
of
this
city,
government
and
caretakers
of
the
employees
of
the
city
and
its
many
services,
grant
us
peace
in
our
nation
and
in
our
city,
honesty
in
our
deliberations,
hospitality
and
warmth,
and
our
welcoming
and
right
thinking
and
promoting
the
common
good
of
this
city
and
its
citizens.
We
ask
this
in
your
name:
Lord
God,
who
are
the
way
the
truth
and
the
life
amen,
amen.
D
A
Before
we
get
started,
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
our
finance
officer,
Kristin
Bob
Dean
and
the
finance
department
for
receiving
the
certificate
of
achievement
for
excellence
in
financial
reporting
for
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report,
and
this
is
Kristin's
first
Kafur
that
she
did
completely
on
her
own.
So
yeah
go
finance.
A
Good
practices
are
okay.
The
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
approval
of
the
consent
agenda
and
before
we
do
that,
I
am
going
to
pull
item
H
off
of
the
agenda
completely.
We
it's
below
the
bit
amount.
We
don't
need
to
do
that
with
council
action.
So
that's
the
only
change.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
council
or
the
consent
agenda,
as
amended
well
by
l'olam?
Second,
by
Bueller,
any
discussion
come
here,
I'd
like
to.
A
Those
opposed
signify
by
saying,
nay
motion
carries
item.
Number
two
is
public
comment,
and
this
is
a
time
set
aside
for
anyone
who
wishes
to
to
come
forward
speak
about
something
seeing
none
we'll
move
on
to
approval
of
the
agenda.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
agenda?
Don't
move
I
vill
Hauer
second,
by
l'olam
any
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
A
Those
opposed
signify
by
saying
nay
motion
carries
item.
Four:
is
application
for
a
temporary
location
transfer
and
return
of
a
retail
on
sale,
liquor
license
owned
by
Zeus
Inc
doing
business
as
second
Street
Station
as
follows:
a
for
the
period
of
five
o'clock
p.m.
February
15
2019
to
two
o'clock
a.m.
February,
16
2019
from
15
second
Street
Southwest
to
19:10,
West,
Kemp
I'll,
look
for
a
motion,
second
for
approval
and
then
I'll
open
the
public
hearing.
A
A
A
You
anyone
else
all
right,
I'll,
look
for
action,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
Those
opposed
signifying,
nay
motion
carries
and
Part.
B
of
this
is
for
the
period
after
201
am
february.
16Th
from
1910
west
count
to
15
second
Street
Southwest,
so
it
for
a
motion.
Second,
to
approve
that
move
by
l'olam.
Second,
by
ville,
Hauer
I'll,
open
the
public
hearing.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
about
this?
Seeing
none
I
will
close
the
public
hearing.
Is
there
any
discussion,
assume
your
recusing
yourself
again,
councilman
Roby?
A
A
A
It's
no
longer
legal,
that's
a
change
that
we've
made
so
sometimes
change
is
good
and
we
go
ahead
and
make
changes
in
our
life
to
make
progress.
So
keep
that
hold
that
thought
before
I
get
started.
I
want
to
just
say
thank
you
to
the
public
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
serve
as
mayor.
I
can
honestly
say:
I
love
this
job
and
it's
just
so
exciting
to
see
where
this
community
is
headed
and
when
I
was
running
for
mayor
I
talked
to
as
many
people
as
I
could
about
what
they
thought
was
good.
A
My
words
expressing
the
words
of
the
community
as
they
were
spoken
to
me.
So
this
is
the
vision.
The
city
of
Watertown
is
growing
and
vibrant,
offering
attractive
engaging
quality
of
life
and
affordable
housing,
guided
by
an
organization
which
efficiently
meets
the
needs
of
the
citizens
and
provides
economic
health
supporting
strategically
selected
amenities.
A
And
now
that's
a
lot
of
words
and,
as
you
recall,
I
put
five
goals
in
my
plan
to
get
us
there
and
if
you
think,
of
the
vision
as
the
bright
flashlight
beam
shining
through
the
fog
of
unser
t-that,
we
face
every
day
in
our
lives
running
the
city
that
beam
of
light
illuminates,
both
the
destination
of
where
we
want
to
be
30
years
from
now,
as
well
as
the
path
and
how
we
get
there.
But
that
vision
can't
be
done
just
by
the
mayor
or
just
by
any
person,
it
takes
a
community
behind
it.
A
That's
why
these
are.
This
is
not
my
vision.
These
are
my
words
of
the
vision
of
our
community
and
our
community
has
a
council
which
is
very
active,
we're
fortunate
to
have
such
an
active
council
who
goes
hand
in
hand
in
reaching
the
vision
and
figuring
out
which
items
we
will
do
and
not
do
to
get
us
to
where
we
want
to
go.
So
that's
really
important
to
know
that
we
have
such
a
involved
council.
A
We
also
have
excellent
city
staff
and
that
these
folks
that
sit
up
here
and
come
to
these
meetings
every
day
it
we
can't
do
it
without
that,
and
literally
hundreds
of
volunteers
participate
in
various
different
boards
and
committees,
I,
appoint
13
different
boards,
the
airport
board,
the
library
board,
the
plan
commission
Board
of
Adjustment.
These
are
some
pretty
heavy
responsibilities
that
volunteers
take
on
to
help
us
to
achieve
this
vision,
and
it's
very
important.
A
I,
there's
probably
I,
think
there's
like
26
different
boards
that
the
council
members
serve
on
I,
don't
appoint
all
of
them,
but
this
is
all
part
of
helping
us
to
achieve
our
vision
and
we
also
have
various
outside
organizations
which
participate
too.
So
the
water
tone
development
company
now
municipal
utilities,
which
is
part
of
the
city,
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
CVB,
the
local
school
district,
our
health
care
systems.
All
of
this
all
of
these
folks
participate
in
helping
us
to
reach
our
vision.
A
A
So
we
had
a
good
year.
2018
was
really
a
great
year,
and
so
I
miss
this
one
here.
So
we
started
out
with
a
groundbreaking
of
Terrax,
which
was
a
huge,
exciting
event
for
us
in
2018
Independence
Day
celebration,
the
second
year
in
a
row
we
had
national
recognition
for
that
choreographed
fireworks
display
choreographed
to
go
with
the
music
done
by
loose
fireworks,
and
that
was
really
great.
Coming
together
of
our
whole
community.
Thousands
of
people
enjoyed
it.
A
We
converted
camp
to
two-way,
and
so
now
all
of
our
streets
downtown
are
2-way,
which
is
great
for
the
downtown.
We
opened
our
outdoor
shooting
range,
and
that
was
a
just
a
one-of-a-kind
partnership
between
the
city
and
the
game.
Fish
and
parks
apartment
there's
nothing
like
it
anywhere
nearby,
it's
the
first
of
its
kind.
So
that's
wonderful
for
our
community.
We
achieved
10,000
employments
again
for
the
second
year
in
a
row
and
that
qualified
us
for
a
million
dollars
to
put
toward
our
airport
projects.
A
Luckily,
we
got
through
the
Hat
before
we
had
our
little
hiccup
in
the
road,
but
sometimes
those
hiccups
lead
to
even
better
things
and
I.
Think
that's
the
case.
Here
we
had
expansion
of
our
Hospital
and
Clinics,
and
course
La
Ti
continued
on
their
expansion.
So
it
really
was
a
great
year
and
also
how
do
we
measure
how
we're
doing
how
do
we
know?
It
was
a
great
year
other
than
just
the
things
that
happened.
A
Well,
we
can
see
the
sales
tax
revenues
are
up
and
I
scheduled
this
state
of
the
city
address
I
thought
we
would
have
our
final
numbers
by
today
and
we
have
a
really
good
handle
on
what
those
numbers
are.
We
are
up
4.0,
seven
percent
compared
to
last
2017,
so
2018
was
up
over
2017
4.0
percent
compared
to
2017
being
2.4
1%
over
2016.
So
we
had
a
couple
good
years
in
a
row,
and
this
is
excellent
and
that
I
have
to
say,
though,
that
4.0
7
isn't
actually
final.
Yet
so
I
thought
it
was.
A
But
Kristen
had
to
correct
me
on
that.
Lake
Camp,
Eska
bike
trail
plan
was
completed
last
year,
and
this
is
some
news.
Hot
off
the
press.
We've
finished
that
plan
and
applied
for
a
four
hundred
thousand
dollar
grant
to
complete
part
of
the
trail.
We
were
awarded
that
grant
so
I.
Don't
think,
there's
been
a
news
release
out
about
that.
A
Yet
yet,
but
we
did
get
the
grant,
so
that's
going
to
enable
us
to
build
the
trail
around
Lake
campus,
get
even
faster
building
permit
growth
was
phenomenal
last
year
and
I
have
a
slide
about
that
further
on
we
more
than
doubled
the
value
of
the
work
that
was
permitted
in
2018
over
what
was
permitted
in
2017.
So
that's
fantastic
news.
A
Yes,
Tarek's
was
part
of
that,
but
Terrax
was
not
all
of
it.
The
optimism
that
that
generates
with
Tareq's
making
a
huge
investment
in
our
community
has
led
to
others
making
investment
in
our
community
and
we're
already
showing
this
just
being.
The
very
beginning
of
2019
looks
like
2019
is
going
to
be
another
really
good
year.
So
that's
good
and
we
finished
our
affordable
housing.
Zoning
district,
which
was
something
I,
really
wanted
to
do
all
it's
wanted
to
do
that
for
years
and
years,
and
now
we
have
it
it's
a
tool
in
the
toolbox.
A
A
So
I
mentioned
my
five
goals
and
all
should
go
back
and
show
you.
This
I
updated
this
chart
from
the
one
that
we
presented
when
Kristin
and
Don
and
I
made
the
presentation
on
sales
tax
in
our
town.
So
these
are
the
same
and
then
this
red
bar
shows
2018.
So
you
saw
these
numbers
in
the
slide.
The
five-year
period
2013
to
2017
averaged
1.9
1%
growth
and
just
in
2017
to
18
we
saw
4.0
7.
So
that's
excellent.
A
This
is
really
good
news
for
a
tonne
and
here's
the
graph
of
building
permit
activity
you
can
see.
2017
was
down
and
that
can
be
attributed
to
the
tariffs
and
the
uncertainty
in
our
economy
at
the
time
and
then
things
sort
of
stabilized
and
Tareq's
committed
to
Watertown,
and
so
some
of
that
growth,
I
think
about
two
of
these
bars
is
accounted
for
by
Terrax
and
the
rest
of
that
growth
is
a
lot
of
its
piggyback
on
Terrax.
So
we
had
a
lot
of
apartments
being
built.
A
So
the
general
goals
that
I've
had
all
along
that
I
vowed
to
stick
with
until
we
get
to
the
end
quality
of
life
management
strategy.
So
essentially,
our
quality
of
life
management
strategy
is
to
just
do
whatever
it
takes
to
draw
people
to
Watertown
and
to
keep
them
here.
So
one
of
those
things
is
an
Ice
Arena.
Our
Ice
Arena
is
hurting.
We
know
we
need
a
new
one.
A
Did
you
know
that
we
are
like
the
only
town,
our
size,
that
does
not
have
two
sheets
of
ice,
virtually
every
other
town
we
compete
with
for
employees
and
people
moving
here
and
and
the
skaters
that
use
of
facilities
have
two
sheets
of
ice
Brookings
Aberdeen
Marshall,
Sioux
Falls.
They
they
have
two
sheets
of
ice.
So
that's
something
we
really
need
to
work
on.
A
Downtown
is
a
focus
point
and
we're
seeing
some
positive
things
there,
with
the
gas
being
purchased
and
Watertown
Development
Company,
adding
downtown
into
their
program
of
work
and
where
we've
got
lots
of
excitement
about.
What's
going
on
downtown
lakum
Pesce,
we
have
a
beautiful,
huge
lake
right
inside
our
city
limits.
Nobody
else
can
say
that
Brookings
can't
say
that
everything
can't
say
that
Sioux
Falls
nobody
can
say
that,
but
us
that's
something
that
we
can
really
be
proud
of,
but
we
can
also
take
advantage
of
that.
A
That's
why
we
did
the
Lake
compasscare
master
plan-
it's
not
quite
done,
but
we're
getting
there
it'll
give
us
a
list
compiled
from
our
citizens
of
what
we
would
like
to
see
in
the
lake
for
the
future.
We've
also
seen
some
commercial
and
industrial
development.
We've
got
shovel,
ready
lots
of
every
type
in
our
community,
and
now
we've
got
a
new
industrial
park
that
we're
working
on
and
we're
having
lots
of
inquiries
in
doing
that.
Getting
that
going
and
quality
of
life.
A
It's
other
things
too,
just
like
making
our
Thursday
night
live
year
round
going
from.
We
could
have
just
let
that
die
for
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
picked
it
up
and
kept
it
alive
and
they
added
having
it
in
the
winter.
Now
so
we're
doing
one
Thursday
a
month.
It's
been
at
the
mall,
so
you
can
come
inside
and
that's
a
really
nice
thing
for
our
community.
It
helps
them
all.
It
helped.
It
gives
the
people
something
fun
to
do
it's
an
attraction
and
by
the
way,
Thursday
night.
A
A
The
affordable
housing
framework,
as
they
mentioned,
we
have
the
new
zone
which
we
established
in
2018
and
we
also
were
designated
with
an
opportunity
zone
and
that
we
are
one
of
I,
think
there's
five
in
the
state
of
South
Dakota,
the
governor
was
able
to
pick
five
communities
and
have
an
opportunity
zone,
and
there
will
be
a
federal
program
of
aid
to
help
you
improve
that
zone
and
they
haven't
worked
the
details
out.
This
was
a
president
Trump
initiative,
but
we're
looking
forward
to
it.
A
I
hear
they're
coming
down
and
figuring
out
the
details,
so
that'll
be
very
helpful.
Our
downtown
is
within
that
opportunity
zone
and
also
just
really
happy
to
say
that
Watertown
development
company
has
included
affordable
housing
in
their
program
of
work,
and
it
used
to
just
be
industrial
development
was
all
that
they
did,
but
they've
expanded
that
out
and
that's
very
helpful
to
us.
A
The
goal
three
is
the
city
organization,
optimization
plan,
and
the
big
thing
on
this
is
our
review
of
our
charter,
because
we
may
this
year
change
our
form
of
government
and
I
have
a
slide
all
to
itself.
For
that,
so
I
will
come
back
to
that,
but
some
of
the
other
things
that
are
in
our
city
organization,
optimization
plan
are
the
review
that
I'm
focusing
on
with
a
couple
of
the
department's,
namely
the
engineering
department,
and
we
have
new
leadership
and
we're
also
reworking
our
development
regulations
to
make
them
more.
A
Customer
friendly
and
easier
to
maneuver
I've
also
been
working
on
a
communication
strategy
which
has
gotten
a
lot
of
good
feedback.
We
have
these
open
public
comment
periods
at
every
public
meeting.
That's
a
law,
but
we
do
encourage
people
to
come
forward
and
ask
a
question
or
make
a
comment.
Also
I've
been
doing
monthly
coffees
with
the
mayor
and
get
quite
a
good
turnout.
A
Another
thing
that
has
to
do
with
the
city
organization
and
optimization
is
enforcing
our
ordinances
and
I.
The
ordinances
are
our
rules,
the
council
passes
them
and
the
mayors
take
an
oath
to
enforce
them
and
I.
Take
that
very
seriously.
We
can't
find
out
if
an
ordinance
is
bad.
If
we're
not
enforcing
it,
we
shouldn't
sleep
it
under
sweep
it
under
the
rug.
If
it's
a
bad
ordinance,
we
should
get
rid
of
it
and
so
by
enforcing
ordinances,
which
people
don't
like
people
come
out
of
the
woodwork
and
tell
us
they
don't
like
it.
A
So
goal
four
is
the
economic
health
program.
So
basically
looking
at
our
budget,
where
are
we
are
we
tracking,
where
we
should
be
looking
at
sales
tax
revenues
and
how
are
they
tracking
and
building
permits?
So
that's
why
I
showed
those
things,
so
you
can
see
we're
on
track
and
the
the
fifth
goal
is
to
report
upon
the
state
of
the
city
of
Watertown,
periodically
and
I
intend
to
do
the
State
of
the
City
address.
Is
this
the
third
one
I've
done
since
I've
been
the
mayor
and
I?
A
E
A
I
think
talk
about
the
things
that
are
challenging
us
and,
and
that's
the
first
step
in
solving
our
problems,
is
acknowledging
them
and
bring
them
forward.
So
I
said
I
had
this
slide
on
the
form
of
government
I
found
this
in
my
search,
I've
been
doing
a
lot
of
research
on
city
manager
versus
strong
mayor.
A
Our
charter
revision
Commission,
is
looking
at
this
and
we
need
to
decide
as
a
community
what
we
want-
and
this
committee
may
or
may
not
make
a
recommendation
to
bring
it
to
a
public
vote
and
if
they
do,
the
whole
community
needs
to
become
educated
and
find
out
about
the
pros
and
cons,
because
they'll
be
voting
on
it
and
essentially
I
thought.
This
was
a
good
summary
with
a
strong
mayor
form
of
government
which
we
have
now.
The
leadership
is
more
visible
to
the
public.
A
The
mayor
is
the
leader
and
I'm
directly
accountable
to
the
voters.
If
you're
not
happy
with
the
way
things
are
going,
you
will
elect
a
different
mayor
at
the
next
election
and
every
mayor
has
the
opportunity,
in
a
strong
mayor
form
of
government
to
change
out
the
department
heads
and
they
often
do,
and
we
see
a
lot
of
turnover
that
way.
But
the
mayor
can
make
changes
very
quickly.
I
have
the
ability
to
bring
anything
up
that
I
want
for
looking
at
it
as
a
potential
new
rule
or
changing
the
way
we
do
business.
A
So
those
are
good
things,
the
bad
things
having
a
new
mayor
come
in
and
change
out.
All
the
department
heads
creates
instability
within
the
organization.
You
lose
institutional
knowledge
and
the
politics
are
more
likely
to
trump
other
factors
in
decision-making.
So
those
are
the
cons
for
if
we
went
with
a
city
manager,
the
reason
that
most
cities
would
do
that
is
for
increased
stability,
because
the
city
manager
takes
a
lot
of
the
authority
away
from
the
mayor
and
it's
just
done
as
administration.
A
After
all,
the
mayor
takes
a
vow
to
enforce
all
the
ordinances
the
city
manager
would
do
the
same,
and
the
city
manager
does
not
have
the
leeway
to
bend
the
rules.
So
the
council
has
a
little
bit
of
a
different
role
in
that
to
their
their
roles.
Change
along
with
the
city
manager.
So,
theoretically
the
city
manager
form
of
government
there's
less
political
influence
on
decisions,
because
the
decisions
are
made.
A
Administrative
Lee,
not
so
much
in
the
public
eye
the
cons
for
that
since
you're,
not
seeing
the
person
who's
making
things
happen,
it's
it's
hard
for
citizens,
maybe
to
figure
out
who
to
talk
to
everybody
knows
they
got
a
problem.
They
come
to
the
mayor,
but
if
you're
not
seeing
the
city
manager
hold
the
meeting,
so
you
don't
know
that
face
isn't
familiar.
Necessarily.
A
City
managers
are
generally
appointed
by
the
City
Council
and
its
heart
a
little
bit
harder
to
hold
the
elected
officials
accountable
when
the
business
is
all
going
on
administrative
leave
in
City
Hall
in
the
offices
and
not
in
these
public
meetings.
So
in
the
country
most
small
towns
have
a
strong
mayor,
form
of
government
and
more
large
cities
have
a
strong
mayor
form
of
government.
This
is
because
in
small
towns,
they
simply
don't
have
the
resources
to
hire.
Experts
and
the
big
towns
have
huge.
A
The
next
meeting
of
the
Charter
Review
Commission
is
February
12th.
Those
meetings
are
all
open
to
the
public,
so
we
do
have
challenges
and
I
want
to
talk
about
those
a
little
bit
by
far
the
biggest
challenge
that
we
face
in
watertown
is
attracting
workforce.
We
have
business
after
business
with
help
wanted
signs
out.
We
simply
can't
get
the
bodies
to
come
here,
so
it's
not
as
simple
as
just
raising
up
your
wages
to
get
the
workers
to
come
here.
A
It's
extremely
important
to
provide
the
quality
of
life
that
people
want,
so
that
they
will
come
here
they're
if
they're,
considering
moving
to
Watertown
to
take
a
job.
These
candidates
will
drive
downtown
and
see
what
your
downtown
looks
like
and
if
you
as
a
community,
are
not
willing
to
invest
in
your
downtown
and
making
it
into
both
an
attractive
and
a
desirable
place
for
people
to
spend
time
and
money,
then
that's
a
bad
sign.
So
you
need
to
pay
very
close
attention
to
quality
of
life.
You
need
to
facilitate,
affordable
housing.
A
Now
we
need
to
educate
our
youth
into
what
the
opportunities
are
in
our
town
and
we
have
been
doing
that
and
we're
taking
more
of
a
role
in
that
and
the
development
company
has
also
been
helping
with
that,
and
we
also
need
to
Train
youth.
We
have
a
huge
advantage
having
lati
in
Watertown,
but
we
also
have
Mount
Marty
College
and
we've
got
lots
of
relationships
with
the
other
universities,
so
we're
well
set
to
do
that
and
transportation
is
always
a
challenge.
A
Now
the
airline
service
issue
that
we're
facing
it's
a
big
bummer
but
I
think
we're
on
our
way
to
fixing
that
but
road
maintenance
with
potholes
and
snow
removal,
those
things
never
go
away.
It
doesn't
matter
where
you're
from
you're
always
gonna
have
those
problems,
and
you
know,
is
it's
a
matter
of
money.
Where's
the
money
gonna
go
I
think
we
can
face
those
challenges,
but
we
also
have
opportunities
and
I
put
this
little
picture
of
a
device
here
which
most
people
in
the
room
know
what
this
is
but
I'm
guessing.
A
There
might
be
some
people
that
have
never
touched
one
of
these
things.
It
has
a
dial
on
it.
You
know
these
were
great
for
a
while,
but
now
they're
obsolete.
We
don't
use
them
anymore.
Just
like
we
don't
smoke
in
City,
Hall
anymore.
That
was
the
way
we
used
to
do
things.
We
change
the
way
we
do
things.
We
don't
use
these
anymore.
We
got
to
constantly
look
at
the
way,
we're
doing
things
so
we're
looking
at
our
Charter,
and
this
is
an
opportunity
this
year
to
change.
A
If
we
should
decide
as
a
community
that
we
want
to
we're
looking
at
Laeken
Pesce,
what
do
we
want
to
do
there
to
make
that
everything
that
we
want
it
to
be?
And
what
do
we
want
our
downtown
to
look
like?
Is
it
ok?
If
half
the
storefronts
are
empty
or
do
we
want
to
make
an
extra
effort
and
investment
in
making
that
a
better
place
and
commercial
growth
we're
aggressively
addressing
our
concerns?
People
need
places
to
shop
and
that's
a
big
concern
that
we
have
in
Watertown
right
now
we're
going
after
it.
A
So
in
a
changing
world
we
must
constantly
improve.
You
can't
just
do
things
away
that
you've
always
done
unless
it's
ok
to
fall
behind
and
I,
don't
think
anybody
wants
to
fall
behind.
So,
in
summary,
we
do
have
a
strong
financial
position
and
we
will
be
making
some
very
critical
decisions
about
our
community's
future.
This
year,
airline
city
manager,
Ice
Arena,
Downtown
Development.
These
are
all
big
issues
for
our
community
right
now
this
year
we're
going
to
be
making
decisions
which
will
affect
our
future
on
these
things.
A
2019
will
be
the
year
that
determines
our
future
and
one
final
thought
about
that.
I
think
that
most
people,
not
everybody,
but
a
lot
of
people,
use
social
media
and
if
your
those
people
that
uses
it
you're
gonna
know
what
I
mean
when
I
say
the
following
thing,
it
seems
like
there
are
some
people
whose
sole
mission
on
social
media
is
to
destroy
optimism.
A
That's
bad!
You
know
what
you
can't.
You
can't
ignore
it.
You
have
to
respect
it,
but
don't
let
it
drag
you
down.
Don't
let
it
destroy
your
optimism,
our
future
isn't
set
by
those
folks.
Our
future
is
set
by
those
of
us
who
want
to
share
a
vision
and
come
together
to
build
and
create
opportunity
for
our
town,
so
I'm
urging
you
to
join
together
with
me
as
we
pursue
our
vision.
So
that's
all
I
have
for
now.
So
thank
you.
A
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
resolution
number
19,
oh
seven,
resolution
of
acceptance
for
the
development
improvements
for
the
water
quality
capture
volume
pond
in
the
East
woods
18th
edition,
and
this
received
the
recommendation
of
the
committee
in
the
prior
meeting.
So
I'll
look
for
a
motion,
second,
for
approval,
move
by
Bueller,
second
by
l'olam
and
I'll.
Let
Heath
give
a
little
summary
of
this.
Thank.
F
It
was
in
the
development
agreement
for
this
phase
of
that
development
that
the
city
take
over
for
ownership
and
maintenance
purposes,
this
particular
property
and
the
improvements
on
it,
which
include
what
looks
a
lot
like
a
detention
pond
and
for
some
practical
purposes,
functions
as
a
minor
storm
event,
detention
pond
and
mainly
a
water
quality
pond-
is
its
primary
function,
but
the
engineering
staff
has
confirmed
that
it
was
built
to
design
and
is
ready
for
acceptance
and
bring
it
forward
to
the
council
for
that
action.
All.
G
F
A
Right,
thank
you.
So
anything
else,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
Those
opposed
signify
by
saying
nay
motion
carries
item.
7
is
consideration
of
the
airport
department,
2019
budget
adjustment
request
for
position,
change,
look
for
a
motion,
second,
for
approval
move
by
Danforth
second
by
Roby
and
Kristen
will
tell
us
about
this.
One.
H
Thank
You
mayor
during
the
hearings
for
the
2019
budget.
We
did
authorize
the
hiring
of
another
position
for
the
airport,
but
in
doing
that
there
was
a
little
bit
of
confusion
between
what
would
the
dollars
that
were
put
in
and
then
I
think
what
Todd's
actual
request
was
for.
So
during
the
budget
process.
H
During
the
hearings,
a
grade,
four
maintenance
position
was
put
in
to
the
budget
and
then
Todd
I
believe
in
Todd
can
step
in
at
any
point
when,
if
I,
don't
say
what
I
see,
but
he
was
looking
for
more
of
a
foreman
kind
of
an
in
between
the
maintenance
staff
and
himself
so
that
was
not
placed
in
the
budget
according
to
dollars.
The
position
was
there,
but
not
the
dollars.
H
So
what
I
did
is
he
worked
with
HR
to
establish
that
Job
Description
and
since
that
time
the
Job
Description
has
been
graded
and
it
graded
in
at
a
grade
six
position.
So
basically
what
I
kind
of
need
Council's
approval?
Is
it
because
this
will
affect
the
budget?
Is
that
authorization
for
us
to
proceed
with
hiring
of
a
grade?
Six,
it's
going
to
be
a
foreman
position.
H
H
So
what
I
need
is
the
approval
to
go
ahead
and
hire
that,
and
this
will
come
back
I.
Think
if
you
remember,
we
had
a
couple.
Other
changes
that
have
taken
place
so
I
will
be
bringing
forward
a
supplement
here,
probably
in
the
next
couple
meetings.
But
this
will
let
us
go
ahead
and
hire
that
grade
six
position.
H
H
Hang
on,
let
me
look
just
for
that
position
or
in
total,
that
position
would
have
been
budgeted
at
around
about
40
to
540
mm.
Sorry,
fifty
two
thousand
five
hundred,
that's
with
everything
that
salary
taxes,
health,
the
new
one
comes
in
at
about
close
to
sixty
nine
thousand
there
again
with
taxes,
retirement
health
insurance,
all
that
Todd.
I
Would
be
an
interim
between
myself
and
my
staff,
and
we
did
talk
about
this
during
the
budget
hearing,
unfortunately,
just
didn't
have
the
grading
done
yet,
as
you
may
recall,
so
this
was
just
a
budgetary
number
to
hold
it
because
we
did
not
know
where
was
going
to
come
in
after
the
grading
process.
As
Kristen
said,
there
was
a
little
bit
of
confusion
as
to
how
the
process
was
to
work
with
as
far
as
myself,
even
as
well
how
this
hole
worked
with
a
new
position.
I
So
after
looking
at
it,
Kristen
was
very
nice,
helped
us
out
getting
that
down.
This
will
be
an
interim
position
between
my
position
between
myself
and
my
staff.
Essentially
he'll,
take
care
of
or
she'll
take
care
of
the
day-to-day
operations.
It'll
leave
me
free
to
do
leases
and
federal
regulations
to
state
regulations
stuff
and
not
have
to
worry
so
much
about
the
daily
regulation
stuff
at
the
airport.
The
snow
removal,
the
lawn
mowing
that
stuff.
Also,
if
I
take
vacation
right
now,
I
have
nobody
that
can
move
into
my
spot.
I
I
G
I
A
Any
other
questions,
so
you
not
look
for
action
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
okay,
those
opposed
signify
by
saying
nay
motion
carries
item.
8
is
consideration
of
proposals
received
for
employee
assistance
program.
I
will
look
for
a
motion
to
approve
the
recommendation
and
then
we'll
have
Kristen
tell
us
about
that
moved
by
bill,
our
second
by
Bueller,
okay,.
H
Thank
You
mayor
again
during
the
budget
hearings-
I,
don't
know
if
it
was
too
much
talked
about,
but
this
was
placed
into
the
budget
for
2019.
So
what
we're
gonna
discuss
is
the
budget.
We
went
out
for
requests
for
proposals
for
this
service
and
we
received
I
think
four
of
them
back
and
I
think
I'll,
let
Audra
kind
of
take
over
from
here,
because
she
worked
with
the
committee
members
to
come
up
with
their
recommendation.
So
thank
you
good.
J
Evening
so,
as
Kristen
was
saying,
we
did
have
four
responses
from
four
different
vendors
and
a
committee
of
which
I
was
a
member
and
and
we
we
did
look
at
all
of
the
different
proposals
and
found
two
of
which
met
all
of
our
standards
and
our
requirements
has
put
forth
in
the
RFP
and
two,
the
two
that
we
selected
were
Avera
and
connections,
and
we
are
recommending
connections,
as
the
provider
we
did
have
three
I
think
was
three
local
state
of
South
Dakota
municipalities.
That
also
were
references.
J
So
we
did
get
favorable
reports
from
all
three
of
those
cities
that
use
connections,
and
so
they
they
did
kind
of
step
forward.
In
regards
to
the
services
they
provided
in
leadership,
services
for
us
for
supervisors
and
myself
to
support
like
employee
relations,
type
issues
they're,
also
very
local,
so
they
can
come
on-site,
do
orientations
for
us
with
our
supervisors
and
our
employees
and
assist
more
closely
than
a
couple
of
the
others
that
had
submitted,
which
we're
like
South,
Carolina
and
and
Des
Moines
Iowa.
So.
K
E
J
It
was
it's
always
a
little
hard
to
compare
apples
to
apples,
because
we
found
that
not
all
of
the
four
meant
all
of
our
Koala
for
our
requirements
in
the
RFP
put
forward,
and
so
some
of
them
had
additional
costs
for
doing
so,
and
some
didn't
even
offer
it.
So
it
was
really
hard
to
come
up
with
a
per
cost
per
employee
on
some
of
these
things,
but
the
connections,
one
just
surpassed-
met
all
of
our
requirements
and
had
that
extra
leadership
support
that
we
were
looking
for
and
the
others
did
not
have
that.
E
No
I,
just
you
guys,
did
this
the
right
way.
I
would
just
ask,
though,
keep
the
data
and
do
a
look
back
for
you
a
lot
of
times.
What
we
don't
do
is
we
look
back
and
see?
We
may
start
a
session
on
these
factors,
but
did
that
really
play
out
you
may
find
out
you
got
the
best
deal
ever
or
you
may
find
out
the
otherwise
I.
Just
would
ask
that
you
track
that.
Okay,.
J
The
EAP
it
stands
for
Employee,
Assistance,
Program
and
they've
been
around
for
quite
a
few
years.
It
evolved
from
being
basically
a
substance
abuse
or
excuse
me,
a
mental
health
service
related
service
for
employees
where,
for
example,
if
an
employee
was
experiencing
issues
at
work
that
were
impacting
their
performance
at
work,
perhaps
you
know
whether
it
be
relationship,
problems
or
problems
with
a
child,
or
something
like
that
they
could
go
in
for
three
free
services
or
five
free
services
depending
on
to
address
those
issues
so
that,
hopefully
they
could
be
addressed.
J
You
know
prevent
problems
from
occurring
with
their
performance
at
work
and
it
kind
of
has
evolved
over
the
years
to
develop
more
into
providing
a
broader
range
of
services
like
addressing
substance,
abuse,
credit,
counseling
legal
services,
referral
services.
So
it's
really
broadened
because
life
I
guess
my
take
on
it
is
life
has
become
more
complicated.
So
there's
it's
just
kind
of
expanded
to
include
more
support
and
the
the
employer
services
component
of
it
has
also
developed.
As
far
as
offering
more
support
to
the
employer
and.
E
J
Cisd
Thank
You,
Don
Don
was
on
the
committee
with
me
as
well
and
they're
a
huge
help
for
public
service
or
public
safety
because
of
the
Critical
Incident
Stress
management,
piece
that
they
offer
so
anytime.
There's
a
critical
incident
that
happens
where
first
responders
have
to
report
to
something
that
has
a
pretty
significant
impact
on
the
employee.
L
J
Thank
you.
It's
in
the
budget.
We
did
go
$200
over
our
budget.
However,
we
have.
We
are
starting
March
1st,
so
you'll
see
a
little
bit
of
cost
reduction
because
we're
not
we're
implementing
March
1st
instead
of
January
1st
and
then
we'll
take
that
into
consideration
next
year,
when
we
budget
next
year.
M
H
C
D
A
A
I,
don't
know
how
much
or
when,
but
just
wanted
to
invite
Roger.
If
you
had
any
questions
about
that
and
it
was
announced
what
the
funding
was,
and
if
anybody
saw
that
that's,
why
I'm
doing
this
it
we're
working
on
this,
we
think
we
can
make
it
better.
So
did
you
want
to
say
something
or
just
want
to
answer
questions
I,
just.
N
I
wanted
to
come
here
tonight
to
let
you
guys
know
what
was
going
on
with
the
project
when
the
support
that
you've,
given
the
project
over
the
years,
has
just
been
phenomenal.
But
now
that
we've
hit
a
glitch
in
the
funding
cycle,
I
thought
it
was
only
appropriate
that
we
let
you
know
what
was
going
on
up
front
before
you
hear
about
it
from
any
other
location.
N
D
N
A
This
project
is
unique
and
well
respected.
It's
been
the
model
for
other
projects
like
it.
We've
been
working
together
for
decades
with
farmers
and
rant,
and
livestock
producers
and
the
game,
fish
and
parks,
DNR
all
different
agencies
in
the
city,
the
Lake,
District's
and
and
we've
made
a
lot
of
progress.
A
We've
done
a
lot
of
really
great
things
and
I
can't
just
say
you
it's
it's
definitely
noticeable
the
improvements
that
we've
seen
in
Lake
campus
can
in
the
Big
Sioux
River,
and
we're
very
fortunate
that
we've
been
doing
this
project
for
twenty
years
and
we
need
to
continue.
There's
no
question
that
we
need
to
continue
this
project
and
I.
Think
the
DNR
recognizes
that
we
have
more
than
any
other
area,
come
out
as
a
community
to
support
this
project.
A
A
lot
of
other
projects
really
struggle
to
get
matching
funds
because
they
don't
have
the
backing
from
their
water
districts
and
from
their
communities
like
we
do
so.
You
don't
want
to
cut
off
at
the
knees,
a
healthy
program
which
has
a
lot
of
buy-in
from
the
local.
So
that's
why
the
DNR
has
told
me:
it's
not
a
done
deal
yet
so,
hopefully
we'll
see
some
improvement.
Councilman
Villar
without.
D
Getting
too
much
down
the
weeds
I!
Guess
not
no
pun
intended,
but
can
you
just
explain
what
what
this
loss
of
funding
I
mean?
What
would
that
mean
over
the
course
of
a
typical
year
as
far
as
what
we
could
do
with
it
or
what
we
have
done
with
in
the
past,
versus
what
you'll
be
allowed
or
what
you
can
still
do
going
forward
without
it?
N
Reduces
the
number
of
projects
that
we
can
do
on
the
ground
reduces
the
number
of
feet
of
shoreline
that
we
can
help
cost
share
repairs
to
I
can't
give
you
any
specific
numbers
at
the
moment,
but
it
does
make
a
major
impact
to
what
we
can
provide
as
services
in
cost
share
to
area
of
farmers.
Ranchers
landowners
to
improve
the
water
quality.
K
N
Far
not
too
far,
the
the
the
project
itself
has
has
has
used
over
10
million
dollars
in
the
past
20
years
for
water
quality
improvements
in
the
area,
the
the
grant
that
we're
working
with
right.
Now
we
asked
for
five
hundred
and
twenty
thousand.
They
reduced
that
to
two
hundred
thousand
we're
working
with
that
and
then,
like
I,
said,
they've
reduced
that
even
further
on
on
this
go-around
we've.
We
have
used
a
lot
of
money,
but
then
these
kind
of
improvements
are
not
cheap
either.
A
And
I
think
you
know
if
we
want
to
see
work
done
in
the
watershed.
It's
somebody
else's
property
and
they
they
don't
necessarily
have
incentive
to
do
things
differently
than
they
would
normally
just
do
like,
for
instance,
create
a
buffer
between
where
the
crops
are
planted
and
the
stream
having
that
buffer.
There
keeps
the
dirt
from
washing
right
into
the
river
and
down
into
our
lake.
There's
no
incentive
really
for
the
farmer
to
put
a
buffer
there.
They
want
to
farm
right
up
to
the
river
if
they
can.
G
N
Recommendation
from
the
DNR
staff
was
funds
provided
should
be
used
for
installing
installation
of
best
management
practices
focusing
on
non
supporting
segments
of
the
Big
Sioux
River
that
are
listed
as
impaired
by
E
coli
bacteria
BMP
should
include
grass,
waterways
and
riparian
area
management.
Crp
incentives
will
not
be
funded
using
319
funds
reduction
is
based
on
limited
available
funding,
current
project
funds
and
local
funding
sources
for
staff
salary.
That's
the
explanation
that
they
gave
us.
A
N
A
A
M
I
Yeah
sure
so
Skywest
is
who
the
airport
board
and
myself
recommended
to
the
council
for
recommendation
to
the
d-o-t.
They
are
almost
$200,000
a
year
less
than
what
we're
actually
spending
currently
right
now
with
California
Pacific,
so
actually
saving
a
little
money,
but
the
benefit
of
having
Skywest
in
Watertown
is
absolutely
huge.
We've
been
going
after
Skywest
for
probably
six
years
now,
maybe
even
longer,
and
it's
an
unfortunate
chain
of
events,
as
the
mayor
stated
earlier
on
how
we
got
here,
but
to
solve
one
of
the
problems
for
2019.
I
A
I
So
we
had
to,
we
had
four
bids
total
we
had
to
to
Denver
in
two
to
Minneapolis.
The
tube
is
that
went
to
Minneapolis
did
not
have
inter
line
or
codeshare
agreements.
I'm
sorry
boutique
had
in
co-chair
agreement
with
United
what
was
flying
into
a
delta
hub.
They
both
fly
the
eight
or
nine
seat
aircraft
and
therefore
in
the
essential
air
service
regulations.
If
you
accept,
if
a
community
accepts
an
eight
or
a
nine
seat,
operation
has
continuously
90
day
service.
I
I
G
I
I
You
know
these
airlines,
don't
just
come
in
blind
they're,
looking
at
the
past
20
years,
numbers
or
more,
and
so
they
know
that
we
have
traffic
wanted
to
go
east
right
now.
What
they're
doing
is
they're
establishing
a
route
that
they
know
they
can
make
work
and
they
could
move
into
something
in
the
future.
Definitely
going
east
with
the
set
up
they're
making
for
the
groundwork
with
United
Airlines
without.
L
Really
more
of
a
comment
than
then
you
know
the
process
Todd,
like
you
said,
is
the
we
received
the
bids
and
that's
what
we
have
to
work
with
and
I
know,
there's
a
strong
desire
to
get
to
Minneapolis.
But
at
this
point
in
time
for
our
community,
we
need
to
move
in
a
direction
which
gives
us
the
highest
probability
of
success,
both
short
and
long
term,
and
that
is
with
Skywest.
You
look
at
the
other
proposals
and
the
companies.
Some
of
them
are
fairly
new,
they're,
smaller
smaller
planes.
L
They
the
issues
of
the
interconnectivity
and
booking
lots
of
issues,
there's
a
lot
of
issues
that
people
don't
like
we
have
to
it.
This
looks
like
a
really
really
good
fit
for
us.
I'm
excited
that
that
they're
here
and
we
need
this
for
our
community
and
we
need
the
stability
that
this
company
will
bring.
So
I
hope,
that's
what
we
we
move
forward
with.
A
G
Malone,
just
one
more
comment:
Todd.
Can
you
briefly
touch
on
the
amount
of
planes?
I
know
that
was
one
of
our
issues
with
California
Pacific
was
the
amount
of
planes
that
they
actually
had
with
this
facility
that
are
with
Sky
West's
the
amount
of
what
what
their
size
of
planes
are,
not
just
the
actual
physical
size,
but
how
many
planes
are
in
their
fleet.
I
Sure
so
it
says
right
here:
Skywest
operates
200
crj200
aircraft
and
plans
to
keep
this
modern
quiet,
jet
aircraft
and
our
fleet
for
many
years
to
come
so
right
there
they
have
depth,
you
know
they.
They
fly
a
ton
of
outs
of
out
of
Denver
Denver
and
you
know
they're
not
going
to
have
the
1
e
1
Z
2
Z
aircraft
braking
and
we
don't
have
an
aircraft
to
fly
to
Watertown.
Today.
K
Want
to
commend
you
on
all
the
good
work
you've
done
with
this
I'm
working
with
the
airlines
back
and
forth.
At
the
same
time,
you're
dealing
with
all
the
issues
with
the
outgoing
guys
and
how
well
you've
worked
with
in
concert
with
I
think
the
the
City
Council
in
the
airport
ward.
So
thanks
for
all
the
good
work,
I
appreciate.
I
It
there's
their
fare
structure
is
like
I
said
we
said
earlier.
The
average
fare
from
here
to
Denver
is
that
$95
one-way
I
was
obviously
without
taxes
that
would
just
be
in
their
average
fare,
so
there'd
be
taxes
included
in
that
so
not
far
off
of
what
California
Pacific
had
you
know,
we
were
at
$99
sky,
which
did
mention
they
didn't
put
it
in
their
proposal,
but
they
did
mention
that
the
$75
fares
once
in
a
while,
went
over
very
well
in
Watertown.
They
could
definitely
see
an
influx
of
passengers
in
their
slower
times.
I
You
know
the
January's,
the
the
August's.
You
know
stuff
like
that
when
it's
down
season
for
not
flying,
they
threw
the
70
C
Pierre
threw
the
$75
fare
in,
and
it
sparked
interest
again
and
sky
west
will
do
that
as
well.
They
saw
that
how
that
influx,
their
numbers
and
they're
more
than
willing
to
do
that
for
us
all.
D
I
just
want
to
piggyback
on
what
on
what
you
said.
I
think
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
mayor
Karen,
as
well
as
piers
mayor
for
really
being
proactive
and
getting
out
ahead
of
this
as
best
possible
when
things
started
to
go
bad
here
a
few
months
ago,
and
and
all
those
involved
really
deserve
our
thanks
as
a
community
for
what
was
done
thanks.
M
Yeah
I'd
like
to
ask
Todd
to
mention
I,
do
get
a
lot
of
you
know.
I
think
the
Chicago
option
is
gonna
help
a
lot
of
people,
but
I
think
it
would
be
really
important
for
people
to
understand
the
difference
and
the
advantage
to
our
community
of
the
Denver
flights
versus
what
we
were
seeing
historically
with
the
Minneapolis
flight.
I
was
actually
fairly
surprised
by
those,
but
it
makes
sense
in
terms
of
our
employments
and
continuing
to
meet
our
requirements
for
reas.
I
So
being
so
close
in
proximity
with
Aberdeen
and
Sioux
Falls,
it's
unfortunate
that
that
it
kind
of
puts
us
in
the
spot
we're
in
to
go
to
Minneapolis
Delta
controls
the
market.
It's
it's
not
unknown
in
Minneapolis
that
Delta
controls
the
market
of
Minneapolis.
They
they
can
influx
her
or
defects
or
tickets
prices.
I
However,
they
want
to
push
numbers
to
fill
aircraft
coming
into
Minneapolis.
That
being
said,
they
could
they
could
raise
the
prices
in
Watertown
and
Aberdeen
if
they
wanted
to
shove.
People
to
Sioux,
Falls
and
I
was
talking
earlier
this
before
the
meeting
about
an
omaha
adventure
that
sky
weather
I'm
sorry
Delta
raised
the
prices
in
Sioux,
Falls,
Watertown
and
Aberdeen
to
push
two
people
down
to
Omaha
in
2010-11
and
I
had
forgotten
all
about
that,
but
but
I
do
remember,
as
they
stated
that
that
that
it's
a
very
vulnerable
market
when
you're
all
going.
K
A
I
A
A
D
I
see
we
have
represented
of
both
the
police
department
as
well
as
Fire
and
Rescue
I
know,
their
annual
reports
have
been
have
just
come
out
or
very
close
to
coming
out.
I
guess:
I'd
encourage
this
to
invite
them
at
some
point
in
your
future
to
give
a
report
to
us,
and
maybe
that's
on
your
your
plan.
I
bet.
A
D
Just
Roger
foot
gave
their
update
as
far
as
Upper
Big
Sioux,
but
but
also
I
said
up
Municipal
Utility
Board
and,
as
you
know,
Senate
bill
66
is
a
big
issue
for
utility
department,
as
well
as
the
entire
community
at
the
state,
and
that's
a
I'm,
not
sure
where
it
is
in
pier
I,
think
it's
it's
been
tabled
or
on
hold
for
right
now,
but
anyway,
that's
still
a
huge
issue
relative
to
you
know,
territories
etc
in
that
bill.
So
that
was
a
big
topic
of
discussion
at
the
last
utility
board
meeting.
You.