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From YouTube: Council Meeting 01 07 2019
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City Council for Watertown, SD. Agenda items include Ordinance No. 18-29 and Resolution 19-01.
A
Good
evening,
I'd
like
to
call
to
order
the
Watertown
City
Council
meeting
of
Monday
January
7th
2019,
and
the
first
item
is
a
prayer
which
I'm
going
to
read
seated
so
that
you
can
hear
me,
but
if
you'd
like
to
rise
and
then
we'll
do
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
after
that
Heavenly
Father,
we
come
to
you
today
asking
for
your
guidance,
wisdom
and
support.
As
we
begin.
A
This
meeting
help
us
to
engage
in
meaningful
discussion,
allow
us
to
grow
closer
as
a
group
and
nurture
the
bonds
of
community
fill
us
with
your
grace
Lord
God,
as
we
make
decisions
that
affect
our
community
and
continue
to
remind
us
that
all
that
we
do
here
today.
All
that
we
accomplish
is
for
the
pursuit
of
truth
for
the
greater
glory
of
you
and
for
the
service
of
humanity.
We
ask
these
things
in
your
name.
Amen
at
least
join
me
in
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
C
D
E
A
After
item
4,
we
have
a
couple
of
people
who
are
participating
via
phone
for
item
number,
4
and
so
I'll
just
move
the
public
comment
to
after
that
and
finally,
I
will
remove
item
10
we'll
put
that
on.
That's
the
consideration
for
the
zoo
change
order,
we'll
put
that
on
a
later
council
meeting.
Probably
the
next
council
meeting
January
21st.
So
with
those
changes
is
there?
Actually,
the
consent
is
just
the
one
thing
moved
into
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda
as
modified
so.
F
G
A
B
A
A
The
next
item
is
item
number
for
consideration
of
resolution:
number
19
0-1,
a
resolution
urging
the
legislature
to
not
restrict
the
ability
of
municipal
electric
utilities
to
serve
as
valuable
economic
development
resources
and
job
creation
tools
and
I'd
like
a
motion,
second
for
approval
and
then
we'll
open
this
up
for
discussion,
move
by
Ville
how
a
second
by
Albertson,
okay
and
the
the
folks
who
have
called
in
specifically
for
this.
Would
you
please
identify
yourselves.
F
A
A
Thank
you.
Alright,
so
I
see
Steve
laners
here
from
municipal
utilities,
and
he
has
a
lot
of
really
good
backgrounds,
since
he
is
the
leader
of
our
municipal
electric
utility,
to
comment
on
this
so
Steve,
would
you
mind
giving
us
a
brief
overview
of
why
this
is
a
recommended
action.
Sure
sure
thank.
C
A
C
H
C
Want
you
to
what
Steve's
going
to
tell
you
all
the
details,
but
I'ma
tell
you
this
a
very
serious
political
battle
and
we
are
going
to
have
our
hands
full
and
it
is
going
to
take
a
real,
concerted
effort
by
the
community
to
to
get
the
message
out
that
this
is
an
important
economic
development
tool
and
the
loss
of
it.
It
affects
more
than
the
city
of
Watertown.
It
affects
all
the
communities
around.
It's
a
regional
issue
if
you
can't
attract
employment
and
but.
F
This
is
a
representative
Arnold's
I
agree
with
Lee
I
think
this
is
an
important
issue.
I
think
it's
just
not
for
the
city
of
Watertown,
it's
for
everywhere.
That
has
a
missile
you
tality,
Municipal,
Utility,
plus
all
the
surrounding
areas.
I
think,
that's
key!
You
know
we
draw
employees,
it's
from
50
miles
away
from
water
as
we
expand
businesses
and
it's
a
real.
F
I
Steve
Lehner
from
Watertown
municipal
utilities,
I'm
here
to
basically
answer
questions
about
the
law,
about
service
territory,
about
Watertown
utilities,
about
the
rural
electrics
as
much
as
I
know
and
I'm
gonna
start
out
by
talking
a
little
bit
about
the
state
law.
So
all
all
electric
utility
operators
have
defined
service
service
territory
by
the
state
PUC,
so
our
our
territory
is
basically
the
city
limits.
I
There
are
some
areas
that
it's
just
outside
of
the
city
limits
and
that's
typical
for
municipal
electric
systems:
okay,
investor-owned
utilities
have
defined
service
territories
by
state
statute
as
well,
and
we
all
have
to
go
to
the
PUC
and
get
our
territories
approved
by
them,
so
rural,
electrics
and
Wester
owned
utilities.
What
and
municipalities
are
the
are
what
we're
talking
about?
There
are
35
municipalities
in
South
Dakota.
These
thirty
five
municipalities
serve
about
60,000
customers
of
the
880,000
population
in
South
Dakota.
So
it's
not
a
huge
number
that
municipal
serve
okay.
I
So
what
the
law
states
is
that,
when
a
chunk
of
ground
gets
annexed
into
the
city
of
any
city,
if
that
city
serves
electric
electricity
to
their
customers,
they
have
the
right
to
buyout
service
tariff
territory
from
whoever's
territory
they're
annexing
into
in
our
case.
That's
mostly
cotton
thing
Clark
electric,
but
there
are
some
areas
that
northwestern
energy
serves,
such
as
the
Titan
facility
on
the
east
side
of
town,
that's
Northwestern,
energy
property.
I
So
when
we
do
that
we
have
to
buy
again
state
statute,
we
have
to
purchase
out
their
facilities,
we
have
to
purchase
to
integrate
their
facilities
if,
if
we
break
up
integration
for
their
other
customers-
and
we
have
to
pay
25%
gross
revenues
on
any
kilowatt
hours
that
that
customer
consumes
for
seven
years
in
an
eleven
year
time
frame
now
that
law
has
been
challenged.
It
was
challenged
ten
years
ago,
so
we
switched.
It
was
bare
ground
annexation
at
that
time.
So
we
all
got
together
and
switched
the
law.
I
It
was
challenged
ten
years
before
that,
so
this
seems
to
come
up
about
every
ten
years.
Now
there
are
electrics,
they
want
a
complete
freeze,
so
they'll
be
introducing
a
bill
and
a
legislature
that
freezes
service
territory.
So,
even
if
we
annex
a
chunk
of
property
into
the
city
limits,
we
won't
have
the
opportunity
to
serve
that
customer.
Now
we
have
an
agreement,
so
something
might
be
a
little
different
with
Watertown,
but
that
and
that
will
probably
challenged
in
the
courts
afterwards.
I
So
if
you're
a
peer
or
if
you're,
a
flanger
or
any
other
Vermillion
or
any
other
municipal
electric
system.
If
you
annex
into
the
annex
in
property
you
you
don't
have
the
right
to
serve
them,
the
Rural
Electric
automatically
gets
them
now.
There
also
is
an
item
in
state
law
that
says:
if
the
customer
is
over
two
megawatts
or
two
thousand
kilowatt
hours
kilowatts,
then
they
get
choice.
They
can
have
a
choice
to
not
have
the
incumbent
or
whoever's
electric
service
territory.
I
It
is
serve
them,
they
can
have
a
choice
of
the
neighboring,
are
AC
or
or
investor-owned.
If
they
want
to
an
example
that
would
have
been
the
turkey
processing
plant
here
on.
It
was
a
Rural
Electric
and
northwestern.
They
challenged
that
northwestern
ended
up
getting
that,
but
so
to
a
customer.
Over
two
megawatts
has
a
choice.
I
Now
when
they
choose
somebody,
that's
not
an
incumbent
utility
provider,
they
have
to
go
to
a
hearing
to
the
PUC
and
the
PUC
has
to
make
sure
that
that
other
utility
isn't
subsidizing
their
rates
and
by
giving
incentives
to
the
customer
to
serve
them.
So
you
know
our
latest
the
Terrax
we're
gonna
serve
them,
but
they
were
in
the
city
limits
before
they
would
have
had
an
option
to
go
with
God
in
ten
Clark
if
they
would
have
petitioned
for
that
with
the
PUC
they
chose
us
and
the
reason
I
chose.
I
This
is
because
our
our
rates
are
sixty
percent
lower
than
cotton
and
clerks.
So
this
issue
of
a
freeze
for
Watertown
would
mean
if
a
customer
comes
to
town,
wants
to
annex
property
in
and
wants
to
build
a
great
big
facility
or
even
a
little
facility
just
under
two
megawatts.
They
would
pay
sixty
percent
more
for
their
electric
service
than
what
they
would
if
they
were
served
by
water.
I
Tell
me
knispel
utilities:
that's
gonna
drive
them
somewhere
else,
and
if
this
is
a
law
across
the
state,
it's
gonna
drive
them
to
North,
Dakota
or
Minnesota
or
Nebraska.
So
I
think
that
eventually
the
state
will
get
involved
with
this,
but
it'll
be
a
fight,
because
it's
there's
a
lot
of
legislators
that
that
are
on
our
electrics
and
Rural
Electric
have
a
lot
of
lobbying
power
and
and
they're
working
the
system
pretty
hard.
So
you
think
that's
it
from
the
state
law.
A
I
I
I
We
currently
serve,
even
if
you
annex
into
the
property
annex
property
in
so
the
annex,
a
chunk
of
ground
in
and
there's
a
there's,
a
spinning
meter
there
that
Coddington
Clark
is
serving
they
get
to
keep
that
customer
and
we
get
we
get
any
new
customers
that
are
there
for
that.
They're
waving
to
South
Dakota
law,
the
25%
gross
in
seven
years
in
an
11
year
time
frame,
and
we
waive
the
right
to
charge
4%
municipal
tax
on
any
re
C's
that
are
serving
inside
city
limits
and
it's
an
agreement.
I
That's
worked
since
1970s
I
have
I
have
all
of
all
of
the
minutes
to
all
of
our
meetings
and
all
the
items
that
came
up
and
they
wanted
it
perpetual
at
the
beginning
in
1970
or
1990.
They
brought
this
to
us
and
they
wanted
this
perpetual
to
be
forever
and
our
board
said
we
don't
want
to
tie
future
boards
to
a
perpetual
agreement,
so
they
did
a
three-year
agreement.
I
So
then,
about
every
three
years,
this
agreement
came
up
again,
came
up
as
an
item
at
our
board
meeting
and
we
approved
three-year
agreements
each
time
from
1990
to
2007
and
again
this
was
originally
brought
to
us
by
God
in
pink
lark.
So,
finally,
the
PUC
every
time
we
do
an
agreement
like
that,
when
you
do
a
service
territory
agreement
outside
of
the
state
law,
you
have
to
have
the
PUC
sign
off
on
it.
I
Both
managers
that
were
at
in
place
that
time
Jeff
Hyatt
from
the
utilities
and
Jean
Ward
from
Coddington
Clark,
said:
let's
do
this
for
15
years
instead
of
just
three-year
timeframes.
They
took
that
to
the
PUC
and
the
PUC
came
back
and
said:
why
don't
you
do
it
perpetually?
So
they
did
it
perpetually
and
that's
where
we
have
our
agreement.
I
A
And
I
think
it's
a
fairly
well-known
fact
that
we
have
low
electric
utility
rates
and
nobody
can
challenge
that
we
are
the
lowest
around
and
to
restrict
our
ability
to
attract
customers
because
of
that
to
come
to
our
town
because
of
our
low
utility
rates
say.
Well,
we
sorry
you're
outside
students
we
can
annex
you
in,
but
we
can't
serve
you
with
our
low
utility
electric
utility
rates.
That's
just
counterproductive!
That's
not
good
for
the
customer,
it's
not
good
for
our
community
and
it's
not
good
for
our
state.
A
A
G
G
I
There
are
only
35
municipal
electric
systems
in
South
Dakota.
The
rest
of
them
are
either
served
by
an
investor
owned
utility
site,
such
as
northwestern
energy,
for
instance,
Yankton
Aberdeen,
Mitchell
here
and
they're
all
served
by
northwestern
energy,
and
then
a
lot
of
the
small
communities
that
are
not
served
by
the
municipalities
are
served
by
the
rural
electrics.
Okay,
this.
A
I
Answer
that
question,
Glenn
and
I
know
I
know
when
they
were
talking
about
serving,
tighten
or
Terrax
I'm.
Sorry,
they
had
about
a
forum
it
before
my
aligned
to
construct
to
him
with
a
substation.
You
know,
I,
don't
know
what
kind
of
capacity
they
have
on
their
system.
I,
wouldn't
I,
wouldn't
have
that
information
available
there
they're
not
they're,
not
like
the
municipalities.
The
municipalities
are
open
government.
So,
if
somebody
requests
a
document
from
us,
we
we
handed
over
through
discovery
so.
G
I
Would
well
reliability
is
the
issue
because
the
Tareq's
facility
would
have
been
on
a
four
mile
radial
and
if
something
happened
to
their
distribution
line
that
served,
the
substation
that
serves
serves
the
Tareq's
facility.
Tareq's
would
be
out
until
they
fix
it.
We
have
backup,
we
have
redundancy
and
backup
to
preserve
that
facility
and.
G
G
L
I
Have
a
lot
of
people
working
at
South,
South,
Dakota
municipal,
electric
Association
of
South
Dakota,
Municipal,
Association,
they're
working
it,
mr
yes,
Heartland
are
working
at.
Do
we've
got
lobbyists
with
Mr,
yes
and
Heartland.
I,
don't
know
if
our
our
high
power
is
as
good
as
their
high
power.
Our
rural
electrics
are
able
to
donate
to
capital
campaign
means
municipalities
are
not
as
public
funds,
so
we're
not
we're
prohibited
from
giving
giving
money
to
some
kind
of
organization
to
lobby
and
in
the
legislature,
so
they
typically
have
a
lot
more
power
legislatively
than
municipalities.
Do.
I
J
J
I
Is
much
that
and
that's
part
of
the
problem
that
Lee
and
Hewitt
addressed
begin
with?
That's
there's
a
lot
of
things
against
us
right
now
and
our
size
and
the
issue
is,
is
part
of
that,
so
only
60,000
customers
versus
880.
Now
a
lot
of
those
are
investor
owned
and-
and
you
know
at
the
time
the
investor
owns
are
they're
happy
with
the
legislation
as
it
is.
I
So
it's
it's
very
the
URLs
that
are
pushing
this
and
actually
it's
cottage
net
Clark
that
is
pushing
this
cotton
to
Clark
Electric
because
they
didn't
they
don't
like
our
agreement.
So
they
came
to
our
board
in
2007
and
and
wanted
us
to
just
tear
the
agreement
up
in
our
Board
decided
not
to
because
they
weren't
offering
anything
to
get
out
of
it
or
any
solution
to
it.
They
just
wanted
us
to
tear
it
up,
so
so
what
dead
for
about
a
year
and
then
and
then
they
proposed
legislation
so.
J
I
What
cut
into
Clark
thinks
is
going
to
happen,
however,
we're
under
a
different
opinion,
so
what'll
happen
is
a
large
customer
will
come
and
want
us
to
serve.
It
will
serve
it
for
our
agreement
and
then
it'll
end
up
in
courts.
So
whether
or
not
that
customer
will
come
if
it's
tied
up
in
the
courts
for
how
many
years
or
anybody
else
is
one
thing.
If
we
can
get
that,
if
we
can
get
that
through
the
courts,
that
our
agreement
still
is
in
force
and
in
place,
then
we
would
be
okay.
M
I
Legislators,
you
know
I've
sat
down
and
went
over
with
Lee
and
Nancy
and
and
Hugh.
You
know
in
depth.
You
know
what
are
our
rates,
what
are
their
rates?
What
are
what
does
this
mean?
What
are
the
law,
what
and
I've
gone
I've
gone
and
done
a
lot
of
work
with
our
legislators,
but
it's
not
our
legislators
that
are
that
are
the
issue.
It's
ret
legislators
are
basically
in
a
lot
of
rural
areas
that
are
served
by
rural
electrics.
Rural
epochs
have
a
place,
and
that's
that's
to
take
power
to
rural
America
and
right
now.
M
I
H
It
possible
to
have
a
list
name,
I'm
sure
there
is
one
of
exactly
the
legislators
that
are
in
rural
districts,
that
you
know
I
right
now,
so
through
a
list
and
tell
you
exactly
who
was
and
who
wasn't.
But
it
would
be
really
helpful
for
some
of
us
to
be
able
to
know
who
are
the
legislators
that
are
in
these
little
areas
that
are
pushing
this
because
I
think.
That's
you
know
a
good
tool,
especially
I
like
I,
would
be
talking
to
them.
H
You
know
and
talking
about
hurting
development
overall
in
a
state,
even
though
they're
seeing
it
from
a
different
perspective.
Perhaps
sharing
our
perspective
with
multiple
people
would
would
be
beneficial,
but
I
would
wonder
if
there
was
list
of
those
particular
legislators
that
are
served
by
rural.
You.
I
I
Not
every
Rural
Electric
is
sixty
percent
over
the
rate
of
the
municipality,
for
instance,
Brookings
is
probably
ten
to
fifteen
percent,
so
we're
unique
because
our
rates
are
so
low
in
Watertown,
not
every
municipalities.
That
way,
so
the
ER
electrics
are
going
to
push
that
they're,
helping
economic
development
and
even
in
Watertown
Coddington
Clark
gave
a
grant
to
trap's
out
fitters
to
build
that
facility,
even
though
they
don't
serve
them,
so
they
are
helping
economically
in
our
community
and
they're
part
of
our
community.
I
They
just
want
the
growth,
so
I
can
get
that
Beth
and
I.
We
can.
We
can
do
our
best
to
identify
which
Senators
in
which
Congress
men
are,
and
women
are,
are
from
an
invest,
invest
ur
own
from
a
Rural
Electric
or
from
from
a
municipality
and
that'll
overlap.
You
know
there
are
some
that
will
overlap
so.
E
Roby
I
just
want
to
weigh
in
I'm
involved
in
some
economic
development,
type
activities
have
been
since
I've,
gotten
back
to
the
community
and
I
can
just
tell
you
and
I
could
attest
to
the
fact
how
important
this
is
to
people
that
we
try
to
recruit
to
the
community
and
I've
been
in
conversations
where
these,
where
the
utility
rates
come
up,
and
then
we
get
a
real
edge.
When
that
comes
there's
a
lot
of
things,
you
know
weather's,
not
our
friend
here
in
many
cases,
but
boy
utilities
is
our
friend.
E
A
Not
efficient
growth
and
I
think
it
might
be
beneficial
for
me
just
to
read
the
resolution
for
those
who
don't
have
it
in
front
of
them.
It's
not
long
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
that,
whereas
the
municipal
electric
utilities
of
South
Dakota
represent
the
values
of
the
communities
they
serve,
providing
that
the
operational
and
rate
setting
decisions
are
made
locally
by
members
of
the
community
at
open
and
public
meetings
and
revenues
are
reinvested
locally
to
foster
economic
development
and
innovation.
A
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
city
of
Watertown
urges
the
legislature
to
not
take
away
this
valuable
job
creation
tool
by
restricting
city's
ability
to
annex
and
offer
lower
cost
power
in
attracting
businesses
to
South,
Dakota
and
our
region.
So
that's
what
we're
acting
upon
tonight.
Are
there
any
more
questions
or
comments?
Osmund,
Danforth,
Steve.
J
A
M
A
A
All
right
now
I
will
open
the
public
comment
period.
This
is
a
time
that
we
set
aside
for
anyone
who
would
like
to
make
a
public
comment
to
step
forward
and
do
so
seeing
none
we'll
move
on
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
authorization
for
the
mayor
to
sign
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
Watertown
School
District
for
the
school
resource
officer.
So
look
for
a
motion,
second
for
approval
and
then
we'll
discuss
it,
move
by
l'olam
second,
by
Roby.
N
This
is
an
agreement
we
have
with
the
school
for
the
school
resource
officer
position.
The
last
time
we
had
a
signed
agreement
was
in
2006
and
since
that
time,
we've
some
grants
of
ran
now
and
those
types
of
things.
So
there's
just
a
few
minor
changes
on
this
MOU
compared
to
what
it's
been
in
the
past.
Do
you
guys
have
copies
in
front
yep
I'll
just
go
over
them
real,
quick
and
it's
mainly
just
wording,
but
in
number
four
of
the
golden
objective.
N
This
is
a
first
change
and
the
school
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
had
other
duties
as
assigned
in
there,
so
that
they
have
a
little
more
flexibility
on
what
the
SRO
is
do
in
their
school.
The
superintendent
dr.
Danielson
wanted
to
make
sure
that
Aceros
will
report
directly
to
him
or
the
school
principals
in
number
five
and
number
ten.
The
SROs
will
attend
national
training.
We
added
that
the
school
in
the
city
will
share
that
cost.
They've
been
really
good
with
providing
that
to
us
and
then
in
number
11.
N
G
O
A
A
Second,
by
manty.
Okay-
and
this
is
the
airport
board
requirements
right
now
are
you
have
to
live
in
the
city
limits
and
we
actually
I
discovered
this
when
I
went
to
make
an
appointment
to
the
airport
board
and
I
had
a
person
that
definitely
is
part
of
our
community
but
lives
outside
the
city
limits,
but
very
nearby
and
realized
I
couldn't
do
it,
but
also
realize
that
we
already
have
an
airport
board
member
before
that
that
was
outside
the
city
limits
as
well,
so
we're
violating
our
regulations.
So
we
talked
about.
A
A
The
change
that
we're
presenting
is
I
think
it's
35
miles,
which
is
consistent
with
the
city
limit,
the
city,
employee
restriction,
oh
and
it's
we
still
require
that
three
members
would
be
residents
of
the
city
within
the
city
limits
and
then
so
that
would
leave
that
could
be
outside
the
city
limits
as
long
as
they're
within
35
miles.
So
are
there
any
questions
or
comments
about
this?
A
A
P
A
H
Q
You
mayor
ray,
can
you
put
my
screen
on
please
so
I
think
the
mayor
did
a
great
job
kind
of
leading
into
this.
I
was
here
when
we
kind
of
went
through
Shane
leaving
and
then
Roger
retiring,
and
we
kind
of
made
a
decision
at
that
time
to
go
with
two
great
fighters
in
one
great
four.
Instead
of
a
great
six.
Q
Trying
to
get
bodies
into
our
department-
and
we
were
short-staffed
at
that
time-
that
we
needed
the
help
we
could
receive
at
that
time,
but
things
change.
We
didn't
get
the
help
that
we
wanted
at
that
time,
and
now
that
Heath
has
started,
we've
really
taken
a
long
look
at
this
multiple
times.
Heath
and
I
have
sat
down
on
numerous
occasions
reviewed
where
we're
lacking
kind
of
in
the
department
at
this
time
and
what's
going
to
benefit
us
the
most
and
that's
why
he
came
up
with.
Q
He
thinks
that
a
grade
six
is
going
to
be
the
best
there's
multiple
reasons
for
that.
One
is
definitely
better
customer
support
and
interaction.
Right
now
it
gets
bottlenecked
on
my
desk
before
I
get
anything
to
Heath,
we're
both
extremely
busy
Oh.
Adding
another
grade.
Six
they'll
be
able
to
help
out
with
some
of
the
review
some
of
the
interaction
with
contractors
and
developers
other
engineers
and
help
review
plans.
I.
Think
that's
a
that's
a
big
one
right
now
we
get
a
lot
of
plans.
Q
Dumped
out
on
us
seems
like
at
the
same
time
a
lot
of
the
time
and
I
guess.
That's
kind
of
where
we
we
thought
we
would
come
forward
with
this
or
why
we
thought
we'd
come
forward
with
this.
As
you
see
on
my
screen,
this
chart
was
to
show
kind
of
the
years
of
experience
and
I'm
gonna
flip
over
here
and
I'm
gonna
show
where
this
is
derived
from.
Q
If
you
see
here,
starting
in
the
year
2001,
we
had
an
assistant
city,
engineer,
a
city
Oceaneer,
a
Planning
and
Zoning
official
and
a
public
works
director
that
all
had
experience
in
the
civil
engineering
field
and
were
licensed
civil
engineers
and
that's.
We
had
99
total
years
of
experience
and
we
had
four
engineers
on
staff
at
that
time.
I'm
not
gonna,
go
through
each
year,
but,
as
you
see,
we
crept
up.
We
got
the
8
118
with
five
members
in
2009
and
now
in
current
day,
we're
down
to
two
members
currently
and
me
being
new.
Q
Q
We
just
can't
offer
that
at
this
time,
like
I
said
it
gets
bottlenecked.
We
have
to
thoroughly
review
these
plans
that
are
coming
in.
You
know
it's
not
an
overnight
process
and
it's
hard
to
get
get
that
out
to
people
that
it
doesn't
happen
overnight,
but
with
more
bodies
looking
at
it,
I
think
the
less
we'll
miss
on
the
first
go-around.
If
we
do
miss
anything
and
we'll
be
able
to
turn
around
quicker
because
we'll
have
multiplies
on
it.
I.
A
Would
like
to
add
that
the
the
grades
that
we're
talking
about
the
difference
between
a
grade
six
and
a
grade
four
is
really
it's
a
completely
just
a
different
job
description.
We're
talking
about
engineer,
one
being
a
grade.
6,
that's
person
with
an
engineering
degree
qualified
to
review
engineered
calculations
and
designs.
A
Technician
is
a
two-year
degree
and
doesn't
generally
review
engineered
designs
or
do
engineered
designs.
An
engineer
can
do
the
engineering
design
and
you
know
a
technician-
could
to
do
a
lot
of
the
basic
work,
but
it'd
have
to
be
reviewed
again
by
a
civil
engineer,
so
I
support
Heath's
request
to
revise
what
the
budget
was.
The
budget
request
for
2019
was
to
add
a
technician,
not
an
engineer
and
I
agree,
I.
A
E
Q
E
In
favor
of
this,
it's
two
things:
its
customer
service
and
throughput
they're,
tied
intricately
together
and
I.
You
know
I
I'm,
hearing
some
of
the
same
issues.
You've
brought
up
things
aren't
moving
fast
enough.
We
can't
get
to
people
I
think
for
the
incremental
cost.
That's
a
good
investment
and
I.
G
We
would
snatch
up
that
that
the
The
Bachelor
the
master
person
not
to
say
that
the
two-year
person
didn't
feel
a
role,
but
we
always
went
that
route
and
I
had
to
see
a
lot
of
similarities
there.
That
I
think
we'd
be
be
selling
ourselves
short
by
not
going
for
the
expertise
versus
you
know,
trying
to
save
some
dollars.
I.
A
A
A
We
had
a
series
of
events
which
have
occurred
from
signing
our
contract
with
aerodynamics
Inc
or
Adi.
Last
summer.
They
were
almost
immediately
purchased
by
California
Pacific
air
and
that
didn't
change.
The
agreement.
There's
still
the
agreement.
Adi
was
a
small
airline
for
planes.
They
ran
our
essential
air
service
from
Watertown
and
pier
to
the
hub
of
Denver,
and
we
get
a
federal
subsidy
for
that
service
and
they
did
an
outstanding
job
with
that,
and
they
also
did
a
charter
business
on
the
side.
A
One
of
them
was
damaged
with
an
accident
at
Pier
that
didn't
hurt
any
people,
but
it
damaged
the
wing
of
the
airline
at
the
end
of
October,
and
so
that
took
our
backup,
plane
out
of
service.
And
after
that,
every
time
we
had
a
problem
with
our
plane.
He'd
had
to
be
grounded
until
it
was
fixed,
whereas
in
the
past,
when
we
had
a
spare
plane,
the
spare
plane
would
fly
in
and
pick
up
the
passengers
and
take
them
on
their
way.
A
Around
Thanksgiving
people
were
stranded
because
both
of
our
planes
serving
our
part
of
the
country
were
out
of
service
for
short
periods
of
time,
but
enough
time
to
strand
people,
and
it
was
horrible.
Our
excellent
service
quickly
just
dropped
down
to
nothing
and
the
city
of
Pier
and
the
city
of
Watertown
we're
working
together.
A
And
it
culminated
in
an
action
where,
in
December
just
before
Christmas,
where
it
looked
like,
we
were
gonna
just
lose
service
altogether
over
the
holiday,
which
was
horrible,
a
horrible
thought
and
the
the
cities
of
Pierre
and
Watertown
do
not
have
a
contract
with
the
airline.
The
federal
Department
of
Transportation
has
a
contract
with
the
airline
and
they
have
the
control
over
what
happens
with
that.
A
So
our
city's
bound
together
and
we
wrote
this
letter
that
we
sent
on
December
21st
to
the
Department
of
Transportation,
urging
them
to
work
with
the
airline
to
quickly
resolve
the
problems
that
they
were
having
or
cancel
the
contract
and
find
another
airline
that
could
meet
our
needs
and
meet
the
contract
conditions.
So
the
Department
of
Transportation
did
step
in
and
there
have
been
changes
at
the
airline.
A
You
know
it's
a
something
that
the
new
owner
had
dreamed
of,
having
an
airline,
but
maybe
didn't,
have
experience
and
made
some
poor
decisions,
but
they
have
new
investors
now
and
I've
spoken
with
them
and
they
are
committed
to
bringing
us
back
into
the
same
high
level
of
service
that
we
were
receiving
from
the
airline
before
all
this
happened.
So
it's
looking
good
right
now.
We,
you
know,
you
can't
count
whether
that's
not
the
airline's
fault,
but
so
far
we've
been
operating
consistently.
A
Since
we
wrote
that
letter-
and
there
was
a
heart-to-heart
conversation
between
the
the
parties
involved,
so
I
can't
make
any
promises
and-
and
as
I
said
before,
the
city
of
Watertown,
the
city
appeared,
does
not
have
the
contract
for
airline
service
with
California
Pacific.
That
agreement
is
between
the
federal
Department
of
Transportation,
and
all
we
can
do
is
urge
them
to
make
the
best
decision
for
us.
We,
we
realized
that
when
the
public
loses
faith,
they
may
stop
flying
out
of
Watertown
and
that's
bad
for
everybody,
that's
bad
for
our
community.
A
A
To
do
that
that
the
headline
in
the
newspaper
said
that
you
know
express
that
the
city
was
unhappy
with
California
Pacific
airline,
and
it
was
abbreviated
to
cpa
service
that
the
city
was
unhappy
with
our
cpa
service,
we
have
a
certified
public
accountant
service
as
well,
which
is
also
abbreviated,
CPA
and
we're
not
unhappy
with
that
service
at
all,
we're
very
happy
with
our
CPA
service.
Thank
you
for
reminding
me.
That
was
why
I
put
this
on
here.
A
G
G
A
Matt
worked
hard
on
that,
so
that's
good
and
that
information
that
he
presented
is
available.
If
anybody
wants
to
see
it
and
will
be,
it's
our
intention
to
record
the
meetings
and
have
them
available
on
the
website
for
people
to
view
afterwards,
if
they're
unable
to
make
it
21
people,
is
it's
challenging
to
get
that
many
people
together
at
the
same
time
so
having
the
meetings
recorded,
it's
going
to
be
helpful.
J
Mayor
can
I
make
a
comment
on
that
I've
had
a
lot
of
people.
They
have
stopped
me
well
on
a
number
of
issues
lately
other
than
snow,
but
there
really
is
a
misconception
as
to
what
this
home
will
try
to
review
is,
and
one
gentleman
said:
don't
you
guys
have
something
better
to
do
than
do
that?
It's
part
of
our
home
real
charter,
it's
not
this
council
or
this
mayor
making
that
decision.
J
This
is
by
Home
Rule
Charter
in
our
ordinances
that
are
requiring
this
review
in
this
election
or
this
committee
to
to
go
through
this.
So
it
is
important
that
people
understand
this
is
not
this
body's
choice
to
have
this
done.
This
choice
was
made
10
years
ago
when
the
people
of
this
community
voted
to
be
under
Home
Rule
Charter.
So
this
was
just
part
of
that
process
and
we
need
this
committee.
Do
these
jobs
and
see
what
they
come
up
with
right.
D
G
A
comment
to
I
think
those
that
are
have
agreed
to
serve
on
this
I
think
they
understand
the
importance
of
what
they
are
doing.
I,
don't
know
how
they're,
how
the
rest
you
with
your
experience,
was,
but
when
I
asked
my
two
representatives,
you
know
it's
like
pulling
teeth
quite
often
day
to
get
people
to
serve
on
something.
K
Good
evening,
everyone
and
yes
I'd
be
happy
to
talk
about
our
librarians
once
again
receiving
the
exemplary
accreditation
through
the
state,
South
Dakota,
State,
Library
and
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
our
library
board
members,
our
library
staff.
We
had
some
help
from
other
city
departments
and
all
of
the
steps
that
go
into
it.
There
are
80
standards
to
be
met
and
we
met
79
out
of
the
80
to
become
to
get
that
exemplary
accreditation.
K
A
Congratulation,
thank
you.
We're
real
excited
our
library
rocks
yeah
very
fast,
Thank
You
didi.
Thank
you
any
other
liaison
reports
all
right.
We
have
no
reason
to
go
into
executive
session,
so
I'll
look
for
motion
to
adjourn
a
little
bit
all
I'm.
Second,
by
way
all
those
in
favor.
Why?
All
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
those.