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Brown County
Jan. 9, 2018
Legal Sciences $1,920.00; Pulse- Point Foundation $8,000.00; Registration Max $750.00; Richardson, Wyly, Wise & Sauck $799.00; Aaron Salberg $1,775.00; Schneider Corp. $2,265.00; SD Dept. of Revenue & Regulation $507,740.88; SD DOT $25,348.29; SD Retirement System $11,570.78; SD Sher- iff’s Assoc. $1,595.93; SD Teen Court Assn. $1,137.27; SDACHS $275.00; Christy Griffin-Serr Law Office $3,237.00; Siegel, Barnett & Schutz $376.00; Tyler Technologies $23,473.57.
City Foundry $4,176.00; SD Redbook Fund $2,045.18; West Payment Center $1,159.80; Za- strow’s Sales & Service $81.98.
for 2018. All members pres- ent voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Hansen, seconded by Kippley to approve and authorize the Chair sign Agreement with Honeywell Building Solutions to provide equipment and services on designated automation sys- tem hardware and software in amount of $4,968.22 for 2018. All members present voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Fis- chbach, seconded by Sutton to approve and authorize the Chair sign Agreement with Honeywell Building Solutions to provide equipment and services on des- ignated ex temperature control systems and on designated ex mechanical maintenances sys- tems in amount of $21,366.93 for 2018. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
SION: Susan Compaan, Court Administrator explained that various doors used in conjunc- tion with the Courtrooms are not opened by fobs, but still need keys and requested that seven individuals be allowed to keep their keys for access to these doors. The Board concurred.
Equalization Director until posi- tion is re-opened and lled.
Minutes
Travel & Conference: IAFE $750.00; Mark Milbrandt $337.00.
Approve the following Em- ployee Step Increases, effective January 14, 2018: Jesse Mil- brandt @ 18.84 per hour, Jackie Ormand @ $17.32 per hour.
JANUARY 9, 2018 – GENERAL MEETING
Utilities: Aberdeen City Trea- surer $1,111.77; AT&T $107.98; BDM Rural Water $36.00; Cen- turyLink $49.12; Midcontinent $421.38; NWPS $4,720.37; Richmond Lake Sanitary Dist. $2,700.00; Town of Frederick $50.00; Web Water Development $75.48.
Acknowledge the following miles driven and amount to be taxed for personal use of County vehicles during the month of December 2017: Kendell Titze – 108 @ $57.78, Dirk Rogers – 608 @ $325.28, Mike Scott – 190 @ $101.65, Gary Vetter – 109 @ $58.32.
Meeting called to order by Commission Chair Fjeldheim at 8:45 A.M. in the Commissioner’s Chambers, Courthouse Annex, Brown County, SD. Present were Commissioners Hansen, Sutton, Fischbach and Kippley. Commis- sioner Fischbach led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Other: Glacial Lakes & Prai- rie Tourism $750.00; NECOG $24,344.34; SDACO $1,170.00. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
BACKGROUND CHECK AGREE- MENT: Moved by Sutton, sec- onded by Kippley to authorize Chair Fjeldheim sign background check agreement electronically. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
MINUTES: Moved by Fisch- bach, seconded by Sutton to approve the Joint City County Meeting Minutes and the General Meeting Minutes of January 2, 2018. All members present vot- ing aye. Motion carried.
Publishing: Aberdeen Ameri- can News $487.60; Glacial Lakes & Prairie Tourism $155.00; Gro- ton Independent $178.55; Hub City Radio $300.00.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Moved by Sutton, seconded by Kippley to go into executive session to consult with attorney, per SDCL 1-25-2(3) with Chris White and Gary Vetter in attendance; and to discuss personnel, per SDCL 1-25-2(1) with Chris White, Gary Vetter and Gene Loeschke in at- tendance. All members present voting aye. Motion carried. The Chair declared the executive ses- sion closed, with no action taken as a result of the discussion.
All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
CLAIMS: Moved by Sutton, seconded by Kippley to approve the following claims:
Rentals: Northern Electric $1,200.00.
SURPLUS PROPERTY: Moved by Fischbach, seconded by Han- sen to declare scrap metal from the Highway Department and Maintenance Department surplus for purpose of sale. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS: Moved by Sutton, seconded by Kippley to authorize Judy Dosch, Maintenance Supervisor to draft specs for Highway Tuck Pointing Project and Prime/Paint Jail Cell Project. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
ASSESSMENT DISCUSSION: Gene Loeschke, Interim Equal- ization Director explained that all assessments in Brown County are completed in compliance with State Law and the former Director has already submitted the 2018 assessment plan to the SD Department of Revenue using the same methodology as in the past.
Payroll: Commission $5,395.76; Auditor $8,151.53; Treasurer $13,707.25; States Attorney $23,821.75; SVAWA Grant $1,282.08; Maintenance $7,938.59; Assessor $14,106.92; Register of Deeds $9,497.34; Veterans Service Office $4,197.77; GIS $2,347.50; In- formation Technology $7,847.59; Human Resources $3,144.00; Sheriff Admin $37,394.33; Jail $55,898.52; Coroner $3,000.00; JDC $24,226.33; Welfare Of ce $4,959.76; Museum $8,251.53; Parks & Fairgrounds $4,807.35; Fair Board $3,832.82; 4-H $605.21; Planning and Zon- ing $2,583.34; Highway $46,088.67; Communications $26,987.80; Emergency Man- agement $4,039.58; Teen Court $174.56; 24/7 $3,270.22; Land- ll $11,777.48.
Repairs & Maintenance: DFP $243.00; Dakota Tree Co. $1,045.00; Ecolab $113.62; Leon Gaikowski $3,536.85; Gra- ham Tire $14.98; HF Jacobs & Son $48,005.75; Hoven Auto Repair $48.00; J Gross Equip. $475.00; Newman Signs $6.28; Overhead Door $255.71; Pauer Sound $83.07; Pierson-Ford $276.82; Spillman Technologies $42,259.37; TranSource Truck & Equip. $5,141.11; Vosika Fencing $523.18; Walth Safety Service $214.00.
Supplies: A&B Business $1.56; Ameripride Services $144.86; Bakken Build Maint. $500.00; Bonnie Bitz $240.00; Cartney Bearing $50.16; Civic Research Institute $179.95; Dakota Elec- tronics $150.00; DFP $308.03; Dakota Mailing $762.66; Dakota Oil $357.00; Danko $263.01; Dean Foods $524.79; Earthgrains $523.35; Farnam’s $19.99; Fas- tenal $41.16; Geffdog $59.98; GovConnection $866.30; Hanlon Brothers $153,912.68; Hanse Service Center $46.27; Heart- land Paper $32.72; HF Jacobs & Son $74,900.74; J Gross Equip. $120.51; Ken’s SuperFair Foods $71.98; Menards $73.39; MOCIC $150.00; NCFE- Warner $22,858.96; Newman Signs $70.70; Noble Industrial Sup- ply Corp. $1,306.62; Overhead Door $29.95; Pitney Bowes $15,126.00; PowerPlan $405.88; Productivity Plus $234.83; Run- ning’s $7.99; Sander’s Sew ‘n’ Vac $26.49; Satellite Tracking of People $133.25; Schwan Welding $84.80; Sewing Shoppe $56.50; Sherwin Williams $196.62; Sioux
ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE: Moved by Kippley, seconded by Sutton to acknowledge receipt of revenue generated at Cen- tennial Village during 2017 in amount of $9,900.18 and further designate the $9,900.18 as as- signed fund balance to nance current and future maintenance and improvements at the Fair- grounds, as per the agreement. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
INVENTORY TRANSFER: Moved by Hansen, seconded by Fischbach to to approve inven- tory transfer of Decal #3378 2007 Chev Tahoe from the Sher- iff’s Department to the Director of Equalization Department. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
HR REPORT: Moved by Kip- pley, seconded by Sutton to approve the following Commis- sion Assistant/HR Of ce Report, which includes the following personnel changes:
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Sutton, seconded by Hansen to adjourn the Brown County Commission at 10:41 a.m. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
Matching Benefits: FICA $20,095.49; Medicare $4,723.94; HSA $75.00.
RLYC HAY CUTTING LEASE OPTION: Moved by Hansen, seconded by Kippley to approve and authorize the Chair sign 2017 renewal option for lease of approximately 21 acres of county hay land located at the Richmond Lake Youth Camp, located in Sec 24-T124N-R65W, Brown County, SD. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
Fans treated to a triple feature
of close games with Ipswich
Basketball fans were treated to three close games Tuesday evening as the Groton Area boys hosted Ipswich.
In the C game, Riley Thurston made a three-pointer with three sec- onds left to lift Groton Area to a 27-25 come from behind win. Groton trailed by as many as 10 points early in the fourth quarter. Chandler Larson led the Tigers with seven points followed by Tristan Traphagen with six, Jackson Cogley and Riley Thurston each had ve and Anthony Schinkel and Lucas Simon each added two points.
The junior varsity boys also came from behind to edge out a 36-34 win. Darien Shabazz and Treyton Deigel each had nine points, Kaden Kurtz had seven, Cade Guthmiller six, Austin Jones three and Tristan Traphagen added two points.
The nale showcased two evenly matched teams where the game was tied ve times and the lead changed hands eight times before Ipswich pulled out a 37-33 win. Dylan Northrop made two free throws with 48 seconds left to give Ipswich a 35-33 lead. Groton had the ball, but turned it over with 25 seconds left. Forced to foul, Northrop made one of two free throws to make a three-point game, 36-33. Groton still had 24 seconds left on the clock, but ended up throwing the ball away with 3.9 seconds left. Groton fouled Northrop again with 3.2 seconds left and he made one of two free throws for the nale 37-33 win.
Brodyn DeHoet led all scorers with 19 points, nine rebounds and three steals. Marshall Lane added four points, Andrew Rintala and Brandon Keith each had three points and Jonathan Doeden and Seric Shabazz each had two points.
Dylan Northrop led Ipswich with 16 points followed by Josh Burgod with eight, William Kadlec had ve, Ben Kulea had four and Jacob Nierman added two points.
Groton Area held a 16-13 lead after the rst quarter. Groton Area made 53 percent of its eld goals and Ipswich made 31 percent in the rst quarter. Ipswich outscored Groton Area, 10-7, to tie the game at half time at 23. In the second quarter, Groton Area made 27 percent of its eld goals and Ipswich made 25 percent. The third quarter was very low scoring with both teams scoring four points to send a 27- 27 score into the fourth quarter. Groton Area made 22 percent of its shots in the third quarter and Ipswich made 20 percent. In the nal period, Groton Area made 13 percent of its eld goals and Ipswich made 26 percent.
For the game, Groton Area was 15 of 47 from the eld for 32 percent, two of 21 in three-pointers for 10 percent, was one of two from the free throw line off of Ipswich’s 10 team fouls, had eight assists with Lane having three, and 20 turnovers with 11 of them being steals as Ben Kulesa snatched the ball away four times and Northrop three.
Ipswich made 11 of 25 eld goals for 31 per- cent, three of 11 three-pointers for 27 percent, was 12 of 21 from the line for 57 percent off of Groton Area’s 20 team fouls, had three assists with Kulesa having two, and 18 turnovers of which 10 were steals with DeHoet and Shabazz each having three steals. Ipswich had the edge on the boards, 31-29, with Kadlec having eight for Ipswich.
According to the Ipswich Tribune, it was only the fourth time since 2007 that Ipswich has beaten Groton. Ipswich won in 2015-16, 60-38, in 2008-09, 59-44 and in 2007-08, 85-57.
Action continues on Thursday for Groton Area as the Tigers will be hosting cross-county rival, Aberdeen Roncalli. - Paul Kosel
Insurance: SD Public Assur- ance Alliance $1,178.27.
OPERATING TRANSFER: Moved by Hansen, seconded by Sutton to approve and au- thorize the following operating transfer from the General Fund #101-911-191 in total amount of $1,000,000.00 to Road and Bridge Fund #201-4.371 @ $1,000,000.00, as re ected in the 2018 General Fund Budget. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
Professional Fees: Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce $335.00; AWS $1,795.00; Clark Engineering $10,995.00; Da- kotAbilities $100.00; Ryan Dell $244.40; Devnet $3,281.25; Dohrer Law Of ce $1,212.60; Dware $2,750.00; Haar Law Office $179.54; Helm’s & As- soc. $30,800.00; Andrea Heupel $70.00; IAAO $210.00; LBG $20,350.45; Lincoln Co. Trea- surer $90.00; Nat’l Emergency Number Assoc. $137.00; Police
SHERIFF/JAIL/JDC CLOTHING POLICY: Moved by Sutton, sec- onded by Kippley to approve the 2018 Employee Clothing Policy, submitted by Mark Milbrandt for the Sheriff Department, Jail and JDC/HD. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
COURT SECURITY DISCUS-
Acknowledge dismissal of Mi- chael Hauke Jr, Equalization Di- rector, effective 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 5, 2018; and further name Gene Loeschke as Interim
Maxine Fischer, Brown County Auditor
Published once at the total ap- proximate cost of $96.41. 15309
COURT SECURITY: Mark Milbrandt, Tom Schmitt, Paul Sivertsen, Judy Dosch, Scott Meints and Susan Compaan met to discuss Court Security. After discussion the following action ensued: Moved by Fischbach, seconded by Hansen to: 1) lock all Courtrooms when not in use; 2) authorize advertis- ing for two certified Officers and one non-certi ed Of cer; and further state that the need for any part-time non-certi ed Of cers will be addressed at a later date. Roll call vote: Com- missioners Hansen-aye, Sutton- aye, Fischbach-aye, Kippley-nay, Fjeldheim-aye. Motion carried.
COURT SECURITY FUNDING: Moved by Kippley, seconded by Hansen to put the Fairgrounds Wi-Fi Project on hold and review all budgets for possible expen- diture deferral for purpose of reserving cash for the possibil- ity of a budget supplement for the Court Security Project. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
CONTRACTS: Moved by Sut- ton, seconded by Fischbach to approve and authorize the Chair sign Agreement with Da- kota Pump & Control for Annual Inspection of the Annex Pump Station in amount of $900.00
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