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The Board of City Commissioners is scheduled to meet in regular session on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 5:15 PM in the Tom Baker Meeting Room, City/County Office Building, 221 North Fifth Street, Bismarck, North Dakota.

The Invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance will be presented by a Chaplain from the Bismarck Police Department.

The City of Bismarck encourages citizens to provide their comments for public hearing items on the Bismarck City Commission agenda via email to bismarckadmin@bismarcknd.gov. Please include the item number that your comment references. The comments will be sent to the members and placed with the minutes.

To ensure your comments are received before the meeting, please submit them by 3:30 PM on the day of the meeting and reference the item your comments address. If you would like to appear via video or audio link for a 3-5 minute comment on a regular agenda public hearing item, please provide your email address and contact information to the above email at least one business day before the meeting.

Live meeting coverage is available on Government Access Channels 2 & 602HD, Radio Access 102.5 FM Radio, or streaming on multiple platforms, including FreeTV.org and Facebook LIVE. Agenda items can be found online at www.bismarcknd.gov/agendacenter.

 

Call to Order

 

FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS:

  • July 25, 2023
  • August 8, 2023 & August 22, 2023
  • September 12, 2023 & September 26, 2023
 

MISSION STATEMENT

To provide high-quality public services in partnership with our community to enhance our quality of life.

 

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF CITY COMMISSION

1.

Public comment (restricted to items on the Consent Agenda and Regular Agenda, excluding public hearing items)

2.

CONSENT AGENDA

A.

Consider approval of minutes

Documents:
  1. June 26, 2023 - Minutes.pdf
B.

Consider approval of personnel actions

Documents:
  1. HR - Personnel Actions.pdf
C.

Consider approval of expenditures

D.

Consider the request for approval from the Administration Department for the following:

  1. Liquor license renewals.
Documents:
  1. C) ADMIN - Liquor License Renewals.pdf
E.

Consider the request for approval from the Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health Department for the following:

  1. Permission to accept donations for the Women’s Way Program.
Documents:
  1. C) BBPH - Womens Way Program Donation.pdf
F.

Consider the request for approval from the City Attorney for the following:

  1. Call for a public hearing on Ordinance 6555 to amend several criminal and traffic ordinances.
Documents:
  1. C) ATTY - Ord 6555.pdf
G.

Consider the request for approval from the Community Development Department for the following:

  1. Introduction of and call for a public hearing on Ordinance 6554, a request for a zoning change from the RM30 – Residential, CG – Commercial, and PUD – Planned Development zoning districts, to the RM30 – Residential and CG – Commercial zoning districts for Lots 1-3 and 7, Block 16, Wachters Second Addition and adjacent lands, where the Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval.
  2. A request of Waldon and Magdaline Seibel to release the south 40 feet of the 100-foot non-access line along the west side of Lot 14, Block 2, Apple Meadows Third Subdivision.
Documents:
  1. C) CD - Ord 6554.pdf
  2. C) CD - Apple Meadows Subdivision.pdf
H.

Consider the request for approval from the Engineering Department for the following:

  1. Geotechnical testing services contract with Terracon Consultants, Inc. relating to 2023 Geotechnical Services.
  2. Resolution approving contracts & bonds for previously awarded special assessed projects.
Documents:
  1. C) ENG - 2023 Geotechnical Services.pdf
  2. C) ENG - Contracts and Bonds.pdf
I.

Consider the request for approval from the Finance Department for the following:

  1. Applications for abatement.
  2. Introduction of and call for a public hearing for on Ordinances 6551-6552.
Documents:
  1. C) FIN - Abatements.pdf
  2. C) FIN - Ord 6551, 6552.pdf
J.

Consider the request for approval from the Public Works - Service Operations Department for the following:

  1. Permission to award the Construction of the Final Cover Closure of Phases I-III and related items in Solid Waste Utility Project Number (LF 2023-001).
Documents:
  1. C) PW SO - Bid Award Landfill Final Cover Closure Phase I-III.pdf
K.

Consider the request for approval from the Public Works - Utility Operations Department for the following:

  1. Contract time extension with Skeels Electric for SCADA Upgrade submitted as Change Order No. 1 to the Bismarck Lift Station SCADA Upgrade contract.
  2. Right of Way Plats, Warranty Deeds, and Temporary construction easements associated with the Hay Creek Interceptor – Main Ave to Divide Ave Project (SU23-91).
Documents:
  1. C) PW UO - Lift Station SCADA Upgrade.pdf
  2. C) PW UO - Hay Creek Interceptor.pdf
3.

REGULAR AGENDA

4.

Receive a report from former Bismarck Mayor Marlan “Hawk” Haakenson on the history of Centennial Beach along the Missouri River.

Documents:
  1. R) ADMIN - Centennial Beach Request.pdf
5.

Consider a request for resolution receiving bids and ordering the preparation of the Engineer’s statement and resolution awarding the contract for Sewer Improvement District SE 583, Part A.

Documents:
  1. R) ENG - SE 583.pdf
6.

Presentation of the 2022 audit results and the 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

Documents:
  1. R) FIN - 2022 Annual Financial Report Presentation.pdf
7.

Presentation of the City’s 2024 preliminary budget, budget requests, and Budget Committee recommendations.

Documents:
  1. R) FIN - 2024 Preliminary Budget Presentation.pdf
8.

Consider for approval a request of the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Planning Organization, on behalf of Bis-Man Transit, for approval of increased general funding.

Documents:
  1. R) CD - Transit Funding Request.pdf
9.

Discussion for the funding and next steps of implementation of Phase I Study for energy/facility equipment of City-owned facilities identified by SitelogIQ.

Documents:
  1. R) PW SO - Sitelogiq Funding.pdf
10.

Other Business

 

Adjourn

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