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May 12, 2011 Page 5
Golden Valley
County Commission
COUNTY OF GOLDEN VALLEY
BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
APRIL 5, 2011 9:00
Chairman Dave Quale called the
meeting to order. Commissioner
Hadey Steffen was present along with
States Attorney Charles J. Peterson.
Commissioner John Thompson was
absent.
Chairman Quale made a motion to
approve the March minutes and
Commissioner Steffen seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Chairman Quale made a motion to
reappoint Gene Skoglund, Paul
Schmitz and John Thompson to the
County Zoning Board and
Commissioner Steffen seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
County Recorder/Clerk of Court
Susan Davidson met with the Board to
discuss the need for extra help in the
Recorder's Office due to the increase
of Oil and gas leases the County has
received. Commissioner Steffen
made a motion to approve of a perma-
nent, part-time position for the
Recorder's Office and Chairman
Quale seconded the motion. Motion
carried unanimously. Susan will hire
Deputy Auditor/Treasurer Crystal
Nesvig for this position, making
Crystal a full time county employee.
States Attorney Charles Peterson
updated the Board on cases his office
is covering for the County.
Kelly Cooper, President of the Bank
of the West, Janel Ordah!, Financial
Services Investment Operator of
BancWest Investment Services, Amy
Schweitzer, V.P./Area Manager of
BancWest Investment Services and
Jason Bierman with Hartford met with
the Board and a few county employ-
ees to discuss the County's current
retirement plan and options for the
future.
Sheriff Scott Steele met with the
Board to inform them that he is taking
applications for the deputy position
vacated by Deputy Johnson, that he is
receiving bids for a new patrol unit and
to discuss the county's excess proper-
ty auction that is planned for the near
future.
The Auditor informed the Board
that the COunty's 2011 PILT (Payment
in Lieu of Taxes) came in at
$11093,467.99. The Board will meet
with the Schools at their May meeting
to discuss the disbursements of these
funds.
The Board adjourned as the Board
of County Commissioners and con-
vened as the County Park Board along
with Park Board member Kim
Nunberg. Park Board member Brian
Keohane,was not present for this
meeting. Letters of request for funds
were read from the Spirit of the West,
Pheasants Forever and the Beach
Golf Assn. Jim Groll represented the
Beach Golf Assn., non Barthel
requested funds for the Golva Park
projects and fire works display, Rick
Olson requested funds for Sentinel
Public Rec for re-wiring the gym,
Ashley Ueckert requested funds for
the Fair Board for entertainment
expenses at the fair and Janie
Rathbun requested funds for the
swimming pool. Quale made a motion
tO give $5000.00 to the Beach City
• Park for the swimming pool, and give
:$1000.00 each to Spirit of the West,
the Beach Golf Assn., Golva Park,
Sentinel Public Rec and the County
Fair Board for expenses and Steffen
seconded the motion. Motion carried
unanimously. The Board felt that the
Pheasants Forever Organization didn't
really qualify as a County organization.
There was discussion regarding
replacing Brian Keohane on the
i County Park Board per Keohane's
request but no action was taken.
Nunberg made a motion to adjourn at
11:25 and Steffen seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
The Board reconvened as the
Board of County Commissioners.
County Agent Ashley Ueckert met
with the Board to request amending
her County Agent Budget to include
$500.00 to hire someone to clean their
office. Chairman Quale made a
motion to amend the County Agent
Budget by $500.00 to pay someone
$10.00/hr. for cleaning the office and
Commissioner Steffen seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Zoning Director Stacey Swanson
met with the Board with a pipeline per-
mit for Bear Paw Energy. Chairman
Quale made a motion to approve the
pipeline permit in the NWl/4 of
Section 13-143-103 for Bear Paw
Energy and Commissioner Steffen
seconded the motion. Motion carried
unanimously. Stacey also reported on
the progress of the Zoning Ordinances
and Comprehensive Plan being done
by RC & D.
Janet Prchal from Hulsing &
Associates Architects and Chris Wentz
from CW Structural Engineers met
with the Board and AI Miller and Gene
Skoglund from the CountY ADA Board,
to discuss options for making the
courthouse accessible. Prchal and
Wentz were given a tour of the court-
house by Miller and Skoglund and will
get back to the Board with some rec-
ommendations and prices. Richard
Volesky from the Golden Valley News
was also present for this discussion
and tour.
The Board was informed that the
County's 2011 NDIRF conferment of
benefits was $9071.00 and will be
credited back to those funds which
paid the premiums.
2:00 P.M. was the advertised time
for opening bids on Road Project CP-
1711 (10)02 for the Knutson
Creek/Lardy corner project. Road
Foreman Pete Wirtzfeld, Tim Kelly
from Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc.,
Wayne Wilson from Wilson
Construction, Inc. and Richard
Volesky from the Golden Valley News
were all present for this bid opening.
The following four bids were
received for this project:
Onsite Improvements, Inc.
$286,389.00
Gratech Company
$427,123.21
Wilson Construction, Inc.
$263,074.98
Edward Schwartz Construction
$305,545.12
Chairman Quale made a motion to
award the bid to Wilson Construction,
Inc. for the low bid of $263,074.98 and
Commissioner Steffen seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Steffen made a motion
to authorize the Chairman to sign the
agreement between the County and
Wilson Construction when it arrives
and Chairman Quale seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
2:30 P.M. was the advertised time
for opening the bids for a ,payloader.
Greg Ditsworth, Area ' Financial
Manager and Sales Manager Justin
Schulz from RDO Equipment
Company were present for this bid
opening along with Road Foreman
Pete Wirtzfeld. Only one bid was
received and it was from RDO
Equipment Company from Bismarck.
The bid was for a John Deere 644K
payloader at $186;500. Chairman
Quale made a motion to accept the bid
for the JD 644K payloader, with no
trade in and with the guaranteed re-
purchase price and Commissioner
Steffen seconded the motion. Motion
carried unanimously. The group dis-
cussed the dozer the County is renting
from RDO and possible purchase
options.
Barry Schafer met with the Board
arid Road Foreman to discuss dust
control past his place on County Road
11.
Road Foreman, Pete Wirtzfeld dis-
cussed various road projects and road
department issues with the Board.
The following vouchers were audit-
ed and approved for the month of April:
63083 Blue Cross
Blue Shield 7594.00
63084NDSU Extension disb. 75.00
63085 Document
Preservation disb. 329.00
63086 NDSU Extension disb. 17.90
63087-63106 Social Services
disb. 7269.73
Farm Credit Services is in the insurance business to keep you in
Iuskless. We don't want you to buy more protection than you need OR
have less than you' should. That's why we employ full-time specialists to
help cover your crops, protect your revenue and your future. We are
trained to make insurance less complicated and a smart part of your risk
management plan for your crops, livestock and yourself.
Farm Credit Services of Mandan
Contact: Holly Jordan, Dickinson Branch
(701) 227--1207 or (800) 291-1207
www.farmcreditmandan.com
63107 AVTEX 6500.00
63108 Midstate
Communications 28.00
63109 ND State Radio 2387.10
63110 GV Treasurer 2500.00
63111 Beach Food Center 16.15
63112 Golden Valley News 471.45
63113 Golden Valley SCD 75.00
63114 Jim Groll Snow Removal22.50
63115 Prairie Lumber 6.55
63116 SW Business Machines 115.00
63117 Ashley Ueckert 70.13
63118 US Postoffice 100.00
63t 19 Auto Tech 400.05
63120 Balco Uniform Co. 717.00
63121 Doublewood Inn 69.30
63122 Boss Office Supply 347.39
63123 Buckboard Inn 149.89
63124 Comfort Inn 63.00
63125 Darrel's Body Shop 65.00
63126 Electro Watchman 144.00
63127 Fireside Office Solution 32.00
63128 Brenda Frieze 61.20
63129 Grand International 69.30
63130 GV Co. States
Attorney 1654.17
63131 ITD 12.40
63132 Institute of Local Govn. 12.40
63133 Zane Manhart 40.00
63134 McGruff Safe Kids 301.60
63135 AI Miller 95.97
63136 Matthew Bender 63.46
63137 Post Board 140.00
63138 Pitney Bowes 355.57
63139 Pro Forms 109.28
63140 The Radar Shop 207.00
63141 RC&D 3392.01
63142 Rough Rider Institute 4678.00
63143 Silvernale-Silha 512.50
63144 St. Joseph's Hospital 264.00
63145 Ceil Stedman 238.20
63146 Zee Medical Supply 84.30
63147 Henry Gerving 55.00
63148 Kadrmas, Lee
& Jackson 1510.91
63149 Boiler Inspection
Program 115.00
63150 Butler Machinery 12.46
63151 Colonial Reseamh 370.60
63152 Capital I Industries 86.79
63153 Dakota Insurance 321.00
63154 Farm Plan 47.00
63155 Farmers Union Oil co. 2196.68
63156 George's Tire Shop 1795.00
63157 Golva Coop 772.80
63158 Industrial Towel 45.79
63159 JP Steel & Supply 48.68
63160 Lawson Products 1299.11
63161 Mon-Dak
Oil Company 13()38.91
63162 Napa 763.80
63163 NDACo 222.60
63164 Powerplan 13194.39
63165 Rohan's Hardware 105.42
63166 Winter Equipment Co. 1500.74
63167-63172 County Park
& Rec Disb. 10000.00
63173-63201 Collections
submitted 121455.07
63202 NDACo 198.93
63203 ND State Treasurer 2711.17
63204 Harm Law PLLC 202.50
63205 Social Services disb. 125.00
63206 Conseco Insurance Co. 33.96
63207 Reservation Telephone 40.00
63208 City of Beach 273.50
63209 MDU 1705.03
63210 Midstate
Communications 1002.90
63211 Social Service disb. 90.00
63212-63216 Library disb. 726.81
63217 Brooke Davidson 60.50
63218 AIItel 192.44
63219 Golden Valley County 3937.69
63220 Golden Valley County 5331.56
63221 Golden Valley County 4334.77
63222 GV County Treasurer 618.00
63223 GV County Treasurer 3800.44
63224-63225 Golden Valley
County 4273.71
63226-63235 Cafeteria
Plan Disb. 3047.45
63236 Document Preservation
Disb. 410.00
63237 Aflac 712.53
63238 Cenex Fleetcard 1695.76
63239-63240 Olson & Maus 21.42
63241-63242 NDSU Extension
disb. 527,21
Credit Card Intuit 396.44
12253-12304 GV County
Employees 58268.55
Chairman Quale declared the
meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
A'I-rEST:
CeciliaStedman, auditor
David L. Quale, Chairman, County
Commission
(May 12)
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Springsingers
Beach Lincoln Elementary students perform at their spring concert on April 28. (Photo by
Phillip Henley)
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2
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iduct bed fires
TRNP to con prescr
The National Park Servicep!ans . ,Tcwq:sa,..:-eat,g.qted burned and unburned ircas is m
to implement prescribed fire proj-
ects in Theodore Roosevelt
National Park's North Unit between
May 1 and May 27.
Prescribed fires are those started
by park managers under specific
weather and fuel conditions for a
particular purpose. Air tempera-
ture, humidity, fuel load and mois-
ture. and wind speed and diredtion
are some of the many factors con-
sidered in determining whether con-
ditions are favorable to start a burn.
"Fire, like grazing by bison and
other large herbivores, is a natural
process that contributes to the main-
tenance and health of prairie
ecosyst6ms within the park," said
Superintendent Valerie Naylor.
"National Park Service policy
stresses managing fire for resource
benefits rather than merely sup-
pressing it."
to. be' ,burned'." torMinEapproximate-
ly 1.200 to 22()0 acres, One bum
area is near the Longhorn Fiats
Pullout and the other is west of
River Bend Overlook. in the park's
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness
Area between the Little,Missouri
Rixer and the scenic tour road. The
primary objective of the bums is to
restore fire to parts of the landscape
that have historically been subject
to natural, periodic wildfire. The
topography includes nhmerous clay
buttes, moist drainages, and areas of
bare ground which provide natural
lirebreaks, These help firefighters
contain the fire to desired areas and
avoid impacts to fire sensitive vege-
tation and culturally important sites.
The burn prescription, fire behavior,
and site conditions will result in a
only fraction of the area actually
being burned. This mosaic of
outcome expecb.'d in a natur'atlv
OCClll'rin l't'. LIC(_C@(!i!]L ' t(r!C Pa!:
Service.
If fa\\;orablc v.ca!hcr c r;J, iti,m
exist to alloy, for a ,aft burn. loon!
fire department-; and lay, en!,rcc
meat agencie,, \\;]11 be nc,fi!rc, l and
signs ,,',ill be placed a!on,4 dic ,,ad
and at park xNitor ccntcr- u, n,:fit'..
the public. Nati-rml Park %er,.icc
personnel ,,,,'ill be assiqed hx ()ther
federal land management agcncic,, t
safely carl", out the prc',;clibed hurn.
A short closure of the Scenic l)ri\\;e
may be neces,ar,, flw visitor ,,a/ctv.
Information will be a-ailabh: on
the park ', v, eb,,ite at
,a ,a vc.nps.gm thro. In addition, a
source of fire intonnation ,,pecific
to Theodore Roosevelt National
Park and the Northern Great Plains
can be found at
v, ww.nps.go,, ngplne thr{.hnl!.
BEACH
St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church
Rev. Russ Kovash
Mass: Saturday 6:30 p.m.
and 10:30 a.m., Sunday
Golden Valley Manor Chapel
Pastor Ron Hudson of Calvary Chapel
Sundays - 6:30, Communion, first
Sunday in each month
St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
LCMS
Rev. Scott Hojnacki
Sunday Worship - 10:15 a.m.
Sunday School - 11:15 a.m.
First Lutheran Church - ELCA
Pastor J.T. Burk
Sunday School - 8:10 a.m.
Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m.
Beach Evangelical Church
Rev. Dr. James Isaac, pastor
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Worship - 10:45 a.m.
United Community Church
Pastor Warren Maxted
Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.
BELFIELD
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Rev, Shannon G. Lucht
Saturday Mass: 4 p.m.
Confessions: 3:15-3:45 p.m.
Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.
Confessions: 7:45-8:15 a.m,
St. John's Ukrainian Catholic
Church
Rev. Taras Miles
Divine Liturgy: 8 a.m. on first, third
and fifth Sundays,
l0 a.m. on second and fourth
Sundays
St. Peter's Lutheran - I, CMS
Rev. Scott Hojnacki
Worship Service: Sunday - 8 a.m.
Belfield Lutheran - ELCA
Rev. Roger Dieterle
Sunday School (all ages): 11 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.
Daglum Lutheran Church -
ELCA
Rev. Roger Dieterle
(Located 25 miles southeast of
Belfield)
Sunday Worship - 11:45 a.m. on
first and third Sunday
of each month
Belfield Baptist Church
• Rev. Robert Htibichuk
.Sunday Worshfp: 9 a.m.
Sunday Bible Study;.1.0 a.m.
,.
Beifield Church of God
78 t Milissa Ave. •
Pastors Harold & Marge Sundgren
Thursday, 7 p.m.
FAIREFIELD
St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic
Church '
Rev. Taras Miles
Sunday Divine Liturgy: 8 a.m. on
second-andfourth .
Sundays, and 10 a.m. on first, third
and fifth Sundays
SOL VA
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Rev. Russ Kovash
Mass: 8 a.m., Sunday
MEDORA
Medora Lutheran - ELCA
Roy. Roger Diet, erie
Sunday Worshi p - 8:30 a.m.
Sunday Sc! col: 3:30p.m.,
WJnesday
• Unio.n Congi egational Church
June, July and August only
i
Sunday orsifip - 10:3{)a.nJ
St. Mary's Catholic (_ hurch
Saturda 4:00 p,m
May 3 - end of()cL
No Masses durine winter mofl
SEVTIVEL B['TTt
Trinity l.uthcran (hurch
Pa>lor .I. [. Burk
Sunda.', \\;\orship - S am.
TROTTERS;
Trotters (hurch
1st and 3rd Sunda ofcaci m,nth.
If IB t IX
United Methodist ( hur'ch
Pastor Ruth \\;toKen/it
Sunday \\;Vor,&ip: 9 a.m.
Cai',a D Temple. Assembb, of God
Pa,qor "klidy l.all
Sunday' \\;\orship 11):3(; a.m.
Sunday School- V:3( am
Trinit I,utheran Church -
E ICA
Paqor l.r. [Yul L
Sunda, \\;\or'hip 1 I15 a.m.
Christian Fundamental Church
, Pastor Jerem\\; Stradl,:x
Sunda; School 9:45 a.m.
Sunday \\;\orshlp 11 a.m.
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