Philip Lee Koppelman, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2023, surrounded by family at his home currently in Pine Island, MN. His long courageous battle with cancer allowed more time to cherish milestones and daily life together as family and friends. Phil was a beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother, and friend. A memorial service will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, November 11th at Breckenridge Lutheran Church in Breckenridge, MN. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior to service at church.
Philip Lee Koppelman, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2023, surrounded by family at his home currently in Pine Island, MN. His long courageous battle with cancer allowed more time to cherish milestones and daily life as family and friends. Phil was a beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother, and friend. A memorial service will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, November 11th at Breckenridge Lutheran Church in Breckenridge, MN. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior to service at church.
Tim Buth was unloading the bin, and the auger became plugged with crusted material, according to the Wilkin County Sheriff's Office. He entered the bin to dislodge the material, but the corn moved too fast, and he became trapped.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA June 21, 2022 6:00 P.M. PRESENT: Dan Allen, John Doescher, Kevin McCardle, Steve Rice, Dan Sabers, Jeffrey Smith ABSENT: Marty Barington, Susan Tjarks PRESIDING: Mayor Bob Everson AGENDA: Moved by McCardle, seconded by Sabers, to approve the following items on the consent agenda: a. City Council Minutes 1. City Council June 6, 2022. b. Committee Reports 1. Planning Commission May 23, 2022. c. Department Reports 1. Sales Tax Collections (May), 2. Finance (May), 3. Building Permits (May), 4. Police (May), 5. Fire/EMS (May), 6. Code Enforcement (May), and 7. Airport (May). d. Request to purchase nine APX 6500 Mobile Radios, thirty-two APX 6000 Portables, required components, programming, and installation. e. Purchase of Curbtender off of Sourcewell Contract Project #2022-16. f. Accept Grant Award from Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund in the amount of $25,000.00. g. Automatic Supplement to Parks-Sports Complexes in the amount of $1,245.00 from a donation of funds. h. Exchange Club of Mitchell Fireworks Permit for July 4, 2022. i. Special Event Permit for Cruising for a Cause on August 27, 2022. j. Raffle Permits 1. Palace City Pedalers with the drawing to be held on August 20, 2022 and 2. Davison County Democrats with the drawing to be held on October 24, 2022. k. Volunteer Board Appointments 1. Appoint Clayton Deuter to the Parks & Recreation Board for the term of July 2022-June 2025. l. Change Order #1 for Foster Street Bridge Rehabilitation Project #2021-02 increasing the contract amount by $10,866.00 to BX Civil & Construction, adjust contract amount to $695,866.00. m. Set date of July 5, 2022 for hearing 1. On the application to transfer RL-19079 Retail (on-sale) Liquor License from Anisa Deinert dba Jade’s, 107 North Main Street to Anisa Deinert dba Jade’s, 107 North Main Street due to reconfiguration of license. n. Approval of Gas and Fuel Quotations Vollan Oil Requested Bid Price per Total Bid Gallons Gallons Product On Road Diesel-#2 1,500 1,500 $4.69 $ 7,035.00 Off Road Diesel-#2 6,000 6,000 $4.415 $26,490.00 Total Bid: $33,525.00 o. Pay Estimates June 21, 2022 Pay Estimate #1 in the amount of $3,570.00 for 9th & 5th Reconstruction #2021-07 contracted to Brosz Engineering, Pay Estimate #14 in the amount of $4,020.00 for Landfill Cell #4 #2021-08 contracted to Helms & Associates, Pay Estimate #15 in the amount of $600.00 for Landfill Cell #4 #2021-08 contracted to Helms & Associates, Pay Estimate #1 in the amount of $3,531.94 for Firesteel Creek NAWCA Grant Administration #2021-14 contracted to Matt & Michaela Doerr, Pay Estimate #PH2-1 in the amount of $1,144.50 for Lake Mitchell-Phase II #2021-20 contracted to Barr Engineering, Pay Estimate #15 in the amount of $29,063.17 for North Wastewater Improvements #2021-31 contracted to HDR Engineering, Pay Estimate #7 in the amount of $772.87 for Risk & Resilience #2021-36 contracted to HDR Engineering, Pay Estimate #4 in the amount of $13,703.75 for Drake Field Turf #2021-54 contracted to Mid-America Golf & Landscape, Pay Estimate #2 in the amount of $4,491.64 for Rock Chips #2022-10 contracted to Spencer Quarries, Pay Estimate #1 in the amount of $2,420.00 for 1st & Main/7th & Main Signals #2022-08 contracted to HR Green, and Pay Estimate #1 in the amount of $23,443.02 for Dry Run Creek Lighting #2022-33 contracted to Builders Electric, LLC. i. Approve Bills, Payroll, Salary Adjustments and New Employee Hires and Authorize Payment of Recurring and other expenses in advance as approved by the Finance Officer. PAYROLL MAY 29, 2022 – JUNE 11, 2022: City Council $3,411.04, Mayor $1,474.35, City Administrator $5,686.92, Attorney $4,601.23, Finance $13,626.34, Human Resources $3,703.81, Municipal Building $3,139.60, Information Technology $2,809.76, Police $69,737.98, Traffic $5,148.02, Fire $34,698.68, Street $29,944.46, Public Works $18,534.92, Cemetery $7,415.82, Animal Control $1,660.64, Library $14,696.55, Recreation & Aquatics $27,101.78, Recreation Center $15,586.66, Sports Complexes $17,880.35, Cadwell Concessions $1,610.46, Parks $21,837.27, Supervision $5,666.66, E911 $20,706.49, MVP $666.31, Palace Transit $23,634.15, JVCC $852.31, Nutrition $3,903.56, Water Distribution $14,385.22, Sewer $16,612.29, Airport $2,672.72, Recycling Program $6,958.64, Waste Collection $6,000.65, Landfill $9,435.81, Corn Palace $28,801.56, Golf Course $9,489.38, Campground $2,217.60, Emergency Medical Services $30,289.00. NEW HIRES: CORN PALACE: Robert Barnes-$10.45, Dakota Becker-$11.45, Landon Bigge-$10.45, Sage Bohn-$11.95, Parker Bollinger-$11.95, Gavyn Degen-$11.95, Porter Geppert-$25.00, Porter Geppert-$10.45, Gavin Hinker-$10.45, Brody Huls-$10.45, Noah Larson-$10.45, Grant London-$11.95, Ernest Luna-$11.45, Charles McCardle-$10.95, Kelsey Morgan-$10.45, Greyce Northrup-$10.45, Reed Renken-$11.95, Jaylyn Sheesley-$9.95, Reese Sievert-$12.45, Brenden Wantoch-$10.45 FINANCE: Jerilyn Mickelson-$19.155 PARKS: Ashlynn Pollreisz-$7.60 RECREATION & AQUATICS: Lincoln Bates-$9.95, Lukas Bennett-$9.95, Elizabyth Clement-$9.95, Kelsey Dahme-$11.95, Elise Foster-$10.45, Sydnee Foster-$11.45, April Geist-$15.00, Mason Geraets-$10.45, Corbin Kramer-$12.45, Adaya Plastow-$11.95, Julia Platt-$10.45, Connor Singrey-$9.95 RECREATION CENTER: Bailey Henkel-$11.45, Brenna Morgan-$12.95, Kennedy Olson-$10.95, Broden Schulz-$10.45, Emerson Smith-$10.45 SALARY ADJUSTMENTS: E-911: Kathleen Brink-$27.543 FIRE: Luke Ruml-$22.574 POLICE: Bradley Buysse-$35.539 PUBLIC WORKS: Debra Hanson-Sudbeck-$26.115 TERMINATIONS: CORN PALACE: Parker Bollinger, Halle Mickelson WARRANTS: A-Ox Welding Supply, Supplies-$298.45; AAA Collections, Refund-$115.05; Abilene Machine, Supplies-$4,617.95; AFSCME Council 65, Union Dues-$511.51; Alignment X-Perts, Repair-$25.00; Amazon Capital Services, Supplies-$288.69; American Garage Door, Maintenance-$733.65; Aqua-Pure, Supplies-$1,612.50; Aramark Uniform Services, Service-$302.17; Arctic Refrigeration, Repairs-$68.11; AT&T Mobility, Utilities-$800.17; ATV Holdings, LLC dba Mitchell Telecom, Utilities-$2,738.21; Automatic Building Control, Alarm Contract-$2,208.17; Avera Occupational Medicine, Contract Services-$732.00; B-Y Water District, Utilities-$67,247.29; Bailey Metal Fabricators, Repair-$780.16; Barr Engineering, 2021-20 P.E.#Ph2-1-$1,144.50; Beacon Athletics, Supplies-$1,165.00; Big Daddy D’s, Contract Services-$4,152.50; Blackstone Publishing, Audio Books-$137.58; Boyer Ford Trucks, Supplies-$1,967.29; Brosz Engineering, 2021-7 P.E.#1-$3,570.00; Buhl’s Drycleaning, Laundry Service-$32.00; Builders Electric, 2022-33 P.E.#1-$23,443.02; Builders First Source, Supplies-$346.76; Butler Machinery, Supplies-$584.18; C&B Operations, Supplies-$1,364.10; CDW Government, Supplies-$181.82; Central Electric, Utilities-$10,846.00; Century Link, Utilities-$57.43; City of Mitchell, Utilities-$17,442.88; Civicplus, Annual Fee-$4,578.00; CJG Properties, Improvements-$10,000.00; Coborn’s, Contract Services-$530.25; Coca Cola Bottling, Supplies-$750.72; Core & Main, Repairs-$65,588.93; Core-Mark Midcontinent, Supplies-$12,300.35; Corporate Translation Services, Professional Services-$13.40; County Fair, Contract Services-$708.75; Culligan Water, Rental-$50.00; Dakota Fluid Power, Supplies-$157.22; Dakota Pump, Supplies-$1,147.96; Dakota Supply Group, Supplies-$82.84; Dakota Wesleyan Track, Revenue-$1,550.00; Dale Star, Reimbursement-$250.00; Dale Steffen, Testing-$180.00; Daniel Fossoy, Refund-$82.92; Darrington Water Conditioning, Rental-$105.15; Davison Rural Water Systems, Utilities-$154.50; Dean Knippling, Reimbursement-$201.37; Demco, Supplies-$88.32; Department of Agriculture, Environmental Fees-$5,916.18; Department of Social Services, Child Support-$1,104.41; Diesel Machinery, Supplies-$1,585.77; Dillon Coughlin, Fire School-$54.00; Dimock Dairy, Supplies-$647.75; Dug Out, Contract Services-$742.00; Emergency Education, Training-$100.00; Engineered Lining Systems, Supplies-$112,812.00; Farmers Alliance, Fuel-$4,319.27; Fastenal, Suppl
ATTENTION TAXPAYERS: NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OF $10,000 Resolution for Opt Out The Governing Board of Mitchell Township states that the above said board must opt out to qualify to participate in the Rural Access Infrastructure Fund Program. The Rural Access Infrastructure Fund was passed by the 2021 South Dakota legislature and will provide funds to repair, replace or renovate small rural township structures (small bridges or culverts with an opening of 16 square feet or more). We therefore opt out in the amount of $10,000 starting with calendar year 2022 taxes payable in the calendar year 2023. This opt out will be for five years which will be through taxes payable in the calendar year 2027. This action has been taken by the board. This decision may be referred to a vote of the people upon a petition signed by at least five percent of the registered voters in the township and filed with the governing body within twenty days of the first publication of this decision. Unless this action is ref erred to a vote of the people and reversed by such vote, this resolution authorized the county auditor to spread an excess levy to raise tax dollars in the above state amount. /s/ Mark A. Schilling, Board Chairman /s/ Mel D. Pooley, Supervisor /s/ Randy E. Northrup, Supervisor Published twice at the total approximate cost of $26.81 (April 13 & 20, 2022) 51634
RESOLUTION & ORDER VACATING ROADWAY Petitioners Lisa Christopher and Ashley Wilbur of Mitchell Township, Davison County, South Dakota, presented the following Resolution and Order and moved for its adoption: WHEREAS, a Petition having been received asking that Mitchell Township vacate a border section line highway described as: That existing public right-of-way which includes the statutory right of way and any right of way acquired by Deed(s) lying on the section line on the west side of a triangle of roads occurring where East First Avenue and East Havens Avenue intersect known as Wagon Road and formerly known as Old Landfill Road, Bartscher Road, Territorial Trail Road, Territorial Trail/Wagon Road and Wagon Road; said roadway being approximately 50 feet in width and approximately 500 feet in length; that further your petitioners state that as additional information, they point out: And further said Petition being in proper form and executed by more than the required number of electors of Mitchell Township; and further it having been determined that a vacation of said section line highway will better serve the public convenience; and that further this Petition having come at a regular meeting of the Board; and no one appearing in opposition thereto; and said Supervisors having considered said matter and being fully advised in the premises and considering it advisable to do so; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: That existing public right-of-way which includes the statutory right of way and any right of way acquired by Deed(s) lying on the section line on the west side of a triangle of roads occurring where East First Avenue and East Havens Avenue intersect known as Wagon Road and formerly known as Old Landfill Road, Bartscher Road, Territorial Trail Road, Territorial Trail/Wagon Road and Wagon Road; said roadway being approximately 50 feet in width and approximately 500 feet in length; be and the same is hereby declared to be vacated; and further that a copy of Resolution and Order be spread in the minutes of the Mitchell Township Board; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT SAID Resolution shall be published in The Mitchell Republic once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks; and that after such publication such highway shall be, after a lapse of thirty (30) days after the last publication thereof, vacated without further proceedings unless, appealed as provided by law; and that the Clerk, herein is further ordered and directed to cause to be recorded a true and correct copy of this Resolution and Order in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for Davison County, South Dakota; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED and hereby declared that the land reverts to the owners and the culverts and other improvements shall go with the land and become the property of the owners. The Motion was made by Supervisor Pooley and seconded by Supervisor Northrup and upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Supervisors: Chairman Schilling yea Pooley yea Northrup yea Motion carried STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) : SS COUNTY OF DAVISON ) I, Karen A Pooley, being the duly elected, qualified and acting Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Mitchell Township, Davison County, South Dakota, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Resolution on the action thereon by the Board of Supervisors of Mitchell Township, Davison County, South Dakota a the regular meeting of said Board, held on the 29th day of March 2022, as the same appears and is now recorded in the minutes of the clerk of the Board of said Mitchell Township and that the same is true and correct transcript thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of March, 2022. /s/ Karen A. Pooley Clerk Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st of March, 2022 /s/ James M Matthews Notary Public, SD My commission expires: 4-4-2024 (NOTARY SEAL) Published twice at the total approximate cost of $78.80. (April 6 & 13, 2022) 49373
NOTICE OF MEETING OF CONSOLIDATED EQUALIZATION BOARD AS PER SDCL 10-11-66, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Davison County Board of Commissioners, the Mitchell City Council, the Mitchell School Board and Mitchell Township, sitting as a Consolidated Board of Equalization of Davison County, South Dakota will meet in the Commission Chambers, located at 1420 North Main Street, Mitchell, SD in said County on Tuesday, the 12th day of April, 2022, (being the second Tuesday in April) for the purpose of reviewing, correcting and equalizing the assessment of said County for the year 2022. All persons considering themselves aggrieved by said assessment are required to submit written notice to the County Auditor no later than April 5th, 2022. Susan Kiepke, Auditor Davison County Published two times at the approximate cost of $17.51. (March 26; April 2, 2022)
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR VACATION OF PUBLIC ROADWAY Notice is hereby given that a Petition requesting that a certain public roadway be vacated in Mitchell Township, Davison County, South Dakota, pursuant to SDCL 31-3-6, as hereinafter specifically described has been received by the Board of Supervisors of Mitchell Township; that the Petition may be examined by contacting the Clerk of the Township at the address indicated below; that the specific description of the property being requested to be vacated is: That portion of the township roadway lying on the west side of a triangle of roads occurring where East First Avenue and East Havens Avenue intersect known as Wagon Road and formerly known as Old Landfill Road, Bartscher Road, Territorial Trail Road, Territorial Trail/Wagon Road and Wagon Road; said roadway being approximately 50 feet in width and approximately 500 feet in length. Therefore, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Mitchell Township will hold a public hearing to consider the vacation of the above described public roadway; that such meeting will be held on Tuesday, the 29th day of March, 2022, at 6:00 pm at the Carnegie Resource Center, 119 West 3rd Ave, Mitchell, South Dakota. That any persons interested in the proposed action may be present at said date and time and present their information, opinions and/or arguments relative to the proposed action. Any persons unable to attend this hearing may deliver their written opinion for consideration by the Board of Supervisors, such testimony should be delivered prior to the date and time of the scheduled hearing by mailing or delivering the opinion to Karen A Pooley, Clerk of Mitchell Township, 123 West First Ave, PO Box 1011, Mitchell South Dakota. Mitchell Township Karen A Pooley, Clerk Published twice at the approximate cost of $35.02. (March 12 &19, 2022) 40856
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Alpena Township Clerk Michele Palevich proudly shows off pictures of her family while at work Monday. She is already planning for a special election, which is part of her job.
ALPENA — Townships come in various sizes and have different numbers of employees to run them.
That can make the day-to-day jobs involved in running one township very different from the jobs needed to run another.
Three township trustees from around Northeast Michigan talked to The News about those and other issues:
BIG-PICTURE, WHAT IS YOUR JOB?
Laura Hilla, treasurer, Rogers Township: “My job as township treasurer is to collect current-year summer and winter property taxes for Rogers Township in Presque Isle County. At the beginning of March, any unpaid taxes for the previous year are turned over to the county to collect and are considered delinquent.”