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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown City Council met in regular session on Monday, March 6th.

Several items were up for discussion through the evening including bike path striping on 5th Street, the James River Ice House Dam, and automated garbage collection fees.

One of the first items discussed from the consent agenda was a resolution to advertise and solicit requests for engineering firms to perform a feasibility study to the James River Ice House Dam. Councilman Steve Brubakken stated that he wanted to look into a few more things before proceeding.

Brubakken made a motion for City Attorney Leo Ryan to do some research on the dam. Mayor Katie Andersen agreed.

The council unanimously approved.

Later in the meeting, discussion took place on the possible bike path striping on the North side of the 5^th Street NE Paving Project. Mayor Andersen stated that the shared-use path would run from 12^th Avenue northeast to the TRAC building and the remainder from there to the township road at 27^th Avenue.

She pointed out that the path would be eight foot wide and be a multi-use for both pedestrians and bikes.

Additional costs would be introduced in that plan. Resident K.C. DeBoer stated that his concern was the cost would be too much for the city to add the project, then making the alternative the bike lane striping.

Mayor Andersen pointed out that they would include it in the bidding costs, adding a bid alternative between 12^th and 15^th avenue. 23^rd to 27^th avenue would be added once development in that area occurs.

Mayor Andersen later discussed the city’s support for the Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center, which has been in the works for about a year and a half.  Mayor Andersen asked the council for approval on submitting city support.

The project would receive several grant opportunities if it received support from the council. The approval was unanimously approved.

The last big item up for discussion was initial automated garbage collection fees and landfill disposal costs. City Administrator Jeff Fuchs reported that he had calculated early numbers and came up with preliminary figures for recycling implementation.

The cost would include automated pickup, a 96 gallon recycling bin and the resident’s choice of a small, medium or large garbage container. Fuchs pointed out that mobile homes would have a bill of $16.70 and apartments would be $14.70. He also reported that due to a manufacturer’s error, the new city trucks would not be available until September this year.

Fuchs reported that he would like to send out a notice to city residents to see what size container they would be interested in having once recycling is implemented in the summer.