• The drought added fee from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) will not take effect January 1, 2013. The council received a letter from WAPA stating that with the forecast calling for near normal or above normal precipitation, there should be no need to add the fee. The snowpack in the mountains has been at 97 percent.
• There was discussion on the Trinity Episcopal Church meeting held Saturday. Councilman Eddy Opp said there is mold in the basement and the roof will need new shingles soon. The council has elected to not take on the property. "We would like to see it stay here," said Mayor Roy Olson, " but it's something we can't take on."
• City Finance Officer Anita Lowary reported that the Lawrence Dolney property is ready for demolition. She said that she has talked with Dolney about the property.  Some paperwork was never filed and the property is not in Dolney's name. Lowary said that Dolney has expressed his desire to walk away from the property because he has been very frustrated with the title work. The council will go ahead with the demolition and they will give Dolney enough time to get his personal belongings out. The cost of the demolition will be accessed against the property.
• Six requests for interest rates but only two were received for the funding of the substation transformers. One was from United Lease for 3.86 percent and the other was from Dacotah Bank for 3.15 percent. The total lease will be for $300,000 which will be paid back over five years. The annual payments will be $64,895.84. The total interest paid will be $23,322.09.
• Scott Meints, director of the Brown County Emergency Management System, has I formed the council that the members need to complete levels 200 and 700 of the Incident Command System. The council decided the best time to take the tests are in January or February.