Street Maintenance Front Foot Assessment

At a glance

• What: Resolution 97-26 levying a special front foot assessment fee for street maintenance and repair.
• Where it stands: Adopted September 1, 2026, 7-0.
• Amount: $1.00 per front foot for the year 2027.

Details

Every lot, tract and parcel fronting a city street is assessed $1.00 per front foot for 2027, except parcels exempt by law. "Front foot" means the actual front of the premises as established by the buildings, record title and use of the property, regardless of the original plat. The City Clerk certifies the fees to the county auditors of Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties, and they are collected as municipal taxes for general purposes. The item came from Public Works; the minutes record no public comment on it.

Moved by Pankonin, seconded by Basye; roll call 7-0 (Pankonin, Sigette, Spellerberg, Basye, Merkouris, Okuwe, Oppenheimer). Thomason absent.

Sources

• Minutes, September 1, 2026: https://amv.siouxfalls.gov/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Documents/ViewAgenda?meetingId=4322&type=Minutes&doctype=2

Log

2026-09-01 - City Council

Resolution 97-26 adopted 7-0 under Hearings and Resolutions (Item 40).