2026-05-05 - City Council Informational Meeting
Summary
Built from the official approved minutes (called to order 4:00 PM, adjourned 4:54 PM). No agenda or video on file.
- Present: Basye, Brown, Merkouris, Sigette, Soehl and Thomason. Absent: Barranco and Spellerberg. Council Chair Merkouris presided. No votes were taken.
- Councilor remarks: Vice Chair Sigette noted Soehl and Brown receiving awards at an Experience Sioux Falls event; Thomason thanked Barranco for his service; Basye spoke about the Division II NSIC Softball Championship at Augustana University.
- Homelessness Services Collaboration update by Michelle Treasure, Homelessness Services Coordinator (about 15 minutes plus discussion); Council questions answered by Treasure.
- 2024 International Code Council (I-Codes) and code enforcement consolidation update by Justin Christensen (Property Maintenance Inspection Manager) and Neil King (Chief Building Official), with Logan Penfield, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services, listed as a presenter. Questions were answered by King, Christensen, Jeff Eckhoff (Director of Planning and Development Services) and Todd Anawski, Government Affairs Director of the Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire.
- Public input: none.
- Adjourned 4:54 PM. Minutes signed by City Clerk Jermery J. Washington.
Homelessness Services Collaboration
- Slides were attached to the agenda but are not in the minutes. The minutes do not record the questions or answers.
2024 International Codes Adoption
- A preview of the code update that led to seven ordinances adopted September 15, 2026. The minutes do not describe the content of the presentation or the discussion, other than that the home builders association's government affairs director took part in answering questions.