2026-05-26 - Joint Sioux Falls City Council - Minnehaha County Commission Meeting

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (adjourned 5:35 PM). No agenda or video on file.

Joint meeting of the Sioux Falls City Council and the Minnehaha County Commission at Carnegie Town Hall.
City side present: Basye, Brown, Merkouris, Sigette and Thomason. Absent: Barranco, Soehl, Spellerberg and Mayor TenHaken.
County commissioners present: Gerald Beninga, Jen Bleyenberg, Cole Heisey, Dean Karsky and Joe Kippley. Absent: none.
Agenda approved 5-0 (Brown, Basye).
Ordinance 36-26 (Chapter 159, Comprehensive Extraterritorial Zoning Regulations, General Provisions) adopted on second reading, 5-0 (Sigette, Brown).
Ordinance 37-26 (Section 159.002, Purpose) adopted on second reading, 5-0 (Sigette, Basye).
The County Commission approved each item by a separate motion and vote; the county vote counts are not recorded in the minutes.
Public input: Minnehaha County Courthouse, COVID 19, and a COVID survival study.
Adjourned 5:35 PM on a voice vote, 5-0 (Brown, Basye). Minutes signed by City Clerk Jermery J. Washington.

Both ordinances amend the Revised Joint Zoning Ordinance for Minnehaha County and the City of Sioux Falls. The applicant for each was the City's Planning and Development Services. First readings were held May 19 at the 2026-05-19 - City Council meeting. The minutes do not describe the changes beyond the ordinance titles.