2026-06-16 - City Council Informational Meeting

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (no agenda or video on file). Meeting adjourned at 4:35 PM.

Present: Basye, Brown, Merkouris, Sigette, Soehl, Spellerberg and Thomason. Absent: Barranco.
Siouxland Heritage Museum Board (met June 4; Council members Sigette and Soehl): Sigette reported that individuals had approached the board wanting to study paranormal activity in South Dakota.
Shawn Pritchett, Director of Finance, gave the May 2026 financial presentation (about 15 minutes plus discussion).
Dan Grider and Alexa Jerstad of Great Bear Management gave an update on Great Bear Ski Valley sales and facility improvements.
No public input. No votes were taken.

Pritchett covered unemployment, inflation, the producer price index, wage growth versus inflation, year-to-date building permit valuations, year-to-date residential permits, sales tax growth less audits, sales tax collections, 12-month rolling taxable sales, entertainment tax growth less audits, lodging tax receipts, BID tax receipts, and General Fund year-to-date revenues and expenditures. The presentation was attached to the agenda; the minutes give no figures. Council questions were answered by Pritchett.

Dan Grider, General Manager, and Alexa Jerstad, Assistant General Manager, of Great Bear Management, Inc. reported on sales at the facility and improvements made. Council questions were answered by the management staff; no figures appear in the minutes.

Sigette's report on the paranormal-study approach was the only item under committee reports; no action or follow-up is recorded.