2026-06-16 - City Council
Summary
Built from the official approved minutes (no agenda or video on file). Meeting adjourned at 6:32 PM.
- All eight members present: Merkouris, Sigette, Soehl, Spellerberg, Thomason, Barranco (by telecom), Basye, Brown and Mayor TenHaken. Invocation by Pastor Jake Van Der Linden of Prairie Hills Covenant Church.
- Barranco's audio could not be heard for several votes, so the recorded tallies are 7-0 without him; he left the meeting during the first readings because of the technical difficulties.
- Consent agenda approved 7-0 (Merkouris, Spellerberg). It included the minutes of the June 9 informational and council meetings, contracts over $100K (memorandum of June 12), a request to consume (not sell) alcohol at Arrowhead House on September 26, one-day liquor and malt beverage licenses (T Slat Inc. at the Levitt at the Falls, Bob Young Field, Startup Sioux Falls and Cadillac of Sioux Falls; Panacea Brewing Company), retail malt beverage renewals for 2026-27, four property tax abatements for one parcel (2022 to 2025, $2,163.95, $2,041.60, $1,965.62 and $2,602.73; disabled veteran exemption), and hearing dates of July 7 for a new Zest wine and malt license, a Sanford International PGA Tour liquor license (September 7 to 13) and a marathon malt license (September 20).
- Regular agenda approved 7-0 (Brown, Sigette). Unfinished business Items 22 to 25 approved together 7-0 (Merkouris, Basye): a malt beverage license for La Guanamex Grocery Store, a transfer from Neighborhood Market and Restaurant to 7 Spice LLC at 4301 East 12th Street, a one-day liquor license for the South Dakota Bar Foundation (June 25) and one-day malt and wine licenses for Bishop O'Gorman Catholic Schools (September 11).
- Ordinance 47-26 rezoning 4700 W. 26th St. adopted on second reading, 7-0.
- First readings, each with second reading set for July 7: 2901 E. 26th St., 412 W. McClellan St., and the Six Mile Road conservation rezoning. All 7-0.
- Resolution 69-26, intent to lease City property in the Post-Hall Addition, adopted 7-0.
- Public hearing held on the Dow Rummel Village refunding bonds (up to $55,000,000); no action.
- General public input: a poem, a request for explanation of agenda items before public input, and more stop signs in the Lake Lorraine area.
West 26th Street Commercial Rezoning
- Item 26, Ordinance 47-26 rezoning 4700 W. 26th St. from O Office to C-2 Commercial-Neighborhood and Streetcar (case 022687-2026; applicant Ryan Tysdal). Planning Commission recommended approval 3-0. Brown moved, Sigette seconded; 7-0.
East 26th Street Institutional Rezoning
- Item 27, first reading, 2901 E. 26th St. from RD-1, O and C-2 districts to S-1 General Institutional (case 022951-2026; applicant Architecture Incorporated, Steve Jastram). Planning Commission recommended approval 4-0. Spellerberg moved, Basye seconded setting second reading for July 7; 7-0 (Barranco's audio not heard).
McClellan Street Duplex Rezoning
- Item 28, first reading, 412 W. McClellan St. from RT-1 to RD-1 (case 022330-2026; applicant Linda Smith). Planning Commission recommended approval 4-0. Basye moved, Sigette seconded setting second reading for July 7; 7-0.
Six Mile Road Conservation Rezoning
- Item 29, first reading, property south of E. 10th St. and east of S. Six Mile Rd. (case 022968-2026; applicant Allen Development, Douglas R. Allen). Planning Commission recommended approval 4-0. Sigette moved, Brown seconded setting second reading for July 7; 7-0.
Post-Hall Addition City Property Lease
- Item 30, Resolution 69-26 (sponsor: Mayor) of intent to lease municipal property described as Lot 1 in Block 1, except Lot H-1, Post-Hall Addition, as required by SDCL 9-12-5.2 for leases over 120 days and over $500 annual value. Brown moved, Spellerberg seconded; 7-0. Dated June 16, 2026.
Dow Rummel Village Revenue Bonds
- Item 31, public hearing on the ordinance authorizing Health Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds (Dow Rummel Village), Series 2026, not to exceed $55,000,000, to refund 2016 and 2017 bonds, pay for repair and deferred maintenance, fund a reserve and pay issuance costs. No action was taken.
Other business
- No new business. Minutes signed by Jermery J. Washington, City Clerk.