2026-07-14 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (no agenda or video on file). Meeting adjourned at 6:51 PM.

Last meeting of the outgoing Council: Thomason, Basye, Brown, Merkouris, Sigette, Soehl, Spellerberg and Mayor TenHaken present, none absent. Every roll call was 7-0.
Recognition and flag presentations for Mayor TenHaken and Council Members Brown and Soehl, made by Council Leadership Merkouris and Sigette.
Consent agenda approved 7-0 (Sigette, Spellerberg); regular agenda approved 7-0 (Basye, Sigette). Consent included the July 7 minutes and contracts over $100K (memorandum of July 10).
Adopted five ordinances on second reading: Ordinance 51-26 (Dow Rummel Village bonds, up to $55,000,000), 52-26 (wastewater revenue bond, up to $51,900,000), 53-26 (contract signature authority, as amended), 54-26 (public safety records fees) and 55-26 (Carmon Family Glen naming agreement), each 7-0.
Adopted Resolution 75-26 correcting the legal description of the Foundation Park North Residential annexation, 7-0.
Set an August 11 hearing on a street right-of-way vacation requested by Crusher Investment Company, 7-0.
No general public input. Adjourned on a roll call of 7-0 (moved by Soehl, seconded by Brown).

Ordinance 51-26 authorizing Health Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds (Dow Rummel Village), Series 2026, not to exceed $55,000,000, to refund 2016 and 2017 City bonds, pay for repair and deferred maintenance on the campus, fund a reserve and pay issuance costs. Brown, Spellerberg; 7-0.

Ordinance 52-26 authorizing a wastewater system revenue bond to the South Dakota Conservancy District, not to exceed $51,900,000. Basye, Spellerberg; 7-0.

Ordinance 53-26 amending Chapter 36 Section 36.020. Brown moved adoption, Sigette seconded. Merkouris moved (Basye seconded) to substitute subsection (d), listing the document types the mayor may delegate by executive order to a department director, assistant director or city engineer, including construction change orders of $100,000 or less. Amendment 7-0; ordinance as amended 7-0. The minutes spell Basye's name "Bayse" here.

Ordinance 54-26 revising Chapter 41 (Fees) for production of documents of public safety agencies and other City departments. Spellerberg, Sigette; 7-0.

Ordinance 55-26 authorizing the Mayor to sign a conditional gifting and naming agreement for donated real property to be named the "Carmon Family Glen at Falls Park." Brown, Sigette; 7-0.

Resolution 75-26 correcting the legal description in Annexation Resolution 30-26 (adopted April 7, 2026). Spellerberg, Sigette; 7-0.

Proposed resolution vacating part of the 66-foot statutory right-of-way within Tract 1 of Westwater at Cherry Lake Addition; applicant Crusher Investment Company. Sigette moved, Brown seconded setting the hearing for August 11; 7-0.

Consent items: contracts over $100K; notice of contracts under $100K and change orders over $100K through July 30; a one-day liquor license for an August 8 event at The Social (301 South Thompson Avenue); and eleven property tax abatements the Council concurred with the Minnehaha County Commission on (2024 and 2025 taxes; from $221.05 to $2,602.74; ten for Disabled Veteran exemption under SDCL 10-4-40 and 10-4-41, and one for structures removed after the assessment date).
Notice of contracts under $100K and change orders over $100K through June 30, 2026 received.