2026-08-25 - Joint Sioux Falls City Council - Minnehaha County Commission Meeting

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (adjourned 5:57 PM). No agenda or video on file.

Joint meeting of the Sioux Falls City Council and the Minnehaha County Commission. City side present: Oppenheimer, Pankonin, Sigette, Spellerberg, Thomason, Basye, Merkouris and Okuwe. Absent: Mayor Erickson.
Minnehaha County commissioners present: Gerald Beninga, Jen Bleyenberg, Cole Heisey and Joe Kippley. Absent: Dean Karsky.
Agenda approved 8-0 (Thomason, Basye).
Three joint budget hearings, each approved 8-0 by the Council on roll call and approved by the County Commission by a separate motion and vote (county vote counts not recorded):
Item 1, Metro Communications, presented by Aimee Chase (Sigette, Spellerberg).
Item 2, Siouxland Libraries, presented by Alysia Boysen (Thomason, Oppenheimer).
Item 3, Siouxland Heritage Museum, presented by Bill Hoskins (Pankonin, Thomason).
Public input: flock cameras, their misuse and vulnerabilities.
Adjourned 5:57 PM on a voice vote, 8-0 (Sigette, Spellerberg). Minutes signed by Jermery J. Washington, City Clerk.

Metro Communications, Siouxland Libraries and Siouxland Heritage Museum budgets heard jointly with the County and approved 8-0 by the Council. Budget amounts are not in the minutes. Part of the 2027 City Budget cycle.

One public speaker topic: misuse and vulnerabilities of flock cameras. No Council action.