2026-11-04 - Regular City Council Meeting
Summary
Built from the posted agenda and the posted minutes. The video transcript is pending. Minutes were read only in part, so some items below show the agenda description without a recorded result.
- Seven members were present; Councilor James Oppenheimer was recorded absent.
- Smithfield Packaged Meats and the Sioux Falls Development Foundation withdrew Conditional Use Permit CU-022527-2026. See Smithfield Packaged Meats Conditional Use Permit Withdrawal.
- A license renewal for a smoke shop on E 10th St was postponed to the 11/16 meeting, 7-0.
- Liquor hearings were set for 11/16 for Prime LLC (N Kiwanis Ave), Let it Fly SD transferring to River Crossing LLC (S Western Ave), and Maxwell Gallery & Events (N Main Ave).
- Ordinance 83-26 (parking fees and ticket appeals) was adopted as amended, 7-0: fees will be indexed to CPI starting 1/1/2028, with 60 days' notice before any fee increase. See Parking fees and penalties ordinance.
- Resolution 117-26 on the 21st St frontage assessment levy was on the agenda; the levy amount was not read. See 21st Street Frontage Assessment.
- Agenda also carried the rezonings at S. Cliff Ave and S. Sycamore Ave, first readings on the Frank Olson Recreation Center gift and the Chapter 37 property-tax-reduction ordinance, PFAS settlement participation, and the Ekert Addition annexation; results for these were not read.
Issues discussed
- Parking fees and penalties ordinance
- Rezonings at 6401 S. Cliff Ave and 700 S. Sycamore Ave
- Sanford Medical Center Liquor License Transfers
- Frank Olson Recreation Center Gift and Appropriations
- Chapter 37 Property Tax Reduction Ordinance
- PFAS Class-Action Settlement Participation
- 21st Street Frontage Assessment
- Ekert Addition Annexation
- Smithfield Packaged Meats Conditional Use Permit Withdrawal
Agenda
- Consent: minutes of 10/20 (informational and council) and 10/27 joint meeting; contracts over $100K per 10/30 memo; alcohol requests; one-day liquor licenses; 2027 liquor license renewals
- Notice: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. withdrew CU-022527-2026 (with Sioux Falls Development Foundation)
- Set 11/16 hearings: Prime LLC, Let it Fly SD/River Crossing LLC, Maxwell Gallery & Events
- Transfer/renewal of Lewis Drug No. 18 package license (Sanford Medical Center, E 57th St)
- 2nd reading: parking fees and penalties ordinance
- 2nd reading: rezoning 6401 S. Cliff Ave (postponement to 12/1 planned)
- 2nd reading: rezoning 700 S. Sycamore Ave
- 1st reading: Frank Olson Recreation Center gift and naming agreement (Margie's Tree House Playground)
- 1st reading: supplemental appropriations for the center
- 1st reading: Chapter 37 property-tax-reduction ordinance
- PFAS class-action settlement participation (Amerex, Archroma, Carrier Global, Nation Ford)
- Frontage assessment, 21st St (Phillips Ave to 7th Ave)
- Ekert Addition annexation 023670-2026
Video
Transcript
Transcript pending.