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County Commission 8:30 on Tuesday,
August 18, 2026. Please rise for the

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pledge of
>> allegiance

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[clears throat]

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the

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stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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» Item number three on the agenda is
approval of the agenda. Do I have a

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motion to approve?
>> So move.

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» Second.
>> Motion second. Any changes, corrections,

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comments?
Hearing none. All those in favor signify

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by saying I.
>> I.

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» Oppos say nay. Motion carries. Item four
is an invitation for a citizen to

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schedule time on the ag on the
commission agenda for an item not

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listed. There's a five minute time limit
per person. Anyone wanting to speak

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during this agenda item must sign in
prior to the start of the meeting. No

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commission item action will be taken
during this agenda item. Any requested

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action may be scheduled for a future
meeting date. We have a few signed in

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today. First one is Mary Nsmush.

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» [snorts]

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» I'm going to ask you,
please.

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» Is this where you want me?
>> Yep. Right there. Just speak into the

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microphones, please. Mary

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» Mary Nasbush. I live in Duel County. I'm
here to talk to you a little bit today

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about the um power on Midwest proposal
to build a 765

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kilovolt power line from Bigstone Power
Plant down here to Brookings County.

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What I want to talk to you about today
is who has authority over what. We all

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know that the PUC permits power lines in
our state. Um, but I think there's a lot

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of misunderstanding about what the PUC
has the ability to do or not do. Um,

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in Grant County, I was told by the
commissioners that the PUC will make

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setbacks and blah blah blah. There is no
requirement in the law that tells the

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PUC to do that. They work more as a
judicial

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um entity that reviews applicable laws
and determines whether or not a project

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meets the applicable laws, health and
safety and then they decide on those

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merits whether or not the project can be
permitted. So what I have handed out to

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you today is the South Dakota codified
law that governs how the PUC will make a

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decision. So, let's I'm just going to
read it to you and read it into the

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record here so that we all agree that
these are the rules under which these

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decisions will be made.
It's South Dakota Codified Law Chapter

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49-41B-22

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applicants burden of proof.
The applicant has the burden of proof to

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establish by a prepundonderance of the
evidence that the proposed facility will

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comply with all applicable laws and
rules. And this includes your county

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zoning rules. The facility will not pose
a threat of serious injury to the

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environment nor to the social and
economic condition of inhabitants or

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expected inhabitants in the sighting
area. An applicant for an electric

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transmission line, solar energy, or wind
energy facility that holds a conditional

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use permit from the applicable local
units of government is determined not to

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threaten the social and economic
condition of inhabitants or expected

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inhabitants in the sighting area.
The facility

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will not substantially impair the
health, safety or welfare of the

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inhabitants. And four, the facility will
not unduly interfere with the orderly

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development of the region with due
consideration having been given the

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views of governing bodies of affected
local units of government. That's you,

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an applicant for an electric
transmission line, a solar facility, or

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a wind energy facility that holds a
conditional use permit from the

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applicable local units of government.
And that's going to be Grant County,

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Duel County, and Brookings County is in
compliance with the subdivision.

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Gentlemen, you hold the key. You alone
are the one unit of local government

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here in Brookings County that has the
authority to protect your county

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residents from overindustrialization
of your egg land.

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A 2,000 ft setback for a high voltage
power line is a reasonable request for

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the health and safety of your people.
That's what we adopted in Duel County

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back in March.
Even the simplest structure to be built

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in your county has setback requirements.
Why not also require setbacks for

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structures which are taller than the
SDSU campal?

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Thank you for your time today.
>> Thank you, Mary.

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Next up is Andy.
>> Did I get that right?

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» You did.

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» Hello, I'm Angela Dailyaly or Angie
Dailyaly. I go by both. I'm a member of

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the board of directors for the Humane
Society, Brookings Regional Humane

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Society, and I am the chair, current
care chair of the capital campaign.

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Um, if you recall our presentation
before the county meeting in April 2026,

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we have recorded a significant number of
pets brought to BRHS.

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the cost of hiring staff at minimum wage
to care for animals every day of the

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year. That includes Christmas,
Thanksgiving, and numerous other

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holidays.
[snorts] Um, has increased by 35%

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in the last 10 years.
I have looked at Brookings Humane

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Society M uh meeting minutes and have
observed that the county has given the

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same subsidy for those last 10 years,
which is $10,000.

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So our our cost of simple labor to get
somebody in there all the time to just

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give meds, walk, water, feed
has increased by 35%.

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And our funding from the county has not
increased at all.

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It's difficult to operate this uh this
valuable service to the whole county

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[snorts] without sufficient funds. And
we do a great job fundraising. We have a

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boatload of volunteers both offering uh
foster homes for animals that are in

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need of a permanent home as well as
professionals namely the veterinarians

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who donate their time and skills to come
out spay neuter and other simple medical

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treatments for the pets that we collect.
And if you look at information from each

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of the different counties or each of the
different cities within Brookings

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County,
most of them have some type of agreement

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with the city of Brookings.
The city of Brookings will take their

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pets and hold them for 5 days. Period.
five days for the owner to come forward

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and then they are no longer the city of
Bookings's problems.

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So I ask you to keep that information in
your mind as we go through these uh

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budgeting processes for the year. Thank
you for your time.

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» Thank you. Thank you.
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Tamara Markle.

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» Hi, my name is Tamara Markell and thank
you for this opportunity to speak about

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the um library voucher system. Um the
voucher system I am I am against it for

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two reasons. Um
it is first of all the cost of it. it's

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just extra cost administratively
and um and then [snorts] secondly

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it just it it puts up barriers to access
and it is my belief that the library is

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open for business for everyone
and um

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I I just I hope that you consider that
when you vote on this. So thank you.

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» Thank you.

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Rufus Dilo.

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» Yep. It's Rufus Dazo. You did a pretty
good job with a lot of people. Uh

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butchered a whole lot worse than what
you just did. So, thank you for the

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effort.
>> I apologize.

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» No, you're fine. Uh yes, my name is
Rufus Dale. Uh I've came and visited

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with you uh once before. Uh have visited
also with the zoning uh committee a

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couple times in the subcommittee as
well. Uh the topic that I'm here to

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discuss is the 765 KV line that Poweron
Midwest is proposing to build on my

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land. uh at the subcommittee meeting the
other night, uh a gentleman from Excel

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uh stood up and spoke and he he said a
few things that uh I'd like to comment

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on briefly. Uh the first thing he said
was that uh when they were proposing

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this route that they tried to do a a a
really good job of negotiating with land

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owners to try to find the best route. uh
through this process, we've not had

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anybody come to our place uh to visit
with us about it. We've not negotiated

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with them in terms of uh them asking us
if we think the route is good and where

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maybe we thought it should be. The only
contact we've had with them is at first

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a gentleman came and presented the
easement papers and uh we had a nice

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discussion and and kindly told him that
we weren't interested. we weren't going

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to sign the ement and he left. A while
later, we got another packet in the mail

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from a different place, a different
company that was uh hired to se acquire

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easements from a firm in Sou Falls. And
so we get this great big packet in the

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mail and in it were the same things that
the first gentleman gave us. And there

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were little sticky notes on the side of
every place that it said, "Please sign

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here and send back." To me, that does
not sound like a good faith negotiation

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effort. It just sounds like they're
trying to steamroll the project through

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us.
One of the landl uh one of the owners uh

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also where this land is going to or this
line is going to be built u is pretty

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close to 80. I know I don't know exactly
how old he is, but he's I'm pretty sure

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that he's approaching 80. He lives in an
assisted living facility.

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I called him yesterday and I said I
asked him I said so has this company

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approached you about signing an easement
for the line and he goes yes they have.

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He says a lady came to visit me and uh
presented the packet had all the things

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in there and she said we'd like to have
you sign this. And he goes I'm really

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and after reading it he goes I'm really
not in favor of this project. He said,

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"I really don't want this transmission
line to be built in my property, so I

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don't want to sign the easement." And
these are his words. She looked at him

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and he goes, "Well, we'll just we'll
just take it with by eminent domain."

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Okay. He thought about that and like I
said, he's almost 80 years old and he

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and he thought, "I'm not going to I'm
not going to win if I try to fight

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against a great big utility company. I
don't have the time. I don't have the

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money. I'm not going to do it." And so
he signed the easement here. Again, that

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does not sound to me like a company
that's that's doing a very good job of

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negotiating a route.
The other thing that uh the guy spoke

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about the other night is something that
we're obviously very concerned about is

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having the line on our property and the
effects that it'll have on us.

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One of the subcommittee u individuals
asked him about

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routing the routing the line and when
they come to the 345 line what do they

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do? And he says well we'll parallel it
for a while. He said but we but we'll be

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really careful how close we put it to it
because we're concerned about the safety

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of our workers being close to it. Okay.
This is a 345 line. But yet this route

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is going to go over top of our land.
We're going to be working under it,

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around it, and it's a 765.
Where's the concern for our safety? I

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don't I don't see that happening at all.
You know, you talk about setbacks, and

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setbacks are important. Okay,
setbacks do a couple things. They get

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you away from maybe nuisances,
annoyance, or whatever the case may be.

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setbacks for our property will
absolutely do us no good because of

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where it's going to be placed. Okay, a
500 foot a 1500t setback gets you away

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from the line, but the setback I'm
concerned about is being under it. And

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so the height of the tower is the
setback that's going to affect us. And

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uh to me that presents a lot of
concerns.

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you know at at the subcommittee meeting
you know I asked the people on the

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subcommittee
it feels like the only uh time that we

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have to visit with you guys 30 seconds.
Yeah. I I understand that. you know,

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you're concerned about 5 minutes and
we're concerned about something that's

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going to affect us the rest of our life.
So, I apologize if I go over 30

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[clears throat]
and now I lost my train of thought. Um,

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so at the subcommittee, I invited
everybody to come out and I'd show them

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where this thing is going to be built on
our land, you know, and and nobody has.

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And I understand that you guys are busy
and all that kind of stuff, but a

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project of this magnitude, I would sure
hope that you would visit not just with

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us, but everybody that's along along the
line and see how they're going to be

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affected because the decision you guys
ultimately ultimately make could

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potentially affect us for the rest of
our lives. So, I apologize if I've gone

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over uh but I don't apologize because
like I said, this is the only chance

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that we have to present our view.
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» Thank you.

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Sean Morris.

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[snorts] It's not built for me. Most
things aren't, I guess. Uh, thank you

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very much. My name is Sean Morris. Uh,
proud, relatively new Brookings

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resident. My wife and I moved here a
little bit over six years ago from

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Chicago. So, please don't hold that
against me. I am a refugee, not a

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missionary. So, let's just get get that
out of the way. Um, I'm I'm here on

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behalf of the Brookings Regional Humane
Society as I guess you'd call it a

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volunteer and also an early investor um
in their proposed project. And I I want

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to thank everyone here. I I was here in
April when uh the presentation was made.

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So, I appreciate the time you provided
to the to the organization and your

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consideration as you move forward. And
uh just a little bit of a backstory

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about my why my wife and I got involved
and um when we moved here, one of the

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things we brought with us was uh a
rescue dog we had from Chicago. We lost

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him and then we knew we wanted to get
another dog. We waited a little bit. We

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went to the Brookings Regional Humane
Society. After Rudy passed away, I moved

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back up to number two in the household.
when we adopted Chief from the Brookings

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Regional Humane Society, I assumed my
previous role as number three in a

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household of three and trying to hold on
to that. But um it was really important

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for us to, you know, give an animal a
second chance and one of the reasons

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that we love this community so much is
just the quality of life and the people

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and the quality of people and the
quality of things that uh are available

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here. And I I think um what really
speaks to a community, at least as far

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as I'm concerned, is you know, how do we
take care of the most vulnerable? And we

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all have a responsibility for that. And
you know, sometimes the most vulnerable

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have two legs, sometimes they have four.
Um and some of the situations we deal

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with, they have an un even number of
legs through no fault of their own. But

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it it's a tremendous uh I think resource
to the community. I know the impact.

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I've had an opportunity to see it. Uh
I'm by no means an animal expert, but

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being involved with uh the society as we
have up to this point in time, my wife

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and I decided, you know, if you care
about something, put your money where

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your mouth is. And so we decided to to
do that. And we appreciate your

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consideration of of anything that that
might be available for us. And I I just

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would uh also invite you if you did have
the opportunity if you've never been out

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to the facility to kind of see some of
the great work if for no other reason.

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You know, we all need to look for things
to kind of be uplifting. You know, um

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there's a lot of heavy subjects are
going to be discussed here today and and

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and in the country as a whole. And
sometimes I know for us, you know, my

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wife and I were looking for something
that can uplift you. Um you don't have

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to look any farther than what goes on
there. So, thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> [snorts]

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» Sue Engelman.

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Sue Engelman, Brookings County. Imagine
yourselves in the biblical era time and

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you are the king of a dominion. A
foreign group is asking to pass your

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dominion boundaries. You are in charge
of granting them or disallowing their

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passage. Today you are that king and
Excel Energy is the foreign entity. You

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are responsible for your vassels and
surfs, your constituents. You are

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responsible for the safety of all in
your dominion. The entity can only pass

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through your dominion with your rules or
they must go around your borders. Your

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laws and ordinances dictate how and if
they may pass through your dominion. I

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have presented information from men that
the state of Minnesota has deemed as

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expert witnesses. These men, Dr. W. Ben
Johnson and Kyle Johnson are currently

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fighting the same transmission line in
Minnesota. Our residents have

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passionately spoke out on numerous
occasions about their concerns for their

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safety with Excel's proposal. In the
past, I have asked for a 2,000 ft

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setback to match Duel County's current
ordinance. After I did more research, I

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found an alternative that is before the
Minnesota PUC right now, which is a much

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safer way to provide the same or even
better safety and financial electrical

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coverage to Brookings County. The
alternative is as follows. a 1.5 mile

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setback from all residences for the 765
kilovolt AC transmission line and or

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ultimately the most beneficial
alternative which is to install the

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industry standard 525 kilovolt DC
underground line along the existing

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transportation corridors such as
existing highway corridors or existing

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railway right ofways. A Brookings County
underground line ordinance would end all

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discussion of safety issues and
landowner concerns. The line would still

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be able to pass safely through Brookings
County and into Minnesota. The motans

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are putting the same alternative through
their state PUC. Right now, the two

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aforementioned Minnesota expert
witnesses now have to fight Excel Energy

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because their respective counties failed
to have an ordinance in place prior to

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XL filing in their county. Last Thursday
at the 765 kilovolt subcommittee

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meeting, I presented information
concerning this alternative DC

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transmission line and the many reasons
why it is the safest option for the land

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owners and the residents of South
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and

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Illinois where the 765 kilovolt AC line
is now proposed to travel with its end

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point in Chicago. This underground type
of transmission line is already being

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used in the PJM Heritage Mossby project
in Virginia and the so green project in

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Iowa to Illinois. This project is using
the CP CPKC railway rightway. The 765

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subcommittee has once again asked for
the advice from the XL representative

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what XL wants instead of listening to my
proposal that is grounded in the

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Minnesota PUC expert witness
testimonies. The subcommittee also

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wanted to hear what the XL's paid expert
doctor has to say. I truly believe this

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is a conflict of interest at the highest
station. I will be passing this

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alternative 525 kilovolt DC underground
transmission line information to the

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concerned citizens in both Grant and
Duel counties.

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We the people are not going to take this
Black Rockck owned entities crossing our

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Dominion lightly. My good men, may I
remind you this is an election year.

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Your vote regarding the safety of your
constituents will be remembered. Am I

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asking for anything but the safety of
our county? No. Again, I am asking for

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either a 1.5 mile setback if the line is
above ground or ultimately to install

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the DC underground along the existing
transportation corridors.

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These are the two pages that from the
Minnesota docket dockets that back up

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what I'm saying as far as the 1.5 mile
setback and the underground information

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on the back and the detriments of 765
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525.

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[snorts]

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Okay, moving on to cons. Number five,
consent agenda items

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include the minutes, travel and
education requests, personal action

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notices, sell your authorizations, human
services report. Do I have a motion to

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approve?
>> So moved.

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» Second.
>> Motion a second. Any comments?

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» Hearing none. Call the role, please.
>> Vanderwal.

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» Hi.
>> Post.

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» Hi.
>> Miller.

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» Hi.
>> Jensen.

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» Hi.
>> Hustler.

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» Hi. [clears throat]
>> Motion carries.

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» Number six. A approval of the claims. Do
I have a motion to approve?

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» Motion to approve.
>> Second.

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» Motion a second. Any comments?
>> There is one additional or another

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claims packet that I handed out this
morning. There's some um I think it was

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one a credit card
statement came in a little bit late, but

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we wanted to get that paid on time. So,
that is before you this morning that I

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handed out.
>> Any other comments with the addition or

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the the change? Hearing
none. Call the role, please.

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» Post. Hi.
>> Miller. Hi.

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» Jensen. Hi. Vanderwal. Hi.
>> Hustler. Hi.

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» Motion carries.
>> All right. Let's move to department head

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reports. We got four minutes. Highway.
>> All right.

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Good morning.
>> More in Brian.

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» So, I'll start with uh some of the
projects that we've been working on here

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the last couple weeks since we last met.
August 3rd, uh, Brookings County Road

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One was closed for a culvert
replacement. Uh, the culverts are

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installed and now we're waiting for, uh,
the contractor to show up to remove the

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sheet pile. But, uh, that project is
moving along nicely. It sounds like

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they're going to be here tomorrow to
remove that sheet pile and we can wrap

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that up and hopefully by the end of the
week or beginning of next, we have that

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open.
Uh August 4th, uh under the patching

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contract, Bose began, uh work on County
Road 16A or 214th Street. And uh due to

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some unforeseen circumstances, uh the
paving wasn't finished by the end of the

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week that week, but it spilled over into
the next. And then at uh soon as they

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got done paving, our crew immediately
followed uh with the completion of the

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shoulder widening. And uh we need to
wrap up uh placing some gravel material

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in the driveways along there. But uh I
believe that's a much safer stretch. And

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I also wanted to point out that we are
going to build our traffic counters up

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there cuz I I anticipate that the
traffic uh counters will show the

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evidence that with that being a much
safer stretch that we're going to have a

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lot of uh uh the traveling public on
there and also probably most likely

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speeding.
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August 7th, the Elkton phase 3 work was
completed and County Road 33 was opened

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up to the public.
Uh future projects here, we had a precon

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meeting for the 2026 Brookings County
surfacing project that's on County Road

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2 up by Lake Ponet. Uh, I was hoping
that I could say they started as of

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yesterday, but uh, those plans were
moved back and I will let you know when

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that project starts because we are going
to be looking at a road closure when we

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do that project. Um, and lastly here, I
attended the highway superintendent

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certification course and peer as a
veteran I should say. I didn't go take

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the class. I've already been certified,
but we did have right around uh 26 new

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highway superintendent attend that
class. And for our state, if you guys

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understand, we have 66 counties and 26
is a pretty big number for new highway

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superintendent.
And also in in lie of that the my

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secretary did attend um as we had our
office personnel workshop at the same

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time.
Is there any questions?

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» Anybody have anything for Brian?
>> Brian, I just have one question. Um

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Banner typically does structure
um inspections on the east half and the

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west half of the county. Remind me what
what half are they doing this year? We

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are doing the east half. Okay. Thank
you. [snorts]

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» Anybody have anything else for Brian?
>> Thank you very much.

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» Thanks.
>> All right. We're close enough to 9:00.

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Uh we're going to move to number seven
scheduled agenda items. Uh letter A

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there is a public uh hearing and action
to approve a one-day special event

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license to J Street Pub for event to be
held at the Bennett Barn on August 22nd,

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2026.
Do I have a motion to approve?

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» So moved.
>> Second.

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» Motion a second. All right. I would open
the public hearing. Do we have any

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proponents for this? Do we have any
proponents?

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» [clears throat and cough]

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[snorts]
>> Um, I just ask you to look at the

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application again. I believe it's at the
Owl, not the Bennett Barn.

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» That appears to be correct.
>> All right. Y

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» So, yeah. So, at the Owl Lodge, um, up
by Oakwood, um, we're hosting or

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bartending at a wedding. So,
>> All right. All right. Thank you very

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much. Thank you.
>> Do we have any other proponents?

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Any other proponents?

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Do we have any opponents?
Any opponents?

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Any opponents?
Hearing none, we'll close the public

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hearing. Do we have any comments from
the board other than the adjustment on

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the the application is right just adjust
in the minutes

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» and and as you recall we did change our
ordinance so this wouldn't necessarily

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in the future need to be coming back to
us but we we're in that 20 days of um

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kind of 20-day wait actually the 20th
this week is our when it will officially

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go into effect so moving forward after
this we won't have to do

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» this is the last one of these we have to
do Yes. [laughter]

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» All right.
So, hearing no other comments, call the

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role, please.
>> Miller.

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» Hi.
>> Jensen.

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» Hi.
>> Vanderwal.

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» Hi.
>> Post.

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» Hi.
>> Hustler.

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» Hi.
>> Motion carries.

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» All right. Letter B. Public hearing and
action to approve a retail onoff sale

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malt beverage and SD Farm Wine license
for CCNF Retail Inc. Friendly Fuel Court

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in Elkton to begin July 1st, 2026 and
end June 30th, 2027.

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Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So move.

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» Second.
>> Motion and a second. At this time, I

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would open the public hearing. Do we
have any proponents for this? Any

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proponents?

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Do we have any proponents?

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Any proponents?
Do we have any opponents? Do we have any

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opponents?
Do we have any opponents?

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We'll close the public hearing and
comments from the board.

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» I guess
>> Oh, go ahead. Go ahead.

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» Sorry, Jenna Baker from the finance
office. Um, I guess the only comment I

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would have I wasn't sure if there was a
representative in the back here. Um, no,

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that's okay. Um, so, uh, our office had
received a second, uh, retail onoff

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sale. Um, this would be their second
one, but they are they have plans to add

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an additional,
uh, area in their in the, uh, facility

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to basically house some more lottery
machines. And in order to do so, they

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need to obtain a second alcohol license.
I have passed around to each of you the

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existing plan of their business and then
on the second page is um is their

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proposed
plans. Um and then in my staff report

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you can see they have like a number of
steps that they have to do and take. Um,

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and ultimately the South Dakota lottery
has the final say on whether or not this

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gets approved uh to them or not. The
commission just basically approves the

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alcohol license, which as you know, we
have an unlimited amount. Um, and as far

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as I know, Burkings County doesn't have
anything in ordinance that speaks to

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lottery machines that I could find.
Is there anything else that you had that

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you wanted to add? I guess I don't know
if the public comments's done. I don't

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know if you would allow for him to
speak.

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» Yeah.

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» Just come up and recognize.

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» You all need a different copy. I have a
copy as well. Also, general manager for

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Whoa. for CCNF.
We purchased the Elkton uh Sky View

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Elton um
for many reasons. Obviously, it's a

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great little store. Unfortunately, it
wasn't the most efficient store when we

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purchased it. So, we knew going into the
uh process that we would have to remodel

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the location.
Um

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the proposed area where the two rooms
would be right now currently is an old

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kitchen that lasted I think 6 months. We
our business model, if you will, is big

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on customer service, food, and just
taking care of our customers. Obviously,

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we knew going into the project that the
bathrooms are too small, too old. We

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knew that the old the kitchen that we
you the main kitchen that we use was

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unefficient, and we needed to um make it
larger. The security area or the

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checkout area is too small. folks were
coming in the front door. It's, you

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know, jumping on each other. Some may be
paying going through the front door. So,

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for us, and we also have a liquor
license that we haven't used yet because

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there's no room on on the sales floor,
obviously. Um, it's a small little

418
00:38:25,359 --> 00:38:33,760
location. The proposed site that we're
looking at re I mean for rebuilding this

419
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:39,680
location is a make the large make the
large uh excuse me the restrooms larger

420
00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:44,880
more efficient for the consumer
uh increase the size of the cooler

421
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:49,680
increase the size of the checkout area
increase the size of uh the kitchen

422
00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:53,920
obviously and in doing that it's very
expensive and

423
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:58,000
there's two players in in the video
lottery. There's a non-smoker and a

424
00:38:55,359 --> 00:39:03,760
smoker. Um, so we're going to have we'll
have two rooms. One that's access I mean

425
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:07,760
folks can smoke in that's part of the
South Dakota lottery where the big old

426
00:39:05,359 --> 00:39:14,000
door open window all that look and then
the second would be more uh non-smoking

427
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:20,160
obviously. Um
yeah so I if you have any questions I

428
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:25,839
sure would love to answer them.
>> Board have any questions? And keep in

429
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:31,280
mind too, this would be uh separate. So
we've kind of identified it as um this

430
00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:36,000
one would be the second license would be
sweet B. They have their own they've

431
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:42,000
applied for their um they've applied for
an additional um sales tax license. Um

432
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:47,200
so it would be completely separate. They
have to have separate rooms, separate

433
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:50,960
doors, all that kind of thing. So
>> and you know the city of Brookings has

434
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:57,920
many of these. I mean, this isn't
uncommon. It just we don't see it a lot

435
00:39:53,599 --> 00:40:00,640
in the the county businesses, but so
>> Okay.

436
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:06,760
All right.
>> Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.

437
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:06,760
» Any comments from the board.

438
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,920
» Hearing none, call the role, please.
>> Jensen,

439
00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:12,960
» I.
>> Vanderwal,

440
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:13,920
» I.
>> Post,

441
00:40:13,599 --> 00:40:14,960
» I.
>> Miller,

442
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:15,839
» I.
>> Hustler,

443
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:20,480
» hi.
>> Motion carries.

444
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:28,280
All right, we're going to move back up
to routine business.

445
00:40:23,359 --> 00:40:28,280
Uh, department head reports. Sheriff

446
00:40:28,767 --> 00:40:30,787
[snorts]

447
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,560
» Good morning.
>> Morning.

448
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:42,880
» Morning.
>> Just a quick quick overview of the

449
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:51,040
detention center. We have 59 inmates
presently. Um 28 of them are Brookings

450
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:55,440
County inmates and uh 31 are from uh
other counties. Uh the biggest is the US

451
00:40:53,119 --> 00:41:01,520
Marshall Service. We have 24 inmates
from uh the Marshall Service. On the 247

452
00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:08,640
area, we have 8 87 participants and that
would keeps that area uh busy. Uh it's

453
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:13,280
been busy just like other departments.
Uh it's been a busy couple last couple

454
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:20,400
weeks. got school opening this week. So
that uh that brings on uh uh traffic and

455
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:25,040
that type of stuff and and uh so we uh
we're going to be working uh around the

456
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:30,400
schools uh for speed and that type of
things. Uh

457
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:34,000
also uh I think this is the second year
maybe third year we have what we call

458
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:37,760
breakfast with the deputies. So with
between Elton and Sou Valley, we every

459
00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:42,800
other week or every other month we go
into one of the those schools and have

460
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:47,440
breakfast with uh the kids and stuff.
And uh Vulga Christian has opened up

461
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:52,560
their doors to school or my school
resource officer too. So he's doing some

462
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:58,800
more things at uh at Vogga Christian
which is which is good. Um, and just

463
00:41:56,319 --> 00:42:02,400
talking about school resource, one of
the commissioners did call me about our

464
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:07,119
school resource officer because there
was some things going on with the city

465
00:42:04,079 --> 00:42:14,319
and so forth. And and uh just so if
anybody asks you uh um we don't charge

466
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:19,119
the school for school resource. That's
uh the county. I always felt that that

467
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:25,280
was uh um my responsibility or the
sheriff's office's responsibility to to

468
00:42:22,319 --> 00:42:29,040
go into the schools. At one time, I
think it was a year maybe a year and a

469
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:34,800
half ago, two years, I did approach the
school boards about um helping fund the

470
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:40,960
school resource officer, but at that
particular time, nobody had any money.

471
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:46,240
And uh
to be honest with you, it's probably the

472
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:49,839
best how we're doing it. Um you know,
sometimes when you pay for something,

473
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:53,760
then they expect you to be there all the
time. Um I still have control over the

474
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:58,079
school resource. So if there is an
emergency outside of his if he's got

475
00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:01,839
nothing going on, he still responds to
emergencies. He can leave the school and

476
00:43:00,079 --> 00:43:05,599
respond to emergency, especially if he's
in the town that he's the school

477
00:43:04,079 --> 00:43:09,040
resource.
If I didn't have him in the schools,

478
00:43:07,359 --> 00:43:13,440
this would put more of a burden on my
patrol department because he handles

479
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:18,720
everything in the schools and it's
vaping, catching kids vaping, uh

480
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:22,480
bullying, fights, uh those types of
things. So, he's there. If he wasn't

481
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:26,400
there, uh to handle those school
investigations, he handles anything that

482
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:32,079
happens on the school grounds. And that
would include ball games Friday night if

483
00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:39,760
there's what, whatever. So, it u uh the
way we have the system works good. Uh

484
00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:49,119
also this uh Wednesday night uh we'll be
going out to the u um um Good Roots they

485
00:43:45,359 --> 00:43:54,000
have their annual uh international uh
welcome back ice cream social for uh

486
00:43:51,839 --> 00:43:56,880
international students and there's
different vendors out there and this I

487
00:43:55,520 --> 00:44:02,480
think this will be our second or third
time out there and um we hand out a lot

488
00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:06,560
of stuff to the international students.
The biggest thing is I hand out his

489
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:10,880
driver's license manus. They all they
want to come and drive and so I go

490
00:44:09,119 --> 00:44:15,119
through a stack of driver's license
manus at that event. But it's good. They

491
00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:20,240
like to take pictures with the police.
You normally the uh uh Brookings police

492
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:23,440
is out there also and they they like
taking pictures with so a little bit I

493
00:44:21,839 --> 00:44:28,000
feel like a celebrity for a little you
know for about an hour and a half. So

494
00:44:25,599 --> 00:44:36,240
anyway, okay. Last Friday night, I
attended a flock camera uh uh discussion

495
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:39,599
uh over at the 21 building. Um uh there
was two city councilors there, but

496
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:45,359
nobody from the police department. We
and they talked about flack cameras and

497
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:52,240
and I think most of you have uh have uh
been uh listening or about the flack

498
00:44:50,319 --> 00:44:56,480
cameras. just for your information in
case uh anyone asks you is that

499
00:44:54,560 --> 00:45:01,040
Brookings County as you know we do not
have any flock cameras uh that um

500
00:44:59,119 --> 00:45:07,680
they're all in within the city limits of
Brookings at the present time uh at the

501
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:12,880
time and uh uh [clears throat] since I
was introduced to flock cameras probably

502
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:17,680
in 2021 when Madison put flock cameras
in in 2021 and I remember their first

503
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:25,359
30-day trial period or whatever it was
they caught up u the the flock

504
00:45:20,319 --> 00:45:30,319
camera um uh um hid on a stolen vehicle.
Anyway, but uh I did check into the

505
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:35,440
flock cameras and I just felt at that
that time that uh um they were

506
00:45:33,119 --> 00:45:39,520
expensive. The cameras themselves at
that time were $4,500, but it was the

507
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:45,680
everything else, the maintenance
contract and all that. So, I felt that

508
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:51,760
uh it wasn't it wasn't something that
was a priority uh for my office. Uh

509
00:45:50,376 --> 00:45:56,319
[clears throat] we've probably in
visiting with my detectives, we've

510
00:45:53,920 --> 00:46:02,960
probably at first we thought we probably
have access not access but had put about

511
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:09,119
six things called the police department
to put about six things on on the um uh

512
00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:14,400
camera system. But in talking with him
again, we narrowed it down to three is

513
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:17,520
that uh one was um endangered person
that we did get a hit on that license

514
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:23,119
plate and we was able to locate that
endangered person. And two other ones

515
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:27,680
were warrants. Um we would never put
anything on the city's flock camera that

516
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:33,200
I don't have a case number so I can
track it. In other words, we're just not

517
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:37,200
going to put put Sean on there to see
where he gets his groceries at. you

518
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:43,040
know, it's it's going to have a it's
going to have a a case number on on

519
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:48,000
that. Uh like I said, at present time,
we probably used it about uh uh three

520
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:52,160
times. It has some good things about it
and then with all the other thing with

521
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:56,560
the data and I understand and it's the
thing that I'm very concerned about is

522
00:46:54,720 --> 00:47:01,680
the audit on there. Who audits the
auditor? It's just like now you're

523
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:06,160
hiring a new IT person, right? Okay. Who
audits that IT person? You know, I just

524
00:47:04,319 --> 00:47:10,079
was reviewing the IT policy the other
day. He's got all this control over all

525
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:14,800
these departments to watch them, but who
watches the IT guy? Something to me has

526
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:19,200
to be in place to watch that person. Who
watches me? You guys. You guys watch me

527
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:23,760
and the public.
So, everybody's got to have someone

528
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:29,599
watching them or making sure that
they're doing their job. And uh I worry

529
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:37,040
about the auditing and things like that
with with the flock cameras. I think

530
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:40,880
there are legitimate concerns. Um, so uh
probably [clears throat] the last thing

531
00:47:38,079 --> 00:47:47,760
is uh um and I talked to Stacy about
this is is uh we're going to remodel the

532
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:52,160
upstairs. Uh my two detectives just just
don't have enough room downstairs. They

533
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:57,920
have two offices, but things are getting
busier and with internet u uh crimes

534
00:47:55,680 --> 00:48:04,480
against children in the county. That's
getting to be uh a lot of extra work,

535
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:08,079
too. Not extra work, but it's just uh uh
and we just need more room and interview

536
00:48:06,319 --> 00:48:13,599
rooms and and and different things like
that. So, we're going to uh I have money

537
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:17,839
in the uh building fund to remodel
upstairs. We need to put some walls up

538
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:21,599
and and some different things to have
some privacy and things like that. So,

539
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:28,000
uh that way I can open up those two
rooms downstairs. Uh DCI likes to come

540
00:48:24,559 --> 00:48:31,920
and polygraph in my off at my place and
I really don't have a place for him to

541
00:48:29,599 --> 00:48:37,599
do it because we need to have recording
and and and uh those so I'll be able to

542
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:42,800
set one of those offices up so that we
can record and uh those those types of

543
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:48,720
things. So, uh, we're I'm getting some
bids right now. Um, and so, uh, unless

544
00:48:47,119 --> 00:48:56,079
do you guys have any questions about the
remodeling at all? Um, like I said,

545
00:48:52,400 --> 00:49:02,960
there's money there, um,
for building and, uh, I might as well

546
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:06,319
get this done so we can open up some
space and have more room for the

547
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:12,319
investigators.
So,

548
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:15,440
other than that, I think uh I think
that's it. Unless you guys have any

549
00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:19,599
questions.
>> Anybody have anything for the sheriff?

550
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:24,079
» Marty, on these flock cameras, there's a
lot of buzz about those [snorts]

551
00:49:21,359 --> 00:49:25,920
um out there. How many are in the city?
Any idea?

552
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:30,960
» How many
>> how many cameras?

553
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:35,680
» Well, I think Well, I think there's See,
I learned something today at this

554
00:49:33,119 --> 00:49:41,599
meeting. I learned some things. is that
um I think there's I think if you go on

555
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:47,520
the on on on there's a website and I
think there's nine

556
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:53,119
um but some of these might have a
contract with with retail stores you

557
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:57,599
know like Walmart
>> at this meeting and I have not fact

558
00:49:55,520 --> 00:50:02,720
checked all this so I'm just going by
what I was told at the meeting is that

559
00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:07,440
uh Walmart has fl cameras and Lowe's
have have clock cameras, but those are

560
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:13,520
owned by them, but I haven't fact
checked that, so I don't want to be

561
00:50:09,599 --> 00:50:17,760
speaking out of turn. Um,
>> my second part of that was question was

562
00:50:15,599 --> 00:50:21,599
who funds those? Who pays for those? So,
private businesses,

563
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:26,720
» some private businesses to my the way I
came from that meeting is that they pay

564
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:31,280
for those. And then again, I don't I
hate to talk about it because I I don't

565
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:37,440
know. I'm only going by what what hap
what was told that that night. So, I

566
00:50:33,359 --> 00:50:42,480
haven't factcheed a lot of this. Um,
I'm taking it there was there's

567
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:48,880
contracts between private and
I have no contract or any anything like

568
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:53,599
that with for information or
with with u uh you know like the city

569
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:58,559
police because they they control the
flock cameras for the city. So, but

570
00:50:56,720 --> 00:51:02,640
there might be some private use that are
paid by retail.

571
00:51:01,119 --> 00:51:06,240
That that's what I took out of this
meeting anyway. So,

572
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:08,160
» I don't know if that answers your
question.

573
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:11,200
» It does. It does. Thank you.
>> Yeah. I just don't want to speak out of

574
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:15,359
turn because I haven't fact checked
anything. So,

575
00:51:13,119 --> 00:51:19,920
» yeah. I guess I just add that I share
your concern that you know, you're

576
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:24,559
watched and we know what you're doing
and then well, Dan watches you and

577
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:29,920
everybody else and so we keep everybody
on the level. But if that information

578
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:31,760
isn't just between Flock and Brooking
Sheriff's Department,

579
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:36,079
» no.
>> Who's the third person out there and

580
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:40,160
what is it being used for? You know,
you'd hope it all be up on the up and

581
00:51:37,839 --> 00:51:43,440
up, but it's this day and age with
information sharing and buying

582
00:51:41,839 --> 00:51:48,640
information. It's
>> Yeah. And then you talk about auditing

583
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:53,920
and making sure, but you know, you you
got to throw the human factor in there.

584
00:51:50,480 --> 00:52:00,800
The human factor is sometimes
emotions overtake common sense. So you

585
00:51:57,359 --> 00:52:03,800
can have your things in place, but who's
checking

586
00:52:03,839 --> 00:52:10,720
» who's auditing and who's overseeing the
auditing and things like that. So

587
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:13,119
» and everything gets hacked eventually.
>> So

588
00:52:12,319 --> 00:52:16,440
thank you.
>> Thank you, Sheriff.

589
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,200
» Okay, Jen, come on up.

590
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:26,640
Good morning.
>> Good morning.

591
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:30,559
» Morning.
>> Um, today we just have the finance

592
00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:34,319
officers report in the agenda. Um, be it
noted items, auditors count with

593
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:39,200
treasur, payroll and additives total,
register of deeds, statement of fees and

594
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:42,960
highway expenditure report. um the
register of deeds statement of fees. Um

595
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:48,160
there is a little correction in there
from the June one and there was a 45

596
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:52,640
cent error on her um on the register of
deeds statement [snorts] like in June.

597
00:52:50,720 --> 00:53:00,400
So we have an updated one in there in
addition to the July one. Um

598
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:04,960
other than that our office other than
the finance officer obviously is fully

599
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:09,119
staffed now. So we're that takes some
pressure off and she's doing a great

600
00:53:06,559 --> 00:53:11,920
job. So, um,
other than that, that's all I've got. If

601
00:53:10,559 --> 00:53:15,920
you've got any questions on the finance
officer report or anything, let me know.

602
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:19,040
Otherwise, things everything's going
good.

603
00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:22,880
» Anybody have anything for Jennifer?
>> Jen, just a quick question. Motor owner

604
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:26,960
vehicle stuff that's going a lot better
than it was six months and a year ago.

605
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:30,720
» Vehicle. Yeah. Yep.
>> It's pretty smooth.

606
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:33,920
» We We worked through those problems and
you figured a way out to

607
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,920
» get that job done. Thank you.
>> Yep.

608
00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:39,200
» Good.
>> Okay. Anybody else? Thank you.

609
00:53:38,079 --> 00:53:43,079
» Thank you, John.
>> Bob with Community Development.

610
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:58,319
» Good morning. First meeting we had was
August the 13th. We had a pandemic

611
00:53:56,400 --> 00:54:03,280
planning coordinating committee at the
hospital. And the big thing that come

612
00:54:01,119 --> 00:54:09,200
out of there is there is going to be a
2026 27

613
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:16,319
Department of Health grant to help fund
the the um they call it the pod manager

614
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:20,960
which right now I'm acting as.
Later that night we had on August the

615
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:26,319
13th we had our 765 kilovolt
transmission subcommittee meeting.

616
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:31,440
During that meeting, at the conclusion
of the meeting, it was decided we'll

617
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:37,359
have one more meeting in September, the
second Thursday in September. And then

618
00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:43,680
if all goes well, we plan on sunsetting
that subcommittee and moving the the

619
00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:48,480
discussion and everything over to the
planning and zoning meeting. But but

620
00:54:46,319 --> 00:54:56,040
that's only with the permission of the
county commission. And I wanted to bring

621
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:56,040
that to you to you as a question today.

622
00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:02,079
We're we're just spinning our wheels.
We're getting a lot of information pro

623
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:05,920
and con. Now it's time to make the
decision. The decision makers obviously

624
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:11,920
is the planning and zoning committee as
a whole. And we just we we we just feel

625
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:19,599
it's time to get moving and we can do it
as a as a planning and zoning.

626
00:55:16,079 --> 00:55:23,520
What's the board's thoughts, I guess?
any comments or

627
00:55:21,599 --> 00:55:26,000
» ideas?
Okay.

628
00:55:24,319 --> 00:55:30,000
» Okay. We'll we'll keep moving along and
of course that could be fluid depending

629
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:34,240
on what occurs at that meeting. But uh
if it goes as I anticipate it, we will

630
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:40,079
and of course we'll notify you the
moment that happens.

631
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:45,440
Uh yesterday I signed some paperwork on
dual Brookings water. They they're doing

632
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:49,280
some upgrades to the water system north
of Bruce and they had me look at some of

633
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:53,839
their some of their stuff. They're doing
some good stuff with the with the rural

634
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:58,400
water up there which is a good thing.
Tomorrow I'm going up to Buffalo Ridge 2

635
00:55:56,400 --> 00:56:03,040
up on the county line. They've got a
tabletop discussion. They're looking at

636
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:06,880
doing an exercise within the next month
and they always include Duel County and

637
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:11,599
Brookings County and then the first
responders of the area such as the White

638
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:15,599
Fire Department and the White Ambulance.
So, that should be good discussion. On

639
00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:20,640
Thursday, we've got our local emergency
planning committee meeting over at the

640
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:27,119
East Fire Station. Next week, I've got
Richard going down to Sou Falls to a

641
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:31,280
Western Planner Conference. That's the U
South Dakota State Planning Association.

642
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:35,680
And they there is a South Dakota State
Planning Association and they combined

643
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:41,119
their meeting this year with the Western
Planner Conference which is about uh 10

644
00:56:38,799 --> 00:56:45,599
different states from the western side
of the of the United States and he's

645
00:56:44,319 --> 00:56:51,440
going to go down there and get trained
on that. I felt with my time coming to a

646
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:55,599
close, it was was not appropriate for me
to

647
00:56:53,040 --> 00:57:01,280
go down. I my time would be better off
up here and

648
00:56:58,559 --> 00:57:04,799
keep doing some office work. Other than
that, that's I don't have any updates on

649
00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:09,119
the
Maderi Township drainage project. I am

650
00:57:07,359 --> 00:57:12,960
going to contact them as soon as this
meeting's over and I'm downstairs and

651
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:16,240
next meeting we'll have an update for
you on that particular subject. Any

652
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:21,440
questions?
>> Anything for Bob?

653
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:26,319
» Thanks, sir.
>> All right. Jen did uh mention the

654
00:57:24,319 --> 00:57:32,319
finance officer report and be at noted
items. So, those are listed. Uh moving

655
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:38,240
to letter A or letter number eight,
regular business. Letter A, action to

656
00:57:35,119 --> 00:57:42,640
approve resolution 26-30, a resolution
declaring a fire danger emergency in

657
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:47,200
Brookings County and prohibiting open
burning. Do I have a motion to approve?

658
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:50,680
» So moved.
>> Do I have a second?

659
00:57:50,799 --> 00:57:57,119
» Second.
>> Motion and a second. Comments.

660
00:57:54,079 --> 00:58:01,760
» I was contacted by Dave Jacobson with
the Brookings County Firefighters

661
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:06,880
Association. He reached out to me
earlier this month and um he just asked

662
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:09,920
to have this resolution on the agenda.
At that point, you know, we were still a

663
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:15,520
couple weeks out to see if we were going
to going to get any rain. Um, I don't

664
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:21,599
believe we've probably had any
measurable rainfall since I've discussed

665
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:27,200
this with with Dave. And so this comes
from the firefighters association with

666
00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:32,319
representatives
um from across the county.

667
00:58:30,799 --> 00:58:37,839
» Mr. Chairman, if I may.
>> Yes, Bob. the we are still in a moderate

668
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:42,559
drought category in Brookings County and
and as

669
00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:46,559
Stacy Stephenson mentioned, we have not
had no measurable rain. Even last night,

670
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:49,520
it looked like it went to our south and
I have no objections to burn ban being

671
00:58:48,799 --> 00:58:54,559
enacted.
>> Okay, sheriff, you got anything?

672
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:57,200
» I have I have no comments.
>> Okay.

673
00:58:55,200 --> 00:59:02,559
» Either it's dry. Yeah.
>> The other night about two to three tents

674
00:58:58,799 --> 00:59:05,839
I got at my pl north of town and soul.
Yeah,

675
00:59:03,119 --> 00:59:10,799
» I think for prevention it'd be a good
idea.

676
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:14,480
» Any comments from the board.
>> All right. Hearing no comments. Uh, call

677
00:59:13,359 --> 00:59:15,599
the role, please.
>> Vanderwal,

678
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:16,720
» I.
>> Post.

679
00:59:16,319 --> 00:59:17,680
» I.
>> Miller.

680
00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:18,720
» Hi.
>> Jensen.

681
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:19,599
» Hi.
>> Hustler.

682
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:23,280
» Hi.
>> Motion carries.

683
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:27,440
» All right. Letter B. Action to approve
three requests to fill vacancies for

684
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:30,079
full-time corrections officers in the
detention center. Do I have a motion to

685
00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:35,640
approve?
>> Motion approved.

686
00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:35,640
» Second. Motion and second. Any comments?

687
00:59:36,559 --> 00:59:46,480
Sheriff?
>> Just uh we've had a lot of resignations

688
00:59:42,559 --> 00:59:52,079
uh due to uh [clears throat]
uh one uh correction officer had a baby,

689
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:55,680
decided to be a full-time mom, and I I
applaud her for that. And it just uh

690
00:59:53,920 --> 01:00:02,160
been a lot of movement with the part
with some of the part-time, too. um that

691
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:08,079
they you know it's sometimes it's hard
to not to have romances within the off

692
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:11,359
within and then and then they move on
and get married and so there's a couple

693
01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:14,880
that did that and and are going to move
on. So it's just been a lot of a lot of

694
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:16,799
that.
>> Okay,

695
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:21,760
» that makes sense.
>> It does. [laughter]

696
01:00:19,599 --> 01:00:24,760
» All right, any questions or anything for
sheriff?

697
01:00:25,599 --> 01:00:29,280
All right, hearing none. All those in
favor signify by saying I.

698
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:33,040
» I.
>> Post say nay. Motion carries.

699
01:00:31,359 --> 01:00:35,680
» Could I could I ask for one thing?
Absolutely. Didn't mean to interrupt.

700
01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:42,559
No, Commissioner.
>> Is that you have a uh I have a a limit

701
01:00:40,559 --> 01:00:47,680
of six part-time people. You have
authorized

702
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:51,599
uh my office to have six part-time. I'd
like to increase that to one more

703
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:59,599
seventh because I do have a part-time
person that is that uh is is pregnant

704
01:00:54,480 --> 01:01:04,000
and she'll be going out soon. Um, and
it's not that I'm going to add hours for

705
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:10,240
this seventh person. It's just that to
help cover hours. Uh, especially and

706
01:01:07,839 --> 01:01:16,799
maybe the 247 area could maybe help a
little bit with that if I needed uh uh

707
01:01:13,599 --> 01:01:21,359
uh we just uh we we we're seeing some
violations in the 247 area that needs

708
01:01:19,359 --> 01:01:26,400
paperwork and do different things. So,
but I'm I'm just trying to get ahead of

709
01:01:23,839 --> 01:01:32,000
uh another vacancy. And so, if I could
go ahead and while we're hiring, if I

710
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:36,480
could hire a seventh part-time person,
but I again, I'm not looking to add

711
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:41,599
hours. I'm just looking to help cover
ours with that seventh one, anticipating

712
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:46,960
when this other part-time goes out on on
leave. Of course, she has no uh she has

713
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:51,359
no uh sick leave or anything, but you
know, we we guarantee that she can have

714
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:53,839
a job back if she chooses to come back.
So,

715
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:58,240
» being that it doesn't affect budget and
the do bottom line,

716
01:01:54,960 --> 01:02:02,640
» it does affect the pay plan resolution.
Um I mean, I think you could maybe do

717
01:02:00,559 --> 01:02:06,960
like consensus to move that forward, but
I would have to bring the pay plan pay

718
01:02:04,559 --> 01:02:10,720
plan resolution forward to be amended
>> and we could do that on

719
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:15,440
» at the next meeting. put it to the
what's the board's uh consensus on that?

720
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:20,000
I think if it's not increasing anything
and just having more staff to be able to

721
01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:24,240
fill the existing hours, I don't I think
that would be be good. But what's the

722
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:29,359
board's cons?
>> Would that be a temporary position then?

723
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:33,839
» And the person comes back, you know, if
this person that's leaving on maternity

724
01:02:31,839 --> 01:02:37,839
leave comes back, then would that
seventh position part-time go away or

725
01:02:36,079 --> 01:02:42,559
does that stay there? Well, we probably
just, you know, with things going, uh,

726
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:47,440
there's always somebody gone. I
anticipate, you know, they come and go

727
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:52,400
so quick. Uh,
again, we would not increase hours, but

728
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:58,480
to cover. So, the seventh person would
probably be needed to cover hours. Uh,

729
01:02:56,079 --> 01:03:02,559
if that because you have full-time that
take vacation and things like that. So,

730
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:05,920
uh, again, they wouldn't be added hours.
is just be a person to to cover those

731
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:08,240
hours
>> that we need. Is that making any sense,

732
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:12,480
Commissioner?
>> Sheriff, one question I have is, so if

733
01:03:10,319 --> 01:03:16,960
you add another part-time person, then
you're not asking other full-time people

734
01:03:15,119 --> 01:03:19,599
extra overtime shifts,
>> right?

735
01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:22,319
» So, in a sense, it's it's saving the
county some money. Correct. Or am I

736
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:26,640
wrong?
>> Yeah. I know a few years ago when we

737
01:03:24,799 --> 01:03:30,960
added the corporal positions and and
that we we um reduced the number of

738
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:36,160
part-time people,
>> right? Here's a question to you. What is

739
01:03:34,079 --> 01:03:40,559
one enough to be able to cover those
hours and miss times and things like

740
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:44,880
that? Or would would we want to do two?
What what is the recommendation to do

741
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:49,920
that? Because I think we eliminated like
10 when we created those corporal

742
01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:55,760
positions if I remember right.
>> Well, it would uh for

743
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:58,880
» we always have we always have the hours
and so if I don't

744
01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:03,200
» see when I'm dealing with part-time now
I'm dealing with college. they're going

745
01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:08,160
to college, you know, and so now it's
hard to draw from the six

746
01:04:05,359 --> 01:04:12,319
» to cover. And then if I'm down, you
know, we're we're promoting one

747
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:17,680
part-time person up to full-time, you
know, so I've drawn that. And then of

748
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:21,200
course with with the pregnancy, I don't
know when she's going out. Uh and if

749
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:24,799
she'll come, I hope she'll come back.
She's a good employee. She does really

750
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:31,359
good. So I hope she'll come back when
when that. But uh uh it is a struggle

751
01:04:27,839 --> 01:04:34,319
for us to uh uh because we do have a lot
of overtime in the jail

752
01:04:33,359 --> 01:04:41,400
» because I don't
>> because I don't have part-time to cover.

753
01:04:36,319 --> 01:04:41,400
Uh and I know the deal was corpor

754
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:49,680
uh staff, you know, people. But again, I
got to cover the hours. So it it would

755
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:55,440
it would be beneficial.
>> The only downside I could see would be

756
01:04:52,079 --> 01:05:00,559
reducing each employees hours. they
wouldn't be getting as many hours per

757
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:06,160
employee, per part-time employee, which
I depends on if they're busy with school

758
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:11,680
or other full-time jobs. That, you know,
it might not be bad thing to do that,

759
01:05:09,039 --> 01:05:15,920
» but it might it might be a
>> a way to just to add to and and it would

760
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:20,079
help alleviate some of the scheduling
strain.

761
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:23,599
What are your thoughts on that board?
Yeah, I guess I'm I'm seeing what you're

762
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:27,760
saying is that the part-time people
possibly would be not getting their

763
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:34,400
normal shift then and that my question
was do they do the part- timerrs have a

764
01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:40,799
set number of hours that they can or do
work or is it are they expecting to

765
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:45,440
always get 20 or
>> Yeah, it's 19

766
01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:51,119
195
I mean 19 and a half hours. However,

767
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:54,880
there may be times now that I use them
more than that just so I don't in a what

768
01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:58,799
is a six-month period. They can't go
over X amount or else you have to start

769
01:05:56,720 --> 01:06:04,000
paying uh
>> retirement.

770
01:06:00,319 --> 01:06:08,799
So, I may have someone that works 25 or
30 hours because she's available to

771
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:14,400
work. So, she picks up more shifts than
someone someone that's maybe got a

772
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:18,319
full-time job and doing this part-time.
Most of mine are are going to are

773
01:06:16,079 --> 01:06:23,680
college right now, you know. I I have
one or you know, see, so now I got to

774
01:06:21,119 --> 01:06:28,079
work around their college schedules and
sometimes that's that gets to be

775
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:32,240
difficult, too. So,
>> because some of your part-time, you

776
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:35,920
might only get them 10 hours in a pay
period or a week or

777
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:38,079
» and they might only be able to work
that.

778
01:06:36,319 --> 01:06:41,200
» Correct. And I think that's why we added
that extra one. It was to eliminate some

779
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:47,520
of that.
>> Yeah. um a full-time person would be

780
01:06:43,599 --> 01:06:51,359
more um inclined to be there all the
time. But uh that was kind of the

781
01:06:49,039 --> 01:06:53,760
reasoning behind all the part-time staff
I had before.

782
01:06:52,559 --> 01:06:57,920
» Yeah.
>> So, correct.

783
01:06:55,680 --> 01:07:03,440
» Yeah. You know, I only have one that
works 24/7. You know, uh, uh, Tanya

784
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:06,480
Thornton works 24/7, but there's times
in there that's busy, especially on

785
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:11,920
court day when they're sentencing and
over and and sometimes I got to pull

786
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:17,760
someone from the floor to help her. So
then eliminates one person on the floor.

787
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:22,319
Mondays are busy days for for jail staff
because, you know, they're they're

788
01:07:19,119 --> 01:07:26,880
sentenced to a scram bracelet or or or
whatever or just setting them up. Tanya

789
01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:33,520
has to set them up on the 247 program.
So, um, an extra person there could help

790
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:37,359
a little bit too if I if I if that's
needed and so forth. So, I'm not looking

791
01:07:35,599 --> 01:07:42,880
to increase a lot of hours. I'm just
looking to basically cover

792
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:47,599
» uh cover.
>> I think it's good to be proactive on

793
01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:53,039
that. And I I I can make peace with
adding the seventh. Um,

794
01:07:51,039 --> 01:07:57,760
I trust department heads to run their
departments how they see fit. And I',

795
01:07:55,200 --> 01:08:01,280
you know, when they come and ask for a
another part-time, I guess I'm not

796
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:05,520
comfortable with saying, "Well, if you
want one, let's give you two." Um, I'd

797
01:08:03,599 --> 01:08:09,760
leave that to the department heads to
let them manage income. If you at some

798
01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:13,920
point want to add another one, then I
think you bring it. So, adding a second,

799
01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:16,400
I guess I wouldn't be comfortable with
that.

800
01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:20,480
» Well, and the only reason I brought that
up is it's not increasing the wage, the

801
01:08:18,480 --> 01:08:26,159
budget at all. It's just the amount of
people to manage that budget and

802
01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:30,960
alleviate alleviate scheduling concerns.
And that's why that's the only reason I

803
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:34,960
said maybe two just with with the
increased stuff because it's not and

804
01:08:33,440 --> 01:08:39,679
correct me if I'm wrong, Sheriff. It's
not it's not and he said it before, it's

805
01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:44,480
not adding to the budget. It is just the
amount of people to do that. um we're

806
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:48,960
just doing
more I guess

807
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:54,159
the same amount with just a few more
people and if we can find people

808
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:58,239
qualified people to work those hours it
you know I was a part of that for years

809
01:08:56,000 --> 01:09:03,759
and years and I know what the shifts and
and the strains in the back can be so

810
01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:10,120
that's why I just mentioned would it
possibly work to add to to help with

811
01:09:06,719 --> 01:09:10,120
that So

812
01:09:13,359 --> 01:09:19,199
» right. So
>> So the consensus is that

813
01:09:17,359 --> 01:09:22,880
» Yeah. What's the I mean,
>> yeah, I' I'd say put something together

814
01:09:21,359 --> 01:09:26,319
so that Stacy can bring
>> We'll have to bring it to as a

815
01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:29,199
resolution on our next meeting to adjust
that pay plan.

816
01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:33,440
» We're going to meet again on September
one.

817
01:09:29,759 --> 01:09:37,920
» September one. So would we direct was it
the consensus of the board to director

818
01:09:35,359 --> 01:09:43,359
to bring one or two or what would the
consensus be?

819
01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:46,239
» You can do one now and one if he thinks
one. Okay.

820
01:09:44,799 --> 01:09:47,839
» Sounds good.
>> All right.

821
01:09:46,799 --> 01:09:52,080
» Okay. Thank you.
>> You bet. Sheriff. Uh letter C. Uh action

822
01:09:50,159 --> 01:09:56,400
to approve a request fill vacancy for a
part-time female corrections officer in

823
01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:58,480
the detention center. Do I have a motion
to approve?

824
01:09:57,520 --> 01:10:02,960
» So move.
>> Second.

825
01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:05,520
» Motion a second. Any comments
hearing? None. All those in favor

826
01:10:04,239 --> 01:10:09,280
signify by saying I.
>> I.

827
01:10:06,159 --> 01:10:13,440
» Post say nay. Motion carries.
>> Letter D. Action to approve a request to

828
01:10:11,199 --> 01:10:16,080
fill vacancy for a corrections corporal
in the detention center. Do I have a

829
01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:18,719
motion to approve?
>> Motion approve.

830
01:10:17,280 --> 01:10:23,640
» Got a motion.
>> Second.

831
01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:23,640
» Second. Comments.

832
01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:30,640
Hearing none. All those in favor signify
by saying I.

833
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:36,719
» I. Post say nay. [cough] Pot carries.
Letter E. Action to authorize

834
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:42,880
chairperson Hustler to sign uh
sub that thing

835
01:10:40,239 --> 01:10:47,520
subsequent clarificate or certification
of compliance with foreign national

836
01:10:44,719 --> 01:10:50,159
vetting requirements. It is still only
9:30.

837
01:10:49,040 --> 01:10:51,600
Motion to approve.
>> So moved.

838
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:58,320
» Second.
>> Motion and a second. Comments. This is

839
01:10:54,719 --> 01:11:03,280
for, I believe, a grant agreement that
at that uh county development director

840
01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:07,679
Bob Hill is applying for. Um HR
generalist Kristen Witchie does um she

841
01:11:06,239 --> 01:11:14,000
provided a statement that was in your
packet basically saying that Brookings

842
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:19,520
County does require all new employees or
all employees to fill out the I9 form um

843
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:25,600
certifying that they are indeed eligible
to work in the United States.

844
01:11:22,719 --> 01:11:28,640
Any other comments
hearing? None. All those in favor

845
01:11:26,880 --> 01:11:33,840
signify by saying I. I.
>> Post say a. Motion carries. Letter F.

846
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:38,719
Action to automatically supplement an
unanticipated expenses incurred and

847
01:11:36,800 --> 01:11:42,760
reimbursement made to to Brookings
County in the amount of $2,115.70.

848
01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:51,880
Receipt number 00779225
to general GL line 226-422-

849
01:11:52,239 --> 01:11:56,400
4294.
Do I have a motion to approve?

850
01:11:55,679 --> 01:11:58,800
» So move.
>> Second.

851
01:11:56,960 --> 01:12:03,920
» Motion to second. Comments.
>> Mr. Chairman, this comes from that South

852
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:10,080
Dakota Department of Health grant to our
PPC-

853
01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:15,280
pod. This is the monies that was spent.
They've got a different fiscal year, but

854
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:19,360
2025 to 2026,
that line happens to be in the red right

855
01:12:17,120 --> 01:12:24,719
now. And this this supplement will put
me back in the green in that line.

856
01:12:21,199 --> 01:12:27,199
» Okay. Any other comments?
Hearing none. All those in favor signify

857
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:29,120
by saying I.
>> I. I.

858
01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:34,080
» Post say nay.
>> Motion carries. Letter G, action to

859
01:12:31,679 --> 01:12:38,080
declare 10 tasers as surplus property
transferred to Dual County Sheriff's

860
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:42,400
Office. Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So move.

861
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:48,120
» Second. Motion a second comments unless
you have some questions is that I update

862
01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:48,120
so oftakes

863
01:12:48,640 --> 01:12:57,040
care of me. Anyway,
>> um it's always nice to have another

864
01:12:53,120 --> 01:13:02,320
wife. Anyway, uh
we update tasers every so often. These

865
01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:06,719
tasers are still still usable. uh you
know the smaller counties have sometimes

866
01:13:04,719 --> 01:13:11,120
struggle with with budgets and stuff and
and so I think it'd be a good to to

867
01:13:09,440 --> 01:13:15,520
donate those otherwise they're going to
sit in a drawer here so they can go

868
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:17,679
there and and and be used for a while.
So

869
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:20,880
» you bet
have any comments from the board?

870
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:24,880
» Well, it's good to see that you're
reaching out to other counties and if

871
01:13:22,880 --> 01:13:29,040
it's something that they can use uh to
be able to get it to them. Um fire

872
01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:34,880
departments do this and other
departments also. It's uh good deal.

873
01:13:32,480 --> 01:13:38,000
» Yeah, I have a couple red lights I think
top two that I'll check with some fire

874
01:13:36,480 --> 01:13:45,280
departments and see if they need any red
lights. So anyway, thank you. You bet.

875
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:50,640
» All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I post name. Motion carries. All right.

876
01:13:49,199 --> 01:13:57,760
Number nine, commission department
director's report.

877
01:13:54,000 --> 01:14:03,600
» The veteran service officer report for
July. No. Yeah, July. Like August is

878
01:14:01,679 --> 01:14:08,960
almost over, I feel like. Anyway, seven
DAV rides. The best news is that the DAV

879
01:14:06,159 --> 01:14:12,640
val the volunteer drivers have covered
all of those rides now since February.

880
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:16,719
So, that is moving in the right
direction. Um, a couple of outreach

881
01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:22,080
events, coffee with vets, and then the
VFW after hours that they do every

882
01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:26,159
month. Um, Matt Pillar, our VSO, said,
you know, claims processing is it has

883
01:14:24,239 --> 01:14:29,440
slowed down. It was kind of going well.
Well, now it's he's kind of been seeing

884
01:14:27,520 --> 01:14:36,239
a slowdown kind of across the board over
the past few months with that. So, um

885
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:40,960
the July general fund surplus cash
analysis was at 33%. That is pretty much

886
01:14:39,199 --> 01:14:44,560
spot on for our 10-year average of
33.3%.

887
01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:49,040
Just continue to keep an eye on that now
as we get uh closer to year end to see

888
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:55,040
if there's there's any money there that
we need to possibly assign or um deal

889
01:14:52,320 --> 01:15:01,120
with here at the end of the year. So,
um, looking good there.

890
01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:08,800
The conservation district tour is, um,
next Thursday, next week, August 27th.

891
01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:13,120
That agenda is included with my report.
Um, the the the board received a thank

892
01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:18,480
you from the Brookings County Youth
Mentoring Program for funding here in

893
01:15:16,239 --> 01:15:22,880
2026. So, that was included with my
report.

894
01:15:20,080 --> 01:15:27,840
Um the SDAC or the SDACCC proposed
resolutions and policy statement changes

895
01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:33,760
are also part of my report.
There's quite a few resolutions this

896
01:15:30,159 --> 01:15:39,679
year. So if um make sure that you do
read through those um we will be

897
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:44,000
discussing those in a caucus uh format
on September 15th at fall convention and

898
01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:51,840
then they are voted on at the general
business meeting the next day on the

899
01:15:46,080 --> 01:15:58,239
16th. We only do get one vote um per
county on those resolutions. So, if you

900
01:15:55,280 --> 01:16:01,840
see anything in there um that you want
to discuss further, we can kind of go

901
01:15:59,840 --> 01:16:05,520
through them maybe at the next meeting,
you know, one at a time to see if if

902
01:16:03,760 --> 01:16:10,480
there's anything that there's questions
about. Um there's usually some pretty

903
01:16:08,080 --> 01:16:14,480
good supplemental information. A lot of
them came this year from either Minihaha

904
01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:18,560
County or Yankton County submitted quite
a few resolutions. So, make sure you

905
01:16:16,480 --> 01:16:23,679
take a look at those. Um, if you have
any questions, reach out to me. Um, we

906
01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:28,800
would like I would like to schedule the
the highway and bridge tour that's

907
01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:32,960
usually here in October. Um,
what I'm guessing, you know, what's I

908
01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:38,520
guess Brian and I haven't talked about
it propose a date here, but um,

909
01:16:38,960 --> 01:16:46,560
you know, we could do it
a couple different ways. you know, meet

910
01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:52,880
in the morning and then we get done
by noon or, you know, if it works on a

911
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:56,480
well, the the 20th is actually
department head, so it wouldn't work

912
01:16:54,080 --> 01:17:00,960
that day, but then like the 6th if you
want to do um that afternoon, like after

913
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:06,640
a commission meeting, something like
that and go in the afternoon. Brian,

914
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:10,400
» I worry my projects are not going to be
done

915
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:14,800
» by the 6th of October. You want to go
later in the month or even into

916
01:17:11,920 --> 01:17:18,000
November? deadline is for asphalt is the
15th.

917
01:17:15,679 --> 01:17:24,400
» Okay. So, so maybe look at a little bit
later in October or maybe even early

918
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:29,199
November too. Um
>> I would be more comfortable with that.

919
01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:34,719
» I mean the the first meeting in November
is the 5th. That's a Thursday because

920
01:17:31,679 --> 01:17:37,719
we're canvasing votes.
Um

921
01:17:38,719 --> 01:17:42,880
what do you think? Anybody have any
suggestions?

922
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:45,600
I
>> think [snorts] later would be better

923
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:50,159
just so everything's done.
>> Yes, for sure.

924
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:53,600
» You want to do that? Can we do that
Wednesday or that Thursday that first

925
01:17:51,760 --> 01:18:00,480
week in November?
>> The fourth or the fifth?

926
01:17:56,560 --> 01:18:06,920
» Fifth after the meeting or the fourth?
What's it's really up to you guys. So,

927
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:06,920
what you think?

928
01:18:06,960 --> 01:18:13,920
» I'm good with whatever. Yeah. I guess
it'd be nice if we could do it have

929
01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:16,560
commission and after commission.
>> Should we do it on the on the 5th then?

930
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:18,400
» November 5th.
>> That Thursday.

931
01:18:17,679 --> 01:18:23,199
» Sounds good.
>> Yep.

932
01:18:20,719 --> 01:18:29,040
» Okay.
Um other than that, just a few other

933
01:18:26,239 --> 01:18:35,360
dates. Um we they did hand out to you
from Sou Valley Energy. They're doing

934
01:18:32,159 --> 01:18:42,400
rats and kilowatts kind of uh town by
town district meetings. Um they're from

935
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:48,640
4:30 to 7 on Thursday, August 27th.
There is one in White at the community

936
01:18:45,199 --> 01:18:56,640
hall and then um at the Mcnite community
hall and then there is one on September

937
01:18:52,560 --> 01:19:01,520
10th in Vulga and that is at the school
at the Sou Valley School. So that

938
01:18:59,040 --> 01:19:07,520
handout was there and I'll get some of
those dates put on the the calendar here

939
01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:13,440
as well. Um, as I said, the conservation
district tour is next week. Monday is

940
01:19:10,880 --> 01:19:19,040
September 7th, Labor Day. Offices will
be closed. And then we have the next

941
01:19:16,080 --> 01:19:23,600
week our um fall convention down at the
Ramakota in Sou Falls. Kind of golf on

942
01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:29,040
the 14th, but then the meetings are the
15th and 16th of September.

943
01:19:26,800 --> 01:19:35,679
Um
um on Tuesday, September 22nd, I'm just

944
01:19:33,199 --> 01:19:39,920
kind of noticing that meeting at 8:30.
Um that is the fourth Tuesday of the

945
01:19:38,480 --> 01:19:44,560
month, which is a little bit different
than what we normally do first and 3rd,

946
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:49,920
but that's due to that fall convention
follow falling on that third Tuesday.

947
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:55,280
So, uh in September, we meet the 1st and
the fourth Tuesdays in September, the

948
01:19:52,880 --> 01:19:59,040
1st and then the 22nd.
Um

949
01:19:57,199 --> 01:20:03,440
Todd Kay's with the First District
Association of Local Governments. They

950
01:20:01,199 --> 01:20:08,480
have their annual membership picnic on
September 24th. Um I know they'll be

951
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:11,920
sending out some additional information,
but if you wanted just to get that on

952
01:20:10,159 --> 01:20:16,800
your calendars, it's the Thursday,
September 24th. And then looking out a

953
01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:22,000
little bit further, um Native American
Day is October 12th. That Monday,

954
01:20:18,800 --> 01:20:25,040
offices will be closed. On the Tuesday,
October 20th, we have our regular

955
01:20:23,840 --> 01:20:29,679
commission meeting. And then that
afternoon um department head review

956
01:20:27,520 --> 01:20:35,600
starting at 1:00.
October 24th is Hobo Day. So I'll be we

957
01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:41,360
don't need to decide now but talking
about um parade and activities for Hobo

958
01:20:38,239 --> 01:20:46,719
Day. And then again as I had mentioned
earlier that meeting that first meeting

959
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:51,040
in November is a Thursday instead of a
Tuesday and that's due to canvasing the

960
01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:54,880
vote votes from the general election
that's on the 3rd of November.

961
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:58,239
That's all I have unless you have
questions for me.

962
01:20:55,920 --> 01:21:03,120
» Anything for Stacy?
>> All right. Thank you. State's attorney's

963
01:21:00,239 --> 01:21:08,400
office report.
Moving to number 11, commissioner

964
01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:13,120
reports. Commissioner Vanderwal.
>> Thank you. On Wednesday, August 11th, I

965
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:18,239
attended the Brookings County 4H
achievement days. And then at 1:00 that

966
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:23,280
afternoon, I attended the Samira Avenue
meeting in Vga at 1:00.

967
01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:30,239
On Thursday, August 6th, I attended the
4 uh barbecue and helped serve drinks

968
01:21:26,480 --> 01:21:37,360
and milk and co or milk and juice and
water. And uh and on Wednesday, August

969
01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:44,400
12th, I attended the uh 10ount meeting
in Bryant. And afterwards, uh we stopped

970
01:21:41,440 --> 01:21:48,800
at the U Culbert project on County Road
One on the west side of Oakwood. And

971
01:21:46,640 --> 01:21:54,080
that was very interesting. I'm glad we
had an opportunity to do that. and

972
01:21:51,360 --> 01:21:59,920
understand from those two county uh
highway workers what was going on and

973
01:21:56,560 --> 01:22:06,880
why appreciated that. And then on
Thursday, August 13th, I attended the uh

974
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:12,800
pod meeting um at the hospital at noon.
And then that evening um

975
01:22:10,639 --> 01:22:23,360
Thursday, August 13th, I attended the
765 KVA um meeting right here in this

976
01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:28,480
very room. As uh as um Bob said earlier
today, you know, we look for that um

977
01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:35,040
September meeting to be the be the
sunset of that the uh I'm just one of

978
01:22:31,600 --> 01:22:41,600
the five on that committee. But after
that um meeting here, I I I look forward

979
01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:47,520
for the committee to uh make a
recommendation to the zoning board for a

980
01:22:43,840 --> 01:22:53,520
2,000 ft setback. Um and the zoning
board would then possibly look at that

981
01:22:50,159 --> 01:22:56,800
in the October meeting. So that's moving
moving along.

982
01:22:55,520 --> 01:23:03,297
Thank you very much.
>> All right, Commissioner Post.

983
01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:09,600
» My calendar just went dead. On the 4th,
[snorts] I filled in for the planning

984
01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:18,159
and zoning meeting and of August.
Then I also was uh let's see tended to

985
01:23:14,159 --> 01:23:23,679
765 on the 13th as well. Had some
fill-in duty. So that was pretty much my

986
01:23:23,040 --> 01:23:28,080
week.
>> All right, Commissioner Miller.

987
01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:34,239
» Thank you. Well, um, last night, the
17th, I attended a board meeting for the

988
01:23:30,960 --> 01:23:40,000
Brookings Behavioral Health Center and,
uh, I continue to be impressed with that

989
01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:44,880
facility and the board. Mary Beth and
Lana and Amy do an excellent job. Got

990
01:23:42,880 --> 01:23:48,639
some challenges. They're expanding into
some new areas and, uh, dealing with

991
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:53,120
funding issues on the state and federal
level like several are, but, um, very

992
01:23:51,280 --> 01:23:57,520
well-run organization and they're truly
making a difference there. It's fun to

993
01:23:54,719 --> 01:24:01,040
see be a part of that. That's my report.
>> All right, Commissioner Jensen.

994
01:23:59,120 --> 01:24:05,199
» Well, on the 4th, I attended National
Night Out over in Vulga. Uh great

995
01:24:03,040 --> 01:24:09,840
turnout over there. Uh was going to eat
there. The the line was quite long and

996
01:24:07,600 --> 01:24:13,520
uh we decided to go to Brookings and
attend the National Night Out in

997
01:24:11,199 --> 01:24:18,159
Brookings. Uh and that was also well
attended. And uh

998
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:23,520
it's uh a kudos to all the people that
volunteer, come out and uh to man those

999
01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:28,000
booths with the you know the fire
departments and the city police and

1000
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:32,320
everybody that gets out there. Uh thanks
to those guys for organizing and having

1001
01:24:29,679 --> 01:24:37,520
that event. The kids really enjoy it. On
the 5th they stopped out at achievement

1002
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:44,960
days. Uh viewed the exhibits and also
took in a couple shows. on the six. Also

1003
01:24:41,760 --> 01:24:50,800
went out uh helped at the pork barbecue.
Uh great turnout. We actually ran out of

1004
01:24:47,920 --> 01:24:56,239
food that evening. Uh it was a good
turnout for the the meal and it was very

1005
01:24:53,360 --> 01:25:00,560
good. Uh on the 12th attended the 10ount
meeting in Bryant. Uh a lot of

1006
01:24:58,639 --> 01:25:05,840
discussion on some of the proposals and
the and the half cent tail tax uh still

1007
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:10,880
coming up. Uh counties that have done it
and counties that have not. Um, as Kelly

1008
01:25:09,199 --> 01:25:15,679
mentioned, we stopped by the Culver
project at the on County Road One just

1009
01:25:13,199 --> 01:25:20,800
west of the Oakwood Lakes and looked at
the project. It was going pretty good.

1010
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:24,400
Uh, [snorts] unfortunately, we haven't
had any rain, but that kind of helped

1011
01:25:22,320 --> 01:25:29,040
that project and didn't get flooded out
and uh, looks to be completed here

1012
01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:35,280
shortly. So, that's my report.
>> All right. and my report I was uh I was

1013
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:39,679
gone for for a while so I didn't get a
chance to attend 10 10 county uh thank

1014
01:25:38,159 --> 01:25:45,199
you commissioner Vanderwal for going to
the pod meeting for me um but yesterday

1015
01:25:43,280 --> 01:25:51,120
on the 17th I had a committee meeting
for the Brookings Regional Growth

1016
01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:57,440
Alliance uh and that is my report
so then with that we'll move into number

1017
01:25:54,960 --> 01:26:03,280
12 executive session in accordance with
SDCL 1252 two parentheses one for

1018
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:05,040
personnel. Do I have a motion to enter
an executive session?

1019
01:26:04,480 --> 01:26:06,960
» So moved.
>> Second.

1020
01:26:05,520 --> 01:26:13,080
» Motion and second. All those in favor
signify by saying I. I oppose.

1021
01:26:08,880 --> 01:26:13,080
» Say n. Thank you.