[2:29] County Commission 8:30 on Tuesday,
August 18, 2026. Please rise for the
[2:34] pledge of
>> allegiance
[2:36] [clears throat]
[2:39] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the
[2:44] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[2:51] for all.
[2:56] » Item number three on the agenda is
approval of the agenda. Do I have a
[3:00] motion to approve?
>> So move.
[3:02] » Second.
>> Motion second. Any changes, corrections,
[3:04] comments?
Hearing none. All those in favor signify
[3:08] by saying I.
>> I.
[3:10] » Oppos say nay. Motion carries. Item four
is an invitation for a citizen to
[3:15] schedule time on the ag on the
commission agenda for an item not
[3:18] listed. There's a five minute time limit
per person. Anyone wanting to speak
[3:23] during this agenda item must sign in
prior to the start of the meeting. No
[3:27] commission item action will be taken
during this agenda item. Any requested
[3:31] action may be scheduled for a future
meeting date. We have a few signed in
[3:35] today. First one is Mary Nsmush.
[3:44] » [snorts]
[3:46] » I'm going to ask you,
please.
[3:52] » Is this where you want me?
>> Yep. Right there. Just speak into the
[3:54] microphones, please. Mary
[3:59] » Mary Nasbush. I live in Duel County. I'm
here to talk to you a little bit today
[4:05] about the um power on Midwest proposal
to build a 765
[4:11] kilovolt power line from Bigstone Power
Plant down here to Brookings County.
[4:18] What I want to talk to you about today
is who has authority over what. We all
[4:23] know that the PUC permits power lines in
our state. Um, but I think there's a lot
[4:30] of misunderstanding about what the PUC
has the ability to do or not do. Um,
[4:38] in Grant County, I was told by the
commissioners that the PUC will make
[4:42] setbacks and blah blah blah. There is no
requirement in the law that tells the
[4:48] PUC to do that. They work more as a
judicial
[4:54] um entity that reviews applicable laws
and determines whether or not a project
[4:59] meets the applicable laws, health and
safety and then they decide on those
[5:04] merits whether or not the project can be
permitted. So what I have handed out to
[5:08] you today is the South Dakota codified
law that governs how the PUC will make a
[5:14] decision. So, let's I'm just going to
read it to you and read it into the
[5:19] record here so that we all agree that
these are the rules under which these
[5:23] decisions will be made.
It's South Dakota Codified Law Chapter
[5:28] 49-41B-22
[5:32] applicants burden of proof.
The applicant has the burden of proof to
[5:38] establish by a prepundonderance of the
evidence that the proposed facility will
[5:44] comply with all applicable laws and
rules. And this includes your county
[5:49] zoning rules. The facility will not pose
a threat of serious injury to the
[5:56] environment nor to the social and
economic condition of inhabitants or
[6:01] expected inhabitants in the sighting
area. An applicant for an electric
[6:06] transmission line, solar energy, or wind
energy facility that holds a conditional
[6:12] use permit from the applicable local
units of government is determined not to
[6:19] threaten the social and economic
condition of inhabitants or expected
[6:25] inhabitants in the sighting area.
The facility
[6:30] will not substantially impair the
health, safety or welfare of the
[6:34] inhabitants. And four, the facility will
not unduly interfere with the orderly
[6:42] development of the region with due
consideration having been given the
[6:46] views of governing bodies of affected
local units of government. That's you,
[6:53] an applicant for an electric
transmission line, a solar facility, or
[6:58] a wind energy facility that holds a
conditional use permit from the
[7:03] applicable local units of government.
And that's going to be Grant County,
[7:07] Duel County, and Brookings County is in
compliance with the subdivision.
[7:14] Gentlemen, you hold the key. You alone
are the one unit of local government
[7:21] here in Brookings County that has the
authority to protect your county
[7:27] residents from overindustrialization
of your egg land.
[7:34] A 2,000 ft setback for a high voltage
power line is a reasonable request for
[7:41] the health and safety of your people.
That's what we adopted in Duel County
[7:46] back in March.
Even the simplest structure to be built
[7:51] in your county has setback requirements.
Why not also require setbacks for
[7:59] structures which are taller than the
SDSU campal?
[8:04] Thank you for your time today.
>> Thank you, Mary.
[8:14] Next up is Andy.
>> Did I get that right?
[8:18] » You did.
[8:26] » Hello, I'm Angela Dailyaly or Angie
Dailyaly. I go by both. I'm a member of
[8:31] the board of directors for the Humane
Society, Brookings Regional Humane
[8:36] Society, and I am the chair, current
care chair of the capital campaign.
[8:44] Um, if you recall our presentation
before the county meeting in April 2026,
[8:51] we have recorded a significant number of
pets brought to BRHS.
[8:58] the cost of hiring staff at minimum wage
to care for animals every day of the
[9:08] year. That includes Christmas,
Thanksgiving, and numerous other
[9:12] holidays.
[snorts] Um, has increased by 35%
[9:20] in the last 10 years.
I have looked at Brookings Humane
[9:28] Society M uh meeting minutes and have
observed that the county has given the
[9:35] same subsidy for those last 10 years,
which is $10,000.
[9:43] So our our cost of simple labor to get
somebody in there all the time to just
[9:51] give meds, walk, water, feed
has increased by 35%.
[10:01] And our funding from the county has not
increased at all.
[10:06] It's difficult to operate this uh this
valuable service to the whole county
[10:14] [snorts] without sufficient funds. And
we do a great job fundraising. We have a
[10:20] boatload of volunteers both offering uh
foster homes for animals that are in
[10:26] need of a permanent home as well as
professionals namely the veterinarians
[10:32] who donate their time and skills to come
out spay neuter and other simple medical
[10:39] treatments for the pets that we collect.
And if you look at information from each
[10:47] of the different counties or each of the
different cities within Brookings
[10:52] County,
most of them have some type of agreement
[10:57] with the city of Brookings.
The city of Brookings will take their
[11:02] pets and hold them for 5 days. Period.
five days for the owner to come forward
[11:09] and then they are no longer the city of
Bookings's problems.
[11:14] So I ask you to keep that information in
your mind as we go through these uh
[11:20] budgeting processes for the year. Thank
you for your time.
[11:24] » Thank you. Thank you.
[snorts]
[11:31] Tamara Markle.
[11:41] » Hi, my name is Tamara Markell and thank
you for this opportunity to speak about
[11:45] the um library voucher system. Um the
voucher system I am I am against it for
[11:52] two reasons. Um
it is first of all the cost of it. it's
[11:59] just extra cost administratively
and um and then [snorts] secondly
[12:05] it just it it puts up barriers to access
and it is my belief that the library is
[12:13] open for business for everyone
and um
[12:18] I I just I hope that you consider that
when you vote on this. So thank you.
[12:25] » Thank you.
[12:30] Rufus Dilo.
[12:41] » Yep. It's Rufus Dazo. You did a pretty
good job with a lot of people. Uh
[12:45] butchered a whole lot worse than what
you just did. So, thank you for the
[12:49] effort.
>> I apologize.
[12:51] » No, you're fine. Uh yes, my name is
Rufus Dale. Uh I've came and visited
[12:56] with you uh once before. Uh have visited
also with the zoning uh committee a
[13:01] couple times in the subcommittee as
well. Uh the topic that I'm here to
[13:05] discuss is the 765 KV line that Poweron
Midwest is proposing to build on my
[13:11] land. uh at the subcommittee meeting the
other night, uh a gentleman from Excel
[13:19] uh stood up and spoke and he he said a
few things that uh I'd like to comment
[13:24] on briefly. Uh the first thing he said
was that uh when they were proposing
[13:30] this route that they tried to do a a a
really good job of negotiating with land
[13:34] owners to try to find the best route. uh
through this process, we've not had
[13:39] anybody come to our place uh to visit
with us about it. We've not negotiated
[13:45] with them in terms of uh them asking us
if we think the route is good and where
[13:50] maybe we thought it should be. The only
contact we've had with them is at first
[13:56] a gentleman came and presented the
easement papers and uh we had a nice
[14:03] discussion and and kindly told him that
we weren't interested. we weren't going
[14:06] to sign the ement and he left. A while
later, we got another packet in the mail
[14:13] from a different place, a different
company that was uh hired to se acquire
[14:21] easements from a firm in Sou Falls. And
so we get this great big packet in the
[14:26] mail and in it were the same things that
the first gentleman gave us. And there
[14:31] were little sticky notes on the side of
every place that it said, "Please sign
[14:36] here and send back." To me, that does
not sound like a good faith negotiation
[14:42] effort. It just sounds like they're
trying to steamroll the project through
[14:45] us.
One of the landl uh one of the owners uh
[14:49] also where this land is going to or this
line is going to be built u is pretty
[14:54] close to 80. I know I don't know exactly
how old he is, but he's I'm pretty sure
[14:59] that he's approaching 80. He lives in an
assisted living facility.
[15:03] I called him yesterday and I said I
asked him I said so has this company
[15:07] approached you about signing an easement
for the line and he goes yes they have.
[15:10] He says a lady came to visit me and uh
presented the packet had all the things
[15:15] in there and she said we'd like to have
you sign this. And he goes I'm really
[15:20] and after reading it he goes I'm really
not in favor of this project. He said,
[15:25] "I really don't want this transmission
line to be built in my property, so I
[15:28] don't want to sign the easement." And
these are his words. She looked at him
[15:32] and he goes, "Well, we'll just we'll
just take it with by eminent domain."
[15:37] Okay. He thought about that and like I
said, he's almost 80 years old and he
[15:42] and he thought, "I'm not going to I'm
not going to win if I try to fight
[15:45] against a great big utility company. I
don't have the time. I don't have the
[15:50] money. I'm not going to do it." And so
he signed the easement here. Again, that
[15:54] does not sound to me like a company
that's that's doing a very good job of
[15:58] negotiating a route.
The other thing that uh the guy spoke
[16:04] about the other night is something that
we're obviously very concerned about is
[16:09] having the line on our property and the
effects that it'll have on us.
[16:14] One of the subcommittee u individuals
asked him about
[16:20] routing the routing the line and when
they come to the 345 line what do they
[16:26] do? And he says well we'll parallel it
for a while. He said but we but we'll be
[16:31] really careful how close we put it to it
because we're concerned about the safety
[16:37] of our workers being close to it. Okay.
This is a 345 line. But yet this route
[16:43] is going to go over top of our land.
We're going to be working under it,
[16:46] around it, and it's a 765.
Where's the concern for our safety? I
[16:52] don't I don't see that happening at all.
You know, you talk about setbacks, and
[16:58] setbacks are important. Okay,
setbacks do a couple things. They get
[17:04] you away from maybe nuisances,
annoyance, or whatever the case may be.
[17:10] setbacks for our property will
absolutely do us no good because of
[17:17] where it's going to be placed. Okay, a
500 foot a 1500t setback gets you away
[17:23] from the line, but the setback I'm
concerned about is being under it. And
[17:28] so the height of the tower is the
setback that's going to affect us. And
[17:34] uh to me that presents a lot of
concerns.
[17:39] Uh
[17:43] you know at at the subcommittee meeting
you know I asked the people on the
[17:48] subcommittee
it feels like the only uh time that we
[17:54] have to visit with you guys 30 seconds.
Yeah. I I understand that. you know,
[18:00] you're concerned about 5 minutes and
we're concerned about something that's
[18:03] going to affect us the rest of our life.
So, I apologize if I go over 30
[18:08] [clears throat]
and now I lost my train of thought. Um,
[18:13] so at the subcommittee, I invited
everybody to come out and I'd show them
[18:16] where this thing is going to be built on
our land, you know, and and nobody has.
[18:20] And I understand that you guys are busy
and all that kind of stuff, but a
[18:24] project of this magnitude, I would sure
hope that you would visit not just with
[18:28] us, but everybody that's along along the
line and see how they're going to be
[18:32] affected because the decision you guys
ultimately ultimately make could
[18:37] potentially affect us for the rest of
our lives. So, I apologize if I've gone
[18:41] over uh but I don't apologize because
like I said, this is the only chance
[18:45] that we have to present our view.
>> Thank you.
[18:48] » Thank you.
[18:53] Sean Morris.
[19:03] [snorts] It's not built for me. Most
things aren't, I guess. Uh, thank you
[19:07] very much. My name is Sean Morris. Uh,
proud, relatively new Brookings
[19:13] resident. My wife and I moved here a
little bit over six years ago from
[19:16] Chicago. So, please don't hold that
against me. I am a refugee, not a
[19:20] missionary. So, let's just get get that
out of the way. Um, I'm I'm here on
[19:25] behalf of the Brookings Regional Humane
Society as I guess you'd call it a
[19:30] volunteer and also an early investor um
in their proposed project. And I I want
[19:35] to thank everyone here. I I was here in
April when uh the presentation was made.
[19:40] So, I appreciate the time you provided
to the to the organization and your
[19:44] consideration as you move forward. And
uh just a little bit of a backstory
[19:48] about my why my wife and I got involved
and um when we moved here, one of the
[19:52] things we brought with us was uh a
rescue dog we had from Chicago. We lost
[19:57] him and then we knew we wanted to get
another dog. We waited a little bit. We
[20:01] went to the Brookings Regional Humane
Society. After Rudy passed away, I moved
[20:06] back up to number two in the household.
when we adopted Chief from the Brookings
[20:09] Regional Humane Society, I assumed my
previous role as number three in a
[20:13] household of three and trying to hold on
to that. But um it was really important
[20:19] for us to, you know, give an animal a
second chance and one of the reasons
[20:22] that we love this community so much is
just the quality of life and the people
[20:27] and the quality of people and the
quality of things that uh are available
[20:31] here. And I I think um what really
speaks to a community, at least as far
[20:36] as I'm concerned, is you know, how do we
take care of the most vulnerable? And we
[20:39] all have a responsibility for that. And
you know, sometimes the most vulnerable
[20:43] have two legs, sometimes they have four.
Um and some of the situations we deal
[20:47] with, they have an un even number of
legs through no fault of their own. But
[20:51] it it's a tremendous uh I think resource
to the community. I know the impact.
[20:57] I've had an opportunity to see it. Uh
I'm by no means an animal expert, but
[21:02] being involved with uh the society as we
have up to this point in time, my wife
[21:06] and I decided, you know, if you care
about something, put your money where
[21:10] your mouth is. And so we decided to to
do that. And we appreciate your
[21:13] consideration of of anything that that
might be available for us. And I I just
[21:17] would uh also invite you if you did have
the opportunity if you've never been out
[21:21] to the facility to kind of see some of
the great work if for no other reason.
[21:25] You know, we all need to look for things
to kind of be uplifting. You know, um
[21:29] there's a lot of heavy subjects are
going to be discussed here today and and
[21:32] and in the country as a whole. And
sometimes I know for us, you know, my
[21:36] wife and I were looking for something
that can uplift you. Um you don't have
[21:39] to look any farther than what goes on
there. So, thank you.
[21:42] » Thank you.
>> [snorts]
[21:49] » Sue Engelman.
[22:06] Sue Engelman, Brookings County. Imagine
yourselves in the biblical era time and
[22:12] you are the king of a dominion. A
foreign group is asking to pass your
[22:18] dominion boundaries. You are in charge
of granting them or disallowing their
[22:22] passage. Today you are that king and
Excel Energy is the foreign entity. You
[22:30] are responsible for your vassels and
surfs, your constituents. You are
[22:35] responsible for the safety of all in
your dominion. The entity can only pass
[22:41] through your dominion with your rules or
they must go around your borders. Your
[22:47] laws and ordinances dictate how and if
they may pass through your dominion. I
[22:54] have presented information from men that
the state of Minnesota has deemed as
[22:59] expert witnesses. These men, Dr. W. Ben
Johnson and Kyle Johnson are currently
[23:06] fighting the same transmission line in
Minnesota. Our residents have
[23:10] passionately spoke out on numerous
occasions about their concerns for their
[23:15] safety with Excel's proposal. In the
past, I have asked for a 2,000 ft
[23:20] setback to match Duel County's current
ordinance. After I did more research, I
[23:25] found an alternative that is before the
Minnesota PUC right now, which is a much
[23:30] safer way to provide the same or even
better safety and financial electrical
[23:35] coverage to Brookings County. The
alternative is as follows. a 1.5 mile
[23:42] setback from all residences for the 765
kilovolt AC transmission line and or
[23:48] ultimately the most beneficial
alternative which is to install the
[23:54] industry standard 525 kilovolt DC
underground line along the existing
[24:02] transportation corridors such as
existing highway corridors or existing
[24:07] railway right ofways. A Brookings County
underground line ordinance would end all
[24:15] discussion of safety issues and
landowner concerns. The line would still
[24:20] be able to pass safely through Brookings
County and into Minnesota. The motans
[24:26] are putting the same alternative through
their state PUC. Right now, the two
[24:31] aforementioned Minnesota expert
witnesses now have to fight Excel Energy
[24:36] because their respective counties failed
to have an ordinance in place prior to
[24:43] XL filing in their county. Last Thursday
at the 765 kilovolt subcommittee
[24:49] meeting, I presented information
concerning this alternative DC
[24:53] transmission line and the many reasons
why it is the safest option for the land
[24:58] owners and the residents of South
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and
[25:03] Illinois where the 765 kilovolt AC line
is now proposed to travel with its end
[25:09] point in Chicago. This underground type
of transmission line is already being
[25:15] used in the PJM Heritage Mossby project
in Virginia and the so green project in
[25:22] Iowa to Illinois. This project is using
the CP CPKC railway rightway. The 765
[25:29] subcommittee has once again asked for
the advice from the XL representative
[25:35] what XL wants instead of listening to my
proposal that is grounded in the
[25:41] Minnesota PUC expert witness
testimonies. The subcommittee also
[25:46] wanted to hear what the XL's paid expert
doctor has to say. I truly believe this
[25:52] is a conflict of interest at the highest
station. I will be passing this
[25:57] alternative 525 kilovolt DC underground
transmission line information to the
[26:04] concerned citizens in both Grant and
Duel counties.
[26:08] We the people are not going to take this
Black Rockck owned entities crossing our
[26:14] Dominion lightly. My good men, may I
remind you this is an election year.
[26:21] Your vote regarding the safety of your
constituents will be remembered. Am I
[26:26] asking for anything but the safety of
our county? No. Again, I am asking for
[26:33] either a 1.5 mile setback if the line is
above ground or ultimately to install
[26:40] the DC underground along the existing
transportation corridors.
[26:57] These are the two pages that from the
Minnesota docket dockets that back up
[27:03] what I'm saying as far as the 1.5 mile
setback and the underground information
[27:10] on the back and the detriments of 765
and the positive parts of
[27:18] 525.
[27:30] [snorts]
[27:39] Okay, moving on to cons. Number five,
consent agenda items
[27:44] include the minutes, travel and
education requests, personal action
[27:47] notices, sell your authorizations, human
services report. Do I have a motion to
[27:52] approve?
>> So moved.
[27:53] » Second.
>> Motion a second. Any comments?
[28:00] » Hearing none. Call the role, please.
>> Vanderwal.
[28:02] » Hi.
>> Post.
[28:02] » Hi.
>> Miller.
[28:03] » Hi.
>> Jensen.
[28:04] » Hi.
>> Hustler.
[28:05] » Hi. [clears throat]
>> Motion carries.
[28:07] » Number six. A approval of the claims. Do
I have a motion to approve?
[28:11] » Motion to approve.
>> Second.
[28:13] » Motion a second. Any comments?
>> There is one additional or another
[28:18] claims packet that I handed out this
morning. There's some um I think it was
[28:22] one a credit card
statement came in a little bit late, but
[28:26] we wanted to get that paid on time. So,
that is before you this morning that I
[28:30] handed out.
>> Any other comments with the addition or
[28:35] the the change? Hearing
none. Call the role, please.
[28:40] » Post. Hi.
>> Miller. Hi.
[28:42] » Jensen. Hi. Vanderwal. Hi.
>> Hustler. Hi.
[28:44] » Motion carries.
>> All right. Let's move to department head
[28:48] reports. We got four minutes. Highway.
>> All right.
[28:57] Good morning.
>> More in Brian.
[29:00] » So, I'll start with uh some of the
projects that we've been working on here
[29:03] the last couple weeks since we last met.
August 3rd, uh, Brookings County Road
[29:10] One was closed for a culvert
replacement. Uh, the culverts are
[29:14] installed and now we're waiting for, uh,
the contractor to show up to remove the
[29:19] sheet pile. But, uh, that project is
moving along nicely. It sounds like
[29:24] they're going to be here tomorrow to
remove that sheet pile and we can wrap
[29:27] that up and hopefully by the end of the
week or beginning of next, we have that
[29:31] open.
Uh August 4th, uh under the patching
[29:36] contract, Bose began, uh work on County
Road 16A or 214th Street. And uh due to
[29:43] some unforeseen circumstances, uh the
paving wasn't finished by the end of the
[29:48] week that week, but it spilled over into
the next. And then at uh soon as they
[29:52] got done paving, our crew immediately
followed uh with the completion of the
[29:59] shoulder widening. And uh we need to
wrap up uh placing some gravel material
[30:04] in the driveways along there. But uh I
believe that's a much safer stretch. And
[30:10] I also wanted to point out that we are
going to build our traffic counters up
[30:14] there cuz I I anticipate that the
traffic uh counters will show the
[30:20] evidence that with that being a much
safer stretch that we're going to have a
[30:24] lot of uh uh the traveling public on
there and also probably most likely
[30:30] speeding.
So
[30:34] August 7th, the Elkton phase 3 work was
completed and County Road 33 was opened
[30:40] up to the public.
Uh future projects here, we had a precon
[30:46] meeting for the 2026 Brookings County
surfacing project that's on County Road
[30:50] 2 up by Lake Ponet. Uh, I was hoping
that I could say they started as of
[30:56] yesterday, but uh, those plans were
moved back and I will let you know when
[31:01] that project starts because we are going
to be looking at a road closure when we
[31:05] do that project. Um, and lastly here, I
attended the highway superintendent
[31:11] certification course and peer as a
veteran I should say. I didn't go take
[31:18] the class. I've already been certified,
but we did have right around uh 26 new
[31:24] highway superintendent attend that
class. And for our state, if you guys
[31:30] understand, we have 66 counties and 26
is a pretty big number for new highway
[31:37] superintendent.
And also in in lie of that the my
[31:42] secretary did attend um as we had our
office personnel workshop at the same
[31:48] time.
Is there any questions?
[31:52] » Anybody have anything for Brian?
>> Brian, I just have one question. Um
[31:57] Banner typically does structure
um inspections on the east half and the
[32:04] west half of the county. Remind me what
what half are they doing this year? We
[32:07] are doing the east half. Okay. Thank
you. [snorts]
[32:12] » Anybody have anything else for Brian?
>> Thank you very much.
[32:16] » Thanks.
>> All right. We're close enough to 9:00.
[32:21] Uh we're going to move to number seven
scheduled agenda items. Uh letter A
[32:26] there is a public uh hearing and action
to approve a one-day special event
[32:31] license to J Street Pub for event to be
held at the Bennett Barn on August 22nd,
[32:36] 2026.
Do I have a motion to approve?
[32:40] » So moved.
>> Second.
[32:42] » Motion a second. All right. I would open
the public hearing. Do we have any
[32:48] proponents for this? Do we have any
proponents?
[32:53] » [clears throat and cough]
[32:56] [snorts]
>> Um, I just ask you to look at the
[32:59] application again. I believe it's at the
Owl, not the Bennett Barn.
[33:10] » That appears to be correct.
>> All right. Y
[33:13] » So, yeah. So, at the Owl Lodge, um, up
by Oakwood, um, we're hosting or
[33:18] bartending at a wedding. So,
>> All right. All right. Thank you very
[33:22] much. Thank you.
>> Do we have any other proponents?
[33:27] Any other proponents?
[33:31] Do we have any opponents?
Any opponents?
[33:37] Any opponents?
Hearing none, we'll close the public
[33:42] hearing. Do we have any comments from
the board other than the adjustment on
[33:46] the the application is right just adjust
in the minutes
[33:50] » and and as you recall we did change our
ordinance so this wouldn't necessarily
[33:55] in the future need to be coming back to
us but we we're in that 20 days of um
[34:01] kind of 20-day wait actually the 20th
this week is our when it will officially
[34:05] go into effect so moving forward after
this we won't have to do
[34:09] » this is the last one of these we have to
do Yes. [laughter]
[34:16] » All right.
So, hearing no other comments, call the
[34:20] role, please.
>> Miller.
[34:22] » Hi.
>> Jensen.
[34:23] » Hi.
>> Vanderwal.
[34:24] » Hi.
>> Post.
[34:25] » Hi.
>> Hustler.
[34:25] » Hi.
>> Motion carries.
[34:27] » All right. Letter B. Public hearing and
action to approve a retail onoff sale
[34:31] malt beverage and SD Farm Wine license
for CCNF Retail Inc. Friendly Fuel Court
[34:39] in Elkton to begin July 1st, 2026 and
end June 30th, 2027.
[34:46] Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So move.
[34:49] » Second.
>> Motion and a second. At this time, I
[34:52] would open the public hearing. Do we
have any proponents for this? Any
[34:56] proponents?
[35:00] Do we have any proponents?
[35:04] Any proponents?
Do we have any opponents? Do we have any
[35:10] opponents?
Do we have any opponents?
[35:17] We'll close the public hearing and
comments from the board.
[35:25] » I guess
>> Oh, go ahead. Go ahead.
[35:27] » Sorry, Jenna Baker from the finance
office. Um, I guess the only comment I
[35:31] would have I wasn't sure if there was a
representative in the back here. Um, no,
[35:36] that's okay. Um, so, uh, our office had
received a second, uh, retail onoff
[35:43] sale. Um, this would be their second
one, but they are they have plans to add
[35:48] an additional,
uh, area in their in the, uh, facility
[35:54] to basically house some more lottery
machines. And in order to do so, they
[36:00] need to obtain a second alcohol license.
I have passed around to each of you the
[36:06] existing plan of their business and then
on the second page is um is their
[36:14] proposed
plans. Um and then in my staff report
[36:19] you can see they have like a number of
steps that they have to do and take. Um,
[36:24] and ultimately the South Dakota lottery
has the final say on whether or not this
[36:30] gets approved uh to them or not. The
commission just basically approves the
[36:36] alcohol license, which as you know, we
have an unlimited amount. Um, and as far
[36:43] as I know, Burkings County doesn't have
anything in ordinance that speaks to
[36:48] lottery machines that I could find.
Is there anything else that you had that
[36:53] you wanted to add? I guess I don't know
if the public comments's done. I don't
[36:56] know if you would allow for him to
speak.
[36:59] » Yeah.
[37:02] » Just come up and recognize.
[37:06] » You all need a different copy. I have a
copy as well. Also, general manager for
[37:12] Whoa. for CCNF.
We purchased the Elkton uh Sky View
[37:17] Elton um
for many reasons. Obviously, it's a
[37:22] great little store. Unfortunately, it
wasn't the most efficient store when we
[37:26] purchased it. So, we knew going into the
uh process that we would have to remodel
[37:31] the location.
Um
[37:34] the proposed area where the two rooms
would be right now currently is an old
[37:39] kitchen that lasted I think 6 months. We
our business model, if you will, is big
[37:47] on customer service, food, and just
taking care of our customers. Obviously,
[37:54] we knew going into the project that the
bathrooms are too small, too old. We
[37:57] knew that the old the kitchen that we
you the main kitchen that we use was
[38:02] unefficient, and we needed to um make it
larger. The security area or the
[38:08] checkout area is too small. folks were
coming in the front door. It's, you
[38:12] know, jumping on each other. Some may be
paying going through the front door. So,
[38:17] for us, and we also have a liquor
license that we haven't used yet because
[38:21] there's no room on on the sales floor,
obviously. Um, it's a small little
[38:25] location. The proposed site that we're
looking at re I mean for rebuilding this
[38:30] location is a make the large make the
large uh excuse me the restrooms larger
[38:37] more efficient for the consumer
uh increase the size of the cooler
[38:42] increase the size of the checkout area
increase the size of uh the kitchen
[38:47] obviously and in doing that it's very
expensive and
[38:51] there's two players in in the video
lottery. There's a non-smoker and a
[38:55] smoker. Um, so we're going to have we'll
have two rooms. One that's access I mean
[39:01] folks can smoke in that's part of the
South Dakota lottery where the big old
[39:05] door open window all that look and then
the second would be more uh non-smoking
[39:10] obviously. Um
yeah so I if you have any questions I
[39:16] sure would love to answer them.
>> Board have any questions? And keep in
[39:22] mind too, this would be uh separate. So
we've kind of identified it as um this
[39:29] one would be the second license would be
sweet B. They have their own they've
[39:33] applied for their um they've applied for
an additional um sales tax license. Um
[39:40] so it would be completely separate. They
have to have separate rooms, separate
[39:43] doors, all that kind of thing. So
>> and you know the city of Brookings has
[39:49] many of these. I mean, this isn't
uncommon. It just we don't see it a lot
[39:53] in the the county businesses, but so
>> Okay.
[39:59] All right.
>> Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.
[40:02] » Any comments from the board.
[40:09] » Hearing none, call the role, please.
>> Jensen,
[40:11] » I.
>> Vanderwal,
[40:12] » I.
>> Post,
[40:13] » I.
>> Miller,
[40:14] » I.
>> Hustler,
[40:15] » hi.
>> Motion carries.
[40:18] All right, we're going to move back up
to routine business.
[40:23] Uh, department head reports. Sheriff
[40:28] [snorts]
[40:36] » Good morning.
>> Morning.
[40:37] » Morning.
>> Just a quick quick overview of the
[40:40] detention center. We have 59 inmates
presently. Um 28 of them are Brookings
[40:46] County inmates and uh 31 are from uh
other counties. Uh the biggest is the US
[40:53] Marshall Service. We have 24 inmates
from uh the Marshall Service. On the 247
[40:58] area, we have 8 87 participants and that
would keeps that area uh busy. Uh it's
[41:06] been busy just like other departments.
Uh it's been a busy couple last couple
[41:10] weeks. got school opening this week. So
that uh that brings on uh uh traffic and
[41:17] that type of stuff and and uh so we uh
we're going to be working uh around the
[41:22] schools uh for speed and that type of
things. Uh
[41:27] also uh I think this is the second year
maybe third year we have what we call
[41:31] breakfast with the deputies. So with
between Elton and Sou Valley, we every
[41:35] other week or every other month we go
into one of the those schools and have
[41:40] breakfast with uh the kids and stuff.
And uh Vulga Christian has opened up
[41:45] their doors to school or my school
resource officer too. So he's doing some
[41:50] more things at uh at Vogga Christian
which is which is good. Um, and just
[41:56] talking about school resource, one of
the commissioners did call me about our
[42:01] school resource officer because there
was some things going on with the city
[42:04] and so forth. And and uh just so if
anybody asks you uh um we don't charge
[42:11] the school for school resource. That's
uh the county. I always felt that that
[42:16] was uh um my responsibility or the
sheriff's office's responsibility to to
[42:22] go into the schools. At one time, I
think it was a year maybe a year and a
[42:27] half ago, two years, I did approach the
school boards about um helping fund the
[42:32] school resource officer, but at that
particular time, nobody had any money.
[42:38] And uh
to be honest with you, it's probably the
[42:43] best how we're doing it. Um you know,
sometimes when you pay for something,
[42:48] then they expect you to be there all the
time. Um I still have control over the
[42:52] school resource. So if there is an
emergency outside of his if he's got
[42:56] nothing going on, he still responds to
emergencies. He can leave the school and
[43:00] respond to emergency, especially if he's
in the town that he's the school
[43:04] resource.
If I didn't have him in the schools,
[43:07] this would put more of a burden on my
patrol department because he handles
[43:11] everything in the schools and it's
vaping, catching kids vaping, uh
[43:15] bullying, fights, uh those types of
things. So, he's there. If he wasn't
[43:20] there, uh to handle those school
investigations, he handles anything that
[43:24] happens on the school grounds. And that
would include ball games Friday night if
[43:29] there's what, whatever. So, it u uh the
way we have the system works good. Uh
[43:36] also this uh Wednesday night uh we'll be
going out to the u um um Good Roots they
[43:45] have their annual uh international uh
welcome back ice cream social for uh
[43:51] international students and there's
different vendors out there and this I
[43:55] think this will be our second or third
time out there and um we hand out a lot
[44:00] of stuff to the international students.
The biggest thing is I hand out his
[44:04] driver's license manus. They all they
want to come and drive and so I go
[44:09] through a stack of driver's license
manus at that event. But it's good. They
[44:13] like to take pictures with the police.
You normally the uh uh Brookings police
[44:17] is out there also and they they like
taking pictures with so a little bit I
[44:21] feel like a celebrity for a little you
know for about an hour and a half. So
[44:25] anyway, okay. Last Friday night, I
attended a flock camera uh uh discussion
[44:32] uh over at the 21 building. Um uh there
was two city councilors there, but
[44:37] nobody from the police department. We
and they talked about flack cameras and
[44:42] and I think most of you have uh have uh
been uh listening or about the flack
[44:50] cameras. just for your information in
case uh anyone asks you is that
[44:54] Brookings County as you know we do not
have any flock cameras uh that um
[44:59] they're all in within the city limits of
Brookings at the present time uh at the
[45:03] time and uh uh [clears throat] since I
was introduced to flock cameras probably
[45:09] in 2021 when Madison put flock cameras
in in 2021 and I remember their first
[45:15] 30-day trial period or whatever it was
they caught up u the the flock
[45:20] camera um uh um hid on a stolen vehicle.
Anyway, but uh I did check into the
[45:27] flock cameras and I just felt at that
that time that uh um they were
[45:33] expensive. The cameras themselves at
that time were $4,500, but it was the
[45:38] everything else, the maintenance
contract and all that. So, I felt that
[45:43] uh it wasn't it wasn't something that
was a priority uh for my office. Uh
[45:50] [clears throat] we've probably in
visiting with my detectives, we've
[45:53] probably at first we thought we probably
have access not access but had put about
[46:00] six things called the police department
to put about six things on on the um uh
[46:06] camera system. But in talking with him
again, we narrowed it down to three is
[46:11] that uh one was um endangered person
that we did get a hit on that license
[46:16] plate and we was able to locate that
endangered person. And two other ones
[46:19] were warrants. Um we would never put
anything on the city's flock camera that
[46:25] I don't have a case number so I can
track it. In other words, we're just not
[46:29] going to put put Sean on there to see
where he gets his groceries at. you
[46:35] know, it's it's going to have a it's
going to have a a case number on on
[46:40] that. Uh like I said, at present time,
we probably used it about uh uh three
[46:45] times. It has some good things about it
and then with all the other thing with
[46:49] the data and I understand and it's the
thing that I'm very concerned about is
[46:54] the audit on there. Who audits the
auditor? It's just like now you're
[46:58] hiring a new IT person, right? Okay. Who
audits that IT person? You know, I just
[47:04] was reviewing the IT policy the other
day. He's got all this control over all
[47:08] these departments to watch them, but who
watches the IT guy? Something to me has
[47:12] to be in place to watch that person. Who
watches me? You guys. You guys watch me
[47:17] and the public.
So, everybody's got to have someone
[47:21] watching them or making sure that
they're doing their job. And uh I worry
[47:27] about the auditing and things like that
with with the flock cameras. I think
[47:31] there are legitimate concerns. Um, so uh
probably [clears throat] the last thing
[47:38] is uh um and I talked to Stacy about
this is is uh we're going to remodel the
[47:44] upstairs. Uh my two detectives just just
don't have enough room downstairs. They
[47:49] have two offices, but things are getting
busier and with internet u uh crimes
[47:55] against children in the county. That's
getting to be uh a lot of extra work,
[48:01] too. Not extra work, but it's just uh uh
and we just need more room and interview
[48:06] rooms and and and different things like
that. So, we're going to uh I have money
[48:10] in the uh building fund to remodel
upstairs. We need to put some walls up
[48:15] and and some different things to have
some privacy and things like that. So,
[48:20] uh that way I can open up those two
rooms downstairs. Uh DCI likes to come
[48:24] and polygraph in my off at my place and
I really don't have a place for him to
[48:29] do it because we need to have recording
and and and uh those so I'll be able to
[48:35] set one of those offices up so that we
can record and uh those those types of
[48:40] things. So, uh, we're I'm getting some
bids right now. Um, and so, uh, unless
[48:47] do you guys have any questions about the
remodeling at all? Um, like I said,
[48:52] there's money there, um,
for building and, uh, I might as well
[49:00] get this done so we can open up some
space and have more room for the
[49:04] investigators.
So,
[49:08] other than that, I think uh I think
that's it. Unless you guys have any
[49:14] questions.
>> Anybody have anything for the sheriff?
[49:17] » Marty, on these flock cameras, there's a
lot of buzz about those [snorts]
[49:21] um out there. How many are in the city?
Any idea?
[49:25] » How many
>> how many cameras?
[49:27] » Well, I think Well, I think there's See,
I learned something today at this
[49:33] meeting. I learned some things. is that
um I think there's I think if you go on
[49:38] the on on on there's a website and I
think there's nine
[49:43] um but some of these might have a
contract with with retail stores you
[49:51] know like Walmart
>> at this meeting and I have not fact
[49:55] checked all this so I'm just going by
what I was told at the meeting is that
[50:00] uh Walmart has fl cameras and Lowe's
have have clock cameras, but those are
[50:05] owned by them, but I haven't fact
checked that, so I don't want to be
[50:09] speaking out of turn. Um,
>> my second part of that was question was
[50:15] who funds those? Who pays for those? So,
private businesses,
[50:18] » some private businesses to my the way I
came from that meeting is that they pay
[50:23] for those. And then again, I don't I
hate to talk about it because I I don't
[50:28] know. I'm only going by what what hap
what was told that that night. So, I
[50:33] haven't factcheed a lot of this. Um,
I'm taking it there was there's
[50:38] contracts between private and
I have no contract or any anything like
[50:45] that with for information or
with with u uh you know like the city
[50:52] police because they they control the
flock cameras for the city. So, but
[50:56] there might be some private use that are
paid by retail.
[51:01] That that's what I took out of this
meeting anyway. So,
[51:05] » I don't know if that answers your
question.
[51:06] » It does. It does. Thank you.
>> Yeah. I just don't want to speak out of
[51:09] turn because I haven't fact checked
anything. So,
[51:13] » yeah. I guess I just add that I share
your concern that you know, you're
[51:18] watched and we know what you're doing
and then well, Dan watches you and
[51:22] everybody else and so we keep everybody
on the level. But if that information
[51:27] isn't just between Flock and Brooking
Sheriff's Department,
[51:31] » no.
>> Who's the third person out there and
[51:33] what is it being used for? You know,
you'd hope it all be up on the up and
[51:37] up, but it's this day and age with
information sharing and buying
[51:41] information. It's
>> Yeah. And then you talk about auditing
[51:46] and making sure, but you know, you you
got to throw the human factor in there.
[51:50] The human factor is sometimes
emotions overtake common sense. So you
[51:57] can have your things in place, but who's
checking
[52:03] » who's auditing and who's overseeing the
auditing and things like that. So
[52:07] » and everything gets hacked eventually.
>> So
[52:12] thank you.
>> Thank you, Sheriff.
[52:17] » Okay, Jen, come on up.
[52:24] Good morning.
>> Good morning.
[52:26] » Morning.
>> Um, today we just have the finance
[52:28] officers report in the agenda. Um, be it
noted items, auditors count with
[52:32] treasur, payroll and additives total,
register of deeds, statement of fees and
[52:36] highway expenditure report. um the
register of deeds statement of fees. Um
[52:41] there is a little correction in there
from the June one and there was a 45
[52:44] cent error on her um on the register of
deeds statement [snorts] like in June.
[52:50] So we have an updated one in there in
addition to the July one. Um
[52:58] other than that our office other than
the finance officer obviously is fully
[53:02] staffed now. So we're that takes some
pressure off and she's doing a great
[53:06] job. So, um,
other than that, that's all I've got. If
[53:10] you've got any questions on the finance
officer report or anything, let me know.
[53:14] Otherwise, things everything's going
good.
[53:16] » Anybody have anything for Jennifer?
>> Jen, just a quick question. Motor owner
[53:20] vehicle stuff that's going a lot better
than it was six months and a year ago.
[53:25] » Vehicle. Yeah. Yep.
>> It's pretty smooth.
[53:28] » We We worked through those problems and
you figured a way out to
[53:32] » get that job done. Thank you.
>> Yep.
[53:34] » Good.
>> Okay. Anybody else? Thank you.
[53:38] » Thank you, John.
>> Bob with Community Development.
[53:50] » Good morning. First meeting we had was
August the 13th. We had a pandemic
[53:56] planning coordinating committee at the
hospital. And the big thing that come
[54:01] out of there is there is going to be a
2026 27
[54:06] Department of Health grant to help fund
the the um they call it the pod manager
[54:13] which right now I'm acting as.
Later that night we had on August the
[54:18] 13th we had our 765 kilovolt
transmission subcommittee meeting.
[54:23] During that meeting, at the conclusion
of the meeting, it was decided we'll
[54:28] have one more meeting in September, the
second Thursday in September. And then
[54:34] if all goes well, we plan on sunsetting
that subcommittee and moving the the
[54:41] discussion and everything over to the
planning and zoning meeting. But but
[54:46] that's only with the permission of the
county commission. And I wanted to bring
[54:50] that to you to you as a question today.
[54:56] We're we're just spinning our wheels.
We're getting a lot of information pro
[54:59] and con. Now it's time to make the
decision. The decision makers obviously
[55:03] is the planning and zoning committee as
a whole. And we just we we we just feel
[55:10] it's time to get moving and we can do it
as a as a planning and zoning.
[55:16] What's the board's thoughts, I guess?
any comments or
[55:21] » ideas?
Okay.
[55:24] » Okay. We'll we'll keep moving along and
of course that could be fluid depending
[55:27] on what occurs at that meeting. But uh
if it goes as I anticipate it, we will
[55:32] and of course we'll notify you the
moment that happens.
[55:36] Uh yesterday I signed some paperwork on
dual Brookings water. They they're doing
[55:42] some upgrades to the water system north
of Bruce and they had me look at some of
[55:47] their some of their stuff. They're doing
some good stuff with the with the rural
[55:50] water up there which is a good thing.
Tomorrow I'm going up to Buffalo Ridge 2
[55:56] up on the county line. They've got a
tabletop discussion. They're looking at
[56:00] doing an exercise within the next month
and they always include Duel County and
[56:05] Brookings County and then the first
responders of the area such as the White
[56:08] Fire Department and the White Ambulance.
So, that should be good discussion. On
[56:13] Thursday, we've got our local emergency
planning committee meeting over at the
[56:17] East Fire Station. Next week, I've got
Richard going down to Sou Falls to a
[56:23] Western Planner Conference. That's the U
South Dakota State Planning Association.
[56:29] And they there is a South Dakota State
Planning Association and they combined
[56:33] their meeting this year with the Western
Planner Conference which is about uh 10
[56:38] different states from the western side
of the of the United States and he's
[56:44] going to go down there and get trained
on that. I felt with my time coming to a
[56:49] close, it was was not appropriate for me
to
[56:53] go down. I my time would be better off
up here and
[56:58] keep doing some office work. Other than
that, that's I don't have any updates on
[57:03] the
Maderi Township drainage project. I am
[57:07] going to contact them as soon as this
meeting's over and I'm downstairs and
[57:10] next meeting we'll have an update for
you on that particular subject. Any
[57:15] questions?
>> Anything for Bob?
[57:19] » Thanks, sir.
>> All right. Jen did uh mention the
[57:24] finance officer report and be at noted
items. So, those are listed. Uh moving
[57:29] to letter A or letter number eight,
regular business. Letter A, action to
[57:35] approve resolution 26-30, a resolution
declaring a fire danger emergency in
[57:40] Brookings County and prohibiting open
burning. Do I have a motion to approve?
[57:45] » So moved.
>> Do I have a second?
[57:50] » Second.
>> Motion and a second. Comments.
[57:54] » I was contacted by Dave Jacobson with
the Brookings County Firefighters
[57:58] Association. He reached out to me
earlier this month and um he just asked
[58:05] to have this resolution on the agenda.
At that point, you know, we were still a
[58:08] couple weeks out to see if we were going
to going to get any rain. Um, I don't
[58:14] believe we've probably had any
measurable rainfall since I've discussed
[58:17] this with with Dave. And so this comes
from the firefighters association with
[58:24] representatives
um from across the county.
[58:30] » Mr. Chairman, if I may.
>> Yes, Bob. the we are still in a moderate
[58:34] drought category in Brookings County and
and as
[58:40] Stacy Stephenson mentioned, we have not
had no measurable rain. Even last night,
[58:44] it looked like it went to our south and
I have no objections to burn ban being
[58:48] enacted.
>> Okay, sheriff, you got anything?
[58:52] » I have I have no comments.
>> Okay.
[58:55] » Either it's dry. Yeah.
>> The other night about two to three tents
[58:58] I got at my pl north of town and soul.
Yeah,
[59:03] » I think for prevention it'd be a good
idea.
[59:07] » Any comments from the board.
>> All right. Hearing no comments. Uh, call
[59:13] the role, please.
>> Vanderwal,
[59:15] » I.
>> Post.
[59:16] » I.
>> Miller.
[59:17] » Hi.
>> Jensen.
[59:18] » Hi.
>> Hustler.
[59:19] » Hi.
>> Motion carries.
[59:20] » All right. Letter B. Action to approve
three requests to fill vacancies for
[59:25] full-time corrections officers in the
detention center. Do I have a motion to
[59:29] approve?
>> Motion approved.
[59:31] » Second. Motion and second. Any comments?
[59:36] Sheriff?
>> Just uh we've had a lot of resignations
[59:42] uh due to uh [clears throat]
uh one uh correction officer had a baby,
[59:49] decided to be a full-time mom, and I I
applaud her for that. And it just uh
[59:53] been a lot of movement with the part
with some of the part-time, too. um that
[59:59] they you know it's sometimes it's hard
to not to have romances within the off
[1:00:05] within and then and then they move on
and get married and so there's a couple
[1:00:09] that did that and and are going to move
on. So it's just been a lot of a lot of
[1:00:14] that.
>> Okay,
[1:00:15] » that makes sense.
>> It does. [laughter]
[1:00:19] » All right, any questions or anything for
sheriff?
[1:00:25] All right, hearing none. All those in
favor signify by saying I.
[1:00:28] » I.
>> Post say nay. Motion carries.
[1:00:31] » Could I could I ask for one thing?
Absolutely. Didn't mean to interrupt.
[1:00:34] No, Commissioner.
>> Is that you have a uh I have a a limit
[1:00:40] of six part-time people. You have
authorized
[1:00:44] uh my office to have six part-time. I'd
like to increase that to one more
[1:00:49] seventh because I do have a part-time
person that is that uh is is pregnant
[1:00:54] and she'll be going out soon. Um, and
it's not that I'm going to add hours for
[1:01:02] this seventh person. It's just that to
help cover hours. Uh, especially and
[1:01:07] maybe the 247 area could maybe help a
little bit with that if I needed uh uh
[1:01:13] uh we just uh we we we're seeing some
violations in the 247 area that needs
[1:01:19] paperwork and do different things. So,
but I'm I'm just trying to get ahead of
[1:01:23] uh another vacancy. And so, if I could
go ahead and while we're hiring, if I
[1:01:28] could hire a seventh part-time person,
but I again, I'm not looking to add
[1:01:34] hours. I'm just looking to help cover
ours with that seventh one, anticipating
[1:01:39] when this other part-time goes out on on
leave. Of course, she has no uh she has
[1:01:44] no uh sick leave or anything, but you
know, we we guarantee that she can have
[1:01:48] a job back if she chooses to come back.
So,
[1:01:51] » being that it doesn't affect budget and
the do bottom line,
[1:01:54] » it does affect the pay plan resolution.
Um I mean, I think you could maybe do
[1:02:00] like consensus to move that forward, but
I would have to bring the pay plan pay
[1:02:04] plan resolution forward to be amended
>> and we could do that on
[1:02:08] » at the next meeting. put it to the
what's the board's uh consensus on that?
[1:02:12] I think if it's not increasing anything
and just having more staff to be able to
[1:02:17] fill the existing hours, I don't I think
that would be be good. But what's the
[1:02:23] board's cons?
>> Would that be a temporary position then?
[1:02:27] » And the person comes back, you know, if
this person that's leaving on maternity
[1:02:31] leave comes back, then would that
seventh position part-time go away or
[1:02:36] does that stay there? Well, we probably
just, you know, with things going, uh,
[1:02:40] there's always somebody gone. I
anticipate, you know, they come and go
[1:02:44] so quick. Uh,
again, we would not increase hours, but
[1:02:50] to cover. So, the seventh person would
probably be needed to cover hours. Uh,
[1:02:56] if that because you have full-time that
take vacation and things like that. So,
[1:03:00] uh, again, they wouldn't be added hours.
is just be a person to to cover those
[1:03:04] hours
>> that we need. Is that making any sense,
[1:03:07] Commissioner?
>> Sheriff, one question I have is, so if
[1:03:10] you add another part-time person, then
you're not asking other full-time people
[1:03:15] extra overtime shifts,
>> right?
[1:03:17] » So, in a sense, it's it's saving the
county some money. Correct. Or am I
[1:03:21] wrong?
>> Yeah. I know a few years ago when we
[1:03:24] added the corporal positions and and
that we we um reduced the number of
[1:03:30] part-time people,
>> right? Here's a question to you. What is
[1:03:34] one enough to be able to cover those
hours and miss times and things like
[1:03:37] that? Or would would we want to do two?
What what is the recommendation to do
[1:03:42] that? Because I think we eliminated like
10 when we created those corporal
[1:03:47] positions if I remember right.
>> Well, it would uh for
[1:03:52] » we always have we always have the hours
and so if I don't
[1:03:57] » see when I'm dealing with part-time now
I'm dealing with college. they're going
[1:04:00] to college, you know, and so now it's
hard to draw from the six
[1:04:05] » to cover. And then if I'm down, you
know, we're we're promoting one
[1:04:09] part-time person up to full-time, you
know, so I've drawn that. And then of
[1:04:15] course with with the pregnancy, I don't
know when she's going out. Uh and if
[1:04:20] she'll come, I hope she'll come back.
She's a good employee. She does really
[1:04:22] good. So I hope she'll come back when
when that. But uh uh it is a struggle
[1:04:27] for us to uh uh because we do have a lot
of overtime in the jail
[1:04:33] » because I don't
>> because I don't have part-time to cover.
[1:04:36] Uh and I know the deal was corpor
[1:04:42] uh staff, you know, people. But again, I
got to cover the hours. So it it would
[1:04:48] it would be beneficial.
>> The only downside I could see would be
[1:04:52] reducing each employees hours. they
wouldn't be getting as many hours per
[1:04:57] employee, per part-time employee, which
I depends on if they're busy with school
[1:05:02] or other full-time jobs. That, you know,
it might not be bad thing to do that,
[1:05:09] » but it might it might be a
>> a way to just to add to and and it would
[1:05:14] help alleviate some of the scheduling
strain.
[1:05:18] What are your thoughts on that board?
Yeah, I guess I'm I'm seeing what you're
[1:05:22] saying is that the part-time people
possibly would be not getting their
[1:05:25] normal shift then and that my question
was do they do the part- timerrs have a
[1:05:31] set number of hours that they can or do
work or is it are they expecting to
[1:05:37] always get 20 or
>> Yeah, it's 19
[1:05:43] 195
I mean 19 and a half hours. However,
[1:05:48] there may be times now that I use them
more than that just so I don't in a what
[1:05:53] is a six-month period. They can't go
over X amount or else you have to start
[1:05:56] paying uh
>> retirement.
[1:06:00] So, I may have someone that works 25 or
30 hours because she's available to
[1:06:06] work. So, she picks up more shifts than
someone someone that's maybe got a
[1:06:11] full-time job and doing this part-time.
Most of mine are are going to are
[1:06:16] college right now, you know. I I have
one or you know, see, so now I got to
[1:06:21] work around their college schedules and
sometimes that's that gets to be
[1:06:26] difficult, too. So,
>> because some of your part-time, you
[1:06:29] might only get them 10 hours in a pay
period or a week or
[1:06:34] » and they might only be able to work
that.
[1:06:36] » Correct. And I think that's why we added
that extra one. It was to eliminate some
[1:06:40] of that.
>> Yeah. um a full-time person would be
[1:06:43] more um inclined to be there all the
time. But uh that was kind of the
[1:06:49] reasoning behind all the part-time staff
I had before.
[1:06:52] » Yeah.
>> So, correct.
[1:06:55] » Yeah. You know, I only have one that
works 24/7. You know, uh, uh, Tanya
[1:07:00] Thornton works 24/7, but there's times
in there that's busy, especially on
[1:07:04] court day when they're sentencing and
over and and sometimes I got to pull
[1:07:08] someone from the floor to help her. So
then eliminates one person on the floor.
[1:07:14] Mondays are busy days for for jail staff
because, you know, they're they're
[1:07:19] sentenced to a scram bracelet or or or
whatever or just setting them up. Tanya
[1:07:24] has to set them up on the 247 program.
So, um, an extra person there could help
[1:07:30] a little bit too if I if I if that's
needed and so forth. So, I'm not looking
[1:07:35] to increase a lot of hours. I'm just
looking to basically cover
[1:07:40] » uh cover.
>> I think it's good to be proactive on
[1:07:44] that. And I I I can make peace with
adding the seventh. Um,
[1:07:51] I trust department heads to run their
departments how they see fit. And I',
[1:07:55] you know, when they come and ask for a
another part-time, I guess I'm not
[1:08:00] comfortable with saying, "Well, if you
want one, let's give you two." Um, I'd
[1:08:03] leave that to the department heads to
let them manage income. If you at some
[1:08:07] point want to add another one, then I
think you bring it. So, adding a second,
[1:08:12] I guess I wouldn't be comfortable with
that.
[1:08:14] » Well, and the only reason I brought that
up is it's not increasing the wage, the
[1:08:18] budget at all. It's just the amount of
people to manage that budget and
[1:08:22] alleviate alleviate scheduling concerns.
And that's why that's the only reason I
[1:08:27] said maybe two just with with the
increased stuff because it's not and
[1:08:33] correct me if I'm wrong, Sheriff. It's
not it's not and he said it before, it's
[1:08:37] not adding to the budget. It is just the
amount of people to do that. um we're
[1:08:42] just doing
more I guess
[1:08:47] the same amount with just a few more
people and if we can find people
[1:08:50] qualified people to work those hours it
you know I was a part of that for years
[1:08:56] and years and I know what the shifts and
and the strains in the back can be so
[1:09:01] that's why I just mentioned would it
possibly work to add to to help with
[1:09:06] that So
[1:09:13] » right. So
>> So the consensus is that
[1:09:17] » Yeah. What's the I mean,
>> yeah, I' I'd say put something together
[1:09:21] so that Stacy can bring
>> We'll have to bring it to as a
[1:09:24] resolution on our next meeting to adjust
that pay plan.
[1:09:27] » We're going to meet again on September
one.
[1:09:29] » September one. So would we direct was it
the consensus of the board to director
[1:09:35] to bring one or two or what would the
consensus be?
[1:09:40] » You can do one now and one if he thinks
one. Okay.
[1:09:44] » Sounds good.
>> All right.
[1:09:46] » Okay. Thank you.
>> You bet. Sheriff. Uh letter C. Uh action
[1:09:50] to approve a request fill vacancy for a
part-time female corrections officer in
[1:09:54] the detention center. Do I have a motion
to approve?
[1:09:57] » So move.
>> Second.
[1:09:59] » Motion a second. Any comments
hearing? None. All those in favor
[1:10:04] signify by saying I.
>> I.
[1:10:06] » Post say nay. Motion carries.
>> Letter D. Action to approve a request to
[1:10:11] fill vacancy for a corrections corporal
in the detention center. Do I have a
[1:10:15] motion to approve?
>> Motion approve.
[1:10:17] » Got a motion.
>> Second.
[1:10:19] » Second. Comments.
[1:10:24] Hearing none. All those in favor signify
by saying I.
[1:10:27] » I. Post say nay. [cough] Pot carries.
Letter E. Action to authorize
[1:10:32] chairperson Hustler to sign uh
sub that thing
[1:10:40] subsequent clarificate or certification
of compliance with foreign national
[1:10:44] vetting requirements. It is still only
9:30.
[1:10:49] Motion to approve.
>> So moved.
[1:10:51] » Second.
>> Motion and a second. Comments. This is
[1:10:54] for, I believe, a grant agreement that
at that uh county development director
[1:11:00] Bob Hill is applying for. Um HR
generalist Kristen Witchie does um she
[1:11:06] provided a statement that was in your
packet basically saying that Brookings
[1:11:09] County does require all new employees or
all employees to fill out the I9 form um
[1:11:17] certifying that they are indeed eligible
to work in the United States.
[1:11:22] Any other comments
hearing? None. All those in favor
[1:11:26] signify by saying I. I.
>> Post say a. Motion carries. Letter F.
[1:11:32] Action to automatically supplement an
unanticipated expenses incurred and
[1:11:36] reimbursement made to to Brookings
County in the amount of $2,115.70.
[1:11:43] Receipt number 00779225
to general GL line 226-422-
[1:11:52] 4294.
Do I have a motion to approve?
[1:11:55] » So move.
>> Second.
[1:11:56] » Motion to second. Comments.
>> Mr. Chairman, this comes from that South
[1:12:01] Dakota Department of Health grant to our
PPC-
[1:12:06] pod. This is the monies that was spent.
They've got a different fiscal year, but
[1:12:12] 2025 to 2026,
that line happens to be in the red right
[1:12:17] now. And this this supplement will put
me back in the green in that line.
[1:12:21] » Okay. Any other comments?
Hearing none. All those in favor signify
[1:12:26] by saying I.
>> I. I.
[1:12:27] » Post say nay.
>> Motion carries. Letter G, action to
[1:12:31] declare 10 tasers as surplus property
transferred to Dual County Sheriff's
[1:12:36] Office. Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So move.
[1:12:38] » Second. Motion a second comments unless
you have some questions is that I update
[1:12:44] so oftakes
[1:12:48] care of me. Anyway,
>> um it's always nice to have another
[1:12:53] wife. Anyway, uh
we update tasers every so often. These
[1:12:59] tasers are still still usable. uh you
know the smaller counties have sometimes
[1:13:04] struggle with with budgets and stuff and
and so I think it'd be a good to to
[1:13:09] donate those otherwise they're going to
sit in a drawer here so they can go
[1:13:13] there and and and be used for a while.
So
[1:13:15] » you bet
have any comments from the board?
[1:13:19] » Well, it's good to see that you're
reaching out to other counties and if
[1:13:22] it's something that they can use uh to
be able to get it to them. Um fire
[1:13:27] departments do this and other
departments also. It's uh good deal.
[1:13:32] » Yeah, I have a couple red lights I think
top two that I'll check with some fire
[1:13:36] departments and see if they need any red
lights. So anyway, thank you. You bet.
[1:13:43] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I post name. Motion carries. All right.
[1:13:49] Number nine, commission department
director's report.
[1:13:54] » The veteran service officer report for
July. No. Yeah, July. Like August is
[1:14:01] almost over, I feel like. Anyway, seven
DAV rides. The best news is that the DAV
[1:14:06] val the volunteer drivers have covered
all of those rides now since February.
[1:14:11] So, that is moving in the right
direction. Um, a couple of outreach
[1:14:14] events, coffee with vets, and then the
VFW after hours that they do every
[1:14:18] month. Um, Matt Pillar, our VSO, said,
you know, claims processing is it has
[1:14:24] slowed down. It was kind of going well.
Well, now it's he's kind of been seeing
[1:14:27] a slowdown kind of across the board over
the past few months with that. So, um
[1:14:33] the July general fund surplus cash
analysis was at 33%. That is pretty much
[1:14:39] spot on for our 10-year average of
33.3%.
[1:14:42] Just continue to keep an eye on that now
as we get uh closer to year end to see
[1:14:46] if there's there's any money there that
we need to possibly assign or um deal
[1:14:52] with here at the end of the year. So,
um, looking good there.
[1:14:57] The conservation district tour is, um,
next Thursday, next week, August 27th.
[1:15:04] That agenda is included with my report.
Um, the the the board received a thank
[1:15:11] you from the Brookings County Youth
Mentoring Program for funding here in
[1:15:16] 2026. So, that was included with my
report.
[1:15:20] Um the SDAC or the SDACCC proposed
resolutions and policy statement changes
[1:15:24] are also part of my report.
There's quite a few resolutions this
[1:15:30] year. So if um make sure that you do
read through those um we will be
[1:15:36] discussing those in a caucus uh format
on September 15th at fall convention and
[1:15:42] then they are voted on at the general
business meeting the next day on the
[1:15:46] 16th. We only do get one vote um per
county on those resolutions. So, if you
[1:15:55] see anything in there um that you want
to discuss further, we can kind of go
[1:15:59] through them maybe at the next meeting,
you know, one at a time to see if if
[1:16:03] there's anything that there's questions
about. Um there's usually some pretty
[1:16:08] good supplemental information. A lot of
them came this year from either Minihaha
[1:16:12] County or Yankton County submitted quite
a few resolutions. So, make sure you
[1:16:16] take a look at those. Um, if you have
any questions, reach out to me. Um, we
[1:16:21] would like I would like to schedule the
the highway and bridge tour that's
[1:16:25] usually here in October. Um,
what I'm guessing, you know, what's I
[1:16:31] guess Brian and I haven't talked about
it propose a date here, but um,
[1:16:38] you know, we could do it
a couple different ways. you know, meet
[1:16:43] in the morning and then we get done
by noon or, you know, if it works on a
[1:16:50] well, the the 20th is actually
department head, so it wouldn't work
[1:16:54] that day, but then like the 6th if you
want to do um that afternoon, like after
[1:16:59] a commission meeting, something like
that and go in the afternoon. Brian,
[1:17:04] » I worry my projects are not going to be
done
[1:17:07] » by the 6th of October. You want to go
later in the month or even into
[1:17:11] November? deadline is for asphalt is the
15th.
[1:17:15] » Okay. So, so maybe look at a little bit
later in October or maybe even early
[1:17:20] November too. Um
>> I would be more comfortable with that.
[1:17:26] » I mean the the first meeting in November
is the 5th. That's a Thursday because
[1:17:31] we're canvasing votes.
Um
[1:17:38] what do you think? Anybody have any
suggestions?
[1:17:42] I
>> think [snorts] later would be better
[1:17:44] just so everything's done.
>> Yes, for sure.
[1:17:48] » You want to do that? Can we do that
Wednesday or that Thursday that first
[1:17:51] week in November?
>> The fourth or the fifth?
[1:17:56] » Fifth after the meeting or the fourth?
What's it's really up to you guys. So,
[1:18:03] what you think?
[1:18:06] » I'm good with whatever. Yeah. I guess
it'd be nice if we could do it have
[1:18:11] commission and after commission.
>> Should we do it on the on the 5th then?
[1:18:15] » November 5th.
>> That Thursday.
[1:18:17] » Sounds good.
>> Yep.
[1:18:20] » Okay.
Um other than that, just a few other
[1:18:26] dates. Um we they did hand out to you
from Sou Valley Energy. They're doing
[1:18:32] rats and kilowatts kind of uh town by
town district meetings. Um they're from
[1:18:38] 4:30 to 7 on Thursday, August 27th.
There is one in White at the community
[1:18:45] hall and then um at the Mcnite community
hall and then there is one on September
[1:18:52] 10th in Vulga and that is at the school
at the Sou Valley School. So that
[1:18:59] handout was there and I'll get some of
those dates put on the the calendar here
[1:19:03] as well. Um, as I said, the conservation
district tour is next week. Monday is
[1:19:10] September 7th, Labor Day. Offices will
be closed. And then we have the next
[1:19:16] week our um fall convention down at the
Ramakota in Sou Falls. Kind of golf on
[1:19:22] the 14th, but then the meetings are the
15th and 16th of September.
[1:19:26] Um
um on Tuesday, September 22nd, I'm just
[1:19:33] kind of noticing that meeting at 8:30.
Um that is the fourth Tuesday of the
[1:19:38] month, which is a little bit different
than what we normally do first and 3rd,
[1:19:42] but that's due to that fall convention
follow falling on that third Tuesday.
[1:19:47] So, uh in September, we meet the 1st and
the fourth Tuesdays in September, the
[1:19:52] 1st and then the 22nd.
Um
[1:19:57] Todd Kay's with the First District
Association of Local Governments. They
[1:20:01] have their annual membership picnic on
September 24th. Um I know they'll be
[1:20:06] sending out some additional information,
but if you wanted just to get that on
[1:20:10] your calendars, it's the Thursday,
September 24th. And then looking out a
[1:20:14] little bit further, um Native American
Day is October 12th. That Monday,
[1:20:18] offices will be closed. On the Tuesday,
October 20th, we have our regular
[1:20:23] commission meeting. And then that
afternoon um department head review
[1:20:27] starting at 1:00.
October 24th is Hobo Day. So I'll be we
[1:20:33] don't need to decide now but talking
about um parade and activities for Hobo
[1:20:38] Day. And then again as I had mentioned
earlier that meeting that first meeting
[1:20:43] in November is a Thursday instead of a
Tuesday and that's due to canvasing the
[1:20:48] vote votes from the general election
that's on the 3rd of November.
[1:20:53] That's all I have unless you have
questions for me.
[1:20:55] » Anything for Stacy?
>> All right. Thank you. State's attorney's
[1:21:00] office report.
Moving to number 11, commissioner
[1:21:05] reports. Commissioner Vanderwal.
>> Thank you. On Wednesday, August 11th, I
[1:21:11] attended the Brookings County 4H
achievement days. And then at 1:00 that
[1:21:15] afternoon, I attended the Samira Avenue
meeting in Vga at 1:00.
[1:21:21] On Thursday, August 6th, I attended the
4 uh barbecue and helped serve drinks
[1:21:26] and milk and co or milk and juice and
water. And uh and on Wednesday, August
[1:21:34] 12th, I attended the uh 10ount meeting
in Bryant. And afterwards, uh we stopped
[1:21:41] at the U Culbert project on County Road
One on the west side of Oakwood. And
[1:21:46] that was very interesting. I'm glad we
had an opportunity to do that. and
[1:21:51] understand from those two county uh
highway workers what was going on and
[1:21:56] why appreciated that. And then on
Thursday, August 13th, I attended the uh
[1:22:02] pod meeting um at the hospital at noon.
And then that evening um
[1:22:10] Thursday, August 13th, I attended the
765 KVA um meeting right here in this
[1:22:17] very room. As uh as um Bob said earlier
today, you know, we look for that um
[1:22:26] September meeting to be the be the
sunset of that the uh I'm just one of
[1:22:31] the five on that committee. But after
that um meeting here, I I I look forward
[1:22:39] for the committee to uh make a
recommendation to the zoning board for a
[1:22:43] 2,000 ft setback. Um and the zoning
board would then possibly look at that
[1:22:50] in the October meeting. So that's moving
moving along.
[1:22:55] Thank you very much.
>> All right, Commissioner Post.
[1:22:59] » My calendar just went dead. On the 4th,
[snorts] I filled in for the planning
[1:23:05] and zoning meeting and of August.
Then I also was uh let's see tended to
[1:23:14] 765 on the 13th as well. Had some
fill-in duty. So that was pretty much my
[1:23:23] week.
>> All right, Commissioner Miller.
[1:23:25] » Thank you. Well, um, last night, the
17th, I attended a board meeting for the
[1:23:30] Brookings Behavioral Health Center and,
uh, I continue to be impressed with that
[1:23:36] facility and the board. Mary Beth and
Lana and Amy do an excellent job. Got
[1:23:42] some challenges. They're expanding into
some new areas and, uh, dealing with
[1:23:46] funding issues on the state and federal
level like several are, but, um, very
[1:23:51] well-run organization and they're truly
making a difference there. It's fun to
[1:23:54] see be a part of that. That's my report.
>> All right, Commissioner Jensen.
[1:23:59] » Well, on the 4th, I attended National
Night Out over in Vulga. Uh great
[1:24:03] turnout over there. Uh was going to eat
there. The the line was quite long and
[1:24:07] uh we decided to go to Brookings and
attend the National Night Out in
[1:24:11] Brookings. Uh and that was also well
attended. And uh
[1:24:16] it's uh a kudos to all the people that
volunteer, come out and uh to man those
[1:24:21] booths with the you know the fire
departments and the city police and
[1:24:25] everybody that gets out there. Uh thanks
to those guys for organizing and having
[1:24:29] that event. The kids really enjoy it. On
the 5th they stopped out at achievement
[1:24:33] days. Uh viewed the exhibits and also
took in a couple shows. on the six. Also
[1:24:41] went out uh helped at the pork barbecue.
Uh great turnout. We actually ran out of
[1:24:47] food that evening. Uh it was a good
turnout for the the meal and it was very
[1:24:53] good. Uh on the 12th attended the 10ount
meeting in Bryant. Uh a lot of
[1:24:58] discussion on some of the proposals and
the and the half cent tail tax uh still
[1:25:03] coming up. Uh counties that have done it
and counties that have not. Um, as Kelly
[1:25:09] mentioned, we stopped by the Culver
project at the on County Road One just
[1:25:13] west of the Oakwood Lakes and looked at
the project. It was going pretty good.
[1:25:18] Uh, [snorts] unfortunately, we haven't
had any rain, but that kind of helped
[1:25:22] that project and didn't get flooded out
and uh, looks to be completed here
[1:25:26] shortly. So, that's my report.
>> All right. and my report I was uh I was
[1:25:32] gone for for a while so I didn't get a
chance to attend 10 10 county uh thank
[1:25:38] you commissioner Vanderwal for going to
the pod meeting for me um but yesterday
[1:25:43] on the 17th I had a committee meeting
for the Brookings Regional Growth
[1:25:46] Alliance uh and that is my report
so then with that we'll move into number
[1:25:54] 12 executive session in accordance with
SDCL 1252 two parentheses one for
[1:26:00] personnel. Do I have a motion to enter
an executive session?
[1:26:04] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:26:05] » Motion and second. All those in favor
signify by saying I. I oppose.
[1:26:08] » Say n. Thank you.