About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning & Zoning Board
- Meeting Type
- Planning & Zoning Board
- Location
- Lawrence County, SD
- Meeting Date
- March 5, 2026
Transcript
60 sections (from 323 segments)
This conference will now be recorded. Delayed.
All right. Call meeting order. In the pledge, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Um the minutes from the February 5th, 2026 meeting. Any additions or corrections? Move to approve. Second. Discussion. All in favor say I. I. All oppose. Same sign. Okay. I need to abstain. I wasn't here. Oh, yeah. But you probably could have rather than I did read them. Okay. Yeah, it's fine. You don't have to abandain. Okay. Yep. Yeah. Uh the agenda. Any changes or additions to that? Nope. No changes. Move to approve. Second. Discussion. All in favor say I. I. Same time. And any conflicts of interest?
No. Okay. So, we'll move into theformational meeting for changes zoning 291-26.
All right. So, this one is um today has just been informational. This is kind of coming about um if you it's been a few months ago now. We had originally come in and there was some discussion on how we were going to handle the commercial units that are going up at Powder House Pass. Um it was approved in their original in their original overall pay plan back from 2005 that there would be some commercial units, but we just hadn't seen much for buildout at this point. Now we're starting to see some of that and there was not a lot of detail in their original plan as how we were going to keep track of the amount of sewer usage going into the system. And so this is kind of a um update to that original master plan that will give us an actual well just basically a formula to be able to kind of keep track of how much is going in. No different than when houses are built the state would go in and say well you can have so much based on how many bedrooms you have. They had a formula. Commercial units aren't quite the same way. And so that's what we were trying to come up with as a plan for that. And in order to do that, I requested that it be put in writing, go through the approval process for an amendment to their um summary that goes through. It's their amendment to their master plan. So, they did give you kind of a quick written summary that was provided in the packet and then this is the document that would be amended. So, every time they've made a change since 2005, we have them update this document and then you would reapprove the new document. So, then going forward, it has that new information in there. So, that's kind of what this is. Um, nothing is really changing within the original plan except for trying to give us a formula to be able to use for commercial development because now that's where we're at. We're starting to see some of that. Is there anything else that you guys want to add that they're here as well? But I think that was the only thing we did talk about changing one other part. Did that get updated
because it asked about for the clarification? Yeah. Yeah, that was in the updated rate the summary but not part of the master plan update. So just looking for
um where right here so also as part of that because I didn't want to do two separate things. It's just easier if we just do one public hearing process. There was some discussion in the original PUB district the zoning district. It used to state that common space um common open space was a minimum 25% of the total site acreage including in the application shall be preserved as common recreation and meaningful open space and that was just general knowledge but in 2004 we updated the PUD zoning district to not require that now they can it's this language so they are requesting since the old language was in the original document doument, could they update it to the new language? Um, so that's the other part of this. So the first part is the and it makes sense if we changed it in our ordinance. I don't know why they should have to follow the rule because the ordinance has changed. So it just makes sense to update it to the existing ordinance because it's been I mean 2005 to now there's a lot of changes that have been made.
I think it's good to just keep this written summary of changes and amendments.
Yep. Well, that's really what the we are. So, what we've done in the past with these um it's not changing the boundary of the PD. So, they don't have to do a full um where they have to send notification out because it's not changing the actual PD. It's just the the language in here. So, we do require a public hearing just to have it. They don't have to send out notification individually. The CI is aware of it because that's who controls this. the C has to be aware of it and they are um and then we are going to have them post assign just so if somebody out there had a question they can call us and we can share this information with them and we've done this I think this is the third amendment and we've followed the same procedure every amendment so they're aware of it so the only difference is um I get this question so you guys might why do we call it a change of zoning well it's because we're showing the original change of zoning 291 and then dash 26. That just helps us know that it was an amendment to something within that original plan.
C admin master. Yep. Because it was the C master plan. So, it's just more of a it's not a new change of zoning. It's just changing a plan. I wonder if C is a a government entity, do they have to post a change and notify people within their C? No, not within the county, within their C. I just wonder. I'm not sure. I guess on the C side there's I'm sure there's regulations for that. Interesting. It's a good deal to keep it alive. The main documents throughout.
So that's kind of what this is about. Um if you have any questions, like I said, John's here and the engineer's here that wrote this document. So he's here, too. Um he'll be here at all the public hearings. If questions come up, you know, afterwards, you can sure look at them. Um, I think this was kind of a joint effort is because as staff we didn't know how to deal with the commercial units. So I I think this is a good way to kind of have some teeth in it of what we're going to do moving forward. So that's all I have unless you guys have any other questions. Okay. Does anybody need to do an onsite?
Yeah, it's just anformational. So, you're going to set a public hearing for April 2nd at 1:30. Perfect. All right. Informational meeting for CUP 500 for Front Gate Holdings.
Okay. And this one is for a tower. Um, this is going to be if you remember where so Jeff and Paulie Garrett get did a change of zoning request right off of 85 and Camp Comfort Road. Um, where they put the storage units in. This is going to be kind of on the back side of that lot. Um, so it meets the requirements, but they are required to do a conditional use permit for any sort of tower. They've provided um all of the information that we we ask for. This is their conditional use permit packet. It kind of shows you can see here's the units. Um, here's the highway. You're coming in here. It's going to sit right in here. Um, this is I don't go through all of this, but it's all the fun mapping and things that they provide. You guys have this packet provided to you as part of it, but here's kind of the the gist of it. U Vertical Bridge is the name of the company. We have a lot of different tower. So, the Towers LLC um is one that we've seen stuff for in the past, but they all have different names within within name. That's pretty normal. Um, this one here, the building permit for this will end up going through the city of Spearfish, but before they can get the building permit, they have to come here for the conditional use permit. So, that's the process.
So, is this not in the city limits? No. Nope. Nope. It's in the county. So, city limits must be on the other side of the road. It's on the other side of the highway. Yes. Okay. But it doesn't go that far. Stops at the church and buckles in place. I think I have a zooming in there. Let's see. past that. This is this is this is city limits is on the other side of the road for quite a ways. This is south of camp. It is. Okay. But on the east side, the city limits goes a lot further north. Yeah. Yeah. I'm wrong. Feel like I'm home. But city limits is not on this side of the highway.
It's just on the other side of the street. So, seems like a pretty decent spot to put a tow. kind of goes with the storage unit similar to what 17 did. Yeah. So once this goes through our process, then we would I would give a copy of the staff report by the time we're done with it um to the city of Spearfish. So you guys would have opportunity to put any conditions. You know, if you want to see something, I always ask a monoto monopole tower is better than having a tree. Please don't put a tree in. We have one. I thought it went Nemo. I just rode down Nemo and couldn't find it.
No, it's there. It's not Nemo. It's um It's not on Nemo Road. It's on roadest. And I promise you can see it. Not blended with the trees. Yeah. So, and Ryan is here if you have any questions for him at all on anything. But it's I mean, anything new that you want to add, Ryan? Does that give you if you want to add anything go for it?
Again, thank you staff and commissioners. Um Ryan Straff here uh on behalf of Bu Consulting and the Towers LLC, which is also known as Vertical Bridge. Um you know, I don't really have anything to add. You know, just uh it is a pretty basic uh tower addition to cover a gap in service uh to uh uh add some additional um quality of service and enhancing uh E911 services. So with that, if you have any questions, I can assist with those. You guys just need to get set the public hearing. And Ryan, we did mail your packet. I don't know if you've gotten it yet, but it got mailed out. And the sign has been posted.
Perfect. And I provided the signed documents back. Yep. Did you get your packet? Um I'm thinking is the packet just was the manel envelope, right? With those documents in it. And you have to send out notifications. So there should have been a sheet in there, a letter of notification as well as a spreadsheet. Yep. And I had some conversations with staff about that and um I have those prepared and they'll go out before the 26th. Perfect. Yep. So that's it. Just scheduled a public hearing for April 2nd then. Yep. Anybody have any other questions, concerns? All right. and we'll move to the final thought.
All right, John.
Yeah, you guys did have a copy of the weed report. We try to give that to you every time. And again, we department's done really good with getting those to us on a timely planner. So, that's been good. This one is a preliminary and a final plot for Justin John's and Joetta um Dickert Bracket. Okay. Um tracks AR and B2R. It's a lot line revision. Um it would be exempt from the fire plan because it is just a lot line revision. Uh this is out off of Galina. If you remember when Joetta originally broke these tracks up, this was um Bert Ralph kind of in that area by Bert Ralph and stuff. So they're just changing the lot line between the two parcels. So it's just a lot line revision. No. No new lots.
Motion and it's accepted. Discussion. All in favor say I. I. Oppos same time sign. You understand what that meant, Kristen? For the fire plan. Will you show me again where they want? I missed that. Here's the existing flat. See if I can zoom. If you ever have any questions, I'll be sure. Yeah, I will. Don't worry. I won't be. I got a lot to learn. There's a lot of things we just kind of take for granted. Yeah. Um the former lot line was right in here. You can see that um was right along here. No, I'm sorry. Right along here.
Yeah, you can see it right here. See this? It's hard to tell, but see this little circle? It's Yeah, the circle is showing. So, see this little black line right here? That's a giant cursor. I don't know. That's That's Bruce. And an arrow will be easier to see. Bruce, just fix it. Bruce, this No, I was told I'm not allowed to touch anything on this computer. I did design the cursor. No, you did. This was all Greg. He doesn't like arrows. Um, so anyways, it's this right here. that this little tiny piece. Yeah. What is that anyway? That's it. And so it's putting that little jag in it. Is that what it's doing?
There weren't enough angles in this particular property. Somebody wants to add a garage. I'm gonna bet it's a setback thing is what I would assume. Oh, heard. Yes, dear. The Dickards have been that John's lot went all the way across front of Dickerts's driveway and right by their front door. Dickards have been parking on the John's property and then they have a dumpster further to the west. So that change in lot line is going to get the parking and the dumpster on Dickard's property. Perfect. And the John's has just got a little the same amount of property exchanged to them on the north. So they're parking in the same spot. It'll just be on their property. They're just cleaning up a thing that's been 20 years on the
this little triangle to this little triangleish. Mhm. There's a inset to the left has a that's blown up. You slide your picture over if you can. Oh, there we go. Right there. You can see. So, there it just clean cleans it up. Any other concerns about anything? Move to approve. Move to approve a preliminary finance. Yes. Second discussion. Pick one. Okay. He was louder. Any discussion? All in favor say I.
I. Same sign. Motion carries. All right. Preliminary and final plat for Maryanne Eddie and Ed. And this one we also have to decide on the exemption for fire. Rob, do you want to explain this one too since you're here? Okay, zoom in. That's probably about That's a better screen over there. Hey, look at that. There's four of us every second.
So, the younger we can turn, I guess. Anacond number six, which is in the northern portion up here. They're splitting that load in half. Half of it's going to each of two siblings and then we're platting out the road right away as a dedicated to the public. What was the report? Just a road Brownsville. We've had as things have been platting, John had basically said, you know, it'd be a good idea if we could start getting it actually platted because pretty much it's always going to be a public rideway. The county maintains it. But on a lot of these, the mineral survey low cut it in half. So, it's never platted.
So, anytime we're seeing plats done out here, we've had a few now that we've done. Yeah. From here to the west almost to Pacama, that road's been flattened out. Yeah. It just cleans it up so the rideway actually shows. Good. So, has a landowner been paying taxes on the road? Yep. That's the way it always used to be. Motion exempt more citizens like that willing to make those. This will take it off the tax. Sounds like a chair to me. Yeah. Okay. We have a motion to make it exempt. Do we have a second? Second. Okay. Discussion. Sorry. Well, I had to turn around so it wasn't in the game.
All in favor say I. I same sign. Motion carries. Okay. Now the preliminary and the final plat.
Okay. Discussion. All in favor say I. I. Same kind. Motion carries. Pulinary final. Yes. Yep. Okay. items from finance zoning board members. Oh yeah, I do have an issue for all
item to think about or move on whatever. I don't know that our our public comment. Um I've been watching city go through all kinds of garbage with theirs and they've got people that want to build that have input on every item on the agenda which I would be totally against because you'd never get out of the meeting. that got thinking maybe to put our comment at the front of the meeting and then if somebody's got an issue or or an item on that they want to have input with but it's not a public hearing they could make their comments and then we could have that in mind when we deal with everything they're doing. Plus, on public comment at the end of a meeting, quite often we get uh uh people that are upset about something we did that meeting and that what they say doesn't accomplish anything for them or us.
Yeah, makes a lot of sense. Calling us names and things like that. Opportunities after we've already done it. Yeah. Yeah. Get the input from them. And I don't think it takes any motion or anything. It's just a matter of the chairman wanting to change it. But, uh, I just that that's the city's gone to that. Um, yeah, it makes sense. Does anybody have any objections to that at all? No, I think that's good. At least we know what they were in the room. Yeah, I don't know that there it's a problem here. Um, I know some of the county commissions that have done that and it just completely has derailed their meeting. Really? How's that?
Well, they just get people that that come there that are mad. they're still mad uh but they don't understand the issue because they haven't heard the discussion on then they'll they'll go on for extended periods of time. Well, you give them their three minutes. You got Yeah, you've got to be very on that. But but there's a lot of people sometimes that show up. But you know time we get comments say gravel pits or we're going to have mines coming up. We're going to have that you anyway.
And and you know even the public in even the public hearing pretty soon they all sound the same. They're all trying to get a little stronger the one before them and quite often get nastier and nastier and nastier instead of just presenting information and uh and then we decide something and then they really get upset and get hammered. So I don't know. Yeah, sometimes they just need to hear the information and that would clear up a lot of the concern. Well, yeah, we almost we very seldom have any public comment here. No, no, but we will. We're gonna have
I mean, we haven't had a major issue here lately, but you know, like I say, you know, we've got two minds everywhere, don't we? I think it's just good what I've heard because I mean, a lot of people have had discussion at the planning level because, you know, they we talk all the time, is as long as you don't utilize it as a public hearing. So there's no back and forth between, you know, the board and them. They don't get to ask questions to an applicant that's sitting in the room. So you have to the chairman just has to be very deliberate of you can say what you want to say, but we're not going to have conversation,
right? because that's you have to and then I think what I've heard most of them do is they'll put a like we could add some verbiage or something that they've said if you are here for an item that is listed specifically like for a public hearing that's the time that you should talk about that specific item. So if it's an item on the agenda they shouldn't be talking about it during a public comment. Does that make sense? That doesn't have a public hearing. Correct. Yeah. Like if it's if it's just they just want to talk. public hearings for non-aggenda items is
correct. So that's the only thing I've seen is that they've added some verbiage regarding that so people go I can't I can't make it I can't sit here all day so I just want to voice my opinion and that's going to be attached to a public hearing that's an hour away. No that's not we're not going to take minutes for that. We're only so that would be my only request is if we do that we might want to add some nothing we have to decide today. I'm just throwing up the idea. Would we be better off just doing it on a case-byase thing, you know, right before saying, "Hey, if anybody has anything to say?" I think it's better to have it on an agenda because then the week before I'll tell you if we want to do it at the beginning or the end. No, I don't want to do that.
It's since people look at the agenda ahead of time and they plan when they come. Yeah. You kind of can't switch it. It's got to be they have to think they can come. Yeah. I don't care if it's at the beginning or the end. I just want to make sure that we all understand that if you have it at the beginning, that's the problem I've seen is all of a sudden people don't want to hang out and so they say what they want to say at the beginning for something on the item on the agenda. Well, then that's fine, too. I I like the I'm not going to run away and pounce. So, whatever we do, I don't care. I don't think Bruce cares. I don't know. I was just looking at our current language.
I like the idea of it at the beginning, I guess. it doesn't have it refers to uh county issues or policies doesn't refer to non-aggenda matters, right? But I think you know that's a smart thing is we don't start having an extended public hearing on on the installment plan, right? Um u but you know we just make that announcement too if you wanted to do it that way. This is the time for you know non-aggenda items or or or non-public hearing items. otherwise confine your comments to that time and place.
I've always been uncomfortable with the public comments. Doesn't matter when they are because we can't interact. We can just sit there and listen. They make their statements and they're hoping to get response. But if we give them any kind of response, we're taking action. It can be in inferred that we're taking action not. So that's why we just sit here and listen. Yeah. Just listen. And that frustrates the public. We have to be a little clear on telling them we can't interact with you on this deal because it's not on the agenda. But they look at you like you guys are a bunch of jerks. You won't even talk to me. Well, they don't know the law, you know. So,
well, I could be pretty clear about that when I ask for public comment. Just say this is a time for public comment. We cannot interact with you and this is just for you to give us information and your thoughts and opinions because it's not on the agenda. So, it's not an agenda item. If we decide that it needs to be an agenda item, then we'll make it an agenda item. But for now, we're just listen we're just listening. Can I get some clar clarification on the definition here? So, you're talking public comment and you're talking the public hearing. Um I think some of the frustration during during the public hearing is that we can't have give and take. I uh and so but I don't think there's any mechanism at the county for that. is there and
at any public meeting.
Yeah. And and I think that's what I can see that getting bogged down, but that's what frustrates people and that's why I think each time they come back I'm I'm speaking from experience. Each time time you come back you you're kind of a little bit louder. uh because you feel that you you you don't know if people are actually absorbing it and rolling it around and going, "Yeah, but I know more about than you do on this subject and therefore make it my decision." Or if it's just, "Yeah, you just go ahead and talk. We're doing we're doing what we have to do, which is to let you talk, but we're not even listening." So, I think that's So, if there's some mechanism, and I'm throwing that out. I know that's not what we're discussing now, but I don't know if there's ever a time and place or if that's when an individual should make an appointment with one of you and say, "Here's
that'd be refreshing. People actually come talk to you and actually do you folks have set hours?" Because when I was in Quinney County, Idaho, um they the commissioners are full-time and so we would know it would be easy to get access to them. You guys are all busy doing other things. So I don't know what the mechanism is for that. I think we're all willing to make time. Okay. I'm very seldom a contact. I mean I'm sure I'm sure you don't. All the turmoil we had on that out there two people talked to me about it. I didn't get any phone calls. These were people in my office. Inquisitive. Bruce, do you want to and want to know? I mean,
geez, if you're really interested, come talk to somebody. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it's true. I think I think we do for the most part. listen pretty well there. I know there's been a lot of times when I've gone through the agenda, looked at all the stuff and kind of had my mind made up on what I thought about something and then you come to the public hearing and you hear something that somebody says and it can change your mind and absolutely I know you'll see and it's you always have to see it from the other side. I think that's what Bruce is probably going to read. M so um this comes from the South Dakota planners association about conflicts of interest and exparte communications
in in quasi judicial judicial proceedings. So exparte means outside of like the proceeding, right? And quasi judicial would be anything where you're acting as a judge, a cup, change of zoning, that kind of a thing, right? Um, so an exparte communication is a communication between a decision maker and an interested party outside of the official channels of the proceeding. Examples include mail, uh, phone conversations, etc. What should be done if there's an exparte communication? You should disclose it. Uh the communications should be disclosed prior to the start of any hearing. The disclosure should be made in the presence of the board and the public and if possible the content of the communication should be made part of the record. Does that require recusal? Well, if the communication is invited, then recusal should occur. So if you want them to come talk to you, I guess uh it says should occur. Invited communication is generally communication that is initiated by the board member. If the communication is uninvited, then recusal should only occur if the board member feels that the content of the communication will not allow them to be fair and impartial regarding the matter to be decided.
City I'm on city planning and zoning and and they flat tell you do not talk to the citizens outside on any item we got coming up. I flat tell them I'm going to listen to any citizen comes talk to me. Will I commit to them? Will I make a decision at that? No, I'm going to listen to him. I think we owe it to him to be able to listen to him, but I'm going to miss the law. Yep. Well, as long as you disclose it, right? Yeah, we've we've talked. Yeah. Just say we had a discussion ahead of time. And then it's also important too when we're here, we have to take off our personal hats and put on our county hat and follow the ordinances and otherwise you're not going to last very long on this board.
If I made sure. So, that is a really important point. It's quasi judicial. So, you're acting as a judge, not as a legislator. And so when you're acting as a judge, you may end up voting for something that you don't like. So for example, judges sometimes find people guilty or not guilty. They may not want to do it, but it's their duty. So you have to apply the law to the facts and come to a result. You can't vote against something because I don't like it just because. If that makes sense, right? And it's it's a good reminder for all of us because the legislators, they all they're just legislating. They they can get lobbyed. They get food and drinks. They caucus. They whip each other. Not figuratively, but lit or loup couple. Yeah. Right. Um
figuratively, not literally. And um but you guys you guys are acting most of the time as judges and we you act as legislators and as judges. And so it's a good reminder though when you're doing a CP variance, change of zoning, all those things, you're putting that cap on. We've had people in here that are competitors. I can't stand them. You can't. But they went by the ordinance. So, you got to approve it and that's just the way it is. Yeah. I've had to vote for a lot of things I didn't like that were that have to be approved and other way too. Hey, Mr. Sharon,
I know there is frustration. I was listening to one of the bills. I think it was Isme's bill from up in View County, which they're trying to um uh make it I don't know if it's easier or different to basically get rid of county commissioners, right? and and and one this part of the testimony that I heard was people are going to their county commission for example and they're not getting input from them and so they're assuming that they're being ignored and and there's no back and forth and it frustrates them but it's it's not really a back and forth situation right I mean if you go to appear to a hearing there's there's there's questions back and from the legislators to the people who are testifying right designated time
yeah but there is no I've never seen a public meeting where there's this back and forth kind of thing. I don't know how that would probably degenerate down to some kind of a yelling match oftent times, right? Or how would you referee that? Um, so I don't know how to solve that problem. It'd be like having a public hearing on every agenda item pretty much if it's a contentious thing. 90% of the time it would be just like this. And I didn't mean to imply that it was different where I was. It was it was the same way here except it was very easy to get an appointment with commissioners there. planning and so it may be here too that you may maybe you got maybe we're all just getting a bad rap in terms of people thinking that and not and not even trying to
our email addresses and phone numbers are on the website pretty public yeah they're all public actually the biggest the biggest thing um that's why we always do mine too you know the declare conflicts of interest if you think you have one that's when you need to declare it or if at we've had people like at the beginning of a meeting when they're going into public hearing They'll say, "Well, I you know, I had a conversation with so and so that's in the audience today and whatever." Like, so you can always say that before the public hearing starts. Should you should I mean, you just you if if somebody does call you just disclosure, everything items board members,
not a board member, but an issue
um Amber and I were dealing with them. We had an occasion recently to look at the rules governing political science and several years ago you modified your ordinance. It was as a result of a court case. Um and uh so I don't know if the baby got thrown out with the bath water but the provisions regulating political signs changed. And so the the about the only regulation that exists now is that uh so political signs are exemptions to the normal rules. you have to have them taken down within like five days after the election or something like that. So before that the rules were I think it was limited to a 4x8 sign. Um it was it had to be independently hung so it couldn't be like on a trailer or on a wall or something else. Had to be self-supporting, right? But those rules are all gone. And so if you look at state law, state law has very similar rules like we think we used to have governing in municipalities but but not in not applicable to the county. So at present your sign regulations for political campaigns are basically wide open. It can't be in a rightaway. Um you know can't be it can't also be advertising a business or something like that. But you could you can have those signs now. There's no limitation. Um, from what I can see, I don't mean makes sense. Um, so we may want to look at sooner than later tightening that up.
I and we would have to look further into it because if I remember right, I don't know if we legally can. So, we would probably mirror ours after what state law says and so state law has a limitation of I think 4 by8 uh square feet, you know, 32 square feet, whatever that is. Uh, the municipal as a max, I'm assuming. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So we would we would I think probably adopt what state law has or signs in municipalities. It would seem to be a pretty good fit for what we have. They only they can only put them up some days before the election too. That would be wonderful. Yeah. It'd be nice if they police that take them down thing. That's the been the issue. There's been a lot of them in rightways, but it doesn't get enforced. Yeah.
So anyway, but who's got the money to enforce it? Well, the state's attorney isn't going to waste their time on on sign. I can tell you with we find them, we will usually call the person and say it needs to be removed or Jeff has gone and pulled it out and put it in the back of his truck and then we call them and say, "You can come pick it up. It's up here." So, if we see them, we have them. Now, if they're more of a permanent, obviously, we can't do it. But if it's like the little ones, Jeff pulls them all the time. We've thrown so many signs away because we call them and say, "They're here. You can come get them." But they never show up, so they go in the garbage. What you lose, you don't want to be reminded of. Yeah.
I think we've been hesitant to like uh do a whole lot of ordinance changes now because we have to publish them and it cost money, right? We're kind of waiting for the Supreme Court case to resolve itself so we know, you know, what what we have to do there. But I it might it might be worth it for us to start working on bringing you an amended ordinance, sign ordinance. And I would propose that state language governing municipalities as a starting point. Um, so you have that in place because it'll take a while. Sure. For that process to play out. I think text changes that we need to do that we've just, you know, we always find things that like that shouldn't say that.
So, we've got some that, but I've just been holding off because we have not, we have not fixed the online ordinance since the court case started because we've been waiting. So, I don't want to spend $2,000 to fix it if it's going to get changed on the 16th. Is that right? Uh, I've got it in my calendar. It's in Brookings Falls College. Got it right here. Just looking at it earlier. It's the Yeah, because it's when I'm gone. The 14th. 15th, 16th. It might be the 16th or the 18th. Yeah, it's the 19th. Thursday the 19th. Okay. Close. It's one of those days in June. I do not know it's
doesn't make a difference. Another two months before we're here, but it's next week, right? Two weeks. So, basically, as soon as we know that, we would have all those changes to bring forward. But if I know there's some other ones, I'd rather hold off on that because it costs us the same amount of money, whether it's one change or 10 changes. So, if that's okay, we can start working on some of those other ones, get it in front of you guys, start the process, and then we'll just hold them till the end to get this outfit ought to be proud of itself because Spurfish hasn't touched theirs since 85. I know. Yeah. And we're actually going to do it. We're actually going to do it in house.
Well, you guys are going long meetings. Well, we've done this one in house. Done it for a long time. Yeah. Okay, then we can start because I have about four. They're just simple text changes. Nothing too crazy, but we just need to update them. Are you guys comfortable with us tackling one document that has multiple changes? So, like I've done before, I'll put, you know, it's this chapter, this section, this chapter, this section, and we'll have one that has all these little changes together. Sounds good. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Anything else from anybody?
All right. At this time, I would like it to open it up for public comment in a situation where you will be just giving us information and we'll have no interaction for non-aggenda items. Anyone have anything to say? Yeah. Okay. Set uh next meeting for April 2nd, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Good. Okay. It's always good until about two days before. Didn't write on anything, by the way. Boss. Good job. Good job. Wow. I enjoyed that. Yeah, those gifts.
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