Commission - Regular Meeting

All right.

All right, it's 830. We'll call the meeting of the Brookings County Commission to order Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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.

Number three on the agenda is approval of the agenda. Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

Second. All right, comments. We do have some adjustments to make. Letter L under regular business to strike letter L. And then under number 12, executive session, we need to add parentheses number four for contract negotiations. And 13, we need to split that to an A and B for outside employment request 2601 and B 2602. Do I have any comments or questions related to the changes? All right. All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carried.

Number four, invitation for a citizen to schedule time on the commission agenda for an item not listed. There's a five minute time limit per person. Anyone wanting to speak during this agenda item must sign in prior to the start of the meeting. No commission action will be taken during this agenda item. Any requested action may be scheduled for a future meeting date. There is nobody signed in today. So we will move along to number five, consent agenda items. Letter A, minutes, travel requests, personal action notices, cellular authorization, and human services report. Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved. Second.

Motion and a second. Any comments? Hearing none, call the roll, please.

VanderWaal?

Aye.

Post? Aye. Miller? Aye. Jensen?

Aye.

Hostler?

Aye.

Motion carries.

Number six, routine business. Letter A, approval of claims. Do I have a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

Second. Motion and a second. Any comments? Hearing none. Call the roll, please.

Post. Aye. Miller. Aye. Jensen.

Aye.

Vanderwall.

Aye.

Hostler.

Aye.

Motion carries.

All right. Letter B, moving into department head reports.

Brian with highway.

Now can you hear me First and foremost I'd like to start off here by talking about the two structures that I brought up to you guys here at the last meeting about Getting them set to be let out and that is going to happen June 16th 2026 at 2 30 p.m. These structures are located on County Road 478 or County Road 25 north of Bushnell We're going to be bidding them together in hopes that one contractor would be awarded the project but Let alone they will be bid together. So I That's the intent of it. Just wanted to make sure the board was aware that we were going to be, again, opening that bid on June 16, 2026, 2.30 PM, right next door here in the community room. Secondly, Stacy, if I could have you bring up the... Right-of-way layouts here. We just kind of bring the board up to speed. We're awarded a safety grant due to some Fatalities at this particular intersection at 2 20th and 4 64th I was reached out to by the DOT safety office and they deemed this location that we could receive federal funding and Now we're trying to get finalized plans put together, but one thing that this particular intersection does associate with is there's some wetlands that is kind of a low spot and When we do work in these areas much like bridges we have to purchase wetland mitigation credits so I asked the Do T to put together a couple of options here and If you'd scroll to the second page on that one, Stacey, and if you'd look at the top there, highlighted in blue, the first option there is .234 acres, which Equates to be about sixty sixty five hundred and fifty bucks So I just wanted we don't need to make any action today I just kind of needed a consensus on which direction you guys would like to pursue the DOT Is fine with either one due to the fact of this is a low area. I am suggesting option number one, but I also wanted to present to you the option to But I would I would like to go to the option one The option two if you'd scroll down as point one three nine acres which equals about thirty nine hundred dollars But just before this guy comes to you. I wanted to make sure the board was aware of this because that is a 100% County costs where the other costs are the eighteen point oh five percent County cost and then the remaining portion would be the state and federal costs, so any of this right-of-way acquisition and temporary and permanent easements and the wetland mitigation Would need to be addressed by the county so I guess I just would like a consensus on how we could tell them to move forward and Have you had any conversation with landowners up to this point? I have not yet, Larry. If you're familiar with this intersection, it is a low spot. It is not farmed. I do not anticipate that we would have any issues working with those landowners in order to get this done. You know, we're not talking a huge amount of acres here, but there again, it won't be affected to where their farm lands at. So I do not anticipate any issues with that we may have to remove some fence that's on the north west side and replace or northeast side and replace it but All in all you know we're not talking huge figures here But just so the board was aware that we are going to eventually have to incur some sort of cost for wetland mitigation in order to get this to project done Right now this intersection is not a stop intersection if you're going South it just makes the radius and the intent of this project and the DOT's intent on this is is to make that a T intersection

Will you be stopping coming from the north or all three?

No, just stopping coming from the north and it'll be, yeah, stopped all three directions, Larry.

Currently there's just one stop sign there coming from the west going east. Yeah, I remember correctly correct Have you had any conversations with Lake County on this project as well?

I have not Our maintenance stops a little ways past the intersection as far as our gravel We do have a short stretch of gravel in there. So as far as authority goes You know the road authority is still maintained within Brookings County

If your recommendation is for option number one, I'm good with that.

I'm good with that, too. Yep. Sounds good. Aside from that, I will be out of the office the week of June 9th and 10th. I will be out in Pierre at the summer meeting and meeting with DOT staff and a couple other projects. So just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of that.

All right. Anything else for Brian?

Brian, this project with 464 Maybe you said it, and I just didn't hear it, but for the public, when is that?

That'll be a 2028? I was going to bring that up, yes. 2028 is the anticipated construction date. We were given figures a few years ago when we got this grant, but once we get the final plans done, I will present that to you guys well before a budget hearing so we know what we need to budget for in 2028 for construction. Okay, very good. Thank you.

All right. Thanks, Brian. Sheriff Stanwyck.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning, Sheriff.

just a quick rundown with the jail that we have 49 inmates at the present time they've been busy it was been it's been a busy end of the school actually the college doesn't create that many problems for us but we had been in the 50s in the in the 60s for couple days, but we have dropped down now too. We have 28 inmates that are Brookings County inmates that the state's attorney will be prosecuting at the present time. And then we have 17 U.S. Marshal Service. Again, the contract is with 10, but I take up to at least 20, sometimes more than that, but we seem to be holding steady at that 10 or more, I should say. So anyway... twenty four seven program still staying around that eighty two participants so i still think that's a good thing uh... to me that's saying that we got less people out there putting on twenty four seven so anyway but uh... it continues to stay busy with thirty four coming in twice a day and so forth uh... the other thing is is that there was a scam going around to the townships And it was that they wanted, the scam was they said that they wanted payment for county supplies of $29,000. uh... that none of the townships bid into that because i was on sterling township for eighteen years i don't think we ever had that much in our checking account in any particular time but anyway i called all the townships and and the state also heard about it and they they emailed all the townships too but uh... i think everybody knew that was pretty much a scam when they were asking for more money they probably had in their checking accounts so anyway that was going around The other thing is, is that with this bad weather, my daughter lives near Kingsley, Iowa, and a tornado went through there. They live on a farm and stuff, and they have lots of damage and stuff. I may go there in the next couple days and help with that damage. So I may be out of the office, but I'll email you when I go. So anyway, any other otherwise questions? So far, we're gearing up for summer and the complaint. We're gearing up for traffic and those types of things. And my school resource officer has a lot of things planned, bike rodeo type things. And he always goes out to Lake Oakwood, does bike rodeo in the small towns and stuff. So he continues to stay busy all during the summer with those types of events. So anyway, if you guys don't have anything, then okay. Thank you.

Thanks, Sheriff. Thanks, Marty.

Jen with finance Just a couple things on my reports we have the April finance officers report With the be it noted items of otters account with treasure payroll and additive totals Highway expenditure report and register of deeds statement of fees The other thing on there is we did receive the wind tower revenue and so that was apportioned out in April and Total amount received was $1,204,471. That gets divided out. 35% stays with the county. 15% is divided up amongst the townships that have wind towers, and then 50% to the schools that have wind towers in their districts. For motor vehicle, part of our newer 605 drive system, part of its capability is that we can scan our documents in to the state to speed up the process of the motor vehicle transactions in our office started doing that last week uh... so basically if someone comes in with a title transfer we still process it like we always do but part of the process is we take their tail bill sale and all that paperwork and scan it in so then the state has it immediately and can start uh... processing so it's going to speed up title transfer turnaround time might slow us down a little bit until we get really used to it but so far it's going really well As far as voting, yesterday was the deadline for registering to vote, so we can't take any more registrations for the primary for voter registration. And as of yesterday at five o'clock, we had 556 absentee voters. So that's where we're standing right now.

Okay, any questions? Anybody have anything for Jen?

Okay, thank you.

Thank you. Thanks, Jen. County Development, Bob.

Good morning. We've got a safety committee meeting tomorrow. We're going to be them. I think the main focus is going to be on safety in the county which makes sense and safety week we got coming up. I'll be going to Sioux Falls. We've got a tri-state meeting emergency management meeting which is Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. That has been changed now. Location is still to be determined, but we'll have that meeting at noon on Thursday. Our drainage meeting, we're going to be publishing that in the Town and Country Shopper for next week. That's going to be June 8th, 6 p.m., in this room here, so we can televise it. BCOAC, also on tomorrow, the BCOAC's got Welcome to Summer event, I believe. It's some name to it. And we've got Tommy the Turtle coming out up here. That's the emergency management state mascot. Big, big walking turtle. He'll be here to help. And we're starting to formulate our 765 KV committee, transmission line subcommittee. And we are proposing that we have our first meeting on June 10th at 9 AM. The location, we'll have to work out the location area. And on the invitees, or the people, right now we've got one industry person from Xcel Energy who's the main proponent of a proposed 765 in the county. The Brookings County Planning Commission has four members, one of which is the county commissioner, Commissioner Vandewall, representing the planning commission and the county commission on it. We are going to invite seven townships that the power line is projected to possibly go through. There's seven townships in our northeast part of the county. And we're going to invite township officials, one township official from each township to be on the committee. And of course, you're going to select two people later on today from the public to be on the committee. Armadero once again Armadero Township that drainage meetings June 8th will be Sending letters out to everyone that we have addresses for in the coming future Any questions Bob the 765 transmission line subcommittee there Are there meetings will the public be able to attend those I? Yes, they're going to be public meetings, and we'll do this like we do our other meetings. We'll publish an agenda, and anybody's welcome to come. And the committee will be run by whoever the committee selects as the chairperson of the committee. We're going to put all of our documents there. As far as interaction with the committee, if any members of the public want to provide anything to the subcommittee, by all means, send it to my office, and we're going to digitize everything. On the county website, under my county development, we'll set up a page for a 765KV transmission line subcommittee,

WILL THERE BE TWO COMMISSIONERS ON THAT OR JUST THE ONE?

NO, THAT'S THIS BOARD'S DECISION. THE LIST THAT I PUT DOWN IS THE ONES THAT I WENT THROUGH MY HEAD. THE COUNTY COMMISSION, OBVIOUSLY, CAN PUT AS MANY COMMISSIONERS AS THEY WANT. AND I DID PUT DOWN A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE State's Attorney's Office because there is legal matters that come up in it and just for your information, this committee might have to spend a little bit of money. There's a South Dakota Assurance League, it's got a couple of representatives. mainly lawyers, that if we have to come in to explain to us the federal side of the house, we may have to pay them for a day trip to come down to speak to the committee, but we'll approach that as we get to it. Right now, that's only a maybe, and we still have to consult with the state's attorney's office to make sure we're doing it right.

With the with the committee I know we we did this for the pipeline stuff is it set up with the same type of members this committee Versus the pipeline committee with or is there is it is the makeup a little bit different?

Well, the makeup is someone from the industry, which is Xcel Energy, and then we got the Planning Commission, who actually makes the ordinances themselves, and then the local township officials, and then members of the public. If there's someone else that the commission feels needs to be on the board, all you have to do is let me know, and we'll see if they're available.

Well, I guess my question was, was there just the one county commissioner on that as well?

Well, that's because he's a zoning representative.

But that was the same as with the pipeline one, correct?

The pipeline, we had two on the pipeline committee. And one was my zoning commissioner on that one also, so. Yeah, there is no issue at all having two county commissioners on the committee, or three. I mean, as long as you don't get to a quorum situation would be my recommendation.

I would add I've talked to Ted Smith. He's the vice president of engineering for Sioux Valley Electric, which serves all this rural area. He's more than willing to come and add any expertise he might have to help with the committee's decision. He actually lives in Moody County, so he can't be on the committee, but...

He'd be a subject matter expert that we could reach out to if we need more information.

I can get you contact information if not, but he'd be a good resource for everybody on the committee, too.

I appreciate that, Commissioner. Yeah, we'll take whatever studies and stuff that everyone has. If they want to send it into our office, we'll PDF it and we'll share it with the committee. A committee such as this, we're trying to get the community involved, trying to get the people that live out there involved, but we also have to abide by Federal state and local regulations. So how much we can actually regulate I I guess we'll find out as a subcommittee goes Bob on the people that are going to be appointed from the townships.

I've heard you say township officials Yes, the letter delivered to officials or just somebody that lives in the township.

I

The letter that goes out is gonna be requesting a township official. Each township has got basically five officials. They've got a chairperson, they got a clerk, and then they've got, what, two or three members. Supervisors. Supervisors, thank you. And we're gonna request that we get one of the elected or appointed officials.

Okay. Okay. Anything else for Bob?

Bob, just circling back to that dairy drainage meeting, what time will that be on the 8th?

6 o'clock, sir. And we do plan on running a town and country shopper ad in next week's paper so it gets countywide distribution. And we'll start social media and get a press release out to the press.

Our friends at the register will get that communicated as well.

By all means, we'll get a copy of the press release.

Very good. All right. OK. Thank you. Thank you, Bob. Thank you, Bob. All right. Moving on, we do have a schedule nine. It's a little early, so we'll move on to letter number eight, regular business. Letter A, action to approve resolution 26-17, a resolution to rescind the burn ban enacted on April 7, 2026. So moved. Did you just give a motion? Is that what you said? Okay. We have a motion. Do I have a second?

I'll second that for discussion purposes.

All right. We have a motion and a second. Comments? Bob.

Commissioner, right now, Brookings County, yes, we got rain, but it looks like two-tenths or less, and I'm not even sure it's countywide. we are in a d1 drought not not abnormally dry up by lake ponsett there's approximately less than one percent of the county that's known as abnormally dry which is not the true drought but 99 of the counties in the d1 category of drought so I just find it hard to recommend that we come out of the burn ban right now.

Did we have communications with Dave and his recommendations were to leave it into place? Is that correct?

That is correct. I talked with Dave Jacobson a couple days ago and he reached out to some of the other fire chiefs and they felt like it was best that we leave that ban in place for now.

And I would request that we keep putting it on the agenda. When the time comes, by all means, we need to take the burn ban off. We understand that. We're not trying to restrict our farmers from making a livelihood out here, but we don't need a massive fire, especially wind-driven, that just... And if someone absolutely has to burn, there are procedures to contact the local fire chief, and if the conditions are appropriate, they can do a controlled burn. But that's fire department by the fire department, and it's recommended they call, well, they have to call 605-692-2113, talk to our dispatch, and our dispatch will put them in touch with their local fire department, fire chief, if they don't know who it is.

I'll just add those fires that have been taking place, they've been done under local control. Those fire chiefs have dealt with those individuals and it's been working. I agree with Bob and Dave Jacobson. It's disappointing we missed out on the big rains. It split and went south of us and some went north of us, but it is what it is and we're here today to deal with that.

Yes, sir one one of the fires was caused by Fireworks which they're a little early with their fireworks and the fireworks caused it and we did charge them and Be sending that to the state's attorney's office, so we did have one of those fires. It was caused by fireworks landed in the grass so it's That was before the what little rain we got but I agree with Bob

And another fire we had was a vehicle caught on fire. I mean, those are going to happen. The fires are going to happen, and the fire departments will put them out as they need to. But we don't need to overwork or put extra stress on our firefighting capabilities unnecessarily.

All right.

I guess I like to emphasize even if there was not a burn ban in place that residents call in there if they're going to do a burn just call in the 911 and call in and report it that you're going to burn something because the neighbors call the fire in and the fire departments respond and it's just easy to call that number and say hey I'm going to burn some garbage or trees or whatever even if there's not a burn ban in place but

That is correct. 605-692-2113 is the non-emergency line to our dispatch center.

Yes, and I would follow that up that I think we need to rework some of our ordinances as far as what we describe as a burn ban and to further encourage people to, yes, always call in so that we don't have our emergency personnel dropping everything they're doing to run to a fire.

Because someone didn't call it in please just call it in first and that should be the standard procedure And a band should be a band Okay, we'll take that under consideration any more comments questions So we have a motion in a second a yay vote Reeve Reverses the band and takes it off and nay vote It continues the band so go ahead and call the roll please Miller nay

Jensen?

Nay.

VanderWaal?

Nay.

Post?

Nay.

Hostler?

No.

Motion fails.

All right. We are close to our scheduled 9 o'clock, so we'll just wait for a few seconds and go into our 9 o'clock.

Thank you.

All right, we did hit 9 o'clock. So on number 7 on the agenda, scheduled 9 o'clock, public hearing A, public hearing in Ashton to approve a one-day special event license for Lemke's Bar and Grill for June 12, 2026 at the Bennett Barn, located at 47439 214th Street in Aurora. Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

Second. Motion and a second. I will open the public hearing. Do we have any proponents?

I'm Weston Bird, one of the owners of Lemke's.

Go ahead and state your case to us.

What's that?

What do you got?

We just have a one-day special event license for Andrew Ostrom's wedding on June 12th at the Bennett Barn right off the Aurora Speedway. Okay.

All right. Thank you very much. Is there any other proponents? Any proponents? Is there any opponents?

Is there any opponents?

Hearing none, we'll close the public hearing and comments. Comments from the commission. Any questions? Jenna? Anything?

Nope. The only comment that I would have is, as Weston stated, they're applying just for a one-day special events license. They can have up to six in a calendar year is what our ordinance reads right now. And so as he stated, they are doing bartending at a wedding coming up on June 12th, and so they need a license to be able to do that. Applications for special events license such as this can only be received by civic, charitable, educational, fraternal or veterans organizations or a business that already has a license to sell liquor as they already do. A notice of hearing was published in all of the legal newspapers and they did pay the $150 for the application. All right.

Each of these licenses are for the business, such as the bar doing this. They have six free per year.

Correct, so our ordinance and maybe Stacy can kind of help me with the history on this. I believe a few years ago we increased the amount of special events licenses that a business could apply for. And I want to say back then it was maybe three I think it was initially three and then it went to six then yeah, we saw an increase of these businesses out in the county that are You know starting a new business for weddings and special events and so I think we saw a need for to increase that for some of these businesses to do that and help these other small businesses and so we we change our ordinance and increase that to six.

But that's the limited of six is to the bar, not the venue. The venue can have as many events if they get multiple?

Yes, that is correct. The limitation would be on the bar, not the venue.

Jenna, just for clarity, so on that night of the event, does the license transfer from your bar to the Red Barn? Or are you open both places that night? I think they just operate under their license at the sounder location Is there Someone could explain to me.

What is there an issue that we don't have these unlimited or per bar I Don't know what are we trying to prevent by limiting how many of these licenses and this is formal hearing in order to have this happen.

I was going to ask something similar. I know in Minnesota they have, I'm pretty sure it's through the state, they call it a catering license. So you pay once a year and then you can go anywhere within the state. I'm not sure how that works over here, obviously, but I remember talking to a lady from Jasper at the Bennett Barn. She couldn't do the alcohol because she's from Minnesota. So we got hired on for that.

I just, I mean, if something were to come up short notice, that someone planted an event and then we couldn't meet to approve it.

I think the only, yeah, I'm not sure what the history was on it. I know as Stacey is, talked about too, we've seen an increase in small businesses creating these special events and wedding venues, and so they, you know, and if they want to have alcohol, I don't know if it's a way for us to, not that there's a limitation, but I think it's good for us to know when they are going to be at the event, so that we I guess the sheriff's office too knows that there's a wedding going on, there's going to be alcohol being served. I think it's good for the board to be aware of when these events are occurring.

I think it's also under state law, Dan correct me if I'm wrong, just under the way that the liquor license is written through state law that they have to have a separate permit or license to

operate outside of their Address their listed address so this that's why we do this so that it grants them the opportunity to expand a little bit Yeah on Jenna's report There is a state there is this the statute that says who can apply for these special events licenses I think I'd have to go back and look at state statute to see if the public hearing is a state requirement or if that is a requirement that that is addressed just in our local ordinance. I'd have to go back and do some research on that to see. But as far as how many times someone can apply for this, I mean, that's spelled out in our local ordinance and can be changed or done away with completely as the board sees fit. But it would be first reading, second reading of an ordinance change and publication and whatnot. But it's very doable.

Well, that Yeah, I guess that's kind of my question, is are we regulating just because we can, or is there a need? I mean, I understand where the sheriff's going to want to know that the party in this barn is legit or not, but beyond that, I don't see the need to make people come in front of us and have a public notice and all this regulation before we can let this happen every time.

Well, I think we would still have to do that even if it was unlimited But I know I think we did that one in my tenure here when we increased it from three to six But I think we would still have to have them come through and and and have this notice just the way our ordinance is written even though it would be six eight ten twenty

So because you essentially could be operating another bar if you didn't have credit I mean you could have you could be operating a bar out of Bennett Barn and your brother bar I mean be open every day, so I Think that's kind of intentions of it, so All right any other comments

Hearing none, call the roll, please.

Jensen.

Aye.

VanderWaal.

Aye.

Post.

Aye.

Miller. Aye. Hostler.

Aye.

Motion carries. Thank you very much.

Thank you, guys. All right, moving on to letter B. We got Jeff McCormick for SPN Helms Engineering and Surveyors of Elkton Utility Improvement Project.

Hello. So I provided you that what you got up on the screen right now is an update that I provided with the Elkton City Council. Just where the current project that we've got going on and then phase four would be the project that they just recently received funds for and are going to be moving forward with that. And that is the portion of the project that would include the North Drive or the county road. CURRENTLY THE PHASE THREE PROJECT IS MOVING VERY QUICKLY. THEY ARE AHEAD OF THEIR PROPOSED SCHEDULE. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT ROAD CLOSURE FOR THE COUNTY ROAD SHOULD BE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AS LONG AS THE WEATHER COOPERATES WITH US, WHICH ISN'T WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE PROBABLY WANTS AT THE TIME. BUT RIGHT NOW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN GOING VERY WELL AND THE CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. uh... as far as the phase four project like i said the recently received funding for that uh... favorable funding they're going to move forward with their project uh... we would essentially be ready to go we got some paperwork that we need to do with that uh... funding but we would be essentially ready to go to bid that project as soon as we can uh... we would like to pair that in uh... with the county portion of it and reconstruct that all at one time uh... but uh... met with brian here month-and-a-half ago probably uh... kind of went through a preliminary plan of reconstructing that road uh... i did provide you guys with uh... some of those plans i certainly could go through a page turn of that but uh... basically be a reconstruction of the street uh... Making a nice uniform width and then trying to get at least like a one foot shoulder basically on each side of it. And then try to flatten the ditches out a little bit because they are really steep through parts of that. That does mean a lot of the center line does come down a foot and a half to better to be able to accommodate that. um but then basically from the east edge of the city limits we would be reconstructing that all the way through the cornell street along with cornell street from the intersection where the state left off through the railroad tracks to where we left off on the other city project just south of the railroad tracks right there on the screen you would have the part that is on the cornell Right now, we do show that approach continuing to be installed at the intersection, although Brian and I did talk a little bit about that, about what their plan is with that portion of it. I guess I would look at that as one of our final design items that we would have to look at and review. And then I think if you flip through the next couple pages, it should just show the, it's back at the intersection, keep going. Then it just starts going through where we're going to restruct going to the east. Would you like me to go through that in more detail? Brian, is there anything that we talked about that I missed?

I think a couple of the commissioners are maybe just update them on where the city portion would, where is their construction ending and ours, our portion would be

Right. So right where you're on the screen right there, it's about the middle of the page. There's a north-south line that says S-A-N on it, just right of your cursor. I don't know if I got a pointer of any type. No, further to the right a little bit. Right about the middle, right there. Okay, there's a manhole that is in the existing street. I can't see what station that is. But right off of that approach, that is where the city's project would stop going to the west. So we would start from there and go east. And then if you continue on to the east portion, so keep going to the next pages, we would go through the Elk Street intersection. Keep going.

Keep going. All right, right there.

So where this pavement ends, which is about a block past Badger Street, that is where the city's portion of the reconstruction is going to end. That's where the sanitary sewer that's in the roadway would stop. We would continue on for about another block and a half with water main replacement, but that is all into the ditch, so we wouldn't be dealing with any of the road construction that reconstruction at that point. But that is the length of their project, so it would include. I mean, and that's where we had the counties portion of the road or reconstruction stopping. Is that that same location here?

So we'd just be looking at a. Reconstructing the Highway 13 intersection and cutting that What used to be a wire intersection off? Trucks are having difficulty making the corner and we've had to go over there several times since that's happened and add material in and they keep cutting that corner short and so That that was my concern and then also the approach to the railroad tracks You know connecting back into Cornell that was not affected from their project here a few years ago

We would include regrading the ditch to try to improve drainage. I mean, it's flat. It's not like we're going to create anything that's going to flow exceptional because that's all we have to work with. But we would try to clean the ditch out, regrade it to an even grade, replace any of the culverts that were crossing as part of this project.

What questions do we have?

I did provide an estimate that just updates and provides the entire project. And then I have columns that separate what I'm considering City of Elkton's portion of the project and then what would be the county portions of the project. And I guess even if you look at that just from the asphalt servicing part of it, there's about 2,400 total ton anticipated for the project. 1,700 of it is the city of Elkton's. 656 ton of it would be the county portion of it. above that a couple or just the line right above it there is 909 square yards of concrete surfacing that's showing all this county because that would be considered the intersection and going back towards the to the railroad tracks so we're not doing any city work at that location so that's all shown as a county portion of it So that would be the current cost estimate for the project. One thing right there in the middle of the screen, you'll see that there's not anything included for the design as far as the City of Elkton project because we're already done with it and that was completed under previous contracts with it. So it's sitting essentially on the shelf ready to go other than what we would need to modify to incorporate this project with it.

Any other questions just as looking through it stays? Can you move this to the left a little bit more? There was a couple hold back. Just a couple line items just to double check through this that make sure some of this isn't part of to the city. Sure, yup, yup. I know the railroad protective insurance. It just seems. Um? There's just a few different little deals in there that maybe we can look through and double-check.

Absolutely. I mean, I'm not complete with the final design. I mean, the railroad protective insurance, I mean, that would be so that we can work within there right away to make those pavement connections on either side of it, which we're not going to complete in any of that work for the city we have that right now for the Current project because we're going to be working on Elk Street up to the railroad areas the one right below it incidental construction that line will go away as I get done with final design and I'm done with the final design on the city, so I believe I've got all their items detailed above, but I'm not completely done with the design as far as the county portion of it, so I put a placeholder in there for something, but that line item would go away once we get to that, once I get final design, because either I'm going to know what items I need to include above it, or we're going to not need it. It's kind of a little bit of a contingency for me right now.

I just wanted to Keep consensus with other projects.

We have a throughout the county smear Avenue and log in the highway 25 through white Just to make sure that we keep everything Yep, and I mean I gladly sit down with Brian we can go through the line item by line item of what it is and where I'm coming up with the quantities on it and what part of it is Considered city and versus what would it would be the county I? Got no problem sit down and going to that line item by line item. I don't I don't necessarily know if you guys want to sit here and do that now, but it's certainly something we could do as part of our final design.

I think now would be the time to do it because they're reconstructing the whole thing and if the county didn't do it, I mean we'd be

would be a consistent roadway and the safe and Redesign so the other the other item I add right now is we've got because of the current project. We're Reconstructing and paving the intersection with Elk Street or their main street, and we did get DoT grant funds for that so i i want to construct it that's the best use of everyone's funds uh... so i want to get that portion of the work completed with this current contract it has changed from where we originally did the project because of the improvements were trying to do with your entire role in in in the region otherwise i would just be building a back to the same location that it is now i won't be trying to widen no one tried to be Lowering and it would just be right where it's at so we've had to swap out to get a different culvert height and a few other things that if we were going to have extra expense on that project and because we're going to try to incorporate the future plans of it. But if that's not going to move forward, I certainly would want to go back to where we were previously because otherwise you're going to be coming down that road and all of a sudden we're going to go through a transition down a foot and a half to get to the intersection and then we're going to come back up a foot and a half to get back to where the existing roadway is. That if for whatever reason you would think you're not going to be doing that, the rest of the work i need to know that really soon i mean now because i'm trying to process that change order to incorporate that but i don't want us and we're going to have some but i don't want to stop that part of it lose some of that state funding that they received to put in a temporary asphalt and then two three years down the road and then we decided to reconstruct the whole county road. So I am kind of pressed on that item with it.

So basically what I'm looking at, the 1.294 is the county's portion that we would...

Correct, yep. I mean, that's, as I go through, and I mean, obviously these are estimates, right? We've got to bid the project. But yeah, that's what I would be looking at for that.

So today this is just information. We're not deciding anything today, correct?

I think he's going to need consensus from the board so he can move forward with this year's funding that we have no part of because of the intersection modifications at Elk Street that current work is in our County Road, which is why it's closed down currently and if Modifications are made in that intersection to lower this to match what his proposal is here is what Jeff would be looking for to move forward with the proposed or or I Mean in

Feel like that would be the you know the best thing for us to do move forward with it And and the city of Elkton is I mean we're ready to go to bid on our phase four work Once we know what's going to happen with this? so you know we're ready to bid that whenever when you commissioners are ready to move forward with your portion of project or Whether you decide you're not going to do anything in the next year immediate future next year Then we'll go to project to bid just to remove in place what's there and get that water and sewer taken care of because They do have funds If we if you would decide not to move forward and got we got to make a decision on the elk street intersection whether or not we lower it to what my proposed future plan is or if we leave it where it currently was sitting previously because we got extra cost that's coming with that so that's obviously one of the answers i would need to know the next answer would be knowing whether or not i can move into final design or if we can be ready to start preparing a project that'll bid for next year's budget season um

If we're not that I want to get city of Elkton's project out as bit as soon as I can Is there any Anticipation that the state would participate at all or just as far as I mean I know those city of Elkton's underneath their sewer grant correct I

Yeah, they've got sewer and water funding for it, and I can't remember the exact grant percentage they got through the state, but pretty favorable as far as for the last phase of their work. So, I mean, through state and loan, that full $1.6 million is funded through the state. Would one of the other street portions of the project get funded um i don't know it's very hard to find any funding for that part of it they just got the community access funds to do the portion of elk street that we're doing currently so i would say it'd be pretty difficult to go back to that well this fast to try to get that and honestly from a standpoint I don't know if I mean that's usually a community project it it could maybe be worked in conjunction but I would say that would be hard for us to get I agree with Commissioner Jensen's you know we're trying to stay consistent with other communities that were serving

And I hate to drop this on you guys, I know Samara Avenue, we had several years of planning, knowing that we were going to reconstruct that from all the way back in 2015 and 16 before I was even here. And if I recall, what year was the portion of Cornell completed?

Oh boy, that's probably six years ago, seven years. I mean, right after the really wet season. So that was like 18.

So, I mean, we're looking at a lot of unanticipateds with knowing whether or not Elkton was even going to get those dollars. And I know we came in late to the game with those changes that were made at the state. There was several different design factors that were given to me that used to include the intersection. where this these connect and then it moved back farther because of a right-of-way issues and That that's where I feel. I know we're kind of dropping you on this at the 11th hour, but I Think it would be a project that would easily tie in knowing that Elkton's doing I don't know I would say 80% and you know, it looks like on paper 50%, but if we leave our portion of those two streets, it isn't a whole lot, aside from the grading.

Right, yeah, I mean, you look at the portion where their window is, they're definitely picking up the majority of that cost. Right.

I just hate to hold these guys back from getting any of their updates and stuff and kind of do it halfway If we're going to do it, and if they're going to do it I want to be good partners with elkton and and do it the right way the first time That's my opinion.

I would agree with that. We've got the funds this sounds like a good project and the timing is right let's I

Any other comments from the commission? Consensus? I agree to move forward. I think we have consensus from the commission to be able to move forward. Of course, we can't take any action or vote because it's not on there, but I think we have consensus.

So I can move forward with my stuff with the with the city out and I'll get that taken care of Then I guess the next time I'd ask maybe you'd have in the your next agenda I had presented a contract for the full portion of the project You approved just to go through the preliminary design If you would consider the the approval of that full project so I can get the final design so we can ready to bid and November December or whatever your you know, you've gone through your budget approvals and that's it's ready to go because I know that You know stuff can't happen But I would we would want to be ready to bid this project is for 27 construction as soon as your budget would allow us to bid the project Well, we do have budget hearings at the end of June So if we need to get that number that the numbers in as soon as possible so we can talk about them 20 20 something and I can start to you know if I know I can move into the final design of it I can start to Secure some of these numbers a little bit better and go through it with with Brian to make sure that we're Following what you've done in other communities. Yeah, so no No

I think we got consensus to go ahead and just get us the numbers as soon as you can so we can talk about them at budget Any other questions on what kind of current construction any?

complaints that you guys are seeing that I need to be aware of I haven't received my office has not received any complaints, and I drove through there and it's Pretty pretty easily to navigate we're

Completed with I believe a hundred percent of the utilities and also it'll just be Street reconstruction going back in on that and the project and it's been going really well Thank you Jeff we appreciate thank you All right moving back to regular business number eight letter B action to approve resolution 26-18 applaud a lot

14A and Block 1 of Country Club Estates in the southeast corridor of Northeast Corridor, Southeast Corridor North Section 28, Township 109 North, Range 50 West of the 5th Prime Meridian, Principal Meridian, Brookings County, South Dakota. Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Motion is second. Discussion?

We heard this. The Brookings County Planning Commission heard this on May 5th and passed it unanimously and sent to this board with a recommendation that you approve it.

Any other comments or questions, concerns? Hearing none, call the roll, please.

VanderWaal?

Aye.

Post? Aye. Miller? Aye. Jensen?

Aye.

Osler? Aye. Motion carries.

Letter C, action to approve resolution 26-19, a plot of Ponto addition in the southwest quarter of section 7, township 109 north, R27 west of the 5th principal meridian. Brookings County, South Dakota. Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

Second. Motion and a second. Comments?

Once again, we heard this May 5th with the Brookings County Planning Commission, passed it unanimously, and sent it to this board with a recommendation. You approve it.

Do we have any other comments, questions, concerns? Hearing none, call the roll, please.

Post? Aye. Miller? Aye. Jensen? Aye. VanderWaal?

Aye.

Hostler?

Aye.

Motion carries.

Letter D, action to approve Resolution 26-20, a plot of Lot 15 in Block 1 of Paradise Point Addition in Government Lot 2, Section 22, Township 112 North, Range 47 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, Brookings County, South Dakota. Do I have a motion to approve? Motion to approve.

Second.

Motion and second. Comments?

We heard this on May 5th Brookings County Planning Commission passed it unanimously and sent it to this board with the recommendation that you approve it any other comments questions or concerns Hearing none call the roll please Miller all right Jensen all right Vander wall post hostler motion carries all

Letter E, action to approve resolution 26-21, a plot of lots 1A and 2A of Hefner-Noel addition in government lot 3 and the southeast corridor of the southwest corridor of section 22, township 112 north, range 47 west of the 5th principal meridian, Brookings County, South Dakota. Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved. Second.

Motion and a second. Comments?

We heard this on May 5th. The Brookings County Planning Commission passed it unanimously and sent it to this board with a recommendation that you approve it.

Any other comments, questions, or concerns? Hearing none, call the roll, please.

Jensen.

Aye.

VanderWaal.

Aye.

Post. Aye. Miller. Aye. Hostler.

Aye.

Motion carries. Thank you.

Letter F, action to approve abatement 26-16, an abatement application made by Darlene M. Kuchmeister for parcel number 40999-0011-076-01 in the amount of $115.76. Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Motion is second. Any comments, questions, concerns? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries. Letter G, action to approve abatement 26-17, an abatement application due to the late elderly tax freeze in the amount of $140.52. Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Motion to second. Any questions, comments? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries. Letter H, action to approve the renewal of a real estate on-off sale malt beverage from South Dakota Farm Wine License for Dance Land Campground. Do I have a motion to approve? Motion to approve.

Second.

Motion is second. Comments?

The only comment I would have is this is There's two businesses in the county That still need to renew their licenses this one and the next one the Brookings Country Club The rest of the licenses you already approved at the last meeting.

So these would be the last two Proper tax and everything's been paid for these guys.

Yes.

All right Any other comments questions?

Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye.

Opposed say nay. Motion carries.

Letter I, action to approve the renewal of the retail on-off sale malt beverage and South Dakota farm wine license for Brookings Country Club. Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

Second. Motion is second. Comments? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries. Letter J, action to approve a fireworks public display permit for the city of Volga for Friday, June 12th, 2026 at dusk at Meadow Creek Golf Course. Do I have a motion to approve? Move to approve. Second. Motion and a second. Comments? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries. Letter K, action to approve a $500 donation to the Elkton Special Days Committee for the City of Elkton's 4th of July fireworks display. Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

Second. Motion and a second. Comments?

This is something that yeah for many years this request has come And this is the dollar amount has not changed this is budgeted for in our public relations line in the Commission budget All right any other comments does it happen to say when it's going to be I? It's the 4th of July. I don't. Firemen do a display at the desk on the 4th. They do it on the 4th of July.

Any other comments, questions, concerns? Hearing none, all those in favor... Oh, we got a roll call. Call the roll, please.

VanderWaal?

Aye.

Post? Aye. Miller? Aye. Jensen? Aye. Hostler? Aye. Motion carries.

Alright. Letter M, action to appoint two citizen members to the 65 kilovolt transmission line subcommittee. We will start with discussion on the applications. So I'd open it up for discussion to the council commission.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THESE EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO FILL OUT THIS APPLICATION AND BE WILLING TO SERVE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE SUCH AS THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT WE HAVEN'T IN MY TIME IT'S JUST THE SECOND ONE WE'VE DONE. I THINK IT'S GREAT TO SEE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. There's some tough choices that we have to make here today, but I feel that there's several in here that can bring some knowledge that the rest of the committee and the community, you know, need to hear and we need to be compassionate about, you know, all sides have a voice. I'd just like to say if the six individuals that aren't chosen

They're still able to contribute to this Committee the meetings are open to the public is the plan and Yeah, that's my comments I Would add it's it's good that we had quite a few that have a background in this type of work also so that you know, we've got experience with electrical grid we're making and It was the actual experience in this area to lend towards the information we need I Guess I'd also like to add it.

It's great to see into this number of people that apply for this. They're all bringing something to the to the board unfortunately, we can't We're going to limit it to the two people out of these eight Which is tough tough decision to make like Commissioner Vanderwaal said I? I'd like to thank them all and and if not chosen, please share your knowledge and your concerns with our zoning office or the subcommittee so Yeah, I want to I want to convey that as well you know it's

It's great that we have this many applicants for just the two positions that I wish we could put more on but you know the subcommittees would would be so long and and and that We want people you know with that great wealth of knowledge that will ask the hard questions and Keep an open mind about everything that's going on of course you're part of the committee one voice on it, but They are open to the public to be able to express concerns questions Get their answers, so you know thank you very much for everybody who has has applied and and it's it's encouraging that we were getting a lot of public input and public comment and and

Knowledge and in that for this committee Well, I don't want to sound like a broken record but I again I would have the same sentiments there that it's encouraging to see all the people that Wanted to be a part of this and can still be a part of this Whether they're appointed to this committee or not can still have an active role and make their voices heard so Encouraging appreciate everybody stepping up

If there isn't any other discussion or any any of that I would look for either a motion for one or two from this from the eight That we can vote on we can vote on each separately or put them together for a motion and a second for those So however however anybody would like to bring a motion forward I?

Decided make a motion for Don Griff be appointed to the board. I have a motion for Don Griff.

Second. Motion and a second. Any comments or questions, concerns?

I'd like to just make a comment. I attended the Sioux Valley annual meeting over in Elkton. Don spoke at that meeting. I think he actually chairs the committee or the meeting and he brought a lot of good information and I learned a lot just at that meeting from what Don shared at that meeting. So

So I think he's qualified also so any other comments All right So all in favor point down Griff to the board signify by saying aye aye opposed say nay One position is filled motion passes. I would look for a motion for the second member. I'd like to Alan Jones I We have a nomination for Alan Jones. Do we have a second?

I would second that.

Motion and a second. Comments?

Looking through the backgrounds and information that they provided, he's got some background in grid development and what he's provided for us in information. And he's also got experience in planning and zoning, which would be valuable in this case also.

Any other comments, questions? Hearing none, voice vote for all in favor for Allen Jones. Allen Jones signify by saying aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries. Thank you very much for everybody that has been and for all those that showed interest in in the subcommittee We will move down to number nine Commission Department directors report

The veteran service officer report for April was included with my staff report. Nine DAV van rides, three outreach events. Both our VSO Matt Peller and our veteran service assistant Rusty Bransrud attended the South Dakota DVA spring mini conference. And then he did note that claims are taking a little bit longer to get approved than they had been, but they're still coming in on the report. The other positive thing to note was that April was the third straight month that all of the rides that were given to veterans were provided by the DAV van. They have three new drivers I believe that have been, or four new drivers that have been approved since they did that kind of outreach newspaper ad a while ago. It just takes time to get them approved so I think we're in good shape heading in the right direction anyway with that DAV van. and finding volunteers to drive that. Other than that, we have the April month end general fund surplus. It was at 42%. Of course, it always jumps up in April with the first half property taxes that are due. It's just under the 10-year average of 43%. And again, we just kind of track that throughout the year, make sure that we're not way high or way low throughout the year, and then if we are, we can look into that, but when that really comes into play is at year end for possible designations. The commission did receive a notice from the FAA about an aeronautical study near Murray, Minnesota. Just close enough that we have to be notified, so that was included with my report. And then Stephanie Mason with the Brookings Regional Growth Alliance had shared some information from the recent economic summit that was held yesterday. A couple of Tuesdays ago, we had a commission meeting that day as well. She shared some information and an article from the register as well about that summit. And then the 2025 economic scorecard, all of that was included with my report for you to take a look at. Upcoming dates, the RSO Appreciation Dinner at the OAC is tonight at 6 o'clock. Wednesday is also out at the OAC is their Welcome to Summer event from 4 until 7. I know Bob had mentioned that earlier and that TOMMY THE TURTLE WILL BE THERE. NEXT MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY. A REMINDER THAT THE NEXT REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE ON A THURSDAY, JUNE 4, TO CANVASS THE VOTES FROM THE JUNE 2 PRIMARY. THAT'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY. The Veterans Memorial, or the Vietnam Memorial, sorry, is coming to, the Traveling Memorial is coming to Brookings June 10th through the 14th. Believe there will be a ceremony. I still haven't gotten Information that I'll reach out and and try to get that before the next meeting Safety week is coming up and the safety picnic is from 11 to 2 out at the OAC. That's on a Thursday Make sure you have budget hearings on your calendars for the 23rd Friday offices will be closed Friday, July 3rd for the 4th of July holiday. Something new on the calendar, August 12th. It's a Wednesday. That's our next 10 county meeting. It will be in Hamlin County. I don't have any other information on that just yet, but wanted to make sure that you had that on your calendars and then again the conservation district tour as well. That's all I have unless you have questions for me.

Any questions for Stacy?

Stacey, we're going to add those two meetings, the June 8th meeting and the June 10th, that as well then?

June 8th is our drainage meeting and then, oh yeah, well the 10th, yeah, I can, as I know, Bob and I can kind of stay in communication about getting the transmission line subcommittee dates on there as well, yeah.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right. Number 10, state's attorney's office report. Moving to number 11, commissioner reports. Go ahead.

I could jump in here if we could just back up a little bit. On the previous pipeline committee, there were two commissioners appointed on that. Wondering if we could do the same on this power line and add a second commissioner on that. I would like to serve on that if you guys found that appropriate.

Is that something that you would work with and do? By all means if you if you want to I'll be more than happy to add his name to it, okay No, I think we can do that All right number 11 Commissioner office reports and discussion items Commissioner VanderWaal I

Thank you. On Tuesday, May 5th, I attended the zoning board meeting here in this very room. And on May 12th at 5.30, I attended the joint city and county meeting here in this very room. And then last evening, I attended the Ivy Center quarterly meeting at the Ivy Center at 5.30. Very interesting. Glad I got to go. That's my report. Thank you.

All right.

Commissioner Post.

Yeah, last Saturday we had a Brookings Republican meeting out at our facility there on the south edge of town. I got a chance to listen to a lot of candidates that are running to represent Brookings County in various capacities. And also yesterday at noon at Perkins, we had a luncheon where there was many candidates, including the Attorney General's race. So it was good to get information from those people.

All right. Commissioner Miller. I ATTENDED THE JOINT CITY COUNTY MEETING IN THIS BUILDING AND AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARD AT THE IVY CENTER. I'M CONTINUALLY INSPIRED BY THAT ORGANIZATION AND HOW WELL THEY RUN THAT. MAKING A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN LIFE THERE. THAT'S MY REPORT.

ON THE SIXTH TENANT CONSERVATION DISTRICT MEETING, KICKING OFF, THEY'RE GETTING getting a lot of acres of trees planted. They've planted over 60 acres of trees already this year, and also doing a lot of seeding for area farmers. Also, they will be holding a regional conservation office district meeting out at the OAC. I can't remember the date. It's coming up within the next month, I believe. On the 7th, met in a discussion with banners on the 214th Street project. Also on the 12th, I attended the law enforcement recognition breakfast out at Legion. It was well attended and some awards were given and it was well appreciated for all the law enforcement officers that were attended and doing what they do. On the 12th, I also attended the joint meeting with the zoning with the city. On the 13th, we had a Joint Powers Board meeting, discussion on budgets. And then on the 18th, last, yesterday, we had an Outdoor Venture Center Advisory Board meeting. A lot of summer programming going on out there, and it's a lot of events. They were involved with the Trout Extravaganza last weekend. They had great turnout. Last night, I attended the OAC RSO meeting officers appreciation supper Well attended they had a good time some prizes were awarded to some very well-deserving volunteers out there that are The outdoor Venture Center will not operate without their Continued volunteering out there. They're really a big. Thank you to them. That's all I have all right I

So, on the 11th, we had E911 budget meetings over in room 300 next door here. And then on the 12th, I also attended the Optimist Appreciation for Law Enforcement Breakfast out at the Legion. Seth Bonomo, the canine handler with the City of Brookings, was awarded the Officer of the Year from them. DOES GREAT WORK IN DRUG INTERDICTION AND INTERDICTION EFFORTS THROUGHOUT BROOKINGS, THE CITY OF BROOKINGS. WE ALSO ON THE 12TH HAD A RESEARCH PARK AT SDSU BOARD MEETING OUT AT THE RESEARCH PARK, GIVING SOME UPDATES AND SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THAT, WITH RECRUITMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THEN THAT EVENING, OF COURSE, ATTENDED THE JOINT COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE IN THIS ROOM. On the 13th, went over and met with Michael Schulte, the city administrator from Volga. Had a good conversation with him, kind of about where Volga's heading, what visions and stuff with Volga. And then on the 13th, also attended the Volga small business meeting that was held out of Shawnee Vineyard, kind of held and operated by with the Brookings Regional Growth Alliance in coordination with the Volga Small Business Association. commission or council. And then on the 14th we had a PPC pod meeting tabletop exercise at the hospital. Also on the 14th I had a Brookings Regional Growth Alliance board meeting. they went over some of the information that they had on the economic summit that they had in our packet here. It was very well attended and that continues to grow and we've got some good things going and bringing into not only Brookings but our Brookings County and our region with economic development and growth. On the 16th attended the Brookings County Republican meeting at the Outdoor Adventure Center, and then later on that morning and afternoon I did pop over to the fishing extravaganza that the Outdoor Adventure Center partnered with with Optimist. The numbers, I think they said they had a little under 500 kids attend, which means a little over 500 total people attend that and they caught about half the fish out of the pond. So there's still a lot of trout in there that people need to go and catch. But it was awesome. Saturday they had a great day. I think Joe said that on Sunday they shut down only about 45 minutes early because of some lightning that was within the area. So great event and I'm glad that we were able to partner with Optimus and continue that partnership moving forward. And then on the 18th yesterday, attended the Outdoor Adventure Center board meeting, or advisory board meeting out at the OAC. Jill really gave us an update on, of course, the fishing extravaganza, but also his work with getting into the schools, with public outreach, with outdoor education. He's got a lot of things... in the works and moving forward to really to move the outdoor adventure center from the stigma of just a gun range and an archery range to really more outdoor adventure and outdoor education. I'm excited for the growth of that area. That is my report finally. We'll move on to number 12. Executive session in accordance with South Dakota codified law 125.2 parentheses 1 and 4 for personnel and contract negotiations. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion to second. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. We are in execs. Thank you.