County Commission - Regular Meeting

Comission du comté, 8h00 ennui ce mardi 18 août 2026. Veuillez vous lever pour le serment d'allégeance.

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The third point in the order of the day is the approval of the order of the day. Do I have a proposal to approve it? I propose. Proposal supported. Changes, corrections or comments? I do not see any. Those who are for, you manifest by saying for you. Opponents say no. The motion is adopted. The fourth point is an invitation to citizens to ask for time for a non-registered subject. The limit is five minutes per person. Anyone who wishes to express himself must register before the beginning of the meeting. No measure from the Commission will be taken during this point. Any action asked may be postponed to a later date. We have a few registered today. The first is Mary Smush.

May I ask you, please?

This is where you want me.

Just there. Speak well in the microphones, please.

Marina's Bush. I live in the county of Duel. I am here today to tell you about the Power Midwest project, to build an electric line of 765 kV from the Big Stone plant to here, in the county of Brookings. What I want to talk to you about today is who has authority on what. We all know that the PUC knows, authorizes the electric lines in our state. But I think there are a lot of misunderstandings about what the PUC can do or not. In the county of Grant, the police told me that the PUC would set back distances and patati and patata. Nothing in the law forces the public to do that to one. They function more like an entity. Judiciary, which examines the applicable laws and determines whether a project respects these laws, health and safety, then decides on this basis whether the project can be authorized. What I have distributed to you today is the codified law of the South Dakota that governs the way in which the PUC will make its decision. So I'm just going to read it to you and register it in the verbal trial so that we all agree on the rules according to which these decisions will be taken. This is the codified law of the South Dakota, chapter 49, 41, B-21. Charge of evidence for the plaintiff. The applicant is responsible for proving, by preponderance of the evidence that the installation proposes, will be in accordance with all the laws and rules applicable. And this includes the zoning rules of your county. The installation will not constitute a serious threat to the environment or to the social and economic condition of the inhabitants or future inhabitants of the area of ​​implantation A demand for a line of electricity transport, a solar or wind power plant, holder of a conditional use permit of competent local authorities is considered as not threatening the social and economic situation of the inhabitants of the area. l'installation ne compromettra pas substantiellement la santé, la sécurité ou le bien-être des habitants. Et quatrièmement, l'installation ne gênera pas indûment le développement ordonné de la région, compte tenu des avis des instances dirigeantes des collectivités locales concernées et This is your case. Demander of an electric transport line, of a solar or wind installation, owner of a conditional use permit delivered by competent local authorities. These are counties of Grand Duel and Brookings that are in agreement with this subdivision. Gentlemen, you hold the key. You are the only local government unit here in the county of Brookings to have the power to protect your residents against over-industrialization of your agricultural lands. A 600-meter back distance for a high-voltage power line is a reasonable demand for the health and safety of your population. This is what we adopted in the county of Duelles last March. Even the simplest structure to build in your county is subject to demands of retreat. Why not impose these same retreats on structures higher than the campus of the SDSU? Thank you for your time today.

The next question. I pronounced it well. Bonjour, je suis Angela Deyeli ou Angie Deyeli. J'utilise les deux. Je suis membre du Conseil d'administration de la Société protectrice des animaux, la Brookings Regional Humane Society, et je préside actuellement la campagne de financement. Si vous vous souvenez de notre présentation lors de la Réunion du comté en avril 2026, nous avons enregistré un nombre important d'animaux de compagnie amenés au BRHS. Le coût de l'embauche de personnel au salaire minimum pour s'occuper des animaux chaque jour de l'année, TI, inclut Noël, Thanksgiving et de nombreux autres jours fériés, a augmenté de 35 fois au cours des dix dernières années. J'ai consulté the verbal proceedings of the Brookings Human Society meeting and I noticed that the county has paid the same amount of money over the past 10 years, which is 10 euros. Thus, our basic labor cost to ensure a constant presence in order to give the medicines, to walk, and feed the animals has increased by 35%. And our funding for the county has not increased at all. It is difficult to provide this precious service for the entire county without enough funding. And we are doing very good work in terms of funding. We have a lot of volunteers who offer foster families for animals who need a permanent home, as well as professionals, namely veterinarians, who give their time and their skills to sterilize, castrate and produce other medical care, simple, for animals that we collect. And if you examine the information of each of the different counties or of each of the different cities in the Brookings County, most of them have a type of agreement with the city of Brookings. The city of Brookings takes care of their animals and keeps them for five days. Final point. Five days for the owner to manifest and then these are no longer the problems of the city of Brookings. Je vous demande donc de garder ces informations à l'esprit alors que nous entamons ces processus budgétaires pour l'année. Bonjour, je m'appelle Tamara Markel et je vous remercie de cette opportunité de parler du système de bons de bibliothèque. Concernant le système de bons, je suis contre pour deux raisons. Tout d'abord, c'est une question de coûts. Ce sont juste des coûts administratifs supplémentaires. Et deuxièmement, Cela crée des obstacles à l'accès et je pense que la bibliothèque doit être ouverte à tous. J'espère simplement que vous en tiendrez compte lors de votre vote à ce sujet. Merci.

Merci.

Thank you.

It's Rufus Dazo. You're pretty good with a lot of people. Others have been massacred much worse than what you just did. So thank you for the effort. I'm sorry. No, it's okay. Yes, my name is Rufus Dyle. I've already come to see you once before. Bah! I also met the zoning committee a few times, as well as the subcommittee. The subject I came to discuss is the 765kV line that Power On Midwest proposes to build on my land. Lors de la réunion du sous-comité l'autre soir, un monsieur Dexel s'est levé et a parlé et il a dit quelque chose sur lesquels j'aimerais commenter brièvement. The first thing he said was that when he proposed this route, they tried to negotiate very well with the landowners to try to find the best route. Throughout this process, no one came to us to discuss it with us. We did not negotiate with them in the sense that they would have asked us if we found the appropriate route or which route we would have preferred. Le seul contact que nous avons eu avec eux, c'est quand un monsieur est venu présenter les documents de servitude, nous avons eu une discussion agréable et lui avons gentiment dit que nous n'étions pas intéressés, nous n'allions pas signer la servitude et il est reparti. Some time later, we received another package by mail from another place, a different company that had been hired to acquire services for a Sucsfos company. We therefore received this big package by mail containing the same documents that the first gentleman had given us. There were little post-its on the side, at each place where it was written, please sign here and send it back. For me, this does not look like an effort of good faith negotiation. It would simply seem that they are trying to make us accept the project of force. One of the landowners where this line must be built after 80 years. I don't know his exact age, but I'm almost certain that he's close to 80. He lives in an assisted residence Je l'ai appelé hier et je lui ai demandé, est-ce que cette entreprise vous a contacté pour signer une servitude pour la ligne ? Et il a répondu, oui, ils l'ont fait. Il dit qu'une dame est venue le voir, a présenté le paquet contenant tous les documents et lui a dit, nous aimerions que vous signiez ceci. Et il a répondu, je ne suis vraiment pas en faveur de ce projet, or après l'avoir lu. Il a dit, je ne veux vraiment pas que cette ligne de transmission soit construite sur ma propriété, donc je ne veux pas signer la servitude. Et ce sont ses propres mots. She looked at him and said, well, we will simply take the land by expropriation.

Okay.

He thought and as I said, he is almost 80 years old and he said to himself, I will not win if I try to fight against a very large electricity company. I do not have the time, I do not have the money, I will not do it. And so he signed the servitude. Once again, it does not look like a company that does good work to negotiate a route The other thing this guy talked about last night is something that obviously worries us a lot, to have this line on our property and the effects it will have on us. One of the members of the subcommittee asked him about the line's route and what they do when they arrive at line 345. And he said, well, we will stretch it out for a while. He said, but we will be very careful when it comes to the distance to which we will install it, because we are concerned about the safety of our workers nearby. It's a line 345. And yet this route will pass over our lands. We're going to work below, around, and it's a 765. Where is the concern for our safety? I don't see that at all. You know, you're talking about retreat distances, and these distances are important. Okay. Retreat distances serve several purposes. They may keep you away from harm, from discomfort, or whatever. Retreat distances, for our property, will be of absolutely no use to us because of the place where it will be placed. Okay, a distance of 500 or 1500 feet takes you away from the line, but the distance that worries me is to be below. And so, the height of the tower is the distance of retreat that will affect us. And for me, this raises a lot of concerns. You know, during the meeting of the subcommittee, I asked to the members because we have the impression that the only time we have to discuss with you is 30 seconds. Yes, I understand that. You know, you worry about 5 minutes while we worry about something that will affect us for the rest of our lives. So I apologize if I exceed 30 seconds. And now I have lost the thread of my thoughts. So in the subcommittee, I invited everyone to come on site to show them where this thing is going to be built on our land, you know, and no one did it. And I understand that you are busy and all that kind of thing, but for a project of this magnitude, I really hope that you will be able to meet not only us, but all those who are along the line to see how they will be affected, because the decision you will finally make could potentially affect us for the rest of our lives. So I apologize if I have exceeded my time, but I do not apologize because as I said, this is the only chance we have to present our point of view. Thank you. Thank you. Sean Morris.

It's not built for me. Most things are not. Thank you very much. My name is Sean Morris, proud resident of Brookings for a relatively short time. My wife and I moved here a little over six years ago, coming from Chicago. So I beg you not to hold me back. I am a refugee, not a missionary. So let's get rid of it right now. I am also in the name of the Brookings Regional Human Society as a volunteer, I suppose, and also as an initial investor in their project. And I would like to thank everyone here. I was present in April during the presentation. So I appreciate the time you have given to the organization and your consideration for the future. And just a little history on the reasons for our involvement. When we moved here, we brought with us a dog that we had adopted in Chicago. We lost it and we knew we wanted another dog. We waited a little. We went to the Brookings Regional Humane Society. After Rudy's death, I became number 2 in the home. And when we adopted Chief to the Brookings Regional Humane Society, I took my role of number 3 in a 3rd home. And I'm trying to keep that. But it was really important for us to give a second chance to an animal. And one of the reasons why we love this community is the quality of life, the people, the quality of people and everything that is available here. And I think that what defines really a community. At least as far as I'm concerned, it's the way we take care of the most vulnerable. And we all have the responsibility. You know, sometimes the most vulnerable have two legs, sometimes they have four. And in some situations that we treat, they have an odd number of legs, without it being their fault. But it's a great resource. for the community, I think. I know the impact. I had the opportunity to see it. I am absolutely not an expert in animals, but by getting involved in society so far, my wife and I have decided that if we care about something, we must act accordingly. This is what we have decided to do, and we thank you for the attention you will bring to everything that could be possible for us. And I would also like to invite you, if you have the opportunity, and if you have never been on the site, to discover the wonderful work that has been accomplished, if only for this reason. You know, we all need to look for things that bring up our morale. You know, many important topics will be addressed here today and in the whole country in general. And sometimes I know that for us, my wife and me, we are looking for something that can lift us. You don't have to look any further than what's going on. So thank you. Thank you.

Sue Engelman? Sue Engelman, County of Brookings. Imagine, in biblical times, you are the king of a kingdom. A foreign group asks you to cross the borders of your domain. C'est vous qui décidez de leur accorder ou de leur refuser le passage. Aujourd'hui, vous êtes ce roi et Excel Energy est l'entité et étrangère. Vous êtes responsable de vos vassaux et de vos serfs, de vos administrés. Vous êtes responsable de la sécurité de tous dans votre domaine. L'entité ne peut traverser votre domaine qu'en respectant vos règles, sinon elle doit contourner vos frontières. Vos lois et vos ordonnances diguent comment et si ils peuvent traverser votre domaine. J'ai présenté des informations provenant d'hommes que l'État du Minnesota a reconnu comme témoins experts. Ces hommes, le Dr W. Ben Johnson et Kyle Johnson, combattent actuellement la même ligne de transmission dans le Minnesota. Nos résidents se sont exprimés avec passion à de nombreuses reprises concernant leurs inquiétudes pour leur sécurité face à la proposition d'Excel. In the past, I asked for a 600-meter retreat zone to match the current order of the County of Duell. After doing more research, I found an alternative, which is currently in front of the Minnesota PUC, which is a much safer way to provide the same electrical coverage, even a better one, while ensuring the safety of the County of Brookings. The alternative is the following. A retreat of 2.4 km compared to all residences for the 765 kV CA transmission line and, at the end of the day, the alternative, the most advantageous alternative, which consists of installing the underground line CC of 525 kV, industry standard, along existing transport corridors such as highways or current railways, An order from the county of Brookings on the underground lines would put an end to any discussion on security issues and the concerns of landowners. The line could always pass safely through the county of Brookings and towards Minnesota. The inhabitants of Minnesota are currently submitting the same alternative to their state funds. The two expert witnesses of the aforementioned Minnesota Asus must now fight against Xcel Energy because their respective counties did not have an order in place before Xcel put its request in their county. Last Thursday, during the meeting of the subcommittee on the 765 kV, I presented information about this CC-alternative transmission line and the many reasons why it is the safest option for landowners and residents of South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, where the 765 kV line is now supposed to pass to reach its final point in Chicago. This type of underground transmission line is already used in the project PGM Heritage Mosby in Virginia and the Sogreen project linking Iowa to Illinois. This project uses the CPKC's rail enclosures. The subcommittee 765 once again asked for the representative's opinion on what XL wishes, instead of listening to my proposal, which is based on the testimonies of Minnesota Pug experts. The subcommittee also wanted to hear what the expert doctor paid by XL had to say. I sincerely believe that this is a conflict of interest at the highest level. I will transmit this information on the alternative underground transmission line of 525 kV in current continuous to citizens concerned of the counties of Grant and Deuvel. We, the people, will not take lightly the fact that these entities held by BlackRock cross our territory. Gentlemen, allow me to remind you that we are in an electoral year. Your vote on the safety of your voters will remain in the memories. Am I asking for something other than the safety of our county? Again, I'm asking for either a 2.4 km detour if the line is aerial, or, at the end of the day, the installation of the underground line, running, continues along existing transport corridors.

These are the two pages of the dossier of the Minnesota, which was what I was talking about. The disadvantages of the 765.

Very well, let's move on to point number five.

Point of order of the day of consent. Comprehend the verbal proceedings, the requests for travel and training, the personal measurements, the sales authorizations and the report of social services. Do I have a motion for approval?

Approved. Motion is second. Comments?

Comments. You can proceed with the nominal appeal.

Seller Wal. Post. Miller. Jensen. Hustler. The motion is adopted.

Number 6. Approval of claims. And I have a motion for approval. Motion for approval. Seconded. Motion is seconded. Comments?

There is an additional claim file or another one that I distributed this morning. There is... I think it's a credit card receipt that arrived a little late but we wanted it to be paid in time. So that's what I distributed in front of you this morning.

Other comments on the addition or the change No comment. Please proceed to the nominal.

Post. Miller. Benson. Van der Waal.

Hello.

Hustler. Hello. The motion is adopted.

Very well. Let's move on to the report of the service leaders. We have four minutes left.

Wari.

Very well. Hello everyone.

Hello Brian. I will start with some projects on which we have worked these last two weeks since our last meeting. On August 3, the departmental road of the county of Brookings was closed for the replacement of a bridge. The bridges are installed and we are waiting for the entrepreneur to present himself to remove the slabs, but the project is progressing well. It seems that they will be there tomorrow to remove these slabs and we will be able to conclude that. And we hope to be able to reopen the road by the end of the week or at the beginning of the next one. On August 4, in the context of the patchwork contract, BOSE started work on the 16A departmental road or the 214th street. And due to unexpected circumstances, the paving was not finished at the end of this week, but overflowed on the next one. As soon as they finished the paving, our team immediately continued with the widening of the outskirts. We still have to finish the installation of gravel in the garage entrances along this truss. But I think it's a much safer truss. I also wanted to point out that we are going to install our traffic counters in this place. Because I predict that the traffic counters will prove that as a safer truss, we will have a lot of users and probably a lot of excess speed. On August 7, the work on phase 3 in Elkton was completed and road 33 was opened to the public. For future projects, we had a pre-workout meeting for the 2026 renovation project in the county of Brooking on road 2 near Lake Ponnet. J'espérais pouvoir dire qu'ils avaient commencé hier, mais ces plans ont été reportés et je vous tiendrai informés du début du projet car nous devrons prévoir une fermeture de route. Enfin, j'ai assisté au cours de certification des directeurs de voirie en tant que vétéran, devrais-je dire. Je n'ai pas suivi le cours moi-même. Je suis déjà certifié, mais nous avons eu environ 26 nouveaux directeurs de voirie qui ont suivi cette formation. Ah, et pour notre état, si vous comprenez bien, nous avons 66 comtés et 26 est un nombre assez important de nouveaux directeurs de voirie. Et par ailleurs, ma secrétaire y a assisté, car nous avions notre atelier du personnel de bureau au même moment. Y a-t-il des questions?

Ketlan, quelque chose pour Brian?

Brian, j'ai juste une question. Banner effectue généralement des inspections de structure sur la moitié est et la moitié ouest du comté. Rappelez-moi, quelle moitié font-ils cette année? Nous faisons la moitié est. D'accord.

Does anyone have anything else for Brian? Thank you very much. Thank you. Very good. We are close to the anniversary. We will move on to number 7. The points in the order of the day. Letter A. This is a public audience and a measure to approve a special event license for a day for the G Street Pub for an event that will take place at the Bennett Barn on August 22, 2026. Do I have a motion to approve?

I propose.

Motion est seconde. Très bien. Je déclare l'audience publique ouverte. Avons-nous des partisans pour cela? Avons-nous des partisans?

Je vous demande juste de revoir la demande. Je crois que c'est au hall. Pas au Bennett Barn.

Cela semble exact.

Très bien.

Thank you very much. Do we have other supporters? Do we have other supporters? Do we have opponents?

Opponents? Opponents? Not hearing any, we close the public hearing. Do we have any comments from the council? Apart from the adjustment of the request, it is enough to adjust it in the verbal trial.

And as you remember, we have modified our ordinance so that it does not necessarily come back to us in the future. But we are in this waiting period of 20 days. In fact, the 27th week is the moment when it will officially come into force. So in the future, after that, we will no longer have to do it.

C'est le dernier que nous devons faire. Oui?

Très bien. Donc, n'entendant aucun autre commentaire, veuillez faire l'appel nominal.

Miller. Jensen. Van der Waal. Poste. Fasler. La motion est adoptée.

Very good. Letter B. Public audience and measures to approve a sales license to the details of Malta drinks and SD farm wines for CCNF Retail Inc. Friendly Fuel Court in Elkton from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. Do I have a motion to approve? I approve. Proposal and support. Now I declare the public audience open. Y a-t-il des personnes favorables à ce projet? Des avis favorables? Y a-t-il des personnes favorables? D'autres avis favorables? Y a-t-il des opposants? Y a-t-il des opposants? Nous clôturons l'audience publique et passons aux commentaires du Conseil.

Thank you very much. Jenna Baker from the financial services. I suppose my only comment would be that I didn't know if there was a representative at the bottom here. No, it's okay. So, our office received a second request for sale in detail. It would be their second license, but they have the project to add an additional area in their facility to basically welcome other lottery machines. And to do this, they must hold a second alcohol license. I have distributed the existing plan of their trade. And on the second page is their development project. And in my report, you can see that they have a certain number of steps to follow. And at the end of the day, the South Dakota Lottery has the last word on the approval or not of this request. The Commission simply approves the alcohol license, of which, as you know, we have an unlimited number. And as far as I know, the County of Brookings has nothing in its regulation concerning the lottery machines that I was able to find. Do you have anything else to add? I don't know if the comments from the audience are over. I don't know if you would allow him to speak.

Just come and introduce yourself.

You all need a uniform.

Also, Director-General of WoW for CCNF. We bought the Skyview from Elkton. for many reasons. Of course, it's an excellent small shop. Unfortunately, it was not the most efficient store when we bought it. So we knew at the beginning of the process that we should renovate the place.

The area proposed for the two rooms is currently an old kitchen that lasted, I think, six months. Our economic model, if you will, relies a lot on customer service, food and taking care of our customers.

Obviously, we knew by launching the project that the toilets were too small and too old. We knew that the old kitchen, the main kitchen that we use, n'était pas efficace et nous devions l'agrandir.

La zone de sécurité ou la zone de caisse est trop petite. Les gens entraient par la porte d'entrée. Vous savez, ils se bousculent.

Certains paient peut-être en passant par la porte d'entrée. Donc, pour nous, nous avons aussi une licence de débit de boisson que nous n'avons pas encore utilisée car il n'y a pas de place dans l'espace de vente, évidemment. C'est un petit local...

The proposed site that we are considering for the reconstruction of this location is to enlarge, excuse me, the toilets to make them more functional for the consumer. Increase the size of the cold room, increase the size of the cash area and increase the size of the kitchen obviously.

And by doing that, it's very expensive. And there are two types of players for the video lottery. There are non-smokers and smokers. So we're going to have two rooms. One where people can smoke. It's part of the South Dakota lottery, with the big door, the open window, this aspect there. And the second would be more for non-smokers, obviously. So if you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.

Keep in mind that it would be separate. We identified it as being this second license would be suite B. They have their own. They made a request for their additional sales tax license. So it would be completely separate. They must have separate rooms, separate doors, all that kind of thing. And you know, the city of Brookings has a lot of them. Ce n'est pas inhabituel. C'est juste qu'on n'en voit pas beaucoup dans les entreprises du comté, mais bon.

Merci. Les commentaires de la part du conseil.

Aucun commentaire. Faites l'appel, s'il vous plaît.

Jensen. Van der Waal. Post. Miller. Hussler. La motion est adoptée.

Well, let's get back to the usual business. Chief of Staff report. Sheriff.

Hello.

Hello.

Just a quick overview of the detention center. We currently have 59 detainees. 28 of them are detainees from the county of Brookings and 31 come from other counties. The largest contingent comes from the Marshal's service. We have 24 detainees from the Marshal's service in zone 247. We have 887 participants who maintain this zone. We have been very busy, just like the other departments. These last two weeks have been loaded. The school return took place this week. This leads to traffic and this kind of thing. So we are going to work around the schools for speed and this kind of thing. Also, I think it's the second, maybe the third year that we organize what we call a breakfast with the superiors. So, between Ella and Souvallet, one week, one month out of two, we go to one of these schools to have breakfast with the children and others. And Vulga Christian also opened his doors to my school liaison agent. He does a little more things to Vulga Christian, which is good. And just to talk about the school liaison, one of the commissioners called me about our agent of school liaison because things were happening with the city and so on. And just so that if someone asks you, we will not bill the school for the school liaison. It's the county. I always thought it was... my responsibility or that of the sheriff's office to go to school. At one time, I think a year ago, maybe a year and a half or two, I approached the school councils to help finance the school liaison agent, but at that time, no one had money. And to be honest with you, it's probably better as we are doing now. You know, sometimes when we pay for something, we expect you to be there all the time. I always have control over the school liaison. So if there is an emergency outside of sound, if he has nothing planned, he always responds to emergencies. He can leave school and respond to an emergency, especially if he is in the city where he is a school liaison agent. If I didn't have it in schools, it would be an additional burden for my patrol service, Terry Gertout, in schools, such as looting, catching young people who looted, harassment, fights, this kind of thing. So he's here. If he wasn't here to manage his school investigations, he takes care of everything that happens in the school grounds of the school. And that would include football matches on Friday night, if there is anything, anything. So the system we have works well. Also, this Wednesday evening, we will go to Good Roots. They organize their annual welcome meeting with ice for international students and there are different stands on site. And I think it will be our second or third time there and we distribute a lot of things to international students. The most important thing is that I distribute manuals on the road code. They all want to drive, so I distribute a pile of manuals during this event. That's good. They like to take pictures with the police. Usually, the Brookings police is there too and they like to take pictures, so I feel a bit like a celebrity for an hour and a half. Anyway, okay? Last Friday evening, I attended a discussion on the Floch cameras at building 21. There were two municipal councillors, but no one from the police department. We talked about the Floch cameras and I think most of you have heard about these cameras. Just for your information, in case someone asks you the question, the county of Brookings, as you know, does not have any Flock cameras. They are all located in the limits of the city of Brookings at the moment. And since I discovered these Flock cameras, probably. In 2021, when Madison installed them, I remember that during their 30-day trial period, they had spotted a stolen vehicle thanks to her. In short, I studied the question of flock cameras and I estimated at the time that they were expensive. The cameras themselves cost 400-500 dollars, but it was all the rest, the maintenance contract and all the rest. So I estimated that this was not a priority for my office. By talking to my detectives, we first thought of asking the police department to add about six elements to the camera system. But by talking to them again, we reduced it to three. One concerned a person in danger for whom we had a sign of an unregistered plate and were able to locate it. And the other two were stop orders. We would never put anything on the city's camera flocks without having a file number to be able to follow it. In other words, we are not going to watch Sean just to see where he goes shopping. You know, it must be associated with a file number. As I said, for the moment, we have probably used it about three times. This is on the good side, but with everything that concerns the data, I understand. And what worries me, really, is the audit. Who audits the auditor? It's like now hiring a new computer manager, isn't it? Who audits this computer manager? You know, I was just reviewing computer policy the other day. He has all the control over all these departments to monitor them, but who monitors the computer manager? In my opinion, something must be put in place to monitor this person. Who is monitoring me? You. You are monitoring me as well as the public. So everyone must have someone to monitor him or to make sure he does his job. And I'm worried about auditing and things like that with flock cameras. I think it's a legitimate concern. So probably the last thing, and I talked about it to Stacy, is that we're going to renovate the floor. My two detectives just don't have enough room downstairs. They have two offices. But things are becoming more charged with crimes on the internet, against children in the county. This also represents a lot of extra work. Not extra work, but we just need more space, interrogation rooms and other things like that. So I have funds in the construction budget to renovate the floor. We have to build crossings and do various things to have a little intimacy and that kind of thing. So I could free these two rooms downstairs. The DCI likes to come and do polygraphic tests in my premises and I really don't have a place for him because we have to record all this. So I could move one of his offices to be able to record this kind of thing. I am currently collecting debts.

So unless you have any questions about renovations, As I said, there are funds for the construction.

And as much... Do that now to free up space and have more space for investigators. Apart from that, I think, I think that's all. Unless you have any questions.

Does anyone have something for the honey? Martin, about these camera flocks, there is a lot of noise about it here. How many are there in the city? An idea? How many? How many cameras?

Well, I think, well, I think there is, you see, I learned something today at this meeting. I learned a few things. It's that, I think there is, if you go on the, on the website, there are nine. But some may have a contract with, with shops, you know, like Walmart. At this meeting, and I didn't check all that, I just took what I was told at the meeting, it's that Walmart has camera flocks and Lowe's has camera flocks, but they belong to them. But I didn't check, so I wouldn't want to move forward without knowing.

The second part of my question was who finances all this, who pays for it. So private companies.

Some private companies, from what I understood during this meeting, they are the ones who pay for it. And once again, I hate to talk about it because I don't know. I only repeat what was said that evening. So I haven't checked much of all this. I suppose there are contracts between the private and... I have no contract or anything like that to obtain information or... With... You know, like the municipal police, because it is they who control the fleet cameras for life. So there could be a private use, paid by the shops. That's what I thought of this meeting anyway. I don't know if that answers your question. I just don't want to move forward without knowing because I didn't check anything.

I would just like to add that I share your concern. You know, you are under surveillance. We know what you are doing and Dan is watching you, as well as everyone else, so that everyone stays in the dark. But if this information is not only between Flock and the Sheriff's Office in Brookings, who is the third party involved and what is it for?

You know, we always hope that everything happens in transparency.

But in our time, with sharing and buying information,

Then you talk about audit and verification. But you know, you have to take into account the human factor. The human factor is sometimes the emotion that takes the step in the right direction. So you may have set up your procedures, but who checks?

Who audits and who supervises the audit and that kind of thing?

And it all ends with the therapist.

So thank you.

Thank you Sheriff. Très bien, je viens d'approcher.

Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour.

Aujourd'hui, nous avons simplement le rapport du responsable financier à l'ordre du jour. À noter le décompte des auditeurs avec le trésorier, la masse salariale et le total des ajouts, le registre des actes, l'état des frais et le rapport des dépenses routières. L'état des frais du registre des actes. Il y a une petite correction par rapport à celui de juin. Il y avait une erreur de 45 centimes dans sa déclaration, dans celle du registre des actes. En juin, nous avons donc ajouté une version mise à jour en plus de celle de juillet. Because of that, our office, apart from the financial manager, obviously, now has a full-time employee. It makes us feel a little relieved. And she does very good work. So, apart from that, that's all I have. If you have any questions about the financial manager's report or anything else, let me know. Otherwise, everything is going well.

Does anyone have anything to say for Jenny? Jenny, just a quick question. The owners' vehicle files are much better than six months or a year ago.

It's quite fluid.

We have overcome these problems and you have found a way to do the work.

Someone else? Thank you. Bob from community development.

Hello. The first meeting took place on August 13th. We had a meeting of the coordination committee of the planning of the planning of the pandemic at the hospital. The big news that came out is that there will be a subsidy from the Ministry of Health for 2026-2027 to help finance what they call the management of POD. The position I am currently in charge of Later that night, on the 13th, we had our meeting of the subcommittee of transmission 765 kV. During this meeting, at the end of this one, it was decided that we would have a last meeting in September, the second Thursday of September. And if everything goes well, we plan to dissolve this subcommittee and transfer the discussions and everything else to the meeting of urbanism and zoning. But this is only possible with the authorization of the Comité Commission. And I wanted to submit this to you as a question today. We are simply turning around. We receive a lot of information for and against. It is now time to make a decision. The decision makers are obviously the urbanism committee as a whole. And we simply have the feeling that it is time to move forward and we can do it as a committee of urbanism. What is the opinion of the council I suppose?

The comments.

We will continue to advance and of course it could evolve according to what will happen during this meeting. But if it takes place as I anticipate, we will do it and of course we will inform you as soon as it happens. Yesterday I signed documents concerning the Duel Brookings water network. They carry out water supply systems in the north of Brussels and they asked me to examine some of their elements. They do a good job with the water in the rural area there, which is a good thing.

Tomorrow I go to Buffalo Ridge 2 on the border of the county where they have planned a discussion on the table.

They plan to carry out an exercise next month and they always include the county of Duell, the county of Brookings and the first members of the area such as the firefighters of White and the ambulance of White and the ambulance of White. So this should be a good discussion.

Thursday we have our meeting of the local emergency planning committee at the east fire station. Next week, Richard will go to Sioux Falls for a conference of the Western Urbanists. It's the Southern Dakota State Urbanism Association.

There is a Southern Dakota State Urbanism Association and they have combined their meeting this year with the Western Urbanists Conference which brings together about 10 different states of the western United States and he will go there to train. I estimate that with my mandate that is coming to an end, it was not appropriate that I go there.

My time would be better used here and to continue to do office work.

Apart from that, I have no update on the drainage project of the Canton of Madrid. I will contact them as soon as this meeting is over and I will be at the bottom and during the next meeting we will have an update for you on this particular subject. Any questions? Anything for Bob?

Merci. Très bien. Jane a bien mentionné le rapport du responsable financier et les points à noter, donc qui sont listés. Passons à la lettre A. Au numéro 8, affaire courante. Lettre A. Mesure visant à approuver la résolution 2630, une résolution déclarant l'état d'urgence pour risque d'incendie dans le comté de Brookings et interdisant les brûlages à l'air libre.

Ai-je une proposition pour approuver? Je propose. Ai-je un second? Comment.

I was contacted by Dave Jacobson of the firefighters association of the county of Brookings. He contacted me earlier this month and he simply asked to register this resolution as of today. At that time, you know, we had a few weeks left to see if we were going to have rain. I don't think we've had a measurable rain since I've talked to Dave. This comes from the Association of Firefighters with representatives of the entire county.

Mr. President, if I may? Yes, Bob. We are still in a category of moderate drought in the county of Brookings and, as... Stacy Stephenson mentioned it, we have not had any measurable rains. Even last night, it seemed to have passed south of us and I have no objection to a ban on burning. Sheriff, would you like to add something?

I don't have any comments.

It's dry. Last night, I had about 2 to 3 tenths in my house in the north of the city. And that's it.

I think it's a good idea for prevention. Any comments from the council?

Very good.

No comments. Please proceed to the nominal appeal.

Van der Waal. Post. Miller. Jensen. Hustler. The proposal is adopted.

Just, we have had a lot of resignations because of...

A detention officer had a baby, decided to become a full-time mom, and I applaud her for that. And there was a lot of movement, with a part of the staff in part-time as well. You know, it's sometimes difficult not to have romance in the office, and then they move on, get married, so there's a couple who did that and who's leaving. So there have been a lot of cases like that. It's logical.

Very well, any other questions for the sheriff? Very well, since there are none. All those in favour, please sign by saying... Post-it-compte. The proposal is adopted.

May I ask you something? Absolutely. You don't want to interrupt? No, Commissioner. It's that I have a limit of six people in partial time. You have authorized my office to have six part-time jobs. I would like to increase this to a seventh person, because one of my part-time employees is pregnant and will soon be absent. And it's not that I'm going to add hours for this seventh person. It's just to help cover the hours. Above all, and perhaps zone 24-7 could help a little, if necessary, we see, in this sector that requires paperwork and various tasks. So I'm just trying to take the lead on another job vacancy. And so if I could, while we recruit, hire a seventh person on time, but again, I'm not trying to add hours. I'm just trying to help cover our needs with this seventh person, in anticipation of the leave of the other employee. Of course, she doesn't have a sick leave or anything, but we guarantee her her job if she chooses to come back.

Given that this does not affect the budget or the final result. This affects the resolution on the remuneration plan. I think you might be able to reach a consensus to move forward, but I should present the resolution on the remuneration plan so that it is amended.

We could do that then.

The next meeting.

What is the council's consensus on that? I think that if it doesn't increase anything and that it's just about having more staff to cover the existing hours, I think it would be a good thing. But what is the opinion of the council? Would it be a temporary post then? If the person comes back, you know, if the one who leaves for maternity leave comes back, does this seventh post disappear in time or does it remain?

Well, we, with the current rolling, there is always someone absent. I foresee, you know, they go and come so quickly. Once again, we would not increase the hours, it is to cover. So the seventh person would probably be necessary to cover the hours. Yes, because you have full time who take vacations and things like that. Once again, there will be no extra hours. It's just one person to cover these hours. We have two. Does that make sense, commissioner?

Mr. Sheriff, I have a question. If you add another person in partial time, you no longer ask employees full time to do extra hours? So in a way, it allows the county to make savings. Exactly. Where am I wrong?

I know that a few years ago, when we created the post offices of Caporal, we reduced the number of people to a partial time. Here is a question for you. Is one person enough to cover these hours, absences and other unforeseen? Or should we expect two? What is your recommendation on this subject? Because it seems to me that we have removed a dozen of them during the creation of these caporal positions.

Well, we still have these hours. And so if I don't... You see, when I manage staff in part time, I manage students. They go to university, you know. So it's hard to count on these six people. And if I'm a subcontractor, you know, we spend a lot of time together, so I've already exhausted this resource. And then, of course, with the pregnancy, I don't know when she will leave. And if she comes back, I hope she will come back. She's a good employee. I hope she will be back when the time comes. But it's a real difficulty for us, because we have a lot of extra hours in prison. Because I don't have... Because I don't have a part-time staff to cover the needs. I know the agreement concerning the caporals. The staff, you see. But again, I have to ensure these hours. So it would be beneficial...

The only disadvantage I see would be to reduce the hours of each employee. There would not be as many hours per employee, per part-time employee, which depends on... If they are occupied by their studies or another full-time job, it may not be a bad thing, but it could be a way to add resources and this would help to ease the pressure on planning. What do you think, dear members of the Council?

Yes, I think I understand what you mean that part-time employees may no longer have their usual schedules. My question was, do the employees have a fixed number of hours that they can or must perform in part time, or do they always wait to do 20?

Yes, it's 19th. 19th. I mean 19 and a half hours. However, it can happen that I use them more just to not exceed what is a period of six months. They cannot exceed a certain amount, otherwise you have to start paying So I can have someone who works 25 or 30 hours. Because she is available to work. So she takes more than a quarter of the work than someone who may have a full-time job and who does it in part-time. Most of mine are at university right now. You know, I have one. You see, so now I have to compose with their university schedules. And sometimes it becomes difficult too.

Because for some of your part-time employees, you may only have 10 hours per pay period or per week.

They may only be able to work.

I think that's why we added this extra post. It was to eliminate a bit of that. A full-time person would be more inclined to be there all the time. But it was a bit the reasoning behind all the part-time staff I had before.

Correct. You know, I'm the only one who works 24-6-7. You know, Tanya Thornton works 24-6-7. But there are times when it's hard, especially on audience days when they are condemned and that sometimes I have to remove someone from the stage to help them. This eliminates a person on the stage. Mondays are days for the prison staff. Because, you know, they are sentenced to the Skram Bracelet or other, where you just have to set them up. Tania must record them in the program 24 under 7. So, an additional person here could also help a little if I need it. And so on. So I'm not trying to increase the hours a lot. I'm just trying to cover, essentially.

Cover. I think it is good to be proactive on this subject and I can accommodate the addition of the seventh. I trust the head of the department to manage their services as they hear it. And when they come to ask for another partial time, I suppose that I am not free to say, well, if you want one. I would leave it to the head of the department to go. Add a second, I suppose. Well, the only reason why I raised this point is that it does not increase the salary at all, nor the budget, nor the budget. It's just the number of people to manage this budget and reduce planning problems. And that's the only reason why I suggested maybe two people with the added charge, because it's not, correct me if I'm wrong, Sheriff, it's not. And he already said it, it's not an addition to the budget. It's just the number of people to do that. We simply do more, I suppose, the same amount, with just a few more people. And if we can find qualified people to work these hours, well, you know, I've been part of it for years and years, and I know what the differences and tensions in the service can be. And so, for what I mentioned, would it be possible to add for Edasnick?

So the consensus is that... What is it?

I would say, let's prepare something to stay here and bring it.

We will have to present this as a resolution during our next meeting to adjust this remuneration plan.

We will meet again on September 1st.

On September 1st, would we be in charge of the council to ask him to bring one or two or what would be the consensus?

You can make one now and another if you think one is enough.

Very good. Thank you. You're welcome, darling. Letter C. Action to approve a request for a female correctional agent at partial time in the detention center. Do I have a motion to approve?

I propose.

Press. Motion is pressed. Comments? None. Those in favor, please sign by saying for. Those who are against, say for. The motion is adopted.

Letter D. Action to approve. A request for a post office for a correctional corporal in the detention center. Do I have a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

I have a motion.

Press.

Press.

Comment. No comment. All those in favor, please sign by saying for. Those who are against, say against.

The motion is adopted. Letter E. Action to authorize President Hustler to sign this certificate of compliance with the requirements of control of foreign expatriates. It's only 9.30. Motion to approve. Motion and support. Comment.

It's for, I think... A grant agreement that the director of the county development, Bob Hill, requests. Generalist Christian Ritchie provided a statement that was in your file, indicating in substance that the county of Brookings requires all new employees or all employees to fill out the I-9 form certifying that they are well authorized to work in the United States.

Other comments?

Not at all. None.

All those who are in favor, please say for.

Opponents say when. The motion is adopted. Letter F. Action aimed at automatically completing unforeseen, committed expenses and refunds made on the Brookings account for a total of 215, oh la la, 70 dollars. Received number 07995. In the general budget, 226, 422 months. 4500. And I have a motion to approve. I approve. Opposed? Motion approved. Comments?

Mr. President, this comes from the subvention of the Department of Health of South Dakota for our PPC... It is the funds that have been spent. They have a different fiscal exercise. But 2025 to 2026... This line is currently in red. And this supplement will put me back in green on this line. Other comments?

I'm sorry, I'm happy she's taking care of me anyway.

It's always nice to have another wife, whatever it is. We update the teasers from time to time. These teasers are still usable. You know, the smallest counties sometimes have trouble with budgets and all that, and so I think it would be a good thing to give them, otherwise they will stay in a drawer here. So they can go there and be used for a while.

Any comments from the council?

Well, it's good to see that you contact other counties and if it's something they can use, to be able to transmit it to them. The fire services do that, as well as other departments. That's a good thing.

Yes, I have a few red lights, I think I have two. I will check with some fire services to see if they need any. Anyway, thank you.

All those in favor, please say for. Opponents say against. The motion is adopted. Number 9, report from the director of the department of the commission.

The report of the agent of the service of the former fighters for July. Yes, July. I have the impression that it is almost over. Anyway, this DAV journey. The best news is that the volunteer drivers of the DAV have ensured all these journeys since February. So it's going in the right direction. A few awareness events, a coffee with the veterans and then the meeting after the hours of the VFW office that they organize every month. Matt Pilar, our veteran service manager, indicated that the handling of the files has slowed down. It was going pretty well. Well, now he sees a kind of general slowdown over the last few months at this level. So, the analysis of the excess treasury of the General Fund in July was 33%. It's practically the same as our average for 10 years of 33.3%. Let's just continue to monitor this as we approach the end of the year to see if there are funds that we may have to affect or manage here at the end of the year. So everything looks good on this side. The visit of the conservation district takes place next Thursday, next week, August 27th. The agenda is included in my report. Le Conseil a reçu un remerciement du programme de mentorat pour les jeunes du comté de Brookings pour le financement en 2026. C'était donc inclus dans mon rapport. Les résolutions proposées par le SDAC ou le SDACC et les modifications des déclarations de politique générale font également partie de mon rapport. Il y a pas mal de résolutions cette année. So make sure you read them well. We will discuss them in the form of a caucus on September 15 at the autumn congress and they will then be submitted to vote at the General Assembly the next day, the 16th. We have only one vote to count on these resolutions. So if you see something in there that you would like to discuss in more detail, we may be able to review them during the next meeting, one by one, to see if there are points that raise questions. There is generally quite interesting additional information. Many of them come this year from the Minaha county or from the Yangtung county, which has submitted quite a few resolutions. So make sure you examine them well. If you have any questions, contact me. We would like to plan the visit. autoroutes et des ponts, c'est généralement ici en octobre, ce que je suppose. Vous savez, Brian et moi n'en avons pas encore discuté. Je vais proposer une date, mais vous savez, nous pourrions le faire. De deux manières différentes. Vous savez, se réunir le matin pour finir à midi. Ou bien, si ça convient, eh bien, le 20, c'est la réunion des chefs de service. Donc, ça ne fonctionnerait pas. Mais sinon, le 6, si vous voulez faire ça l'après-midi, après une réunion de commission, par exemple, on pourrait y aller l'après-midi. Brian.

Je crains que mes projets ne soient pas terminés.

D'ici le 6 octobre, vous les repoussez à plus tard dans le mois, voire en novembre.

The deadline for asphalt is on the 15th.

So maybe consider a little later in October or even early November.

I would be more comfortable with that.

I mean, the first meeting in November is on the 5th. It's a Thursday because we're taking away the votes. What do you think? Does anyone have any suggestions?

I think it would be better later, just for everything to be done.

Certainly.

Do you want to do that? Can we do it this Wednesday or this Thursday, the first week of November?

The 4th or the 5th?

The 5th after the meeting or the 4th? It's really up to you to decide. So what do you think?

I don't care, I don't care.

I suppose it would be good if we could do it after the Commission. Should we do it on the 5th then?

On the 5th of November.

This Thursday.

Apart from that, just a few other dates. We gave you a document from Sous-Vallée Énergie. They organize local meetings, city by city, on the prices and the energy. It's from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 27th. There is one in White, in the community room, then in the community room of McKnight, and one on September 10th, in Vulga, at the school of Sous-Vallée. This document is there, and I will also note some of these dates in the calendar. I said it, the visit of the conservation district takes place next week. Monday is September 7th, the work day, the offices will be closed. The following week, we have our autumn congress in Ramakota, at Sioux Falls, Fainé, Gulf on the 14th, then the meetings on the 15th and 16th of September. On Tuesday, September 22, I notice this meeting at 8 a.m. It is the fourth Tuesday of the month, which differs a little from our habits of the first and third Tuesdays, but this is due to the fact that the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall of the fall Todd Kaye is part of the First District Association of Local Governments. They organize their annual picnic for members on September 24th. I know they will send additional information, but if you just want to write it down in your calendars, it's Thursday, September 24th. And looking a little further, Native American Day is on October 12th. On Monday, offices will be closed. On Tuesday, October 20th, we have our regular commission meeting. And then this afternoon, the Head of Service Review will start at 1 p.m. October 24th is Hobo Day. So we don't need to decide now, but we'll talk about the parade and the activities for Hobo Day. And then, as I mentioned earlier, this first November meeting will take place on Thursday instead of Tuesday due to the removal of the general election votes on November 3rd. That's all I have, except if you have any questions for me. Something for you.

Very good. Office report from the State Prosecutor. Moving on to number 11, Commissioner's report. Commissioner Van der Waal.

Merci. Le mercredi 11 août, j'ai assisté aux journées de réussite 4H du comté de Brookings. Puis à 13h00, cet après-midi-là, j'ai assisté à la réunion de Samira Avenue à Volga. Le jeudi 6 août, j'ai assisté au barbecue 4H et j'ai aidé à servir des boissons, du lait, du jus et de l'eau. Et le mercredi 12 août, j'ai assisté à la réunion d'Inton Pigmer à Bryant. And then, we stopped at the Ponceau project on the departmental road 1 on the west side of Aucoude. And it was very interesting. I am happy that we had the opportunity to do this and to understand the mouth of these two employees, of the Wari du Comté, what was going on, and I appreciated that. Then on Thursday, August 13, I attended the meeting at the hospital. At the hospital, at noon. And then that evening, On Thursday, August 13th, I attended the 765 AVA meeting, right here, in this same room. As Bob said earlier today, you know, we are planning for the September meeting to be the end of this... I am only one of the five members of this committee. But after this meeting, I'm waiting for the committee to make a recommendation to the zoning council for a second Ewerpie retreat. And the zoning council could then possibly examine this during the October meeting. So it's moving forward, it's moving forward. Thank you very much. Very well, Commissioner Post.

My calendar has just been released.

On the 4th, I replaced for the meeting of urbanism and zoning of the month. Then I also, let's see, insisted on the 765, the 13 also. That was about it for my week.

Very good, Commissioner Miller. Well, last night, on the 17th, I attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bookings.

Very good, Commissioner Jensen. Well, on the 4th, I attended the National Night Out in Volga. And an excellent participation there. I went to eat. The line was quite long and we decided to go to Brookings to attend the Brookings National Night Out. It was also very popular. And bravo. all the volunteers who come to hold these stands with fire services, the municipal police and all those who mobilize. Thank you to those who organized and held this event. My children really appreciate it. On the 5th, they stopped at the Achievement Days. I saw the exhibitions and I also attended some shows. On the 6th, I also went to help at the port barbecue, a great participation. We even missed food that evening. It was a great participation for the meal and it was very good. On the 12th, I attended the meeting of the county to Brian. A lot of discussion on certain proposals and on the sales tax of 1,500, which often comes from the counties that have done it and those who have not done it. As Kelly mentioned, we stopped at the project of Ponceau on the road departmental 1 just west of Oakwood Lakes and examined the project. It was going pretty well. Unfortunately, we did not have any rain, but that somehow helped this project not to be flooded and it seems that it will be finished soon. So here is my report. Very good.

And for my report, I was absent for a while, so I did not have the opportunity to attend the meeting of the 10 counties.

Thank you, Commissioner Van der Waal, for coming to the POD meeting for me.

But yesterday, the 17th, I had a committee meeting for the Brookings Regional Growth Alliance. And that's all for my report. So with that, we will move on to number 12, executive session according to SDCL 1.25.2.1 concerning personnel. Do I have a motion to start an executive session? Adopt.

Press.

Motion and press. All those in favor, please sign by passing.

No.

Thank you.