Remarks by Jason Salamun
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Good evening and welcome to the City Council meeting for Monday, October 19th, 2026. We will begin with a roll call and determination of quorum.
Well, thank you. Next, we'll have an invocation by Dale Barcher, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. If you're able and willing, would you please rise?
Thank you. Next, I'll entertain a motion to adopt the agenda. Got a motion by Callie with a second by Biberdorf. All in favor? Any opposed? The agenda is adopted. Well, we get to start off tonight with a special recognition for our Rapid City Stevens girls tennis team for winning the 2026 Class AA Girls Tennis State Championship. So the team, if you want to join me right here in what we call the bullpen. And council members, you're also free to come down here as well. And we have a few highlights to share with you. Now you sure are lopsided. Maybe some of you could spread it out a little bit.…
So to the other coaches, thank you for your service to our kids as well. So I'm going to come around. I'm going to shake your hand. I'm going to give you a challenge coin. If for some reason, a couple years ago, some of you might have been here. If you've already got one, you can just let me know you already have one. I know you're collecting these. And then after that, we'll take a photo together. Does that sound good? All right. I'll start over here.
Well, that was nice. Before we get rolling, Councilman Stroman, he had a nice note that I thought was really interesting here, that the Sioux Park Tennis Facility, as a reminder, was a Vision Fund project that a lot of us got to be a part of. It was recognized by the United States Tennis Association as one of the top new facilities in America. And in fact, the Stevens girls team have won the tournament ever since it was completed, every year since it was completed. That's pretty cool. So thank you, Councilor Stroman. Okay, we will move on to general public comment, a time for members of the…
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You can speak at the microphone and we'll get your time going. There you go.
Thank you. Tom, you're up next, followed by William Wagner.
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That will conclude general public comment and we will move on to non-public hearing items two through 30 and open public comment for items two through 20. I have no speaker request forms for those items. So we will, sorry, thank you. So we will close the public comment for items two through 20 and move on to consent items two through 20. Would the council like to remove any item for separate consideration or approve them all in one chunk? Councillor Strowman. Item 13, please. Any other items to pull? We got a motion by Biberdorf with a second by Tamang to approve items 2 through 20 with the…
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All right, community development director, Vicki Fisher.
All right, currently the motion on the floor is to approve the abatement with the additional $100 to cover the late charge. 600, yeah. So it upholds the abatement at a reduced rate of $600. Yeah, I was just noting his extra 100 that he threw in there. All right, so that's the motion on the floor. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion passes with two nos from Roberts and secrets. Now we'll move on to item 27, a request by advanced design engineering and surveying Inc for evergreen real estate LLC for preliminary subdivision plan for proposed lots one and two of pioneer number three subdivision…
Okay, we got a motion by Tamang to continue item 31 until the next city council meeting with a second by Roberts.
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Okay, we have a motion by Armstrong to come out of executive session with a second by Tamang. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We're out of executive session. Next, we'll move on to the bill list. For that, we'll go to Finance Director Daniel Ainslie.
Any opposed? Motion carries with one abstention from Meyer. Back to item 35, Director Ainslie.
Motion by Roberts with a second by Beberdor. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Motion to adjourn. Motion by Tamang to adjourn with a second by Stroman. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We're adjourned.
Good evening and welcome to the City Council meeting for Monday, September 21st, 2026. We will begin with a roll call and determination of quorum.
Thank you. Next, we'll have an invocation by Pastor Steve Selfridge, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. If you're able and willing, would you please rise? Whichever one.
Thank you, next I'll entertain a motion to adopt the agenda. Got a motion by Meyer with a second by Tamang to adopt. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? All right, the agenda is adopted. We have a couple of proclamations. I'm gonna swing around here to the front and we will get rolling. So do we have anybody here for the fall prevention awareness? All right. Then come on up. All right, chief, come on around. But just yeah, there you go. Take the team. Bring Dexter to. Well, it's my pleasure to do this proclamation for Fall Prevention Awareness Week. This is our second, I believe it's our second…
So do we need to take a picture? Are we good to go? You're good? I'm going to give that to you. Thank you. Thank you both very much.