City Council - Special Meeting

All right, you ready to get to work? Good afternoon, welcome to the special city council meeting for Tuesday, June 9th, 2026. We will begin with a roll call and determination of quorum.

Lehman. Here. Maher. Here. Roberts. Stroman. Here. Pettigrew. Seacrest. Here. Bieberdorf. Tamang. Here. Evans. Here. Meyer. Here. We have a quorum.

Thank you. Next, would you 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.

Thank you, next I'll entertain a motion to adopt the agenda. Motion by Layman with a second by Evans to adopt. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Next we'll have general public comment, a time for members of the public to discuss or express concerns to the council on any issue not on the agenda. No items will be added to the agenda per state statute for special meetings and I also have no speaker request forms. So we will close the public comment period and move on to non-public hearing items one through five and move on to non-consent items one through five. I will open public comment for these items, but I have no speaker request forms and no one in the audience. So we will close the public comment and move on to item number one, approve emergency resolution number 2026-052, canvassing vote for the annual municipal election held June 2nd, 2026 for ward one. Motion by Lehman with a second by Evans. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item two, approve resolution number 2026-053, canvassing vote for the annual municipal election held June 2nd, 2026 for ward two. Okay, we got a motion by Lehman with a second by Meyer to approve. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries, we'll have one abstention Councillor Sechrist. Item three, approve resolution number 2026-054, canvassing vote for the annual municipal election held June 2nd for ward three. Motion by Sechrist with a second by Meyer. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries, one abstention from Maher. Item number four, approve emergency resolution number 2026-055, canvassing vote for the annual municipal election held June 2nd, 2026 for ward four. Motion by layman with a second by Sechrist to approve. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item five, approve emergency resolution number 2026-056, canvassing vote for the annual municipal election held June 2nd, 2026 for ward five. Motion by layman with a second by Sechrist. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

Councillor Stroman would like to say. Point of privilege, please. Yes, sir. Today's June 9th, which is a memorable day for Rapid City. I think when we do city business on June 9th, we should recognize what happened 54 years ago. But also feel, even though we can't take away the grief or the sorrow for those people who suffered so much in that loss, we've got a beautiful job of rebuilding this city. We're a lot to be proud of and a lot to be thankful for. So I just wanted to make that point today. Thank you.

Councillor Stroman, that was well said. If we could have a moment of silence for the 238 lives lost and the loved ones left behind before we adjourn. Thank you. Now I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Second. All right, we got a motion by Tamang. We're gonna give a second to Stroman. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We're adjourned. Thanks everyone.