City Commission Regular Meeting Tuesday, September 05, 2023 05:00 PM City Hall, 102 Sherman Street, Deadwood, SD 57732

Public comments are welcomed, but no action can be taken by the Commission on comments received at this meeting.  Anyone wishing to have the Commission vote on an item should call the Finance Office at 578-2600 by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the next scheduled meeting to be placed on the agenda. 

1.Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance

2.Roll Call

3.Approve Minutes

  1. a.Approval of August 21, 2023 City Commission minutes

4.Approve Bills

  1. a.Approval of Bill List for September 5, 2023

5.Items from Citizens on Agenda

  1. a.SD Dept. of Transportation - Present alternatives 1A, 1C-1 and 1C-3 for the Deadwood Box Culvert Study.

  2. b.SD Game Fish and Parks presentation on proposed snowmobile trail thru City property- Shannon Percy/Ryan Fredrickson  

6.Consent Agenda

Matters appearing on Consent Agenda are expected to be non-controversial and will be acted upon by the Commission at one time, without discussion, unless a member of the Commission requests an opportunity to address any given item.  Items removed from the Consent Agenda will be discussed at the beginning of New Business.

  1. a.Permission to hire Jace Edlund as Community Service Officer at $19.00 per hour (D9 rank) effective September 10, 2023 pending pre-employment screening.

  2. b.Permission to accept resignation from archives intern Samantha Hamann effective August 18, 2023. 

  3. c.Designate Black Hills Pioneer as official City of Deadwood newspaper for twelve months per SDCL 9-12-6. 

  4. d.Permission to approve change order # 2 with Heiman Inc. in the amount of $625.00 for modifications to custom built International Fire Truck, bringing truck body contract to $409,762.00 plus chassis of $109,300 for total truck cost of $519,062.00.  (To be paid from Fire Dept. Truck Reserves.)

  5. e.Permission to pay Rasmussen Mechanical in the amount of $4,497.00 to replace the compressor on RTU 2. (To be paid by Rec Center repair budget.)

  6. f.Permission to purchase a Hotsy 921 N commercial stationary pressure washer in the amount of $8,524.69 from Dakota Fluid Power. This will replace the pressure washer located at the City Streets Department that no longer works. Funds will be withdrawn equally from the Streets, Water, Parks and Police budgets.

  7. g.Recommendation from Event Committee to adopt updated Event Complex Application.  

  8. h.Allow use of public property for DVG America Midwest Regional Championship at the Ferguson Field from September 30 through October 1, 2023.  

7.Bid Items

8.Public Hearings

  1. a.Set public hearing on September 18 for Lead Deadwood High School Homecoming Parade: street closure; Main Street from Lower Main at Pioneer Way to Pine Street for parade on Friday, October 6, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. until parade ends.  

9.Old Business

10.New Business

  1. a.First Reading of Ordinance #1387 Amending Chapter 5.08.010 Bingo/Raffle

  2. b.Permission to hire Ancestor Concrete & Masonry LLC to repair damage occurring on the Chinese vault and burner at Mt Moriah cemetery in an amount not to exceed $5,700.00. (To be paid from Historic cemetery repair budget.) 

  3. c.Permission to pay $15,651.82 to Cable Communication Services for utility work associated with library retaining wall. (To be paid by HP Capital Assets.)  

  4. d.Permission to pay Sanitation Products in the amount not to exceed $23,706.96 to replace the blower motor in the 2002 Vactor truck. (To be paid from Water Dept. repair budget.)

  5. e.Permission to pay $11,864.14 to High Plains Remodels, LLC for the remodel of City Hall for additional office space. (To be paid from HP Capital Assets)

  6. f.Permission to allow Police Dept to purchase 2021 Dodge Durango from Kansas Highway Patrol in amount of $32,025.00.. (To be paid from Police equipment budget.) 

  7. g.Permission for Mayor to sign contract with Lead-Deadwood School District for Ferguson Field Complex Use and Maintenance at cost of $1,200.00 per month from August through October.  

11.Informational Items and Items from Citizens

  1. a.Suicide Prevention week is September 10th through September 16th, 2023. Sidewalks in Deadwood and Lead will be painted with chalk to bring support, education and prevention to the cause. Please share #988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) with friends, family, neighbors and strangers.

  2. b.Raffle permit received from Lead-Deadwood Youth Football and Cheer Association. Drawing will be held September 30, 2023

12.Executive Session

  1. a.Executive Session for Personnel Matters per SDCL1-25-2 (1) w/ possible action 
    Executive Session for Legal Matters per SDCL1-25-2 (3) w/ possible action

13.Adjournment

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