City Commission Regular Meeting Monday, August 18, 2025 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 July 31, 2025 City Commission minutes.

4.Approve Bills

  1. a.Approval of Bill List for August 18, 2025.

5.Items from Citizens on Agenda

  1. a.Recognition of firefighters John Beck-Bronikowski, Shaun Brautigan, Austin Lang and Brandon Wallin on completing South Dakota Firefighter Certification course. 

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 accept termination of Public Buildings Technician Coltan Radensleben effective August 1, 2025. 

  2. b.Permission to advertise in-house for 5 days and then with outside sources, if needed, for Public Building Technician, wage depending on experience.  

  3. c.Permission to accept resignations from lifeguard Jonas Runge effective August 4 and lifeguards James Burke, Aiden Russell and Parks seasonals Ryan Silvernail and Finn Cain effective August 18, 2025.

  4. d.Permission to accept resignation of police officer David Call effective August 8, 2025.

  5. e.Permission to advertise in-house for 5 days and then with outside sources for one full-time police officer position. ($28.00 per hour for Certified and $25.00 for Non-Certified.)

  6. f.Permission to advertise in-house for 5 days and outside sources for part-time (10 hours per week) Library Assistant I position at $16.00 per hour.   

  7. g.Permission to advertise in-house for 5 days and with outside sources for half-time (25 hours per week) Library Education/Program coordinator at $17.50 per hour. 

  8. h.Permission for Mayor to sign Oakridge Cemetery Certificates of Purchase and Warranty Deeds for Michael Trucano. 

  9. i.Acknowledge donation from Black Hills Area Community Foundation (BHACF) in the amount of $5,000.00 to support Deadwood Trails.   

  10. j.Deadwood History Inc. request approval to serve complimentary beer and wine for Big Thank You Event at Adams Museum from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 11, 2025.   

  11. k.Deadwood Chamber of Commerce request approval to serve complimentary beer and wine for a social event at the Welcome Center from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 2025.   

  12. l.Permission to pay Black Hills Asphalt in the amount of $4,270.41 to seal coat and stripe the Twin City Fruit parking lot after the Hwy 85 water redundancy project.  (To be paid by Water Capital Outlay line item.) 

  13. m.Permission to pay Black Hills Asphalt in the amount of $5,004.70 to seal coat and stripe the Bullock parking lot after Hwy 85 water redundancy project. (To be paid by Water Capital Outlay line item.) 

  14. n.Permission for a Building Inspector, Trent Mohr, to attend ICC Annual Conference & Expo October 19 -23, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. (All expenses paid by SD Building Officials Association.)

  15. o.Permission for Building Inspector, Trent Mohr, to attend NFPA Conference December 9 -11, 2025 in Quincy, MA at a cost to the City not to exceed $350.00.

  16. p.Permission for Library Director, Kennedy Penk, to attend the Mountain Plains and SD Library Association's joint conference October 1-3, 2025 in Grand Forks, ND at a cost not to exceed $1,200.  

  17. q.Permission for the Mayor to appoint Interim Executive Director for the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce, Amanda Kille, and Lacey Goeringer to the Parking and Transportation Committee effective September 11, 2025.

  18. r.Permission for Mayor to sign contract with Charles "Mike" Madler of Spearfish, SD for professional services in the amount not to exceed $3,000.00 related to GIS online mapping project for historic transportation routes into Deadwood. (To be paid by HP Public Ed line item.)

  19. s.Permission to purchase lockers for the Recreation Center from Lockers.com in an amount not to exceed $15,000. (To be paid by Public Buildings line item.)  

  20. t.Acknowledge donation from Black Hills Corporation Foundation in the amount of $2,500.00 to the Fire Department for PPE.     

7.Bid Items

  1. a.Results of bid opening on August 14 at 2:00 p.m. for Streets Department Metal Roof Replacement.   

    Full Curl Roofing - $232,514.00, Alt. #1 - $153,987.00

    CE Construction - $262,117.46, Alt. #1 - $200,940.49

    Triton Commercial Roofing - $168,500.00, Alt. #1 - NA

    Atlas Exteriors - $162,000.00, Alt. #1 - $125,000.00

    Weather Tite Exteriors - $270,610.89, Alt. #1 - $124,731.73

    Ponderosa Builders - $125,815.00, Alt. #1 - $85,979.65

    RainTite Roofing - $181,676.72, Alt. #1 - $160,254.53

    Built Right Roofing - $328,969.30, Alt. #1 - $175,662.10

    Twin City Roofing - $332,142.00, Alt. #1 - $231,395.00

    American Contracting - $282,849.00, Alt. #1 - $155,800.00

8.Public Hearings

  1. a.Hold public hearing for Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine and Retail (on-off sale) Wine and Cider License for Deadwood Gaming, LLC dba Deadwood Gulch Resort at 304 Cliff Street.

  2. b.Hold public hearing for Tusk Concert: open container in zone 1 and 2 from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29; street closure on Deadwood Street from Main Street to Pioneer Way from 7:00 a.m. on Friday, August 29 to 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 30, 2025. 

  3. c.Hold public hearing for Deadwood Jam Event: street closure on Main Street from Wall Street to Pine Street on Friday, September 19 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Lee Street Will exit onto Main Street (right turn only.) 

  4. d.Set public hearing on September 2 for Oktoberfest events: open container in zones 1 and 2 Friday, October 3 from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 4 from noon to 10:00 p.m.; street closure on Main Street from Wall to Deadwood Street from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and waiver of banner fees on Saturday, October 4, 2025.  

  5. e.Set public hearing on September 2 for Wild West Songwriters Festival Events: open container in zones 1 and 2 on Thursday, October 16 and Friday, October 17 from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 18, 2025 from noon to 10:00 p.m. 

  6. f.Set public hearing on September 2 for Deadweird Events: open container in zones 1 and 2 Friday, October 24 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 25 from noon to 10:00 p.m.; street closure on Main Street from Wall to Pine Street from 4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 25 to 6:00 a.m. Sunday, October 26, 2025.   

  7. g.Set public hearing on September 2 for Neighborhood Block Club's Community Picnic: open container in Gordon Park on Sunday, September 7, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

9.Old Business

10.New Business

  1. a.Second Reading of Ordinance #1426 Montana Dakota Franchise Agreement.

  2. b.Second Reading of Ordinance #1427 Budget Supplement #4 for 2025.

  3. c.First Reading of Ordinance #1428 Amending Chapter 5.48 Vehicles for Hire.

  4. d.Permission to purchase speed trailer from Traffic Logix in the amount not to exceed $8,110.00. (To be split equally by Parking & Transportation and Streets equipment line items.)

  5. e.Permission to update the water SCADA monitoring system (including modem, monitoring and storage) from Dakota Pump in an amount not to exceed $21,190.60.  (To be paid by Water Professional Services and Improvements line items.)   

11.Informational Items and Items from Citizens

  1. a.Next City Commission meeting will be held Tuesday, September 2, 2025 due to the observance of Labor Day. 

  2. b.Raffle permit received from Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Lead Deadwood. Drawing will be held Sunday, September 28, 2025.

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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