City Commission Regular Meeting Monday, April 17, 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. 

At 5:00 p.m., convene as Board of Canvass to review election results, poll book and declare election results as official.  

1.Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance

2.Roll Call

3.Approve Minutes

  1. a.Approval of April 3, 2023 City Commission minutes

4.Approve Bills

  1. a.Approval of Bill List for April 17, 2023

5.Items from Citizens on Agenda

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 retirement letter from Rec Center Director John Tridle effective June 16, 2023.  (20 years of service to the City of Deadwood.)

  2. b.Permission to accept resignation from police officer Dylan Bell effective April 14, 2023.  

  3. c.Permission to advertise in-house for 5 days and then in official newspaper for one full-time police officer position.  ($25.79  per hour for Certified and $23.22 for Non-Certified.)  

  4. d.Permission to hire Greg Nelson and Terri Tomford as Parks Seasonal Techs at $16.62 per hour effective April 30, 2023 pending pre-employment screening.  

  5. e.Permission to hire Mt Moriah ticket booth attendants David Trentz, Michael Olsen, Phyllis Fleming, Gertrude Anderson and Ruth Durst at $14.33 per hour effective May 8, 2023 pending pre-employment screening.  

  6. f.Permission to hire David Lems as a part-time Trolley Driver at $15.66 per hour effective April 21, 2023  pending pre-employment screening and proof of passenger endorsement.  

  7. g.Permission for Mayor to sign Oakridge Cemetery Certificate of Purchase and Warranty Deed for Virginia Poling.

  8. h.Permission for Mayor to sign Work-Based Learning Program Agreement with Boxelder Job Corps.  

  9. i.Permission for Mayor to sign amended contract with Black Hills University for use of Rec Center swimming pool at a cost of $200.00 per day (4 hours) for Friday, April 21 and Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Original contract was approved on March 20, 2023) 

  10. j.Permission to pay BlackStrap Inc in the amount of $5,399.55 for 31.95 tons of deicer road salt.  (To be paid by Street supplies budget.)

  11. k.Permission to accept resignation of Lee Harstad from the Parking and Transportation Committee effective April 12, 2023. 

  12. l.Permission to refund over-payment on water account for 417 Cliff Street in the total amount of $4,647.11.  

7.Bid Items

8.Public Hearings

  1. a.Set public hearing on May 1 for Convention Center (on-sale) Liquor and Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine License transfers from Cliff Street, LLC to Deadwood Gaming BHCI LLC dba Deadwood Comfort Inn. 

9.Old Business

10.New Business

  1. a.Second Reading of Ordinance #1366 Budget Supplement 2 for 2023. 

  2. b.First Reading of Ordinance #1367 Amending Chapter 17.08 - Definitions within Title 17 Zoning dealing with Short-Term Rentals.

  3. c.First Reading of Ordinance #1368 Amending Chapter 17.32 C1 Commercial District under Title 17 Zoning dealing with Short-Term Rentals.

  4. d.First Reading of Ordinance #1369 - Amending Chapter 17.40 CH Commercial Highway District under Title 17 Zoning dealing with Short-Term Rentals.

  5. e.First Reading of Ordinance #1370 Amending Chapter 17.53 Transient Commercial Use of Residential Property under Title 17 Zoning dealing with Short-Term Rentals.

  6. f.Permission to approve Addendum #4 to Contract with Albertson Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $96,970.00 for the Whitewood Creek Restoration project associated with the FEMA project for additional services related to Site 1.

  7. g.Permission to enter into contract with Albertson Engineering for structural engineering for City and Historic Preservation projects in the amount not to exceed $75,000.00.  (To be paid from the budgeted HP Professional Services.)  

  8. h.Permission for Mayor to sign contract in the amount of $17,340.00 with Schlosser Construction for repair of retaining wall project at 318 Williams Street for Aaron Sternhagen.  (To be paid from HP Retaining Wall budget.)

  9. i.Permission to expend up to $5,000.00 to replace damaged posts at the entrance to rodeo arena. (To be paid from Streets Department repairs budget.)

11.Informational Items and Items from Citizens

  1. a.Raffle permit received from St. John's Episcopal Church.  Drawing will be held September 4, 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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