City Commission Regular Meeting Monday, November 03, 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 October 20 and October 27, 2025 City Commission Minutes. 

4.Approve Bills

  1. a.Approval of Bill List for November 3, 2025 and additional bills.

5.Items from Citizens on Agenda

  1. a.Stage Run Block Club discussion for update on secondary egress 

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 Jeffrey Hall as full- time Parks Technician at $19.00 per hour effective November 6, 2025 pending pre-employment screening.

  2. b.Permission to hire Rick Grosek, Dawn Steichen, and Lori Bentz as a part-time trolley drivers at $17.15 an hour effective November 19, 2025 pending pre-employment screening.

  3. c.Permission to move Baylee Radensleben part-time to full-time Lifeguard 2 at $19.00 per hour, effective November 2, 2025.

  4. d.Permission to remove seasonal fire technician John Thomas Gifford from payroll effective October 1, 2025.

  5. e.Permission to adopt updated job position description for full-time Custodian.  

  6. f.Permission to advertise in-house for 5 days and then with outside sources for full-time Custodian position at $18.00 per hour.

  7. g.Permission for Mayor to sign the Labor Agreement for the Police Department between the City of Deadwood and Teamsters Local union No. 120. 

  8. h.Permission for Mayor to sign Oakridge Cemetery Certificate of Purchase and Warranty Deed for Kenneth Burrows Jr.

  9. i.Renew Liquor and Wine Licenses for 2026, pending payment of Business Improvement District and property taxes.  

  10. j.Deadwood History Inc. requests approval to serve beer and wine at the Days of '76 Museum on Friday, February 27, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for Calamity's Shindig.  

  11. k.Permission for the Mayor to sign License Agreement with Qwest Corporation for permission to install six large format historical photographs at 644 Main Street along Gold Street facade. (No cost for agreement.)

  12. l.Permission for the Planning & Zoning Department to engage the services of All Aspects Engineering in an amount not to exceed $5,000 to create legal description and plat at entrance to Event Center in preparation of DOT deeding right-of-way to City.

  13. m.Permission to purchase up to 100 tons of salt from Black Strap at state bid of $180.00 per ton delivered. (To be paid by Streets supply budget.)

  14. n.Permission to purchase a new Sauna heater for the Recreation Center from Rapid Spa in an amount not to exceed $3,500.00.( To be paid from Rec Center Improvements.)

  15. o.Permission to adopt Commerce License Application.

  16. p.Allow use of public property and waiver of fees at the Rec Center for Deadwood Elks Hoop Shoot on Sunday, December 7, 2025. (Recommendation from Event Committee on October 30.) 

  17. q.Allow use of public property and waiver of fees at the Rec Center for Deadwood Lead 76ers Swim Team Swim Invitational on Friday, January 9 through Sunday, January 11, 2026 contingent on insurance. (Recommendation from Event Committee on October 30.) 

  18. r.Allow use of public property and waiver of fees at the Rec Center for Luau, Community Gathering on Sunday, February 22, 2026. (Recommendation from Event Committee on October 30.) 

  19. s.Allow use of public property and waiver of fees at the Event Complex for Jay M Vogt Tournament on Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Recommendation from Event Committee on October 30.) 

7.Bid Items

  1. a.Results of bid opening on October 28 at 2:00 p.m. for the Retaining Wall Project at 18 Jefferson Street. Bid Bond and Acknowledgement of Addendums 1, 2 and 3 were included. 

    Complete Concrete - $123,900.00 
    Heavy Constructors - $164,702.00 
    Ponderosa Builders  - $110,000.00
    RCS Construction - $118,900.00
    Sylvan Works - $118,000.00

8.Public Hearings

  1. a.Set public hearing on November 17, 2025 for SnoCross Events: open container at the Event Complex from 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 23 to 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, and from 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 24 to 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 25; Special temporary full liquor license for Deadwood Chamber on January 24 and 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. each day at the Event Complex; and waiver of user fees and additional set-up/tear down fees at Event Complex on Monday, January 19 through Sunday, January 25, 2026 due to surcharge collection.   

9.Old Business

10.New Business

  1. a.Second Reading of Ordinance #1436 Budget Supplement #6 for 2025.

  2. b.First reading of Ordinance 1437: Adopting Section 10.12.048 "Unattached Trailers."

  3. c.First Reading of Ordinance #1438 Budget for 2026. 

  4. d.Permission for pay Tem Tech in an amount not to exceed $9,350.00 to upgrade the HVAC servers at City Hall and the Welcome Center. (To be paid (split) by HP Capital Assets and Public Buildings line items) 

  5. e.Permission to hire Architectural Services to replace 11 garage doors at the Streets / Parks buildings at a cost of $70,526.43. (To be paid by Public Works improvement line item.)  

11.Informational Items and Items from Citizens

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.
    Executive Session for Contractual negotiations per SDCL 1-25-2(4) w/possible action. 

13.Adjournment

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