All right.

I call this meeting to order.

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thank all thank all of you for attending.

Will the city clerk please take attendance?

All council members are present, Mr.

Mayor, and the city attorney is joining via conference call.

Thank you.

Item three is the approval of the agenda.

Entertain a motion to approve the agenda.

So moved.

Second.

Are there any comments on the agenda from the public?

Council, questions, comments?

Hager.

Aye.

Neymar.

Aye.

Specker.

Aye.

Tilton Byrne.

Aye.

Wendell?

Aye.

Avery.

Aye.

Doran.

Aye.

Okay.

Item four is open forum.

In order to provide equal access to all during the open forum and public comment portions of the meeting.

Each individual offering comments shall not exceed the allotted three minute period.

The podium light turns green to yellow when there is one minute remaining.

Your time for comment is expired with the podium when light turns red.

Is there any member of the public who wishes to address the city council on an item not listed on tonight's agenda?

All right.

Action on the consent agenda.

Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda?

Seeing none, entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda.

So moved.

Second.

Is there any public comment on any items in the consent agenda?

Council have any questions, comments?

Please call the roll.

Neymar.

Aye.

Specker.

Aye.

Tilton Byrne.

Hi.

Wendell.

Aye.

Avery.

Hi.

Doran.

Aye.

Hager.

Aye.

All right.

On to presentations and reports.

SDSU Student Association.

I invite Anna up.

Good evening.

We had kind of a busy week last week on campus.

Uh Vice President Holbeck came and spoke with us about retention rates on campus.

We have an 89% retention rate with our freshmen into sophomore class, along with the third largest freshman class on campus record.

Uh we also had resolution 25-1-R, which was voted on and passed, which is the students association support for city county and municipal elections taking place in November.

This Saturday, well last Saturday, we were able to guard the Dakota marker, even though it wasn't ours.

We got to guard it.

And we were on the sidelines with the NDSU Blue Key Honor Society and their students association, so we got to spend a little time co-mingling with the enemy as they put it when we told them that we were doing that.

And then this week in Brookings, we have women's basketball hosting Augustana along with men's basketball hosting Mayville State.

Um here's a quick synopsis.

So in 2014, the city, CBB, and downtown district started to strategize what that would look like and hired on an event consultant to begin planning that.

In 2015, the first series was put on by the Visitors Bureau originally seven weeks, and in 2019 it was passed down to the chamber, and we've been handling it ever since.

With a great event comes a great team, and I'm super grateful for everyone that I have.

Without them, I wouldn't be able to do all the work that I do, starting with chamber staff, Kelsey Doom, Lane Manson, Casey Sticklin, and myself, as well as our awesome group of SDSU event day interns.

That's Eleanor Wessler, Hannah Spoden, Riley Terveen, Musume Kroll, and Aaron Sultis.

Touching on some theme nights and special editions throughout the series.

We have four of our five nights have themes.

The second week is our first theme night, which is Bobcat night, which is partnership with the Brookings School District.

They had eight Bobcat related attractions throughout the event space.

The following week was the new resident welcome night where our Connect committee interacted with over 50 new residents in the area.

The following week after that was our multicultural night with five multicultural vendor booths present.

And then our last night of the series, of course, is SCSU night with nine related STSU features.

Some special additions I'd like to call out would be that Bose Construction had a sandbox trailer new in the kids' zone, so really interactive for kids down in that area.

The Brookings High School Band performed at Bobcat Night during intermission, which I think is a crowd favorite, so always happy to have them a part of it.

Our 10th anniversary mural for those who haven't seen located on Sully's Wall.

I'll touch on that a little bit more later, but a great way again to commemorate that milestone year.

And then finally at SES Unite, our guest speakers, Dr.

Willis and Coach Dan Jackson present as well.

A quick vendor summary for all those that were present.

We had a total of 41 vendors, which again we sold out this year in vendor space and actually created a few extra spaces compared to last year.

A breakdown of those vendors would be seven food vendors, 14 business or nonprofit vendors, 13 retail vendors, five multicultural booths, as I mentioned before, and 12 of our sponsors were present.

Comparing numbers from 2024 to 2025, that's 14 new members or new vendors, excuse me, and 27 returning.

So very grateful for their participation throughout the series.

On to the fun stuff, a quick overview of financials, starting with revenue.

So very generously, the city allocated $20,000 towards downtown at Sundown, which we're very grateful for.

Sponsorships had more people interested this year, so higher numbers anticipated there.

As I mentioned, vendors we sold out in spaces there, so higher there as well.

Our beer sales or our bid that we work with a local vendor at the space, they give us a portion of their sales.

This was a new contract this year, so a little bit lower than anticipated, but still a great number to have.

So that's reflected there as well.

Total revenue, just shy of 88,000.

On to expenses.

So our operations starting there a little bit higher than anticipated.

This is event supplies, paying staff, food and beverage throughout the week.

We had a couple expenses from 2024, not processed till 2025, so that's recorded here.

Our marketing under budget, this includes the cost for the mural, our entertainment, that is all of our band and any needs that they have.

We were under budget there, and our in-kind, as I mentioned before.

Our total expenses were just over $73,000, netting a profit of $14,587.

Just want to touch briefly on some of the marketing efforts that we do.

Our downtown at Sundown social media Facebook page had just nearly 16,000 interactions, as well as our Instagram with over 3,000 interactions.

Our website had 4,600 visits, and other marketing efforts include radio ads, breaking billboard advertisements right outside our chamber office, town and county shopper ads, and a few articles in the retro register pre- and postseason.

On to attendance numbers.

So this is a breakdown of a week by week of our attendance, starting with that first week of over 4200 people.

Typically in the first week, we only see anywhere from three to five or three thousand to thirty, five hundred people.

So I'm excited to see that number go up, the second week being 4100, and then which is pretty standard in the middle of the series, seeing a little bit of a dip that third and fourth week of 3,002,500 people, the third and fourth week.

Our final week had 39,000 people.

When you add all this up, that's a total of 17,898 people present throughout the series, which is a 14% increase from last year.

So excited to see those numbers trending back upward.

And to wrap it up, just a quick SWAT analysis of the entire series, starting off with strengths.

As I mentioned, we sold out of vendor space, so that high vendor demand of interest in people being involved.

Our 10th anniversary mural and partnerships there.

So we commemorated the milestone with a mural located on Sullies, and I just wanted to thank the Public Arts Commission, the South Dakota Arts Council, Chuck Bennis, our local artists, Kirsten Jestal with downtown Brookings, and of course Sullies for helping us make the mural possible.

Our last strength that I'll talk about is our volunteer support.

We didn't really have a ton of volunteers last year and had to take on our face painting booths, so we had to bring that back this year with the amount of volunteers that we had.

So grateful for their support.

Some weaknesses, power resources is always just a little bit of a struggle in that area.

Some of the outlets aren't able to accommodate some of the power needs.

But after working with the city parks department as well as BMU, we've come up with a pretty good plan.

I'm no electrician, but I can make it work.

And I think moving forward, we have a good action plan where we don't have to call anyone down to site anymore to help us resolve issues.

And then crowd flow and space.

With that many people and that many vendors, it's great to have, but sometimes it gets a little crowded, such as making sure everybody, you know, with a chair or vendors feel comfortable in their space and making sure we all can fit.

Opportunities, just building on that 10th anniversary momentum, looking forward, what can we do to keep adding to the event and making it a special place for event goers?

Um I've listed our two theme nights, new resident welcome night, and multicultural night.

Those are just our lower attended nights, um, seeing if there's any opportunity to build or expand on those as we move forward.

And with the economic merger between the four entities, visit Brookings, the chamber, downtown Brookings, and BEDC.

I think there's opportunities for downtown at Sundown to grow with more ideas and more people involved.

Um and lastly, some threats with an outdoor event, weather is always an issue.

Thankfully, no rain.

I like to say I planned that, but never can control that one.

Um, competing events, Jack Sbash 3 was the last week of August, so we had to adjust our timeline and move the event up a week, um, but wasn't too big of an issue, but still a concern.

And then as well as the economic merger there.

Um, just not sure where things are going to shake out and how it's gonna go, so just keeping that in the back of our minds moving forward.

Lastly, just wanted to thank everybody involved, the city of Brookings, first bank and trust, and all the sponsors listed on the screen.

Without them, we wouldn't be able to do what we do each year.

So we really appreciate that.

If anybody has any questions, more than willing to answer.

Thank you.

Thank you, Aisley.

Any questions, comments from council?

Councilmember Duran.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, thank you for this presentation.

I think downtown at Sundown is always highly anticipated, and I really appreciate all of the ideas that you've tried over the last few years and the themes and shifting the schedule and the layout and everything.

It's really neat to see what's new every year and have our residents and visitors enjoy the vibrancy of Brookings.

So, first thank you.

Um, I did have a question of you noted the 14% increase in attendance.

Like I said, you you've tried a few different ideas.

Um have you noticed any real main pattern or theme of like adding in the theme nights or switching the layout, or maybe it's a marketing initiative, or even the shift in schedule throughout the summer that has attributed to the increase.

I think excuse me.

I think um starting off, we kind of changed our accounting from last year involving AI a little bit, but I think with the attendance, I think that shift in the week earlier did kind of help.

Um, I know, especially with some of our vendors and stuff like that.

July they said was a slower period, and you know, um, it doesn't really interfact interfere with the school schedule.

So I think that maybe that had something to play with in with it, but um, I think as we go on and as we change and evolve throughout the 10 years, it's kind of a little bit of everything that goes into it.

Sure, that makes sense.

And then I also wondered in addition to that.

Um I know that the shift in schedule was so that some of the weeks were around the school schedule to engage more of the students.

Have you noticed uh like any patterns of more students willing to come to downtown at Sundown and be more engaged in the community?

Yeah, I think our biggest pull um we have SCSU Athletics as well as a couple on-campus groups, like I think of the College of Engineering as well as Hobo Day.

I think we've been seeing lots of interaction and interest from on-campus groups with those groups.

They have their own audience and bringing a poll in for SCSU that way has been a really big success in the last two years.

Sure.

That's great to hear.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions, comments?

Truly enjoyable.

I went to the first three.

I was then able to attend the last two, but it was a lot of fun.

Awesome.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Item 7A, action on the 2025-2027 Teamster Union Local Union number 120 police union agreement.

Casey Bell, our human resources director will present this item.

Thank you, Mayor and City Council members.

This item approves an updated agreement between the city and Teamster Local Union number 120, who represents the police employees.

The existing three-year agreement is set to expire December 31st, 2027.

This updated agreement includes 2026 salaries and overtime thresholds for patrol officers due to the fluctuation of the process.

It's essential that the city allows salaries as an annual opener to ensure that expenses of increased pay do not outpace our revenues.

For 2026, employees will be eligible for a 2.5% cost of living adjustment and up to a 2% merit increase based on performance.

Additionally, the overtime thresholds for patrol officers were adjusted to better manage overtime expenses and maintain adequate staffing levels without compromising the 12-hour shifts that are preferred by our officers.

The updated salaries are contained within the 2026 budget in city staff recommends approval of the agreement.

Thank you, Casey.

Entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

Second.

Move to second and open the public hearing on this item.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Council questions, comments.

Councilmember Specker.

Casey, I have a question on the overtime.

So I know it's been relatively high, and there's been a concern about that.

By capping it, the way it's been capped, is that taken into account in next year's budget estimates.

This would, right?

So uh when we are going through the budgeting process, and once we've got the agreements approved with the union, we were able to reflect that change in our budget as well.

Um kudos to the PD team uh to work out and then analyze those numbers and say, okay, if we now our officers get overtime at 84 hours in a bi weekly period versus at 80 hours, we can calculate that out and say, hey, this is what we anticipate is a savings.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions, comments from Costle?

Okay, please call the roll.

Specker.

Aye.

Tilton Byrne.

Aye.

Wendell.

Aye.

Avery?

Aye.

Doran.

Aye.

Hager?

Aye.

Nehemier.

Aye.

Item seven B action on the 2025-2027.

Teamster Local Union number 120 general city union agreement.

Casey Bell will also present this item.

Thank you, Mayor.

This item approves an update to the existing three-year agreement between the city and the Teamster Local Union number 120, who also represents the general city employees.

This agreement is also set to expire on December 31st of 2027.

Similar to the police contract, the updated agreement includes 2026 salaries.

Just like the police agreement due to the fluctuation of sales tax, it's essential that the city allows salaries as that annual opener to ensure that our ex uh ensure expenses of increased pay do not outpace our revenues.

For 2026, employees will be eligible for a 2.5% cost of living adjustment and an up to a 2% merit increase.

Thank you, Casey.

Entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

Open the public hearing on this item.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Public hearing is now closed.

Council have any questions, comments.

Councilmember.

Okay.

No, it's okay.

Uh since this is my first time actually looking at these union agreements.

I have this question, but I also think it would be helpful for anyone else who's watching our meetings.

Could you give us a brief definition of who's included in the city general employees?

Yeah, so that would uh comp uh consist of most of the blue-collar workers that work within the city outside of the police, right?

So you're looking at landfill employees, street employees, parks employees, forestry employees.

I would say that makes up a majority of it.

We've got a couple of uh employees in the community development office in there, but by and large, you're looking at that um section of employees.

Any questions, comments?

Please call the roll.

Tilton Byrne, aye, Wendell.

Aye.

Avery.

Aye.

Doran?

Aye.

Hager?

Aye.

Neymar.

Aye.

Specker.

Aye.

All right.

On to first readings.

Uh item 8A.

Introduction and first reading on ordinance 25-034, the 2026 appropriations ordinance.

Ashley Rynch, our finance director will present this item.

Good evening, Mayor and members of the council.

This is Ordinance 25-034.

The first reading of the 2026 appropriations ordinance.

Each year the city adopts a budget that sets the strategic and financial direction for the upcoming year.

And the city's budget process spans eight months and includes public workshops that ensure transparency and engagement.

Tonight, of course, is the first reading, and at the next meeting, we'll have the second reading and adoption of the budget as well as the 10-year capital improvement plan and the fee schedule.

The 2026 budget serves as the city's policy tool, operations guide, financial plan, and communications device, and it reflects the city council's five focus areas of fiscal responsibility, safe, inclusive, and connected community, service and innovation excellence, economic growth, and sustainability.

These principles guide how we allocate our resources and plan for Brookings future.

The proposed 2026 budget totals 72 million five hundred and twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars, which is about one percent lower or six hundred and forty-two thousand dollars less than the twenty twenty five adopted budget.

Despite this slight increase, which is primarily driven by projects in our special revenue and enterprise funds, the budget maintains all essential services and supports continued investment in employees, infrastructure, and quality of life initiatives.

The general fund totals 22.9 million dollars and remains balanced with revenues equal to expenditures, and our core functions of public safety, public works, and parks rec and forestry account for roughly 73% of our general fund expenditures.

On the revenue side, sales tax is projected to grow by 3% and property tax by 5%, reflecting steady economic health.

The budget also includes continued investment in our workforce through wages, professional development, and training to maintain excellent public service delivery.

The 10-year capital improvement plan outlines projects and equipment exceeding $25,000 for 2026.

Proposed CIP expenditures total $13.4 million, and key projects include our annual street maintenance of $4.5 million, our annual contributions to the SDSU Performing Arts Center and Brookings Health System at $1 million, and our last contribution for those would be in 2027.

Our fire engine three replacement at $700,000, our Fifth Street Gym improvements at 450,000, and police vehicles at 330,000.

Together, these investments support safety, infrastructure reliability, and quality recreation spaces for our community.

In summary, this budget maintains a strong fiscal financial fiscal foundation while advancing the city's strategic goals, and it balances essential service delivery with long-term sustainability.

The second reading of this ordinance is November 18th, and with that, I'll stand by for questions.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ashley.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Council, any questions, comments?

Councilmember Hager.

All right.

So I actually don't have a question.

So I had a conversation with our city attorney about some of the items in our budget that impact my employer, which is South Dakota State University.

And I want to take this opportunity to talk about how there is the possibility for a conflict of interest to arise just by the nature of that.

But I did look at all of these different budget items that are in the budget that impact SCSU.

And given the fact that I am an associate professor of political science in the School of American and Global Studies, and the pre-law advisor, I am not directly involved with any of these budget items.

And so students in political science and pre-law are not targeted for any of the city scholarships, and they do not receive allocations from the students' association fund that is in our budget that's related to promoting different events that are taking place on campus that would keep students either on campus or bring visitors to Brookings.

And I'm not aware of any of the other students in my academic unit also benefiting from any of these different programs.

Furthermore, neither myself or my immediate colleagues are involved in the activities at research park or within the School of Performing Arts or Aviation, which is impacted by our subsidy for the airport.

But although I believe that I can participate fairly and I do not benefit personally or professionally from any of these agenda items, events are city attorney and I still thought that it was important to bring this up and talk about that because obviously, while I serve on city council as a private citizen and speak as a private citizen.

And so I just wanted to make sure that if my fellow members of council had any questions or had any concerns that they could also voice those as well.

Thank you for the clarification.

Any other questions, comments?

Thank you, Ashley.

The next hearing will be on the November 18th, correct?

Okay.

Item 8C, introduction and first reading on ordinance 25 033.

No, we got to go back.

8B, I'm sorry.

Introduction of first reading on ordinance 25 035.

An ordinance pertaining to an application for a conditional use permit to establish an office in a residence R2 two family district.

Address is 717 and 719 Main Avenue.

Mike Struck, our community result director will present this item.

Thank you, Mayor, and members of the council.

The ordinance before you tonight is for conditional use to establish uh office and uh residential R2 zoning district.

Uh the location is 717 719 Main Avenue.

Um this was a former dentist office.

It was built as a dentist office originally.

Uh over time that dentist is since moved out.

The property became available for sale, and the new owner purchased it with the intentions of establishing a small office in the location.

Um this does come to you uh with a unanimous recommendation from the planning commission uh development review team supports the request with the one condition that the conditional use permit is non-transferable.

So if the property were to be sold uh for another office use or whatnot, that owner or applicant would need to come through this process again in the future.

With that, I would stand for any questions you may have.

Thank you, Mike.

Any questions from public comments?

Council have any questions or comments?

So, Mike, what are the parking requirements in this?

I see that you got probably what, five, six lots in the back.

Yeah, uh it does meet the requirements.

I think six is what is required for this.

Does it are they able to use any of the parking spots are in the front of the building to as part of the parking requirements?

They can utilize the spaces, but they don't count towards their park off street parking requirements.

But that's where a lot of if there's any uh clients or customers that would come, typically they're gonna park out in front of the building on the street.

There's diagonal parking there.

Um, but this is more designated for you know any staff.

Sure.

That could come park on the rear side of the building.

All right.

Any other questions, comments?

Thank you, Mike.

Now we'll move on to HC.

Introduction and first reading on ordinance 25 033, an ordinance to change the zoning within the city limits or city of Brookings, outlet 19 in the northwest quarter of section 23, excluding lot H1, thereof T 110 North, R 50W as known as 213 West Highway 14 bypass from residential R3 apartment district to business B3 Heavy District.

Mike's truck will also present this item.

Thank you, Mayor, and members of the council.

Um, with that uh nice legal description.

This is more commonly known as the fraternity up on the bypass.

And so the fraternity has moved out of here.

The property's been vacant for a few years now.

Uh it's offered for sale.

Uh prospective buyers come forward with the intent of potentially establishing like a small hotel motel out there.

Um they're needing to rezone to uh commercial use.

It is consistent with our future land use uh map that identified this area as a future business, business park location.

So uh B3 zoning would be consistent with that.

It does come to you uh with unanimous recommendation from the planning commission development review team supports the request and it's consistent with the economic growth strategy.

Uh with that I would stand for any questions you may have.

All right, thanks, Mike.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Council have any questions, comments at this time?

All right.

Other business action on resolution 25-085, a resolution authorizing special assessments for lawn care.

Ashley Renchville, our finance director will present this item.

Thank you, Mayor.

This is resolution 25-085 authorizing special assessments for lawn care.

The city occasionally provides mowing and lawn care services when properties are out of compliance with city code.

When those invoices remain unpaid, the amounts are added to the property tax assessment roll.

For 2025, we have three properties with outstanding lawn care invoices totaling $3,213.40.

These charges cover work completed by city staff to bring the properties into compliance.

And the assessments will be added to the 2026 property tax roll.

You'll notice that the third assessment is um significantly higher than the other two, and this is um because it removed it involved a tree removal in addition to the lawn care.

Um staff recommends approval of this resolution as presented, and I'll answer any questions you may have.

Thanks.

Thank you, Ashley.

Entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

Second.

Move and second.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Council have any questions, comments?

Councilmember Specker.

Is this for lawn care that was done this past summer?

Then yes.

Okay.

And they are given notices.

Yep, they are given past due notices.

Yeah.

Thank you.

All right.

Any other questions, comments?

Please call the roll.

Wendell.

Aye.

Avery.

Aye.

Doran.

Aye.

Hager?

Aye.

Neymar?

Aye.

Specker.

Aye.

Tilton Byrne.

Aye.

Item 10B.

Action on resolution 25-084.

A resolution transferring city manager contingency funds to city departments.

Ashley Wrench will also present this item.

Thank you, Mayor.

This is resolution 25-084 authorizing the transfer of contingency funds to the street division.

The street division has exhausted its mosquito control budget due to increased spraying needs this year.

Staff recommends transferring 24,000 from the city manager's contingency fund to the mosquito control account within the street division to account for the mosquito abatement activities through the end of the season.

Staff recommends approval of this resolution as presented, and I'll stand by for questions.

Thank you.

Thanks, Ashley.

Entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

Second.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Council have questions, comments.

Ashley, what was go ahead.

Councilmember Specker.

Well, this might be more for John.

Like is mosquito season over yet?

I believe so.

Thank you.

Dude, how much money did we have set aside for mosquito control to begin with?

Did we did we have a line item?

John's got it.

John Thompson Public Works.

I did anticipate that that question could arise.

This year we had $70,000 with the orders, and we consumed about $71,000 worth of inventory.

So we spent about $141,000 on mosquitoes this year just in supplies.

It does not include equipment or uh or labor.

And we're going to be carrying over for this next year right around 39, 39,000 of inventory for next year, too.

State Eric, can you comment also on this?

Can you comment also on the state cutting funding as well?

Yeah, the state funding uh we used to get a grant funding from um, I think it was tobacco uh each year.

Uh there's around about $9,000 is what I want to say, and that went away this year, and we do not anticipate that to come back.

We we were probably one of the lucky ones in the site state of South Dakota because we didn't really receive that much money.

Other jurisdictions received quite a bit more money, and they lost basically everything they budgeted for mosquito control.

So it was good that we were we were on the ball and are already budgeting what we what we do budget for it.

Thank you, John.

Councilmember Dern.

Thank you, John.

Just hold on.

Thanks.

I just have two questions.

Uh one with that grant, was that for testing, or was that for like unrestricted uh supplies, or what was that grant used for?

That grant was used for supplies, but we it it really had no strings attached, so we could use it for labor uh equipment purchases, anything.

So it was kind of nice in that way.

Okay.

And then my second question was was it just an exponentially buggy season?

Did we just have a major increase in mosquitoes or okay?

I just wondered what the main thing is.

It comes and goes.

It's kind of like snow some some winter seasons like this upcoming one, it's gonna be very light, hopefully no.

But you know, it just depends on how much moisture is in the ground from the summertime.

This year was was perfect.

Perfect climate for mosquitoes.

Sure.

Well, thank you.

Any other comments, questions from council?

Please call the roll.

Avery.

Aye.

Doran.

Aye.

Hager.

Aye.

Neymar.

Aye.

Specker.

Aye.

Tilton Byrne.

Aye.

Wendell.

Aye.

All right.

Item 10 C action on a preliminary plat for lots one through seven in block one of the Northeast Hansen addition.

Mike Struck will present this item.

Thank you, Mayor.

And members of the council.

Uh preliminary plat before you tonight is for the NEHanson property.

It's uh laying out uh 54 acres on the east side of 34th Avenue just south of the Highway 14 bypass.

Uh this was uh at your last meeting, the rezoning was approved.

Um these will be for industrial lots.

It lays out uh seven lots out there for future economic development within the community.

This does come to you as a unanimous recommendation from the planning commission and the development review team supports uh the request, and I'd stand for any questions you may have.

Thank you, Mike.

Entertain a motion to approve.

So move.

Second.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um, Justin Booker with Banner Associates, the engineer for any Hanson LLC uh just available for any questions the council may have.

Okay.

Is there any public comment also besides this?

Council have any questions, comments.

I have one.

Do you have any idea, Justin, what the plan is for the property that is to the east of this?

We're still kind of working on that.

Um a decent chunk of it is probably gonna be used for drainage.

Um it's currently not annexed, and I know one of the wishes of the city engineering department is that any future drainage pond improvements are annexed, and we're still kind of working through that.

Okay.

Um I think we're getting pretty close to having the drainage situation finalized, and when we do, we'll submit that final plan to the engineering and get the reason why I'm asking that is is I don't I mean you're you're cutting your off your access with the cul-de-sac and the properties there.

And so if there was any future projects that would happen down on that side, you'd have to put a driveway into the to the diagonal on the highway there.

And I don't know if that's going to be allowed to have a driveway there.

So I just kind of asked them what the future plans were there.

If you're gonna put pond and everything right there, I guess that works really well.

You could still access from access from the north, but I was just asking the question.

There is one driveway there now, and I would heavily doubt the DOT would allow a second driveway, but that is under DOT control of access.

Correct.

What he said, all right.

Is there any other questions, comments from council?

Please call the roll.

Doran, hi.

Hager, aye.

Neymar?

Hi.

Specker.

Aye.

Tilton Byrne.

Hi.

Wendell.

Aye.

Avery.

Aye.

All right.

On to item 11, the progress report for the city of Brookings.

Sherry Fuller Borderwick, our public information officer would present the item tonight.

Yes, good evening, Mayor and Council members.

I'm pleased to present the October progress report.

We'll start with the parks, recreation, and forestry department, which never has any shortage of projects happening.

And this last month they've had several playground replacements completed at uh Indian Hills, Pioneer Park, and Sarah Renee Park.

Um they also have been working on the Hillcrest Aquatic Center with pool filters that are under construction there, and they're starting to lay out space for a shade structure that will be installed at the pool next year.

The Larson Ice Center, of course, is become very busy with ice season, ice activity season upon us with hockey, ice skating, and curling.

The forestry crews will plant approximately 250 trees throughout Brookings before the end of this year.

They've been waiting for the temperatures to cool down, and I think that's finally happened.

The Edgebrook golf course water sourcing project went out to bid this month.

And then last Thursday, Mother Nature cooperated for the prescribed burn at Dakota Nature Park.

The weather conditions were really ideal.

And the parks, recreation and forestry department collaborated with our fire department to conduct the burn on the hill at Dakota Nature Park, and everything went as planned.

And over time, residents can expect to see more vibrant, resilient prairie eco ecosystem there, and probably more wild flower activity also.

We want to especially thank our volunteer firefighters who devoted some of their day to help with that burn.

We appreciate all that they do to help take care of the city.

Public works also had uh projects that they were completing.

The engineering division, there were a couple of those this month, the 2025 Asphalt Maintenance Project, and the Arrowhead Park Trail and Drainage Improvement Project.

Both of these items still have a few punch list items and cleanup remaining, but are largely done.

Then 32nd Avenue and Capitol Street, the 32nd Avenue has been paved and striped from 6th Street to Capitol Street, and the sanitary sewer has been installed on Capitol Street with paving yet remaining to be completed this year.

So those are exciting projects to have done.

Also the first phase of the 20th Street South Shared Use Path use path from Main Avenue to Branch Creek has been completed, and the second phase from Branch Creek to 22nd Avenue has started with concrete work.

So you'll see those happening as you drive by.

So that is really exciting.

And from that and other funds that they have saved, they were able to gift the library nearly $13,000 to support programming and collections, and that's really tremendous.

So mark your calendars.

This was the second year in which they have closed Main Avenue partially for that evening and day, just especially for the evening for pedestrian safety.

And the Hobo Day weekend, police statistics came in favorably with 219 calls for service and seven arrests.

And that compares to 229 calls for service and 26 arrests in 2024.

And then also something to look forward to.

The police department will host its third annual Veterans Day Thanksgiving meal for local veterans and their families on Sunday, November 16th.

And that will take place at the first uh at the United Methodist Church's Community Life Center.

And it's just a really uh nice way for the police, both the officers and the civilian members of the police department to prepare and serve a meal as a way to show their appreciation for our local veterans and to honor their services and sacrifices to our country.

Then last but not least, um we the city would like to invite the public to attend a community meeting that we are hosting on Monday, November 3rd, that uh to talk about the proposed plans for a new police station near Maderi Elementary.

This meeting there will be two sessions, they will take place at the Brookings High School cafeteria.

The Brookings High School is at 5 30 Elm Avenue, and the public is invited to attend one of the two sessions.

The first session will be from 4 to 6 p.m.

with a presentation at 4 30, the second session 6 to 8 p.m.

with a presentation at 6 30.

And that time before and after people are encouraged to come and view some of the plans, some of the information, and ask questions of city officials who will be in attendance.

Um that you can find information about that.

We'll be sharing that on our social media, but you also can find information about that right now on our website under the news section.

And with that, I will wrap up the October Progress Report, and I will stand by for any questions.

Thank you.

Thank you, Sherry.

Paul, do you want to latch on to the community meeting a little bit?

Yeah, first of all, Sherry, you did a fantastic job with this month's progress report.

Uh, just want to make sure the committee uh hears and sees this announcement regarding the police facility and the discussions.

Really, the city and the school really wanted to have a conversation with the neighborhood and the community first before we progress this idea to the city council and the school for further public conversations.

So we really want to make sure that the public understands that we're gonna have two meetings, a lot of information, a lot of questions have been asked about this project, and we definitely hope anyone and everyone can make it.

Once again, this is the first step in a long process of uh rebuilding and identifying a site for the next police facility.

We hope that people will attend so we can answer all the questions that they might have, as well as gain insight from individuals that might have further questions that we haven't even thought of.

All right, thank you.

Council any comments or questions?

All right, it'll be interesting after they have the big truck thing.

They've got 24 hours before Chicago comes in to perform.

It's gonna be a quick turnaround there.

That should be interesting to see what happens.

I don't know, must just sit in the stands and watch because it could be entertaining.

Our next meeting will be November 18th.

I will not be attending that meeting.

I will be out of town.

Uh Councilmember Deputy Mayor Wendell will be running it.

And we have on the consent agenda some some renewals uh and liquor and wine renewals.

There'll be students report, exofficial reports for BMU and hospital board.

Uh by that time, hopefully a bid award for the Edgebrook uh water sourcing.

And then uh we do have one wise one wine license renewal hearing, and then uh the first readings that we had this evening, we'll have second readings on uh adoption of the fee schedule and adoption of the tenure CIP also, and then uh there will be an executive session.

Any other comments or questions from council?

Are there any items the council would like to bring up for future meetings at this time?

All right.

Entertain a motion to adjourn.

So moved.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.