The Rapid City Council met on the evening of April 20, 2026, continuing into the early hours of April 21, 2026. The meeting included a proclamation for National Volunteer Week, public comment on various issues, approval of a backyard hens ordinance (second reading), creation of a tax increment financing district, and several rezoning items. Notable votes included a 6-4 approval of the hens ordinance and a 9-1 approval of the TIF district.
Good evening, and welcome to the City Council meeting for Monday, April Twentieth, twenty twenty six. Meyer. We have a quorum. Thank you. Next, we'll have an invocation by Marsha Balsley, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. If you're able and willing, would you please rise? Right now. Oh, Lord Jesus Christ, powerful Holy Spirit, precious, amazing, wonderful Father God, who has come to you now. We urge right now, we ask you right now for petitions, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving to be made right now for all people. More than even is in this building right now, God, we pray for the we pray for the state of South Dakota, we pray for the United States, we pray for the nations, Lord. We pray that they would know you in your powerful, wonderful sacrificial love. Jesus. You say in your word we do not have because we do not ask you. Lord, men strong in faith and in prayer, subdued kingdoms. They wrought righteousness, they obtained promises, they stopped the mouths of lions, they quenched the power of fire. They escaped the edge of the sword from weakness, were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight, the armies of the aliens. You choose, God, to work through Adam, to co-labor with man. You work through the prayers of your people who are made in your image to labor and rule in the garden, to struggle together. We have sinned and done wrong, Lord. We have each gone to our own way. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations. We have refused to listen to your servants, the prophets who spoke in your authority. We pray now that out of your glorious riches, you would strengthen us with power through your spirit in our inner beings. We pray that we would be filled with that spirit that we would encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. Father, we pray that we would be continually filled with the knowledge of your perfect will through all wisdom and understanding, the will that the Spirit gives. That your majestic name would fill the earth as your glory is higher than the heavens. Teach your people, Lord, your children and your infants, your church, your body of uh believers to tell of your strength and silence your enemies and all who oppose you. Give your people wisdom, clarity, and discernment in complex times. Help us to desire what truly matters, not what is easiest or safe safest. Grant courage to your people to live for Christ without fear. Lord, we release the outcome of this meeting and this prayer into your hands. Shape us into a people who trust you completely. We declare, Lord, that our hope is not in preservation, comfort, and control, but in you. Be magnified in your people, Lord. Strengthen your body. Thank you, Jesus. I pledge allegiance to the line of the United States of America. And to every body for our which stands. One nation under God. Thank you. Next, we'll entertain a motion to adopt the agenda. Motion by Temang. Second by Lehman. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh next, we're going to have a proclamation for National Volunteer Week, so I'm going to go right around here to the podium and we'll get that rolling. We have Brad here from Helpline 211, great organization. Uh you know, if you never know where to go, just start there and they'll help you get to where you need to go. But uh, we're so grateful for our volunteers in our community because our volunteers are really what make us make it happen.