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The Spearfish City Council met in regular session on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 5:30 PM. Mayor John Senden presided with Councilmembers Hafner, Hourigan, Jacobs, Klarenbeek, Myers, and Rath present. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including the sale of 16 lots for affordable housing, approvals for summer special events, the adoption of ordinances creating advisory boards for public art and the airport, and extensive debate on the future of the Main Street chip seal project.
Good evening, everyone, and welcome to tonight's city council meeting. We will uh go ahead and call our meeting to order. It's like there's some friendly visiting going on, which is great. Um, let's see, we'll do the roll call first, Michelle. Go ahead, please. Mayor Sendon. Here, Hafner here. Oregon. Here Jacobs here. Clarenbeek. Here. Myers. Here. Rath. Here. Thank you. Thank you, Michelle. Next we'll have items three and four, which are our invocation tonight. Uh Jamie Gromber, the pastor from Country Countryside Church, will be here to do the invocation. So we will do that. We'll rise for the invocation for those who wish to participate. And then we'll also stay risen for item four of the Pledge of Allegiance. Go ahead, Pastor Jamie. All right. Proverbs two says, for the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. Lord Jesus, as this council gathers, we pause to acknowledge your presence with us and to say thank you for being involved in every moment of our lives. I ask for your guidance and wisdom upon this council as they've been entrusted with the responsibility of doing what's best for spearfish and its residents. Bless the honest efforts of our mayor, our council members, and all those who work for the betterment of a spearfish. Give them clarity of thought and the courage to make decisions that are good and true. I pray all would set aside personal agendas and work together with a spirit of cooperation and mutual respect. Bless all those who will speak tonight, that they may be heard, and that the council will listen with patience and open hearts. Amen. Okay, on our agenda that we have before us, we make one minor change, and that would be on item 17 that um when we go through that. A departmental discussion, kind of a summary on uh update on chip seal that there will be public comment at that uh section of the agenda. Is there a motion to amend the agenda as presented? Move to approve agenda as amended. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Uh opposed.