Spearfish City Council Regular Session

Meeting date: July 6, 2026, at 5:30 PM in the City Council Chambers, 625 5th Street, Spearfish. The session covered consent calendar approvals, wage adjustments, development ordinances, infrastructure project awards, and police dispatch consolidation discussions.

Consent Calendar

• Approved the consent agenda as presented (minutes from June 10, June 15, and June 22, 2026 meetings; addition of Grant Koening to the 2026 Rec Center volunteer list; and a Temporary Construction Easement Agreement for the Mountain View Elementary Alley Water Line Project #2604).

Items From Visitors

• BHSU Foundation requested waiver of all building permit fees, tap fees, meter costs, and fire suppression fees for a new 10-plex unit, not to exceed $30,000. No council action was taken during public comment; the item was heard for council consideration.

Added or Adjusted Wages

• Council approved budgeted wage additions for 7 temporary rally officers at $32.84 (no total amount specified), and step-incentive bonuses of $1,344 and $1,374 for two superintendents for additional duties during the Parks & Recreation Director's 3.5-month absence (3/1-6/13/26).

Community Development

• Held public hearings and approved second readings of Ordinances 1419–1425 amending engineering design standards for utilities, water, sewer, parks, flood prevention, public ways, and subdivisions.
• Approved Resolution 2026-09 adopting the Engineering Design Standards.
• Approved an encroachment agreement at 127 W. Grant Street.
• Approved a special exception for completing public infrastructure before recording of a final plat per City Code Section 154.023.

Finance, Police, and Public Works Items

• Adopted Resolution 2026-17 levying an annual special maintenance fee for street surfaces.
• Authorized staff to continue discussions with the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office to begin consolidation of dispatch centers.
• Police Department followed up on motorized bike enforcement approach in Spearfish.
• Awarded bids for the Airport Apron project ($4,505,800.77 to North Star Construction), the Campground Water Line Project ($450,020.30 to AusCar X, LLC), and the Yellowstone Place & Wyoming Ct Drainage Project ($372,568.10 to American Contracting and Consulting, LLC).
• Approved a Temporary Construction Agreement with Hills View Homes for Sky Ridge Subdivision; approved Final Under/Over Change Order #3 for the Rainbow Road Box Culvert project with a net increase of $9,698.82.
• Approved the Bill List and salary expenses/credit card fees for June 2026.
• Authorized staff to continue dispatch consolidation discussions with the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and follow up on motorized bike enforcement.