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Spearfish City Council Special Session: Bids, Change Order, and Bills – August 26, 2026

City Council — Wednesday, August 26, 2026
BodySpearfish, South Dakota
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, August 26, 2026
StatusFILED
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Speaker numbers apply only to this recording.

Speaker 1

13:29

Oh,

Speaker 2

13:31

is it coming through?

13:34

Test test.

14:22

So this will just pick up.

Speaker 1

14:25

I wonder if

Speaker 2

14:25

you need to uncluck it now.

Speaker 1

14:35

Can

Speaker 3

14:35

you hear it through those?

Speaker 1

14:56

Okay.

15:28

I think that's my thought.

Unassigned speaker

15:53

Yes.

Speaker 4

15:53

Uh good afternoon, everyone.

15:55

I appreciate everyone being here for tonight's special uh session that we have tonight to approve some items that are important to our community.

16:03

With that, with the meeting being called to order, I will have turn it over to Michelle for roll call, please.

Speaker 2

16:09

Mayor Sendon.

Speaker 4

16:10

Here.

Speaker 2

16:11

Hafner.

16:12

Here, Argon?

Speaker 4

16:13

Here.

Speaker 2

16:14

Jacobs.

16:16

Claire and Peak?

Speaker 4

16:18

Here.

Speaker 2

16:18

Myers.

16:19

Here.

16:20

Right.

16:20

Here.

Speaker 4

16:22

Okay.

16:22

We do have item four Pledge of Allegiance.

16:24

So we'll go ahead and do that since it's an official meeting tonight.

16:27

Let's just go ahead and do that quickly.

Unassigned speaker

16:32

Pledge allegiance to the flag of the city.

Speaker 4

16:37

To the

Speaker 1

16:37

Republic for which stands one under God.

16:41

Individual with liberty and justice for

Unassigned speaker

16:44

all.

Speaker 4

16:47

Okay.

16:50

Is there approving our agenda?

16:51

There is an amendment.

16:53

The item that has come up as of today, amend the agenda to add item eight D for a uh Colorado Boulevard sewer upsize phase two project.

17:05

It's a chance there's a change order to bring it back to council at a future meeting, but uh there's progress being made on it.

17:11

So we need a to amend the agenda to add that item, please.

Speaker 5

17:16

Move to amend is presented.

Speaker 4

17:21

We have a motion and a second to amend the agenda as uh discussed.

17:25

All in favor?

Speaker 1

17:26

Aye.

Speaker 4

17:27

All right.

17:29

Opposed.

17:31

Is there a motion to approve the amended agenda, please?

Speaker 2

17:34

Move to approve and second.

Speaker 4

17:37

Motion and second, all in favor.

17:39

Aye.

17:39

Aye.

17:41

Opposed.

17:42

Thank you.

17:43

We have an amended agenda now.

17:44

So we'll move on to item six, which is public comment.

Unassigned speaker

17:47

Uh

Speaker 4

17:47

public comments are welcome.

17:48

Horror no action can be taken by council on comments received for items not on this agenda.

17:54

So I will

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural████████████████████████████████████████40%
Engineering And Infrastructure████████████████████████████████32%
Budget Equity Analysis████████████████████████████28%
Summary of Proceedings

Special Session called to order at 4:15 PM, all council members present except Jacobs. Agenda amended to add 8D and approved. No public comments. Awarded two bids to Johner & Sons Inc. Approved change order #1. Authorized staff field directive for Colorado Blvd Sewer Phase 2. Approved bill list. Discussed 2027 budget. Adjourned at 4:35 PM.

Meeting Transcript

Oh, is it coming through? Test test. So this will just pick up. I wonder if you need to uncluck it now. Can you hear it through those? Okay. I think that's my thought. Yes. Uh good afternoon, everyone. I appreciate everyone being here for tonight's special uh session that we have tonight to approve some items that are important to our community. With that, with the meeting being called to order, I will have turn it over to Michelle for roll call, please. Mayor Sendon. Here. Hafner. Here, Argon? Here. Jacobs. Claire and Peak? Here. Myers. Here. Right. Here. Okay. We do have item four Pledge of Allegiance. So we'll go ahead and do that since it's an official meeting tonight. Let's just go ahead and do that quickly. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the city. To the Republic for which stands one under God. Individual with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Is there approving our agenda? There is an amendment. The item that has come up as of today, amend the agenda to add item eight D for a uh Colorado Boulevard sewer upsize phase two project. It's a chance there's a change order to bring it back to council at a future meeting, but uh there's progress being made on it. So we need a to amend the agenda to add that item, please. Move to amend is presented. We have a motion and a second to amend the agenda as uh discussed. All in favor? Aye. All right. Opposed. Is there a motion to approve the amended agenda, please? Move to approve and second. Motion and second, all in favor.

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