As councilor Stehly points out, let’s join the fight to save the bees.
I always thought that studio apartments on top of the bunker ramp would have been more useful than a hotel.
So my brother found this place online. Our family originated in Switzerland and we dropped the extra ‘N’ at the end of the name two generations ago.
City Council 2020 (2nd) Budget Hearing, 2:30 PM
Budget presentations on Finance department, Public Works, Parks & Recreation, Transit, and City Attorney’s office.
City Council Regular Meeting, 7 PM
Item #7, Approval of Contracts, City hires a company to refurbish the waterslides at Terrace Park. I don’t have a concern about the price, I just wanted to commend the city’s purchasing department for their well thought out selection process. It must have been hard to find a company to do this. The name of the contractor? The Slide Experts 🙂
Another $50K going to the Bunker Ramp legal problems. But you know folks, it will be great someday.
Item #30-31, The new liquor supermarket, Williquors is asking for a beer & wine license for a VL casino bar (apparently that will be attached to the store)
Item #39, 2nd Reading, The city council will take a final stab at the casino ordinance that will allow Sioux Falls casinos to create imaginary lines between establishments. I think they are opening a can of worms.
Item #47, Council takes another leap at their legislative priorities.
Item #50, Appointment of peeps to citizen boards. Mayor TenHaken appointed two new members to the Parks Board. One lives in the northeast part of the city and the other in the central part, so that is good.
EVENTS CENTER BOOK CLUB MEETING (Wednesday, August 21, 8:30 AM, Convention Center).
I think they will make their final recommendations.
Calendar Coming
In a 3-1 decision (Sue Roust voted to say it was OK to circulate) the Board of Ethics told the RW3 (Brekke, Stehly & Starr) that they didn’t think it was ‘ethical’ to circulate petitions for Triple Check the Charter.
Their reason? They said that since the 3 of them are in a supervisory role with the city clerk, Tom Greco, that it would make it difficult for him to act fairly when checking the petitions if one of them turned in signatures. While that is all fine and dandy, Roust pointed out that it is no different then turning in petition signatures for running for re-election to the council.
I think that they could just sign an affidavit saying that they would not discuss the petition with Tom and vice versa and have the city attorney notarize it. I also think by telling them NOT to circulate petitions, it violates their 1st Amendment rights.
A lot of Hoo-Hah over nothing. The BOE did tell them that they could assist with the petition drive though, just NOT collect signatures.