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The City of Mitchell's meeting portal lists "City Council Meeting" for Jan. 20, 2026

The City of Mitchell's meeting portal lists this entry under the category City Council for Jan. 20, 2026. A listing is a notice, not a record of anything that happened.

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the City of Mitchell lists City Council Meeting for Jan. 20, 2026 on its public meeting portal.

The portal files this entry under the category City Council. That is the city's own classification, reproduced as published; 605Buzz does not sort these listings itself.

The portal gives the time as 18:00 on Jan. 20, 2026, printed exactly as published.

The portal marks that time UTC, and it is not: the city's own records contradict the mark, because the plain-English posting time the portal prints for this meeting's agenda states the same clock reading as the machine-readable field that claims to be UTC. The time above is therefore the local wall clock the city published, reproduced without conversion.

The portal is currently offering 3 documents for this entry, named here exactly as the city named them:

  • Agenda · January 20, 2026 Agenda · posted Jan. 15, 2026
  • Agenda Packet · January 20, 2026 Agenda Packet · posted Jan. 15, 2026
  • Minutes · January 20, 2026 Council Minutes · posted Jan. 27, 2026

605Buzz does not summarise those documents. Minutes are produced after a meeting rather than before one; what they say is not reproduced here. Follow the link above to read them at the city's own page.

The city's agenda for this meeting lists 43 numbered items. 605Buzz reproduces 40 of them below, exactly as the city wrote them; the other 3 name a party or a location and are not reproduced here.

    1. 6:00 PM Call to Order
    1. Pledge Of Allegiance
    1. Invocation: First United Methodist
    1. Roll Call
    1. Approval Of Consent Agenda Items Items appearing on the Consent Agenda may be removed by a City Council Member for discussion at the beginning of the formal agenda items.
  • A. City Council Minutes
  • B. Committee Reports
  • C. Department Reports
  • D. Raffle Permits
  • E. Purchase of Volvo Loader for Airport off of Sourcewell Contract Project #2026- 22
  • F. Purchase of Skid Loader off of Sourcewell Contract Project #2026-30
  • G. Purchase of Pay Loader for Cemetery and Golf Course off of Sourcewell Contract
  • H. Purchase of 3 Patrol Vehicles off of State Bid
  • I. Changes to the 2026 Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, the 2026 Safety Manual, and the 2026 Drug and Alcohol Policy
  • J. Increases to the Unreimbursed Medical and Dependent Care Maximum Deductions to Match Increases in Federal Limits
  • K. Volunteer Board Appointments: • Appoint Pat McGeough to the Park Board to fill an unexpired term to run from January 2026-June 2026
  • L. Change Order #5 to Halme, Inc. for North Harmon Sanitary Sewer Outfall Project #2023-06
  • M. Change Order #1 to Halme, Inc. for Island Watermain Bore Project #2025-27
  • N. Set date for February 2, 2026 for Hearing and Action on the Application to Transfer RB-2169 Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine License
  • O. Approval of Gasoline & Fuel Quotes
  • P. Pay Estimates
  • Q. Approve Bills, Payroll, Salary Adjustments and New Hires, and Authorize Payment of Recurring and Other Expenses in Advance as Approved by the Finance Officer
    1. Motion To Approve, Request Public Comment, Roll Call
    1. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: Entertain a Motion For The City Council To Recess And Sit As The Board Of Adjustment
  • A. Hearing and Action on an Application for Bart & Nikki Fredericksen Bart & Nikki Fredericksen have applied for a Variance Permit for front yard (lake side) setback of 8’ vs 35’ for the existing addition in 2019 and a new addition of
  • B. Action to Set Date for Board of Adjustment Hearing 2-2-26 Kelsey Poppens has applied for a conditional use permit for childcare, family
    1. RECONVENE AS CITY COUNCIL: Entertain a Motion For The Board of Adjustment To Adjourn And The City Council To Reconvene In Regular Session
    1. Hearing and Action on the Application to Transfer RL-5353 Retail (on-sale) Liquor License from LAB LLC, 501 South Sanborn to FUPA Adventures LLC dba Double D's, 512 South Sanborn
    1. Action to Approve Special Event Permit Application for WoodieFest on Saturday, June 27, 2026 • Consumption Permit ($50 Fee) • Noise Permit ($0 Fee)
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-08, Water Study Agreement with SPN & Associates-Project #2026-26
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-09, Wastewater Study with SPN & Associates- Project #2026-27
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-10, Design and Bidding Services with AE2S for a Meter Vault for Randall Rural Water Project
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-11, Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certification
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-12, Par 3 Golf Concept Plan with Norby
    1. Action to Approve Resolution #R2026-05, Property Clean-up Incentive Policy
    1. Action to Approve Resolution #R2026-06, Vacation of Public Right-of-Way, portion of Bailey Metal Fab Alley which is adjacent to the GHB Property, the Sheesley Property and the Duff Dens Property
    1. Second Reading on Ordinance #O2026-01, Modifying Redevelopment Neighborhood Boundaries for Discretionary Formula Purposes
    1. Motion to Adopt Ordinance #O2026-01, Request Public Comment, Roll Call
    1. Discussion on Requiring Survey Before Acquiring a Building Permit
    1. Adjourn

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This article records only that the city's portal lists this meeting. It is not a record of what any meeting decided, it does not state that a meeting took place, and no outcome, vote or decision is implied. Nothing in any agenda, packet or minutes document is summarised here.

Meetings are cancelled, rescheduled and re-noticed, and the portal publishes no field for any of that. Where the city has said so, it says so inside the listing's own title, quoted above exactly as published — and where it has not, 605Buzz cannot report a cancellation the city has not stated, and does not infer one from a missing document. Check the city's own page for this meeting before relying on anything here.

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