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The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists "City Council Special Session" for Dec. 30, 2025

The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists this entry under the category City Council for Dec. 30, 2025. A listing is a notice, not a record of anything that happened.

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the City of Spearfish lists City Council Special Session for Dec. 30, 2025 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 16:15 on Dec. 30, 2025, printed exactly as published.

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

  • Agenda · Updated City Council Special Session Agenda 12/30/2025 · posted Dec. 29, 2025
  • Agenda Packet · (2) Updated Packet City Council Regular Session 12/30/2025 · posted Dec. 30, 2025
  • Minutes · City Council Special Session Minutes 12/30/2025 · posted Jan. 2, 2026

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The city's agenda for this meeting lists 22 numbered items, reproduced below exactly as the city wrote them:

    1. Call to Order
    1. Pledge of Allegiance
    1. Roll Call
    1. Invocation (participation welcomed, but not mandatory)
    1. Approve Agenda
    1. Review City Council Agenda
  • A. Review the City Council Meeting agenda for 1/5/2026.
    1. Public Comment - Public comments are welcome; however, no action can be taken by the Council on comments received for items not on this agenda. Anyone wishing to have the Council consider a new item should complete a Citizen Request Form to be reviewed by city administration.
    1. Declaration of Any Potential Conflicts of Interest
    1. Consent Agenda
  • A. Approve the Visit Spearfish sponsorship for the Dakota 600 Dirt Bike Race (new to Spearfish) for $2,000 in 2026.
    1. Finance
  • A. Write off one utility account balance of $564.11 as the account holder is deceased and there is no estate to collect from.
  • B. Approve the transfer of $106,000 from Contingency department to Finance, IT, Cemetery, and Planning and Zoning as noted.
  • C. Approve the second reading of Ordinance 1413 - An Ordinance Amending the Revised Ordinances of the City of Spearfish, Title III: Administration, Chapter 33 Elections.
  • D. Transfer $12,500 from TIF#8 Fund to Water Fund.
    1. Approve the Bills
    1. Mayor and Council Discussion
  • A. Reappoint Nicky Winterstein and appoint Eric Skavang and Dalton Wademan to three- year terms on the Parks, Rec and Forestry Advisory Board with terms ending December 31st, 2028.
    1. Departmental Discussion
  • A. Discussion on status of 2025 budgets.
    1. Adjournment

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