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The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists "City Council Meeting" for Nov. 17, 2025

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    • 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. South Dakota keeps two time zones — Central east of the Missouri River, Mountain west of it — so 605Buzz prints the city's own wall clock rather than converting it for anyone.
    • This article was assembled from [the City of Spearfish's public agendas and minutes page](https://www.spearfish.gov/AgendaCenter). See the [corrections ledger](/corrections) if a field is wrong.

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    • 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.
    • This article was assembled from [the City of Spearfish's public agendas and minutes page](https://www.spearfish.gov/AgendaCenter).

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    • - Agenda · City Council Regular Session Agenda 11/17/2025 · posted 2025-11-14
    • - Agenda Packet · Updated City Council Regular Session Packet 11/17/2025 · posted 2025-11-17
    • - Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 11/17/2025 · posted 2025-11-21

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    • - Agenda · City Council Regular Session Agenda 11/17/2025 · posted Nov. 14, 2025
    • - Agenda Packet · Updated City Council Regular Session Packet 11/17/2025 · posted Nov. 17, 2025
    • - Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 11/17/2025 · posted Nov. 21, 2025

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    • 605Buzz does not fetch, parse or 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.

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    • 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 37 numbered items. 605Buzz reproduces 36 of them below, exactly as the city wrote them; the other 1 name a party or a location and are not reproduced here.
    • - 1. Call to Order
    • - 2. Roll Call
    • - 3. Invocation
    • - A. Our Savior Lutheran Church
    • - 4. Pledge of Allegiance
    • - 5. Approve Agenda
    • - 6. 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.
    • - 7. Declaration of Any Potential Conflicts of Interest
    • - 8. Consent Agenda
    • - A. Approve the minutes of the October 29, 2025 City Council study session.
    • - B. Approve the minutes of the November 3, 2025 City Council regular session.
    • - C. Approve the Treasurer's Report dated October 31, 2025.
    • - D. Approve event sponsorships recommended by Visit Spearfish board.
    • - 9. Items from Visitor
    • - A. Mayor Senden to proclaim Spearfish, South Dakota, as an official America's 250th South Dakota Community.
    • - 10. City Attorney
    • - A. Request for City Council to approve a motion granting a special exception pursuant to City Ordinance § 154.023\(A\) allowing a delay in the completion of public improvements by the City within the McLaughlin Sawmill TIF District \(e.g., Sawmill Road\).
    • - 11. Finance
    • - C. Approve the Credit Card Acceptancy Policy.
    • - 12. Planning and Zoning
    • - A. Vacate a portion of the North Avenue Right of Way adjoining Lot C-1 of Lot C of Lots 9 and 13.
    • - 13. Public Works
    • - A. Award the lowest responsive and responsible bid for the Rainbow Road Box Culvert project to North Star Construction Inc in the amount of $479,324.32.
    • - B. Approve Mead & Hunt proposal for engineering services to design the Airport Terminal Apron for a total of $421,475.00.
    • - C. Approve Change Order \#2 for the E Colorado Boulevard Roadway Improvements Project for a net increase of $100,781.17.
    • - D. Approve the Final Under/Over Change Order \#1 for the WWTP EQ Basin and Fencing with a $7,175.64 increase and a $0 decrease, for a net increase of $7,175.64 and a Certificate of Final Completion and Acceptance setting October 31st, 2025 as the start the two \(2\) year warranty.
    • - E. Approve the purchase of two Mid-Size SUV's in 2026 for an increase of $90,000, canceling the budgeted purchase of one Large SUV for a decrease of $65,000, resulting in a net increase of $25,000 to the 2026 Motor Pool Budget.
    • - F. Approve the purchase of new vehicles and equipment in 2026 for $558,100.
    • - 14. Approve the Bills
    • - A. Approve the Bill List dated November 17, 2025.
    • - 15. Mayor and Council Discussion
    • - A. Discussion on formulation of personnel committee.
    • - 16. Departmental Discussion
    • - 17. Executive Session
    • - A. Hold an executive session pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2\(3\) for the sole purpose of consulting with legal counsel or reviewing communications from legal counsel about proposed or pending litigation or contractual matters.
    • - 18. Adjournment
    • 605Buzz reproduces the numbered item lines from that file and nothing else. Lines the city labels Petitioner, Property Owner, Location or Staff Report are not reproduced here, and neither is a street address; the agenda packet is not read at all. Where an item names a person — an official presenting it, or a resident being appointed to something — that name is part of the item the city wrote, and it stands as written. The text is the plain-text rendering the city's own portal returns for that file. Nothing above is a summary, and an item on an agenda is something a body may consider rather than something it did.

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