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The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists "City Council Meeting" for March 16, 2026

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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 3/16/2026 · posted 2026-03-13
    • - Agenda Packet · Updated City Council Regular Session Packet 3/16/2026 · posted 2026-03-16
    • - Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 3/16/2026 · posted 2026-03-18

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    • - Agenda · City Council Regular Session Agenda 3/16/2026 · posted March 13, 2026
    • - Agenda Packet · Updated City Council Regular Session Packet 3/16/2026 · posted March 16, 2026
    • - Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 3/16/2026 · posted March 18, 2026

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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 36 numbered items. 605Buzz reproduces 35 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 \(participation welcomed, but not mandatory\)
    • - A. Countryside 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 February 25, 2026, City Council study session.
    • - B. Approve the minutes of the March 2, 2026, City Council regular session.
    • - C. Authorize the mayor to sign a temporary construction easement agreement required for the Mason Street Project \#2414.
    • - D. Approve Temporary Construction Easement Agreement with Black Hills State University for Mason Street Project \#2414.
    • - E. Approve the Treasurer's Report dated February 28, 2026.
    • - 9. Added and Adjusted Wages
    • - A. Approve the following wage additions and adjustments as budgeted for 2026. Regular Positions Budgeted Wage Reason Position Community service officer yes G14/S1 New hire $28.32 Wastewater treatment yes G13/S7 Class II certification operator II $31.25
    • - 11. Community Development
    • - B. Approve a preliminary plat for Block 2 of Elkhorn Ridge Golf Estates.
    • - C. Award lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the City of Spearfish's Fire Training Tower Project to American Contracting & Consulting LLC at a total cost of $427,600.00
    • - D. Approve the proposal from American Engineering Testing for construction inspection and materials testing services for the City of Spearfish Fire Training Tower at a cost of $9,665.00.
    • - E. Approve a special exception to § 154.023 Infrastructure Completion Prior to Recording Final Plat.
    • - 12. Finance
    • - A. Authorize the administrative fee transfers for personnel and IT costs to be done quarterly in 2026 for the amounts noted on the attachment.
    • - B. Approve an application from Sabrina Heredia with Antunez for a special event on-sale wine license for the Joy of Broadway on March 29, 2026, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Joy Center.
    • - 13. Public Works
    • - A. Approve Drainage Easement Agreement granted to the City of Spearfish by Spearfish School District at West Elementary School.
    • - B. Approve Access Easement Agreement on West Elementary School property which grants permission for the City of Spearfish to enter Spearfish School District property to perform construction and maintenance of the storm sewer system.
    • - C. Approve Drainage Easement Agreement with Black Hills State University to allow the City to perform construction and maintenance of the storm sewer adjacent to Mason Street.
    • - D. Authorize Mayor to sign letter of support of the Western Dakota Regional Water System.
    • - E. Approve changing fees for accepting branches at the Restricted Use Site to $0.
    • - 14. Approve the Bills
    • - A. Approve the Bill List dated March 16, 2026.
    • - 15. Mayor and Council Discussion
    • - 16. Departmental Discussion
    • - 17. Adjournment ADA Compliance: The City of Spearfish fully subscribes to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities
    • 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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