Park and Recreation

The Brookings Park and Recreation Board will hold a GoTo Phone meeting at 5:30 p.m Monday. Items on the agenda include:

• Welcome Ashley Ragsdale

• Approve minutes

• Staff reports

• Bob Shelden update

• Parks master plan update

• Boys & Girls Club – gym access

• Bob Shelden fees

• Election of officers

• Trail project options for grant

• Tree program draft review

• Recreation brochure

Arlington City Council

The Arlington City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at 202 West Elm St. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve agenda

• Approve minutes

• Approve bills

• Award bid for the South Third Street project – amended engineer contract

• Public comments

• Electric report

• ACDC report

• Approve employee overtime and police report

• Second reading of the garbage rate increase ordinance

• Meeting with Fire Department and ambulance with area township representatives

• Open bids and quotes for seal coating and crack seal projects

• Meeting with Kingsbury County sheriff

• Review financial reports

• Local board of equalization

• District SDML meeting

• City election

• Cemetery lots

• Brookings Area Economic Group

• Revised building permit applications

• Summer help

• Ambulance office

• Cases – iPads

• BEDC dues

• Radio time

• Kingsbury County Conservation District

• Executive session for personnel issues and contract matters

County Commission

The Brookings County Commission  will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. 

If you have any symptoms of COVID-19 or believe you may have been exposed, please consider watching the Commission meeting from home, broadcast live on Swiftel channel 19, ITC channel 168, or the Brookings County YouTube channel. You can also call in by dialing 605-697-8255 and entering code 6056968205 when prompted. Items on the agenda include: 

• Invitation for a citizen to schedule time on the commission agenda for an item not listed

• Approve minutes

• Approve travel requests

• Approve personnel action notices

• Approve cellular authorizations

• Approve Human Services report

• Approve claims

• Department head report

• Finance officer’s report

• Investment policy

• JDAI grant information

• Register of deeds correction

• Jail progress report

• First reading of an ordinance amending an ordinance establishing a County Housing & Redevelopment Commission for the administration of HUD housing programs

• Action to approve a resolution authorizing the purchase of corrugated metal pipe, bridge materials and grader blades

• Action to approve an application for occupancy of right-of-way of county highways made by Sioux Valley Energy in Medary Township

• Action to approve an application for occupancy of right-of-way of county highways made by Justin Vyn-landowner, C&K Construction-contractor, in Elkton Township

• Action to approve an application for occupancy of right-of-way of county highways made by South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks in Sterling Township

• Presentation of 2020 year-end report

• Commission Department director’s report

• State’s attorney’s office report

• Commissioner report and discussion items

• Executive session for personnel issues and contract negotiations 

Planning Commission

The Brookings Planning Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve agenda

• Approve minutes

• Rezone 1402 and 1404 Sixth St. (.55 acres) from B-2A to B-2 District

• Rezone Lots 1 and 2, Block 2 in Telkamp Industrial Addition (5.08 acres) from I-1R to I-1 District

• Amendment to Chapter 51, Subdivision Regulations, Pertaining to Section 51-42, 51-64, and 51-65

• Amendment to the Future Land Use Map – 22nd Avenue  and 26th Street

Planning and Zoning Commission 

The Brookings County Planning and Zoning Commission, which also serves as the Brookings County Board of Adjustment, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. 

Brookings County Planning and Zoning Commission meetings are still open to the public. Social distancing will be enforced. If you would like to call in, dial 605-697-8255 and enter code 6056968205 when prompted. Please, if you have any symptoms of COVID-19 or believe you may have been exposed, consider watching the meeting from home broadcast live on Swiftel channel 19, ITC channel 168, or the Brookings County YouTube channel, and call in if you have any comments or questions. Items on the agenda include:

• Introduction of new board members

• Approve minutes

• Items to be added to the agenda by commission members or staff

• Invitation for citizens to schedule time on the commission agenda for an item not listed

• Conflict of interest disclosures

• Approve agenda

Planning and Zoning

• Consideration of plats in the Ramlo Shores Subdivision

Board of Adjustment

• Steve and Eileen Scherer have made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a variance. Article IV District Requirements: Chapter 4.03 “LP” Lake-Park District: Section 4.03.03. Density, Area and Yard Regulation (Minimum Front Yard and Minimum Side Yard). The property is in Oakwood Township and is located at 55 Oakwood Shoreline Drive, Bruce, 57220.

• Old Tree Farms LLC by Frido and Sonja Verpaalen have made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a variance. Article 22.00: Section 22.01: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Regulations: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Control Requirements: No. 6) Required Setbacks and Separation Distance –Established residences. The property is in Volga Township and  is located at 46316 214th St., Volga, SD 57071.

• Old Tree Farms LLC by Frido and Sonja Verpaalen have made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a variance. Article 22.00: Section 22.01: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Regulations: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Control Requirements: No. 6: Required Setbacks and Separation Distance –Private Wells. The property is in Volga Township and is located at 46316 214th St., Volga, SD 57071.

• Old Tree Farms LLC by Frido and Sonja Verpaalen have made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a variance. Article 22.00: Section 22.01: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Regulations: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Control Requirements: No. 6: required setbacks and aeparation distance – private wells. The property is in Volga Township and is located at 46316 214th St., Volga, SD 57071.

• Old Tree Farms LLC by Frido and Sonja Verpaalen has made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a conditional use permit. Article 11: Section 11.01: “A” Agricultural District: Conditional Use Permit  No. 11: Class A, B, C and D Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. The property is  in Volga Township and is located at 46316 214th St., Volga, SD 57071

• Department reports

• Executive session