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. The board will convene as the Brookings County Board of Equalization at 1 p.m. 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 agenda
• Approve minutes
• Approve travel requests
• Approve personnel action notices
• Approve cellular authorizations
• Approve Human Services report
• Approve claims
• Highway Department report
• Finance officer’s report
• Action to approve the closure of a portion of Sixth Avenue for the Brookings Farmer’s Market
• Resilient Communities update - Nikki Eining, Avera Behavioral Brookings
• Holloway Construction presentation
• An ordinance authorizing the rezoning of land in Medary Township
• Approval of plats in the Lake Poinsett Heights Subdivision, and Hansen and Sunset Point additions
• Action to approve Exhibit E, Amendment 1 to the 2020 Local Emergency Management Performance Grant sub-recipient agreement
• Action to approve an agreement between with the City of Brookings and AVI Systems regarding an audio, video and supporting equipment review, inventory, condition assessment and 10-year capital improvement plan
• Action to approve an amendment to the joint cooperative agreement for the county/city office building
• Action to approve applications for occupancy of rights of way of county highways made by Sioux Valley Energy in Trenton and Medary townships
• Action to approve an agreement for construction between Brookings County and Diamond Surface Inc. for the 2021 concrete pavement rehabilitation project
• Action to approve the low bid for bituminous overlay to Bowes Construction of Brookings for $377,031
• Action to approve the low bid for asphalt patching to Duininick, Inc. of Watertown, SD at $92/ton.
• Action to approve a request to fill vacancy for an equipment operator in the Highway Department
• Commission Department director’s report
• State’s attorney’s office report
• Commissioner reports and discussion items
• Executive session for personnel issues and contract negotiations
Board of equalization
• Discussion and possible action on Park Place, Inc. appeal
• Action to approve a correction to Verhoek Investments, LLC
