Big Sioux Media Sports Network
Your first stop for southeast South Dakota sports!
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, April 7th, at 7:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include two outdoor permit requests, Northview Dr/11th Street water main decision, four first readings of ordinances, declaration of free rubble site days, and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
The City Council meeting will be webcast on Big Sioux Media on Channel 1.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, March 17th, at 7:30 p.m. at the City Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include request for an outdoor permit, library expansion/renovation project update, second reading of ordinance 791, and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
The meeting will be streamed live on Big Sioux Media Channel 2.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, March 3rd, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include the first reading on ordinance 791, library renovation/expansion project update, surplus property committee update, community gardens update, 2013 annual report, and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
The meeting will be webcast on Big Sioux Media on Channel 2, which is at the bottom of the webcast page.
Monroe Deifendorf, Jr., chief executive officer for Argonne Trust Company, traveled to Dell Rapids to ask the Dell Rapids City Council to reconsider the failed motion of Zoning Ordinance 789, which would have allowed Argonne Trust Company to apply for a conditional-use permit to operate out of the building located at 503 E 6th Street. Deifendorf sent a letter to the council asking for reconsideration. In the letter Deifendorf stated that he believes his company should and would align with the citizens of Dell Rapids.
Zoning Ordinance 789 would have given the council the ability to grant a conditional-use permit to a business to use a church building as an office. However, the council did not pass that ordinance by a vote of five to three.
The building Argonne Trust Company purchased in 2013 was built in 1905 and was home to Dell Rapids’ Episcopal Church until 1985. The structure has been a residential home until the Argonne Trust Company purchased the building.
After discussion during the council meeting on Tuesday, February 18th, the council voted against the re-consideration of Zoning Ordinance 789. The motion passed on a six-to-two vote. Council members Chad Andrews and Mike Geraets voted in favor.
The discussion can be seen on the archive of the council meeting. The discussion starts around the 56:25 mark of the video and ends at the 1:48:00 mark.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet on Tuesday, February 18th, at 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Chambers. The meeting was moved to Tuesday from the regular Monday evening time due to the President’s Day holiday. Some of the items on the agenda include a public hearing on ordinance 790, library renovation/expansion project update, surplus property committee update, zoning ordinance amendments, and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
The council meeting will be live streamed on Channel 2, and then archived on Big Sioux Media.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, February 3rd, at 7:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include discussion on an outdoor permit for the MS Bike Tour, approve bid letting for utility relocation on library project, Northview Dr/11th Street water update, surplus property committee update, first reading of ordinance 790 (RE-ZONE LOTS 4 AND 5 BLOCK 7 OF TIMBER RIDGE ADDITION FROM NRC: NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO R-2: TWO FAMILY ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT), and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found by clicking here. The meeting will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet on Tuesday, January 21st, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dell Rapids Chamber. This meeting has been moved to Tuesday due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday. Some of the items on the agenda include discussion the library renovation/expansion project, discussion on the community garden location and water extension, Northview Dr/11th St water issue committee report, second reading of ordinance 787 (Zoning Amendment – Accessory Structures Entered from Alley Setback), and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
The meeting will be webcast live on Big Sioux Media on Channel 2.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, January 6th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dell Rapids Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include public hearing on proposed zoning ordinance proposals, reconsideration on the Northview Dr/11th St water main project decision from December 16th, library board resignation acceptance and new member appointment, consideration of water tower lease agreement for Verizon Wireless, the administrative report, along with other items. The full agenda can be found here.
The meeting will be webcast on Big Sioux Media and then archived for later viewing.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, December 16th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dell Rapids Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include library building renovation and addition update, second readings of ordinances 781, 783, 784, and 785, water main replacement discussion, first readings of ordinances 786, 787, 788, and 789, old fire hall rental discussion, and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found here.
Sample of water from Northview Dr. area of Dell Rapids
Some areas of Dell Rapids have reported water quality issues since the new water lines were put in with the 15th Street project. President David Sommerfeld presented water samples from the Northview Dr area from 13th St to 11th St looped around to Garfield Ave. City Administrator Justin Weiland also reported to the city council that issues have been reported along 10th St. Weiland mentioned during the discussions that the city has done multiple flushings of the line to try to alleviate the problem, but the flushing only clears the problem up for a short time. A valve has also been shut off on the north side of 13th St. and Northview Dr.
Sommerfeld recommended the city council consider making it a priority to replace the old cast iron water lines in that part of Dell Rapids to fix the issue. By the end of the discussion, the council came to a decision to have DGR Engineering continue to research the cause of the water quality problem and provide a cost estimate to the council of any possible fixes.