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The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, October 15th, at 7:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers at City Hall. Some of the items on the agenda will be a discussion on the future building plans by the library board as well as the administrator’s report.
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The Dell Rapids City Council meets tonight Monday, October 1st, beginning at 7:30pm with the downtown merchants seeking an outdoor event permit for Halloween. Also property owner Sarah Zerfas will discuss a drainage issue with the board. Other old business will be on the agenda and a couple of items for new business. The public is encouraged to attend.
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The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session tonight at 7:30 p.m. The agenda includes public hearing on variance requests, final plat readings, ordinance second readings, and new business discussion of campground electrical upgrade.
The agenda can be found here at this link.
With the Labor Day weekend upon us, motorists are reminded of the common sense and legalities of drinking and driving. State Highway Patrols will be out again this holiday weekend due to the Friday football games, the Saturday games from around our region, and of course the Sunday and Monday picnics and family get togethers. Monday’s Labor Day holiday has also changed the regular Monday meeting of the Dell Rapids City Council. The meeting will now be held on Tuesday, Sept. 4th. One item will be an outdoor event permit for the two schools Homecoming Parade in latter September. Big Sioux Media will be streaming the parade live on the internet on our website before the football broadcast (check under webscasts to see the broadcast lineup of football and volleyball).
The Dell Rapids City Council meets in regular session tonight with a few items on the agenda that could peak some interest. There will be a public hearing at the start of the 7:30pm meeting regarding the rezoning request for lot #1 block #1 of the Blue Ridge Addition from business district to residential district and the replatting of that lot to the city. A couple of other items regarding the 2nd reading of the sewer rate increase and adoption of those rates is expected and a petition to consider annexing three tracts of Lodmells subdivision of the Kennefick addition will be discussed.
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Does government work for the people? Are your voices truly listened to and action taken based on those concerns? Whether it is small or large government the answers can be ‘yes’ and ‘no’, but in Dell Rapids concerns of citizens regarding the 7th Street Project were heard and reported on Big Sioux Media July 31st. Local city government sent notices to those homeowners that the 7th Street Project would impact and they were encouraged to come to city hall for an informational meeting. In the informal setting the voices of the majority of homeowners rang loud and clear….they were opposed to the costs (and potential costs) to the individual property owners. The three council members and the city administrator informed those they would indeed bring those concerns raised about the project to the full commission before taking any official action. So, at the next official meeting, the Dell Rapids City Council determined “no work will begin now” and further discussion will continue. Does government work for the people and your voices truly listened to? In this case, the answer is a resounding yes.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session tonight at 7:30 p.m. On the agenda for tonight will be two variance requests to be heard, 15th Street 2nd Phase discussion, as well as a number of new business items and and administration report. The complete agenda can be downloaded by clicking this link.
About a dozen property owners were at the Dell Rapids City Commission meeting room Monday night for an informational/input meeting regarding the 7th Street Project. Those property owners had received information about the project and estimated costs for each individual home owner. At the meeting, the general consensus was ‘it was too costly’ for the homeowners and the majority of those involved with the ‘future project’ do not want sidewalks. Three commissioners were on hand plus 2 representatives of the DGR engineering firm that had preliminary estimates and City Administrator Justin Weiland. The next step for this project will be to relay the information supplied by the home owners, their reactions and feelings, to the full council at a future meeting while the city is determining the budgets for next year. No decision or action was taken as this was not an official meeting of the council, but as Weiland told the audience this is a project that will be undertaken at some time in the future.
On Monday, July 30th, a special meeting at the Dell Rapids City Hall will take place at 7:00 p.m. Justin Weiland, City Administrator, says there will be a “proposed 7th Street project meeting with property owners”. City commissioners were told that it will be an informal meeting, but legal publication of the meeting would occur just in case enough commissioners showed up to represent a quorum. This Monday meeting will be an opportunity for property owners to gather input and give ideas or suggestions to this project.
Dell Rapids will be replacing all existing water meters currently in homes and businesses within the city according to City Administrator, Justin Weiland. The city council had approved a plan to upgrade and replace meters as many had surpassed their life expectancy and new technology allows for the reading of meters through radio transmission. Dakota Supply Group, who will supply the meters for the project, has contracted with Midwest Testing LLC to complete the installation of the new meters. They will need to gain access to each property and location where your meter is located to remove the old meter and install the new one. All repairs to valves will be the responsibility of the property owner. Installation is expected to begin next Monday, July 30th between 9:00 am and 8:00pm. Completion should be done by mid-August. Midwest Testing employees will have name badges, a marked vehicle, and it should take approximately 20 minutes to complete the job. Any residents or businesses with questions should contact city hall.