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

The City of Mitchell's meeting portal lists this entry under the category City Council for March 16, 2026. A listing is a notice, not a record of anything that happened.

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Key facts

What
Government
When
Record date March 16, 2026; Added Sept. 6, 2026
Where
Mitchell
Source
City meetings — Mitchell, Spearfish, Madison
Read time
About 5 minutes

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the City of Mitchell lists City Council Meeting for March 16, 2026 on its public meeting portal.

The portal files this entry under the category City Council. That is the city's own classification, reproduced as published; 605Buzz does not sort these listings itself.

The portal gives the time as 18:00 on March 16, 2026. 605Buzz reads that as the city's own clock: 6 p.m. CDT.

The portal is currently offering 3 documents for this entry, named here exactly as the city named them:

  • Agenda · March 16, 2026 Agenda · posted March 13, 2026
  • Agenda Packet · March 16, 2026 Agenda Packet · posted March 13, 2026
  • Minutes · March 16, 2026 Council Minutes · posted March 19, 2026

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 42 numbered items. 605Buzz reproduces 39 of them below, exactly as the city wrote them; the other 3 name a party or a location and are not reproduced here.

    1. 6:00 PM Call to Order
    1. Pledge Of Allegiance
    1. Invocation: Salvation Army
    1. Roll Call
    1. Approval Of Consent Agenda Items Items appearing on the Consent Agenda may be removed by a City Council Member for discussion at the beginning of the formal agenda items.
  • A. City Council Minutes
  • B. Committee Reports
  • C. Department Reports
  • D. Automatic Supplements Parks-Cadwell in the Amount of $1,590 from insurance proceeds
  • E. Raffle Permits
  • F. Special Event Permit Application Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Parade on Saturday, July 18, 2026 • Parking Lot Closure ($50 Fee) • Street Closure ($100 Fee) • Parade Permit ($50 Fee) • Noise Permit ($0 Fee)
  • G. Surplus Items to be Sold via Purple Wave or Destroyed-Police Dept
  • H. Surplus Items to be Sold via Purple Wave or Destroyed-Community Services
  • I. Change Order #2 to Schoenfelder Construction for 2nd/4th & Main Streetscape Improvements Project #2023-10
  • J. Pay Estimates
  • K. Approve Bills, Payroll, Salary Adjustments and New Hires, and Authorize Payment of Recurring and Other Expenses in Advance as Approved by the Finance Officer
    1. Motion To Approve, Request Public Comment, Roll Call
    1. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: Entertain a Motion For The City Council To Recess And Sit As The Board Of Adjustment
  • A. Hearing & Action on an Application for Stephen & Trudy Morgan-Variance Permit Stephen & Trudy Morgan have applied for a Variance Permit for a side corner yard setback of 17.5’ vs 20’ to remove the existing 10' x 10' screen in porch and
  • B. Hearing & Action on an Application for David Baker-Variance Permit David Baker has applied for a Variance Permit for front yard setback of 9.9’ vs 25’ to remove an existing deck and replace it with a three seasons porch
    1. RECONVENE AS CITY COUNCIL: Entertain a Motion For The Board of Adjustment To Adjourn And The City Council To Reconvene In Regular Session
    1. Action to Approve Special Event Permit Application for Jordan Hanson's L.I.T. Seminar at The Pepsi Theater on April 9, 2026 • Parking Lot Closure ($50 Fee)
    1. Action to Approve Special Event Permit Application for Into The Woods Musical at the Area Community Theatre (ACT) on Friday, April 17-Sunday, April 19 & Friday, April 24-Sunday, April 26, 2026 • Parking Lot Closure ($50 Fee)
    1. Action to Approve Special Event Permit Application for Thursday Night Live at The Pepsi Theater on Thursday, April 30, 2026 • Parking Lot Closure ($50 Fee)
    1. Action to Approve Special Event Permit Application for Great Faces Rally by Christian Motorcyclists Association Bike Show on Friday, July 17. • Parking Lot Closure ($50 Fee)
    1. Action to Approve a Request from Craig Ryan for a 15-Minute Parking Sign from 8 AM to 5 PM; Monday-Saturday at the Southwest Corner of 5th & Main
    1. Action to Approve Request from Mitchell Main Street and Beyond to Install American-Themed Main Street Banners
    1. Action to Award Bid for Water Distribution Building Project #2026-01
    1. Action to Award Bid for Public Safety Replace Rooftop Units Project #2026-16
    1. Action to Award Bid for Trap and Remove Minnows from the Wastewater Treatment Lagoons Contract-Project #2026-34
    1. Action to Approve Amendment #1 to Agreement #A2025-06, Design Engineering for North Ohlman Street-23rd to Kemper with SPN & Associates-Project #2025-01
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-22, Safety Action Plan and Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Application with HDR Engineering, Inc.
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-23, Pavement Survey Proposal with IMS Project #2026-35
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-24, Mitchell Drainage Study with HDR
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-25, Water Building Staking & Testing with SPN & Associates-Project #2026-01
    1. Action to Approve Agreement #A2026-26, Water Distribution Construction Phase Services with GeoTek Engineering & Testing-Project #2026-01
    1. Motion to Enter into Executive Session According to SDCL 1-25-2 (3) Consulting with Legal Counsel and SDCL 19-19-502 Lawyer-Client Communications
    1. Discussion on Housing in the City of Mitchell
    1. Adjourn

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This article records only that the city's portal lists this meeting. It is not a record of what any meeting decided, it does not state that a meeting took place, and no outcome, vote or decision is implied. Nothing in any agenda, packet or minutes document is summarised here.

Meetings are cancelled, rescheduled and re-noticed, and the portal publishes no field for any of that. Where the city has said so, it says so inside the listing's own title, quoted above exactly as published — and where it has not, 605Buzz cannot report a cancellation the city has not stated, and does not infer one from a missing document. Check the city's own page for this meeting before relying on anything here.

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