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The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists "City Council Meeting" for July 20, 2026

The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists this entry under the category City Council for July 20, 2026. A listing is a notice, not a record of anything that happened.

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the City of Spearfish lists City Council Meeting for July 20, 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 17:30 on July 20, 2026, printed exactly as published.

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

  • Agenda · Updated Agenda City Council Regular Session 7/20/2026 · posted July 17, 2026
  • Agenda Packet · Updated Packet City Council Regular Session 7/20/2026 · posted July 17, 2026
  • Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 7/20/2026 · posted July 23, 2026

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The city's agenda for this meeting lists 34 numbered items. 605Buzz reproduces 33 of them below, exactly as the city wrote them; the other 1 name a party or a location and are not reproduced here.

    1. Call to Order
    1. Roll Call
    1. Invocation (participation welcomed, but not mandatory)
  • A. Black Hills State Chi Alpha.
    1. Pledge of Allegiance
    1. Approve Agenda
    1. Public Comment - Public comments are welcome; however, no action can be taken by the Council on comments received for items not on this agenda. Anyone wishing to have the Council consider a new item should complete a Citizen Request Form to be reviewed by city administration.
    1. Declaration of Any Potential Conflicts of Interest
    1. Consent Agenda
  • A. Approve the minutes of the July 1, 2026, City Council study session.
  • B. Approve the minutes of the July 6, 2026, City Council regular session.
  • C. Add Justice Swanson to the 2026 Spearfish Volunteer Firefighter list.
  • D. Add Eric Anderson to the 2026 Parks volunteer list.
  • E. Add Kathryn Cluff to the 2026 Recreation Center volunteer list.
  • F. Approve the Treasurer's Report dated June 30th, 2026.
    1. Added or Adjusted Wages
    1. Community Development
  • A. Approve a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Spearfish and Clarion Associates, LLC to update Title XV (Land Usage) of City Code at a cost of $152,675.
    1. Finance
  • A. Approve an application from Ali Eddy with Sawyer Brewing Company for a special event malt beverage license for the Black Hills Fly-In on September 19, 2026, from 12:00 p.m.
  • B. Hold a public hearing to consider an application from Tim Moore with First Venture LLC for the transfer of a retail (on-off sale) malt beverage & SD farm wine license and a retail (on-off sale) wine and cider license to include the encroachment agreement and
    1. Approve the application.
  • C. Approve paying off the 2015 Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds early.
  • D. Offer the one available on-sale liquor license and two available package (off-sale) liquor licenses for sale via sealed bids with minimum bids of $300,000 and $100,000, respectively.
    1. Public Works
  • A. Approve the Certificate of Final Completion and Acceptance of the Rainbow Road Box Culvert Project setting June 17th, 2026 as the start of the two (2) year warranty.
  • B. Award the lowest responsive and responsible bid for the Airport Water Main Extension project to Wilson Contracting at a total amount of $464,706.97.
    1. Approve the Bills
  • A. Approve the Bill List dated July 20, 2026.
    1. Mayor and Council Discussion
    1. Departmental Discussion
  • A. Presentation of 2027 Budget information — Human Resources, Library, Finance, Mayor/Council, Administration, and Attorney departments as well as all revenues.
    1. Adjournment

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