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The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists "City Council Meeting" for March 2, 2026

The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists this entry under the category City Council for March 2, 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 March 2, 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 March 2, 2026, printed exactly as published.

The portal marks that time UTC, and it is not: the city's own records contradict the mark, because the plain-English posting time the portal prints for this meeting's agenda states the same clock reading as the machine-readable field that claims to be UTC. The time above is therefore the local wall clock the city published, reproduced without conversion.

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

  • Agenda · City Council Regular Session Agenda 3/2/2026 · posted Feb. 27, 2026
  • Agenda Packet · City Council Update Packet Regular Session 3/2/2026 · posted March 6, 2026
  • Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 3/2/2026 · posted March 6, 2026

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The city's agenda for this meeting lists 38 numbered items. 605Buzz reproduces 37 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. Connection Church
    1. Pledge of Allegiance
    1. Approve Agenda
    1. Mayor's Response to Citizen's Questions
    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 February 11, 2026, City Council study session.
  • B. Approve the minutes of the February 17, 2026, City Council regular session.
  • C. Add Zachary Adler to the 2026 volunteer firefighter list.
  • D. Approve an encroachment agreement for a proposed sign for Six Goats Tavern at 701
  • E. Approve an encroachment agreement for an existing sign at the Dolls at Home museum
  • G. Request authorization to hire/promote the following 2026 budgeted regular positions. Regular Positions Budgeted Position Wage Recreation facility Yes $33.66 maintenance Coordinator WWTF operator III Yes $36.25
    1. Items from Visitors
  • A. Consider a sponsorship request from the Booth Society to waive the rental fee for the pavilion rental for their event that is being held on March 19th, 2026.
  • B. Mayor Senden to proclaim the month of March as Women's History Month in Spearfish, South Dakota.
  • C. Mayor Senden to proclaim March 8, 2026, as International Women's Day in Spearfish, South Dakota.
    1. Community Development
  • A. Hold a public hearing to consider a DRD Concept and Final Plan for Peaceful Pines Phase 2.
    1. Approve the Development Review District (DRD) Concept and Final Plan for Peaceful Pines Phase 2.
    1. Approve the Preliminary Plat for Peaceful Pines Phase 2
  • B. Approve the second reading of Ordinance 1417 - An Ordinance to transfer Lot 1 of the Wyatt Subdivision from the Rural Service District to the Urban Service District in the City of Spearfish.
    1. Finance
  • A. Approve the application from Heather Giffrow with the Spearfish Chamber of Commerce for a special event malt beverage license and a special event on-sale wine license for the Taste of Spearfish on April 27, 2026, from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Tretheway Pavilion.
    1. Parks and Recreation
  • A. Approve the MOU with Northern Hills Shadows for the use of the Black Hills Energy Complex soccer field.
    1. Public Works
  • A. Approve the second reading of Ordinance 1409 - An Ordinance to Revise Chapter 153, Section 011 regarding Snow Removal.
    1. Approve the Bills
  • A. Approve the Bill List dated February 2, 2026.
  • B. Approve the salary expense, bank fees and credit card fees for the month of February 2026.
    1. Mayor and Council Discussion
    1. Departmental Discussion
    1. Adjournment

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