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The City of Madison's meeting portal lists "Board of Commissioners Meeting" for Aug. 4, 2025

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Article identifier: meeting-madison-civicclerk-485

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  1. Version 4

    Source update — the underlying public record changed

    This entry was filed before 605Buzz began recording its own wording changes separately. Its diff may also show wording changes 605Buzz made since the previous entry.

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    The body text changed; the headline did not. (compared against version 3)

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    • 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. South Dakota keeps two time zones — Central east of the Missouri River, Mountain west of it — so 605Buzz prints the city's own wall clock rather than converting it for anyone.
    • This article was assembled from [the City of Madison's public agendas and minutes page](https://www.cityofmadisonsd.gov/362/Agendas-Minutes). See the [corrections ledger](/corrections) if a field is wrong.

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    • 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.
    • This article was assembled from [the City of Madison's public agendas and minutes page](https://www.cityofmadisonsd.gov/362/Agendas-Minutes).

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    • - Agenda · 8/4/2025 City Commission Meeting Agenda · posted 2025-07-31
    • - Agenda Packet · 8/4/2025 City Commission Agenda Packet · posted 2025-07-31

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    • - Agenda · 8/4/2025 City Commission Meeting Agenda · posted July 31, 2025
    • - Agenda Packet · 8/4/2025 City Commission Agenda Packet · posted July 31, 2025

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    • 605Buzz does not fetch, parse or summarise those documents. Follow the link above to read them at the city's own page.

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    • 605Buzz does not summarise those documents. Follow the link above to read them at the city's own page.
    • The city's agenda for this meeting lists 23 numbered items. 605Buzz reproduces 22 of them below, exactly as the city wrote them; the other 1 name a party or a location and are not reproduced here.
    • - 1\) Minutes – July 21, 2025
    • - 2\) Special Meeting Minutes - July 22, 2025
    • - 3\) Bills for Approval – August 6, 2025
    • - 4\) Bills for Ratification – July 30, 2025
    • - 5\) Payroll Bills for Ratification – July 18, 2025
    • - 6\) Personnel
    • - 7\) Set Bid Date: Bid \#983 - Green Substation Site Grading
    • - 8\) Set Bid Date: Bid \#985 - Green Substation Major Materials
    • - 9\) Discuss scheduling of future municipal elections
    • - 10\) Discussion and action to approve appointment to City Commission vacancy
    • - 11\) Oath of Office of incoming City Commissioner
    • - 12\) Approve Ordinance No. 1681 Amend Appropriation Ordinance No. 1672
    • - 13\) Approve Resolution No. 2025-14 Unassign General and Enterprise Fund Balances to Align with Audit and Statutory Guidance
    • - 14\) Approve Resolution No. 2025-15 Amending The City’s Rate Structure, Providing For A Surcharge For Improvements To The Sewer System Egan Avenue, For Payment Of A Revenue Borrower Bond and Yearly Review of Rate
    • - 15\) Approve Resolution No. 2025-18 Amending The City’s Rate Structure, Providing For a Surcharge For Improvements To The Water System Egan Avenue
    • - 16\) Approve Resolution No. 2025-17 Amending Resolution No. 2024-21 - Approval of Egan Avenue Drinking Water Improvements, Bonding, and SRF Financing
    • - 17\) Approve Resolution No. 2025-16 Giving Approval To The Issuance And Sale Of Electric Project Revenue Bonds
    • - 18\) Authorize Signature on Grant Application - MDS-GLG-3-46-0029-028-2025 – Madison Municipal Airport
    • - 20\) August 2025 City Updates PUBLIC COMMENT
    • - 21\) National Night Out - Tuesday, August 5, 2025 from 5-9 pm
    • - 22\) Next Regular Commission Meeting – Monday, August 18, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    • - 23\) Pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2\(4\)
    • 605Buzz reproduces the numbered item lines from that file and nothing else. Lines the city labels Petitioner, Property Owner, Location or Staff Report are not reproduced here, and neither is a street address; the agenda packet is not read at all. Where an item names a person — an official presenting it, or a resident being appointed to something — that name is part of the item the city wrote, and it stands as written. The text is the plain-text rendering the city's own portal returns for that file. Nothing above is a summary, and an item on an agenda is something a body may consider rather than something it did.

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