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

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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 Spearfish's public agendas and minutes page](https://www.spearfish.gov/AgendaCenter). 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 Spearfish's public agendas and minutes page](https://www.spearfish.gov/AgendaCenter).

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    • - Agenda · City Council Regular Session Agenda 3/2/2026 · posted 2026-02-27
    • - Agenda Packet · City Council Update Packet Regular Session 3/2/2026 · posted 2026-03-06
    • - Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 3/2/2026 · posted 2026-03-06

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    • - 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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    • 605Buzz does not fetch, parse or 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.

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    • 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 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
    • - 2. Roll Call
    • - 3. Invocation \(participation welcomed, but not mandatory\)
    • - A. Connection Church
    • - 4. Pledge of Allegiance
    • - 5. Approve Agenda
    • - 6. Mayor's Response to Citizen's Questions
    • - 7. 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.
    • - 8. Declaration of Any Potential Conflicts of Interest
    • - 9. 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
    • - 10. 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.
    • - 11. 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.
    • - 2. 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.
    • - 12. 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.
    • - 13. Parks and Recreation
    • - A. Approve the MOU with Northern Hills Shadows for the use of the Black Hills Energy Complex soccer field.
    • - 14. Public Works
    • - A. Approve the second reading of Ordinance 1409 - An Ordinance to Revise Chapter 153, Section 011 regarding Snow Removal.
    • - 15. 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.
    • - 16. Mayor and Council Discussion
    • - 17. Departmental Discussion
    • - 18. Adjournment
    • 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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