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The City of Spearfish's meeting portal lists "City Council Meeting" for May 4, 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 5/4/2026 · posted 2026-05-01
    • - Agenda Packet · Updated City Council Regular Session Packet 5/4/2026 · posted 2026-05-04
    • - Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 5/4/2026 · posted 2026-05-07

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    • - Agenda · City Council Regular Session Agenda 5/4/2026 · posted May 1, 2026
    • - Agenda Packet · Updated City Council Regular Session Packet 5/4/2026 · posted May 4, 2026
    • - Minutes · City Council Regular Session Minutes 5/4/2026 · posted May 7, 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 \(participation welcomed, but not mandatory\)
    • - 4. Pledge of Allegiance
    • - 5. Approve Agenda
    • - 6. 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.
    • - 7. Declaration of Any Potential Conflicts of Interest
    • - 8. Items from Visitors
    • - A. High Plains Western Heritage Center - Retirement of Karla Scovell and welcome to Juliet Main as the new Executive Director.
    • - B. Mayor Senden to proclaim May 3rd through 9th, 2026 as National Small Business Week in the city of Spearfish, South Dakota.
    • - C. Mayor Senden to proclaim May 3rd through 9th, 2026 as National Travel and Tourism Week in the city of Spearfish, South Dakota.
    • - 9. Consent Agenda
    • - A. Approve the minutes of the April 15, 2026, City Council study session.
    • - B. Approve the minutes of the April 20, 2026, City Council regular session.
    • - C. Approve Temporary Construction Easement on Lot 9R, Block 6, Evans Addition for Spearfish Creek Stabilization Project \#2339A.
    • - 10. Added or Adjusted Wages
    • - A. Approve the following wage additions and adjustments as budgeted for 2026. Regular Positions Budgeted Position Wage Parks Maintenance Forestry Yes $26.95 Tech Lead Rubble Site Operator Yes $26.29 Police Officer Yes $34.50 11. Community Development
    • - A. Adopt Resolution 2026-04 - A Resolution to establish Tax Increment Financing District Ten and District Boundary.
    • - B. Adopt Resolution 2026-13 - A Resolution to approve the Pines at Elkhorn Ridge Affordable Housing Development Project Plan for Tax Increment Financing District Ten, City of Spearfish.
    • - C. Approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 1426, an Ordinance Amending The Revised Ordinances Of The City Of Spearfish, Chapter 31: Organizations, Council On The Arts And Humanities, And Chapter 35: General Administrative Policies, Art In Public Places
    • - 12. Finance
    • - A. Approve the 2026-27 beer license renewal applications for businesses on the attached list.
    • - B. Approve the preliminary 2025 Financial Statements as required by SD Department of Legislative Audit.
    • - C. Approve the first reading of Ordinance 1418 - An Ordinance Supplementing the 2026 Appropriations Ordinance No. 1408 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Spearfish, South Dakota.
    • - 13. Public Works
    • - A. Award the lowest responsive and responsible bid for the 2026 Crosswalks, Stop Bars & Turn Arrows project to BH Striping, LLC at a total amount of $55,886.30.
    • - B. Approve Change Order 1 for the Rainbow Road Box Culvert Project with an increase of $4,840.00.
    • - C. Approve Foth proposal for engineering services including survey, preliminary and final design, bidding, and construction services for the Yukon Water Main Replacement Project for a total of $88,881.
    • - D. Approve Foth proposal for engineering services for a Water System Master Plan for a total of $205,926.
    • - E. Approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 1427, an Ordinance Amending the Revised Ordinances of the City of Spearfish, Chapter 31: Organizations, Black Hills Airport Task Force
    • - 14. Approve the Bills
    • - A. Approve the Bill List dated May 4, 2026.
    • - B. Approve the salary expense, bank fees and credit card fees for the month of April 2026.
    • - 15. Publication of wages per SDCL 6-1-10
    • - 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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