Rapid City SD –The Rapid City Council meets Monday, Nov. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at the City Hall Administration Center, 300 Sixth St. The meeting streams live on the city’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
The agenda has 50 items. Items 3 through 37 are on the consent calendar and pass in a single vote unless a council member pulls one for discussion. This is likely the last meeting with general public comment near the top of the agenda. Item 21 would move it to near the end, and that item is on consent.
Items marked (C) are consent. Items marked (NC) are non-consent and get their own discussion and vote.
Mayor’s Items
1. CC112026-04.1 – Confirm Scott Anderson as Parks & Recreation Director
The employment contract sets Anderson’s starting salary at $151,450. He is at-will and serves at the pleasure of the mayor. If he is fired without just cause, he receives six months’ salary as a lump sum, about $75,725, conditioned on signing a release of claims. Moving expenses are allowed at the mayor’s discretion, capped at one month’s salary, about $12,620. The city pays his memberships in the National Recreation and Parks Association and the South Dakota Parks and Recreation Association, plus any South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources licenses.
What the packet shows:
- The written-out salary reads “One Hundred Fifty-One Four Hundred Fifty Dollars.” The word “Thousand” is missing. The numerals read $151,450.00.
- The contract says Anderson’s duties “are set forth in the job description, which has been attached hereto as Exhibit A.” The Exhibit A page in the posted packet is blank.
- The contract is dated “this first day of November, 2026,” a Sunday, and takes effect Nov. 2.
The item number, CC112026, doesn’t follow the CC110226 pattern used for the rest of Monday’s council items.
2. CC112026-04.2 – Swearing in of Scott Anderson
The posted oath names the position “Director of the Office of Parks and Recreation.” The contract and agenda use “Department.”
General Public Comment
Three minutes per speaker, on any topic not on the agenda. If item 21 passes, this slot moves to near the end of future meetings.
Consent Items (3–37)
3. (C) Minutes, Oct. 19, 2026
Public Works Committee Consent Items
These items went through the Oct. 27 Public Works Committee. The committee passed its 12-item consent calendar in one voice vote, with no items pulled, no public comment and no questions. Full background is in the Oct. 27 Public Works preview and the recap of both committee meetings.
4. (C) PW102726-01 – Halme, Inc. change order, South Street, +$36,278.74
Project 2787 / CIP 51358. The contract goes from $865,813.70 to $902,092.44.
5. (C) PW102726-02 – Woelber Excavating change order, Elmhurst Drive, +$14,904.98
Project 2840 / CIP 51098.1, for epoxy-coated rebar. The committee summary sheet listed $14,904.99, a penny higher than the council agenda.
6. (C) PW102726-03 – Tru-Form Construction change order 2F, Hoefer Court and Maywood Drive, +$9,599
At committee, the posted attachment for this item was a duplicate of the Elmhurst change order. The correct document is now attached.
The change order adjusts quantities to what was actually used. The biggest increases are $10,048.50 in extra aggregate base course, which the engineer ordered because of unstable subgrade, and $7,206 in added curb and gutter. Flagging, a construction entrance and some sidewalk weren’t needed. The adjusted contract is $340,383, up $28,810 from the original $311,573 across two change orders.
One number doesn’t add up. The funding page starts from “Initial Funding” of $330,784, which already includes change order 1. It then adds change order 1’s $19,211 a second time, for “Adjusted Funding” of $359,594. That’s $19,211 more than the $340,383 contract.
This bill list also pays Tru-Form $81,960.65 on the same project (pay application 3, item 50).
7. (C) PW102726-04 – Going For Broke, LLC, final change order, landfill fence repair, −$39,248
Project 2882.3 / CIP 51459. This is a decrease. Across both change orders, the net change is −$15,156.40.
8. (C) PW102726-05 – Avid4 Engineering, drainage basin design plan, $342,810
Project 2897 / CIP 51464. Hydrology and hydraulic modeling for the Ennen-Morris-Radar Hill Road drainage basin, about 5,300 acres in northeast Rapid City. The city and Pennington County split the cost. The contract runs Nov. 4, 2026, to Oct. 1, 2027.
9. (C) PW102726-06 – Water main easement from ROCKSD5, LLC, $48,000
A permanent easement on East Disk Drive. The math works out to 26,385.9 square feet at $1.81, or $47,758.48, rounded up. The offer states the property was not appraised.
10. (C) PW102726-07 – Cemen Tech M15 concrete mixer trailer, $160,065.54
Through Sourcewell contract 060122-CMT, for the Streets Division. The council agenda calls the price an “Estimated Amount… Based On Estimated Freight Costs.” The vendor quote’s 30-day price guarantee expired Oct. 16.
11. (C) PW102726-08 – Two Volvo L110H wheel loaders, $600,702
From Transource Truck & Equipment through Sourcewell contract 011723-VCE, for Solid Waste. The city’s request calls them new. The sales agreement lists a 2024 model with 208 hours and projected delivery Oct. 13–14, before the committee voted. The line items add up to $600,701, a dollar less than the agenda figure.
This bill list includes about $2,800 to Transource for parts and repairs, but no payment for the loaders.
12. (C) PW102726-09 – Sidewalk waiver, Old Folsom Road, approve
For 42 Rapid City, LP, at 1849 Old Folsom Road. Staff recommends approval under Rapid City Municipal Code 12.08.060.C.
13. (C) PW102726-10 – RCS Construction change order 1, Bocce Complex Phase 3, +$13,855
Project PR25-6205, Vision Fund. The change order also adds 26 weeks, moving completion to April 30, 2027. The contract goes from $633,294.20 to $647,149.20.
This bill list pays RCS $297,930.50 on the same project (pay application 3, item 50). That’s about 46% of the revised contract in one payment. RCS is also the low bidder on item 36.
14. (C) PW102726-11 – Sidewalk waiver, Pioneer Drive, deny
For Evergreen Real Estate, LLC. Staff recommended denial, and Pennington County also opposes the waiver. The applicant’s representative argued the sidewalk would connect to nothing. The committee denied the waiver unanimously. At committee this was a non-consent item. On Monday’s agenda it’s on consent, worded as a denial, so unless a council member pulls it, the denial passes without discussion. The council agenda cites Rapid City Municipal Code 16.16.050. At committee, the applicant’s letter cited a different code section than the city’s agenda.
Sidewalk variance requests are up. City Engineer Roger Hall gave both committees a review of the sidewalk variance process. In 2025, 19 of 247 sidewalk and right-of-way permits (7.7%) included a variance request. Through Sept. 24, 2026, there were 22 requests out of 154 permits (14.3%), already more than all of 2025. Staff weigh location, nearby sidewalks, pedestrian demand, plans, land use and safety. Cost to the owner isn’t a factor. The city attorney’s office is reviewing whether a fee-in-lieu system would be legal, with a report due by December. Neither committee voted on any policy change.
For more on how these waivers have gone this year, see Two Sidewalk Waivers, One Agenda: Committee Grills Corporate Request, Punts the Other to September.
Legal & Finance Committee Consent Items
These items went through the Oct. 28 Legal & Finance Committee. All 10 consent items passed. Full background is in the Oct. 28 Legal & Finance rundown and the recap of both committee meetings.
15. (C) LF102826-01 – August 2026 sales tax report
About $62.5 million year to date, up 5.8%, or roughly $3.4 million. The BBB tax is about $4.4 million, up 2.9%.
16. (C) LF102826-08 – Skyline Drive federal grant, $7.125 million
A National Scenic Byways grant from the Federal Highway Administration. SDDOT applied, and the city does the work. The city asked for $7,308,696, so the award is $183,696 short. The packet doesn’t say whether the city will cover the gap or shrink the scope. The city’s CIP match is $6,607,888, and the total project is about $14.7 million, with construction running into 2030.
Background: Skyline Drive is a 1935 WPA-era ridgetop road. The plan calls for new pavement, wider lanes, guardrails, turnouts, rebuilt stone walls, trailhead parking and a replica north gate. About 800 of the 1,200 feet of stone wall show movement or failure.
17. (C) LF102826-07 – Resolution 2026-083, intent to lease six properties to OneHeart
The properties are at 121 and 217 Kansas City St.; 124, 216 and 218 Quincy St.; and 716 Second St. OneHeart is a South Dakota nonprofit that would run a “transformation campus” for transitional housing and support services.
This is only the resolution of intent, which state law (SDCL 9-12-5.2) requires before the city can lease property. The public hearing on the lease itself is Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. The packet still contains no rent, lease length or eligibility criteria.
18. (C) LF102826-10 – New Employee Discipline Policy
This replaces the discipline section of the employee handbook. It adds a “documented discussion” as a first step, makes suspensions unpaid, treats two consecutive no-call/no-show shifts as quitting, adds at-will language, and drops the list of example violations. Where it differs from the union contract, the union contract governs.
19. (C) LF102826-03 – 2027 ambulance contract with Box Elder
Rapid City Fire Department would serve all of Box Elder’s city limits in 2027. Either side can end the contract with 90 days’ notice. Box Elder pays no cash. It agrees only to make “reasonable efforts” toward a regional EMS plan.
Compare: The Summerset ambulance contract that went through committee Oct. 14 pays the city $77,565 for 2027, billed quarterly. See the Oct. 14 Legal & Finance preview.
20. (C) LF102826-11 – Resolution 2026-081, sewer backup cleanup assistance
The city pays property owners or renters a set amount to help clean up after sewage backs up from the city system into a building. The city is generally not liable for a backup unless it was negligent, and the payment isn’t compensation for damaged property. Accepting it requires signing a full release.
What changes:
- The payment doubles from $4 to $8 per affected square foot, the first change since the policy was adopted in 2019. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, it rises each year with inflation (CPI-U). If prices don’t rise, it stays the same.
- The $8 rate applies to any backup that occurred in 2026.
- New in the amended version going to council: owners can be reimbursed up to $500 for installing a backflow preventer, with documentation and capped at actual cost. Alderman John B. Roberts added this at committee.
- If the owner has insurance that covers cleanup, the payment is limited to the deductible and other uncovered costs.
Claims paid since 2019 (from Risk Manager Stacy Wolf’s Oct. 22 memo):
| Year | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53 | $111,539.98 |
| 2020 | 1 | $672.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | $17,844.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | $22,717.01 |
| 2023 | 4 | $9,240.18 |
| 2024 | 1 | $4,588.00 |
| 2025 | 9 | $26,115.25 |
| 2026 (through Oct. 21) | 4 | $8,403.73 |
| Total | 85 | $201,120.15 |
Where the wording doesn’t line up:
- Backflow devices. The memo says the policy would “require” one. Section 4 of the resolution only “strongly encourages” one, but in the same section denies future payments to an owner who didn’t install “the required backflow prevention device.”
- Retroactive payments. Section 14 applies the $8 rate to every 2026 backup, and the memo recommends applying it back to Jan. 1, 2026, “subject to clearly defined implementation procedures for claims already paid or approved.” The resolution contains no such procedures. Section 7 says that “once a claim has been paid, the matter shall be considered settled and no additional claims may be made or payments processed.” At the Oct. 28 Legal & Finance meeting, committee members verbally agreed that the four claims already paid this year at $4, totaling $8,403.73, would be paid the difference. That agreement isn’t written into the resolution, and Section 7 as written would bar it.
- Who qualifies for the $500. Section 5 says “the property owner” is eligible for the backflow preventer reimbursement “on the affected property.” It doesn’t say whether that means only owners who have had a backup, and it sets no overall cap on how much the city could pay out.
21. (C) LF102826-12 – Resolution 2026-084, revising the council’s order of business
This moves general public comment from near the start of meetings to after all consent, non-consent and public hearing items, just before executive session and the bill list. Comment on specific agenda items stays where it is.
Changes beyond public comment, from the resolution text:
- Mayor’s Items move from near the top to the non-consent section, after alcohol licenses. Monday’s appointment and swearing-in (items 1 and 2) are Mayor’s Items.
- “Awards and Recognition” is added near the top, after adoption of the agenda.
- “Continued Consent Items” is added as its own section.
- Compass Committee and Sign Code Appeals slots are removed. The resolution says city ordinance changes made them unnecessary.
The resolution states that SDCL 1-25-1 requires a public comment period at every meeting but doesn’t say where on the agenda it goes. It says the move will “better accommodate the needs of the public in attendance at the meeting for a specific agenda item.” The council last changed its order of business in 2012, 2015 and 2017.
What happened at committee: Alderman Kevin Maher amended the resolution to move general public comment to the end of Legal & Finance and Public Works Committee meetings as well. Legal & Finance approved the amended version unanimously by voice vote. Alderman Lance Lehmann made the motion and Roberts seconded. Roberts said residents who come to do city business, such as a sidewalk variance or a zoning request, have to sit through long general comment first. “I would have supported this 5 years ago,” he said. One member of the public spoke, asking what rules were being changed.
The council packet doesn’t match. The Resolution 2026-084 posted for Monday is still titled “A Resolution Revising the Order of Business for City Council Meetings.” Its text covers only council meetings, with no mention of committee meetings. To include committee meetings, council would likely have to make the same amendment Monday before voting. Watch for that motion. Without it, council would be approving only the council-meeting change.
The committee packet labeled this an alderman item without naming the sponsor. The resolution is drafted for the mayor’s signature and the finance director’s attestation. It doesn’t name a sponsor either.
CIP Committee Consent Items
22. (C) CIP101626-00 – CIP minutes, Sept. 18, 2026
23. (C) CIP101626-03 – Capital plans for Government Facilities (Fire & Emergency Services, Parks & Recreation, Government Vehicles, Summary)
24. (C) CIP101626-04 – Capital plan for Fire Vehicles
25. (C) CIP101626-05 – Capital plan for Parks & Recreation
26. (C) CIP101626-06 – Capital plan for Information Technology
27. (C) CIP101626-01 – CIP financial report
The report is as of Aug. 31, two months before this vote. Across all categories, the 2026 CIP budget is $56.4 million, with $15.4 million paid and $36.9 million uncommitted.
One line stands out. PW Infrastructure shows $36.8 million budgeted, $8.9 million paid, $0 committed or under contract, and $27.9 million uncommitted. Parks & Recreation, Government Facilities, Fire Vehicles, General Fund Vehicles and DCA all show money under contract. The report’s footnote says uncommitted money “should only equal any contingency balances not earmarked for a specific project.” Yet this bill list pays CIP street projects under contract, including Tru-Form, Mainline Contracting and Lidel Construction, from that fund.
Debt service shows the Evidence Building loan budgeted at $278,342 with nothing paid as of Aug. 31.
28. (C) CIP101626-02 – Capital plan for PW Infrastructure
29. (C) CIP101626-07 – $500,000 from infrastructure contingency for Main Street Square improvements
The adopted 2027 budget sets aside $500,000 in 2027 and another $500,000 in 2028 for capital improvements at Main Street Square. The Downtown Business Improvement District Board asked for the full $1 million in 2027. This item takes the extra $500,000 from the 2027 infrastructure contingency. The memo says contingency would be “reimbursed in 2028 by the Main Street refurbishment allocation.” Main Street Square Inc. would coordinate and build the work.
The cost summary (as of Oct. 7):
| Item | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Concrete replacing turf | $179,322 |
| Modular artificial turf (option 2a) | $113,400 |
| Artificial turf (option 2b) | $100,566 |
| Sports court tiles | $56,500 (does not include installation) |
| Glice StellarGlide synthetic ice | $360,702 |
| Site furnishings | $230,600 |
| 9-by-16-foot LED video board | $177,763 (does not include installation, electrical, structural design or shipping) |
| Total, option 2a | $1,118,287 |
| Total, option 2b | $1,105,453 |
Either total is more than the $1 million allocation, before installation and other costs that aren’t included.
The order of the documents: Finance Director Daniel Ainslie’s memo is dated Oct. 1 and says the Downtown BID Board “recommended requesting that the entire $1,000,000 allocation be provided in 2027.” The BID Board’s letter making that request, signed by chair Jerry Schmidt, is dated Oct. 5. The cost summary is dated Oct. 7.
Community Planning & Development Services Consent Items
30. (C) 26CA002 – Resolution 2026-080, Major Street Plan amendment realigning a proposed collector street
The Major Street Plan is the city’s long-range map of future major roads. This amendment changes a planned north-south collector between I-90 and Deadwood Avenue North. The council agenda now says “realigning,” which matches engineer FMG’s Oct. 13 revision. The original request was to remove the street.
Item 42, the Deadwood Storage Subdivision plat, depends on either this amendment passing or the collector being built. Because this item is on consent, the amendment would be approved before council reaches the plat.
The Oct. 22 staff report lists the City of Rapid City as applicant. FMG’s revision letter was sent on behalf of “the property owners” and copied both Heavy Constructors Inc. and Buren Properties. The same collector runs through Buren’s planned Phase 2 of the Deadwood Avenue Commercial Subdivision. In June, the city denied Buren’s request to skip that collector, and staff said in July it had to be built unless a Comprehensive Plan Amendment was approved. This is that amendment.
Background: Oct. 22 Zoning/Planning rundown · Buren Properties Appeal Hits a Wall · The Exception That Has An Exception: The Public Works Agenda Anomaly
31. (C) 26TP030 – SDDOT transportation planning agreement, $709,687
Federal money (81.95%) for the Rapid City Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s 2027 work program. The local match is $156,313, for a total of $866,000. The regional partners’ share columns in the packet are blank.
32. (C) LF102826-04 – SDDOT Section 5307 transit matching funds, up to $37,258.83
Reimbursement toward the city’s local share of its 2026 federal transit grant.
33. (C) LF102826-05 – MOU with the South Dakota Department of Health
The agenda title reads only “Establishing Delegation of Public Health Duties Pursuant to SDCL Chapter 34-18.” The memorandum covers vacation home inspections. State law assigns licensing and inspection to the Department of Health, and city staff would assist during the first round of inspections. The memo calls this temporary and says the department “will have to address staffing needs” later. The packet doesn’t say whether the city is reimbursed for staff time. The MOU expires automatically Sept. 1, 2027.
This ties back to the city’s own vacation home registration. Registering under Ordinance 6698 requires a copy of a current Department of Health lodging license. In November 2025, a city staff memo reported that “less than 1%” of the 600 to 1,000 Rapid City listings held one. The city still publishes no list of registered homes, and the online registration portal promised for May 2026 hasn’t appeared.
Background: Two Rulebooks, One House: Airbnb’s New Policy Meets Rapid City’s Vacation Home Ordinance
34. (C) LF102826-09 – Advertise for eight replacement bus shelters, $108,320
Federal Transit Administration funds cover $86,656 (80%), and the city pays $21,664 (20%). Estimated completion is March 1, 2027.
Bid Award Consent Items
35. (C) CC102026-02.1 – Two ¾-ton 4×4 crew cab pickups to Liberty Chrysler Center, $102,814
This was continued from Oct. 19, when the item was numbered CC101926-02.1. See the Oct. 19 council rundown.
Bids as read Oct. 13 (advertising authority: $104,000):
| Bidder | Per truck | Total |
|---|---|---|
| McKie Ford Inc. | $55,154 | $110,308 |
| Peoria Ford | $55,547 | $111,094 |
| Liberty Chrysler Center | $58,578 ($51,407 truck + $7,171 add-ons) | $117,156 |
| One Nation | $70,411 | $140,822 (didn’t acknowledge the addendum) |
Every bid was over the $104,000 advertising authority. Liberty’s quote letter says the city’s pricing request asked for trucks “equipped with side mounted storage boxes, bed cover, and amber safety lights.” Liberty priced those add-ons separately at $7,171 per truck, through a subcontractor, Time Truck Equipment.
Staff recommends buying Liberty’s trucks without the add-ons, at $51,407 each. That’s $102,814 total, under the advertising authority and lower than every other bid. Handwritten markups on the bid documents read “omit” and “Recommendation to purchase without upfits.” The contract was filled in Oct. 13 for $117,156, and $102,814 is typed over it.
The bid award summary lists only Liberty under “Bidders’ Summary” and recommends awarding the “Total Bid.” The engineer’s estimate is struck out.
What the packet doesn’t show: whether McKie’s and Peoria’s prices included the storage boxes, bed cover and lights. If they did, Liberty’s price without add-ons is being compared against competitors’ prices with them. Priced with the add-ons, McKie’s trucks cost $3,424 less each than Liberty’s. Nothing in the packet says what McKie or Peoria would charge without them. Addendum #1, dated Sept. 28, isn’t included in the packet either.
The trucks would be paid from the General Fund vehicles line (CIP fund 0505, department 8920).
36. (C) CC110226-02.1 – Facility access roads and site improvements, RCS Construction, $219,972.64
Project 2834.5 / 51293. RCS is the lowest responsible bidder. Between this item, the bocce change order (item 13) and $505,904.63 on this bill list, RCS appears three times on Monday’s agenda.
37. (C) CC110226-02.2 – Well 5 motor replacement, Hydro Resources – Rocky Mountain, Inc., $187,535
Project 2912 / CIP 51476. Hydro Resources is the lowest responsible bidder.
Non-Consent Items (38–43)
Ordinances
38. (NC) LF101426-01 – Second reading, Ordinance 6754, Supplemental Appropriation No. 5, $6,131,686.58
This is the final vote. Legal & Finance advanced the second reading unanimously on Oct. 28. The city’s only explanation is a single sentence saying every item is a 2025 carryforward or an open purchase order. The largest items:
- $1,217,087.23 for General Fund vehicles
- $967,807.78 for solid waste collection
- $924,837.65 for the landfill
- $742,204.88 for the water fund
- $577,388.10 from TID 83 Homestead (fund 0424), coded “Furniture & Minor Equipment”
- $139,498.72 from the Vision Fund, with the same code
The ordinance still doesn’t say what the TID 83 money buys. Tax increment money is normally limited to the costs in a district’s project plan. Past carryforwards came to council in the year’s first supplemental: January in 2015, April in 2025. This year they came in October, in the fifth.
Background: Oct. 14 Legal & Finance preview · Oct. 28 Legal & Finance rundown
39. (NC) LF102826-06 – First reading, Ordinance 6758, moving Community Enrichment to Finance
This moves the Community Enrichment division, which runs the CDBG program, from Community Development to the Finance Department. The old code assigned TIF program management to Community Enrichment. The new Finance section leaves it out, and the ordinance doesn’t say where TIF management goes. Legal & Finance advanced the first reading unanimously.
40. (NC) 26RZ035 – First reading, Ordinance 6755, 2918 Garden Lane, rezoning to Mobile Home Residential
Jim Bickett requests rezoning about one-third of an acre from Low Density Residential District 1 to Mobile Home Residential so a new mobile home can be placed there. Council approved splitting this property into three tracts in June. In September, J Bickett Rentals sought a sidewalk waiver on Garden Lane through Public Works. Item 47 tonight is the same kind of rezone at 859 Valley Drive.
Background: Oct. 22 Zoning/Planning rundown · Rapid City’s September 15th Public Works Agenda Cheat Sheet
41. (NC) 26RZ036 – First reading, Ordinance 6756, Old Bailey LLC, General Commercial to Light Industrial
Five acres at 925 Elk Vale Road, for a Sturdevant’s Auto Parts warehouse addition. The land was added to the existing lot through a 2026 lot-line adjustment. The council agenda describes the location only as “northwest of the intersection of Homestead Street and Elk Vale Road.”
Community Planning & Development Services Items
42. (NC) 26PL087 – Deadwood Storage Subdivision preliminary plan, approve with stipulations
FMG Engineering, for Heavy Constructors Inc., proposes three light industrial lots of 6.9 to 12.1 acres on about 29.7 acres at 4321 Deadwood Ave. N., served by a new cul-de-sac. The lots would use private wells and septic systems, with no fire hydrants. Covenants would require sprinklers instead. Public Works has already waived new pavement, curb, gutter and streetlight conduit on Deadwood Avenue North. The developer has said it expects to ask council for sidewalk variances, which aren’t on this agenda.
One of the 15 stipulations requires either building the collector street or approving item 30.
2027 Alcoholic Beverage License Renewals
43. (NC) CC110229-04.1 – 2027 alcohol license renewals, without recommendation
The list has 142 licenses, and the packet contains no memo. Two are marked inactive but still appear on the list: Family Fare #253, 1516 E. St. Patrick St. (PL-4782), and Safeway #3166, 730 Mountain View Road (PL-20030).
Public Hearing Items (44–48)
Consent Public Hearing Items
44. (C) Breakroom Billiards & Darts, 355 11th St., malt beverage and SD farm wine license with video lottery
A transfer from Seed Studios LLC (RL-5872), 406 Fifth St., Suite 500. Continued from Oct. 19. See the Oct. 19 council rundown.
45. (C) Elevate Rapid City, special event malt beverage license
For events at 18 E. Main St. on Nov. 18 and Dec. 16, 2026.
Non-Consent Public Hearing Items
46. (NC) 26RZ020 – Second reading, Ordinance 6735, Boomshockalocka, LLC, Flood Hazard to Light Industrial
Indigo Design, LLC, for Boomshockalocka, LLC, requests rezoning land along Rapid Creek out of the Flood Hazard District. The property is east of Cambell Street, south of Rocker Drive, north of East St. Charles Street and west of Creek Drive. Item 48 is the companion rezone on the same property. Both passed the Planning Commission on Oct. 8 and had first reading Oct. 19. The intended use still hasn’t been stated in any document posted with these items.
These are the latest in a run of Flood Hazard District requests over the past few months.
Background: Signage and Flood Plains Fill Thursday Morning’s Planning & Zoning Meetings · Oct. 19 council rundown
47. (NC) 26RZ032 – Second reading, Ordinance 6751, 859 Valley Drive, rezoning to Mobile Home Residential
Logan and Megan Beckett request rezoning from Low Density Residential District 1 to Mobile Home Residential. The Planning Commission approved it Oct. 8. Item 40 tonight is the same kind of rezone at 2918 Garden Lane.
Background: Oct. 19 council rundown
48. (NC) 26RZ033 – Second reading, Ordinance 6752, Boomshockalocka, LLC, Flood Hazard to General Commercial
The companion to item 46, on the same Rapid Creek property, rezoning to General Commercial instead of Light Industrial.
Bills (49-50)
49. CC110226-01.1 – Bill list for Main Street Square and Visit Rapid City, $21,141.31
One payment: Visit Rapid City, $21,141.31, labeled “25% Gross Receipt Tax.”
50. CC110226-01.2 – Bill list without Main Street Square or Visit Rapid City, $15,123,151.58
Together, items 49 and 50 total $15,144,292.89. The 130-page detail list itemizes $9,724,419.82 of that. The other $5.42 million is listed on the total-bill-list cover sheet. Nearly all of it is marked paid between Oct. 20 and Oct. 29, before Monday’s vote:
- Payroll: $3,412,696.33, plus $894,830.90 in payroll taxes
- Wellmark health claims: $516,719.54
- Electricity and natural gas: $181,140.39
- US Bank credit card charges: $109,413.01, a single line with no itemization anywhere in the packet
- Three tax increment district payments to banks:
- TID 80 Promise Road: $78,759.91
- TID 84 Shepherd Hills: $49,404.48
- TID 89 Highpointe North lift station: $6,973.49
- State sales and excise taxes, workers’ compensation and flexible-spending claims, and the city’s Community Development and RSVP accounts
The Sept. 21 bill list followed the same pattern. It itemized $5.14 million of a $10.68 million total, and nearly all of the rest was marked paid Sept. 4–17.
Kroll Associates. After Pennington County’s cybersecurity incident in July, the city hired Kroll Associates under emergency spending authority to check whether the county’s problem had exposed or compromised the city’s network. Mayor Jason Salamun signed the agreement July 17, with Finance Director Daniel Ainslie attesting. It then went to the Legal & Finance Committee July 29 (LF072926-04) and to council Aug. 3. The agenda item authorized the agreement “in an Amount Not to Exceed $36,250,” paid from the IT budget. The cost center line on the item was left blank.
The work centers on “Kroll Responder Powered by CrowdStrike,” which gives remote monitoring, detection and response across up to 1,500 city devices for about 45 days. Kroll bills hourly, at $325 an hour for consulting. Its own statement of work estimated the job at $28,125 to $36,250.
The Sept. 21 bill list paid Kroll $40,995.00, labeled “CrowdStrike MDR,” from the IT department’s professional services account. That’s $4,745 over the $36,250 not-to-exceed amount.
Monday’s list reverses that payment with a credit of ($40,995.00), labeled “CR CrowdStrike MDR.” In its place are two new Kroll invoices labeled only “Professional Services”: $41,125.00 and $422.50. Together they come to $41,547.50, which is $5,297.50 over the not-to-exceed amount. Nothing on Monday’s agenda raises the cap. Kroll’s net on this list is $552.50.
Stoney Creek Reserve. The Sept. 21 bill list also paid Bella Vista LLC $178,797.08, labeled “Release of Surety – Stoney Creek Reserve #26PL025.” That’s the same amount as the unbudgeted “refund for Stoney Creek Reserve” in Supplemental Appropriation No. 4, which reached Legal & Finance Sept. 30 and passed its second reading at council Oct. 19. A surety release returns money a developer put up to guarantee subdivision work. Council approved this payment on the bill list before it approved the appropriation covering it.
Other large payments on this list:
- PKG Contracting, $5,096,366.40: pay application 28 on the Water Reclamation Facility South Plant. That’s more than half of the itemized list. HDR Engineering bills $216,964.84 on the same project.
- Fire Station 9 / City Park (Project 2858), $376,078.60: Wagco Construction ($318,423.74 and $38,027.74), TSP Inc. design ($14,735.20) and a city internal charge ($4,891.92), all from fund 0443.
- Pennington Title Company, $150,094.20, charged to the Silverleaf Avenue reconstruction (Project 2796). The bill list doesn’t say what the title company payment covers.
- SRF Consulting, $32,072.27, retainage release on the railyard relocation and railway configuration study, plus $4,204.78 in regular invoices on the same study. A member of the public questioned the railyard project’s cost and purpose during public comment at the Oct. 28 Legal & Finance meeting.
- Humane Society of the Black Hills, $52,083.34 for November, which works out to $625,000 a year.
What’s Still Unanswered
- Why was Kroll’s September payment reversed and rebilled, and why is the new total higher?
- Council approved Kroll at not to exceed $36,250. Kroll’s charges now come to $41,547.50. Who authorized the extra $5,297.50, and why isn’t an amendment on the agenda?
- What does the $577,388.10 from TID 83 buy, and does TID 83’s project plan allow it?
- Did McKie Ford and Peoria Ford price the storage boxes, bed cover and lights? What would they charge without them?
- What did Addendum #1 to the pickup bid change?
- Why does the Tru-Form funding page count change order 1 twice?
- Why does PW Infrastructure show $0 under contract while the city pays contractors from it?
- Why is Finance’s Main Street Square memo dated four days before the request it describes, and who covers costs above $1 million?
- Who is sponsoring the order-of-business change, and will council add the committee amendment Legal & Finance approved?
- Legal & Finance verbally agreed to top up the four 2026 sewer backup claims already paid at $4. Why isn’t that in the resolution, when Section 7 says a paid claim is settled? And is a backflow device required or only encouraged?
- Who signed off on the $109,413.01 credit card bill, and what’s on it?
- What will Boomshockalocka, LLC build in the former Flood Hazard District along Rapid Creek?
- Where will TIF program management sit after Community Enrichment moves to Finance?
- Why are two inactive alcohol licenses on the renewal list?
- Where is Exhibit A, the Parks & Recreation director’s job description?
- Will the city cover the $183,696 Skyline Drive shortfall, or will the project shrink?
- What rent, lease length and eligibility rules will apply to OneHeart?
Sourcing
City of Rapid City Nov. 2, 2026 City Council agenda and packet, including CC112026-04.1 (Anderson employment contract) and -04.2 (oath); PW102726-03 change order 2F; LF102826-11 (final amended Resolution 2026-081 and Risk Manager Stacy Wolf’s memo dated Oct. 22, 2026); LF101426-01 (Ordinance 6754); LF102826-12 (Resolution 2026-084); CIP101626-01 (CIP financial report as of Aug. 31, 2026) and CIP101626-07 (Ainslie memo dated Oct. 1, Downtown BID Board letter dated Oct. 5, Main Street Square cost summary dated Oct. 7); CC102026-02.1 (Liberty bid documents, bid results as read Oct. 13, bid award summary dated Oct. 22); CC110229-04.1 (2027 alcohol renewals); Nov. 2, 2026 total bill list, detail bill list (run Oct. 29, 2026), CDEV and RSVP bill lists; Sept. 21, 2026 total and detail bill lists; LF072926-04 (agenda item summary, and Kroll Associates letter of engagement and statement of work dated July 8, 2026, signed by the city July 17, 2026). Committee background from the Sentinel’s Oct. 8, Oct. 14, Oct. 22, Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 previews and Oct. 19 council rundown, which cite the underlying committee packets, and from the Sentinel’s Oct. 29 recap of the Oct. 27 Public Works and Oct. 28 Legal & Finance meetings.
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