Rapid City, SD – The state champion Stevens girls tennis team gets the first applause Monday night.
After that, the Rapid City Council works through 35 items — two supplemental budget ordinances worth a combined $13.3 million, the Boomshockalocka floodplain rezones back from Planning Commission, a 15% raise for city bus drivers and a request to match chili cook-off donations with contingency money.
When: Monday, Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Council Chambers, City/School Administration Center, 300 Sixth St.
Watch: City of Rapid City YouTube or Facebook channels (live)
Speak: General public comment comes early and covers anything not on the agenda. Each block of items gets its own public comment window. Three minutes per speaker.
Full agenda: City of Rapid City, Oct. 19, 2026
Opening
1. Awards and Recognitions — Rapid City Stevens Girls Tennis Team, 2026 SDHSAA Class AA state champions.
General Public Comment — three-minute limit, items not on the agenda only. Council cannot act on anything raised here unless every member present agrees to add it.
Consent Items (2–20)
Consent items pass in one vote unless a council member pulls one for discussion. Public comment on items 2–20 opens before that vote.
2. Minutes from the Oct. 5 regular meeting.
Public Works
Zebra Mussels, Change Orders and Snow Removal on the Public Works Agenda for Oct. 13
3. PW101326-01 — Change Order 3F to RCS Construction, Wonderland Drive Area Street & Utilities Reconstruction Phase 1 (Project 2609). A decrease of $482,138.69.
4. PW101326-02 — Change Order 1F to Dakota Asphalt, 2025 ADA Improvements at multiple sites. Increase of $21,655.71.
5. PW101326-03 — Change Order 2F to Simon Contractors, 2026 Chip Seal. Increase of $10,657.34.
6. PW101326-04 — Change Order 2F to Western Construction, Stockade Drive Mill and Overlay. Increase of $1,981.20.
7. PW101326-05 — Professional services agreement with Black & Veatch for zebra mussel mitigation (Project 2776.1), not to exceed $147,000.
8. PW101326-06 — Memorandum of understanding with Pennington County to exchange snow routes.
9. PW101326-07 — Authorize staff to seek engineering proposals for Lacrosse Street sanitary sewer reconstruction (Project 2925).
10. PW101326-08 — Real property purchase agreement with Kerry Conner for the Silverleaf Avenue reconstruction (4th Street to South Street), $150,000.
Legal & Finance
11. LF101426-04 — Abatements from the Director of Equalization.
12. LF101426-05 — Accept a $7,500 grant from the City of Spearfish for the RSVP program.
13. LF101426-07 — Resolution 2026-068, levying assessments for nuisance abatement.
14. LF101426-08 — Resolution 2026-079, declaring property surplus.
15. LF101426-02 — Accept a $35,448.75 U.S. DOT Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grant.
16. LF101426-03 — Contract with the City of Summerset for ambulance service in 2027.
17. LF101426-06 — Buy a new Crestline Ford E350 Type 3 ambulance from MacQueen Group, $182,700, through SAVVIK consortium pricing.
18. LF101426-11 — Third Amendment to the AFSCME Local 1031 contract, covering Rapid Transit operators and dispatchers only.
What it does: Raises RTS operators’ current wages 15% and dispatchers’ 5%, and moves both wage scales up. The raises take effect only after council approves and the amendment is signed. Council already built the increase into the 2027 Community Development budget; the city says a separate supplemental appropriation will be needed to cover the rest of 2026.
Community Planning & Development
19. LF101426-09 — One-year warranty extension with IPS on 660 single-space parking meters, not to exceed $33,000.
Bid Awards
20. CC101926-02.1 — Continue the bid award for two ¾-ton 4×4 crew cab pickups to the Nov. 2 meeting.
Non-Consent Items (21–30)
Each of these gets its own vote. Public comment on items 21–30 opens as a block first.
Ordinances
21. LF101426-01 — First Reading, Ordinance 6754: Supplemental Appropriation No. 5, $6,131,686.58. Recommendation: Approve.
What it is: Per the city’s summary, every item in this supplement is a carry-forward of purchase orders still open at the end of 2025. The city says it ran this process after the FY2025 audit was approved and finalized.
22. LF093026-09 — Second Reading, Ordinance 6750: Supplemental Appropriation No. 4, $7,202,497.23. Recommendation: Approve.
What it is: Establishes funding for the new Sports Complex fund, shifts money between the Community Development and Air Quality budgets, covers Parks Division wind storm damage, and transfers money for the Fire Station No. 4 remodel. First reading passed 10-0.
Filed Under a Hotel Tax Board: How Rapid City’s Sports Complex Financing Hid in Plain Sight
23. 26RZ020 — First Reading, Ordinance 6735. Indigo Design for Boomshockalocka LLC: rezone from Flood Hazard to Light Industrial, east of Cambell Street, south of Rocker Drive, north of East St. Charles Street and west of Creek Drive. Recommendation: Approve.
25. 26RZ033 — First Reading, Ordinance 6752. Same applicant, same general location: rezone from Flood Hazard to General Commercial. Recommendation: Approve.
Why these two travel together: Both parcels sit along Rapid Creek and both come off the Flood Hazard District. Planning Commission passed them Oct. 8 without the intended use of the land being made clear. This is the first time Council sees them.
24. 26RZ032 — First Reading, Ordinance 6751. Logan and Megan Beckett: rezone 859 Valley Drive from Low Density Residential 1 to Mobile Home Residential. Recommendation: Approve.
Signage and Flood Plains fill Thursday Morning’s Planning & Zoning Meetings
Contested – Legal & Finance
26. LF101426-10 — Contested tree-trimming abatement, 220 E. Watertown St. Recommendation: uphold the abatement at a reduced rate of $600.
Community Planning & Development
27. 26PL083 — Preliminary subdivision plan, proposed Lots 1 and 2 of Pioneer No. 3 Subdivision, 3035 Pioneer Drive. Advanced Design Engineering and Surveying for Evergreen Real Estate LLC. Recommendation: Approve with stipulations.
28. 26AN002 — Petition of annexation for the same property. Recommendation: grant the applicant’s request to waive the annexation requirement and deny the petition.
Read these together: 3035 Pioneer Drive sits in Pennington County, just outside city limits, but inside the city’s three-mile platting jurisdiction, so the city reviews any plan to split it.
Evergreen Real Estate LLC wants to divide the 0.94-acre lot in two: Lot 1 with the detached garage, Lot 2 with the house and a shed. Planning Commission approved the subdivision with 18 stipulations on Oct. 8.
What annexation means here: Annexation would move the land out of the county and into Rapid City.
City code (RCMC §16.04.090.B) says land touching city limits must be annexed before it’s platted, and this lot borders the city on its west side. The owner doesn’t want that.
The annexation petition (26AN002) is the paperwork for asking the city to waive the requirement, which is why the recommendation is to grant the waiver and deny the petition. Either annexation or the waiver has to happen before a final plat. If the land were annexed, it would have to be rezoned to city standards within 120 days.
The 6-foot strip: Pioneer Drive sits in a 40-foot right-of-way; city standards call for 52 feet. The owner is required to give up 6 feet along the road (689 square feet), which is why the annexation description stops 6 feet short of the street.
Other strings attached:
- The garage on Lot 1 has to come down, or the owner needs a county special use permit, because a garage can’t be a lot’s main use under county zoning.
- Giving up the 6 feet puts the house 22.2 feet from the front line, short of the county’s 25-foot setback, so a county variance is needed.
- The owner must build curb, gutter and streetlight conduit on the west side of Pioneer Drive or get an exception.
- The owner must build a sidewalk there, or get a variance from City Council.
- Pioneer Drive is a dead-end street; this adds a 21st home where city standards cap it at 20, so an exception is needed.
2027 Alcoholic Beverage License Renewals
29. CC101926-04.1 — Approve, deny or continue the attached list of 2027 renewals. Recommendation: Sent to Council without recommendation.
Council Items
30. LF101426-13 — Match chili cook-off donations from the Council Contingency Fund. The item as written asks for up to $5,000; the committee recommendation raises it to up to $10,000.
Background: Last year, city staff began referring utility customers who were behind on bills to St. Vincent de Paul, which works with them on budgeting and financial assistance. When customers make progress, the city works with SVDP to reduce or forgive fees.
Staff have hosted soup-meal fundraisers for the program and plan two a year. The next one is a Chili Cook-Off, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 6–7:30 p.m. at the Dahl Fine Arts Center. The match would be dollar-for-dollar on donations received.
Public Hearing Items (31–33)
Consent Public Hearing — Alcohol Licenses
31. Breakroom Billiards & Darts LLC, 355 11th St.: retail (on-off sale) malt beverage and SD farm wine with video lottery, transferred from Seed Studios LLC (RL-5872), 406 5th St., Suite 500.
32. Elevate Rapid City: special event (on-sale) malt beverage license for an Oct. 28 event at 18 E. Main St.
Non-Consent Public Hearing
33. 26RZ031 — Second Reading, Ordinance 6749. DGR Engineering for Rapid City Parks and Recreation: rezone about 1.35 undeveloped acres at the eastern end of Knollwood Drive from Medium Density Residential to Public District for a future community park, Knollwood Park. Recommendation: Approve. Planning Commission approved it 8-0 on Sept. 24; Council approved first reading 10-0 on Oct. 5.
Executive Session
Closed session under SDCL 1-25-2(3), to consult legal counsel on proposed or pending litigation or contracts, and SDCL 1-25-2(4), to prepare for contract negotiations with employees or their representatives.
Bills
34. CC101926-01.1 — Bill list for Main Street Square and/or Visit Rapid City: $339,757.16.
35. CC101926-01.2 — Bill list without MSS or VRC: $12,431,966.42.
What’s in it: The two bill lists together total $12,771,723.58, matching the city’s full bill list for Oct. 19.
About $4.24 million of that is payroll and payroll taxes, and another $1.22 million covers health claims, retirement, workers’ comp and benefit accounts, all paid Oct. 6–15; the vendor computer bill list accounts for $6,978,198.96.
Payments to watch:
- Elevate Rapid City, $83,333.34. The same amount appeared on the Sept. 21 bill list. Twelve payments at that amount come to $1 million a year.
- Visit Rapid City, $339,757.16, the full amount of the separate MSS/VRC list.
- Other round-number recurring payments: Working Against Violence ($20,833.34), Cornerstone Rescue Mission ($16,666.66), Early Childhood Connections ($4,166.66) and Performing Arts Center of Rapid City ($3,333.34).
- Largest single vendor payments: US Bank National Association ($880,231.75), Musco Sports Lighting ($879,900), Landscape Structures ($549,888.10), RCS Construction ($401,107.65) and Lidel Construction ($317,477.10). The list does not say which projects these payments cover.
Many items on the list were already paid before Monday’s vote, as the “PD” dates on payroll, claims and utility lines show.
Still Unanswered
- What is Boomshockalocka LLC planning to build on the two Rapid Creek parcels, and why does one need light industrial and the other general commercial?
- Why did the alcohol renewal list go to Council with no recommendation?
- If Council waives annexation at 3035 Pioneer Drive, will the owner later ask Council to waive the sidewalk on Pioneer Drive too?
- How much will the 2026 portion of the transit raises cost, and when will that supplemental appropriation come forward?
Sourcing
Item descriptions, amounts and recommendations come from the City of Rapid City’s posted Oct. 19, 2026 council agenda and individual agenda item summaries on rcgov.org; the Oct. 19 bill list; the approved minutes of the Oct. 5, 2026 council meeting; the Oct. 8, 2026 Planning Commission project report for 26PL083; and the 26AN002 annexation petition and legal description. Planning Commission outcomes for 26RZ020 and 26RZ033 are from the Sentinel’s own coverage of the Oct. 8 meeting.
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