Tag: City council
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20 Acres of Breathing Room: A Win For Rapid City – Editorial
Rapid City SD –Let’s take a moment to celebrate a genuine, tangible victory for our local community. The GCC rezoning saga has finally crossed the finish line, and Rapid City is walking away with 20 fewer acres dedicated to heavy mining and extraction. If you watched the latest planning meeting, you might have caught the…
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Deja- Vu Zoning: The Cement Plants Other Half Isn’t Getting Rezoned – And That’s the Point
Case 26RZ029 goes before the Rapid City Planning Commission July 23, 2026 What Is Known Case 26RZ029 asks the Planning Commission to rezone two parcels currently sitting under South Dakota Codified Law § 11-4-30 — the 2001 state statute that froze the cement plant’s land into whatever use it had “as of December 28, 2000,”…
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Accountability is a Funny Thing: Tzadik Brought a Lobbyist to a Deadline It Already Missed
RepostRapid City SD- Nine days after the City of Rapid City signed three contracts to demolish the condemned garages at Star Village, the property’s owner tried to muscle back into a process it had already forfeited — filing its own demolition permits, only 18 of 28 of them, only after the city had already moved…
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Rapid City is the Only Accredited Police Department in South Dakota- What That Actually Means
Rapid City SD – Chief Don Hedrick told the Rapid City City Council at a special meeting Monday — during his 2027 Police Department budget presentation — that the Rapid City Police Department is the only accredited law enforcement agency in South Dakota. The point came up as part of his prepared remarks generally, not…
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Twins From the Start: What the TIF Ledger Actually Shows About the Catalyst District
Rapid City SD – Mayor Jason Salamun’s office marked this week’s “five key agreements” announcement with a Facebook post declaring the Indoor Sports Complex “a win for our community and the next generation.” It’s a good press release. It’s also a good moment to check the underlying paperwork — because the city’s own Tax Increment…
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The Mayor Took The Floor: What Salamun Said About the Sports Complex – And What He Didn’t
Rapid City SD – Mayor Jason Salamun does not, as a rule, address city committees from the public comment podium. He runs the executive branch; committee members ask the questions, staff answer them, and residents line up at the microphone to weigh in. That’s the format. On Wednesday, at the Legal and Finance Committee, Salamun…
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A Tricky Gift from Lien: The Sports Complex Enters the Legal and Finance Committee Agenda
Rapid City SD – The proposed Rapid City Indoor Sports Complex — officially named the “Rapid City Fieldhouse” in its facility management agreement — goes before the Legal and Finance Committee as a $76.2 million project built on a land donation that reads, on paper, less like a gift and more like a long-term lease…
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Public Works Agenda Roundup For 7/14: Star Village Demolitions, A Contractor Lien, A Dropped Exception, and A Park Moves Forward
Rapid City SD- The City of Rapid City is spending at least $133,500 to demolish 28 detached garages in the Star Village neighborhood after owner Tzadik Rapid City Portfolio I failed to meet two separate city-ordered demolition deadlines — November 13, 2025, and February 20, 2026. The city’s own agenda language describes the structures as…
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Just When You Thought It Was Over: The Give- And -Take Between GCC Dacotah And Rapid City
Rapid City SD – The ink is barely dry on three newly passed municipal ordinances, but the multi-layered chess match over the future of Rapid City’s heavy industrial footprint is already shifting back to the planning boards this Thursday morning. The No Votes on Ordinance 6719 On July 7th, the Rapid City Common Council pushed…