Tag: Mayor Salamun
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“No Data Center is Worth Our Water” : Mayor Salamun ‘s Top 10 Budget Priorities for 2027
Rapid City SD – Mayor Jason Salamun presented his proposed 2027 City of Rapid City budget to the Common Council in a Special City Council meeting on July 20, 2026. The proposal totals $312,332,582 in both revenue and expenditures — a 7.4% decrease (nearly $25 million) from the 2026 budget of $337.3 million, driven primarily…
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Unanswered Questions: What Rapid City Council is Voting On Monday Night
Rapid City SD- Rapid City’s Common Council has a packed evening ahead on July 20 — a special session on next year’s budget followed by a regular meeting carrying five separate storylines this outlet has been tracking. Here’s what’s known, what the documents say, and what’s still unanswered heading into the vote. 5:30 P.M. Special…
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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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How A Spearfish Political Power Struggle Helped Shape Rapid City Ordinance 6717
RAPID CITY, S.D. — When Rapid City’s Legal and Finance Committee advanced Ordinance 6717 Wednesday, the item was described simply as bringing the city’s municipal code into alignment with state law. What that alignment represents is a legal framework — rooted in an 1890 statute — that concentrates authority over appointed city officers firmly in…
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A City Shows Up For Itself at the Rapid City 2076 Time Capsule Community Photo
When time ceases for a moment, the present presents itself to the future. A Rapid City 150 years in the making showed up Friday for the Rapid City of 2076. Sesquicentennial proclamation Earlier this month, a mayoral proclamation officially recognized this sesquicentennial year, tracing Rapid City’s roots from an 1876 “Hay Camp” to a “resilient…