Tag: Municipal government
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The September 8th, 2026 Rapid City City Council Playbill
Rapid City SD — Tuesday’s meeting is a make-up date — Rapid City Council normally sits the first and third Monday of the month, but Labor Day bumped this session a day late. Don’t let the shifted date fool you into thinking it’s a light one. Two long-running stories close out tonight, the actual 2027…
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Sports Facility Management Fee Increase Passes Unanimously- But Council President Tamang Made the City Show their Math
Rapid City SD- The First Amendment to Sports Facilities Management’s contract didn’t slide through on consent the way its placement on the September 2 Legal & Finance agenda suggested it might. Council President Stephen Tamang pulled it for separate discussion before the vote — the committee’s motion covered items 1 through 14, item 10 excluded…
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Before the Sports Complex even Opens, Its Manager’s Fee Went Up 67%
A quiet contract amendment also puts the operator’s affiliate inside construction change-order reviews — a role it wasn’t paid for in July. Rapid City SD – Sports Facilities Management, LLC hasn’t opened the Rapid City Fieldhouse yet. It hasn’t hired a General Manager, sold a sponsorship, or hosted an event. But as of a First…
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Your Rundown: Rapid City’s Legal & Finance Committee, September 2nd
12:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall Administration Center — 18 items, one lunch hour Rapid City SD – Fourteen of these items are on consent, meaning they’re bundled into a single vote unless someone pulls one out for discussion. Four are non-consent, meaning they get their own debate. Here’s what’s actually inside each one, in…
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What’s on the Tuesday September 1st Rapid City Public Works Agenda: GCC Dacotah and Sidewalk Variances Return
Rapid City SD – The Public Works Committee meets at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Council Chambers at City Hall, 300 6th Street. Nineteen items sit on the consent calendar alongside the 2027-2030 Transportation Improvement Program. Here’s what’s in the packet, in the order the committee will hit it. Consent Calendar (Items 1-19) Change…
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Special Council Rundown: DOJ Grants and Heated Budget Debates
Rapid City SD- The special council meeting opened with a major infrastructure approval. As the first item of business, the council authorized the Mayor and Finance Director to sign the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) agreements between the City of Rapid City and Scull Construction for the new sports complex. Chief Hedrick & DOJ Model…
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Four Items, One Wednesday: What’s Really in Rapid City’s Special Council Agenda
A $55 million construction contract, a $75 million federal ask, and two different price tags for the same city budget. Rapid City SD – Rapid City’s Common Council meets in special session Wednesday, August 26, at 6:30 p.m. It’s not a regular Monday meeting, and the agenda is short — but the four items on…
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What’s on Thursday Mornings Agenda for Rapid City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission
Rapid City SD – Rapid City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission meet back-to-back Thursday morning, starting at 7:00 a.m. in the City Council Meeting Room. Eight items are up between the two bodies. Most of it is routine — a garage, a couple of subdivisions, a variance or two. Two items carry more…
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Rapid City’s Water Restrictions Are Now Year -Round – And the Region Is Watching the Same Skies
Rapid City SD- The City of Rapid City announced this week that its outdoor watering restrictions, typically confined to June through August, will now continue through the entire year. The decision follows the city’s move to elevate Pactola Reservoir’s storage condition from “Concern Status” to “Alert Status” — a designation that, under the city’s own…
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A Chosen Family, Federal Mandates, Oxford Houses, and the End of Public Hearings for Reasonable Accomodations
Rapid City SD- The tension between a neighborhood’s “right to know” and a citizen’s federal right to privacy collided at city hall this month. The result? A fundamental change to how Rapid City handles group living accommodations is now one vote away from final passage — conveniently ending the exact kind of scrutiny that had…