By Aberdeen Insider - May 15, 2025 in BROWN COUNTY COMMISSION
May 6, 2025 – GENERAL MEETING
Meeting called to order by Vice-Chairman Gage at 8:45 A.M. in the Commission Chambers, Courthouse Annex, Brown County, SD. Present were Commissioners Dennert, Dinger, Gage, Sutton and Wiese. Commissioner Dinger led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Moved by Commissioner Wiese, seconded by Dinger to approve the agenda. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: None
RENTAL AGREEMENT FOR ALL SEASON MOTORSPORTS: Moved by Commissioner Dinger to approve and authorize Chairman Sutton to sign the Rental Agreement with All Season Motorsports; for renting Golf Carts to be used during the Brown County Fair. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
VEHICLE TRANSFER: Moved by Commissioner Dennert seconded by Wiese to approve of the transfer of 2015 Chevrolet Traverse from Brown County Sheriff’s Office to Brown County Assessor’s Office. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
Moved by Commissioner Dinger, seconded by Dennert to approve the transfer of 2012 Chevrolet Suburban from Brown County Sheriff’s Office to Brown County Highway Department. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
MINUTES: Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Wiese to approve the General Meeting Minutes of April 29, 2025. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
CLAIMS/PAYROLL: Moved by Commissioner Gage, seconded by Dinger to approve the following Claims/Payroll: Claims: Professional Fees: Avera St. Luke’s Hospital $4,694.26; CenturyLink-Lumen $237.59; Christy Griffin-Serr Law Office $780.00; Clay County Sheriff Civil Office $56.90; Cogley Law Office, Prof LLC $3,780.00; Dohrer Law Office, PC $1,788.00; Helms & Associates $14,970.00; Jerald M. McNeary $36.00; Karpel Solution $8,475.00; Kuck Law Office $2,016.00; Lenling Law Office, Prof. LLC $1,560.00; Richardson, Wyly, Wise, Sauck & Hieb, LLP $532.50; Sanford Health Occupational Medicine $829.00; Sanford Health $7,526.76; US Bank $531.99. Publishing: Black Hills Pioneer $13.10; Groton Daily Independent $65.30; McQuillen Creative Group, Inc $1063.09; Southwest Messenger Press, Inc. $97.38; US Bank $300.00. Rentals: Linde Gas & Equipment Inc $54.23. Repairs & Maintenance: Building Restoration Corp $168,881.50; Butler Machinery Company $3,457.13; Crawford Trucks & Equipment $24.12; Geffdog Designs $66.00; House of Glass $8,778.84; Interstate Powersystems $1,636.70; Jake’s Heating & Cooling $887.76; K&S Plumbing, Inc $282.25; Leidholt Electric, LLC $78.58; Olson’s Pest Technicians $260.00; Precision Kiosk Technologies $3,000.00; RDO Equipment Co $6,821.32; Runnings $179.99; Sewer Duck, Inc $1,850.00; Sprocket Ventures, LLC $346.00; Steven Lust Automotive $62.50; Transource Truck & Equipment, Inc $8,029.02; US Bank $805.59. Supplies: Agtegra $8,548.45; Amazon Capital Services, Inc. $1,041.34; Bimbo Foods USA, Inc $614.30; Cole Paper Inc $56.07; Crawford Trucks & Equipment $644.12; Dakota Oil $220.35; Dohrer Law Office, PC $13.05; East Side Jersey Dairy Inc $825.12; Election Systems & Software $28.54; Farm Power $18.74; Fastenal Company $336.80; FedEx $39.00; Geffdog Designs $441.50; Graham Tire Inc $883.42; Great Western Tire $2,193.44; Karry Geuther $71.94; Kessler’s $268.58; Kuck Law Office $67.77; Leidholdt Tool Sales, LLC $55.62; Menards $156.64; Pantorium Cleaners Inc $92.00; Pauer Sound, LLC $1,700.00; Performance Oil $85.81; Runnings $560.59; Safety Service $146.41; Schmidt Construction, Inc. $5,530.00; Sprocket Ventures, LLC $1,095.50; St. Mark’s Episcopal Church $1,500.00; Steven Lust Automotive $136.86; Transource Truck & Equipment, Inc $370.17; Tri-State Water $88.50; US Foods $8,712.39; US Bank $14,331.70. Travel & Conference: Austin Ball $14.00; Joe Kretchman $14.00; Lenling Law Office, Prof. LLC $120.00; Linda Marcuson $60.00; Neil Bittner $14.00; Scott Kolb $14.00; SD Assoc of Assessing Officers $500.00; US Bank $1,373.40. Utilities: AT&T Mobility $144.15; CenturyLink $421.10; City of Aberdeen Treasurer $1,381.50; Northwestern Energy $10,125.90; WEB Water Development Association, Inc $181.33; US Bank 4,338.92. Other: Clinton Sanger $16.02; Lisa and James Kiesz $33.33; Tony Arampatzis $50.65.
Payroll: Commission $4,896.51; Elections $1,936.80; Auditor $10,393.92; Treasurer $20,290.23; SA $36,968.56; Public Defender $5,384.61; Maintenance $12,175.15; Assessor $16,581.75; Register of Deeds $10,905.91; VSO $4,741.87; GIS $2,946.49; IT $9,855.68; HR $5,484.47; Sheriff $59,210.65; Jail $76,703.53; Court Security $7,471.00; JDC $42,173.08; Welfare $2,754.27; Museum $14,740.09; Parks/Fairgrounds $8,397.06; Fair Board $3,626.66; 4-H $877.20; Weed $5,060.75; Planning & Zoning $8,116.94; Highway $46,139.42; Dispatch $52,207.64; Emergency $5,498.57; 24/7 Sobriety $2,775.06; Landfill $22,230.93; Meal Benefits $70.00; SDRS Pay-out $27,516.25; Retirement Award $300.00; FICA $29,809.26; Medicare $6,971.46; Discovery-HSA $2,707.60; Health Insurance-Wellmark BCBS $122,217.36; Dental Insurance-Delta $8,607.18; Life Insurance-Dearborn $1,054.00; Retirement-SDRS $57,261.85. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
HR REPORT: Moved by Commissioner Wiese, seconded by Dinger to approve the following Human Resource Report submitted by Human Resources Generalist, Jessica Johnson:
- Approve moving Welfare Director position to Auditor Lynn Heupel. Wage increase to $4,264.31/pay period. Effective April 28, 2025.
All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION WORKERS: Moved by Commissioner Dinger, seconded by Wiese to approve the Municipal Election workers as presented. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
LEASE AGREEMENTS: Moved by Commissioner Gage, seconded by Wiese to approve and authorize Chairman Sutton to sign the following lease agreements: Prairie Partners Master Gardener’s to lease Competitive Exhibits Building on May 16-17, 2025, for Plant Sale; American Legion Post 24 to lease the Club House on July 16, 2025, for Volunteer Gathering. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
TOWNSHIP BONDS: Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Wiese to approve the following Township Bonds (Treasurer & Clerk): COLUMBIA #11 – Martin Weismantel, Amy Weismantel; RICHLAND #37 – Taylor Sumption (Treasurer). All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
TRAVEL REQUESTS: Moved by Commissioner Gage, seconded by Wiese to approve the following travel request: Russell Metz & Stephanie Morgan from Assessor’s Office to attend SDAAO Conference on June 10-13, 2025, in Mitchell, SD. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
LANDFILL TONNAGE REPORT: Moved by Commissioner Dinger, seconded by Wiese to acknowledge the Landfill Tonnage Report for April 2025. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
OTHER BUSINESS: None
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Moved by Commissioner Wiese, seconded by Dinger to go into Executive Session for Legal & Personnel per SDCL 1-25-2. All members present voting aye. Motion carried. The Chairman declared the executive session closed with no action taken.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Wiese to adjourn the Brown County Commission at 9:35 a.m. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
Lynn Heupel, Brown County Auditor
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