By Aberdeen Insider - July 17, 2025 in BROWN COUNTY COMMISSION
JULY 8, 2025 – GENERAL MEETING
Meeting called to order by Chairman Sutton at 8:45 A.M. in the Commission Chambers, Courthouse Annex, Brown County, SD. Present were Commissioners Dennert, Dinger, Gage, Sutton and Wiese. Auditor Heupel 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
PUBLIC HEARING – TEMPORARY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMIT FOR SPECIAL EVENT: Moved by Commissioner Dinger, seconded by Gage to approve the following Temporary Alcoholic Beverage Permit in conjunction with a Special Event for Malt Beverage License to Boys & Girls Club of Aberdeen, SD – Brown County Fair Grandstand – SW ¼ of Sec 1-T123N-R64W Brown County, SD; effective August 11-17, 2025. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
BID OPENING – PADDED CELL FOR JAIL: Time and place, as advertised to open, read and consider sealed bids for Padded Cell at the Brown County Jail. No bids were received. Moved by Commission Wiese, seconded by Dinger to authorize Sheriff Lunzman to get quotes. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
MINUTES: Moved by Commissioner Gage, seconded by Wiese to approve the General Meeting Minutes of July 1, 2025. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
CLAIMS: Moved by Commissioner Dinger, seconded by Gage to approve the following Claims: Professional Fees: Aberdeen Advanced Care Ambulance $494.17; Aberdeen ED $66.74; Aberdeen Imaging $51.72; Acute Care Aberdeen $107.10; Carrels & Bain Family Dental Care, LLC $515.96; CenturyLink-Lumen $257.40; Christy Griffin-Serr Law Office $540.00; Cogley Law Office, Prof LLC $1,200.00; Dohrer Law Office, PC $2,136.00; Jerald M. McNeary $1,932.00; John Noyes – Bantz, Gosch & Cremer $8,004.00; Kuck Law Office $1,500.00; Marco Technologies, LLC $555.00; Modern Day Health Care PLLC $861.65; Northern Plains OMS $378.81; Northwest Iowa Hospital Corporation $113.54; Pathology Medical Services $16.23; Sanford Clinic Aberdeen $169.21; Sanford Health Occupational Medicine $776.00; Taliaferro Law Firm, PC $1,356.00; TJ Counseling $2,500.00; Yankton County Sheriff’s Office $50.00. Publishing: Groton Daily Independent $450.40; McQuillen Creative Group, Inc $213.70. Repairs & Maintenance: Axon Enterprise, Inc $2,333.96; Building Restoration Corp $123,529.85; Crawford Trucks & Equipment $120.00; Dakota Fluid Power, Inc $9.63; Dakota Pump & Control $1,290.82; Diamond Mowers LLC $181.78; Graham Tire Inc $1,198.00; HF Jacobs & Son Const. Inc $5,947.23; House of Glass $376.79; Lang’s Audio, TV & Appliance $80.00; Lawson Products, Inc $11.99; Leidholt Electric, LLC $747.31; Olson’s Pest Technicians $260.00; Pierson Ford Lincoln, Inc $63.68; Pomp’s Tire Service, Inc $308.00; PDO Equipment Co $480.00; Richard Marberg $395.00; Sewer Duck, Inc $1,150.00; Transource Truck & Equipment, Inc $25,604.17. Supplies: Active Data Systems $195.02; Agtegra Cooperative $18,542.15; Amazon Capital Services, Inc. $826.61; Auto Value Aberdeen $22.04; Central Network Retail Group LLC $528.27; Century Business Products $285.15; Christina M. Flack $800.00; Cole Paper Inc $886.88; Crawford Trucks & Equipment $249.14; Dakota Fluid Power, Inc $21.64; Diamond Mowers LLC $1,279.68; Fastenal Company $12.59; Geffdog Designs $2,029.28; Interstate Battery System of South Dakota $508.85; Jensen Rock & Sand Inc $13,052.70; John Noyes – Bantz, Gosch & Cremer $219.59; Kuck Law Office $46.31; Lawson Products, Inc $97.45; Menards $83.96; Midstates Group $740.05; Nelson Sales & Service, LLC $55.42; Pantorium Cleaners Inc $32.00; Performance Oil $26.12; Pierson Ford Lincoln, Inc $36.00; Pomp’s Tire Service, Inc $455.29; RDO Equipment Co $1,540.83; Runnings $1,782.87; Schwan Welding $1,845.31; Sound Decisions $186.79; Sprocket Ventures, LLC $145.22; Transource Truck & Equipment, Inc $1,270.78. Travel & Conference: Drew Dennert $396.20; Duane Sutton $394.10; Michael W. Varilek $149.99; Neil Bittner $14.00; SDSU Extension $40.92; Steve Westby $14.00. Utilities: AT&T Mobility $43.23; CenturyLink $421.10; Northwestern Energy $12,172.70; T-Mobile USA Inc $2,184.00; Town of Frederick $77.00; WEB Water Development Association, Inc $118.05. Machinery & Equipment: Pierson Ford Lincoln, Inc $68,671.00. Other: Auto Value Aberdeen $53.99. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
HR REPORT: Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Wiese to approve the following Human Resource Report submitted by Human Resources Director, Allison Tunheim:
- Resignation of Boyd Willems as Brown County Fairgrounds seasonal worker; PT as needed; July 2, 2025. Request to fill.
- Hiring of Walter Wagemann Jr. as Brown County Landfill Grounds Worker, PT; starting wage $18.91/hr. – effective July 11, 2025.
- Hiring of Caden Galbraith as Brown County Jail Detention Officer, FT; starting wage $21.93/hr. – effective July 7, 2025.
All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
TRAVEL REQUESTS: Moved by Commissioner Gage, seconded by Wiese to approve the following travel requests: Gene Loeschke, Russell Metz and Sarah Swenson from DOE to attend SDAAO District Meeting in Milbank on July 9, 2025; Russell Metz from DOE to attend SDAAO Executive Board & Education Committee Meetings in Pierre on July 23, 2025; Lynn Heupel, Welfare Director to attend Regional Welfare Workshop in Pierre on July 15-16, 2025; Lynn Heupel, Auditor to attend Lake Region Meeting in Britton on July 17, 2025; Lynn Heupel, Auditor/Welfare Director to attend Fall Convention in Pierre on Sept. 7-10, 2025. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
LANDFILL TONNAGE REPORT: Moved by Commissioner Dinger, seconded by Wiese to acknowledge the Landfill Tonnage Report for June 2025. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
OTHER BUSINESS: None
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Move by Wiese, seconded by Dennert to go into Executive Session for Personnel and Legal per SDCL 1-25-2. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
The Chair declared the Executive Session closed with No Action taken.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Commissioner Wiese, seconded by Dinger to adjourn the Brown County Commission at 9:11 a.m. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
Lynn Heupel, Brown County Auditor
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