Rapid City Legal & Finance Committee approves supplemental appropriations, departmental transfer and loan terms
October 10, 2025 | Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota
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The Rapid City Legal & Finance Committee on Oct. 15 approved consent items and moved several nonconsent measures forward, including two supplemental appropriations totaling about $11.1 million, a transfer of the city’s transit and GIS divisions to Community Development and revised loan terms for a childcare facility.
The committee approved consent items 1–11 and recommended passage of second-reading Ordinance No. 6689 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 3 for 2025) and introduced and approved first reading of Ordinance No. 6695 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 4 for 2025). It also approved revised loan terms and authorization to draw on a letter of credit for Every Child Is Special and approved Ordinance No. 6692 to transfer the city’s transit and GIS divisions from Public Works to Community Development.
Why it matters: The appropriations fund capital projects including TID 83 work (parkland improvements, a fire station and a police substation), and the departmental transfer aligns transit planning and GIS with community development functions. The loan action preserves a security mechanism that the city attorney said is needed to protect taxpayers if payments stop.
Key votes and actions
- Consent items 1–11: Approved (motion by Seacrest; second by Evans).
- Ordinance No. 6689 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 3, 2025): Second reading and recommendation to the council to approve; total cited by staff: $3,500,000; majority of funding identified as for TID 83 (homestead purchase, parklands, fire station, police substation). Motion to approve carried.
- Ordinance No. 6695 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 4, 2025): Introduced/first reading and approval to add budget authority for carried-forward purchase orders from 2024; total cited by staff: $7,600,000. Motion to approve carried.
- Every Child Is Special loan: Committee approved revised repayment terms (one $8,000 payment by the end of the month, then $1,200 monthly) and authorized drawing on the existing letter of credit if replacement is not secured. Motion carried.
- Ordinance No. 6692 (transfer of transit and GIS divisions): Second reading and recommendation to the council to amend Rapid City Municipal Code chapters 2.44 and 2.7 to move the transit and GIS divisions from Public Works to Community Development. Motion carried.
Background and next steps: Finance staff said the supplemental appropriations either fund new capital work (Ordinance 6689) or carry forward 2024 purchase orders into the 2025 budget (Ordinance 6695). Committee recommendation means these ordinances will go to the full City Council for final action. The loan action will be memorialized in a revised loan agreement prepared by the attorney’s office if the council concurs at the next meeting.
Less-critical items: The meeting also included an update on the opioid task force and several public comments on abatements, agenda postings and law enforcement conduct.
The committee approved consent items 1–11 and recommended passage of second-reading Ordinance No. 6689 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 3 for 2025) and introduced and approved first reading of Ordinance No. 6695 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 4 for 2025). It also approved revised loan terms and authorization to draw on a letter of credit for Every Child Is Special and approved Ordinance No. 6692 to transfer the city’s transit and GIS divisions from Public Works to Community Development.
Why it matters: The appropriations fund capital projects including TID 83 work (parkland improvements, a fire station and a police substation), and the departmental transfer aligns transit planning and GIS with community development functions. The loan action preserves a security mechanism that the city attorney said is needed to protect taxpayers if payments stop.
Key votes and actions
- Consent items 1–11: Approved (motion by Seacrest; second by Evans).
- Ordinance No. 6689 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 3, 2025): Second reading and recommendation to the council to approve; total cited by staff: $3,500,000; majority of funding identified as for TID 83 (homestead purchase, parklands, fire station, police substation). Motion to approve carried.
- Ordinance No. 6695 (Supplemental Appropriation No. 4, 2025): Introduced/first reading and approval to add budget authority for carried-forward purchase orders from 2024; total cited by staff: $7,600,000. Motion to approve carried.
- Every Child Is Special loan: Committee approved revised repayment terms (one $8,000 payment by the end of the month, then $1,200 monthly) and authorized drawing on the existing letter of credit if replacement is not secured. Motion carried.
- Ordinance No. 6692 (transfer of transit and GIS divisions): Second reading and recommendation to the council to amend Rapid City Municipal Code chapters 2.44 and 2.7 to move the transit and GIS divisions from Public Works to Community Development. Motion carried.
Background and next steps: Finance staff said the supplemental appropriations either fund new capital work (Ordinance 6689) or carry forward 2024 purchase orders into the 2025 budget (Ordinance 6695). Committee recommendation means these ordinances will go to the full City Council for final action. The loan action will be memorialized in a revised loan agreement prepared by the attorney’s office if the council concurs at the next meeting.
Less-critical items: The meeting also included an update on the opioid task force and several public comments on abatements, agenda postings and law enforcement conduct.
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