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Resident urges poll on city’s handling of donated taxidermy collection
Summary
Bob Colby, a resident speaking during general public input, said a donated collection of taxidermy animals associated with an individual he named was declined by the city and suggested the council and mayor poll residents about that decision; his remarks were presented as his opinion and the council did not act.
Bob Colby used the general public input portion of Tuesday’s Sioux Falls City Council meeting to urge the council to revisit what he described as the city’s decision to decline a donated taxidermy collection and to poll residents about whether the city made the right choice.
Colby described a sequence in which, he said, the donor (whom he named) collected animals, had specimens prepared at a taxidermy shop he identified as Jonas in Denver, and later displayed the collection to the public. Colby said the collection was offered to the city and that the city declined; he argued the collection should belong to the citizens of Sioux Falls and suggested the council and mayor poll residents anonymously on whether removing the collection was the right action.
Colby spoke in the meeting as a private citizen and framed his remarks as opinion; he did not present documentation during the meeting and the council did not take action in response to the comments.
