Flandreau council approves retail alcohol license, fundraiser permit, staff payroll placement and internal loan for fire truck; Mediacom franchise gets first‑he

The Flandreau City Council voted on a series of routine and substantive items during the meeting, approving two alcohol permits, a personnel pay placement for the summer recreation director and an internal loan from city enterprise funds to finance a used fire truck. Council members also held the first reading of an ordinance to extend the Mediacom franchise and moved into an executive session for legal purposes at the end of the meeting.

Votes at a glance - Family Dollar retail on‑ and off‑sale wine and cider license: Motion to approve carried by voice vote after a brief public hearing; no members recorded opposed. - Special alcoholic beverage license for a baseball association fundraiser at the community center: Motion to approve carried by voice vote following explanation that proceeds benefit a local resident with thyroid cancer. - Placement of Emma Peters on the summer recreation director wage scale (step 3 — $4,335.86): Motion to approve carried; funding comes from the summer recreation budget. - Internal enterprise loan to finance a…