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Council approves temporary alcohol permit for Fire Department; staff note Flandreau Fridays and Boys & Girls Club raffle
Summary
The council approved a temporary alcoholic beverage license for the Flandreau Fire Department’s June 7 event, confirmed a previously approved subsidy and heard details of the Boys & Girls Club annual raffle and the Flandreau Fridays downtown event.
Flandreau — The City Council granted a temporary alcoholic beverage license to the Flandreau Fire Department for an event at 200 South Wind Street on June 7 and discussed downtown event logistics for the season’s Flandreau Fridays gatherings.
The license was presented during the council’s public hearing segment. The permit will cover a beanbag tournament and related activities at the fire station; the council opened the hearing, received no public comment and approved the temporary license by motion.
Nancy Harris, representing the downtown event organizers (Plan Your Fridays), thanked the council for approving a subsidy and outlined the June 20 Flandreau Fridays program: local performers, a mariachi band from Omaha, a children’s area, food vendors and a 5 p.m. start time with a rain date of June 27. Harris confirmed road closures will mirror past years and said organizers will coordinate with the police chief and downtown businesses on access and staging.
Erin Hill, chief development officer for the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains, told the council the organization will run its annual raffle again. Last year the raffle sold 523 tickets and raised just over $21,000 for local operations. Hill said the club currently serves 172 registered members in Moody County with an average daily attendance of about 80; raffle tickets are $30 each and the grand prize is a 10-by-12 shed or $3,000 cash. The raffle drawing is scheduled for June 20 during Flandreau Fridays; winners need not be present.
Councilors asked organizers to notify downtown businesses in advance of road closures and to coordinate staging so drive-through and access are preserved where possible. The council approved the temporary alcohol license and recorded routine consent motions for event subsidies and vendor arrangements.
