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Regional planning group warns federal cuts could shrink funds for local water and community projects
Summary
The Black Hills Council of Local Governments presented its 2024 performance report to the Pennington County Board of Commissioners, showing millions in outside funding secured but warning that proposed federal cuts to programs such as the Clean Water SRF and CDBG could reduce tools counties use for water, sewer and community facility projects.
Jennifer Seitzma, executive director of the Black Hills Council of Local Governments, presented the council’s draft 2024 performance report to the Pennington County Board of Commissioners on May 19, 2025, outlining grant and loan work the council completed across its 21-member region.
“Successful proposals as a total for our whole region resulted in $46,500,000 of outside funding,” Seitzma said, summarizing the council’s work for January–December 2024. She told commissioners the council helped prepare 60 applications in 2024 and administers 86 active contracts for grantees in the region.
The council reported it helped secure about $18 million for Pennington County projects in 2024 and nearly $312 million for Pennington County over a 24-year span. Seitzma said the office is “quasi-governmental” and that roughly 86% of its budget is spent on…
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