Flandreau — City staff provided several administrative updates, including a housing-study rollout, a dam-revitalization meeting, a pending ambulance task force decision by the county commission, and progress toward FAA discussions on airport land acquisition.

Mayor Dan and Lori Cole, staff member, reported the Housing Corporation will meet Thursday at 11 a.m. at the city office; Cole said she will present finalized housing-study data to that group and later to the council. Cole reported the study received about 40 survey responses.

Cole said the Dam Revitalization Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the city office to discuss cleanup progress; she reported public-works staff have cut marked trees, crushed concrete and carried out bank stabilization work. On emergency services, Cole said the city is waiting to see whether the county commission will join an ambulance task force and that several city representatives will attend the county discussion to answer questions about the task-force format.

On the airport runway project, Cole said staff had not yet heard back from the FAA or Helms but hoped to schedule a meeting in the near term to update FAA officials on the city’s progress toward land acquisition and to seek guidance on next steps.

Nut graf: Staff gave several operational updates that will determine near-term scheduling and coordination with county and federal partners; most items were informational and staff will return with more detailed plans after upcoming meetings.

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Housing: Cole said she expects to present housing-study findings to the council at a future meeting after the Housing Corporation reviews the data.

Dam cleanup: Cole reported visible progress from public-works crews on tree removal and concrete crushing and said the committee will plan next steps for revitalization work to be brought back to the council.

Ambulance task force: The city has delayed local scheduling pending the county commission’s decision; staff who support the task force plan to attend the county meeting to answer procedural questions.

Airport: Cole said staff are attempting to set a meeting with the FAA and Helms to discuss land-acquisition progress and next steps. No formal agreements or decisions were reported at the meeting.

Ending

Staff will report back after the Housing Corporation meeting, the county commission decision on the ambulance task force and any FAA meetings. The items were presented for information and no council action was taken at the meeting.