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Council votes at a glance: March 3, 2025 — ordinances, purchases, appointments and bills
Summary
A summary of noncontroversial and consent votes from the March 3 Rapid City City Council meeting, including approvals of vehicle purchases, zoning ordinances, subdivision plans, committee appointments, and the bills list; includes the 6–4 vote to fund sustainability shirts.
Here are the recorded council actions from Monday's meeting that did not receive extended debate or were acted on by motion during the session.
• Item 12 — Purchase of 2025 one‑ton 4x4 long‑box truck from Land Motors for $50,615 (Parks and Recreation): approved (motion passed).
• Item 14 — Purchase of 2025 Ram 1500 crew cab 4x4 trucks from Liberty Chrysler Center (pricing reported in agenda): approved (motion passed). Agenda pricing contained a transcription error; the purchase amount was discussed in the record as $709,000 each and later clarified to the correct per‑unit amounts by staff.
• Item 16 — Request from the Sustainability Committee for $1,250 to purchase branded shirts (funds from council contingency to mayor's office under sustainability): approved, vote recorded as 6 in favor and 4 opposed.
• Ordinances (second readings) — Ordinance No. 6653 (clerical corrections to sections 8.24.0.3 and 8.24.0.61), Ordinance No. 6654 (amendment to section 3.26 regarding tax increment financing district review), Ordinance No. 6650 (rezone to Office Commercial district southeast of N. Haines Ave. and Country Road), and Ordinance No. 6651 (rezone to General Commercial for property southeast of N. Haines Ave. and Country Road): all approved on second reading.
• Item 36 — Professional services agreement with RDG for parks master plan, amount not to exceed $300,000: approved (debated; see separate article).
• Items 37–41 — Planning and subdivision items, including the preliminary subdivision plans for Murphy Ranch Estates, Reeb Family Trust, and View Ridge subdivision approvals: approved as recommended, except item 37 (Radiant apartment amendment) which was denied (see separate article).
• Item 38 — Confirmed appointments to the Vision Fund Citizen Committee: approved; Councilor Evans recorded a vote of opposition on some appointments in the meeting record.
• Bill list — The council approved payment of the bills totaling $12,570,069.45.
These items were recorded in the meeting minutes and passed by motions and voice votes or roll calls where indicated. For items that received recorded roll calls or specific no votes (for example, the sustainability shirts item and the parks master plan contract), that information is included in separate articles covering those agenda items in more detail.
