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Votes at a glance: Brookings County passes routine resolutions, approves depositories and board appointments; Sterling Township application fails
Summary
The commission approved a slate of routine resolutions and administrative items, confirmed legal newspapers and bank depositories, approved cellphone reimbursements and board appointments, and declined the Sterling Township rural access application.
Brookings County commissioners approved multiple routine resolutions and administrative items during the meeting and recorded the results by roll call. Key outcomes included approval of annual resolutions and administrative designations, consent-agenda approval, claims approval, and a failed rural access application from Sterling Township.
Major actions and votes recorded at the meeting:
- Consent agenda (minutes; travel and education; personnel notices; cellular authorizations; human services report): approved by roll call.
- Approval of claims: approved by roll call.
- Resolution 25-01: a resolution setting pay for election officials in 2025; approved by roll call.
- Resolution 25-02: a resolution setting vote center locations for countywide elections (a corrected hard copy was distributed before the vote); approved by roll call.
- Resolution 25-03: a resolution setting meeting pay and per diem rates for volunteer county boards for 2025; approved by roll call.
- Approval of amendments to DOT bridge improvement grant agreements (agenda items D–G, recorded as agreements 25-01 through 25-04): all approved by roll call (covered in separate article).
- Sterling Township rural access infrastructure application (item H): the commission considered removing the item from the table and then voted on approval. After staff and township discussion, the commission voted against approving the application at this time, with a recorded vote of Miller: aye; Post: nay; Hassler: no; Vanderwall: no; Jensen: no. The motion failed and staff indicated the township will reapply in 2026 with updated quotes and paperwork.
- Legal newspapers: the Brookings Register, Volga Tribune, Tri-City Star and Elkton Record were approved as official legal newspapers for 2025; motion carried.
- Official depositories: Richland State Bank; Bankstar Financial; Citizen State Bank; First Bank & Trust; The Brookings and Dakota Bank were approved as official county depositories for 2025; motion carried.
- Cell phone reimbursements for 2025: approved; motion carried.
- Board appointments for 2025: the commission reviewed and approved a long list of board appointments and departmental liaisons for the year; motion carried.
Where recorded, votes were unanimous except where noted for Sterling Township’s application. Several items were routine, annual housekeeping actions required to maintain county operations and authorizations going into the calendar year.
