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Votes at a glance: Codington County Commission meeting, Feb. 11, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and outcomes recorded during the Feb. 11 Codington County Commission meeting, including approvals of the agenda, minutes, Time Clock Plus contract, auditor’s account, a budget hearing amount for the jail building account, an agreement with Collier Securities for investment management, and routine procedural items.
The Codington County Board of Commissioners took the following formal actions during its Feb. 11 meeting. Where available, mover and seconder are shown; several actions were carried by voice vote without a roll‑call tally.
1) Approve Feb. 11 agenda - Motion: Approve the Feb. 11 agenda - Mover: Commissioner McElhaney; Second: Commissioner Gable - Outcome: Approved (voice vote)
2) Approve Feb. 4 minutes - Motion: Approve minutes of Feb. 4 - Mover: Commissioner Johnson; Second: Commissioner Schwier - Outcome: Approved (voice vote)
3) Approve Time Clock Plus timekeeping system (agenda item 6) - Motion: Approve contract and license agreement to implement TCP per packet - Mover: Commissioner Gable; Second: Commissioner McElhaney - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). See separate article for implementation details and costs.
4) Approve auditor’s account with treasurer and register of deeds fees for January - Motion: Approve auditor’s account and register of deeds fees - Mover: Commissioner McElhaney; Second: Commissioner Gable - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Register of deeds fees for January reported as $28,656.45.
5) Set amount for formal budget hearing to supplement the Codington County jail building account - Motion: Set the amount for the public hearing at $7,588,370 - Mover: Commissioner Gable; Second: Commissioner Schwier - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Public hearing tentatively scheduled for Feb. 25 at 9 a.m.; legal notice timing discussed with the county newspaper.
6) Approve resolution 2025‑05 authorizing agreement with Collier Securities LLC for investment managed services (short‑term fixed‑income strategy) - Motion: Approve resolution to execute agreement with Collier Securities LLC - Mover: Commissioner Gable; Second: Commissioner McElhaney - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Staff discussed opening an investment account to manage short‑term funds from the building account; county noted restrictions on permissible government investments.
7) Declare four items in the register of deeds office surplus for destruction - Motion: Declare specified office equipment surplus - Mover: Commissioner Gable; Second: Commissioner Schwier - Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
8) Notice: Codington County 4‑H shooting sports raffle (procedural notice) - Motion/Notice: Notification of intent to hold raffle; ticket sales 03/04/2025–05/20/2025; 1,000 tickets at $20 each - Outcome: Recorded in the packet as required for raffle notice (procedural; no formal contest recorded).
9) Presidents’ Day closure - Motion: Observe Presidents’ Day county offices closed Monday, Feb. 17 - Outcome: Noted/approved (procedural).
10) Approve claims and payment list for January - Motion: Approve monthly claims list - Mover: Commissioner McElhaney; Second: Commissioner Gable - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). The packet noted state pass‑through amounts and county claims totals for the month.
11) Approve travel requests, personnel changes and other routine business - Motion: Approve travel, personnel and other routine items as presented - Outcome: Approved (voice votes)
12) Executive session for personnel - Motion: Move into executive session for personnel - Mover: Commissioner Johnson; Second: Commissioner Schwier - Outcome: Approved (voice vote); commissioners entered executive session and no follow‑up action was announced at public reconvening.
Ending: Several items were carried by voice vote with no roll‑call tallies given during the meeting; staff will follow up on contract execution, implementation and budget accounting as noted in agenda packets and other agenda items.
