Votes at a glance: Codington County Commission meeting, Feb. 11, 2025

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.