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Codington County authorizes DOT access permit applications for planned jail site; commissioners discuss bond funding and timeline
Summary
The commissioners authorized the chair to sign two South Dakota Department of Transportation highway access permit applications for approaches to the planned jail site on Highway 212 and discussed next steps for a formal budget hearing to move building-fund money related to the jail bond (estimates provided during the meeting).
The Codington County Commissioners authorized the chair Tuesday to sign two South Dakota Department of Transportation applications requesting highway access points for the county’s planned jail site along Highway 212.
Commissioner Gable moved the authorization, which the board seconded and approved by voice vote. County staff displayed the application and said one approach is already developed and shared with adjacent property owners, including a crossing used by Discount Seeds. The application seeks county permission to request a second approach to the parcel; the county noted final approval depends on DOT review and any required easements with adjacent landowners.
Separately, commissioners discussed the jail bond financing and the process to move building-fund money into a revenue and expenditure budget for upfront costs. County staff described the overall project total as $37,240,000 and cited a bond amount of $29,000,650; using those figures, staff calculated about $7,590,000 that would come from the building fund for project costs. The board noted the county need not transfer the entire amount at once and could schedule additional formal budget hearings if needed.
Staff said a formal budget hearing would require two weeks’ public notice and tentatively suggested the first Tuesday in March as an earliest feasible hearing date. Commissioners also said schematic design for the jail — the basic building layout — is complete and available internally; they discussed making site diagrams (approach locations and schematic layout) available to the public while balancing security concerns about internal jail details.
Motions authorizing the DOT permit applications and a direction to pursue budget-hearing steps advanced in the meeting; both items were recorded as approved by voice vote with no roll-call tallies in the minutes.
