Votes at a glance: Codington County commissioners approve routine agenda items, grants applications and equipment actions on Jan. 21, 2025

Here are the formal actions the Codington County Board of County Commissioners recorded at its Jan. 21, 2025 meeting. Where the meeting record showed a mover and seconder, those names are included; most routine votes were taken by voice and recorded as "aye" or "motion carries."

Votes and formal actions (selection):

- Approve Jan. 21, 2025 agenda — Motion carried. (Moved by Commissioner McElhaney; second by Commissioner Gable.)

- Approve Jan. 14, 2025 minutes — Motion carried. (Moved by Commissioner Johnson; second by Commissioner Schwere.)

- Authorization to apply for Homeland Security grant (permission for county to apply) — Approved by voice vote. (Motion by Commissioner McElhaney; second by Commissioner Johnson.)

- Declare miscellaneous emergency management equipment, office equipment and radios obsolete and authorize destruction — Approved by voice vote. (Motion by Commissioner Gable; second by Commissioner McElhaney.)

- Declare 2004 trailer at the emergency management office surplus to be traded (to acquire a larger trailer) — Approved by voice vote. (Motion by Commissioner McElhaney; second by Commissioner Schwere.)

- Authorize chair to sign a memorandum of understanding with the City of Watertown for crack and chip sealing of the courthouse and South Extension Complex parking lots — Approved by voice vote. (Motion by Commissioner Johnson; second by Commissioner McElhaney.)

- Approve purchase of a 7‑gallon carpet extractor for the Extension Center (budgeted item; recommended by staff) — Approved by voice vote. (Motion by Commissioner Johnson; second by Commissioner McElhaney.)

- Authorize chair to sign authorization for Austin Engineering to act on behalf of Codington County regarding the conditional‑use permit for the proposed jail site — Approved by voice vote. (Motion by Commissioner Gable; second by Commissioner Schwere.)

- Approve operating cash transfers as budgeted (multiple fund transfers including Road & Bridge: $2,962,138; Emergency Management: $75,218; Victim Crime fund: $110,100; WIC: $10,400; Fund 247: $12,157; total $3,170,013) — Approved. (Motion by Commissioner McElhaney; second by Commissioner Schwere.)

- Approve claims totaling $4,381.48 (selected items included EMC Insurance; Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health; Minnehaha County Juvenile Center; Verizon Wireless) — Approved. (Motion by Commissioner McElhaney; second by Commissioner Schwere.)

- Motion to go into executive session for personnel and contract negotiations (no action taken after executive session) — Approved by voice vote. (Motion by Commissioner Johnson; second by Commissioner Schwere.)

Items deferred or no action taken: Kranzburg Township RAFE reimbursement/authorization — commissioners asked the county auditor to consult the state’s attorney and scheduled the item for next week.

Ending: Most items approved by voice vote; commissioners asked staff to follow up where additional legal or financial review is required.