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Yankton City commissioners reject amendment requiring Yankton Thrive to publish minutes, bids; new motion filed to approve original budget
Summary
At a meeting of the Yankton City Commission, commissioners voted down a motion to amend the city’s budget ordinance to add requirements that Yankton Thrive post meeting minutes on its website and publish bids in the newspaper. Commissioners then moved to approve the budget as originally presented; that vote was pending in the provided transcript.
Yankton City commissioners voted down a proposed amendment to the budget ordinance that would have required Yankton Thrive to post minutes on its website and publish bid notices in the newspaper, then heard a subsequent motion to approve the budget as presented.
The amendment motion — offered by Commissioner Conkling and seconded by Commissioner Hanoff — would have approved “the budget on for with these conditions: that Yankton Thrive provides minutes posted on their website for the public and that they put their bids posted in the newspaper for all to bid on,” according to Lisa (staff member) who read the motion aloud.
The amendment failed on a roll-call vote. Commissioners…
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