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Brandon council approves ordinances, staff hires, permits and multiple project payments
Summary
At a regularly scheduled meeting the Brandon City Council approved four ordinances on second reading, multiple personnel hires for parks and the pool, event and consumption permits, infrastructure payments and a series of administrative items by voice vote.
The Brandon City Council approved a package of ordinances, personnel hires, permits and project payments at its meeting.
Council members voted to adopt ordinances 7-28, 7-29, 7-30 and 7-31 on their second readings by voice vote. The council also approved multiple personnel hires at the golf course and pool, a summer recreation staff roster, a consumption permit for Tallgrass Park on May 10, the sale process for a 0.16-acre Aspen Park parcel, and special-event approval for a Dynamic Booster Club 5K using McCarty Park. The council approved a request by the Baseball Association to add HVAC units at Aspen Park at no cost to the city. The council approved a health insurance renewal with Wellmark showing effectively a 0% increase, approved transit budget paperwork with a local match of about $33,000, and approved three pay applications totaling $727,491.63 for the Sioux Falls Force Main Project Phase 1.
Why it matters: The actions clear routine city business and move several projects into procurement, contracting or implementation phases. Several approvals — notably the Force Main pay apps and the wastewater, IT and drainage change orders — involve significant municipal funds and contractor relationships the council oversees.
Most motions were carried by voice vote. Where individual roll-call tallies were not read into the record, the clerk announced motions carried after an “aye” voice vote. The transcript does not specify numeric vote counts.
Votes of note (as recorded in meeting minutes/transcript): • Ordinance 7-28 — second reading and approval (motion carried by voice vote; numeric tally not specified). • Ordinance 7-29 — second reading and approval (motion carried by voice vote; numeric tally not specified). • Ordinance 7-30 — second reading and approval (motion carried by voice vote; numeric tally not specified). • Ordinance 7-31 — second reading and approval (amendment to yard regulations for single-family attached dwellings to allow patios in setback areas; motion carried by voice vote; numeric tally not specified). • Staff hiring approvals — golf course and pool seasonal hires and summer recreation staff (motions carried by voice vote; tallies not specified). • Consumption permit — Tallgrass Park for May 10 graduation (approved by voice vote). • Aspen Park parcel (0.16 acres) — council declared surplus and set a minimum value of $2,817 (approved by voice vote). • Special event — Dynamic Booster Club 5K at McCarty Park (approved by voice vote). • HVAC/AC request — Baseball Association to add heat/air conditioning at Aspen Park press box and storage building at no cost to the city (approved by voice vote). • Health insurance renewal — Wellmark renewal (effectively 0% increase; approved by voice vote). • Transit budget request — submission to state with local match of about $33,000 (approved by voice vote). • Westview drainage change order — approved by voice vote. • IT firewall hardware & 5-year maintenance contract — Catalyst IT lowest 5-year cost of $42,722 recommended and approved (voice vote). • Sioux Falls Force Main Project — pay applications 8, 9 and 10 totaling $727,491.63 approved (voice vote).
The meeting proceeded without a required executive session. Several items (road cost options, wetland bank authorization, lifeguard staffing and related program details) had longer discussion elsewhere on the agenda and are reported in separate articles.
