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Votes at a glance: Hot Springs council approves ordinances on cannabis, accepts library survey, and clears routine claims and licenses
Summary
The Hot Springs City Council approved several procedural and substantive items including first readings of cannabis-related ordinances (12-63 and 12-64), acceptance of the 2024 South Dakota Public Library annual survey, approval of claims and renewal of multiple malt beverage licenses and other routine actions.
At its meeting the Hot Springs City Council took the following formal actions (summary):
- Approved the meeting agenda (voice vote). - Approved minutes from the April 7 council meeting (voice vote). - Approved "bills in between" totaling $140,724.38 (voice vote). - Approved current claims of $93,635.44 (voice vote). - Approved the first reading of Ordinance 12-63 (Title 15, Land Usage, Chapter 155, Zoning Ordinance, 155.058 Cannabis Dispensaries) with an amendment striking the sentence in item E referring to manufacturing and cultivation hours; roll call recorded unanimous approval among members present. - Approved the first reading of Ordinance 12-64 (Title 11, Business Regulations, Chapter 116 cannabis establishments, sections 116.04–116.08 and 116.14) on first reading; roll call recorded unanimous approval among members present. - Approved and accepted the 2024 annual survey of the South Dakota Public Library as presented by the library director and library board (voice vote). - Approved tax abatements submitted by Fall River County Director of Equalization for specified parcels and amounts as read on the record (motion passed by voice vote). - Renewed multiple 2025–2026 malt beverage licenses for local businesses as listed in the meeting packet (voice vote). - Set a public hearing for May 5, 2025, at 7:15 p.m. for special sale alcoholic beverage license applications related to the Chamber Wine Walk events on May 23, 2025 (voice vote). - Corrected an earlier appointment record to reappoint Brian Crawford to the Historic Preservation Commission for a three-year term (voice vote). - Accepted the resignation of John Gregory from the library board effective April 15, 2025 (voice vote), and appointed Phineas Vincunson to complete the term through June 2025 (voice vote). - Approved an automatic budget supplement of $9,600 to the additional sales tax fund (80% reimbursement for a historic resource assessment) (voice vote). - Approved multiple travel/training requests for city staff and officials as listed in the packet (voice votes), including attendance at regional conferences and training schools.
Where roll-call votes were recorded, each listed council member present voted yes. For routine items decided by voice vote, the meeting record indicates the motions carried by majority voice; specific named tallies were not provided in the transcript for those items.
