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Votes at a glance: major council actions from the Sept. 10 Sioux Falls meeting
Summary
At the Sept. 10 meeting council approved consent and regular-agenda items, passed the RiverLine resolution (8-0), advanced the RiverLine purchase ordinance to second reading (8-0), adopted the 2025 budget as amended (8-0), approved the appropriation ordinance (7-1), continued the elderly/disabled property-tax refund program (8-0), and passed an internal-audit ordinance and a series of annexations and an easement release, mostly by unanimous votes.
Key roll-call outcomes from the Sept. 10 Sioux Falls City Council meeting:
- Consent agenda: Approved (8-0). - Regular agenda amendment (reordering items): Approved (8-0). - Item 21 — Resolution establishing RiverLine Steering Committee: Approved (8-0). - Item 13 — First reading, ordinance for supplemental appropriation for RiverLine property: Set second reading for Sept. 17 (8-0). - Item 14 — 2025 budget and 2025–2029 capital program (as amended): Approved (8-0). - Item 11 — Appropriation ordinance authorizing property tax revenue under SDCL 10-13-35: Approved (7-1), Councilor Barranco opposed. - Item 15 — Continuation of municipal property-tax refund for eligible elderly and disabled persons: Approved (8-0). - Item 12 — Second reading amending internal audit chapter: Approved (8-0). - Items 16–19 — Annexations and corrections (various legal-description updates): Approved (each 8-0). - Item 20 — Release of right-of-way easement for development (Lemmy Companies): Approved (8-0).
Several other routine or procedural matters were handled during the meeting. Public input included repeated objections to tax increases, calls for a public vote on the RiverLine purchase and complaints about downtown safety and police enforcement.
