City staff asked the Mitchell City Council to approve a letter requesting an amendment to a previously authorized consolidated water facilities construction program grant from the South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Mr. Schrader told the council the grant, previously approved on June 6, 2022, needs a percentage change from 5.1% to 10% of eligible costs in order to allow the city to use the full maximum award of $1,519,868 before the grant’s expiration. The transcript shows an expiration date of 04/13/1926, which staff presented as written; that date appears to be a transcription or typographical error and the council did not modify the date at the meeting.

Council approved staff’s recommendation and authorized the mayor to sign the amendment request letter so the city can spend the grant funds if the change is accepted by the state agency.

The motion carried on voice vote; no recorded roll‑call tally was provided in the meeting text.