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Clay County sets fees, meeting schedule and approves inmate‑boarding contracts
Summary
The board set multiple administrative rates — including indigent funeral fees, per diem meeting attendance, treasurer fees, zoning and sheriff/jail fees — approved a new every-other-week meeting schedule (with election-week exceptions), and authorized reciprocal inmate-boarding contracts with a neighboring county.
Clay County commissioners approved several administrative fee schedules, revised the 2026 meeting cadence and authorized intercounty inmate‑boarding contracts at their Jan. 3 meeting.
The board set the county’s indigent funeral fee at $1,900 (agenda referenced SDCL citation for county funeral fees), a figure the welfare director said remains common among counties. The board also adopted state per diem travel rates and raised the meeting-attendance per diem from $25 to $35 to better reflect…
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