Votes at a glance: Canton Commission approves leases, contracts, appointments and carnival guarantee

The Canton City Commission approved a slate of motions across routine municipal business items during its meeting.

Key outcomes, by item: - Beaver Creek trunk sewer Change Order No. 3: denied (see separate coverage). Final construction acceptance tabled. - Airport lease: the commission approved terminating the existing lease and offering a one‑year lease at the current rate to the new tenant (motion passed by roll call). - Westside Ball Diamond park improvement: final approval granted after planning and zoning clearance. - Highway 18 culvert replacement: staff recommended and the commission approved the low bid for a FEMA‑funded culvert replacement project; staff said the contractor expects completion by February and that a FEMA extension to July is available. - Garbage hauler licenses: renewals approved for Herms Sanitation, Novak Sanitary and A‑Okay Sanitary. - 2026 appointments: the commission confirmed appointments including Sam Nelson as city attorney, Justin Heim (ISG Engineers) as city engineer, and Tiffany Vandekeek and Andrew Petrus as planning officials. - Official depositories: Farmer State Bank, First Bank & Trust, the South Dakota Public Funds Investment Trust, U.S. Bank, SRF Loans and Security Savings Bank were named as official depositories. - Official newspaper: Sioux Valley News designated for 2026. - City attorney contract: a proposed contract was approved; the transcript records a proposed rate that appears garbled and one commissioner registered an abstention during roll call. - Animal control services: the Sioux Falls Humane Society contract for 2026 was approved with rate increases (daytime services increased from $65 to $75 per hour; other shifts listed as rising from $90 to $120 per hour in the transcript) and commissioners agreed to revisit municipal fee schedules if needed. - Volunteer fire department roster: approved for 2026 for workers' compensation coverage. - Carnival guarantee: the commission accepted a Chamber of Commerce request to secure a carnival date with a $10,000 deposit toward a $40,000 minimum guarantee and asked staff to check event/weather insurance; motion passed.

The meeting concluded with staff announcing a series of community engagement sessions for a proposed community center (first session to solicit high‑level ideas, later sessions to present floor plans and estimates) and then a motion to move into an executive session under South Dakota Codified Law 1‑25‑2.