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Sioux Falls council approves supplemental appropriations, CIP amendment and $5 million airport loan
Summary
Council approved 2026 supplemental appropriations to buy land for Fire Station 13, accept a $1,993,408 federal transit grant (with city match for bus shelters), a $600,000 highways transfer, a $2 million CIP land-acquisition increase, and a $5 million interest-free loan offer to the Sioux Falls Airport Authority contingent on state matching; all votes passed 7–0.
The Sioux Falls City Council on Jan. 20 approved multiple spending and capital-plan actions aimed at advancing public safety facilities, transit access and an airport expansion.
City finance staff presented a supplemental-appropriations ordinance for 2026 that included three primary components: a transfer from the centralized facilities fund to the sales tax fund to help purchase land for a planned Fire Station 13 and a southeast fire/police substation; acceptance and supplementation of a federal transit grant for $1,993,408 to fund accessible bus shelters and pads across the city (staff said an earlier $300,000…
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