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County auditor briefs commission on $6M funding shortfall and voter database updates from redistricting
Summary
Auditor Ben Kyte told the commission the Highway Shop and Extension Building projects need about $6 million more to complete and recommended a bond issuance; he also said up to 60,000 registered voters may be affected as staff update district assignments in the voter database.
County Auditor Ben Kyte briefed the Minnehaha County Commission on two operational items: financing needs for capital projects and the work required to update the county voter registration database under new legislative districts.
Kyte said a cash-flow forecast for the Highway Shop and Extension Building projects shows an approximate $6,000,000 shortfall to finish both projects and recommended the county issue bonds of that amount on or before Feb. 28, 2022. He said staff have identified one outstanding bond as a candidate for refinancing that could save more than $100,000 in interest over its remaining term. Commissioners were scheduled to consider formal action on the bond issuance at their Jan. 4, 2022 meeting.
On redistricting, Kyte explained that the South Dakota Legislature adopted new legislative district boundaries on Nov. 10, 2021, and the Auditor’s Office must update voter splits in the county voter-registration database so voters are assigned to the correct new legislative district. Kyte told the commission the office estimates as many as 60,000 registered voters could be affected and plans to work with county GIS staff to complete the updates by Feb. 28, 2022.
Kyte presented these as administrative recommendations; the commission did not take immediate action on bond issuance at the Dec. 28 meeting but scheduled further consideration for Jan. 4.
