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Votes at a glance: Yankton County Commission meeting, April 7, 2026
Summary
The commission approved payroll, claims (two parts), minutes, a property tax abatement, personnel action and planning commission appointments; the Board of Adjustment approved a CUP for a campground pool with conditions. One claims vote included an abstention; rezoning matter held for further hearings.
At its April 7 meeting the Yankton County Commission took the following formal actions:
- Approved March 2026 payroll (voice vote). - Approved claims part one (voice vote); commissioners noted roughly $38,000 in court-appointed legal fees paid out and discussed budgeting impacts. - Approved claims part two (voice vote) with one disclosed abstention recorded by the chair. - Approved the March 17, 2026 minutes (voice vote). - Approved a property tax abatement for Tamra and Dwayne Lee for approximately $395.23 following an equalization-office correction. - Appointed Kelly Kneifel and Sherry Lost to the planning commission after a ballot (votes recorded as two for Jay Cuts, three for Kelly Kneifel and three for Sherry Lost). - Approved a personnel movement (jailer/correction officer to deputy sheriff) and associated salary change in open session. - As the Board of Adjustment, approved a conditional use permit to add a swimming pool at Whitetail Run campground, conditioned on a fence with a locking gate and DNR approval for septic/bathhouse systems.
The commission took the rezoning request by Bob Law (R1 to R2 for about 136 acres) on first reading only; public comment raised concerns about gravel-road safety, dust, sight lines at Timberland/23rd and past trailer-home enforcement. No final rezoning vote was taken; the item will return for further hearings.
Votes were generally taken by voice; where the transcript records counts, they are noted above. Commissioners disclosed conflicts and abstentions where appropriate; one commissioner recused from part two of the claims due to a disclosed conflict.
For records: the meeting cited SDCL 1-25-2 and related subsections when moving into executive session for personnel and legal matters. The meeting adjourned after a final voice vote.
