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Committee approves Healing Way TIF, electric cooperative agreement, sports field house RFP and opioid-settlement authorization
Summary
On voice votes the committee approved creation and project plan for the Healing Way TIF district, an electric cooperative revenue agreement, authorization of an RFP for the sports field house manager-at-risk, a surplus land appraisal step for Passages, an ordinance on second reading, and authorization for opioid-settlement documentation.
The Legal and Finance Committee voted on a package of routine and substantive items on April 15, approving tax-increment financing measures, an electric cooperative agreement, an RFP authorization, surplus-property appraisal steps and opioid-settlement documentation.
Key approved items: - Resolution 2026-028: Create Healing Way Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District (motion by Lehman, second by Lindsey Secrest). Vote: carried on voice vote. - Resolution 2026-029: Approve Healing Way TIF project plan (motion by Steven Temang, second by Lindsey Secrest). Vote: carried on voice vote. - Item 13: Revenue agreement with West River Electric Association and Black Hills Electric Cooperative (continued from April 1); motion to approve by Lehman, second by Evans; carried. - Item 14: Authorize issuance of RFP for sports field house construction manager at risk (motion by Temang, second by Lehman); carried. - Item 15: Declare Lots 13–18 surplus and appoint freeholders (Passages expansion); motion by Seacrest, second by Evans; carried. - Item 16: Second reading and recommendation of Ordinance No. 6713 (transcript text unclear on subject); motion to approve carried with some opposition noted. - Item 17 (added at meeting): Authorize mayor and finance director to sign opioid-settlement documentation and allocate funds to the opioid settlement committee (motion by Temang, second by Lehman); carried.
Most motions passed on unanimous or voice votes; the transcript records motions as carried but does not provide full roll-call tallies for each item. Committee members who spoke in favor included Lehman, Seacrest, Temang and Evans; councilors asked procedural and policy questions on selected items but did not delay votes.
Why it matters: these approvals advance several economic-development and infrastructure actions and allow staff to proceed with contracts, appraisals and settlement-document execution.
What’s next: items with required paperwork (TIF documents, agreements, RFPs, settlement documentation) will be processed by appropriate city offices for implementation or further council action.
