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Davison County planning commission recommends approval of several plats, including POET rail expansion parcels and a JTZ Properties phase
Summary
On July 1, 2025 the Davison County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of multiple plats — including land tied to a POET rail expansion and a JTZ Properties phase that would create a wedding venue lot and apartment lot — and set the next meeting for Aug. 5, 2025.
Mitchell-area — The Davison County Planning Commission on July 1 recommended approval of multiple plats across the county, including several parcels tied to a rail expansion by ethanol producer POET and a two‑lot phase by a private developer that would create a wedding‑venue parcel and a separate apartment parcel in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Deputy Director of Planning & Zoning Karen Wegleitner presented each plat to the commission and answered procedural questions. The commission recommended that the County Commissioners approve the plats after brief discussion and recorded motions and roll‑call votes for each item.
Notable approvals included a plat by Focus Land & Cattle LLC to replat Tract 2 of Tupper’s Addition in Section 8; the applicant, Ryan Tupper, said he is platting Tract 2 to be sold together with Tract 1 so the buyer can obtain more pasture ground. The commission voted to recommend approval of that plat, with the recorded roll call showing Haines, Thiesse, Nebelsick and Blaalid voting aye and other members absent as recorded in the minutes.
Several plats tied to the Prairie Ethanol Addition were also recommended. Minutes record that POET is purchasing additional property in the area to expand a rail line; commissioners raised no objections. For one RW, LLC plat, the minutes note that the rail will merge back onto the main line about 200 feet before the 249th Street intersection.
The commission also considered a plat by JTZ Properties within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) for Lots 3 and 4 of Singapore Slab Tract 1. According to the staff explanation, Lot 3 is being platted for a proposed wedding venue and Lot 4 for proposed apartment complexes as part of the developer’s next phase. Commissioner Steve Thiesse declared a conflict of interest on that item and is recorded as abstaining on the roll‑call vote; the remainder of the commission recommended the plat to the County Commissioners.
The meeting opened at 7:00 p.m. and was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. The commission set its next meeting for Aug. 5, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
Actions taken at the meeting were procedural recommendations to the County Commissioners; final approval of the plats is subject to County Commission action.
