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Mitchell Golf and Cemetery Board reviews budget reports, approves finances and votes to enter executive session
Summary
Board members approved the agenda, minutes and financial reports, heard updates that cemetery and golf revenues are up year-over-year through June, discussed capital outlay and equipment delays, and voted to enter executive session under SDCL 1-25-2(5) to discuss marketing and pricing strategies.
The Mitchell Golf and Cemetery Board approved routine agenda and minutes, reviewed financial reports showing year-to-date gains in both cemetery and golf operations, discussed several capital and equipment items, and voted to enter executive session under state law to discuss marketing and pricing strategies.
During the financial review staff reported that the cemetery is roughly $13,000 ahead of the same point last year, driven in part by increased lot sales and the sale of columbarium spaces. On the golf side, staff said revenues were “up about $15,000 over last year end of June,” with increases attributed to membership sales, tournament sponsor fees and cart rentals. A staff member explained that some practice rounds and host-course fees for tournaments also contribute to the tournament sponsor line.
Capital-outlay and equipment items were discussed. Staff reported a delayed piece of equipment — a rotary brush for a Ventrac mower — and noted an irrigation-system filter budgeted at $55,000 is expected to come in “probably in that range of 44 to 46,000.” A board member asked about the line-item for capital outlay; a staff speaker referred to a projects figure of “1,053,000” for actual projects.
Eric delivered the clubhouse report, saying junior golf clinic enrollment rose this year (41 golfers aged 11–14, up from 28 in 2025; 58 in the 7–10 group) and that recent tournaments and events boosted rounds and clubhouse revenue. Superintendent Jason said community gardens and cemetery landscaping are improving, bathroom plumbing work may be complete, and that staff will reseed or sod problem grave spaces this fall where grass has not taken.
The board moved and approved the agenda, approved the June minutes, and after discussion moved to approve the financial reports by voice vote. Later the board voted to enter executive session under SDCL 1-25-2(5) to discuss “marketing and or pricing strategies of a public owned competitive business”; members approved the motion and stated there would be no action after the session. The board set its next meeting for August 10.
