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Board approves annexation petition to city for planned school land purchase and schedules executive session
Summary
Trustees voted to send an annexation petition to the city to pursue a planned school land purchase, discussed that annexation does not automatically change farmland use, set a special April 20 meeting for negotiations, and moved May’s regular meeting to May 13.
The board approved a motion to send an annexation petition to a city for a proposed school land purchase; the transcript records a motion, a second and a voice vote that carried. A board member asked whether land annexed for school purposes could remain farmland if sold or unused; a trustee responded that annexation places the parcel inside city limits but does not automatically change its use unless rezoning or sale occurs.
Trustees also authorized an executive session for personnel and negotiations under cited SDCL provisions and set a special meeting for April 20 at 6:00 p.m. limited to negotiations. The board moved the next regular meeting from May 11 to May 13 at 6:00 p.m. The record shows the motion to approve the annexation petition carried and that scheduling motions passed by voice vote; specific vote tallies and the name of the receiving city were discussed in the meeting text and should be checked against the formal agenda packet for exact wording.
