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Clark County commissioners approve special-session agenda, enter executive session under state statute
Summary
The Clark County Board of Commissioners met in special session Jan. 23, 2026, approved the meeting agenda and entered an executive session under SDCL 1-25-2(1) to discuss the qualifications of a prospective public officer before adjourning.
Chairman Sara Gjerde called the Clark County Board of Commissioners into special session at 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 23, 2026, in the Commissioner Room of the Clark County Courthouse. Commissioner Sass moved to approve the meeting agenda and Commissioner Francis Hass seconded; the motion carried with all voting aye.
Later in the session, Commissioner Terry Schlagel moved and Commissioner Sass seconded that the board enter an executive session at 10:03 a.m. to discuss "the qualities, competence, character of prospective public officer," citing SDCL 1-25-2(1). Chairman Gjerde declared the board out of executive session at 10:48 a.m. The special session adjourned at 10:51 a.m.; the board set its next regular meeting for Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, at 8:00 a.m.
