Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Governance topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Council elects James Erck president, confirms municipal appointments including finance officer and police chief

City of Tea Council · May 4, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

James Erck was elected City Council President and Terry Woessner Vice President; the council approved appointments including Dawn Murphy as Finance Officer, Jessica Quigley as Police Chief, and HDR Engineering as City Engineer.

At the May 4 meeting the City of Tea Council selected its leadership and approved a slate of municipal appointments.

Councilmember James Erck was elected City Council President by unanimous ballot after a nomination from Councilmember Terry Woessner (MOTION 26-58). Terry Woessner was elected Vice President by unanimous ballot after a nomination from Erck (MOTION 26-59). Both motions were recorded as passing with all members voting AYE.

The council also approved MOTION 26-60 appointing Dawn Murphy as Finance Officer; Jessica Quigley as Police Chief; Thad Konrad as Utility Superintendent; Meierhenry Sargent, LLP as City Attorney; HDR Engineering as City Engineer; Tea Weekly as the official paper; and named American Bank and Trust, Reliabank and SD Public Funds Investment Trust as official depositories. All appointments passed unanimously.