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Black Hills Mining Museum requests $8,500; commissioners schedule contingency transfer for July 14
Summary
Museum CEO Gordon Phillips requested $8,500 from the Mine Severance Tax Fund; the board placed a contingency transfer of $8,500 to the Commissioners' Professional Services budget on the July 14 agenda for further consideration.
Gordon Phillips, CEO of the Black Hills Mining Museum, accompanied by Garrett Jankord of Interstate Engineering, requested $8,500 from the Mine Severance Tax Fund (citing SDCL 10-39-54.3) to support the museum.
The board discussed the request and agreed to place a contingency transfer for $8,500 to the Commissioners' Professional Services budget on the July 14, 2026 agenda at 8:00 a.m. for formal action. The minutes record the board’s decision to evaluate the transfer at the later meeting rather than act immediately.
No vote on the transfer amount was taken on June 23; the request was entered for consideration at the next scheduled meeting. The minutes note: "Discussion was held and the board will place a contingency transfer on the July 14, 2026 agenda at 8:00 a.m. in the amount of $8,500.00 to the Commissioners Professional Services budget."
