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Resident presses district for ISG deliverables, questions $40,000 pre-construction work
Summary
Laura Zwert asked trustees for specific deliverables from an ISG pre-construction report she said the district paid nearly $40,000 for, asking who will do the city's annexation study, who pays for it and whether work will be duplicated; staff said final drawings were not completed due to jurisdictional questions.
Laura Zwert told the board she had asked the district for the ISG pre-construction deliverables and that one listed item was a wetland delineation prepared by the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. She said the packet noted final concepts were due Feb. 13 and that she believed the district paid "almost $40,000" for parts of the work.
"I have an email for Mr. Hemmer, dated January 9, where I asked what deliverables would be included in that report," Zwert said, and she pressed the board to identify who will complete any new city-commissioned study and who will pay for it.
A district speaker (identified in the transcript as Mr. Hemmer) replied that ISG had not produced final drawings because the project’s classification—inside city limits or county—had not been settled and that staff had prepared a mild concept layout to check fit. "They have not done any final drawings because of where it would be classified," the district speaker said.
Board members acknowledged the concern and said they would check on the wetland delineation and whether materials could be shared if the city conducts a parallel study. Zwert asked for more detail on scope and cost before the district proceeds; the transcript records no new cost estimate or firm decision during this meeting.
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