With all members present, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, Sept. 1. Commissioners heard agenda items including a public hearing on the budget and 911 reclassification. A public hearing was held for the 2027 Lincoln County Budget. “The changes that were made were with the pay study that was implemented, and then we went through and changed all the personnel throughout the agenda. We had talked about moving 101417242600, or the HR budget, from 12,000 to 4

A joint meeting with the Lincoln County and City of Sioux Falls elected officials was held Tuesday, August 25. A public hearing was scheduled for a resolution adopting the joint jurisdictional Lincoln County/City of Sioux Falls 2050 Comprehensive Plan. Senior Planner for the City of Sioux Falls, Fletcher Lacock, was present to get the meeting started. “This has been a two-and-a-half-year process of public engagement, and this is our final step in the process of adoption. We

With all members present, the Lincoln County Board of Commission met Tuesday, August 25 in the Lincoln County Boardroom. Chairwoman Tiffani Landeen asked for a motion to approve the agenda for the evening’s meeting and whether anything needed to be removed from the consent agenda. Jim Schmidt made the motion, seconded by Herman Otten. During roll call, Doug Putnam said he had not yet finished reviewing the agenda and asked the commission to continue. The motion carried with

The Lincoln County Board of Commission met Tuesday, August 11. Commissioners heard agenda items including first readings, public defender advisory board, and speed limit reductions. The first order of business was the first reading of an ordinance of Lincoln County, SD, amending the Code of Ordinances of the county by amending Chapter 154: Zoning (SECTION 154.058(Z), Conditional Uses (A-1 Agricultural District), and Section 154.178(P), Conditional Uses (RC Recreation/Conserva

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, August 4 in the Lincoln County Boardroom. Commissioners heard agenda items including the legislative audit, intersection study, and justice center conversations. Auditor Sheri Lund requested board action to approve and authorize the Chair and Auditor to execute the letter of engagement with the South Dakota Department of Legislative Audit for the Audit covering 01.01.2025 through 12.31.2025. David Weidler of South Dakota

With all members present, the Lincoln County Board of Commission met Thursday, July 30. Deputy States Attorney, Joe Meader was present for a public hearing regarding the termination of hangar leases for Sites K-1, K-2, & R-6 and intent to enter into lease agreements for Sites K-1, K-2, & R-6, for a term exceeding 120 days and an amount exceeding $500.00 at the Marv Skie/ Lincoln County Airport. “These are the agreements that we updated for lease rates at the start of this ye

With all members present, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, July 14. Commissioners heard agenda items including discussion on commissioner vacancy, compensation study, the old courthouse building, and more. Commissioner Doug Putnam requested board discussion on the appointment for commissioner vacancy. Commissioner Putnam left the commissioners desk and stood to speak behind the podium. “I want to speak today, not just about the appointment of the new D

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, July 7. The first order of business was to discuss and appoint a Commissioner to fill the District 2 vacancy held by Betty Otten. Candidates included Madeline Voegeli, Linda Montgomery, Duane Carlson, Herman Otten, Eric Eneboe, James Kats, Nicholas Abbas, Chad Skiles, and Sara Steever with Brandon Maddox voluntarily withdrawing his name from consideration. Chief Civil Deputy State’s Attorney, Drew DeGroot was present to r

[Editor’s Note: Following the interviews detailed in the story below, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, July 7, to fill the vacant District 2 commissioner seat. After voting by paper ballot, former state legislator and Tea mayor Herman Otten was selected to serve as the District 2 representative. Otten received votes from Commissioners Tiffani Landeen, Jim Schmidt, and Sheri Lund. Duane Carlson received votes from Commissioner Doug Putnam and Commissio

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met for a special meeting on Monday, June 22. Commissioners discussed the resignation of Commissioner Betty Otten and considered the appointment procedures for the vacancy. Chief Civil Deputy State’s Attorney, Drew DeGroot requested board action to acknowledge the resignation of Commissioner Betty Otten and consider the appointment procedures for the District #2 Commissioner vacancy pursuant to SDCL 3-4-4. “As I’m sure you are all a