Park and Recreation Board

The Brookings Park and Recreation Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Larson Ice Center at 924 32nd Ave. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve minutes

• Staff reports

• Bob Shelden update

• 2021 budget and CIP

• Activity center update

• September meeting

• Fall/winter programming

• Fall/winter projects

• Master plan RFP selection

Volga City Council

The Volga City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Volga Community Center at 109 Samara Ave. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve agenda

• Approve minutes

• Public hearings

• Community Development Committee report

• Public Safety Committee report

• Authorization for a public display of fireworks

• Electric Committee report

• Public Works Committee report

• Parks Recreation and Building Committee report

• Discussion and possible action to name the city park at 102 Ardis Ave.

• Finance and economic development report

• Resolution on fines for ordinance violations

• Action on pay request to Bowes’s Construciton for Industrial Drive street improvements

• 2021 budget presentation and discussion

• Monthly finance reports

• Approve claims

• Topics for future discussion

• Public comments

Arlington City Council

The Arlington City Council, which also serves as the City Zoning Commission, will hold a zoning commission meeting at 6:50 p.m. and then hold a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at 202 West Elm St. Items on the agenda include: 

Zoning Commission

• Variance request from Kay Derrick for a carport

• Variance request from Rob and Celeste Acthterberg for a garage

City council

• Approve minutes

• Approve bills

• Public comments

• Field of Grace concert

• Ambulance equipment

• Review building permit applications for: Steve Donovan to replace and add to the decking areas; Kay Derrick for a carport; Rob and Celeste Achterberg for a garage and Arlington School District for a storage shed

• Electric report

• ACDC report

• Approve employee overtime and police reports

• Approve hiring additional lifeguards at pool

• Lease agreement for the clinic building

• Review financial reports

• First reading of the 2021 budget

• Set date for September council meeting

• Fall city cleanup

• Elected officials workshop

• Executive session for personnel matters, contract issues and possible litigation

Brookings County Commission

The Brookings County Commission will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Brookings  City & County Government Center at 520 Third St.

If you have any symptoms of COVID-19 or believe you may have been exposed, please consider watching the Commission meeting from home, broadcast live on Swiftel channel 19, ITC channel 168, or the Brookings County YouTube channel. You can also call in by dialing 605-697-8255 and entering code 6056968205 when prompted. 

Items on the agenda include: 

• Approve minutes

• Approve travel requests

• Approve personnel action notices

• Approve  cellular authorizations

• Approve Human Services report

• Approve claims

• Highway Department report

• Update at 9 a.m. from Jackie Lanning on 20th Street South BUILD project

• Discussion and possible action on pavement type for county’s portion east of I-29 to 34th Ave.

• Action to approve an easement for use of county road right-of-way made by Golden Dakota Farms, LLC in Parnell Township

• Action to approve an easement for use of county road right-of-way made by Golden Dakota Farms, LLC in Elkton Township

• Action to approve an application for occupancy of right-of-way of county highways made by Sioux Valley Energy in Oslo Township

• Action to approve a request to fill vacancy for an equipment operator in the Highway Department

• Action to declare items as surplus property to sell, transfer or destroy

• Commission department director’s report

• State’s attorney’s office report

• Commissioner reports and discussion items

• Executive session

Planning Commission

The Brookings Planning Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve agenda

• Approve minutes

• Hearing and action on preliminary plat for Block 5 in Southland Addition and 23rd Street South in the Bluegill Third Addition

• Discussion on commercial corridor overlay district.

Planning and Zoning Commission

The Brookings County Planning and Zoning Commission, which also serves as the Brookings County Board of Adjustment will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St.

Brookings County Planning & Zoning Commission meetings are still open to the public and social distancing will be enforced. If you would like to call in, dial 605-697-8255 and enter code 6056968205 when prompted. Please, if you have any symptoms of COVID-19 or believe you may have been exposed, consider watching the meeting from home broadcast live on Swiftel channel 19, ITC channel 168, or the Brookings County YouTube channel, and call in if you have any comments or questions.  

Items on the agenda include:

• Approve minutes

• Items to be added to the agenda by commission members or staff

• Invitation for citizens to schedule time on the agenda for an item not listed

• Conflict of interest disclosures

• Approve agenda

Planning and Zoning

• Consideration of plats in the Sunset Point, Paradise Point, First of Lake Poinsett Heights additions and the Ramlo Shores Subdivision

Board of Adjustment

• Amanda Blok has made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a variance. Article 11.00: Section 11.01 “A” Agricultural District: Area Regulation No. 1: Lot Size. The property is in Aurora Township and is located at 47606 209th St., Aurora, SD 57002. 

• Daniel Schaal has made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a variance. Article IV District Requirements: Chapter 4.03 “LP” Lake-Park District: Section 4.03.03. Density, Area and Yard Regulation (Minimum Lake Front and Minimum Side Yard). The property is in Laketon Township and is located at 218 S. Lake Drive, Arlington, SD 57212.

• Raymond Konz has made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a variance. Article IV District Requirements: Chapter 4.03 “LP” Lake-Park District: Section 4.03.03. Density, Area and Yard Regulation (Minimum Side Yard). The property is  in Lake Hendricks Township and is located at 720 S Lake Hendricks Drive, Hendricks, MN 56136. 

• Raymond Konz has made an applicationto the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a conditional use. Article IV District Requirements: Chapter 4.03 “LP” Lake-Park District: Section 4.03.02 Conditional Uses Permit No. 6: Accessory buildings with a side-wall greater than 14 feet or more than 2,000 square feet and used accessory buildings greater than 120 square feet. The property is in Lake Hendricks Township and is located at 720 S. Lake Hendricks Drive, Hendricks, MN 56136. 

• Dakota Redi-Mix LLC by Robert Winter has made an application to the Brookings County Board of Adjustment for a conditional use. Article 11: Section 11.01: “A” Agricultural District: Conditional Use Permit No. 5B: Concrete Mixing Plant. The property is in Trenton Township and is located at 47280 SD Highway 324, Brookings, SD 57006. 

• Department reports

• Executive session

Sustainability Council

The Brookings Sustainability Council will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. Items on the agenda include: 

• Approve agenda

• Approve minutes

• Open forum

• City update

• South Dakota electric vehicle charging station grant program

• Sustainability Council materials refresh

• Plastic bag innovation collaboration

• Business signage update

• Marketing and Communication Committee report

• Waste Committee report

• Energy Committee report

• Local Foods Committee report

• Bicycle committee liaison report