City Council — Dell Rapids, SD
Date: 2026-06-15

DELL RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL
 MEETING MINUTES
 Monday, June 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM

The roll was called finding the following members present: Amanda Hein, Wendy Nelson,
Denise Cavigielli, Chuck Jones, Fran Ruesink, Denise Hanzlik, Mayor Marsha Symens.
Absent: Chad Ronshaugen

Fran Ruesink moved to amend the agenda moving IXB Mayoral Proclamation after IV approval
of minutes, seconded by Chuck Jones. Motion carried.

Denise Cavigielli moved to approve the minutes, seconded by Amanda Hein. Motion carried.

Mayor Symens read the Mayoral Proclamation proclaiming June 27, 2026 as Virgil Klein Day.

Greg Schwebach of 903 Tee Off Trail was present for discussion.

CONSENT AGENDA
Denise Cavigielli moved to approve the consent agenda, seconded by Denise Hanzlik which
contained the following claims. Motion carried.

Vendor Description Amount
Ad-Star Pool Supplies 1,327.16
Amazon Supplies 494.88
Badger Meter Inc Water Services 458.33
BATA May Transit 4,429.49
Beal Distributing Liquor 47,483.36
Benders Sewer and Drain Sewer Services 1,580.00
Bierschbach Equipment Street Supplies 322.50
Big Sioux Media Riverside Advertising 1,820.00
Bunkers Oil Supplies 4,566.00
BX Civil Street Services 5,080.00
Cengage Group Library Books 16.50
Chris Mergen Travel 131.10
City of Sioux Falls Rubble Site 82.40
Core & Main Sewer Repairs 90.48
County Fair Foods Pool Supplies 624.46
Dakota Beverage Liquor 50,961.08
Dell Rapids Ace Supplies 274.66
Dell Rapids Law Firm Attorney 2,256.00
Dell Rapids Lumber Company Supplies 413.53
Dells Electric Park Services 134.90
Golden West Telecommunications Utilities 1,110.88
Hawkins Supplies 3,383.06
Ingram Library Services Library Books 249.20
Johnson Brothers Famous Brands Liquor 24,833.64
Leisure Interactive Campground fees 294.35
LNW Gaming Liquor 45.00
Marco IT Services 2,209.50
Mastercard Supplies 5,862.88
MC&R Pools Pool Supplies 283.12
MCWC Utilities 48,825.38
Metering & Tech Solution Water Supplies 15,719.51
Midwest Alarm Services 159.54
Minnehaha County Sheriff Police Services 87,590.00
NAPA Auto Parts Supplies 181.85
New Century Press Publications 111.41
Nippon Sanso Matheson Street Rentals 117.24
Norberg Paints Street Repairs 1,969.87
Okoboji Wines Liquor 14.00
Quadient Finance USA Postage 1,054.88
Pye Barker Services 1,676.00
Republic National Distributing Liquor 809.90
Schade Vineyard Liquor 312.00
SD Association of Rural Water Water Dues 940.00
SD DANR Annual Dues 1,050.00
SD Department of Revenue Liquor 2,180.98
SD Department of Revenue May Sales Tax 2,217.86
U Drive Tech Texting Service 151.12
Xcel Energy Utilities 9,095.67
First National Bank TIF #3 bond 14,422.79
Truist Governmental Finance City hall loan 90,295.36
Council June 5, 2026 Payroll 1,057.80
City Administration June 5, 2026 Payroll 7,828.69
Planning Commission June 5, 2026 Payroll 183.10
Finance Office June 5, 2026 Payroll 8,019.80
Building Inspections June 5, 2026 Payroll 144.23
Streets June 5, 2026 Payroll 7,088.00
Rubble Site June 5, 2026 Payroll 544.00
Pool June 5, 2026 Payroll 1,247.01
Riverside June 5, 2026 Payroll 1,295.20
Parks June 5, 2026 Payroll 5,705.90
Library June 5, 2026 Payroll 8,096.60
Economic Development June 5, 2026 Payroll 2,962.50
Water June 5, 2026 Payroll 5,634.96
Sewer June 5, 2026 Payroll 6,929.19
941 Payroll Taxes June 5, 2026 Payroll 12,875.89
SAFE STREETS FOR ALL
Kyle Ten Napel from Houston Engineering presented the SECOG Safe Streets for All (SS4A)
Regional Safety Action Plan. Final plan will be presented to Council at a future meeting. No
action taken.

RECONSIDER TEMPORARY ALCOHOL LICENSE
Casey McCoy of 908 Blueridge Rd was present for discussion. Chuck Jones moved to approve to
grant PINZ the temporary alcohol beverage license for June 27th and 28th, 2026 with conditions
of malt beverage and champagne only, seconded by Amanda Hein. Motion carried.

DOWNTOWN VITALITY COMMITTEE
Amanda Hein moved to approve the creation of the downtown vitality committee of the
following eleven members, seconded by Denise Cavigielli. Motion carried.

  Aaron Delgado, Amber Larson, Ben Pierson, Bob Meir, Desiree Osborne, Gary LaFollette,
  Ginny McFarland, Jason Uphoff, Mark DeGraw, Natasha Berg and Stuart Lickteig

DGR TASK ORDER AMENDMENT 009
Lance Mayer from DGR was present for discussion. Mark Crisp of 47330 244th, Seth Van't Hof
of 405 E 10th St, Tom and Lisa Pischke of 503 E 12th St, Chad Andrews of 807 E 4th St, David
Schmidt of 108 E 14th St and Greg Schwebach of 903 Tee Off Trail were all present for
discussion. Denise Cavigielli moved to approve the DGR amendment, seconded by Denise
Hanzlik. Roll Call: Ayes: Amanda Hein, Wendy Nelson, Denise Cavigielli. Nays: Chuck Jones,
Fran Ruesink, Denise Hanzlik. Motion failed.

RESOLUTION 2026-16
Denise Hanzlik moved to approve Resolution 2026-16 establishing private swim lesson rates,
seconded by Fran Ruesink. Roll Call: Ayes: Amanda Hein, Wendy Nelson, Denise Cavigielli,
Chuck Jones, Fran Ruesink, Denise Hanzlik. Nays: None. Motion carried.

FINANCE OFFICER REPORT
May financials were presented.

ADMINISTRATOR REPORT
Joint County/City meeting is tomorrow June 16, 2026 at the County.

MAYOR'S REPORT
Mayor provided an update on Quarry Days.

At 8:17 pm Denise Hanzlik moved to adjourn, seconded by Chuck Jones. Motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Christina Smith
Christina Smith
Finance Officer