Mayor Mark Chada called the June 19th, 2023, meeting to order with Angie Larson, Sean Gromer, and Angie Meier in attendance. 

A motion was made by Larson, seconded by Gromer, carried, to approve June 5th, 2023, minutes as read.

A motion was made by Gromer, seconded by  Larson, carried, to approve the financials as presented.

Old Business:

D. VanOverschelde talked with the board about new Rossy Park signs, moving the flagpole, a bike rack, and some outlets at the community center. 

1. The Rossy Park signs were very faded and have been taken down. LCDF is going to put in for a grant to purchase four more signs and then they will have Gromer install them once they have them. 

2. The flag pole by the community center will be taken down and moved to the ballpark. 

3. D. VanOverschelde had a bike rack given to her. She is going to clean the bike rack and donate it to be placed at Rossy Park for the kids to use for their bikes. 

4. D. VanOverschelde also talked to the board about some outlets being loose at the community center.  Chada is going to look into them and see what needs to be done to be fixed.  

Discussion was held on an Ordinance that Sanborn County is putting into place regarding burn bans. A motion was made by Larson, seconded by Gromer, to approve that the Town of Letcher will be covered under the ordinance that is being put into place by Sanborn County.  

Discussion was held on the discussion with Dawson Construction on the streets in town. Dawson is going to put the Town on their schedule to do some street maintenance in the town. The Board is planning to start with 3rd Street at this time and then finish ballpark road.  

Letcher Summer Youth had asked about putting signs up in town so out of town people coming to the games have signage to where the ballpark is located. They are going to get prices on the signage.  

Discussion was held on the Letcher Summer Youth Baseball/Softball teams. They would like to have fireworks one night the last week of June as they have two home games that week. A motion was made by Larson, seconded by Gromer, to approve to donate $750.00 towards the purchase of fireworks for after one of the ball games that week.  

South Dakota Department of  Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) has scheduled a water inspection that will be done on June 14th.  

Discussion was held on some trees that need to be removed next to the water tower. A motion was made by Gromer, seconded by Larson, approved, to hire someone to remove the trees on the west side of the water tower.  

NEW BUSINESS:

Discussion was held on the water sample report.  

Discussion was held on the water inspection that was done on June 14th. All went well with the inspection, and the Board is just waiting for the report from DANR.  

A motion was made by Larson, seconded by Gromer, carried, to approve the following claims for payment:

General AND WATER/SEWER: All-Star Fireworks – $750.00 – Donation for fireworks, Stewart Tree Experts – $4,260.00 – Tree Removal, Sanborn Weekly Journal – $76.68 – Advertising Minutes, Dawson Construction – $1,467.09 – Blading Streets, Davison Rural Water – $4,263.15 – Water Used, Faye Blindauer – $179.38 – Custodian Wages.

Angie Meier

Finance Officer

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