*NOTE: I heard today that the city council may have a special 4th meeting this month on February 25. They normally don’t have a 4th meeting unless they are backlogged or for something special. I guess the Fire Chief got his panties in bunch about the deferral of the supplemental appropriations and the claim that bids need to be HONORED ASAP or they won’t be locked in. Hogwash. You can lock bids without having the funding in place, especially if you are city government. This is an attempt by Mayor Selfie to get this pushed through before the council can pick it apart more.
Council Informational Meeting • 4 PM
Presentations on Coronavirus Update and a Falls Park Design Competition (no supporting documents right now)
Regular City Council Meeting • 7 PM
Item #6, Approval of Contracts, Sub Item #2, $95K into that money pit Sioux Falls Stadium
Sub Item #9,$74K subsidy to the Sioux Falls School District for transportation services
Item #31, 1st Reading, Ordinance, Amendment to lease agreement. I believe the property is where the Phillips Avenue Diner sits. The city is applying the new discrimination ordinance to their lease agreement, which is okay I guess, but not sure how it applies? All the restaurant is leasing is the ground under the Diner. They own the restaurant building and operate it.
There’s no bid process. The mayor is simply using the autocratic charter to insure preferred spending cementing inflated contracts for insiders.
Sorry, I believe Sioux Falls stadium should be maintained and preserved. The city is looking for parking. How about move the water department and add overhead walkway into the Denty.
The Diner is under attack. City oligarchs can’t stand that there’s profit outside from the corruption. Anytime a private business is successful, the city comes in to destroy.