Informational Meeting

MINUTES Informational Meeting Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 4:00 PM Carnegie Town Hall, 235 West 10th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 1. Call To Order Council Members Present: David Barranco, Sarah Cole, Alex Jensen, Rich Merkouris, Greg Neitzert, Marshall Selberg, Curt Soehl, Pat Starr Council Members Absent: None 2. Committee/Commission Reports A. Accessible Housing Advisory Board: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 (Council Member Selberg) Council Member Marshall Selberg provided an update stating the Board talked about restructuring the Neighborhood Revitalization Program; discussion was held about the sidewalk repair program; the public safety down payment assistance program; and Selberg stated that tomorrow there would be an announcment at 1:00 p.m. at Falls Community Health that would announce a grant given to the County and City regarding accessible housing. B. Urbanized Development Commission (UDC): Thursday, May 12, 2022 (Council Members: Neitzert and Starr) Council Member Greg Neitzert stated the UDC approved the nomination of former Council Member Christine M. Erickson as a member of the MPO Techinical Advisory Committee representing the South Dakota Trucking Association. He added that there were a few amendments to the State Transportation Improvement Program and discussion was held about bridge improvement grants for bridges on North Drive. 3. Councilor Remarks Council Member Pat Starr provided an update regarding the three Museum properties after the most recent storm stating there were some power outages; he stated there was a a great video shot by a neighborhood of the storm coming in over the Courthouse and damages done to the windows in a van. Neitzert stated this was National Police Week and asked that everyone thank any police officer they see for the hard work that they do. He also stated May is National Bike Month; this week is National Bike to Work Week; and Friday, May 20th is National Bike To Work Day. 4. Presentations A. April 2022 Monthly Financial Statements by Shawn Pritchett, Director of Finance Presentation: Approximately 15 minutes followed by discussion Pritchett spoke about the process for the Monthly Financial Report. He introduced Cody Papke as his Chief Accountant and noted that the City of Sioux Falls has been recognized for the second year in a row as of the the fastest cities to be audited with a count of 78 days to review the audit. Pritchett stated that a normal amount of time is 170 days to review an audit. Pritchett recognized his staff for their hard work. Pritchett noted that Tom Huber, Assistant Director of Finance, will handle the second portion of this presentation and he noted the value Tom has provided by his years of service, including training several of the Finance Directors. Pritchett spoke about: Economic overview; labor force and employment; unemployment; inflation; building permits YTD Building Valuations; Sioux Falls YTD Residential Permits (Units); Sales Tax Collectons without Audits; Entertainment Tax Collections w/out audits; Industry Taxable Sales Data; Lodging Tax Receipts; Lodging BID Tax Receipts; General Fund - Revenues YTD; and General Fund - Expenditures YTD. Huber resumed the presentation and reviewed the following: Monthly Financial Report Overview: Economic & Financial Overview; Table of Contents; General Fund Summary; Sales Tax Fund; Sales Tax Collections; Compilation of Other Funds; Enterprise Funds Cash Flow; Capital Program; Total Debt; ARPA and LGA Project Summary; and Budget/Appropriations Adjustments. This training is designed to provide a background for the new City Council Members and illustrate major financial areas that all Council Members will need to be familiar with. B. Downtown 2035 Plan by Erik Nyberg, Chair Downtown 2035 Advisory Board; Dustin Powers, Community Development Coordinator Presentation: Approximately 15 minutes followed by discussion Nyberg spoke about the Advisory Committee and provided background information on the individuals that work on the 2035 Downtown Plan. Powers continued with updates regarding the following: An overview of the Planning Process and what the process looks like; A Report of Public Engagement and Market Analysis and the Draft Plan. The Process is set up as follows: Data gaterhing/process setup (Q1-Q2, 2022); Public Engagement/Market Analysis (Q2- Q3, 2022); Report of Public Engagement/Market Analysis (Q3, 2022); Draft Plan (Q4, 2022); and Final Plan and Adoption (Q1, 2023). 5. Public Comment There was none. 6. Executive Session  A. Consulting with legal counsel or reviewing communications from legal counsel about proposed or pending litigation or contractual matters pursuant to SDCL 1-25- 2(3) A motion was made by Council Member Jensen and seconded by Council Member Barranco to enter Executive Session at 5:07 p.. Voice vote to enter Executive Session. 8 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Jensen, Merkouris, Neitzert, Selberg, Soehl, Starr; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed. A motion was made by Council Member Jensen and seconded by Council Member Barranco to exit Executive Session at 5:28 p.m. Voice vote to exit Executive Session. 8 Yes: Barranco, Cole, Jensen, Merkouris, Neitzert, Selberg, Soehl, Starr; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed. 7. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 5:28 p.m. Tamara Jorgensen, MMC, Assistant City Clerk