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THE MINNEHAHA COUNTY COMMISSION CONVENED AT 9:00 AM on December 23, 2025, pursuant to
adjournment on December 16, 2025. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT WERE: Karsky and Kippley.
Commissioners Beninga and Bleyenberg were present via electronic means. Commissioner Heisey was absent.
Also present were Kym Christiansen, Commission Recorder, and Eric Bogue, Chief Civil Deputy State's
Attorney.
Chair Karsky called the meeting to order.
MOTION by Bleyenberg, seconded by Beninga, to Approve the Agenda. By roll call vote: 4 ayes
CONSENT AGENDA
MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Beninga, to Approve the Consent Agenda. By roll call vote: 4 ayes. The
consent agenda includes the following items:
Commission Meeting Minutes for December 16, 2025
Bills to be Paid $669,361.99
3200 RUSSELL LLC Motels $1095, A&B BUSINESS SOLUT Lease-Rental Agreement $255.72, A&B BUSINESS
SOLUT Maintenance Contracts $358.2, A&B BUSINESS SOLUT Office Supplies $12.28, AARON GEORGE PROPERT
Welfare Rent $1200, ACTIVE DATA SYSTEMS Records Storage $13757.5, ADVANCED TECH INC Telephone $809.39,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING S Welfare Rent $400, AGAINST THE GRAIN Store Inventory $620, AIRGAS USA LLC
Small Tools & Shop Supplies $496.57, AIRWAY SERVICE INC Automotive/Small Equipment $235.98, AIRWAY
SERVICE INC Gas Oil & Diesel $206.9, ALL NATIONS INTERPRE Interpreters $7850.25, ALLAN SAUGSTAD Misc
Revenue $150, ALYSSA CIPRIANI Misc Revenue $150, ANDERSON, JENNIFER Bd Evaluations (Minnehaha) $4500.72,
APPEARA Program Activities $102.72, ARCHITECTURAL GLASSA Program Activities $9760, BALOUN LAW PC
Child Defense Attorney $3027, BAYCOM INC Communication Equipment $289.8, BURNS, JASON Investigators Expenses
$100.1, CANFIELD BUSINESS IN Furniture & Office Equipment $53838.14, CARRIE BORNITZ Misc Revenue $150,
CAVE, JUSTIN Investigators Expenses $63, CENTURY BUSINESS PRO Lease Principal $828.38, CENTURY BUSINESS
PRO Maintenance Contracts $364.1, CERTIFIED LANGUAGES Interpreters $254.1, CHAGOLLA, ALBERT Interpreters
$120, CHARMTEX INC Child Care Uniforms $572.46, CHUUKESE NATIVE LANG Interpreters $160, COLLIERS
SECURITIES Trust-Administration Fees $1000, CONSTELLATION Natural Gas $3644.44, CRAFCO INC Parts Inventory
$37.02, DACOTAH PAPER CO Janitorial Chemical Supplies $183.39, DAKOTA EMBALMING & T Transportation
$3800, DAKOTALAND AUTOGLASS Automotive/Small Equipment $585, DALSIN INC Repair/Renovations $509,
DEANS DISTRIBUTING Gas Oil & Diesel $552.95, DIESEL MACHINERY INC Parts Inventory $259.83, DOUBLE H
PAVING INC Snow Removal $10180, DUST TEX SERVICE INC Janitorial Chemical Supplies $43.59, EIDE BAILLY
LLP Professional Services $210, ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTIO Building Repairs & Maintenance $299.49, FASTSIGNS
Construction Costs $2555.2, FASTSIGNS Program Activities $221.75, G & R CONTROLS INC Heat, Vent & AC Repairs
$51.36, GARFIELD APTS Welfare Rent $695, GEOTEK ENGINEERING & Architect, Engineers, and PMgt $690,
GOEBEL PRINTING INC Office Supplies $149, GOEBEL PRINTING INC Printing/Forms $4049.61, GOLDEN WEST
Telephone $75.95, GRAHAM TIRE CO NORTH Automotive/Small Equipment $741.32, GRAINGER Truck Repairs &
Maintenance $26.52, GUZMAN, SANDRA V Interpreters $625, HALVERSONS WATER CON Jail Repairs &
Maintenance $542.5, HENRY CARLSON CONSTR Construction Costs $284300, HOLIDAY INN CITY CEN Program
Activities $2444, HUNSTAD, ELISABETH Program Activities $150, HURTGEN, PROPERTIES Welfare Rent $1400,
HYVEE ACCOUNTS RECEI Jury Fees $103.62, HYVEE ACCOUNTS RECEI Program Activities $90.87, I STATE
TRUCK INC Truck Repairs & Maintenance $108.09, INGRAM BOOK GROUP LL Store Inventory $270.75, INLAND
TRUCK PARTS C Automotive/Small Equipment $821.77, INLAND TRUCK PARTS C Gas Oil & Diesel $817.04,
INNOVATIVE OFFICE SO Furniture & Office Equipment $9386.52, INTERSTATE ALL BATTE Data Processing
Supplies $276, INTERSTATE OFFICE PR Kitchen/Cleaning Supplies $125.29, INTERSTATE OFFICE PR Office Supplies
$179.4, ISI LLC Interpreters $370, JCL SOLUTIONS Inmate Supplies $1199.04, JCL SOLUTIONS Kitchen/Cleaning
Supplies $1831.34, JENNIFER LE Program Activities $75, JOHN BEHELER Store Inventory $120, KENNEDY, RENEE S
Court Reporters $1745.6, KNECHT, ANDREW J Attorney Fees $2484, KREMIN, MARIA Welfare Rent $700, LADY
BOSS VENTURES L Program Activities $67.15, LAMAR TEXAS LIMITED Program Activities $1750, LAUGHLIN LAW
LLC Attorney Fees $7847.6, LAUGHLIN LAW LLC Child Defense Attorney $3336, LEWNO LAW OFFICE Bd Exp Fees
(Yankton) $109.75, LISA CARLSON REPORTI Court Reporters $936.8, LOPEZ, REBECA Interpreters $360,

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LOUNSBERY, MARY C MI Child Defense Attorney $1717.2, LOVING, PHILIP Bd Evaluations (Minnehaha) $3923.38,
MACARTHUR Welfare Rent $497, MEIERHENRY SARGENT L Child Defense Attorney $360, MENARD INC Building
Repairs & Maintenance $458.57, MICHAELA LARSON Misc Revenue $150, MICHEAL'S PURPLE PET Building Repairs
& Maintenance $168, MICROFILM IMAGING SY Contract Services $2758.86, MICROFILM IMAGING SY Lease-Rental
Agreement $645, MICROFILM IMAGING SY Software $200, MIDAMERICAN ENERGY C Natural Gas $4319.81,
MIDCONTINENT COMMUNI Telephone $195.39, MONARCH SALES COMPAN Store Inventory $2070, MRG HAUFF
LLC Program Activities $787.42, NAPA AUTO PARTS Automotive/Small Equipment $38.37, NAPA AUTO PARTS Small
Tools & Shop Supplies $44.5, NGUYEN, LAM Interpreters $120, NOVAK Office Supplies $189.12, NOVAK Trash
Removal $204.75, NYBERGS ACE HARDWARE Building Repairs & Maintenance $80.73, NYBERGS ACE
HARDWARE Jail Repairs & Maintenance $87.35, NYBERGS ACE HARDWARE Other Supplies $40.83, NYBERGS ACE
HARDWARE Uniform Allowance $20.89, OFFICE DEPOT INC Data Processing Supplies $512.02, OWENS, THOMAS
DARREL Professional Services $1750, PENNINGTON COUNTY Extradition & Evidence $2746.2, PIONEER
ENTERPRISES Burials $3950, PRICE, THOMAS L Psych Evals $1500, QUALIFIED PRESORT SE Printing/Forms
$198.12, QUALSETH, RYAN Investigators Expenses $69.3, RELIANCE TELEPHONE I Telephone $1.14, RENTOKIL
NORTH AMERI Professional Services $92.25, RISK ANALYSIS & MANA Insurance Admin Fee $3029, RISTY,
MAXINE J Court Reporters $359.6, RYAN DUFFY LAW LLC Attorney Fees $2852, SAFELITE FULFILLMENT Program
Activities $92, SANFORD CLINIC Lab Costs $496, SCILAWFORENSICS LTD Professional Services $2800, SD ASSOC
OF COUNTY O Due To Other Governments $3710, SD ASSOC OF CRIMINAL Memberships $600, SIOUX FALLS CITY
Clinics - Auxiliary Services $3732.8, SIOUX FALLS CITY Contracted Homeless Coordinatr $24254.79, SIOUX FALLS
CITY Water - Sewer $17360.51, SIOUX FALLS HOUSING Contract Services $4330.34, SIOUX FALLS WOMAN LL
Advertising $595, SIOUX VALLEY ENERGY Electricity $316.92, SOUTHEAST SD TOURISM Program Activities
$3887, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Amts Held-Daily Scram $3553, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Amts Held-Remote
Breath $1033, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Construction Costs $100, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Extension Background
Checks $20, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT MacArthur SJC Grant $28583, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Memberships $10,
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Outside Repair $2.1, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Professional Services $50, STATE STEEL
OF SD Small Tools & Shop Supplies $252.34, STREICHERS INC Uniform Allowance $1519.6, SUMMIT FIRE
PROTECTI Safety & Rescue Equipment $247.95, SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE Child Care Food $905.68, SUMMIT FOOD
SERVICE Inmate Supplies $210.01, SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE School Lunch Program $2051.74, TAFOLLA, MIRANDA
RAE Court Reporters $490, TEGRA GROUP INC Architect, Engineers, and PMgt $12500, TERRONES, JARED
Investigators Expenses $33.6, THE COUNSELING CAFE Psych Evals $3280, THOMSON REUTERS - WE Amounts Held
For Others $1100.12, THOMSON REUTERS - WE Legal Research $1760.97, TOMACELLI'S TOO Jury Fees $355.14,
TRANSOURCE TRUCK & E Truck Repairs & Maintenance $376.64, TRI-STATE NURSING Professional Services
$1476.75, TWO WAY SOLUTIONS IN Automotive/Small Equipment $501.96, TWO WAY SOLUTIONS IN
Communication Equipment Repair $1361.53, TWO WAY SOLUTIONS IN Furniture & Office Equipment $9969.15,
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES I Software $4834.25, TZADIK SIOUX FALLS I Welfare Rent $1099, TZADIK SIOUX FALLS
P Welfare Rent $500, US FOODS INC Professional Services $1262.68, US POSTAL SERVICE Postage $200, US
TESTING EQUIPMENT Furniture & Office Equipment $10749.18, VB FALLS PARK LIMITE Welfare Rent $380, VER
BEEK, KELSEY Child Defense Attorney $1561.25, VERIZON WIRELESS Administrative Charges $23.52, VERIZON
WIRELESS Data Processing Equipment $702.1, VERIZON WIRELESS HIDTA Grant $79.46, VERIZON WIRELESS Tea-
Ellis Range $40.01, VERIZON WIRELESS Telephone $5931.63, VITAL RECORDS Archive/Preservation Supplies
$752.04, VITAL RECORDS Records Storage $6908.16, WALTON, MARCUS Child Defense Attorney $2743.9, WEST
BRIAR Welfare Rent $700, WHITTIER APARTMENTS Welfare Rent $486, WOODS FULLER SHULTZ Child Defense
Attorney $324, WS ENTERPRISES Welfare Rent $600, XCEL ENERGY Electricity $2566.51.
The following report was received and placed on file in the Auditor's Office:
Auditor's Account with the County Treasurer for November 2025
Routine Personnel Actions
New Hires
1. Brandon Balsavage, Highway Maintenance Team Member for the Highway, at $25.35/hour (305/1) effective
12/22/25.
Promotions

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1. Amanda Hollingshead, Juvenile Correctional Officer to Juvenile Correctional Supervisor, at $32.16/hour
(308/1) effective 1/3/26.
Step Increases
1. Jeanne Rivera, Caseworker for Human Services, at $36.25/hour (308/4) effective 12/11/25.
2. Suraj Bohora Chhetri, Correctional Office for the Jail, at $31.86/hour (306/5) effective 12/14/25.
3. Dacey Clites, Correctional Systems Operator for the Jail, at $25.38/hour (304/3) effective 11/27/25.
4. Eduardo Lopez-Perez, Correctional Officer for the Jail, at $31.86/hour (306/5) effective 12/14/25.
5. Heather Richarz, Corporal for the Jail, at $45.27/hour (308/13) effective 11/14/25.
6. Victoria Reker, Senior Deputy Public Advocate for the Public Advocates Office, at $5,188.80/biweekly
(314/10) effective 12/1/25.
7. Joy West, Program Manager for Safe Home, at $3,744.80/biweekly (311/5) effective 12/11/25.
8. Collen Albrecht, Paralegal for the State's Attorney's Office, at $39.90/hour (307/11) effective 12/18/25.
Variable Hour Pay Increases
To increase the hourly rate of pay effective 12/20/25 for the following variable hour individuals:
1. Carter Havorson and Brandon Krieger, Juvenile Correctional Workes for the Juvenile Detention Center, at
$25.00 effective 12/20/25.
2. Mason Braun, Deputy Sheriff for the Airport, at $34.25 effective 12/20/25.
Special Personnel Actions
1. To promote Heaven Humphries from Correctional Systems Operator to Correctional Officer (306/2) at
$28.95/hour effective 12/20/25.
Items within Policy Guidelines
RESOLUTION MC25-43
WHEREAS, County Lien in the amount of $353.00 exists in favor of Minnehaha County and against DPNO
33887; and
WHEREAS, upon review, the Minnehaha County Auditor has determined that one lien entry identified as R-File
109113 in the amount of $500.00 is incorrect; and
WHEREAS, based upon information and belief, the Minnehaha County Auditor believes the identification of the
lienee for R-File 109113 was erroneous and should not have been recorded against DPNO 33887;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that after due consideration of the above circumstances and the need
to correct the erroneous lien entry, the Board of County Commissioners finds it advisable and proper to authorize

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the Chair of the Board of Commissioners to execute and the County Auditor to attest the following:
Pursuant to SDCL § 28-14-17, the Minnehaha County Board of Commissioners directs that the lien entry for R-
File 109113 for DPNO 33887 shall be corrected from $500.00 to $0, resulting in a revised total County Lien in
favor of Minnehaha County and against DPNO 33887 in the amount of $(147.00). The credit balance is to be
returned to DPNO 33887.
Dated at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this 23rd day of December, 2025
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Dean Karsky
Chair
ATTEST: Leah Anderson, County Auditor
Kym Christiansen
Deputy Auditor
RESOLUTION MC25-44
WHEREAS, County Lien in the amount of $2031.00 exists in favor of Minnehaha County and against DPNO
56236; and
WHEREAS, upon review, the Minnehaha County Auditor has determined that the lien requires further
identification as to a middle initial and date of birth to accurately identify the lienee; and
WHEREAS, based upon information and belief, the Minnehaha County Auditor believes the lien noted above
should be released as to the real property identified as: Parcel 22514; 505 Sunset Drive, Dell Rapids, SD (S1/2
LOT 13 & ALL OF LOT 14 AND 15, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 76 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 2 OF L.L.
DUNN’S ADDN TO CITY OF DELL RAPIDS).;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that after due consideration of the above circumstances and the need
to properly identify the lienee and release the real property from the lien the Board of County Commissioners
finds it advisable and proper to authorize the Chair of the Board of Commissioners to execute and the County
Auditor to attest the following:
Pursuant to SDCL § 28-14-17, the Minnehaha County Board of Commissioners directs that the lien for DPNO
56236 shall be corrected to properly identify the lienee and release the lien from the real property of parcel 22514,
leaving the lien in place against the correct lienee.
Dated at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this 23rd day of December, 2025
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Dean Karsky
Chair
ATTEST: Leah Anderson, County Auditor
Kym Christiansen
Deputy Auditor
LEASE AGREEMENT
Upon the request of Tom Greco, Commission Administrative Officer, MOTION by Beninga, seconded by
Kippley, to Authorize the Chair to Sign the Coliseum Lease Agreement Between Minnehaha County and
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota. By roll call vote: 4 ayes.

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Commissioner Beninga left the meeting at 9:06 a.m.
MEDICAL CANNABIS LICENSE RENEWAL
Upon the request of Kym Christiansen, Commission Recorder, MOTION by Bleyenberg, seconded by Kippley, to
Approve the 2026 Renewal Application from Genesis Farms, LLC for a Medical Cannabis Dispensary License.
By roll call vote: 3 ayes. Public comment was received from Emmett Reistroffer.
LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL
Upon the request of Kym Christiansen, Commission Recorder, MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Bleyenberg, to
Approve Consider a Motion to Approve a 2026 Liquor and Wine License Renewal Application from Holiday
Stationstores d/b/a Circle K. By roll call vote: 3 ayes.
PROPERTY INSURANCE RENEWAL
Tom Greco, Commission Administrative Officer, introduced Todd Flickema from HUB International to review
the 2026 property insurance renewal information. Minnehaha County's annualized premium is $480,062 for 2026
with an increase in rate per $100 Total Insurance Value to $.1609. The wind/hail deductible and deductible
remain unchanged for the 2026 renewal. Discussion followed on market conditions, property exposure premium,
rate history, and renewal terms/options. MOTION by Bleyenberg, seconded by Kippley, to Approve the Property
Insurance Renewal for 2026. By roll call vote: 3 ayes.
EQUIPMENT PURCHASE
Upon the request of Jacob Maras, Highway Superintendent, MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Bleyenberg, to
Authorize the Highway Department to Purchase two Truck Builds for new 2025 plow trucks through Sourcewell
Procurement Contract #062222-LFM in the Amount of $325,422.00 and Authorize the Chair to Sign Purchase
Agreement with Sanitation Products. By roll call vote: 3 ayes.
MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Bleyenberg, to Adjourn at 9:14 a.m. By roll call vote: 3 ayes.
The Commission adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6th, 2026.
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION:
Chair
ATTEST:
Kym Christiansen
Commission Recorder