HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025_10_15-17 CC MinutesBROOKINGS CITY COUNCIL RETREAT
October 15-16-17, 2025
The Brookings City Council held a special retreat on October 15, 16, 17, 2025 at the
South Dakota Children’s Museum with the following City Council members present:
Mayor Oepke Niemeyer, Council Members Wayne Avery, Brianna Doran, Lisa Hager,
Bonny Specker, Holly Tilton Byrne, and Nick Wendell. City Manager Paul Briseno, and
City Clerk Bonnie Foster were also present.
City Council Retreat. The City Council received updates from the City’s Volunteer
Boards, Committees, and Commissions, and held a workshop on the Working Genius,
reviewed projects completed, discussion on governance and council capacity, state and
federal policy impacts, community vitality and quality of life, and neighborhood
revitalization. No action was taken.
The retreat was adjourned at 2:07 p.m., Friday, October 17, 2025.
CITY OF BROOKINGS, SD
Oepke G. Niemeyer, Mayor
ATTEST:
Bonnie Foster, City Clerk