HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026_03_17 CC MinutesBROOKINGS CITY COUNCIL
March 17, 2026
The Brookings City Council held a Study Session on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 6:00
PM, at the Brookings City & County Government Center Chambers, with the following
City Council members present: Mayor Oepke Niemeyer, Council Members Brianna
Doran, Lisa Hager, Bonny Specker, and Nick Wendell. Absent: Council Members
Wayne Avery and Tilton Byrne. City Manager Paul Briseno, City Attorney J. Vincent
Jones, and City Clerk Bonnie Foster were also present.
Agenda. A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by Council
Member Doran, that the agenda be approved. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 - Doran, Hager, Niemeyer, Specker, and Wendell; Absent: 2 - Avery, and Tilton
Byrne.
Presentation: Conflict of Interest. City Attorney J. Vincent Jones presented training
to the City Council and members of the Planning Commission and Historic Preservation
Commission on Conflict of Interest, covering how to identify conflicts of interest and how
to conduct oneself once a potential conflict has been identified.
Executive Session. A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by
Council Member Doran, to enter into Executive Session at 6:34 p.m., pursuant to SDCL
1-25-2(1), for discussing the qualifications, competence, performance, character or
fitness of any public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee. The
term, employee, does not include any independent contractor. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote. A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by
Council Member Doran, to exit Executive Session at 6:50 p.m. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
Adjourn. A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by Council
member Specker, that this meeting be adjourned at 6:51 PM. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
CITY OF BROOKINGS, SD
Oepke G. Niemeyer, Mayor
ATTEST:
Bonnie Foster, City Clerk