Dakota Scout becomes newest legal publication
By Dave Baumeister
County correspondent
SIOUX FALLS – This week’s 2025 organizational meeting of the Minnehaha County Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 7, saw new Commissioner Cole Heisey take his place on the county board.
At the opening, presiding judge for the Second Judicial Circuit, Robin Houwman administered the oath of office to both Heisey and Commissioner Dean Karsky.
In November, Karsky won re-election to the commission and Heisey garnered election to his first term.
And Heisey got involved right away when he asked that the week’s bills to be paid be pulled from the consent agenda, allowing for a better discussion later in the meeting.
Frequent public commenter Gary Meyer of Hartford asked about annual dues paid for county organizations, thinking that some of those bills might be repetitive.
When this was discussed at the end of the meeting, county administrator Tom Greco explained those items more, and Karsky answered Meyer’s questions about what those dues were for.
Specifically, the organizations in question were for elected county officials (treasurers, auditors, registers of deeds), as well as a separate group for county commissioners – the South Dakota (and national) Association of County Commissioners.
As Karsky explained, the state group is comprised of every county commission in the South Dakota, and they meet to discuss issues, like state legislation, which pertain to all counties.
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