Lincoln County Commission violates South Dakota’s open meetings laws
KWAT
November 19, 2024
S.D. Searchlight
PIERRE, S.D.–The Lincoln County Commission violated South Dakota’s open-meetings laws when three commissioners attended a November 2023 open house for a carbon dioxide pipeline without notifying the public,
That’s what the state’s Open Meetings Commission decided Monday in Pierre.
The Open Meetings Commission decided a public notice should have been issued because a quorum of the five-member commission was present at a gathering where public policy may have been discussed — in this case, a pipeline that’s been a matter of debate in the county for several years.
The commission found violations in five of the six cases it considered Monday, which will result in written public reprimands against the offenders.