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The Yankton County Commission and Meeting Times

The Yankton County Commission and Meeting Times

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At their final meeting of the year this week, the Yankton County Commission talked about changing their meeting times. Currently they meet every other Tuesday at 6PM.
Commission Chair Cheri Loest says they now often run late into the evening…..

Commissioner Don Kettering says meetings should start earlier and be restructured…

Commissioner Dan Klimisch says they could look at time limits on certain hearings…

No decisions were made but Loest says the issue will be an agenda item during a January meeting.

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