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Weekend File for May 24, 2020. Yankton City Commission & Yankton School Board

Weekend File for May 24, 2020. Yankton City Commission & Yankton School Board

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The City of Yankton and COVID planning and the Yankton School Board sets out its budget planning.

The Yankton City Commission will meet on Tuesday of next week due to the Memorial Day holiday.

The commission had passed an ordinance in April that shut down many businesses and limited public gatherings due to the spread of the coronavirus. That ordinance was suspended after Governor Kristi Noem issued her “Back to Normal” plan. The ordinance had a sunset clause which commissioners will discuss on Tuesday. In the first segment, we hear from City Manager Amy Leon and Mayor Nathan Johnson.
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The City Commission holds a COVID-19 budget planning session Tuesday at 6PM with the regular meeting at 7PM. Both will be streamed live on the city’s YouTube channel.

The Yankton School Board was also talking budgets at their May meeting. Business Manager Jason Bietz laid out their preliminary planning……https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/weekend-file-for-may-24-2020
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The school district budget has to be officially approved by their September meeting.

The Weekend File is a public affairs production of 570 WNAX News…….

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