Minutes
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Minutes for SCVFD Business Meeting held on October 13, 2007
Potluck was hosted by The Hansen Family represented by Pete Hansen.
The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance
Motion to approve the June meeting minutes was made by Jim Light and seconded by Rita Chapman.
The treasurer’s report and the 2008 budget were presented by Rita Chapman.
Motion to approve by Dave Myers and seconded by Tom Strand.
There were four members from our department at the Dead Cow Road at Trail 40 fire. It was a suspicious
activity and ATV tracks were found in the area by investigators.
Church Committee report was given by Jodi Sugrue. There were seven services this year with offerings
totaling $509.50 and attendance totaled 183. The renovations have been completed. The Church account
currently has a prudent reserve of $600.00 and an outstanding debt to the SCVFD for $500.00.
The Community Hall discussion included a suggestion by John Clark to check the roof around the chimney
before winter and obtain an estimate for a new metal roof in 2009.
John Gomez continues to update the website with current information and the address is www.silvercitysd.
com.
There was no news from the Rochford Road residents but the message from Sunnyside group is clear: stay
away to keep it quiet up there.
Old Business:
•The fire hall expansion to date is $10,672 with an additional $1,000 grant coming from MidContinent.
•Phil Schlief reported the Silver City Road has been removed from the scenic byway list at this time. There
were two concerns brought to the floor if the issue does represent itself: routing traffic since there is no
outlet or services and would the road require additional maintenance with extra usage?
•The trail Forest Service trail access was definitely the hot topic! John Gomez shared the letter he has
prepared to mail to the proper contacts and encouraged all those in attendance to sign petitions. The
letter focus was on discontent with the proposed plan which shows a large concentration of trails around
Silver City and fewer trails available elsewhere in the Black Hills, concerns with year round designation with
regards to wild life and the request for seasonal trails. The goal of the US Forest Service is to have the
trails finalized by next summer. Trails in our area are for ATV’s not licensed for the road, 50” wide or less
and motorcycles/motor bikes. It appears that 10,000 current trails will be reduced to 4,000 trails. Motion
to approve old business items made by Phil Schlief and seconded by Jodi Sugrue.
New Business:
The officer nominations for 2008-2009 were as follows:
President: Todd Tobin
Vice President: Jeff Sugrue
Treasurer: Rita Chapman
Secretary: Jodi Sugrue
Fire Chief: Tally Chapman
Assistant Fire Chief:: Uhl Donovan
Member-At-Large: John Clark
Motion by Jim Light was to cease nominations and accept the entire ballot as listed, seconded by Pete
Anderson and passed 20 for and 1 opposed. The next election will follow the by-laws that the nominations
be presented at the August meeting and the voting election will be held at the October meeting. For the
new officers, the president and secretary are authorized to sign checks.
Motion to approve new business was made by Richard Grossman and seconded by John Clark.
Again, please remember that the Silver City aerial pictures are available for sale along with SCVFD
merchandise.
Phil Shlief made the motion to adjourn the meeting and John Clark made the second. Everybody willingly
agreed!
Respectfully submitted,
Judy Tobin
Secretary