The Vermillion City Council approved a supplemental appropriations ordinance on its second reading June 20 that makes changes to the city’s 2023 budget in three categories.
Last January, Vermillion School Superintendent Damon Alvey requested that the City of Vermillion help finance a portion of the construction costs of Vermillion’s new elementary school that’s currently being built
The City of Vermillion was first to agree, a month ago, to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning the transfer of the Jolley School property from the Vermillion School District
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City Manager John Prescott says the council took that action at their meeting this week…
Prescott says the council reacted to changes in the community and nationally..
The ordinances had carried a fine for noncompliance but Prescott says they didn’t have any enforcement actions..
The city council passed the face mask ordinance last fall as Covid-19 cases surged. Tags:
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The tide may be turning on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with a decline in new cases nationally and regionally and with South Dakota’s Board of Regents seeking a more “normal” fall semester on USD’s campus. In response to this, USD student organizations, Vermillion businesses and local government leaders are looking to bring back what they said has been lost in the past year.
The local response to the pandemic over the past year has been driven largely by the USD administration and the Vermillion City Council.
Kevin O’Kelley, assistant vice president of research compliance at USD and member of USD’s COVID-19 Task Force, said the university’s response over the past year was guided by CDC guidelines and student health.