President’s Report

Happy Spring! I think that it is finally here. I truly want to thank every city that hosted a district meeting this spring. I enjoyed visiting every community and visiting with elected officials from across the state. I can honestly say that as President, this has been one of the highlights of my year.

If you missed the district meetings, part of my speech was about mentioning a little something about each city attending the meeting. Although, a little more time consuming because at each meeting I had to change the end of it to talk about the cities there. It was very interesting research. The main thing I realized was that this state and a majority of our towns exist because of the building of the railroad in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. A lot of time, towns were named after engineers or people of notoriety in the railroad business. Sometimes, the name stuck and sometimes towns’ names were changed as many as three times before settling on a final one. I also found very interesting stories, events and people associated with many of the towns across South Dakota. Being an almost lifelong resident of our great state, I feel like I know it even a little better now.

On the training side of things, I did attend the SDML Code Enforcement spring meeting and it was very informational. Every city has those “nuisance issues” and they had some good ideas how to go about remedying them.

June will be a busy month. As President, I have the pleasure of having the SDML board meeting in Wagner. I am looking forward to showing all the board members our great city and what things we have for entertainment. The SD Human Resource Association and the SD Governmental Finance Officers’ Association will be having their annual training/conference in Oacoma June 10-13. It looks like there are many educational and interesting topics on the agenda.

Have a great start to the beginning of summer and we will see you next month!

Rebecca Brunsing President

Pool Testing

Municipal swimming pools are no longer regulated by the State of South Dakota, however, these facilities should be tested for coliform bacteria during each week of operation.

All pool samples should be tested for “total coliform,” which is an indicator bacteria for drinking water and pools. j “Total Coliform – Negative” means that no coliform bacteria were found and the water is safe. j “Total Coliform –Positive” means that coliform bacteria were found.

Two or more consecutive positive samples indicates a general trend of bacteria presence in the pool. Corrective measures should be taken, such as superchlorination, to prevent a health related incident caused by poor water quality.

SD Municipal Attorneys' Association Meeting

What: Luncheon Meeting

When: Friday, June 20, 2014 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Sioux Falls Convention Center

Visit www.sdmunicipalleague.org/sdmlevents for the agenda and registration.