SoDACE Code Enforcement Officer of the Year The following is from the presentation of the 2015 SoDACE Code Enforcement Officer of the Year Award. “It is my distinct honor to present the 2015 SoDACE Code Enforcement Officer of the Year Award. The recipient of this award is responsible for all aspects of code enforcement in their city. He is very approachable and has excellent communication skills both in person and on the phone. This person has superb “people skills” and can calm most people down very quickly. This individual has worked diligently to clean a lot of nuisances by working with both property owners and renters and has spent many hours helping elderly people with clean up by cutting trees and hauling branches away with his own trailer and vehicle for nothing but a “Thank you” from the recipient. He has been a certified police officer for 39 years and during his career was promoted to Sergeant and then Captain. He has been the Code Enforcement Officer for five years. Having been a police Captain has increased his ability to talk difficult situations into calm resolutions when called upon. Along with work for the city, he was a two-time participant of the “Bike Across South Dakota” for South Dakota
JUNE 2015
SoDACE President Scott Simianer (left) presents the SoDACE Code Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to Jack Neitzert. Special Olympics and a former trainer for Safety City. He was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader for 10 years and continued to volunteer for Troop 6 after his children had moved on. He was also an Eagle Scout himself. He was a volunteer EMT with the ambulance for 10 years. It gives me great pleasure to present the 2015 SoDACE Code Enforcement Officer of the Year to Jack Neitzert of Huron.”
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