New Website hosts Meeting Info for local Governments Sara Rankin
| SDML director of Research and Training
The SDML, in collaboration with the Counties Association and Associated School Boards of South Dakota, have established the Local Government Boards and Commissions website. The site allows local governments to post meeting agendas and minutes as well as other meeting documents. The public can access the information at sdlocalgov.appssd. sd.gov. Municipalities can use the website to any extent that you wish; for something as simple as posting a link to your own website for meeting information, to using it as a primary website for posting all meeting
information, meeting documents and governing body information. The goal is to have all municipalities post, at a minimum, your minutes for all council meetings. Each municipality will need to create an account at https://sdlocalgov. appssd.sd.gov/cms/login.aspx. The account will be electronically approved by SDML staff. You will be notified of that approval and then you will be able to update your account profile and begin updating and posting information. Each South Dakota Local Government Board and/or Commission will have at least one person assigned admin privileges for the site. These privileges allow
the user to post information about the board or commission they are affiliated with. Information that can posted or edited are: • Meetings – including schedule, agenda, minutes, and other pertinent meeting info • Board/Commission Members • Documents and Links related • Board Information Please send us an email once you’ve created an account and let us know if you have questions about any aspect of the website. Send inquiries and emails to Sara Rankin at Sara@ sdmunicipalleague.org or Lisa Nold at Lisa@sdmunicipalleague.org. ■
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