Watertown meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Watertown agendas: $78,848 asphalt change order, liquor licenses, zoning and a day care request — outcomes not yet posted

Four Watertown public bodies met between October 13 and October 22, but as of October 26 only agendas have been published for those meetings — no minutes or vote tallies are available. What follows is what each agenda listed for consideration, not what was decided.

The largest dollar item on any of the four agendas was before the City Council: Change Order No.1-Final for 2026 PMP A - Asphalt Mill and Overlay Project with Duininck Inc. for $78,848.20, which the agenda lists alongside a New Contract Price of $596,111.00. Whether the Council approved the change order is not established by the published record.

City Council, October 19

Along with the asphalt change order, the Council agenda listed three alcohol license matters:

• A Special Event Retail License for Festival of Trees at 1201 Arrow Ave
• A Retail (on-off sale) Wine and Cider License transfer to Hazel's Attic LLC at 806 Jenson Ave SE
• A New Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine License for The Commons of Harmony Hill

The agenda also listed a zoning amendment for 700 2nd Street SE from C-3 Highway Commercial to R-2A Single Family Attached, and various plat approvals. The agenda summary does not describe the plat items in detail.

Board of Adjustment, October 22

The Board of Adjustment scheduled public hearings and action on two conditional use requests, both for properties in the C-3 Highway Commercial District:

• A non-residential day care facility at 804 2nd Street SE
• Contractor shops and storage yards at Lots 1-6 Block 1 of Williston Third Addition

Because the minutes are not yet published, the Board's action on either request is unknown.

Planning Commission, October 22

The Planning Commission agenda listed Resolution No. 2026-47, a replat of Lot 12 of Dakota Commons Ninth Addition, for discussion and possible approval. The agenda also listed review of minutes from the October 8 meeting. No vote count is available.

Library Board of Trustees, October 13

The Library Board agenda was largely administrative: a review of the Meeting Room Policy and a review of Open Meeting Laws, approval of general fund and fines fund expenditures, and review of August 2026 financial reports. No dollar amounts were included in the agenda summary.

Why it matters to residents

The Council items touch on street resurfacing spending, where alcohol may be sold or served, and what can be built at a specific address on 2nd Street SE. The Board of Adjustment requests would affect a day care use and contractor shop and storage yard uses in the highway commercial district. The Planning Commission item concerns the lot boundaries of a single lot in Dakota Commons Ninth Addition. Final outcomes for all four meetings will be verifiable once minutes are posted.

Coming up

The Parks, Recreation and Forestry Board meets October 27. The agenda is procedural and informational: approval of minutes from the September 29, 2026 meeting, an operations report for Bramble Park Zoo and Lake Area Zoological Society, status reports for Prairie Lakes Wellness Center and Prairie Lakes Ice Arena, and maintenance and status reports for City Park, Cemetery, and Cattail Crossing Golf Course. No new business, contracts, or policy changes are listed for that meeting.

Watertown agendas: asphalt change order, three plats and liquor licenses — but no minutes yet

No decisions are recorded in the Watertown meeting documents available for the past two weeks. All five recent meetings — City Council, Airport Board, Board of Adjustment, Planning Commission and Library Board of Trustees — are represented in the records by agendas only, with minutes not yet published. The items below are what each body was scheduled to take up, not what it did.

The largest dollar amounts in the records appear on the Oct. 19 City Council agenda, which has not yet been acted on.

City Council, Oct. 19: asphalt change order, licenses, zoning

The council is scheduled to consider Change Order No.1-Final for the 2026 PMP A - Asphalt Mill and Overlay Project with Duininck Inc. for $78,848.20. The agenda lists a new contract price of $596,111.00 alongside that change order.

Also on the agenda: a Special Event Retail License for Festival of Trees at 1201 Arrow Ave; a Retail (on-off sale) Wine and Cider License transfer to Hazel's Attic LLC at 806 Jenson Ave SE; a new Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage & SD Farm Wine License for The Commons of Harmony Hill; and a zoning amendment for 700 2nd Street SE from C-3 Highway Commercial to R-2A Single Family Attached.

City Council, Oct. 5: lift station change order, sidewalk assessments, industrial zoning

Agenda items included Change Order No. 1 for Calvin Park Lift Station and Forcemain Project No. 2428 with Halme, Inc. for a decrease of $11,835.85; first reading of Ordinance No. 26-35 to change 700 2nd Street SE from Highway Commercial to Single Family Attached Residential; second reading and public hearing for Ordinance No. 26-33 to change Lot 3 Calvin Industrial Park Third Addition to Heavy Industrial; Resolution No. 26-37 to levy assessments for sidewalk improvements along 5th Avenue N; and a Special Event Retail License application for Zeus Inc d/b/a Second Street Station at 1910 W Kemp Ave.

The same 700 2nd Street SE address appears on both council agendas, described in the Oct. 5 agenda as a change from Highway Commercial to Single Family Attached Residential and in the Oct. 19 agenda as a change from C-3 Highway Commercial to R-2A Single Family Attached. No minutes have been published for Oct. 5, so the outcome of any of these items is not established in the records reviewed.

Planning Commission, Oct. 8: three plats

The commission was scheduled to review Resolution No. 2026-44, the Plat of Martin's Railway Second Addition; Resolution No. 2026-38, the Plat of Dakota Commons Tenth Addition; and Resolution No. 2026-45, the Plat of Dakota Commons Eleventh Addition- Phase 1. The agenda also listed approval of minutes from the Sept. 24 meeting.

Airport Board, Oct. 6: FY '27 budget

The board was scheduled to take up its FY '27 Budget Review, a manager's brief, and an executive session regarding seasonal considerations.

Library Board of Trustees, Oct. 13: policies and financials

The board was scheduled to review the Meeting Room Policy and the Open Meeting Laws, approve general fund and fines fund expenditures, and review August 2026 financial reports.

Board of Adjustment, Oct. 8: no action items

The agenda consists of procedural items and states explicitly that there are no items for action.

Coming up

City Council, Oct. 19 — the asphalt change order, three alcohol license items and the 700 2nd Street SE zoning amendment listed above. This is the only upcoming meeting in the records supplied for the next 14 days; agendas for other bodies were not included, which does not establish that they are not meeting.

Residents who want the final wording, vote tallies or outcomes should check the published agendas and minutes for each body.

Watertown council agenda takes up zoning changes, sidewalk assessments and a lift station change order

Watertown's City Council is scheduled to consider two zoning map amendments, a resolution to levy sidewalk assessments and a change order on a lift station project at its Oct. 5 meeting, according to the published agenda. That agenda is the only record available for the meeting: minutes for it and for four other recent meetings have not yet been published, so none of the items below is confirmed as decided.

City Council — Oct. 5

The council agenda lists the following items:

• Change Order No. 1 for the Calvin Park Lift Station and Forcemain Project No. 2428 with Halme, Inc., described as a decrease of $11,835.85.
• First reading of Ordinance No. 26-35, which would change 700 2nd Street SE from Highway Commercial to Single Family Attached Residential.
• Second reading and public hearing for Ordinance No. 26-33, which would change Lot 3 Calvin Industrial Park Third Addition to Heavy Industrial.
• Resolution No. 26-37 to levy assessments for sidewalk improvements along 5th Avenue N. The agenda does not state an assessment amount.
• A Special Event Retail License application for Zeus Inc d/b/a Second Street Station at 1910 W Kemp Ave.

Zoning designations determine what types of buildings and uses are allowed on a property. A first reading is an early step in the ordinance process; a second reading with a public hearing is a later one. The agenda does not indicate an outcome for any item.

Planning Commission — Oct. 8

Three plat resolutions are on the agenda: Resolution No. 2026-44, the Plat of Martin's Railway Second Addition; Resolution No. 2026-38, the Plat of Dakota Commons Tenth Addition; and Resolution No. 2026-45, the Plat of Dakota Commons Eleventh Addition- Phase 1. The commission is also scheduled to consider approval of minutes from its Sept. 24 meeting. A plat is a map that divides land into lots, blocks and streets.

Parks, Recreation and Forestry Board — Sept. 29

The board's agenda called for a deep dive into operations at the Prairie Lakes Wellness Center, along with status reports on Cattail Crossing Golf Course and Prairie Lakes Ice Arena, and a maintenance and status report for Bramble Park Zoo. No minutes have been published.

Airport Board — Oct. 6

The Airport Board was scheduled to review the fiscal year 2027 budget. The agenda also lists a manager's brief and an executive session regarding seasonal considerations. An executive session is a closed portion of a meeting; the agenda does not describe what would be discussed beyond "seasonal considerations."

Board of Adjustment — Oct. 8

The Board of Adjustment agenda consisted of procedural items and stated there were no items for action.

Coming up

• **Library Board of Trustees, Oct. 13:** The agenda lists a review of the Meeting Room Policy and a review of Open Meeting Laws, approval of general fund and fines fund expenditures, and a review of August 2026 financial reports.

No other meetings scheduled in the next 14 days appear in the records provided for this roundup. Readers can find agendas and, once published, minutes through the city's official meeting records.