Commissioners:
District 1: Arthur Hopkins, PO Box 455, Kyle, SD 57752, Phone: 605-441-0966
District 2: Anna Takes The Shield, PO Box 845, Pine Ridge, SD 57770, Phone: 605-407-8202
District 3: Allyssa Comer, 1227 BIA 33, Porcupine, SD 57772, Phone: 605-407-1839
District 4: Wendell Yellow Bull, PO Box 839, Pine Ridge, SD 57770, Phone: 605-441-8273
District 5: Ramon Bear Runner, PO Box 2027, Pine Ridge, SD 57770, Phone: 605-441-5768
Next Meeting Time:
A SPECIAL meeting of the Commission will be held at 10:00 a.m. on October 10, 2023, in the Third Floor Meeting Room, Fall River County Courthouse, in Hot Springs.
The Commission regularly meets at 1:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month in the Third Floor Meeting Room of the courthouse located in Hot Springs.
Agendas are finalized 24 hours prior to the meeting and will then be posted on the website. Contact the Auditor at 605-745-5130 by Monday at 4:00 pm (the week of the meeting), if you have an item to add to the agenda.
To contact the commissioners via email, send an email to the county auditor at [email protected]
Recent Meeting Minutes:
- September 22, 2023 Special Meeting Minutes Agenda No Packet
- September 8, 2023 Minutes Agenda Packet
- August 9, 2023 Minutes OL Minutes Agenda Packet
- August 3, 2023 Special Meeting Minutes Agenda Packet
- July 21, 2023 Minutes Agenda Packet
- July 12, 2023 Minutes Agenda Packet
- June 14, 2023 Minutes Agenda Packet
- May 23, 2023 Special Meeting Minutes Agenda Packet
- May 20, 2023 Minutes Agenda Packet
- April 12, 2023 Minutes Agenda Packet
Archives for prior year minutes: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2010 – 2011
County Policy Manual
The Oglala Lakota County Commissioners are currently developing an Employee Handbook.
Mission
Each county has a board of 3-5 Commissioners who are elected to a 4 year term. They are responsible for the oversight of every service that each county office provides. In general, County Commissioners are responsible for the spending of the taxpayers dollars; the approval of county office budgets; and as a board of equalization, to equalize the assessment roll of the county in the manner provided by law; to superintend the fiscal concerns of the county and secure their management in the best possible manner; to regulate the transaction of business in alcoholic beverages; to make ordinances; and zoning, solid waste and water management along with a host of other issues that arise affecting the county.
Ordinance
Ordinance 2012-01 Districts
Ordinance 2014-01 On-sale License
Ordinance 2021-01 Medical Marijuana
Ordinance 2021-01 Medical Marijuana Revised
Variance 2021-01 A Medical Marijuana Variance
Ordinance 2022-01 Redistricting