Codington County

Commissioners

         

Elmer Brinkman

Elmer Brinkman Chairman
District 4 
(605)881-2146
   ebrink@dailypost.com
 


Codington County Commissioners
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     The Codington County Commissioners are responsible for the administration of every service that each county office provides.

     The Codington County Commissioners positions are part-time, and they serve a four year term. Each county in South Dakota has a board of 3-5 Commissioners.  They are elected to staggered terms of  4-years. Codington County Commissioners meet every Tuesday at 9:00 AM in the County Courthouse, 14 1st Ave. SE.

General Responsibilities:

  • The care and preservation or sale of all county property

  • The audit of accounts of all offices having the care, management, collection or disbursement of any money belonging to the county

  • Levying taxes for County Services

  • Construction and repair of bridges

  • To open, lay out, vacate and change highways

  • To purchase or acquire grounds for courthouse, jail or other building sites

  • To establish election precincts in the county and appoint the judges of election

  • As a board of equalization, to equalize the assessment roll of the county in the manner provided by law

  • To furnish necessary equipment and supplies for county offices

  • 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 prohibiting the sale or exhibition of any obscene matter

  • Zoning, solid waste and water management along with a host of other issues that arise affecting the county.

     

Codington County Commissioners

George Heller George Heller
District 1
(605)886-9789
    george.heller2@gmail.com
Tyler McElhany
District 2 
(605)881-2547 
    tmac_911@hotmail.com
Myron Johnson Myron Johnson
District 3 
(605)886-7877
JOHNSONM@lakeareatech.edu
Brenda Hanten Brenda Hanten
District 5
(605)880-6124
bhanten@midco.net
   
 
Mailing Address  
County Commissioners

14 lst Ave. SE
Watertown, SD   57201
 

 
Phone Number  

(605)882-6288

Leave a message for the commissioners with this number.
 

 
Location    

Codington County Courthouse

Meets at 9:00 AM every Tuesday
 

   

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