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This page contains links to documents, recordings, letters to the editor and announcements submitted to the Sentinel by a loosely formed group of concerned citizens who have probed and done discovery on Custer County’s governing bodies, particularly,  but not limited to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) ,  on  issues of fiscal accountability, transparency,  adherence to written State and County policy, and performance.

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PUBLIC NOTICE
October 10, 2023
We would like to inform the public that an independent audit has revealed alarming findings in the operations of county government and they will be presented at the 9 AM October 18th meeting in Wetmore and we would like to encourage as many people as possible to be in attendance, whether in person or via zoom.

K. Joy Anderson and Other Concerned Custer County Citizens
(The Wet Mountain Tribune has also been requested to post
this notice.)

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Download the audio for August 15, 2023 BOCC Executive Session here. This meeting took place in Wetmore.  To read a transcript of the meeting click here.  

NOTE: After the transcript was distributed to the newspapers,
an error in transcription was found.

Correction to the August 16, 2023 transcript of the Executive Session.
The citizens who transcribed the recording of this meeting would like to offer their sincere apologies to Chairman Day for this mistake;

The transcript error:
Page 10, Line 23-25 of the transcript were assigned to Kevin Day.
All three lines should be assigned to Tom Flower.

23 CHAIRMAN DAY: I don’t work for them.
24 I represent them. It’s all
25 philosophical. I get that.

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Download the Transcript for the June 29, 2023 BOCC Executive Session transcript  HERE.  Audio  files were to large to load here.

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The group of Concerned Citizens presented their findings to the Custer County Board of Commissioners at the October 18, 2023
mid-month meeting. The presentation was an Agenda item.

To read an account of the presentation by George Gramlich, see SDCSentinel.com.  or go to the county website to view the taped Oct. 18 meeting.  For just the presentation portion of the meeting, click here.

The presentation included three posters, laying out the questions and findings. Those PDF’s are here;

Presentation for 101823 Board 1

Presentation for 101823 Board 2

Presentation for 101823 Board 3

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