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Questioned whether public comment is allowed on every agenda item or only at public hearings, noting citizens sometimes end up commenting after decisions are already made.

Jorgensen argued applicants shouldn't be barred from offering new information when responding to questions, then gave a detailed history of the Highway 85 North annexations — including his family's 300-acre holdings and the Meyers, Ward, Gunderson, and Utke annexations — and raised concerns about Belle Fourche's no-septic zone boundary and differing soil and water conditions east of the creek.