SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Lennox City Council unanimously accepted an agreement with the State of South Dakota Department of Corrections to allow the DOC’s planned new prison to use to the city’s wastewater system.
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The state/DOC will pay the city $10.5 million in upfront money and then, pay its monthly fee based on use of the sewage system. City administrator Nathan Vander Plaats said the agreement includes about $52,500 in a monthly payment.
“Being approached by or reaching out to a large industrial customer that can give us a boom to our community in services rendered is a solid business decision,” council member Bill Daugherty said during Tuesday night’s council meeting which was posted on the city’s YouTube page .
The council’s decision came after several individuals spoke against and in support of the agreement. A number of those opposed also criticized the overall proposed new prison planned for a site between Harrisburg and Canton in Lincoln County.