Elected officials from Lincoln County and the City of Sioux Falls are scheduled to hold a joint meeting on Oct. 27, 2026, according to the published agenda posted on the CivicClerk portal. The agenda lists a presentation on data centers as part of its regular business items.
The meeting matters to residents because it addresses how data centers — a growing type of development in the region — are defined, how they operate, and how current county and city zoning and ordinance rules may affect future projects, according to the agenda.
The agenda indicates the session will open with standard procedural items before moving into the data center discussion. A representative from Dakota State University is scheduled to give a 15-minute overview covering common definitions and operations of data centers, according to the agenda. This is scheduled to be followed by a review of current zoning and ordinance rules affecting data centers, to be presented by Planning and Development staff, according to the agenda.
- Meeting: Joint Lincoln County and City of Sioux Falls Elected Officials
- Date: Oct. 27, 2026
- Agenda item 1: Data Centers Overview — common definitions, operations, etc. (DSU representative, 15 minutes)
- Agenda item 2: Current Zoning/Ordinance Impacting Data Centers (Planning & Development)
- Source: Agenda posted via Lincoln County’s CivicClerk portal
According to the agenda, the meeting will begin with a call to order, the Pledge of Allegiance, and board action to approve the agenda before proceeding to the listed regular business items. No further agenda items beyond the data center discussion are specified in the available excerpt.
Residents seeking more information or wishing to attend can access the full agenda and meeting details through Lincoln County’s CivicClerk portal. Members of the public may attend the meeting in person, as is standard for public meetings of this kind.
Official source: the published record