Thomas Reese911 Director
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Meade County
Track open bid opportunities, contracts, public meetings, and key contacts for Meade County.
- Buyer type:
- County
- Location:
- Sturgis, SD
- Country:
- US
Track open bid opportunities, contracts, public meetings, and key contacts for Meade County.
Key metrics and characteristics
Census ID
Government ID for mapping buyers across datasets.
174999
Employee FTE
Full-time equivalent employees.
111
Population
Population size to gauge opportunity scale.
30,711
Procurement Hell Score
How easy their procurement process is to navigate. Lower is better.
48 / 100
Propensity to Spend
How likely this buyer is to spend on new technology based on operating budget trends.
AI Adoption Score
How likely this buyer is to adopt new AI technologies.
Startup Friendliness
How often this buyer champions startups and early adoption.
Latest Budget Year
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Operating Budget
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Includes fiscal year calendars, procurement complexity scores, and strategic insights.
Procurement guidance and navigation tips.
Procurement Hell Score
Lower scores indicate easier procurement. Created by Starbridge.
Quick Decision Flow
Sole Source
Cooperatives
Full playbooks include agency-specific workflows, thresholds, and vendor benchmarks.
Board meetings and strategic plans from Meade County
This plan aims to manage for long-term, self-sustaining black-tailed prairie dog populations in South Dakota, while simultaneously avoiding negative impacts to private landowners who do not wish to accommodate prairie dogs. Key objectives include determining a statewide population goal and identifying special management areas, establishing effective tools for monitoring occupied acreage, and developing a comprehensive disease monitoring protocol, particularly for sylvatic plague, with a corresponding contingency plan. The plan also focuses on accommodating the conservation needs of black-footed ferrets, utilizing public involvement techniques to gather input, and employing adaptive management to evaluate progress and make necessary adjustments. Overall, it seeks to implement management actions that provide environmentally sound habitats for a sustainable population of healthy prairie dogs, ensuring their acceptance by landowners and managers, and ultimately enhancing the long-term viability of species dependent on the prairie dog ecosystem.
The board meeting covered several organizational and operational items, including the appointment and election of board members to positions such as Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary. Updates were provided regarding the Forest Revision Plan and the Meade County Commission's resolution on invasive species treatment funding. Discussions included monitoring Tamarix infestation levels, the presentation of the 2025 Work Plan, and a review of the 2025 and 2026 expense budgets. Additionally, the board addressed a prairie dog complaint and the status of correspondence with the landowner regarding voluntary control efforts.
The Board addressed multiple variance requests. One request involved an encroachment for a large building on a residential lot, which was denied after the Board determined there was insufficient hardship. A second request concerned a variance from the minimum 40-acre parcel size requirement for a property owner seeking to build a primary dwelling and pole barn, noting that the parcel size fell below the threshold due to existing highway right-of-way boundaries.
Extracted from official board minutes, strategic plans, and video transcripts.
Track Meade County meetings, strategic plans, and budget discussions before the public bid appears.
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Decision timeline from discussion to RFP
Public-sector contacts connected to Meade County.
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