Welcome to the Brookings County Township page

Contacting the county:

• Director of Equalization / Assessor:  605-696-8220 or equalization@brookingscountysd.gov 
• Finance Office (Treasurer / Auditor):  605-696-8250 or finance@brookingscountysd.gov

2023 Township Officers List

Township annual meetings are held (by statute) on the 1st Tuesday of March

ANNUAL LETTER OF REQUIRED ITEMS

FORMS YOU WILL NEED

(Forms will be updated as necessary)

• Annual Statement: The Department of Legislative Audit forms are found on their “RESOURCES” pages located at:  RESOURCES | Legislative Audit (sd.gov)

Locate TOWNSHIPS and click on the “+” or word TOWNSHIPS to expand the menu.  It should look similar to this:

• Request to the county auditor
  • Notice to the Brookings Co Auditor
  • The base levy is the amount of tax dollars that a township has authority to collect.  It is not what they might actually collect.  The base levy is built from year to year and is the levy that is allowed to increase without an opt-out.  It can be increased by the CPI (Consumer Price Index) as reported by the Department of Revenue and it can increase if you have growth in your township.    This is how the legislature allows you to deal with inflation without having to do an opt-out.
• Township Opt Out information is found in the South Dakota Department of Revenue information on Opt Outs (excludes schools) for 2023.
  • This document contains the forms needed to be completed on pages 6 and 7.  Be sure to note the difference between the two forms.
• Road & Bridge Levy.This is a levy township boards can do without doing the opt-out process.  The funds are specifically for use on roads and bridges.  It is important to know the rules on this levy option so you don’t get in trouble.  Please use the form for this as well.  It requires a resolution and all to often it is written into the minutes as a motion. 
  • Levy & Resolution for Secondary Road Capital Improvement Funds
  • Road-Levy Info
• Combined Oath for the Chairman & Supervisors
  • Chairman & Supervisor Oath of Office
• Combined Oath for the Treasurer & Clerk 
  • Treasurer & Clerk Oath of Office
• Clerk & Treasurer’s Bond 
  • Turn in a copy of your bond for both Clerk & Treasurer. If you file bonds with the Association of Towns & Townships, they will send me a copy like usual.
• Township Board Officer Information
  • Township Officer Information
• Full Maintenance and Minimum Maintenance Map
  • Notate whether each road is a full, minimum, or no maintenance road maintained by your township
    • Afton
    • Alton
    • Argo
    • Aurora
    • Bangor
    • Brookings
    • Elkton
    • Eureka
    • Lake Hendricks
    • Lake Sinai
    • Laketon
    • Medary
    • Oak Lake
    • Oakwood
    • Oslo
    • Parnell
    • Preston
    • Richland
    • Sherman
    • Sterling
    • Trenton
    • Volga
    • Winsor
• Miles Maintained from 2020

  Township	Full	Min
  Afton	42	10.5
  Alton	47
  Argo	48
  Aurora	33
  Bangor	38
  Brookings	25.5	5
  Elkton	21	4
  Eureka	34	3
  Lk Hendricks	17
  Lk Sinai	30	5.5
  Laketon	35
  Medary	30
  Oaklake	37	6
  Oakwood	38
  Oslo	43
  Parnell	55
  Preston	40
  Richland	23.75	5.5
  Sherman	21.5	11.5
  Sterling	52
  Trenton	39.25
  Volga	47
  Winsor	42

  
  
• Voter Registration Packet
  • Packet will be mailed out to the clerk after the registration deadline passes. Have voters sign in as they check in to vote to keep their voting record up to date. 
• Minutes
  • For each type of levy your township utilizes, a separate notation should be in your minutes.  A paragraph for the general (base) levy, a paragraph of the opt-out levy and a paragraph for the resolution (in full text) for the road and bridge levy.
• Retention Rates
  • Records Retention Manual