Fort Pierre City Council Accepts Donation For Microphone Equipment

Fort Pierre City Council Accepts Donation For Microphone Equipment

FORT PIERRE — The Fort Pierre City Council accepted a donation Tuesday night from residents Gary and Connie Grittner for new microphones and audio equipment in place for use during meetings of the Council…

Grittner thanked Public Works Director Rick Hahn for his efforts finding an appropriate system and doing it with local businesses. For the Grittners, the donation is about giving the residents of Fort Pierre a better view and sound of open government…

The addition of the sound equipment brought comment from Jim Hoffman, who recently ran for Fort Pierre mayor, to have the meetings aired on the radio…

Fort Pierre has been using the Zoom meeting system to provide remote access to their bi-weekly meetings since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.