Pat’s Council Record
Three years of documented attendance, votes, and motions on the Rapid City Common Council—Ward 5 Alderman, July 2022 to July 2025.
97.7%
Attendance Rate
84 of 86 meetings attended
“Good government starts with showing up. I missed two meetings in three years—once for a scheduling conflict and once due to illness. Ward 5 deserves a council member who is present and paying attention.”
Attendance Detail
Summary
- Total meetings in tenure
- 88
- Meetings present
- 84
- Meetings absent
- 2
- Meetings with no attendance record
- 2
- Attendance rate
- 97.7%
Rate calculated as present ÷ (present + absent). The 2 meetings with no attendance record in the minutes are excluded from the denominator.
Missed Meetings
Pat was recorded absent at exactly 2 meetings during his three-year term:
- September 6, 2022
- December 26, 2023
Pat attended every other council meeting across his three-year term—84 meetings in total.
Dissenting Votes
Pat cast 2 nay votes during his tenure. Voting against a motion requires deliberate judgment; these are the two instances where Pat took a stand against the majority.
Motion carried to adopt the amended agenda. Pat voted against adopting the consent agenda at the December 27, 2022 meeting.
Vote on a substitute motion at the August 19, 2024 meeting. Pat voted nay on a procedural motion regarding a pending item.
Note: Many council votes pass unanimously and are not individually recorded in meeting minutes. Roll-call vote details are drawn directly from official council minutes PDFs.
Selected Roll-Call Votes
A sample of recorded votes where individual member positions were captured in the official minutes. These are the first 20 meetings with individually recorded Roseland votes.
August 1, 2022regular1 recorded vote
that the title be read the second time to approve with Planned Developme nt Designation . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Jones, seconded by Lehmann
September 6, 2022regular3 recorded votes
ehmann and carried 10 - 0 to approve . END OF CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR NON - CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Items 70 – 7 2 Mayor Allender read in item ( No. 22RZ011 ) Sec
Moved by Roberts, seconded by L
that the title be read th e second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Jones, seconded by Evans
t hat the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Salamun, seconded by Roberts
September 19, 2022regular2 recorded votes
to approve 10 - 0. NON - CONSE NT ITEMS – Items 3 2 – 3 7 Open P ublic Comment – Items 3 2 – 3 7 (3 - minute time limit per speaker) Close Public Comment Ordinances Mayor
Moved by Nordstrom, seconded by Evans
to continue this item to the October 3, 2022, City Council M eeting. NON - CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Items 4 4 - 4 5 Mayor Allender read in item ( No. 22RZ014 ) Second Reading, Ordi
Moved by Strommen, seconded by Jones
October 3, 2022regular1 recorded vote
that the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Jones, seconded by Nordstrom
November 21, 2022regular1 recorded vote
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Jones, seconded by Salamun
December 19, 2022regular2 recorded votes
to approve the rezone and that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Armstrong, seconded by Roberts
ITY C OUNCIL D ECEMBER 19 , 202 2 10 Salamun to approve the rezone with a Planned Development Designation and that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the followin
Moved by Evans, seconded by C
December 27, 2022regular1 recorded vote
and carried to adopt the agenda. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT Brian Peck addressed the Council. He has ideas and resources to create safe comm unities for the homeless. He said th ere is land and pre
Moved by Jones, seconded by Lehmann
February 6, 2023regular4 recorded votes
ITY C OUNCIL F EBRUARY 6 , 2023 7 Nordstrom , second by Armstrong that the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by C
that the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Evans, seconded by Lehmann
that the title be read the second time . Up on vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Nordstrom, seconded by Ham
that the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Salamun, seconded by Roberts
February 21, 2023regular1 recorded vote
to approve 9 - 1 with Evans voting no. NON - CONSENT ITEMS – Item s 3 8 - 4 1 Ordinances Mayor Allender read in item ( LF020123 - 20 ) Second Reading of Ordinance No. 6562 an Ordin
Moved by Jones, seconded by Salamun
March 6, 2023regular2 recorded votes
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Nordstrom, seconded by Jones
that the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Nordstrom, seconded by Roberts
April 3, 2023regular2 recorded votes
to approve items 47 - 51. Motion carried 9 - 0 . END OF CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR NON - CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Item s 43 and 44 Mayor Allender read in item ( No. 2
Moved by Jones, seconded by Roberts
that the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Jones, seconded by Lehmann
May 15, 2023regular1 recorded vote
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Jones, seconded by Lehmann
June 5, 2023regular1 recorded vote
to approve. Roseland thanked those involved for helping to get this done. Evans said an alternative site should be considered for the future. He suggested the Canyon Lake School site. Tech indicat
Moved by Roseland, seconded by Roberts
June 20, 2023regular2 recorded votes
and carried 10 - 0 to approve item 33. END OF CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR NON - CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Item s 34 - 36 Mayor Allender re ad in item ( No. 23RZ006 ) Second
Moved by Jones, seconded by Roseland
that the title be read the second time , to approve in conjunction with 23AN003. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Roberts, seconded by Strommen
July 3, 2023regular1 recorded vote
that the title be read the s econd time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Evans, seconded by Roseland
August 7, 2023regular1 recorded vote
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Roberts, seconded by Maher
August 21, 2023regular2 recorded votes
that the title be read the second time . Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Roberts, seconded by Biberdorf
to approve i tems 37 - 4 2. Motion carried 10 - 0. END OF CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR NON - C ONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Item 4 3 Mayor Salamun read in item ( No. 23RZ010 ) Secon
Moved by Roseland, seconded by Ham
September 18, 2023regular7 recorded votes
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Roberts, seconded by Maher
sec ond by Strommen that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Roberts
to approve items 28 - 33 . Motion carried 9 - 0 . END OF CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR NON - CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Items 34 - 39 C ITY C OUNCIL S EPTEMBER 18 , 2
Moved by Roberts, seconded by Strommen
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote bei ng taken, the following voted
Moved by Ham, seconded by Roberts
that the ti tle be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Ham, seconded by Roberts
th at the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Ham, seconded by Roseland
achris that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Roberts, seconded by Se
October 16, 2023regular2 recorded votes
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being take n, the following voted
Moved by Lehmann, seconded by Strommen
that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Roseland, seconded by Roberts
November 6, 2023regular1 recorded vote
sec ond by Seachris that the title be read the second time. Upon vote being taken, the following voted
Moved by Strommen
Showing first 20 meetings with individually recorded votes. Full council minutes are available at rcgov.org.
About This Data
- Data compiled from 102 official council minutes PDFs published by the City of Rapid City (January 2022–July 2025).
- Roll-call votes were individually captured from 134 recorded votes across all meetings. Many routine motions (consent agenda, unanimous items) pass without individual names being listed.
- Pat served as Ward 5 Alderman and Council Vice President (2024–25). His tenure spans 88 total council meetings from July 5, 2022 to July 2025; attendance was recorded at 86 of those meetings (2 had no attendance record in the minutes).
- Source PDFs available at rcgov.org → City Council Minutes.
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