Governing body--Officers and employees appointed and removed--City manager authority
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Ruple v. Weinaug (1983)
Most recently applied in Kolda v. City of Yankton (August 2014)
Source: SL 1935, ch 158, § 7; SDC 1939, § 45.0908; SL 2025, ch 38, § 46.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The finance officer, attorney, and library board of trustees must be appointed by the governing body and may be removed at any time by the governing body.
The finance officer shall appoint all deputies and employees in the finance office.
All other officers and employees, including all members of boards and commissions, except as otherwise provided by law, must be appointed, and may be removed, by the city manager.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.