NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON A PETITION TO VACATE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY Notice is hereby given that a joint Public Hearing will be held by the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Codington County Court House to consider in full or in part the following proposed vacation of a public street right-of-way. • A petition has been filed by Michael Bunkers and Diane Bunkers, to have Codington County vacate the public access and public road lying between Lots 10-12 of the plat entitled: Lots 1 through 13 of Polze Subdivision in Government Lot 4, Section 17-T116N-R53, West of the 5th P.M., Codington County, South Dakota; and Lot 14C of plat entitled: Schwandt’s Pelican View Subdivision in the County of Codington, in Government Lot 4 of Section 17-T116N-R53W. The physical location of this meeting is at the Codington County Court House located at 14 1st Ave. SE, Watertown, SD. This meeting will also be held virtually over a teleconference platform. All persons interested may appear and be heard before the County Commission in person or at said hearing. The application and other associated written materials are available for public review at the following website: http://codington.org. Written comments may be filed with the Auditor on or before Friday, December 19, 2025. Contact the Auditor at (605) 882-6297 to make arrangements to submit written materials before then. No materials will be placed on the above website after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 19, 2025. Brenda Hanten Codington County Auditor Published on 12/6, 12/13/25 at the total approximate cost of $46.04 and may be viewed free of charge at www.sdpublicnotices.com