Hand County Board of Commissioners
415 West 1st Avenue, Mail-slot 7, Suite 203
Miller, South Dakota 57362
Contact Information:
605-853-2182 (Auditor’s Office)
We no longer use faxes as means of document exchange.
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MEMBERS of the COMMISSION
Commissioner District Map (Rural)
Commissioner District 2 Map (within the City of Miller)
Front: Gib Rodgers & Jim Eschenbaum
Back: Greg Palmer, Luke Wernsmann & Jim Jones
Daniel Jensen, Commissioner, District 1 (Appointed on June 9, 2022 to fill the unexpired term of Gib Rodgers)
- 36710 210th Street, Saint Lawrence, South Dakota 57373
- Mobile: (605) 461-9189
- Email: [email protected]
- 2022 Liaison Appointments: Coroner, Sheriff, States Attorney, Emergency Management & Domestic Violence
Jim Jones, Commissioner, District 2 (Elected in 2016 & Re-elected in 2020)
- 2020 Chairman
- 2019 Vice-Chairman
- 218 East 8th Street, Miller, South Dakota 57362
- Mobile: (605) 204-1018
- direct email: [email protected]
- 2022 Liaison Appointments: Economic Development, Rail Authority, 4-H and Veteran Services
Greg Palmer, Commissioner, District 3 (Elected in 2018)
- 2022 Chairman
- 2021 Vice-Chairman
- 412 West 4th Avenue, Miller, South Dakota 57362
- (605) 870-0505)
- direct email: [email protected]
- 2022 Liaison Appointments: Register of Deeds, Auditor, Director of Equalization & Treasurer.
Jim Eschenbaum, Commissioner, District 4 (Appointed & later elected in 2020)
- 35834 209th Street, Miller, South Dakota 57362
- Mobile Phone: 605-204-0373
- direct email: [email protected]
- 2022 Liaison Appointments: Weed Board, Rubble Site, Towns & Townships and Northeast Council of Governments
Luke Wernsmann, Commissioner, District 5 (Re-elected in 2018)
- 2018 Chairman
- 2017 & 2022 Vice-Chairman
- 18790 354th Avenue, Miller, South Dakota 57362
- Home Phone: (605) 853-3848
- Mobile: (605) 204-0022
- direct email: [email protected]
- 2022 Liaison Appointments: Custodian, Community Health, Library Board and Rail Authority
Items submitted or acted upon at the meeting, not provided by link in the agenda:
- Quick Claim Deed of the Ree Heights highway department garage
- Degelman 15′ Mower referenced during meeting.
- Rental Agreement for Community Health to occupy hospital office (August 2021)
