Editing Hill City, South Dakota (section)

==Government and services==
Hill City incorporates a [[Mayor-Council government|Mayor-Council]] style of governance in which the mayor is the chief executor and the council has legislative control over city ordinances. The city is broken into two [[Ward (politics)|wards]] with two members of the city council elected from each ward to serve two-year terms. Mayor Don Voorhees was elected to his first term in 2006 and will serve a four-year term. Dave Gray is the president of the council and represents the first ward. Mr. Gray has served on the council since 1998 and was re-elected in 2006. The second representative from the first ward is Tana Nichols who was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005. Ward II is represented by John Johnson who was first elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2005, and Dan Maxfield who was elected to his first term in 2006.

Members of the Zoning and Planning Commission, Parks Board, and Library Board are appointed. There are five members on the zoning and planning commission with the chair and vice-chair being elected positions. The city's financial officer administrates city offices, council activities, mayoral activities, department and personnel management, while also acting as financial control of city assets, budgets, and fiscal activities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillcitysd.govoffice2.com/ |title=Hill City, SD - Hill City<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213334/http://www.hillcitysd.govoffice2.com/ |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The major source of city income is through a sales tax. The office of Public Works oversees city infrastructure, water and sewers.

In the [[South Dakota State Legislature]], Hill City is represented by two representatives and one senator from District 30 who all serve two-year terms corresponding to even numbered years.   The district encompasses all of [[Fall River County]], [[Custer County, South Dakota|Custer County]], and most of Pennington country excluding most of the Rapid City area in the north central part of the county.<ref>{{cite web | title =South Dakota Legislative Districts Interactive Map | url =http://arcgis.sd.gov/server/dlrc/lrc2012/ | access-date =2013-06-04 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130507113537/http://arcgis.sd.gov/server/dlrc/lrc2012/ | archive-date =2013-05-07 | url-status =dead }}</ref> The senator is Bruce Rampelberg, a second-term Republican from Rapid City.<ref>{{cite web | title =South Dakota Legislature: 2013 Senate Roster | url =http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2013/Roster.aspx?Body=S | access-date =2013-06-04 }}</ref> The representatives are Lance Russell, a third-term Republican from Hot Springs, and Mike Verchio, a third-term Republican from Hill City.<ref>{{cite web | title =South Dakota Legislature: 2013 House Roster | url =http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2013/Roster.aspx?Body=H | access-date =2013-06-04 }}</ref>

Hill City has a voluntary ambulance service and voluntary fire department. There is one health clinic in town with limited services. Rapid City Regional hospital (26 miles away) and Custer community hospital (13 miles away) both offer emergency room and other health facilities. There is a small library in town with a collection of 7,338 books and various audio and visual resources.<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/city/Hill-City-South-Dakota.html Hill City, South Dakota (SD) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex offenders<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  The Pennington Country Sheriff's Department has allocated three deputies to serve the Hill City area.<ref>{{cite web | title =Pennington Country Sheriff's Office | url =http://www.penningtoncountysheriff.com/ | access-date =2009-05-14 }}</ref>