PO Box 37 | Bridgewater, SD 57319

Bridgewater City has an aldermanic form of government consisting of a Mayor and 2 Council Members from each ward. The Mayor is elected at large to a two-year term. The Council Members are elected by the electors of each ward to a two-year term. Bridgewater is divided into 3 wards.

 

Council meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m., except when the Monday falls on a legal holiday, or falls within the first four days of the month, and in that case the meeting shall be held at 7:00 p.m. on the following Monday, or at such other time as may be determined by the Mayor, the City Council shall meet in the Council Chambers of the Finance Office or other designated place, to consider, take under advisement, and act upon such business as may come before it. (SDCL 9-8-8) Meetings are open to the public.