August 21, 2017 at 7:00 PM - City of Columbus Regular Meeting

1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ROLL CALL

2. PRAYER

3. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CONSENT AGENDA - The following items are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.A. Minutes of August 7, 2017, City Council meeting.

4.B. Minutes of August 4, 2017, Civil Service Commission meeting certifying the following police chief candidates: Bruce Ferrell, Chuck Sherer, and Doug Molczyk and the following police officer candidates: Chris Spale, Eric McCarthy, Luis Venzor, Michael Smutny, Lauren Polak, and Ian Kershaw.

4.C. Reappointment of Chuck Whitney as delegate to the Nebraska Cooperative Government Commission for one-year term.

4.D. Reappointment of Chris Dixon, Roger Hare, and LeRoy Iwanski for one-year terms and Jean Knapp, Bonnie McPhillips, and Larry Winter for two-year terms to the Senior Center Advisory Board.

4.E. Resolution No. R17-104 approving leasehold contract in the amount of $100 for Anna Morales in conjunction with 12 Avenue viaduct project.

4.F. Resolution No. R17-105 approving partial acquisition in the amount of $3,550 and temporary easement in the amount of $2,050 for Black Hills/Nebraska Gas Utility Company, LLC in conjunction with 12 Avenue viaduct project.

4.G. Resolution No. R17-106 approving scoreboard sponsorship agreement with Becton, Dickinson and Company dba BD Medical Systems for scoreboard advertising at Memorial Stadium.

4.H. Resolution No. R17-107 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.I. Finance Department reports.

4.J. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - None

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS

7.A. Public hearing - Application to Nebraska Department of Economic Development for Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $350,000 for Comprehensive Development Phase II ($280,000 for single family housing rehabilitation, $35,000 for general administration, and $35,000 for housing administration).

7.A.1. Resolution No. R17-108 approving application to the Northeast Nebraska Department of Economic Development.

7.B. Public hearing - Second hearing on application to Nebraska Department of Economic Development for Community Development Block Grant No. 16-CD-001 for community development.

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES - Included in Consent Agenda

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES

10.A. PUBLIC FINANCE, JUDICIARY, AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - August 15, 2017

10.A.1. Request of Keep Columbus Beautiful for funding assistance.

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION - None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Appointment of Eric McCarthy as police officer.

13.B. Comments from mayor and city council members.

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R17-109 approving amendment to agreement with Kendig Keast Collaborative by reducing the amount not to exceed from $166,495.92 to $139,460.00 and extending the completion date from June 3, 2018 to August 17, 2018, for Comprehensive Plan Update and Long Range Transportation Plan.

14.B. Resolution No. R17-110 approving application for assistance from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Recreational Trails Program for construction of Powerhouse Park Trail, Phase 1, located along the Lost Creek Flood Control ditch from 33 Avenue to Wilderness Park Road.

14.C. Resolution No. R17-111 awarding bid to Obrist & Company, Inc. in the amount of $63,481 for Eastpark Green Infrastructure Improvements.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING - None

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING

16.A. Ordinance No. 17-19 amending Sections 150.024, 150.028, 150.029, 150.046, and 150.048 of Chapter 150 of Title XV of Ordinance No. 05-47 (Columbus City Code) regarding electrical and plumbing codes to require certificates of insurance.

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING - None

18. CONSIDERATION OF PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE - Payroll and all other bills included in Consent Agenda

18.A. ARL Credit Services

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

20. ADJOURNMENT