August 7, 2023 at 6:00 PM - City Council 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 July 17, 2023, Board of Equalization meeting.

4.B. Minutes of July 17, 2023, City Council meeting.

4.C. Minutes of July 17, 2023, Civil Service Commission meeting.

4.D. Change date of first meeting in September 2023 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, September 5, 2023, due to Labor Day holiday.

4.E. Resolution No. R23-87 approving permanent drainage easement agreement with Juliann Nosal.

4.F. Resolution No. R23-99 continuing Columbus/Platte County Enhanced 911 service surcharge of $1 per month on each local exchange access line physically terminating in the 911 service area.

4.G. Resolution No. R23-100 approving addendum to Lease to Hangar Aircraft with Sky Roamers, LLC to relocate to Hangar No. 1508-3.

4.H. Resolution No. R23-101 approving Columbus Fire Department Back-up Response Plan.

4.I. Resolution No. R23-102 amending by-laws of the Board of Parks Commissioners to change principal office and meeting location to 2500 14 Street.

4.J. Resolution No. R23-103 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.K. 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 $435,000 for commercial rehabilitation, general administration, and construction management in conjunction with Downtown Revitalization Project.

7.A.1. Resolution No. R23-104 approving grant application for Downtown Revitalization Project.

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES 

9.A. Update on Nebraska Department of Transportation 23rd Street Reconstruction Project. 

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES - None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION - None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Application of The Friedhof Room at Schweser's for a special designated liquor license on 27 Avenue from 13 Street south to the alley, from 5:30 p.m. to 12 a.m., August 25, 2023, for street festival. 

13.B. Quote from CDW Government in the amount of $23,827.84 for core server licenses.

13.C. Quote from 911 Custom in the amount of $21,715 for ballistic helmets and rifle-rated shields for police department. 

13.D. Quote from Electric Pump in the amount of $12,063 for a pump for waste water treatment facility.

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

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R23-105 accepting proposal from League Association of Risk Management in the amount of $746,669 for property and casualty insurance for five years beginning October 1, 2023.

14.B. Resolution No. R23-106 awarding contract to Gehring Construction & Ready Mix Company, Inc. in the amount of $359,818 for Storm Drainage and Sidewalk Improvements 2023.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING - None

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING

16.A. Ordinance No. 23-09 adopting Columbus Land Development Ordinance. 

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING - None

18. CONSIDERATION OF PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE - Included in Consent Agenda.

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

20. ADJOURNMENT