March 4, 2024 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 February 20, 2024, City Council meeting.

4.B. Minutes of February 20, 2024, Community Development Agency meeting.

4.C. Reappointment of Jake Wacha and Marty Eaton to Employee Retirement Committee for two-year term.

4.D. Specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $45,700, and authorization to advertise for bids for yard waste removal for transfer station. (Specifications on file in the public works department.)

4.E. Resolution No. R24-20 approving temporary drainage easement agreement with Meadow Ridge Properties, LLC.

4.F. Resolution No. R24-21 approving permanent drainage easement agreement with Kenneth E. Robinson and Hanne Robinson.

4.G. Resolution No. R24-22 approving permanent utility easement agreement with Columbus Sales Pavilion, Inc.

4.H. Resolution No. R24-23 approving one-year extension to interlocal agreement with Platte County for prosecution services..

4.I. Resolution No. R24-24 authorizing city to apply for and administer a Rural Business Development Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.

4.J. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

6.A. Request of Nebraska State Athletic Trainers' Association for proclamation declaring March 2024 as National Athletic Training Month.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None

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. Appointment of Thomas Ernst as firefighter.

13.B. Appointment of Patricia Hawthorne as firefighter.

13.C. Appointment of Ethan Morrow as firefighter.

13.D. Appointment of Dustin Saner as firefighter.

13.E. Appointment of Ron Sparkman as firefighter.

13.F. Appointment of Craig Warnick as firefighter.

13.G. Appointment of Dalton Witt as firefighter.

13.H. Quote from No Swett Fencing and Decks in the amount of $41,830 for fencing around Loup River water trail at ADM access site.

13.I. Quotes from Motorola Solutions and Electronic Engineering in the total amount of $33,604.57 for upgrades to the radio tower on Shady Lake Road for police department. CIP 21-1

13.J. Quote from B-D Construction, Inc. in the amount of $11,256 for water damage repair at airport.

13.K. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $1,348,303, and authorization to advertise for bids for 8-place T-hangar for airport. (Plans and specifications on file in the engineering department.)

13.L. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $75,000, and authorization to advertise for bids for Water Improvements 2024. (Plans and specifications on file in the engineering department.)

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

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R24-25 approving Change Order No. 1 with Rutjens Construction, Inc. in the amount of $87,322.93 for revisions to final quantities for Lost Creek Parkway sewer from 10th Avenue to 63rd Avenue.

14.B. Resolution No. R24-26 selecting design-build delivery system for artificial turf at Pawnee Park baseball field and designating City Engineer Rick Bogus to serve as Performance Criteria Developer.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING - None

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING - None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING 

17.A. Ordinance No. 24-02 amending city code to authorize selling or distribution of food, drink, and other refreshments in parks through a special event permit.

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

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

20. ADJOURNMENT