November 17, 2025 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 November 3, 2025, City Council meeting.

4.B. Resolution No. R25-141 approving and accepting permanent drainage easement by RBack Enterprises, LLC.

4.C. Resolution No. R25-142 approving agency agreement with Nebraska Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, for Federal Aviation Administration Grant No. 3-31-0019-021-2026 to obtain federal funding assistance for Columbus Municipal Airport 8-Place T-Hangar Project. CIP #23-030

4.D. Finance department report.

4.E. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: 

6.A. Proclamation of Thanks for Support presented by the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local No.1575.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES: Finance department report included in Consent Agenda

9.A. Update on Nebraska Department of Transportation Loup River South Bridges 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 Jaymee Levander as police captain.

13.B. Appointment of Tanner Dreifurst as police sergeant. 

13.C. Appointment of Joel Poppe as police officer.

13.D. Appointment of Melanie Jensen to the Downtown Business Improvement Board to fill unexpired term of Joe Marksmeier.

13.E. Application from Cushing Terrell on behalf of Les Schwab Group Holdings, LLC for preliminary plat of Les Schwab Subdivision (northeast corner of 23rd Street and E 11th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.F. Application from Advanced Engineering Consulting Services on behalf of Meadow Ridge Properties, LLC for preliminary plat of Meadow Ridge Properties Subdivision (34th Street west of 53rd Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.G. Application from Advanced Engineering Consulting Services on behalf of Meadow Ridge Properties, LLC for preliminary plat of Meadow Ridge Twelfth Addition and request for waiver of subdivision regulations for length of cul-de-sac to exceed 350 feet (extension of Grayhawk Place south of 43rd Street). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.H. Application from Advanced Engineering Consulting Services on behalf of Shady Lake Development, LLC for preliminary plat of Westfield Addition (south side of 23rd Street west of 54th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.I. Proposal from Library Furniture International in the amount of $13,937 for additional shelving in the children's library. (Full amount to be reimbursed by the Columbus Library Foundation.)

13.J. Reallocate $4,020 from CIP #26-19 and purchase from Schieffer Signs, Inc. for new graphic design on community service technician and code enforcement vehicles for the police department.  

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

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R25-143 approving agreement with Public Consulting Group LLC to provide services related to the Ground Emergency Medical Transport Reimbursement Program.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING: None

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING: None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING: None

18. PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE: Included in Consent Agenda

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

20. ADJOURNMENT