May 18, 2026 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 4, 2026, City Council meeting.

4.B. Reappointments of Jeffrey C. Johnson, Connie Hellbusch, and Bryan Chochon to the Citizen's Advisory Review Committee for four-year terms.

4.C. Bid from Central Sand and Gravel for one-year supply of gravel in the amount of $32.47 per cubic yard if delivered or $26.33 per cubic yard if picked up.

4.D. Resolution No. R26-70 approving Lease to Hangar Aircraft with BJ Aviation LLC. (Board of Airport Commissioners recommends approval.)

4.E. Finance department report.

4.F. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

6.A. Proclamation declaring the week of May 17, 2026, as National Public Works Week.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS

7.A. Public hearing - Application from Advanced Consulting Engineering Services on behalf of Keyes Development, LLC for final plat of Sock Pond Addition (14th Street west of 48th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.A.1. Public hearing - Determine whether Sock Pond Addition should be included within the corporate city limits. (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.A.2. Resolution No. R26-71 approving final plat, development agreement, and bringing said addition into the corporate city limits.

7.B. Public hearing - Application from Keyes Development, LLC to rezone property located in Lots 1-32, Sock Pond Addition Original City of Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska from "R-1" (Single Family Residential) to "R-2" (Two-Family Residential) and to amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan (14th Street west of 48th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.1. Ordinance No. 26-09 approving rezoning.

7.C. Public hearing - Application from Keyes Development, LLC to rezone property located in Lots 1-12, Block A and Lots 1-7, Block B, Dubas Addition, Original City of Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska from "R-1" (Single Family Residential) to "R-2" (Two-Family Residential) and to amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan (Habitat Drive and 44th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.C.1. Ordinance No. 26-10 approving rezoning.

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.

9.B. Columbus in Focus - Building and Infrastructure.

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES

10.A. Public Property, Safety, and Works Committee - May 18, 2026.

10.A.1. Request from Keyes Development, LLC to vacate 14th Street public road right-of-way and all public utility easements located in Lots 3 through 12, K&S Subdivision as they will be in conflict with Sock Pond Addition (14th Street west of 48th Avenue and west of existing houses)

10.A.2. Permanent utility easement located along 33rd Avenue for North Well No. 20 project.

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION: None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Appointment of Quelbin Izaguirre to the Citizen's Advisory Review Committee for four-year term.

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

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R26-72 approving permanent utility easement located along 33rd Avenue for the North Well No. 20 project.

14.B. Resolution No. R26-73 accepting Deed of Dedication for McDonald Subdivision (33rd Avenue south of Weil Drive). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

14.C. Resolution R26-74 authorizing the mayor to sign the letter of funding commitment to the United States Department of Transportation for the Safe Streets and Roads for All Implementation Grant application.

14.D. Resolution No. R26-75 amending award of Community Development Block Grant funds to the amount of $30,000 to Yonni Izaguirre for downtown revitalization.

14.E. Resolution No. R26-76 approving loan assumption agreement with Valley Drive Properties, LLC regarding economic development loan with K Herman Development, LLC for work force housing development projects.

14.F. Resolution No. R26-77 amending City of Columbus Recognition Program.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING

15.A. Ordinance No. 26-11 vacating 14th Street public road right-of-way and all public utility easements located in Lots 3 through 12, K&S Subdivision (14th Street west of 48th Avenue and west of existing houses)

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING

16.A. Ordinance No. 26-08 amending city code section 50.35 to add regulations regarding handling of solid waste.

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING: None

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

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

20. ADJOURNMENT