April 20, 2020 at 7:00 PM - City of St. Paul Regular Meeting

1. The format of this meeting is by CONFERENCE call.  The meeting is being conducted in this manner in order to comply with social distancing guidelines, due to the COVID-19 outbreak and intended to follow the authorization of Executive Order No. 20-03 issued by Governor Rickett's on March 17, 2020.

2. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING BY TELECONFERENCE ON MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020 AT 6:00 P.M.   The purpose of the special meeting is for the negotiations of the IBEW 1597 Union contract (possible action).

• Voice Roll Call of each Council member

• City Council may vote to go into Closed Session on any agenda item as allowed by State Law.

3. NOTICE OF REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020 AT 7:00 P.M. VIA TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL.

• Call-In Numbers (toll free) 1-877-568-4106 or 1-646-749-3129
• Access Code 536-249-797

4. Mayor Bergman calls meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., with (1) voice Roll Call; (2) Pledge of Allegiance; and (3) the "Open Meeting Statement".

Open Meetings Act:  A current copy of the Open Meetings Act poster is posted on the west wall in the City Council Chambers; available on the web "Nebraska State Statutes 84-1407 through 84-1413"; and also at the Link:  https://nitc.nebraska.gov/documents/statutes/NebraskaOpenMeetingsAct_current.pdf

Mayor Bergman also stated that the City Council may vote to go into Closed Session on any agenda item as allowed by State Law.  If the City Council votes to hold a Closed Session pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, the members of the public may not comment or listen during that time.

5. Submittal of Requests for Future Agenda Items

6. Reserve Time to Speak on an Agenda Item

7. Discuss - Approve / Deny FOLK LLC City Website Design (see email from Erin Eckerman). 

8. Discuss - Approve / Deny the recommended guidelines from the Citizens Advisory Review Committee (CARC) regarding the COVID-19 LB 840 Loan Deferment policy.

9. Discuss - Approve / Deny the Treasurer's Report for March 2020.

10. Discuss - Approve / Deny Resolution 2020-04, authorizing banking authority to the Officers of the City of St. Paul; Lori Royle was removed and Laura Berthelsen was added.

11. Discuss - Approve / Deny Resolution 2020-05, whereas the Heritage Bank of St. Paul, NE be, and is hereby designated as a depository of funds of the City checking account with said Bank and any of the following persons are hereby authorized to draw and sign checks against such account and to take any other action and transact other business.
 

12. Discuss - Approve / Deny the City of St. Paul Police Department wages (Chief of Police Paczosa).
a.  Approve / Deny the St. Paul Police Department on-call pay (Chief of Police Paczosa).

13. Utility Superintendent Helzer updates

14. Chief of Police Paczosa updates a. Nuisance & Incident Report

15. Council member updates

16. Mayor Bergman updates

17. Public Comment Period - restricted to items on the agenda

18. Public Announcements

19. Closed Session: The City of St. Paul reserves the right to go into Closed Session when it is clearly necessary to protect the public interest or for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual; or pending litigation

20. Mayor Bergman adjourns City Council meeting.

21. Informational Items:
a.  A thank you from the St. Paul Housing Authority (Brenda Klanecky)
for the utilization of the City Program Income funding at Parkside North.
b. Receipts March 2020.
c. Time Certificates March 2020.
d. 2019-2020 Keno Receipts.