February 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM - 2nd Council Regular Meeting

1. Mayor Bergman calls meeting to order, with the "Pledge of Allegiance" and the "Open Meeting Statement" as required by NE State Statutes 84-1407 through 84-1414; Mayor Bergman also states that the City Council may vote to go into Closed Session on any agenda item as allowed by NE State Statute 84-1410. 

2. Submittal of Requests for Future Agenda Items

3. Reserve Time to Speak on an Agenda Item

4. Discussion on complaints regarding offensive banners and postings in the City Limits of St. Paul, NE (possible action).

5. Discuss the 108 Howard Avenue nuisance "action plan" between Todd Padrnos and the City of St. Paul Chief of Police Howard; date when the nuisance will be remedied (possible action).

6. Discuss - Approve / Deny Olsson's Change Order Request No. 2 regarding the City of St. Paul's 2021 Wastewater Treatment Facility(WWTF) Improvement Project; Engineers Project No. 020-2586.   This is the decommissioning of the south existing lagoon after the substantial completion of the whole WWTF project.

7. Discuss - Approve / Deny Pay Request #1 to Rutjens Construction Inc. Tilden, NE regarding the Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF); Project #020-2586 in the amount of $57,182.31 for electrical material.

8. Discuss - Approve / Deny Michael J. and Robyn R. McCann AND Jeffrey L. and Shauna L. Christensen Administrative Plat, along with Mayor Joel M. Bergman signing the plat pertaining to Lot C, Bryan's Addition regarding vacant property located south of Paul Street between 9th Street and Grant Street. The property is more particularly described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of said Lot C; thence on an assigned bearing of North 89°14'00" East on the northerly line of said Lot C a distance of 276.95 feet to the Northeast Corner of said Lot C and the westerly right-of-way line of 9^th Street; thence South 00°18'20" West on said westerly right-of-way line and the easterly line of said Lot C a distance of 140.31 feet to the Southeast Corner of said Lot C; thence South 89°20'38" West on the southerly line of said Lot C a distance of 276.83 feet to the Southwest Corner of said Lot C and the easterly right-of-way line of Grant Street; thence North 00°15'36" East on said easterly right-of-way line and the westerly line of said Lot C a distance of 139.77 feet to the point of beginning, containing a calculated area of 38769.65 square feet or 0.89 acres, more or less.  

9. REVIEW CHIEF OF POLICE HOWARD'S NUISANCE LIST FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2022 TO ABATE:
NUISANCES: Failure to Abate: If nuisance is not abated and Council determines to proceed, Council will give a second "Notice" with date, time and place for interested party to appear before the City Council and present evidence that the property is a public nuisance and needs to be abated.  
Discuss - Approve / Deny giving a second "Notice" to which party or parties; a NOTICE OF HEARING TO BE DETERMINED EXISTENCE OF PUBLIC NUISANCE AND TO ABATE IN WHOLE OR PART.  
***City Council to set date, time and place at which all interested parties may appear before the City Council and present evidence that the property is not a nuisance (possible action).

10. Discuss - Approve / Deny Consent Agenda Items:
(1) Treasurer's Report for January 2022; (2) February 7, 2022 Council minutes (regular); (3) February 14, 2022 zoning permit; and (4) February 22, 2022 disbursements. 

11. Discuss the City of St. Paul Well-field pasture control burn and rental lease; possible action.
a.  Approve / deny advertising in the Phonograph Herald for the well-field pasture lease; this will be for three (3) consecutive times.

12. Utility Superintendent Helzer updates

13. Chief of Police Howard updates: 
(1) Nuisance & Incident Report;

14. Council member updates

15. Mayor Bergman updates:
(1) League Association of Risk Management (LARM) 2021 Annual Report;

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

17. Public Announcements

18. 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

19. Mayor Bergman adjourns City Council meeting.

20. Informational Items:
(1) Receipts January 2022;
(2) Certificates of Deposits January 2022;

21. This agenda, including supporting documentation, is available for public viewing during normal business hours at the City Office, 704 6th Street, St. Paul, Nebraska.