August 1, 2022 at 5:30 PM - McCook City Council

Roll Call.
Excuse Absences.

Open Meetings Act Announcement.

Invocation - McCook Ministerial Association - Jeff Kelley, United Methodist Church.

Pledge of Allegiance.

Call to Order.

Items.

1. Announcements & Recognitions.

2. Consent Agenda.
*The Consent Agenda is approved on one motion.  Any item listed on the Consent Agenda may, by the request of any single Council member or public in attendance, be considered as a separate item under the Regular Agenda.

2.A. Approve the minutes of the July 18, 2022 regular City Council meeting.

2.B. Approve an application from Great Plains Communications of Blair, Nebraska to occupy City right-of-way in the alley between KC Motor and Electric and Glass Express storage units from utility pole southeast to KC Motor & Electric.

2.C. Approve an application from Great Plains Communications of Blair, Nebraska to occupy City right-of-way on the west side of Airport Road, starting 240' south of the intersection of East "C" Street, running northeast to the south side of McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport parking lot.

2.D. Approve the amended Fixed Base Operator Lease Agreement with Cleo Spencer, D/B/A Red Willow Aviation and Spraying, Incorporated and authorize the Mayor to sign. 

2.E. Approve the application for a Special Designated Liquor License submitted by the McCook Chamber of Commerce for a Chamber Mixer to be held at McCook National Bank, 220 Norris Avenue, on October 5, 2022, from 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M.

2.F. Receive and file the minutes of the May 11, 2022 Library Advisory Board meeting and the January 18, 2022 and April 19, 2022 Senior Center Advisory Board meetings.

2.G. Approve the Request for Qualifications for Professional Engineering Services for improvements to the City of McCook Waste Water Treatment Facility (WWTF) and set the day to receive proposals for August 26, 2022 at 4:00 P.M.

3. Regular Agenda.

3.A. Molly Smith, President/CEO McCook Chamber of Commerce, request that $6,000 in ACE revenue funds be allocated for Chamber use in the city’s FY22/23 budget.

3.B. Discussion regarding a potential ballpark project.

3.C. Instruct staff to include a potential ballpark project as part of a local option sales tax backed ballot question, said instruction to include creating the necessary documentation to include a potential ballpark project on the requisite ballot question.

3.D. Adopt a Resolution No. 2022-05, approving an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of McCook and Red Willow County School District 0017 for the purpose of cooperating in the construction of certain recreational facilities in and for the benefit of the City of McCook and its residents and for the benefit of the Red Willow County School District 0017 and its students.

3.E. Consider on its second reading Ordinance No. 2022-3042 providing for the voluntary annexation of a tract of land located north of "R" Street along West 7th Street in the NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 3 North, Range 29 West of the 6th P.M. in Red Willow County, Nebraska, which is a part of the Willow Grove Precinct, said property owned by John and Elizabeth Nothnagel.

3.E.1. Chairperson asks Clerk to read Ordinance by title.

3.E.2. Consider approval of Ordinance No. 2022-3042 upon its second reading.

3.F. Discussion regarding procedural and legal elements associated with the annexation of property by the City of McCook.

3.G. Council Comments.

3.H. An Executive Session may be held upon a majority vote of the Council for the protection of public interest for a strategy session with respect to collective bargaining - the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 57.

3.H.1. Nebraska Open Meetings Act statement, if the motion to close passes.

3.H.2. Close Executive Session.

3.I. Annual evaluation of the job performance of City Manager Nathan A. Schneider; as allowed by state law, upon a majority vote, the Council may go into Closed Session for consideration of this item.

3.I.1. Nebraska Open Meetings Act statement, if a motion to close passes.

3.I.2. If moved into Executive Session, motion to close.

Adjournment.