January 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM - Beatrice Regular City Council Meeting

1. ROLL CALL

2. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

2.a. Merchant McIntyre presentation.

3. CONSENT AGENDA

3.a. Approve agenda as submitted.

3.b. Receive and place on file all notices pertaining to this meeting.

3.c. Receive and place on file all materials having any bearing on this meeting.

3.d. Approval of minutes of regular meeting on January 2, 2024, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

3.e. Approval of Treasurer's Report of Claims in the amount of $612,511.31.

3.f. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $93,673.12.

3.g. Approval of Change Order #1 increase in the amount of $1,187,035.28 to Myers Construction, Inc., for the Water Main Replacements project, as part of the 2021 Water SRF projects, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.h. Approval of Pay Request #7 in the amount of $808,057.61; Pay Request #8 in the amount of $443,795.09; and Final Pay Request #9 in the amount of 753,866.34 to Myers Construction, Inc., for the Water Main Replacements project, as part of the 2021 Water SRF projects, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.i. Approval of write-off of ambulance bad debts.

3.j. Approval for a new keno sales satellite application for JS GRILL, LLC, dba, JS GRILL, 831 Court Street, Beatrice, Nebraska.

3.k. Refer claim of Unite Private Networks, LLC, regarding damages to their personal property to City Attorney and City Insurance carrier for review and disposition.

3.l. Resolution Number 7209 granting permission to Matt Harral and Crystal Bartels permission to serve alcoholic beverages upon the City Property located in the large shelter in Riverside Park on Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., as part of their wedding reception.

3.m. Resolution Number 7210 reappointing Darrick Fletcher to the Beatrice Planning and Zoning Commission.

3.n. Resolution Number 7211 reappointing Deven McGhee to the Beatrice Planning and Zoning Commission.

3.o. Resolution Number 7212 reappointing John Riha to the Beatrice Planning and Zoning Commission.

3.p. Resolution Number 7213 appointing Hank Sunderman to the Beatrice Planning and Zoning Commission.

3.q. Resolution Number 7214 appointing Laura McElravy as the Alternate to the Beatrice Planning and Zoning Commission.

3.r. Resolution Number 7215 entering into an Engagement Letter for Commercial Appraisal Services between the City and Kubert Appraisal Group to provide appraisal services for property legally described as Lots One (1) through Ten (10), Gage County Industrial Park Second Addition to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS - None

5. RESOLUTIONS

5.a. Resolution Number 7216 executing the Sponsorship Agreement with Eakes Office Solutions for Hannibal Park.

5.b. Resolution Number 7217 appointing Grant Jones, Morgan Fox, Chet McGrury, Denise Pahl, and Tobias J. Tempelmeyer to the Downtown Revitalization Committee

5.c. Resolution Number 7218 appointing Brian Carver, Jackie Nielson, Michael McLain, Jessica Javorsky, James Burroughs, and Tobias Tempelmeyer to the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Advisory Committee.

6. ORDINANCES

6.a. Ordinance Number 24-2, second reading, amending Article XVII of the Beatrice City Code regarding abandoned and junked vehicles.

6.b. Ordinance vacating Lot Eight (8), Whispering Pines Estates Second Subdivision and Lot One (1) Whispering Pines Estates Third Subdivision, located on a part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 3, Range 6 East of the P.M., City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.

6.c. Ordinance approving the plat of Lots One (1) and Two (2), Whispering Pines Estates Fifth Addition to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.

7. PUBLIC FORUM

8. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS (CONTINUED)

8.a. Main Street Quarterly Report.

8.b. End of Year Review.

8.c. City Administrator’s Monthly Report.

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.a. The next regular City Council meeting is February 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.