May 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Beatrice Regular City Council Meeting

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

3. MAYOR FOR A DAY

4. PROCLAMATION – Public Service Recognition Week, May 4-10, 2025

5. CONSENT AGENDA

5.a. Approve agenda as submitted.

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

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

5.d. Approval of minutes of regular meeting on April 21, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

5.e. Approval of Treasurer's Report of Claims in the amount of $218,795.17.

5.f. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $598,252.82.

5.g. Approval of Pay Request #4 in the amount of $109,008.00, to Genesis Contracting Group for the BASWA South MSW Landfill Site Entrance Facility project.

5.h. Award of Bid for the 2025 Corral Crossing Addition project to Van Kirk Brothers Contracting in the amount of $979,364.75, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

5.i. Award of Bid for the 2025 Heritage Heights Addition project to Van Kirk Brothers Contracting in the amount of $1,324,909.05, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

5.j. Approval of public funding request from Beatrice Area Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $6,250.00 for the Annual Homestead Days event.

5.k. Approval of public funding request from Beatrice Noon Kiwanis Club in the amount of $2,725.00 for the Annual MUDECAS Basketball Tournament event.

5.l. Resolution Number 7546 approving a request from the Beatrice Area Chamber of Commerce to close Highway 136, which is also known as Court Street, from 3rd Street to 19th Street, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, between 8:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. for the Homestead Days Parade.          

5.m. Resolution Number 7547 granting the Beatrice Area Chamber of Commerce and their designees, permission to sell or offer for sale or peddle goods, wares, or merchandise upon the City Property located in Charles Park, 5th Street, between High Street and Ella Street, the alley to the south and the parking lot near the Carnegie Building, 4th Street, between Court Street and High Street, Beatrice Water Park, and Chautauqua Park, as part of the annual Homestead Days event on the dates of June 19, 2025 through June 22, 2025.

5.n. Resolution Number 7548 granting Tabitha Jurgens-Frank permission to sell or offer for sale or peddle goods, wares, or merchandise upon the public streets or public parking lots in various City parks.

5.o. Resolution Number 7549 granting Food4Hope, and their designees, permission to sell or offer for sale or peddle goods, wares, or merchandise upon the City Property located in the Tabernacle in Chautauqua Park on June 1, 2025, July 6, 2025, and August 3, 2025, between 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., as part of their Local Palooza event.

6. ORDINANCES

7. Ordinance authorizing the issuance by the City of Beatrice, Nebraska of its General Obligation Highway Allocation Fund Pledge Bonds, Series 2025, in aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,600,000, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

8. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS - None

9. RESOLUTIONS

9.a. Resolution Number 7550 executing the First Amendment to the Pole Agreement dated November 10, 2015, between the Board of Public Works and Charter Communications Operating, LLC, in order to provide for subsequent extensions of the Agreement’s term and to add compensation amounts for any and all future five (5) year terms of said Agreement, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

9.b. Resolution Number 7551 executing an Agreement for Professional Services between the City and JEO Consulting Group, Inc., to provide engineering and material testing services related to the construction of the street and utility improvements for the 2025 Corral Crossing project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

9.c. Resolution Number 7552 executing an Agreement for Professional Services between the City and JEO Consulting Group, Inc., to provide engineering and material testing services related to the construction of the street and utility improvements for the 2025 Heritage Heights project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

9.d. Resolution Number 7553 executing the First Amendment to the Redevelopment Agreement dated September 20, 2024 for the redevelopment of the Lincoln Elementary School Site, between the City and the Community Redevelopment Authority (CRA), to amend the legal description of the Premises included in the Redevelopment Project.

9.e. Resolution Number 7554 executing the First Amendment to the Redevelopment Agreement dated September 20, 2024 for the redevelopment of the Paddock Lane Elementary School Site, between the City and the Community Redevelopment Authority (CRA), to amend the legal description of the Premises included in the Redevelopment Project.

9.f. Resolution Number 7555 executing the Memorandum of Understanding with the Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation, Inc., to work together for the development of a Cancer Memorial Garden to be located between Grant Street and Ella Street, lying adjacent to the Trail directly east of 2nd Street, Beatrice, Nebraska.

10. ORDINANCES

10.a. Ordinance repealing the following sections of the Beatrice City Code: Section 17-111 regarding the carrying of concealed weapons; and 17-117 regarding the possession and discharge of weapons on city-owned property; and amending Section 17-112 of the Beatrice City Code regarding the discharge of weapons within the City.

10.b. Ordinance amending Section 13-38 of the Beatrice City Code regarding the sale of goods on public property, streets, parking lots, and parks

11. PUBLIC FORUM

12. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

12.a. 2024 Beatrice Fire Department Annual Report.

12.b. 2024 Beatrice Police Department Annual Report.

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Contract Negotiations and Real Estate

14. MISCELLANEOUS

14.a. The next regular City Council meeting is May 19, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.