August 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Beatrice Regular City Council Meeting

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

3. Presentation of Certified Economic Development Community – Nebraska Dept. of Economic Development

4. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

4.a. NGage Quarterly Report.

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 July 21, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

5.e. Approval of minutes of work session meeting on July 21, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk’s Office.

5.f. Approval of Treasurer's Report of Claims in the amount of $429,981.07.

5.g. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $438,542.64.

5.h. Approval of BPW Report of Claims in the amount of $88,151.68.

5.i. Approval of Change Order #3 increase in the amount of $12,628.17 to M.E. Collins Contracting Co., Inc., for the Beatrice Lincoln Street Improvements, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

5.j. Approval of Pay Request #2 in the amount of $205,75.46, to M.E. Collins Contracting Co., Inc., for the Beatrice Lincoln Street Improvements.

5.k. Approval of Pay Request #7 in the amount of $423,299.88, to Genesis Contracting Group for the BASWA South MSW Landfill Site Entrance Facility project.

5.l. Resolution Number 7594 executing Amendment No. 2, and any and all documents necessary, between WAPA and the City, to the Contract for Firm Electric Service, Contract No. 13-UGPR-1073, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

5.m. Resolution Number 7595 granting permission for the Beatrice Humane Society to hold a “Doggie Swim Evening” fundraiser at the Big Blue Water Park on August 19, 2025.

5.n. Resolution Number 7596 executing the Participation Form involving the opioid litigation brought by states and local political subdivisions against Purdue and the Sackler family, and any and all other documents necessary for the City to receive the City’s direct share of settlement proceeds and/or to be eligible to receive any additional distribution or grant from the State of Nebraska’s share of said proceeds.

5.o. Resolution Number 7597 executing an Agreement retaining Kidwell, Inc., to upgrade Cat3/5 network cables and an Agreement retaining Heartland Business Systems, LLC, to upgrade Network Switches, at the Beatrice Public Library.

5.p. Resolution Number 7598 executing a Memorandum of Understanding between City and the Firefighters Union Local No. 1098 in effort to bolster retention of its Firefighter/Paramedic and Firefighter/EMT staff by including additional options for receiving credit for a “shift call back” for purposes of calculating their percentage of shift call backs made for their performance-based raise.

5.q. Resolution Number 7599 executing the Request for Reconveyance and the Deed of Reconveyance, along with all other necessary documents to terminate the Deed of Trust for the Energy Efficiency Loan Agreement, dated May 6, 2020, between the City and Jason Duff and Ashley Mentgen-Duff.

5.r. Resolution Number 7600 executing the Request for Reconveyance and the Deed of Reconveyance, along with all other necessary documents to terminate the Deed of Trust for the Energy Efficiency Loan Agreement, dated June 12, 2020, between the City and Jeremy J. Glynn and Dusty Glynn.

5.s. Resolution Number 7606 entering into an Agreement between the City and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) for the purpose of renewing the City’s Endpoint Security Services.

6. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS

6.a. Public Hearing for the purpose of considering an application to the Nebraska Department of Economic Development for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), for the construction of new pickleball courts at Chautauqua Park.

6.b. Public Hearing on the acquisition of real property from Franklin W. Rash, legally described as follows:  All of Lots One (1) and Two (2), Block Thirty (30), lying South of that portion of said Lots which was deeded to the State of Nebraska on July 23, 1942, and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office, Gage County, Nebraska, in Book 151 of Deeds at Page 451, all in Wittenberg Addition to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, Parcel ID No: 015162000.

6.c. Public Hearing on the acquisition of real property from Daniel E. Pethoud and Bonny M. Pethoud, legally described as follows:  Lots Five (5) and Six (6), Block Three (3), Wadsworth’s Subdivision, an Addition to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, commonly known as 1123 South 6th Street, Beatrice, Nebraska, Parcel ID No: 014740000.

7. RESOLUTIONS

7.a. Resolution Number 7601 executing the application and any other documents necessary to apply for federal assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Program for the purpose of acquiring property and constructing new pickleball courts at Chautauqua Park.

7.b. Resolution Number 7602 executing the Contract for Donation of Real Estate and all necessary documents to acquire real estate from Franklin W. Rash.

7.c. Resolution Number 7603 executing the Contract for Donation of Real Estate and all necessary documents to acquire real estate from Daniel E. Pethoud and Bonny M. Pethoud.

7.d. Resolution Number 7604 executing the Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, Personal Guaranty, and Deed of Trust between the City and Amy Lynn Redd, for a direct loan in the amount of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($7,865.00) from the City’s CDBG Downtown Revitalization Grant (23-DTR-002).

7.e. Resolution Number 7605 executing an Agreement retaining HDR, Inc., to evaluate electric generation equipment and to develop a comprehensive strategy for the procurement, permitting, and installation of electric generation, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

7.f. Resolution Number 7607 executing any and all documents necessary to consent to the pledge, assignment, and transfer of the LB840 Loan proceeds to Security First Bank, as security for a loan from Security First Bank to The Paddock, LLC.

8. ORDINANCES - None

9. PUBLIC FORUM

10. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Contract Negotiations

11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.a. The next regular City Council meeting is August 18, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.