October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Beatrice Regular City Council Meeting

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

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 October 6, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

3.e. Approval of Treasurer’s Report of Claims in the amount of $1,237,903.63.

3.f. Approval of Envision Landscapes, LLC claims in the amount of $880.00.

3.g. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $1,009,825.80.

3.h. Approval of BPW Report of Claims in the amount of $1,630,235.40.

3.i. Approval of Change Order #1 increase in the amount of $7,967.90 and Pay Request #3 in the amount of $222,261.67 to Philip Carkoski Construction and Trenching for Lift Station #6 Rehabilitation Project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.j. Approval of Change Order #1 increase in the amount of $19,092.31 and Pay Request #1 in the amount of $112,113.29 to R.L. Tiemann Construction for the 4th and 5th Street Downtown Improvement Project – 2025, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.k. Approval of Pay Request #1 in the amount of $396,747.55 to Judds Brothers Construction for the West Court Street Water Main Crossing project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.l. Approval of Pay Request #9 in the amount of $431,550.00 to Genesis Contracting Group for the BASWA South MSW Landfill Site Entrance Facility project.

3.m. Approval of Change Order #2 combining Phase 3 and Phase 4 of the Beatrice Municipal Airport Reconstruct Taxiway ‘C’ and Apron Project into a single phase.

3.n. Approval of Pay Request #2 in the amount of $202,228.08 to Building Crafts, Inc., for the WPC Grit Improvements project.

3.o. Resolution Number 7638 executing an Agreement for Professional Services retaining JEO to provide engineering design for the Beatrice Chemical Feed Improvements Project, JEO Project #251912, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.p. Resolution Number 7639 approving a request from Jay Husker Auto Club to close Highway 136, which is also known as Court Street, from 3rd Street to 6th Street, on Saturday, September 26, 2026, between 12:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. for a Car Show.

3.q. Resolution Number 7640 entering into a two (2) year lease between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 84, for the purpose of a health and fitness training center for the Beatrice Police Department in a portion of the first and second floor of the Beatrice Police Station.

3.r. Resolution Number 7641 entering into an Agreement between the City and Carolina Software, Inc., for integrating the scale software with Caselle at the City Landfill.

3.s. Resolution Number 7642 executing the Letter Agreement extending the Interlocal Cooperation Act Agreement between the City and the County of Gage, Nebraska, for the purpose of providing ambulance services in certain areas of Gage County, Nebraska through June 30, 2026.

3.t. Resolution Number 7643 terminating an Agreement with Ramsey SmartDollar regarding financial wellness training for full-time City employees.

3.u. Resolution Number 7644 executing the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation, Inc., in order to change the legal description of the Cancer Memorial Garden.

3.v. Resolution Number 7645 executing the Consulting Agreement, and any necessary documents, between the City and Alfred Benesch & Company, to retain Benesch for consulting services for the purchase and installation of new navigational assistance equipment at the Beatrice Municipal Airport.

3.w. Resolution Number 7646 executing the Amendment to the Professional Service Agreement, dated January 16, 2023, between the City and the Southeast Nebraska Development District (SENDD), to extend the term of said Agreement.

3.x. Resolution Number 7647 entering into an Agreement between the City and Carahsoft Technology Corp to utilize Samsara software for Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and Telematics for the Fire Department vehicle fleet.

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS - None

5. RESOLUTIONS

5.a. Resolution Number 7648 executing the Union Contract with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 84.

5.b. Resolution Number 7649 executing the Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, Personal Guaranty, and Deed of Trust between the City of Beatrice and John A. Hydo and Rita R. Hydo, for a direct loan in the amount of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) from the City’s CDBG Downtown Revitalization Grant 23-DTR-002.

5.c. Resolution Number 7650 adopting the ADA Transition Plan for the City of Beatrice.

5.d. Resolution Number 7651 appointing Mike McLain as the City Council’s representative on the group to discuss combining the Beatrice Area Chamber of Commerce, Gage Area Growth Enterprises, and Main Street.

5.e. Resolution Number 7652 executing the Amendment with Gage County and any and all documents necessary, regarding the disbursement of the remaining GCED funds.

6. ORDINANCES - None

7. PUBLIC FORUM

8. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

8.a. Main Street Quarterly Report.

8.b. City Administrator’s Monthly Report.

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.a. The next regular City Council meeting is November 3, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.