November 3, 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 Octcober 20, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

3.e. Approval of Treasurer’s Report of Claims in the amount of $2,115,383.27.

3.f. Approval of Envision Landscapes, LLC claims in the amount of $840.00.

3.g. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $5,515.62.

3.h. Approval of BPW Report of Claims in the amount of $1,089,554.74.

3.i. Approval of Change Order #1 increase in the amount of $15,752.47 and Final Pay Request #2 in the amount of $375,863.63 to Cather and Sons Construction, Inc., for the Mill & Overlay Paving Project – 2025, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.j. Approval of Change Order #5 decrease in the amount of $3,857.20 and Final Pay Request #5 in the amount of $29,013.06 to M.E. Collins Contracting Co., Inc., for the Beatrice Lincoln Street Improvements, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.k. Approval of Pay Request #3 in the amount of $227,733.02 to Van Kirk Brothers Contracting for the 2025 Corral Crossing Addition project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.l. Approval of Pay Request #2 in the amount of $430,115.71 to Van Kirk Brothers Contracting for the 2025 Heritage Heights Addition project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.m. Approval of Final Pay Request #2 in the amount of $68,950.00 to McGill Asbestos Abatement, LLC, for the Dempsters Asbestos Abatement.

3.n. Approval of the funding request from the Beatrice Senior Center in the amount of $10,000.00 for the installation of new carpet, as recommended by the Beatrice Plus Advisory Board.

3.o. Resolution Number 7653 executing Contract No. 25-UGPR-91 between the City and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) allowing the resale of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.p. Resolution Number 7654 executing any and all documents necessary to terminate the November 4, 2019 Agreement and the August 8, 2024 Agreement between the City and CivicPlus, LLC, regarding the City’s website.

3.q. Resolution Number 7655 entering into an Agreement with Govstack, for software licensing to be used for the City’s website.

3.r. Resolution Number 7656 reappointing Krista Wiedel to the Beatrice Civil Service Commission.

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS

4.a. Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the proposed One- and Six-Year Road and Street Plan for 2026. *POSTPONED UNTIL NOVEMBER 17, 2025*

4.b. Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving the semi-annual report of the Citizen’s Advisory Review Committee as provided by the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act R.R.S., 1943.

4.c. Public Hearing for the purpose of discussing the draft Brownfield grant application for the clean-up and remediation of the Dempsters site.

4.d. Public Hearing for the purpose of considering adoption of Plan Modification “25-3” to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Area No. 13. (Beatrice Commons Redevelopment Project)

5. RESOLUTIONS

5.a. Resolution Number 7657 executing any and all documents necessary to apply for the 2026 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfield Grant Program for site cleanup at the Dempster’s Site.

5.b. Resolution Number 7658 adopting Plan Modification 25-3 to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Area No. 13. (Beatrice Commons Redevelopment Project)

5.c. Resolution Number 7659 executing the General Release and any and all documents necessary to release and discharge Michael S. Schaefer and Shelley R. Schaefer regarding their Beatrice Downtown Revitalization Improvement Program Loan Agreement.

5.d. Resolution Number 7660 executing the Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, Personal Guaranty, and Deed of Trust between the City of Beatrice and Paul E. Riechers and Ann L. Riechers, for a direct loan in the amount of Forty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-One Dollars ($44,791.00) from the City’s CDBG Downtown Revitalization Grant 23-DTR-002.

6. ORDINANCES

6.a. Ordinance conveying real estate owned by the City to Armstrong Rentals, LLC.

7. RESOLUTIONS

7.a. Resolution Number 7661 executing a Contract for Sale of Real Estate with Armstrong Rentals, LLC.

8. PUBLIC FORUM

9. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

9.a. Mayor update on the merger of Main Street, Chamber, and NGage.

10. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Contract Negotiations

11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.a. The next regular City Council meeting is November 17, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.