October 6, 2020 at 6:00 PM - Crete City Council Regular Meeting
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1. Open Meeting
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Mayor Bauer called the meeting to order at 6:00pm. Mayor Bauer stated that he is happy to be back to holding Council meetings at the Council chambers. Mayor Bauer also stated that he had been working with the City Attorney and will be making some minor changes to the way he conducts the meetings and remaining within the parameters of Roberts Rules of Order.
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2. Roll Call
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3. Consent Agenda
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3.A. Approve Meeting Minutes
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3.A.1. Legislative and Economic Development Committee meeting minutes of September 15, 2020.
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3.A.2. Parks and Recreation Committee meeting minutes of September 15, 2020.
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3.A.3. Public Works Committee meeting minutes of September 1, 2020.
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3.A.4. City Council meeting minutes of September 15, 2020.
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3.A.5. City Council Special Meeting minutes of September 28, 2020.
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3.B. Accept the City Treasurer's Report
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3.C. Approve the Payment of Claims Against the City
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4. Items of Business
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4.A. Public Hearing on Fairfield Inn's request for a Class C liquor license.
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Class C: Beer, Wine, Distilled Spirits, On and Off Sale
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The Public Hearing was opened at 6:02pm. The Public Hearing was closed at 6:03pm. No public comments were received.
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4.B. Consider approving Fairfield Inn's request for a Class C liquor license.
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Class C: Beer, Wine, Distilled Spirits, On and Off Sale
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This item was acted upon in the previous agenda item.
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4.C. Public Hearing on Crystal's Bakery's request for a Class D liquor license.
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Class D: Beer, Wine, Distilled Spirits, Off Sale Only
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The Public Hearing was opened at 6:04pm. Attorney Shay Smith of Crete, NE described the type of liquor sales proposed by Crystal's Bakery. The Public Hearing was closed at 6:06pm. No public comments were received.
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4.D. Consider approving Crystal's Bakery's request for a Class D liquor license.
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Class D: Beer, Wine, Distilled Spirits, Off Sale Only
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4.E. Consider adopting Resolution 2020-25: A Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to sign NDOT Supplemental Program Agreement for the Tuxedo Park Bridge Project.
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4.F. Consider adopting Resolution 2020-26: A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign the Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement No. 2 between the City and Alfred Benesch & Company.
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4.G. Consider approving Cather & Sons Change Order #1 for an increase of $18,319 for adding milling and asphalt overlay on Forest Ave, approving their Final Pay Application for $84,225, and authorizing the signing of their Certificate of Substantial Completion.
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Unit: City Council Public Works Committee
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4.H. Consider awarding the bid for the construction of the Belohlavy Addition lift station and force main.
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Unit: City Council Public Works Committee
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4.I. Consider approving BVH Architecture's request for an increase of $9,900 in design fees for additional services related to a new acoustical wall around the Library chiller unit.
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Unit: City Council Public Works Committee
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City Council members requested the City Administrator to review this as a possible errors and omissions issue.
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4.J. Consider adopting Resolution 2020-27: A Resolution granting Saline Medical Plaza, LLC a special exception permit for 830 East 1st Street.
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4.K. Consider adopting Resolution 2020-28: A Resolution granting Dittmer & Dittmer a special exception permit for 1606 West 12th Street.
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4.L. Consider granting Saline County Area Transit's request for funding allocation.
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4.M. Consider entering into the Nebraska State Patrol Software Sharing Agreement.
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4.N. Consider entering into the Bridge Behavioral Health Contract to provide emergency detoxification services to the Police Department.
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4.O. Consider entering into the Saline County Rural Fire Protection Contract.
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4.P. Consider adopting Resolution 2020-29: A Resolution restricting parking on the north side of West Thirteenth Street near Quince Avenue.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada reported that presently automobiles parked in the front of the repair shop are parked within both the State and City right-of-ways. Both Crete PD and the Building Inspector have been in prior contact with the owner regarding the issue.
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4.Q. Consider confirming the Mayor's appointment of Kathy Statsny to the Cemetery Board.
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5. Petitions - Communications - Citizen Concerns
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Mr. Patel, Crete resident, stated concerns with the occupancy tax related to hotel/motel stays of over thirty days. This puts his business in a less competitive position compared to rentals by private owners, which are not paying occupancy tax. The Mayor directed the matter to committee.
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6. Officers' Reports
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Lt. Gary Young reported that the Pumpkin Festival had no concerns other than some minor parking issues. HR Coordinator Shelby Brown introduced the new utility bookkeeper. City Administrator Tom Ourada reported that the City is looking into purchasing some property from Saline County. Mr. Ourada also commended the utility department staff for going above and beyond in dealing with the billing issues due to the new software, which were due to no fault of their own. Mayor Bauer also thanked the utility office staff and noted there had been some recent positive social media comments. He also stated that the Crete Chamber had informed him that the Pumpkin Festival recorded their largest attendance to date.
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7. Adjournment
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The meeting was adjourned at 6:56pm.
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