July 6, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Crete City Council Regular Meeting
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1. Open Meeting
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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. June 15, 2021 City Council Regular meeting
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3.A.2. June 29, 2021 City Council Special meeting
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3.A.3. June 15, 2021 Finance Committee meeting
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3.A.4. May 18, 2021 Public Works Committee meeting
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3.A.5. June 1, 2021 Public Works Committee meeting
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3.A.6. June 15, 2021 Legislative Development Committee meeting
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3.A.7. June 15, 2021 Public Safety Committee meeting
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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. Consider approving the amendments to the 2020 Downtown Revitalization Program Guidelines.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada stated that the changes to the guidelines are mostly date changes. The Legislative and Economic Development committee recommends approving the changes.
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4.B. Consider adopting the Shelter Operations Plan for the administration of the Community Room storm shelter.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada mentioned that Chief Steve Hensel and our city attorney worked hard on this complex shelter operations plan. This went in front of the Public Safety committee and they recommend adopting the plan for the Community Room storm shelter.
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4.C. Consider providing the Blue River Arts Council $2,750 for summer cultural events.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada informed the council that the Blue River Arts Council submitted an application for an LB-840 to receive funds for summer community events, but they do not qualify for LB-840. Ourada suggested giving BRAC the money they're requesting out of city funds due to their reasoning behind the events being great for the community. The Legislative and Economic Development committee voted to recommend approval of giving BRAC the money out of city economic funds.
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4.D. Consider purchasing an electric vehicle charging station for city park along Linden Avenue.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada discussed Crete being one of the only cities around that does not have an electric vehicle charging station. Ourada also stated that our affiliation with the state group got us a decent price on the charging station . The Public Works committee voted to recommend approving the purchase.
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4.E. Consider approving the proposed amendments to the Fire Department's bylaws.
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City Administrator informed the council that the update of these bylaws includes previous changes that were not put into the bylaws and new changes regarding new members. It also removes excess wording to clean up the document. The Public Safety committee voted to approve the bylaw changes.
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5. Petitions - Communications - Citizen Concerns
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6. Officers' Reports
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Fire Chief Tod Allen reported on a news article said to come out this Wednesday regarding the fire department's new laryngoscopes.
Human Resources Coordinator Wendy Thomas introduced two new employees; Street Operator Brett Hynes and Lexie Rubalcava in the Public Works office. Council member Ryan Hinz commented on the request for the city to allow chickens in city limits, which was discussed during the Legislative and Economic Development meeting. He is concerned that it would evolve from having them as pets to slaughtering them for food. More research on surrounding communities will be done. City Administrator Tom Ourada: -Discussed getting the Diamonds, the Legion, Ikes, the Fair Board, and other stakeholders together to talk about future renovation of Tuxedo Park. With donations from the groups who use the park and low rate bonds from the city, there are many possibilities to redesign and update the park. The renovation would create opportunity to bring in more groups and activities, both inside and outside the city. -Ourada met with a property owner in town and is now in negotiation with the owner on purchasing the property, which is likely to be used for recreation purposes. -Presented a bronze plaque will be placed at the old library site as plans for the lot are developed. -Security video from Wildwood Pool showed a very quick response from a lifeguard to save a young girl who swam out too far. Ourada complimented the lifegaurd on excellent training and acting quickly. -Continuation of conversation about the future of city youth sports programs after Crete Public Schools announced that they will be starting a youth recreation program. Further discussion will be had at the next Parks and Rec committee meeting. |
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7. Adjournment
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