September 7, 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. August 17, 2021 Legislative Development Committee Minutes
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3.A.2. August 17, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
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3.A.3. August 17, 2021 Finance Committee Minutes
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3.A.4. August 24, 2021 Special City Council Meeting Minutes
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3.A.5. August 31, 2021 City Council Public Hearing Minutes
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3.A.6. August 31, 2021 Special City Council Meeting Minutes
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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 Library's request to have liquor in the Community Room for its "A conversation with Mark and Andy" Event on October 7, 2021.
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4.B. Consider entering into a contract with Kingery Construction in the amount of $285,039 for interior demolition of the Isis Theater.
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The Public Works Committee met on this and it was recommended to table the contract until it could be split into two separate contracts. Blue River Arts Council President Shaylene Smith spoke about the contract, explaining that the whole project total needs to be in the contract in order for BRAC to receive a $350,000 grant that they are waiting on to put towards the rebuilding project. Smith also explained that Exhibit A clarifies that no rebuilding will commence until final plans and specs are agreed upon by all parties, at which point the City may approve or deny any costs moving forward after the demolition.
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4.C. Consider approving Change Order #2 with Van Kirk Bros in the amount of $1,660.00 for the 2020 Water System Improvements Project.
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The Public Works Committee met on this and recommended approving Change Order #2 with Van Kirk Bros.
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4.D. Consider issuing a Certificate of Substantial Completion to Van Kirk Bros. Contracting for the 2020 Water System Improvements Project.
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The Public Works Committee also met on this tonight and recommends issuing a Certificate of Substantial Completion to Van Kirk Bros.
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4.E. Consider adopting Resolution 2021-09: A resolution appointing alternate representatives to MEAN and NMPP.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada explained the change in rules for the MEAN and NMPP alternate representatives and that the Public Works Committee met on this and recommend appointing Mike Kalkwarf to, yet again, be our alternate representative for MEAN and NMPP.
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4.F. Consider enacting Ordinance 2131: An ordinance creating a vacant and neglected property registration.
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The Legislative and Economic Development Committee met on this and recommends enacting Ordinance 2131.
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4.G. Consider authorizing an additional 1% Restricted Funds Authority for fiscal year 2021-2022.
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The Finance Committee met on this and recommends authorizing an additional 1% Restricted Funds Authority for fiscal year 2021-2022.
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4.H. Consider approving the proposed annual budget for fiscal year 2021-2022 and authorizing its submission to the appropriate county and state entities.
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The Finance Committee met on this and recommends approving the proposed annual budget for fiscal year 2021-2022 and submission to appropriate counties and state entities.
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4.I. Consider adopting Resolution 2021-10: A resolution setting the property tax request for fiscal year 2021-2022.
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The Finance Committee met on this and recommends adopting Resolution 2021-10 to set the property tax request for fiscal year 2021-2022.
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4.J. Consider enacting Ordinance 2137: An ordinance adopting the approved budget statement as the Annual Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 2021-2022.
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The Finance Committee met on this and recommends enacting Ordinance 2137 to approve the budget statement for fiscal year 2021-2022.
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4.K. Consider amending the Master Fee Schedule to add electric vehicle parking and charging rates.
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The Public Works Committee met on this and recommends amending the Master Fee Schedule to add an electric vehicle charging rate of $1.05 per hour and, after being parked for more than four hours, paying $10 per hour for parking.
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4.L. Consider enacting Ordinance 2138: An ordinance setting the wages and salaries of city officers and non-bargaining unit employees.
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The Personnel Committee met on this and recommend enacting Ordinance 2138 for setting wages and salaries of city employees.
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4.M. Consider approving the employment of new firefighters Josh Marcelino and Andrew AJ Page and adding them to the City's insurance roles.
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The Personnel Committee met on this and recommend approving the employment of new firefighters Josh Marcelino and Andrew AJ Page and adding them to City insurance roles. Fire Chief Tod Allen introduced Josh Marcelino and AJ Page to the Council, who congratulated and welcomed them both.
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5. Petitions - Communications - Citizen Concerns
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6. Officers' Reports
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Library Director Joy Stevenson: Reminded everyone about the Library grand opening on September 15th at 1:30pm and welcomes everyone to join.
Fire Chief Tod Allen: The first Firebirds football is this Sunday, September 12th, at the old practice field due to Doane having games on their field. Police Chief Steve Hensel: Shared statistics of their recent two-week traffic grant, a job well done. Human Resource Coordinator Wendy Thomas: Doing payroll this week with the new time-keeping system and working on hiring a police officer to fill a vacant position. Councilmember Jack Oelschlager: Thanked everyone for their work on putting the budget together. Councilmember Dan Papik: Thanked the city staff for their work on the budget and also thanked the police and fire departments for all they do for the community. Mayor Dave Bauer: Met with SCAT director Scott Bartels and expressed disappointment about him scaring his employees and riders into thinking the city was going to shut SCAT down. Bauer and the city are working on crunching numbers to find the best solution to SCAT's lack of funding.
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7. Adjournment
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