November 1, 2022 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. October 4, 2022 Public Works Committee Meeting minutes
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3.A.2. October 18, 2022 Public Works Committee Meeting minutes
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3.A.3. October 18, 2022 Public Safety Meeting minutes
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3.A.4. October 18, 2022 Finance Committee Meeting minutes
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3.A.5. October 18, 2022 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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3.D. Approve the Mayor's appointment of Kyle Manley to the Blue River Arts Council Board as the City's representative.
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4. Items of Business
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4.A. Consider approving alcohol for BRAC's Artist Reception at the Library Gallery Wall on November 4, 2022.
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BRAC president, Shay Smith, informed the Council that there would only be wine served, free of charge. Smith also noted that the event is only an hour long.
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4.B. Consider approving the Library to apply for a Library Internship Grant through the Nebraska Library Commission.
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Library Director Joy Stevenson reported this grant being the same one they have applied for in the past. It would grant them $1,000, which allows an intern to work at the Library for $10 an hour for 100 hours.
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4.C. Consider entering into a contract with the Saline County Rural Fire Protection District for 2022-2023.
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Fire Chief Tod Allen explained that this contract helps keep our community and surrounding areas safe. It's a contract we renew annually. The Public Works Committee met on this and recommended entering into the contract.
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4.D. Consider approving the proposal of Brandt Excavating for demolition of the six Hazard Mitigation Program properties.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada informed the Council that this was the lowest of three bids to demolish all six Hazard Mitigation Program properties. It all follows the federal guidelines of the program.
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4.E. Consider approving the proposals from Environmental Services Inc. for asbestos abatement on two of the Hazard Mitigation Program properties.
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At the last meeting, the Council approved the bid from ESI to test all six properties for asbestos, in which only two of them tested positive for it. These two proposals are to abate the asbestos in those properties that tested positive. Again, this follows all federal guidelines for the program.
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4.F. Consider approving a right-of-way permit for Windstream Nebraska at Arizona Avenue, West 12th Street, Heather Drive, and Briar Avenue for fiber placement.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada stated that this permit is the same as the many previously approved for Windstream to place fiber, just at different locations. The Public Works Committee met on this and recommended approving the permit.
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4.G. Consider the approval of the payment of claims against the City to Ace Hardware in the amount of $1,026.05.
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4.H. Consider the approval of updated water tap fees from the Public Works Committee.
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Unit: City Council Public Works Committee
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The Public Works Committee met on this and, due to these fees not being updated for some time, they recommended approving the updated amounts.
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4.I. Consider the approval of updated equipment rental rates from the Public Works Committee.
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Unit: City Council Public Works Committee
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The Public Works Committee met on this and, just as the last agenda item, these rates have not changed in quite some time. The Committee recommended approving the updated rates.
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5. Petitions - Communications - Citizen Concerns
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6. Officers' Reports
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7. Adjournment
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