December 20, 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. November 15, 2022 Public Works Committee Meeting minutes
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3.A.2. December 6, 2022 Public Works Committee Meeting minutes
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3.A.3. December 6, 2022 Public Safety Committee Meeting minutes
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3.A.4. December 6, 2022 Finance Committee Meeting minutes
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3.A.5. December 6, 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. Mayor's Appointments
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3.D.1. Jeff Wenz to the Planning Commission for a term ending April 1, 2025.
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3.D.2. Janet Jeffries for the term from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2026; Jennifer Robison January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2025; and Scott Kuncl January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024 the Historical Preservation Commission.
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4. Items of Business
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4.A. Consider approving the plans for the 2022 Street Improvement Projects (Gap Paving) and set a date to open bids.
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JEO representatives were present and walked through the plans with the Public Works Committee. There were a couple of roads that only allowed for sidewalk to be put in on one side due elevation restrictions. The Committee recommended approving the plans and setting January 26, 2023 at 10:00 am as a bid opening date.
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4.B. Consider approving Amendment No. 1 to the Owner-Engineer Agreement for the 2021 Street Improvement project.
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JEO reps spoke to the Public Works Committee about this amendment as well. It states that JEO had to perform extra testing due to failed tests performed by the contractor. It does not change the cost to the City. The Committee recommended approving the amendment.
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4.C. Consider approving Change Order No. 2 to Bauer Underground in the amount of -$6,670 for the 2021 Street Improvement project.
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JEO spoke to the Public Works Committee on this change order. It simply balances out quantities to finish out the project. The Committee recommended approving the change order.
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4.D. Consider amending the Personnel Rules and Regulations to include 'Christmas Eve' as a paid holiday.
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The Personnel Committee met on this and discussed that starting the half day at noon doesn't work for the departments that don't work eight hour shifts. The Committee recommended approving an amendment to give a guaranteed paid half day off for Christmas Eve, but allowing the City Administrator and City Attorney to find language that addresses it for all departments.
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4.E. Consider approving the proposed copy fee increases.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada informed the Council that the Library Advisory Board took this up and recommended the increases, as they do a majority of the copying. The Finance Committee met on this tonight and also recommended approving the proposed increases.
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4.F. Consider the quote from Brandt Excavating to remove debris and fill the hole to finish the nuisance abatement at 2340 Forest Avenue at a cost of $13,550.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada stated that Brandt Excavating was the low bidder for our Hazard Mitigation program, which they are in town to demolish a few houses in the flood plain. Brandt offered this bid to finish out a nuisance property as an extension of our current agreement for demolishing the houses. The Public Works Committee met on this and recommended approving the quote.
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4.G. Consider enacting Ordinance 2160: An ordinance to amend the electric rates beginning March 1, 2023.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada relayed that the Public Works Committee met previously and approved a proforma regarding electric rates. This ordinance is the next step. The Committee met on this tonight and recommended approving the ordinance for its first reading.
Ordinance 2160
An ordinance of the City of Crete, Nebraska, pertaining to municipal electric department, electrical rates; providing for the codification as part of sections 3-123 and 3-124 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 as it now exists and providing for the repeal of all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and providing for a time when this ordinance shall be in full force and effect.
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4.H. Consider approving the payment of the claims against the City at Crete Ace Hardware in the amount of $1,196.15
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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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