Meeting Agenda
1. Open Meeting
2. Roll Call
3. Items of Business
3.A. Consider amusement device registration and fees 
3.B. Consider the Welcoming Certification Agreement between Welcoming America and the City of Crete. 
4. Officers' Reports
5. Adjournment
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Meeting: June 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM - Legislative/Development Committee Meeting
Subject:
1. Open Meeting
Rationale:
  • In accordance with Nebraska law, a copy of the Open Meetings Act can be found in the back of the Council Chambers.
  • Items listed on the agenda may be considered in any order.
Subject:
2. Roll Call
Rationale:
  • Attendance of members will be recorded to determine the presence of a quorum for official actions.
Subject:
3. Items of Business
Rationale:
  • The Committee may discuss or limit discussion on, hear testimony in favor of or in opposition to, or take action to provide a recommendation to the City Council on any matter presented under this title.
Subject:
3.A. Consider amusement device registration and fees 
Discussion:
City Administrator Tom Ourada stated that a $10 fee had been approved per amusement device. It had not been enforced and the $10 is not going to cover the administrative time it takes to go out and find out what locations have the devices and to process the permits. It is now mandatory by the state to report where and how many amusement devices there are. 
The committee decided to increase the amusement device registration to $50 per device per year. 
Action(s):
Motion Carried:
Recommend to the City Council the amusement device registration and fees at $50 per device annually. Carried with a motion by Dale Strehle and a second by Tom Crisman.
  • Tom Crisman: Aye
  • Anthony Fitzgerald: Aye
  • Dale Strehle: Aye
Subject:
3.B. Consider the Welcoming Certification Agreement between Welcoming America and the City of Crete. 
Discussion:
City Administrator Tom Ourada explained that this certification agreement with Welcoming America is very similar to what the schools were wanting to do but this initially what the City of Crete was looking at doing. Ourada explained that this is what we are already doing. Welcoming America comes in and does an audit and sees what Community Assistance Director Marilyn Schacht's office is doing. This will help to leverage federal funding for housing and help with resources for job creation for newly arrived immigrants. 
Mayor Dave Bauer explained that he had a conversation with Community Assistance Director Marilyn Schacht about this. Bauer stated that he is not against new people coming to Crete and he wanted more information about what the program would lead to. He wanted to know if Crete is welcoming if we are inviting people or going out and looking for people and he is not in favor of that. There is not enough housing and the numbers grow at the schools, and then they say we have all these homeless people because of that reason and that a big concern of his. 
Bauer explained that after his conversation with Marilyn she explained to him that there are 5 or 6 steps and there are only about 2 cities in the United States that are up at step 5. This agreement would help us to work with the people that are already here and this designation doesn't really change anything that we are already doing. 
Action(s):
Motion Carried:
Recommend to the City Council the Welcoming Certification Agreement between Welcoming America and the City of Crete. Carried with a motion by Tom Crisman and a second by Dale Strehle.
  • Tom Crisman: Aye
  • Anthony Fitzgerald: Aye
  • Dale Strehle: Aye
Attachments:
Subject:
4. Officers' Reports
Rationale:
  • Reports may be given by the Mayor, Officers, Departments, or Councilmembers concerning the current operations of the City.
  • No action can be taken on matters presented under this title except to answer any questions or to refer the matter for further action.
Subject:
5. Adjournment

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