Board of Public Works

REGULAR MEETING APRIL14, 2020 THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS HELD ITS REGULAR MEETING APRIL 14, 2020, AT THE FAIRBURY CITY OFFICES. PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE WAYNE SCHULTIS, JIM WRIGLEY, ROD COIL AND GLEN TEDROW. ALSO ATTENDING WERE JIM MOREHEAD, JEFF SWEETSER, MAYOR WARD AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR MARY RENN. VISITORS: NONE. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY BOARD CHAIRMAN MR. GLEN TEDROW. MR. TEDROW ANNOUNCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 84-1412 (8) OF THE NEBASKA OPEN MEETINGS ACT A CURRENT COPY OF THE OPEN MEETING ACT IS POSTED IN THE ENTRANCE TO THIS MEETING ROOM AND IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING BY THE PUBLIC. MR. WRIGLEY MOVED TO APPROVE THE APRIL 7, 2020 MEETING MINUTES; MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MR. SCHULTIS; MR. WRIGLEY, MR. SCHULTIS, MR. COIL AND MR. TEDROW ALL VOTING YES. MOTION CARRIED. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLAIMS WAS MADE MR. WRIGLEY AND SECONDED BY MR. SCHULTIS; MR. WRIGLEY, MR. TEDROW, MR. COIL AND MR. SCHULTIS ALL VOTING YES. MOTION CARRIED. Pay# Due Date Vendor Amount Name 23890 4/14/2020 ACTION AUTO SUPPLY/BIMA INC. DBA 644.90 23891 4/14/2020 MOREHEAD JIM 50.00 23892 4/14/2020 C & O FORD-MERCURY INC 1,561.53 23893 4/14/2020 CITY OF FAIRBURY 7,684.27 23894 4/14/2020 ROEHR'S MACHINERY INC. 1,000.00 23895 4/14/2020 NE DEPT OF REVENUE 44,104.59 23896 4/14/2020 NEBRASKA MUNICIPAL POWER POOL 2,007.38 23897 4/14/2020 FARMERS COOPERATIVE INC 20.00 23898 4/14/2020 FLOOD COMMUNICATIONS 125.00 23899 4/14/2020 SARGENT DRILLING, INC. 400.00 23900 4/14/2020 FR DEPOT INC 539.94 23901 4/14/2020 COLLECTION ASSOCIATES, LLC 1,071.09 23902 4/14/2020 MACQUEEN EQUIPMENT LLC 7,476.42 23903 4/14/2020 NETWORK CONSULTING SERVICES, 155.98 INC. 23904 4/14/2020 NETWORK CONSULTING SERVICES, 85.80 INC. 66,926.90 15 Non-voided payables listed. UNDER DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT JIM MOREHEAD REPORTED ONE OVERTIME DUE TO WEATHER OUTAGES. DILLER ELECTRIC HAS COMPLETED THE ELECTRICAL HOOK-UPS FOR THE CAMPING PEDESTALS AND ROADS AND CAMPING AREAS ARE BEING GRADED AND LEVELED AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS; CONTRACT WITH LICENSED ELECTRICIANS TO WORK ON SCOREBOARDS; CONTINUE WITH PROJECTS AT THE BRICKYARD. WATER SUPERINTENDENT JEFF SWEETSER REPORTED ONE OVERTIME DUE TO RESPONDING TO A REPORT THAT A GATE WAS OPEN AT THE SEWER PLANT – CLOSED GATE. REPAIRED WATER LEAK AT EAST WELL CHLORINE INJECTION PUMP; COMPLETE4D DIRT WORK AT DEMOED HOUSES; TAKING WATER SAMPLES; CHANGED PREFILTER AT FILTRATION PLANT AGAIN – TWO WEEKS USE; TESTING LAB/OLSSON & ASSOCIATES PREPARING PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS THE BIOFILM THAT IS CLOGGING THE FILTERS; WATER USEAGE FOR THE PREVIOUS WEEK WAS 1,033,000 GAL/DAY.  REGULAR MEETING APRIL14, 2020 MS. RENN PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH AN AMENDED WATER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH KEYSTONE PIPELINE. FOLLOWING DISCUSSION FURTHER CHANGES WERE MADE. MS. RENN REPORTED N-95 FACE MASKS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO FIELD STAFF; DUE TO THE REDUCED COST OF GASOLINE STOREAGE TANKS HAVE BEEN FILLED. MS. RENN REVIEWED FINANCES WITH THE BOARD. OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS WERE PRESENTED. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 09:40 A.M. THE NEXT BOPW MEETING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 21, 2020 AT 8:00AM. GLEN TEDROW, BOPW WAYNE SCHULTIS, BOPW BOARD CHAIRMAN BOARD SECRETARY _____________________________ ____________________________