City Council
Regular MeetingFremont, NE · August 14, 2012
Minutes
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
August 14, 2012
7:00 P.M.
After the study session and the Pledge of Allegiance, the Mayor called the meeting to order. Roll call
vote showed Council Members Johnson, Stange, Navarrette, Eairleywine, Bixby, Anderson, Hoppe
and Gitt present – 8 present, 0 absent.
The City Clerk stated a copy of the open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection
located near the entrance door by the agendas. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by
Council Member Navarrette to approve the legality of the meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion
carried.
Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to approve the consent
agenda. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
Dispense with reading of minutes July 31, 2012 and August 7, 2012
August 1 – 14, 2012 claims
Resolution No. 2012-150 granting permission to consume alcohol on City property for Karen
Herre, City Auditorium, November 23, 2012, banquet; Richard Wikert, Christensen Field, October 11,
2012, Sportsmen Stag Shoot dinner; Jessica Vyborny, Christensen Field, October 13, 2012, wedding;
Kimberly Prenzlow, Christensen Field, June 1, 2013, wedding reception; Ruth Hespen, City
Auditorium, August 25, 2012, wedding
2011 Fremont Housing Authority annual report
Resolution No. 2012-151 renewing Class C liquor licenses
Resolution No. 2012-152 approving Special Designated Permit applications for Rise’s Drive-In
Liquor, 541 North Broad, September 1, 2012, reception; Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 925 North Broad,
September 1, 2012, reception; Little Chief Inc., 1710 West 16th, August 25, 2012, reception; Whis’s
End Zone, 845 South Broad, September 30, 2012 (alternate date: October 7, 2012), beer garden;
Whis’s End Zone, 845 South Broad, August 31, 2012 (alternate date: September 1, 2012), beer
garden
Resolution No. 2012-153 assessing nuisance lien against North 54.48 feet Lots 1 & 2, Block 8,
Hawthorne Heights (2141 North H) in the amount of $135.63 – owner: Jesus and Sarah Sanchez
Resolution No. 2012-154 assessing nuisance lien against part West ½ Lots 1, 2 & 3, Block 31
and part Tax Lot 101, R Kittles Addition (236 North Bell) in the amount of $235.18 – owner: David Eix
Cement Worker application of Jeff Hilker and Hilker Construction
Reconsider and amend Resolution No. 2012-142 approving Borisow Properties and Roger &
Billye Jo Bignell to subdivide part Lots 2, 3, 5 & 6 Wacek and Van Patten’s Addition (1720 E 5th)
Resignation of Courtney Fedde from the Library Board
Resolution No. 2012-155 awarding funding for downtown projects for Downtown Revitalization
Community Development Block Grant (Council Member Gitt abstain)
Resolution No. 2012-156 concurring with award of bid for Fremont State Lakes Trail with the
Nebraska Department of Roads
Resolution No. 2012-157 approving PR#2 to IES Commercial, Inc. in the amount of $22,052.46
for Military and Johnson Road Traffic Signal Improvements; PR#3 to M.E. Collins Contracting Co.,
Inc. in the amount of $34,531.07 for Luther Road Turn Lane Improvements; PR#7 to Fauss
Construction in the amount of $85,258.80 for Christensen Field Event Center Improvements
Resolution No. 2012-1528 approving plans, specifications, estimate of cost and granting
permission to advertise for bids for Airport South Hangar Complex Paving and Utility Improvements
HyVee Inc. to occupy right-of-way green space (median) at 23rd and Bell for beautification
project
The City Clerk gave the second reading, by title only, of an Ordinance approving request of City of
Fremont to rezone Lots 1-8 and Tax Lot 144 of D. Schroeders Subdivision from AG
Agricultural/Urban Reserve and LI Limited Industrial to BP Business Park. The third reading will be at
the next regular Council meeting.
The City Clerk gave the second reading, by title only, of an Ordinance amending Zoning Ordinance
No. 3939, Article 12, Administration & Procedures. The third reading will be at the next regular
Council meeting.
The City Clerk gave the second reading, by title only, of an Ordinance permitting Utility Type Vehicles
on public roads within City of Fremont. The third reading will be at the next regular Council meeting.
Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Anderson to approve the agreement
amendment with JEO Consulting Group Inc. for Ronin Pool Filter Improvements project. Roll call
vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Stange to suspend the rules and
place on final reading the ordinance amending FMC 9-604 pertaining to the 2006 International
Building Code, Section 3103.1, Temporary Structures (greenhouses). Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion
carried.
The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title only, of the ordinance. Roll call vote: 8 ayes.
Ordinance No. 5252 passed.
The City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only, of an ordinance creating Sanitary Sewer Extension
District No. SE-802-12 (Business Park Drive/County Road 20th Avenue, 23rd Street to US Highway
30). The second reading will be at the next regular Council meeting.
The City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only, of an ordinance pertaining to pay plan for City of
Fremont officers and employees. The second reading will be at the next regular Council meeting.
The City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only, annexing part of the SW ¼ of Section 9, Township
17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th p.m. into the City of Fremont. The second reading will be at the
next regular Council meeting.
Moved by Council Member Gitt, seconded by Council Member Bixby to approve the agreement with
Kendig Keast Collaborative to create a Unified Development Code. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion
carried.
Moved by Council Member Anderson, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to reconsider and
amend, as presented, correcting a typographical error in the heading, Ordinance No. 5248 amending
Zoning Ordinance No. 3939, Article 3, Use Types. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title only, of reconsidered and amended Ordinance No.
5248. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Ordinance No. 5248, reconsidered and amended, passed.
Moved by Council Member Gitt, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to adjourn the meeting. Roll
call vote: 8 ayes. Meeting adjourned at 7:34 p.m.
Scott Getzschman, Mayor
Attest: Kimberly Volk, MMC, City Clerk
I, Kimberly Volk, the undersigned City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the proceedings had and done by the Mayor and Council; that all of the subjects included in
the foregoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and
available for public inspection at the office of the Clerk; that such agenda items were sufficiently
descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the meeting; that
such subjects were contained in said agenda for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting; that
at least one copy of all reproducible material discussed at the meeting was available at the meeting
for examination and copying by members of the public; that the said minutes were in written form and
available for public inspection within ten working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said
body; that all news media requesting notification concerning meetings of said body were provided
advance notification of the time and place of said meeting and the subjects to be discussed at said
meeting and that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was available and accessible to
members of the public, posted during such meeting in the room in which such meeting was held.
Kimberly Volk, MMC, City Clerk
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