City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 25, 2013 7:00 P.M. After the study session and Pledge of Allegiance, the Mayor called the meeting to order and stated a copy of the open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection located near the entrance door by the agendas. Roll call showed Council Members Johnson, Stange, Anderson, Hoppe, Kuhns, Bixby, and Navarrette present, Eairleywine absent – 7 present, 1 absent. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried.  Dispense with June 11 and 18, 2013 minutes  June 12–25, 2013 claims  Resolution No. 2013-109 granting permission to consume alcohol on City property for Estephanie Garcia, City Auditorium, July 6, 2013, wedding; Bob Diers, Christensen Field, October 10, 2013, trap shoot dinner; Sarah Kallhoff, City Auditorium, October 12, 2013, fundraiser; Bill Christian, City Auditorium, September 14, 2013, ACS poker run  Resolution No. 2013-110 approving Special Designated Permit application for Fire Barn, LLC, 925 North Broad, July 27, 2013, reception  Cement worker license application of Cory Coufal and Pave The Planet  Resolution No. 2013-111 approving contract with Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging for the Friendship Center  Resolution No. 2013-112 awarding contract off of State bid in the amount of $37,781 to Sid Dillon for pickup for Street Department  Resignation of Bill Ekeler from Airport Advisory Committee  Resolution No. 2013-113 to accept and award bid in the amount of $133,035 to Midlands Contracting Incorporated for sanitary sewer rehabilitation project  Resolution No. 2013-114 to approve specifications, cost estimate of $150,000 and grant permission to advertise for bids for re-roofing a portion of the Power Plant  Resolution No. 2013-115 approving five year maintenance contract in the amount of $16,650 per year with GIS Workshop for GIS services for Public Service Answering Point  Reappoint Al Sawtelle to the Board of Public Works for a five year term ending June 2018  Reappoint Jeff Elliott, Jennifer Bixby, Scott Getzschman, Dr. Martin Sears and Lyndsay Osborn to the Board of Health for three year terms ending June 2016  Permitted Conditional Use at a Residential Cluster Housing Site for Erin Lake/Will Lake Corporation and Deane and Cheryl Gacke to erect single family residence on Site #14, 440 South Ridge Road   Resolution No. 2013-116 approving PR#1 in the amount of $2,250 to Fauss Construction, Inc. for Police Station Window Replacement  Resolution No. 2013-117 approving professional agreement in the amount of $12,000 with Olsson Associates for Main Street Historic Lighting Phase Three Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Anderson to continue to the July 30, 2013 Council meeting the Resolution approving Roger Chisholm request to subdivide combined Lots 13 and 14, Block 13, Westside Addition into two lots. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to continue consideration of Ordinance authorizing issuance of $9,980,000 Combined Utilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2013 for constructing and acquiring additions and improvements to Electric System. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to introduce, suspend the rules and place on final reading an Ordinance to approve Donald E. and Carole A. Coughlin request to rezone the west half of Block 183, Original Town from LI – Limited Industrial to DC – Downtown Commercial District. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 1 abstain (Bixby). Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title, of an Ordinance to approve Donald E. and Carole A. Coughlin request to rezone the west half of Block 183, Original Town from LI – Limited Industrial to DC – Downtown Commercial District. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 1 abstain (Bixby). Ordinance No. 5275 passed. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to approve Resolution No. 2013-118 authorizing Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement Supplement No. 1 with Nebraska Department of Roads and Felsburg Holt & Ullevig for 1st Street, Luther Road- Johnson Road project. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Anderson to approve Resolution No. 2013-119 authorizing amendment to agreement with Kirkham Michael for supplemental environmental assessment work and preliminary design for Westside BNSF/FEVR Corridor Grade Separation (23rd Street Viaduct project). Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Navarrette, seconded by Council Member Stange to approve the recommendation of the Mayor to appoint Adam Macpherson and Austin Williams as Police Officers. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve Resolution No. 2013-120 authorizing the purchase agreement with Great Plains Communications for a tract of land in the Fremont Technology Park. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve a Resolution for the purpose of starting Military Avenue Trail authorizing a change order in the amount of $90,680 to the Department of Utilities contract with Sawyer Construction for Military Avenue Water Main Replacement project. Roll call vote: 7 nays, 0 ayes. Motion failed. The Mayor announced the next regular meeting will be July 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Stange to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:47 p.m. 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 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 the 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 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