City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING December 10, 2013 7:00 P.M. After the study session, 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 Eairleywine, Navarrette, Stange, Johnson, Kuhns, Hoppe, Bixby present, Council Member Anderson absent – 7 present, 1 absent. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to open the public hearing for Citizen Advisory Review Committee on Economic Development Program (LB840). Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Sandi Proskovec, member of the committee, stated the end of fiscal year 2013 fund balance for the program was $4,414,812.53 which includes uncommitted funds of $1,511,224.50. Ms. Proskovec stated there had not been a lot of change and no new applications have been received. There being no further testimony, moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to close the public hearing. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Bixby to open the public hearing on the Department of Utilities Solid Waste Compost Site Permit. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Troy Schaben, Utilities Assistant General Manager, stated the application was to renew and modify the existing permit. The site will be increased in size but the amount of material will not be increased. He further stated that because of the modification to the site, a public hearing was needed. Assuming no public comments were received against the permit tonight or within the next thirty days, a resolution regarding the permit would be on the first January Council agenda. Mr. Schaben reviewed the process for making the compost stating the dewatered sludge and yard waste was mixed together and then applied to agricultural ground in the area. He also stated the Utilities sells compost at a low cost. There being no further testimony, moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to close the public hearing. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried.  Dispense with and approve November 26, 2013 minutes  November 27 – December 10, 2013 claims  Resolution No. 2013-255 granting permission to consume alcohol on City property for Janet Larsen, City Auditorium, March 8, 2014, fundraiser  Cement worker application of Rollin Hansen and Hansen Masonry and Concrete  Report of the Treasury  Resolution No. 2013-256 approving FY 2013 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for III Corp Drug Task Force  Tort Claim of Seth and JoAnn Coates, 1622 East 19th Street Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to continue to December 30, 2013 Council meeting the Christensen Field Task Force Keno grant application. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Navarrette, seconded by Council Member Johnson to approve Resolution No. 2013-257 to approve the Transit Drug and Alcohol Abuse Testing Policy. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the third reading, by title only, of an Ordinance approving Deer Pointe Corporation/Charles Diers request to annex part SE ¼ NW ¼ 18-17-9. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 1 abstain (Bixby). Ordinance No. 5292 passed. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to approve Resolution No. 2013-258 authorizing $10,000 of Economic Enhancement Funds to pay City’s portion of Fremont Athletic Complex Planning Study and Economic Impact Study. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to reconsider Resolution No. 2013-230 levying special tax and assessments for Paving District No. 548 (Main Street, 1st to 3rd). Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Bixby to amend Resolution No. 2013-230 by correcting the exhibit legal for International Bakery from Block 183 to Block 184. Rollcall vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to approve Resolution No. 2013-230, as reconsidered and amended, levying special tax and assessments for Paving District No. 548 (Main Street, 1st to 3rd). Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to continue to December 30, 2013 Council meeting the Resolution of Intent of the City of Fremont to annex areas north of 23rd Street along Luther, Johnson and Morningside Road. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. The Mayor announced the next regular Council meeting would be December 30, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Stange to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 7 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:19 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