City Council
Regular MeetingFremont, NE · January 14, 2014
Minutes
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
January 14, 2014
7:00 P.M.
After the public comment period and 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, Stange, Kuhns,
Bixby, Hoppe, Anderson, Johnson and Navarrette present – 8 present, 0 absent.
Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to approve the
consent agenda. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
• Dispense with and approve December 30, 2013 minutes
• December 31 – January 14, 2014 claims
• Report of the Treasury
• Resolution No. 2014-001 approving consumption on city property for Lisa Thobe, City Auditorium
on June 27, 2015, wedding; Scott Swaney, Friendship Center, February 21, 2014, banquet;
Emily Peck, Christensen Field, June 14, 2014, wedding
• Resolution No. 2014-002 approving special designated permit application for Rise’s Drive In,
1730 West 16th, February 21, 2014; Rise’s Drive In, 700 East 10th, March 29, 2014; Rise’s Drive
In, 541 North Broad, April 5, 2014; DeSauce Development, 1710 West 16th, January 24, 2014,
reception
• Resolution No. 2014-003 allowing Department of Utilities to operate a solid waste compost site
• Reappoint Phil Bang, Curt Friedrich, and Marty Gifford to the Building Code Advisory and
Appeals Board
• Keno audit for fiscal year ending September 2013
• Lamoderna Restaurant request for exhaust from commercial hood at 635 North Main
• Resolution No. 2014-005 approving AAL-Bee Towing & Recovery LLC, Blackburn Towing and
Nielsen Body Shop Inc. to serve as towing companies for the City of Fremont
• Resolution No. 2014-006 approving leases with AAL-Bee Towing & Recovery LLC, Blackburn
Towing and Nielsen Body Shop Inc. for impound lots
• Resolution No. 2014-007 approving AT&T and Crown Castle request for Crown Castle to
manage and operate cell tower at Memorial Park
Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Bixby to approve Resolution No.
2014-004 to award the request for proposal for Analysis of Impediments for Fair Housing to ASK
Development Solutions in the amount of $16,000 with the City Attorney to draft the contract. Roll
call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Bixby to reconsider Resolution
No. 2013-251 approving agreement with Fremont Nighthawks Incorporated for use of city baseball
and softball fields. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Navarrette to amend Resolution No. 2013-251
revising the fees in the agreement to include an additional $750 for the Lady Hawks to use city fields.
Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to approve Resolution
No. 2013-251, as reconsidered and amended. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Council Member Navarrette, seconded by Council Member Johnson to approve Resolution
No. 2014-008 authorizing a professional services agreement with Olsson Associates for Ridge Road
Trail, Hormel Loop. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Anderson to approve
Resolution No. 2014-009 authorizing Amendment No. 1 to 2013 Stormwater Pumping Station Screen
project with Neuvirth Construction for an extension of time to complete the project. Roll call vote: 8
ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to introduce an
ordinance to update the official zoning map as referred to in Article 4 of Zoning Ordinance No. 3939.
Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.
The City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded
by Council Member Navarrette to suspend the rules and place on final reading the ordinance to
update the official zoning map as referred to in Article 4 of Zoning Ordinance No. 3939. Roll call vote:
8 ayes. Motion carried.
The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title only. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Ordinance No. 5293
passed.
Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to adjourn the meeting.
Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:18 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
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