City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 12, 2014 7:00 P.M. 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 Stange, Bixby, Navarrette, Hoppe, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Anderson and Johnson present – 8 present, 0 absent. Moved by Council Member Navarrette, seconded by Council Member Johnson to open the Public Hearing on Northeast Nebraska Solid Waste Coalition budget for fiscal year ending September 20, 2015. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Council Member Anderson, City of Fremont Coalition representative, stated there was a telephone conference held on August 5th, 2014 to review the proposed budget ending September 2015. He stated the Coalition has received a clean audit, investments are down a little because of interest rates, a 2% wage increase is in the budget, a decrease in health insurance due to change in personnel, total funds available have increased 8% and there is $6.5 million dollars in the cash fund that has been built up to get ready for a new site. Council Member Anderson further stated that if cell five is needed that it would be constructed next year and that a preliminary budget has been approved. He stated this is a conservative budget before the Council tonight. Mayor Getzschman inquired about a timetable on when the close out of the landfill would possibly take place. Council Member Anderson responded that they have not released a time table. He also stated that Ronald Bogus, Chairman, chose not to run for Columbus City Council so they are looking for a new chair. Mayor Getzschman stated the Coalition consists of Fremont, Columbus, Norfolk, Dodge County, other counties and smaller cities. There being no further testimony, moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Stange to close the public hearing on Northeast Nebraska Solid Waste Coalition budget for fiscal year ending September 20, 2015. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Anderson to open the Public Hearing on class CK liquor license application of A Final Take LLC dba The Gathering Social Hall, 750 North Clarmar. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. There being no testimony, moved by Council Stange, seconded by Council Member Bixby to close the Public Hearing on class CK liquor license application of A Final Take LLC dba The Gathering Social Hall, 750 North Clarmar. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Johnson, second by Council Member Navarrette to amend Resolution No. 2014-150 by approving class CK liquor license application of A Final Take LLC dba The Gathering Social Hall, 750 North Clarmar. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Anderson, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to approve Resolution No. 2014-150, as amended, approving class CK liquor license application of A Final Take LLC dba The Gathering Social Hall, 750 North Clarmar. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. • Dispense with reading of and approve July 29, 2014 minutes • July 30 – August 12, 2014 claims • Resolution No. 2014-151 approving consumption of alcohol on city property for Stacy Gibney, City Auditorium, October 30, 2014, banquet • Resolution No. 2014-152 approving Special Designated Permit applications for Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 1710 West 16th, August 21, 2014, reception; Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 925 North Broad, October 4, 2014, reception; Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 925 North Broad, October 25, 2014, reception • Report of the Treasury • Resolution No. 2014-153 assessing nuisance lien against Lot 6 except South 6’ Block 29 Chases Addition, 1340 North Union - owner: Wells Fargo Bank • Resolution No. 2014-154 assessing nuisance lien against Lot 4 Block 3 Phelps, 1233 East 18th - owner: Steve & Cindy Kelsey • Resolution No. 2014-155 assessing nuisance lien against Lot 4 Block 20 Dorseys, 2118 North Clarkson - owner; Bank of America • Resolution No. 2014-156 approving Keep Fremont Beautiful request to use Ilgenfritz parking lot on September 3, 2014 for recycling collection event • Resolution No. 2014-157 approving class C liquor license renewals • Appointment of Katie Carlson to the Housing Rehabilitation Board to fill an unexpired term ending June 2016 • Authorize application for grant from American Heart Association Mission Lifeline for equipment • Cement worker application for Kyle Timmer and Oldcastle Materials Midwest Omni Engineering • Resolution No. 2014-158 to accept and award bid for well field injection vaults • Resolution No. 2014-159 to accept and award bid for boiler replacement in administration building • Resolution No. 2014-160 to accept and award bid for roof repair at solids processing building at Waste Water Treatment Plant • Resolution No. 2014-161 to accept and award bid for water main replacement project 2014  • Appoint Dan Martinez to Citizens Advisory Review Committee (LB 840) • Resolution No. 2014-162 removing loading/unloading designation at 6th and Main • Resolution No. 2014-166 concerning 23rd Street and Yager The City Clerk gave the third reading, by title only, as reconsidered and amended, of Ordinance No. 5310 amending various chapters of the Fremont Municipal Code. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Ordinance No. 5310, as reconsidered and amended, passed. The City Clerk gave the third reading, by title only, of an Ordinance annexing part of NW ¼ 7-17-9 (Ritz Lake – Phase I). Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Ordinance No. 5314 passed. The City Clerk gave the second reading, by title only, of an Ordinance approving Robert Steenblock request to rezone Lot 1D of replat of Lot 1, Steenblock Subdivision from LI – Limited Industrial to R-2 Residential District. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Bixby to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on final reading. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the final reading. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Ordinance No. 5315 passed. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Johnson to reconsider Resolution No. 2014-120 establishing board members of Business Improvement District for downtown area. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 2 abstain (Bixby and Navarrette). Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to amend Resolution No. 2014-120 as presented. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 2 abstain (Bixby and Navarrette). Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to approve Resolution No. 2014-120, as reconsidered and amended, establishing board members of Business Improvement District for downtown area. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 2 abstain (Bixby and Navarrette). Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve Resolution No. 2014-163 rescinding Resolution No. 2014-019 and dedicating permanent drainage easement for 1st Street from Luther to Johnson Road. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to approve Resolution No. 2014-164 rescinding Resolution No. 2014-018 and approving right of way dedication for 1st Street from Luther to Johnson Road. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve Resolution No. 2014-165 approving temporary construction easements 1st Street from Luther to Johnson Road. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Anderson to receive the Greater Fremont Development Council report. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The Mayor announced the next meeting would be August 26, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Bixby to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:27 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