City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING January 13, 2015 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 Bixby, Johnson, Legband, Anderson, Eairleywine, Landholm, Schaller and Kuhns present – 8 present. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Anderson to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. • Dispense with and approve December 30, 2014 minutes • December 31, 2014 – January 13, 2015 claims • Resolution No. 2015-001 granting permission to consume alcohol on City property for Ronald Spahni, Christensen Field, January 23, 2015, home show; Josh Jarosz, Christensen Field, March 28, 2015, banquet • Resolution No. 2015-002 approving Special Designated Liquor Permit application: Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 541 North Broad, June 27, 2015, reception; DeSauce Developments, 1730 West 16th, reception • Keno audit of compliance for fiscal year ending September 30, 2014 • Report of the Treasury • Resolution No. 2015-003 approving agreement with Dodge County for water main extension, CR 19 from Hwy 30 south 940’ • Resolution No. 2015-005 designating Mark Vyhlidal as Street Superintendent for 2015 • Resolution No. 2015-006 approving purchase agreement with Neutral Path in the amount of $22,700 for Lot 3, Fremont Tech Park, replat of Outlot A • Resolution No. 2015-007 assessing nuisance lien in the amount of $135.25 against Lot 8, Block 17, Nye Hawthorne (1351 N Maxwell, owner: David Knoell and David Knoell Junior) Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to receive and file letter of protest and bid tabulation from Evapco Incorporated for the Cooling Tower Fill Replacement project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Johnson to approve Resolution No. 2015-004 to accept and award bid in the amount of $376,878 to SPX Cooling Technologies Incorporated for Cooling Tower Fill Replacement project at Plant II. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 2 nays (Schaller and Legband)(due to a malfunction with the voting equipment, Council Member Legband’s vote did not electronically record). Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to introduce Ordinance amending FMC Chapter Two - Election Wards and Districts; Chapter Three - Fire Department; Chapter Six - Graffiti Vandalism and Defacement, Sexual Predator, Illegal Immigration; Chapter Seven - Fire Department. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only. The second reading will be at the next regular Council meeting. The Mayor announced the next meeting would be January 27, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. and the Council Retreat would be held at the Keene Memorial Library on January 24, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. Moved by Council Member Anderson, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 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