City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 24, 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 February 10, 2015 minutes • February 11 - 24, 2015 claims • Resolution No. 2015-029 granting permission to consume alcohol on City property for Christina Aldrich, Christensen Field, March 17, 2015, customer appreciation; Chris Walz, City Auditorium, March 21, 2015, polka party • Cement work application of Les Shallberg, Fremont Electric • Resolution No. 2015-030 approving Paul Knapp request to replat Lots 4 and 5, Block 2, Deerfield Subdivision into one lot • Dirk Daubert and Dennis & Sheila Bracht request to preliminary plat part Tax Lot 76 NE ¼ NE ¼ SW ¼ 2-17-8 • Resolution No. 2015-031 approving Dirk Daubert and Dennis & Sheila Bracht request to final plat part of Tax Lot 76, NE ¼ NE ¼ SW ¼ 2-17-8 • Resolution No. 2015-032 approving Molacek Investments request to replat Lot 5, Fremont North Business Park into two lots (Council Member Bixby abstained) • Resolution No. 2015-033 approving First Christian Church and Kimberly & David Mitchell request to replat Lots 1, 3 and 4 of Replat of Fractional Block 50, Original Town and of Block 71, Reynold’s Addition and Lots 2 and 3 of Replat Block 71, Reynold’s Addition excepting K Street Public Right-of-way into two lots • Resolution No. 2015-034 approving temporary easement agreement with Union Pacific Railroad for 1st Street Luther to Johnson Road project • Tort claim of Jesse Pitt, 1015 East 10th • Resolution No. 2015-035 approving contract renewal with Big Red Keno for keno operations to February 25, 2020  • Resolution No. 2015-036 approving Special Designated Permit applications for Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 1544 East Military, June 6, 2015, reception; Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 431 North Union, August 1, 2015, reception; Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 541 North Broad, November 21, 2015, reception; Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 1710 West 16th, March 17, 2015, reception • Resolution No. 2015-037 approving lease agreement with Alltel Communications of NE dba Verizon Wireless for communication tower to be located on the east end of Utility property east of the Combustion Peaking Turbine just west of Highway 275 and north of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks • Balance Sheet by fund and Statements of Revenues and Expenditures for January 2015 • Resolution No. 2015-038 approving Disabled American Veterans request to convert one on-street parking stall on 2nd Street just west of D Street from standard parking to ADA accessible parking • Resolution No. 2015-039 approving Supplemental Agreement Number 1 with Nebraska Department of Roads to provide Construction Engineering Services for 1st Street, Luther to Johnson Road Project The City Clerk gave the third reading, by title only, of an Ordinance approving Yvonne Leuschen request to rezone Tax Lot 44, 14-17-8 and Tax Lot 4, 15-17-8 from CC – Community Commercial to R-2 Moderate-Density Residential. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Ordinance No. 5330 passed. Moved by Council Member Schaller, seconded by Council Member Landholm to approve the recommendation of the Mayor to appoint Kelly McManigal as a Police Officer. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the third reading, by title only, of an Ordinance approving Rick and Mary Coates request to rezone Tax Lot 43, 14-17-8 and Tax Lot 3, 15-17-8 from CC – Community Commercial to R-2 Moderate-Density Residential. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Ordinance No. 5331 passed. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve Change Order #4 for Steve Harris Construction in the amount of ($13,952.64) for 2013 West Military Widening, Pierce Street to Ridge Road. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Legband, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve Resolution No. 2015-040 approving final project acceptance of 2013 West Military Widening, Pierce Street to Ridge Road. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Legband, seconded by Council Member Landholm to approve contract with Steve Harris Construction in the amount of $4,960.00 for seeding work for 2013 West Military Widening, Pierce to Ridge Road. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Schaller to continue Chris and Maureen Zavadil request to replat parts Lots 3-6, Block 204, Original Town into two lots to March 31, 2015 City Council meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Johnson to introduce Ordinance amending pay plan for Government officers and employees. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only, of an Ordinance amending pay plan for Government officers and employees. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to suspend the rules and place on final reading. Roll call vote: 7 ayes, 1 nay (Schaller). Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title only, of an Ordinance amending pay plan for Government officers and employees. Roll call vote: 6 ayes, 2 nay (Schaller and Legband). Ordinance No. 5332 passed. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Schaller to approve Delta Plaza, LLC request to replat Rodamar Addition, Lot 1 and 4 of Rodamar Addition Replat 1 into two lots. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The Mayor announced the next meeting would be March 10, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. with a public comment period starting at 6:30 p.m. Moved by Council Member Schaller, seconded by Council Member Legband to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 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