MINUTES - JANUARY 16, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL 243 East 13th St., Crete, Nebraska, 68333 January 16th, 2024 (Condensed, entire copy available at the office of the City Clerk). Mayor Dave Bauer called the meeting of the City Council to order at 6:00 p.m. Answering roll call were the following Council Members: Crisman, Frans, Strehle, Newmyer, Papik, and Fitzgerald. The following actions were taken at the meeting: Approved the Consent Agenda items: Unanimous Meeting Minutes City Council January 2, 2024 Public Works January 2, 2024 Treasurer’s Report Claims against the City $300,976.84 Approved invoices No. 378566-378567 for legal services provided by Cline Williams in the amount of $1,398.00. Approved Ethan Cornish, Shane Parker, and Hayden Peterson as new volunteer members of the Fire Department. Approved to apply for the Tree City USA designation. Unanimous Approved the Contractor Agreement with Jerry Wilcox. Unanimous Approved payment of claims to Crete Ace Hardware in the amount of $973.68. Aye: Crisman, Frans, Newmyer, Strehle, and Fitzgerald. Abstained: Papik Approved the Amendment to the Sick Leave Policy. Unanimous Approved the Lease Renewal Agreement from ALLO Crete, LLC. Unanimous Approved the Amendment to the Application for Special Exception Permit SEP23-01 from Tillman Infrastructures for a Telecommunications tower. Unanimous Approved the Airport CIP Data Sheets. Unanimous Officer’s Reports: Police Chief, Gary Young stated the following: This is the quiet time after the holiday season. Unfortunately, there have been several cars stolen in Crete, Beatrice and Wymore this past weekend. They are working together to pull their resources. New people starting January 17th 2024 and then next week. Fire Chief, Todd Allen stated the following: The year-end total calls were 908. Introduced Hayden Peterson, Ethan Cornish, and Shane Parker as new volunteer members of the Fire Department. Park and Recreation Director, Liz Cody stated the following: In addition to the Tree City application a UNL professor reached out to engage students in a community forestry tool kit. Conversations with students to collaborate state forestry personal with a tree inventory. Human Resource Coordinator, Savanah Anderson introduced Maria Rivas Arias as the new Custodian for the City of Crete. Rivas Arias gave thanks for the employment opportunity. City Council member Sale Strehle stated that the city has done a City Council member Dan Papik agreed with Strehle and stated he is grateful of all the people’s work. City Council member Anthony Fitzgerald stated that he sat through a county commissioner meeting in central Nebraska. He mentioned that he appreciates how as a council they are able to communicate in a professional matter. City Administrator Tom Ourada stated the following: With the snow removal all hands-on people working 24 hours 12-hour shifts. The equipment was on at all times. A new street department employee will be starting in a week or two. He was working for the City of Lincoln. We have three letters to write for the Thriving Communities Program. Ourada mentioned this is the program that provides funds to provide technical assistance with writing grants. Received an email from the UNL Rural Communities Economics Department would like to work with Crete for a semester on an economic review of the city. Ourada stated that this could be an equal opportunity to learn from them as well. Three City of Crete employees met with the Grassroots Leadership Development Program high school students. The students are very excited for the possibilities with the purchase of the property to the south. There are a lot of conversations at the schools on what the futures is going to look like. Spoke with the Park and Recreation Committee about some proposals from Confluence and JEO and then will go back to the committee and then the council. Ourada stated that he doesn’t know what the end of this month will look like but it is likely that they will not do disconnects for nonpayment if the weather is like it is now. There is a disconnect policy and they will probably waive that between the Mayor and Ourada himself Mayor Bauer commented on the street clean up and the workers did a great job. Bauer mentioned that this year has been the cleanest he has seen. There was special effort to cleaning the sidewalks and he is impressed and mentioned the city having good employees. The meeting was adjourned 6:25 p.m. JANUARY 2024 Claims Paid AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES FLASHING EMERGENCY STROBE LIGHT $249.88; CITY REVENUE FUND AIRPORT $26.57; JAY'S OIL CO PROPANE $269.03; MICHAEL TODD INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY SUPPLIES $871.19; NAPA AUTO PARTS REPAIRS $77.24; ONE SOURCE THE BACKGROUND CHECK SERVICE $19.00; ROEHR'S MACHINERY INC REPAIRS $689.91; SAPP BROS, INC - LINCOLN PROPANE $566.23; U.S. BANK SUPPLIES $29.99; UNION BANK & TRUST FEES $2.00; VERIZON WIRELESS PHONE $42.87; WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA UTILITY $77.53; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITY $1,042.92; WINDSTREAM PHONE $157.60; AIRPORT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $4,121.96; AQUA-CHEM SUPPLIES $3,694.56; BEATRICE CONCRETE CONCRETE $366.83; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS SERVICE $41.72; CASELLE CONTRACT $719.40; CITY HALL FUND RENT $677.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HRA $360.00; CITY REVENUE FUND UTILITY $11,248.61; CRETE ACE HARDWARE SUPPLIES $238.36; CRETE FOODMART SUPPLIES $42.34; CRETE LUMBER & FARM SUPPLY SUPPLIES $108.75; EAKES SUPPLIES $1,380.99; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE SERVICE $24.80; LINCOLN WINWATER WORKS SUPPLIES $215.17; MAX I WALKER UNIFORM & APPAREL UNIFORMS $244.44; MELLEN & ASSOCIATES SUPPLIES $208.81; MIDWEST LABORATORIES LABS $3,073.37; NAPA AUTO PARTS SUPPLIES $473.24; NEBRASKALAND TIRE REPAIRS $23.99; OLSSON SERVICE $2,576.92; ONE CALL CONCEPTS INC SERVICE $77.92; UNION BANK & TRUST FEES $18.00; UNITE PRIVATE NETWORKS SERVICE $176.00; UPS POSTAGE $21.18; VERIZON WIRELESS PHONE $291.10; WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INC UTILITY $183.81; WINDSTREAM PHONE $296.65; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS SERVICE $20.86; CASELLE CONTRACT $963.21; CITY HALL FUND RENT $548.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HRA $500.00; CITY REVENUE FUND UTILITY $318.85; CITY TAX FUND UTILITY $39,167.00; CRETE ACE HARDWARE SUPPLIES $111.99; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS SUPPLIES $727.49; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE SERVICE $49.60; JAY'S OIL CO REPAIRS $41.00; MCI VERIZON TOLL FREE LINE $18.21; NAPA AUTO PARTS BLUE DEF 2.5 GAL $23.64; NEBRASKALAND TIRE TIRES-WIRE TRAILER $510.04; ONE CALL CONCEPTS SERVICE $77.92; SID DILLON FORD SUPPLIES $33.31; U.S. BANK SUPPLIES $176.49; UNION BANK & TRUST FEES $12.00; UNITE PRIVATE NETWORKS SERVICE $550.00; VERIZON WIRELESS PHONE $162.78; WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA UTILITY $42,147.96; WESCO RECEIVABLES CORP SUPPLIES $1,067.48; WINDSTREAM PHONE $199.08; DEPT OF ENERGY UTILITY $26,345.74; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITY $8,756.86; NE DEPT OF REVENUE MOTOR FUEL TAX $49.00; QUADIENT FINANCE USA POSTAGE $551.65; XPRESS BILL PAY FEES $916.40; UTILITY FUNDS SUBTOTAL $150,830.52; AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES REPLACEMENTS $1,191.06; BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS $1,683.31; BARCO MUNICIPAL PRODUCTS SUPPLIES $713.00; BEATRICE CONCRETE SUPPLIES $2,314.30; BIZCO TECHNOLOGIES SUPPLIES $2,135.37; BLACKSTRAP SUPPLIES $2,431.00; BLUE360 MEDIA MANUAL $187.85; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS SERVICE $352.03; CASELLE CONTRACT $933.39; CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT BOOKS $263.67; CITY HALL FUND RENT $375.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HRA $1,140.00; CITY OF BEATRICE SERVICE $73,759.07; CITY REVENUE FUND UTILITY $14,025.57; CITY TAX FUND LIBRARY BOND PAYMENTS $21,000.00; CLINE WILLIAMS LLP SERVICE $1,398.00; CRETE ACE HARDWARE PAINT, DE-ICER $623.33; CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER SERVICE $35.00; CRETE FLORAL PERPETUAL DECORATIONS $241.00; CRETE FOODMART SUPPLIES $38.88; CRETE VETERINARY CLINIC BOARDING $102.13; CULLIGAN WATER SERVICE SUPPLIES $222.05; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS OFFICE SUPPLIES $275.29; ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING COMPANY SERVICE $324.00; ENDICOTT CLAY PRODUCTS BRICK $30.00; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE SERVICE $24.80; FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA SUPPLIES $1,155.66; HAMILTON EQUIPMENT PARTS $46.08; HEATH SPORTS SUPPLIES $172.00; INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP $383.00; JAY'S OIL REPAIRS $124.00; JONES AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS $65.00; MCI VERIZON PHONE $48.00; NAPA AUTO PARTS SUPPLIES $147.98; NE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER FEES $20.00; NEBRASKALAND TIRE REPAIRS $221.90; NMC SUPPLIES $86.85; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITIES $10.09; ONE SOURCE THE BACKGROUND CHECK SERVICE $95.00; PAPER TIGER SHREDDING SERVICE $35.00; QUADIENT LEASING USA LEASE $379.38; SACK LUMBER SUPPLIES $16.99; SALINE COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS FEES $58.00; SEWARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT AD $372.68; SID DILLON FORD SUPPLIES $55.18; SIEDHOFF BODY SHOP TOW $300.00; SPARQDATA SUBSCRIPTION $4,100.00; SPECTRUM UTILITY $131.18; TRANSUNION RISK & ALTERNATIVE CHARGES $177.80; TY'S OUTDOOR POWER & SERVICE REPAIRS $47.76; U.S. BANK SUPPLIES $673.86; UNION BANK & TRUST HSA FEES $76.00; UNITE PRIVATE NETWORKS SERVICE $374.00; VERIZON WIRELESS PHONE $1,007.27; WACKEL'S MACHINE SHOP SUPPLIES $642.05; WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INC UTILITY $687.83; WINDSTREAM PHONE $2,014.43; SPECTRUM UTILITY $18.46; NE ST FIRE MARSHAL SERVICE $108.00; ONE BILLING SOLUTIONS LLC SERVICE $5,790.48; NE DEPT OF REVENUE MOTOR FUEL TAX $112.00; QUADIENT FINANCE USA INC POSTAGE $451.35; Tax Funds Subtotal - $146,024.36 All Funds Total - $300,976.84. CR — January 24, 2024 ZNEZ
