MINUTES-NOVEMBER 5, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL 243 East 13th St., Crete, Nebraska 68333 November 5th, 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, Newmyer, Strehle, Papik and Fitzgerald. The following actions were taken at the meeting: Approved the Consent Agenda items: Unanimous Meeting Minutes City Council Minutes October 15th, 2024 Finance Committee Minutes October 15th, 2024 Legislative/Economic Development Committee Minutes October 15th, 2024 Public Safety Committee Minutes October 15th, 2024 Treasurer’s Report Claims against the City $1,507,767.54 Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Minutes Airport Advisory Board Minutes Planning Commission Minutes Approved the application for a permit to occupy City of Crete Right-of-Way from Black Hills Energy. Unanimous Enacted Ordinance 2220 Sale of City Farm Property. Unanimous Adopted Resolution 2024- 23 Year-End Certification of City Street Superintendent 2024. Unanimous Approved the Highway Safety Grant Application from the Crete Police Department. Unanimous Approved the Request for Contract Amendment CDBG #20-DTR-002 to extend the original contract end dates from October 4, 2024, to January 4, 2024. Unanimous Approved the Invitation to Bid for the "Walnut Creek Sewer Repair" project. Unanimous Approved the Walnut Creek Aerial Sewer Bid Documents. Unanimous Approved the amended Stehlik Administrative subdivision, now titled Stehlik Family Acres. Unanimous Enacted Ordinance 2222 amending sewer department billing and collecting as approved in committee. Unanimous Approved granting relaxation from sidewalk placement on Iris at Eastgate. Unanimous Adopted Resolution 2024-24 Authorizing the termination of the Emergency Medical Services Tiered Response Agreement and negotiation of ALS Transfer Agreement. Unanimous Approved the Fire Department grant application for additional ARPA funds. Unanimous Approved the Fire Department purchasing Lucas devices. Unanimous Enacted Ordinance 2223 Amending non- union salaries. Unanimous Officer’s Reports Chief of Police Gary Young stated the following: The Trunk or Treat was well attended and a success. There will be other k-9 units in town. Captain Pucket is going to be helping other agencies with extra training for their certification. The City of Crete’s Police Department’s K-9 certification is going to be in 2 months. Tod Allen, Fire Chief stated the following: Introduced Yazmin Belk who will be on the next council agenda to be approved as a new volunteer member of the Fire Department. Chief Allen thanked the Mayor and City Council for the Lucas Devices. Library Director Jessica Wilkinson stated the following: They will be hosing a winter book sale The Princess Tea party is going to be November 23rd, 2024 Two additional book clubs will be added in the coming months Over 200 people attended the Bluey program a few weekends ago The concrete pad for the musical instruments is completed. Parks and Recreation Director Liz Cody stated the following: Crete was one of 4 communities selected to receive a tree nursery from the Nebraska Forest Service/Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. They selected a nursery site on the Doane campus next to the Nature Explorers outdoor classroom. On Nov. 1st 2024, Doane Grounds staff and Parks department staff planted 32 young trees with the help of local volunteers Justin Jones and Dave Jurena. During the event, arborists Graham Herbst and Gregg Lemke shared their advice on planting depth, root health, young tree care and information about the trees, including oaks, hickory, and more. As part of their ongoing IRA grant projects Cody will attend arborist training on November 14th and 15th 2024 in Ashland with the Nebraska Arborists Association. Additional training or exam opportunities will be available this fall to sit for the arborist certification exam. Anyone is welcome to participate in a free arborist education and test prep program by Graham Herbst with the Nebraska Forest Service. Tuxedo Park Campgrounds closed for the season on November 1st 2024 and their groundskeeper is working to winterize all park locations. Tuxedo Park entrances and roads will be closed for training purposes on Nov. 13-16th 2024. The Nebraska Game and Parks offers a Watchable Wildlife Grant of up to $6000 to promote opportunities to observe local wildlife. Eligible activities such as a nature explorers backpack program, would facilitate collaboration between the Parks department, the library, and Public Health Solutions. City Administrator Tom Ourada stated the following: City Hall will be closed next Monday, November 11th, 2024 for Veterans Day. Went over the draft financial for the last fiscal year and sales tax finished a little over $2.5 million dollars, over our projections, despite numerous refund submissions. There were a number of sales tax refunds and there is another this month. Ourada will have a total of the number of refunds issued in the last year for the next City Council meeting. There are a couple of interested parties in the City owned buildings downtown. Since there are more than one there is going to be a process with it. There will be performance stipulations with the sale of the buildings. JK Energy Consulting, LLC is sending a proposal on electric cost of service study. The City has been very active and making progress on nuisance properties and will probably have five more cases this month. Ourada was going to ask City Attorney Anna Burge, Finance Director Wendy Thomas and City Clerk Nancy Tellez to give a report on the Department of Transportation trip to Washington D.C. However, Wendy Thomas was not at the City Council meeting since she was getting awarded the 2024 Cornhusker State Games Female Athlete of the Year for Tennis from the Nebraska Sports Council. Ourada has been having Media Specialist Jenn Lampila put picture highlights of success stories of business utilizing the LB840 program. LB840 sunsets next year and to be renewed the City Council would put it on the ballot. Money can be used to promote it until it gets put on the ballot then we cannot. The goal is to put 2 or 3 pictures and stories so that people understand how valuable LB840 has been in the Crete community to businesses and infrastructure over the course of the last 15 years. Ourada stated that there is strong interest of an Airport Manager who is a very experienced mechanic and a fixed based operator. He has a very strong clientele and wants to move here and bring a ton of business and airplanes with him. The salary adjustment that the City Council approved goes a long way towards that. Mayor Dave Bauer stated that in December it is going to be time for committee assignments and he may do some new assignments. Bauer informed the council members that if they have an interest in a specific committee to let him know so that he can consider that. Meeting adjourned at 6:48 p.m. NOVEMBER 2024 Claims Paid PAYEE DESCRIPTION AMOUNT; AKRS EQUIPMENT TIRE & WHEEL ASSEMBLY $235.02; BIG SANDY HOMEOWNERS ROGER'S ARFRC HNGR OVRPYMNT $1,140.00; CITY REVENUE FUND AIRPORT $35.57; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $6.57; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $1,955.14; AIRPORT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $3,372.30; CITY REVENUE FUND CONSUMER DEPOSIT APPLIED $864.45; ELLINGSON COMPANIES CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; JACOB BESPALEC CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $35.55; CONSUMER DEPOSIT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $1,000.00; CRETE POSTMASTER UTILITY POSTAGE $1,296.30; ALLO COMMUNICATIONS LASHING WIRE CLAMP D $3,933.00; AQUA-CHEM INC CHEMICALS $443.44; ASCHOFF, EMERSON TRUNK OR TREAT $38.30; BAUER INSURANCE INC WASTE WATER BOND $1,320.00; BEATRICE CONCRETE CO CONCRETE $469.16; BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITIES $223.10; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC SERVICE CONTRACT $184.14; CDW GOVERNMENT INC SUPPLIES $468.39; CITY HALL FUND DEPARTMENT OFFICE RENT $1,225.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT $860.00; CITY REVENUE FUND SEWER REV $15,359.40; CITY TAX FUND ELECTRIC SURPLUS & FRANCHISE $39,167.00; CORE & MAIN LP SCADAMETRICS TMD METER DISPLAY $14,082.50; CRETE FOODMART LAB SUPPLIES $29.80; CRETE LUMBER & FARM SUPPLY CO MOWER TRAILER REPAIR $58.76; CRETE POSTMASTER FIRST CLASS PRESORT- PI#22 $270.00; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS OFFICE SUPPLIES $511.20; EGAN SUPPLY CO JANITORIAL SUPPLIES $712.70; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE ANSWERING SERVICE $74.56; HEARTLAND NATURAL GAS UTILITY-485 S MAIN AVE $61.65; HUSKER ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO LAMP, HPS, 250 WATT $1,872.42; J&K EXTERIORS LLC WELL HOUSE #3 5TH & NORMAN $18,850.00; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $1,720.65; LEAGUE OF NEBR. MUNICIPALITIES MEMBERSHIP DUES $4,470.00; LINCOLN WINWATER WORKS 11/16 CARBIDE TIPPED HOLESAW $1,330.08; MAX I WALKER UNIFORM & APPAREL UNIFORMS $259.01; MCI VERIZON TOLL FREE LINE $18.72; NAPA AUTO PARTS FITTINGS $477.21; NE PUBLIC HEALTH ENVRNMNTL LAB LAB $487.00; OLSSON SCADA CONSULTING $910.30; ONE CALL CONCEPTS INC LOCATING SERVICE FEE $94.72; RESCO SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER $51,792.43; SAPP BROS, INC - LINCOLN DIESEL FUEL $1,911.00; SID DILLON FORD VEHICLE MAINT $47.56; U.S. BANK DROPBOX $841.29; UPS POSTAGE $20.72; WESCO RECEIVABLES CORP 3PH TRANSFORMER BASE $4,515.00; BASLER ELECTRIC CO ADAPTER PLATE $8,760.72; MEAN WHEELING EXPENSE $686,962.16; QUADIENT LEASING POSTAGE LEASE PMT $329.43; XPRESS BILL PAY ONLINE PMT FEE $963.12; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $219,657.67; UTILITY FUNDS SUBTOTAL $1,087,079.61; 911 CUSTOM SCENE LIGHT K-9 TRAINING $547.40; AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES OFFICE SUPPLIES $3,631.18; AUTHORS UNBOUND AGENCY APPEARANCE FEE $6,750.00; BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS $1,002.57; BEATRICE CONCRETE CO CONCRETE $2,080.16; BLACK HILLS ENERGY 0865-5518-13 1515 FOREST $418.20; BOUND TREE MEDICAL LLC MEDICAL SUPPLIES $2,381.64; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC SERVICE CONTRACT $1,006.14; CATHER & SONS CONSTRUCTION INC ASPHALT $682.50; CDW GOVERNMENT INC HARD DRIVE $518.21; CENGAGE LEARNING INC/GALE BOOKS/MAGAZINES $809.04; CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT BOOKS/MAGAZINES $94.68; CITY HALL FUND DEPARTMENT OFFICE RENT $375.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT $1,140.00; CITY REVENUE FUND COMMUNITY ROOM $10,469.12; CITY REVENUE FUND COMMUNITY GARDEN $22.67; CITY TAX FUND LIBRARY BOND PAYMENTS $21,000.00; CIVICPLUS LLC SOFTWARE LICENSE $2,310.00; COMPUSYSTEMS ALA ANNUAL CONF 2025 $495.00; CONFLUENCE INC 22251 CRETE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN $1,950.00; CONSOLIDATED MNGMNT CMPNY MEETING/TRAINING $127.35; CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER AMBULANCE LAUNDRY $35.00; CRETE LUMBER & FARM SUPPLY CO CONCRETE MIX $59.90; CRETE POSTMASTER FIRST CLASS PRESORT- PI#22 $80.00; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS CONTRACT INVOICE $973.94; ED M FELD EQUIPMENT CO INC FIRE EQUIP REPAIR $1,145.86; EGAN SUPPLY CO JANITORIAL SUPPLIES $192.46; ENVIRO-TECH PEST SERVICES PEST CONTROL-649 SO RD 2250 $95.00; ERNESTO & MA LIDIA LOPEZ OVERPAYMENT ON ASSESSMENT $301.99; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE ANSWERING SERVICE $24.84; FIRST WIRELESS RADIO REPAIR $45.00; FOREMOST PROMOTIONS JUNIOR BADGES $355.55; GRAINGER BARRICADE TAPE $92.56; HAVLAT REPAIR FIRE VEHICLE REPAIR $249.00; HEARTLAND NATURAL GAS UTILITY-210 E 14TH $7.05; HOMETOWN LEASING CONTRACT INVOICE $153.41; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $5,341.78; LATITUDE SIGNAGE & DESIGN BLDG & GRND MAINT $185.00; LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR YEARLY RENEWAL $447.51; MALY CONSTRUCTION CONCRETE WALL BY CTY HLL $28,450.00; MARYBETH CHANCHAVAC PERMIT OVERPAYMENT $60.84; MATHESON TRI-GAS INC OXYGEN $204.60; MCI VERIZON TOLL FREE LINE $48.00; MEDICAL ENTERPRISES INC DRUG TEST PANEL $36.00; MIDWEST ALARM SERVICES ALARM MONITORING 210 E 14TH $106.95; MIDWEST BREATHING AIR LLC QUARTERLY AIR TEST $247.00; MIDWEST SERVICE & SALES CO 1-3/4 X 10' POSTS" $1,499.50; NAPA AUTO PARTS AIR/OIL/FUEL FILTERS $565.44; HENRY DOORLY ZOO OCEAN LIFE VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP $140.00; OVERHEAD DOOR CO GARAGE DOOR REPAIR $147.00; PAVERS INC COLD MIX ASPHALT $658.00; PRESTO-X PEST CONTROL-1945 FOREST $84.58; RAY ALLEN MANUFACTURING EQUIP FOR OFC ARBUCKLE & K-9 HUNK $152.97; RENKER, LAURA BOOKS/MAGAZINES $265.66; SACK LUMBER CO 1X2X24 STAKES $211.92; SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORP INSPECTION SERVICE - 1945 FOREST $388.44; SEWARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT CLAIMS & PROCEEDINGS $411.57; SIGN SOLUTIONS USA LLC CROSS BRACKET 5.5 FLAT HOLDER" $107.94; TRI STATE OIL RECLAIMERS INC USED OIL PICKED UP $50.00; U.S. BANK PUBLICATIONS $759.67; UNION BANK & TRUST CO UBT SRS 2021 BOND ADMIN FEE $624.00; WILKINSON, JESSICA REIMBURSE - COSTCO $36.86; WINDSTREAM UTILITIES $135.49; CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES COPIER CONTRACT $255.00; NE DEPT OF REVENUE GAMING TAX JULY/AUG/SEPT $8,983.00; PACE PAYMENT SYSTEMS MYGOV ONLINE PAYMENTS $5.00; QUADIENT FINANCE USA INC POSTAGE $300.00; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $303,783.49; Tax Funds Subtotal - $416,315.63 All Funds Total - $1,507,767.54 CR — November 13, 2024 ZNEZ
