REGULAR MEETING CRETE CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL September 2nd, 2025, (Condensed, entire copy available at the office of the City Clerk). Mayor Dave Bauer called the meeting of the City Council to order at 6:20 p.m. Answering roll call were the following Council Members: Crisman, Frans, Newmyer, Papik and Fitzgerald. Absent: Strehle The following actions were taken at the meeting: Approved the Consent Agenda items: Unanimous Meeting Minutes August 19th, 2025 City Council Minutes August 19th, 2025 Public Works Minutes August 19th, 2025 Legislative & Economic Development Minutes August 19th, 2025 Park and Rec Minutes August 19th, 2025 Personnel Minutes August 27th, 2025 City Council Special/Work Session Minutes Treasurer’s Report Claims against the City $1,224,492.16 Mayor’s appointment of Thomas Reeves to the Historic Preservation Commission Tabled Ordinance 2254 amending food truck regulations. Unanimous Adopted Resolution 2025-17 Amending Resolution 2025-12, setting proposition language for November 4, 2025 election - local option municipal sale and use tax and economic development. Unanimous Adopted Resolution 2025-18 Signing of the Municipal Annual Certification of Program Compliance 2025. Unanimous Enacted Ordinance 2256 Amending Board of Adjustment. Unanimous Adopted Resolution 2025-19 removing the appointed board of adjustment. Unanimous Approved the Application for Special Event Permit SE25-07 for the Halloween Festival from TJ Sokol's. Unanimous Approved the Application for Special Event Permit SE25-08 for the Parade from the Crete High School. Unanimous Approved amending the Master Fee Schedule. Unanimous Approved the Department of Public Works Utility account write off in the amount of $18,115.34. Unanimous Approved forwarding Roger Braden's claim to the League Association of Risk Management (LARM). Unanimous Approved forwarding Jose Tapia's claim to the League Association of Risk Management (LARM). Unanimous Officers’ Reports Chief of Police Gary Young stated the following: Thanked the Fire Department for their help with a death investigation. School Resource Officer Noah Zach has been very busy with many new ideas. He will he helping with the Free Car Seat Check Event on September 25th, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Parks and Recreation Director Liz Cody stated the following: Doane University Service Leadership Volunteer Angelo Franco will be helping the Parks and Recreation Department this fall. Flag Football starts on September 7th, 2025 and there are over 70 participants total. Crete Parks and Recreation is also partnering with the Girl Scouts – an information meeting for parents will be held in the Crete Carrier Community Room on September 9th. Information about financial assistance for participation from the Doane Equity Fund will be available. Nebraska Forest Service Intern Clara Walstad is finishing her tree inventory work with Crete – this has been her 2nd year working with Crete. The City of Crete was recognized at the Tree City USA Ceremony held in Kearney on August 21st, 2025 – and Liz Cody was recognized as the recipient of the annual Denise Eggers Community Forestry Award Building Inspector Trenton Griffin provided the Building Inspector Permit Log. He stated that there are 3 new homes being built. With the new the new system for permits he is waiting on 3 permits for commercial properties. Human Resources Coordinator Jody Fiehtner introduced new Street Department employee Doug Harms. Council members Ashley Newmyer, Anthony Fitzgerald, and Dan Papik thanked the City of Crete staff for their work on the City Budget. Fitzgerald also thanked the staff for helping move things for the surplus action on Saturday, September 6th, 2025. City Administrator Tom Ourada stated the following: The Nebraska Department of Transportation has the Infrastructure Hub. The City of Crete had a meeting last week at Doane University and a meeting this week with NDOT and Federal Highway. With the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Grant Program a lot of the things we would have had to do, NDOT with the Infrastructure Hub will be helping us complete the work. This $300,000 RCP Planning Grant is for the Crete Pedestrian Bridge Project to connect north and south Crete. Our partners with the Thriving Communities Program will be here for the site visit on Monday, September 16th, 2025 through Wednesday, September 18th, 2025. They will be assessing the projects that we would like to work on with the $300,000 of that grant and how to apply for more funding for the construction of the projects. The City of Crete will be partnering with Doane University Engineering students again this year with design work on several projects such as the electric substation and traffic routes. Have been working on zoning with the Planning Commission and a consultant that had been working on zoning has left to take a position elsewhere. We are looking at another consultant. The City of Crete Surplus Auction will take place on Saturday, September 6th, 2025 at 10:00am. Mayor Dave Bauer stated that JEO has been working on a housing study. They had a meeting to gather information and discussed how to grow Crete and the housing situation. Once all the information is gathered it will come to the City Council. CITY REVENUE FUND AIRPORT $34.57; CRETE AUTO SUPPLY INC FILTERS $144.92; ERECT-A-TUBE INC T-HANGER DOOR PARTS $377.84; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $6.57; AIRPORT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $563.90; CITY REVENUE FUND CONSUMER DEPOSIT APPLIED $556.64; HERNANDEZ, YENY ARGUETA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $53.36; CONSUMER DEPOSIT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $610.00; CRETE POSTMASTER UTILITY POSTAGE $1,405.21; ALMA RAMIRIZ GONZALEZ UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $23.49; FERRAL PENA, YANIEL S UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $100.12; MACH, COLTEN & ALEX UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $75.49; PODLISKA, JOY K UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $88.97; RAIDYN STEELE & NATHAN TASTAD UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $100.72; ROLD, DEREK C/O DAN PAPIK UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $87.96; ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC SHOP SUPPLIES $2,252.96; AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES AIRMN KNWLDGE TSTNG $15.57; BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITY $1,437.37; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC SERVICE CONTRACT $81.00; CASELLE, INC TRAINING $524.96; CITY HALL FUND DEPARTMENT OFFICE RENT $1,225.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HEALTH RMBRSMNT ACCNT $535.00; CITY REVENUE FUND SEWER REV $13,821.87; CITY TAX FUND ELECTRIC SURPLUS & FRANCHISE $39,167.00; CRETE AUTO SUPPLY INC SHOP SUPPLIES $36.49; DUTTON LAINSON COMPANY FUSE TUBE, CONICAL $886.88; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS POST IT NOTE DISPENSER $11.79; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS OFFICE SUPPLIES $1,826.98; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE ANSWERING SERVICE $126.15; FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES MEETING/TRAINING $279.90; GRAINGER HAND DRUM PUMP LEVER 10OZ $85.72; GWORKS ANNUAL MAINTENANCE $13,007.40; INTERSTATE POWER SYSTEMS SHOP SUPPLIES $14,299.32; JEO CONSULTING GROUP INC. GENERAL ENGINEERING $5,007.50; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $76.65; LINCOLN WINWATER WORKS CO C900 DR18 CL235 GJ $4,728.54; MAX I WALKER UNIFORM & APPRL UNIFORMS $165.34; OLSSON SCADA ON CALL CONSULTING $5,417.52; OURADA, TOM MEAN COMMITTEE MEETING $205.12; RAILROAD MNGMNT CO III LLC LICENSE $1,337.70; SECURITY EQUIPMENT INC TELLER CAMERAS $3,486.13; SID DILLON FORD OIL & FILTER F-150 $114.62; SPRING CREEK RPR & FRM SPPLY VAC-PRESSURE WASHER REPAIR $126.16; MEAN PURCHASED POWER-OTHER $771,506.06; UPS POSTAGE $21.79; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $121,072.86; UTILITY FUNDS SUBTOTAL $1,004,769.31; AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES FRIENDS PROGRAMMING $1,688.21; BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS/MAGAZINES $28.19; BARCO MUNICIPAL PRDCTS INC 90 DEGREE CROSS PIECE $147.65; BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITY $563.39; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC SERVICE CONTRACT $628.04; CASELLE, INC TRAINING $131.24; CHAPIN LAWN CARE MOWING & FERTILIZER $355.00; CITY HALL FUND DEPARTMENT OFFICE RENT $375.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HEALTH RMBRSMNT ACCNT $990.00; CITY REVENUE FUND TOILET PAPER $94.77; CITY REVENUE FUND COMMUNITY ROOM $15,530.96; CITY REVENUE FUND COMMUNITY GARDEN $22.57; CITY TAX FUND LIBRARY BOND PAYMENTS $21,000.00; CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER AMBULANCE LAUNDRY $35.00; CRETE AUTO SUPPLY INC DEF FOR JD LOADER $148.96; DUE, TARA REGISTRATION REFUND $45.00; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS OFFICE SUPPLIES $327.13; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS TRASH CAN LINERS $481.71; ENDICOTT CLAY PRODUCTS CO VETERANS BRICKS $134.10; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE ANSWERING SERVICE $42.05; GWORKS ANNUAL MAINTENANCE $8,671.60; HEARTLAND NATURAL GAS UTILITY $7.42; HOMETOWN LEASING CONTRACT MONTHLY PAYMENT $155.12; HUMANITIES NEBRASKA STANDARD RATE SPEAKER $150.00; JAY'S OIL CO PROPANE-WEED BURNING $90.37; JEO CONSULTING GROUP INC. CRETE HOUSING STUDY $6,486.80; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $135.78; LUNA MULTIEVENTOS FACE PAINTING $150.00; MAJO JEWELRY & BOUTIQUE LB840 $1,280.68; MARTIN, KOURTNEY TRAVEL EXPENSE $497.63; MATHESON TRI-GAS INC OXYGEN $214.83; MVIX EXPRESS SUPPORT PLAN $256.33; NE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FIREARMS INSTRCTR SCHL $400.00; NEBRASKA MACHINERY CO FILTERS, OIL, ELEMENT $387.58; ONE SOURCE BACKGROUND CHECK $154.00; PAVERS INC COLD MIX ASPHALT $806.61; RIVISTAS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES BOOKS/MAGAZINES $512.69; SEWARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT BUDGET HEARING & SMMRY $372.71; TRI STATE OIL RECLAIMERS INC USED OIL PICKED UP $75.00; UNION BANK & TRUST CO BOND ADMIN FEE $624.00; WILKINSON, JESSICA MILEAGE $110.32; NEBRASKA SIGN CITY PARK SIGN $3,488.88; QUADIENT FINANCE USA INC POSTAGE $300.00; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $150,451.63; TAX FUNDS SUBTOTAL $218,548.95; ALL FUNDS TOTAL $1,224,492.16 The meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m. CR — September 10, 2025 ZNEZ
