MINUTES-AUGUST 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL 243 Rsdy 13th St., Crete, Nebraska, 68333 August 20th, 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 August 6th, 2024 Finance August 6th, 2024 Public Works August 6th, 2024 Personnel August 6th, 2024 Treasurer’s Report Claims against the City $523,912.82 Jaden Acevedo Avalos sworn in as Police Officer Held Public Hearing on Special Assessments. Unanimous These residents addressed the City Council; David Behrens 135 E 18th St, Gerald Vlasin 2225 Main Avenue, Pastor Marco Flores with Betel Worship Center 2124 Main Avenue, Rosemarie Kleineweber 335 East 22nd Street, Leon Barkdoll 1744 Oak Avenue and Maria Silvia Adame Ortiz 246 W 17th Street with translation help from Community Assistance Director Marilyn Schacht. Approved the Special Assessments in Street Improvements Projects Nos. 2022-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9. Unanimous Held Public Hearing on an Application for the Community Development Block Grant Program for elimination of substandard and blighted conditions within the designated downtown area. Unanimous Approved the Application for the Community Development Block Grant Program for elimination of substandard and blighted conditions within the designated downtown area. Unanimous Approved to defer until September 3rd, 2024 the Public Hearing on an Application for the Community Development Block Grant Program for road construction and reconstruction. Unanimous Approved the payment of claims to Crete Ace Hardware in the amount of $4,392.70. Aye: Crisman, Frans, Newmyer, Strehle, and Fitzgerald. Abstained: Papik Approved the funding request in the amount of $8,007.00 from Saline County Aging Services. Unanimous Approved the Stehlik Administrative Subdivision. Unanimous Enacted Ordinance 2212 amending plumbing code. Unanimous Officers’ Reports Chief of Police Gary Young stated the following: Jaden Acevedo Avalos graduated from the Police Academy and the Police Department is thrilled to have him. The other night they had a couple successful deployments of the k-9 for a call about a sexual assault and strangulation. The dog helped to detect an individual in a room and another behind a car. The Police Department participated in the Doane University walk. They have been working closely with their peer advisor with training with drug recognition, sex assault recognition, stalking, and on dating violence. The Police Department will be doing coffee with a cop to continue working with Doane University. Library Director Jessica Wilkinson stated the following: Provided the Mayor, City Administrator and City Council packets of information from the library. The library made over $1,000 from their summer book sale. There were over 319 children registered for the summer reading program and 172 reading logs were returned compared to last year only 130 were turned in. 39 adult book reviews were completed for the first year. The library had their overnight teen lock in from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and engaged in many activities and games. Human Resources Coordinator Savannah Anderson introduced the two newest City of Crete employees; Parker Zulauf electric lineman and Trevor Nickel parks facilities and groundskeeper. City Administrator Tom Ourada stated the following: He has been working with Finance Director Wendy Thomas on the 2024/2025 Fiscal Year budget. Ourada, Thomas and Finance Committee Chair Kyle Frans met with the Fire Department and they are going to waive some expenses for the department and will be picked up from the general fund for this year. Ourada explained there is no calculable growth with the budget. Our taxable valuation grew by 6 million but with a 400 million valuation it did not provide additional funds for the budget. The City Council will have the Budget Work Session on Saturday, August 24th, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. LB34 passed and it’s literally 0% growth or SLCE which is a consumer price index (CPI) a form of calculation. That could be a concern. If the legislature left it at just that it might be okay. They removed the lid so there is no levy/ lid restrictions at all. This might be revisited in January and hopefully they don’t do anything with sales tax. Sales tax, which the people who live inside the corporate limits voted for are collected and used for economic development, property tax relief, library and police officers and used for things limited to inside the city limits. The state has talked about taking a portion of that and using it outside of the community for other purposes. Ourada spoke to our State Senator about this. Wednesday, August 21st 2024 and Thursday, August 22nd 2024 Ourada and IT Director Mike Kalkwarf will be in Kearney for the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska Meetings. The Boswell paving is a county project and they don’t have a detour. The City put alternate routes on the City of Crete website and social media. The project is going to take about 80 calendar days to complete. The transfer station will be closed over one Tuesday when they pave over the intersection. Ourada stated council member Dale Strehle recommendation on widening county Rd D for the alternate route traffic would be passed on to the county. Meeting adjourned 7:20 p.m. AUGUST 2024 Claims Paid CULLIGAN WATER SERVICE AIRPORT WATER $31.50; FILAMENT ESSENTIAL SERVICES ANNUAL FEES $327.27; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $6.57; UNION BANK & TRUST HSA FEES $2.00; VERIZON WIRELESS UTILITIES $42.90; WASTE CONNECTIONS UTILITIES $78.63; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITIES $724.02; WINDSTREAM UTILITIES $157.08; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $2,335.33; AIRPORT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $3,705.30; 1615 CHERRYWOOD DR CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; ABIGAIL FONTANA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $11.49; ALBERTO LUNA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; ALBO AGUADO-LOPEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $260.00; ALEN KAVAZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; AMAIDA MORALES-BONILLA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; AMALIA TRUJILLO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; ANAHI LIMA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $39.85; ANDREA PIERCE CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; ANSELMO J ORTIZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; ANTHONY WILSMAN CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; ARLENE SANCHEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; ARNOLD NELSON CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; ARNULFO & ZULEYMA RIVERO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; BETHANIE FRAHM CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; BETHEN VANHORN CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; BIBECKA ABBOTT CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; BRIAN & KRYSTAN KNIPPELMEYER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; BRITTANY RATZLAFF CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; CAMILO LUNA & MAYRA AGUADO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; CARLOS PINEDA JR CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; CARLOS RUEDA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $185.00; CATARINO ESCALANTE MENDEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; CESAR AGUILERA-AYALA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $150.00; CHAU DINH NGO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; CHRIS & MARY BOYER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; CITY REVENUE FUND CONSUMER DEPOSIT APPLIED $1,840.01; CRYSTAL ALARCON CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; DANIEL & DEE WILLIAMS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $150.00; DAYSI PINEDA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $35.51; DIMAS ADAME CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; EDITH RODRIGUEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; EH KLO KWE CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; ELISEO SOLORSANO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; ELMER & DARLENE DITTMER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; FERNANDO J LEMUS-FRANCO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; FRANCISCO ECHEVERRIA AGUILAR CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $150.00; FRANCISCO PEREZ MARROQUIN CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; GARY FINCHUM CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $150.00; GARY LEMPKA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; GRACIELA HERREJON CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; GREGORIA ORTIZ DE LOPEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; GUILIO FREDY PENATE CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $475.00; HUGH & LINDA WALKER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; IAN MCKERCHER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JACKIE RUT CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JENNIFER PAREDEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $260.00; JENNIFER PENATE CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $150.00; JESSICA LOPEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; JORGE ADAME & MARIA MENDEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JORGE ORTIZ GUIZA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JOSE A LOPEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JOSE CARCIA MELGAR CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JOSE G MENDEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JOSE L MENDEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $260.00; JOSEPH SNODGRASS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JUAN MANUEL AMAYA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $3.14; JULIAN DIAZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $150.00; JULIO BOLANOS POLANCO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; KIM JOHNSON CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; KRISTEN M HALBMAIER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; LESTER RALSTON CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; LIDIA ANGELICA VARGAS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $260.00; LORA MILES CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MANUEL ORDAZ-FLORES CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $260.00; MARIA BONILLA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; MARIA G LOPEZ MENDEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MARIA OROZCO TORRES CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MARIO TERCERO GARCIA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; MARVIN MONTEJO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MARVIN ODVODY JR CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MAURILIA VASQUEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; MICHAEL THRETHEWAY CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MICHELLE RENNER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MY BAR CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $500.00; NATASHA ELLINGSON CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; NEYRY SUBIRIAS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; NICHOLAS J GINAPP CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; PHYLLIS LOWE CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; ROBERTOS BARRIENTOS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $260.00; ROY SUPUT CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; SOCORRO ALBARNAN-SEGUNA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; TIFFANY CRUMBLISS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; TRACY HOOPER CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; TRINIDAD CARRANZA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $150.00; VASQUEZ, MARIDZA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; VIVIAN BROCKWAY CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; WAH WAH CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $160.00; YLDA L PEREZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; YOLANDA RODRIGUEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $240.00; CONSUMER DEPOSIT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $13,850.00; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC SERVICE CONTRACT $172.50; CLINE WILLIAMS LLP GEN BUSINESS $414.75; CORE & MAIN LP PUMP FLOAT SWITCH $233.90; CRETE ACE HARDWARE PLUMBING MAINTENANCE $2,798.22; CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER DRUG SCREENING $256.00; CRETE FOODMART JANITORIAL SUPPLIES $57.19; DUTTON LAINSON COMPANY JUNCTION, LOADBREAK 15KV, 4PT $769.13; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS OFFICE SUPPLIES $90.95; FILAMENT ESSENTIAL SERVICES S-WEB HOSTING-ANNUALLY $981.84; GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY INC ION8650 METER REPLACEMENT $14,300.83; KIDWELL KIDQ19995 HOSTS/SCADA $6,136.65; LINCOLN WINWATER WORKS MAINT OF WATER MAINS $257.43; MAX I WALKER UNIFORM & APPAREL UNIFORMS $181.34; MCI VERIZON UTILITIES $18.12; MEAN SLEIS & CERT OF COMPLIANCE $1,000.00; NAPA AUTO PARTS ANTIFREEZE $371.60; NE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY WWTF OPRTR RENEWAL $150.00; NE PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL LAB LAB $3,839.00; OLSSON CONSULTATION $1,563.00; RESCO TRANSFORMER $5,940.45; TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES FREIGHT & HANDLING $1,503.55; UNION BANK & TRUST HSA FEES $36.00; UPS POSTAGE $11.58; VERIZON WIRELESS TABLET $454.19; WASTE CONNECTIONS UTILITIES $43,501.95; WHEELER WORLD INC TRAVEL TIME $6,056.00; WINDSTREAM UTILITIES $493.24; DEPT OF ENERGY UTILITIES $35,423.23; NE DEPT OF REVENUE SALES TAX $42,784.68; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITIES $9,045.66; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $94,873.99; UTILITY FUNDS SUBTOTAL $273,716.97; INSPIRED 2 CREATE FRIEND EXPENSE -$175.00; CITY REVENUE FUND FAIRFIELD MOVED UTILITY PYMT $8,498.87; AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES BOOKS/MAGAZINES $2,249.39; ANDELT, WILLIAM F TOPSOIL $1,680.00; AQUA-CHEM INC FUEL SURCHARGE $580.80; AW WINDOW WASHING WINDOW CLEANING $350.00; BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS/MAGAZINES $928.97; BEATRICE CONCRETE CO CONCRETE $1,505.60; BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITIES $18.11; BOUND TREE MEDICAL LLC MEDICAL SUPPLIES $1,157.70; BRAZEE, REBEKA PAINT PROGRAM LIBRARY $175.00; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC SERVICE CONTRACT $589.19; CENGAGE LEARNING INC/GALE BOOKS/MAGAZINES $172.74; CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT BOOKS/MAGAZINES $148.02; CITY REVENUE FUND PARK&REC $5,646.88; CITY REVENUE FUND SALES TAX $802.81; CLINE WILLIAMS LLP GEN BUSINESS $138.25; CONSOLIDATED MGMT COMPANY MEETING/TRAINING $131.40; CONWAY, TIM 30 FT FLAGPOLE - REIMBURSEMENT $2,130.64; CRETE ACE HARDWARE CHAINSAW CHAIN $1,594.48; CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER DRUG SCREENING $162.00; CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER ALS SERVICE FEE $849.13; CRETE FOODMART SOUTHERN 7 MEETING $9.89; CRETE GLASS PROFESSIONALS LLC REPLACE WINDOW - 1211 MAIN $15,668.58; CRETE LUMBER & FARM SUPPLY CO GATE REPAIR-TRANSFER STATION $16.95; CRETE VETERINARY CLINIC PD VET SERVICES $1,209.51; DEMCO FRIENDS EXPENSE $1,981.78; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS OFFICE SUPPLIES $117.98; EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES BOOKS/MAGAZINES $138.48; ED M FELD EQUIPMENT CO INC PUMP TESTING $1,454.00; FAST FORENSICS LLC PD CUSTOM FORENSICS COMPUTER $6,999.00; FILAMENT ESSENTIAL SERVICES S-WEB HOSTING-ANNUALLY $2,290.89; FIRST WIRELESS RADIO POWER SUPPLY $147.00; HQWNE INC ICE MACHINE REPAIR $180.25; KIDWELL DUO ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE $325.78; MCI VERIZON TOLL FREE LINE $48.00; NAPA AUTO PARTS BATTERY-UNIT 11 $345.41; NE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE $210.00; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITIES $10.09; OMAHA WORLD-HERALD SUBSCRIPTION $316.39; PAPER TIGER SHREDDING PAPER SHREDDING $35.00; PRESTO-X PEST CONTROL-1420 MAIN $150.36; SAPP BROS, INC - LINCOLN FUEL $480.61; SEWARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT PROCEEDINGS $470.98; SID DILLON FORD OIL CHANGE/TIRE ROTATION UNIT 2 $191.87; SIEDHOFF TOWING #2024-4026 TOWING $85.00; SOL CARDS INC FRIENDS DONATIONS $155.00; TELLEZ, NANCY SOUTHERN 7 CLERK MEETING $261.98; UNION BANK & TRUST HSA FEES $80.00; VERIZON WIRELESS WIRELESS MODEMS $1,008.40; WASTE CONNECTIONS UTILITIES $682.89; WILCOX, JERRY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES $1,070.86; WINDSTREAM UTILITIES $1,469.45; ONE BILLING SOLUTIONS CRETE AMB SERV $6,937.73; QUADIENT FINANCE USA INC POSTAGE $200.00; SPECTRUM UTILITIES $131.20; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $158,424.26 Tax Funds Subtotal - $232,640.55 All Funds Total - $523,912.82 CR — August 28, 2024 ZNEZ
