MINUTES-JULY 16, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL 243 East 13th St., Crete, Nebraska, 68333 July 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, Newmyer, Strehle, Papik, and Fitzgerald. The following actions were taken at the meeting: Approved the Consent Agenda items: Unanimous Meeting Minutes City Council July 2nd, 2024 Legislative & Economic Development July 2nd, 2024 Park and Recreation July 2nd, 2024 Public Safety July 2nd, 2024 Treasurer’s Report Claims against the $545,012.63 Approved Jordan Kwiatkowski, Dalton Steelman, Jeff Downs, Ethan Henrichs, Matthew Bakker and Elijah Clarke as new volunteer members of the Fire Department. Mayor’s Appointment of Dennis Bargman to the Housing Authority Held Public Hearing on the Class I Liquor License Application from Blue River Arts Council, Inc. Unanimous Approved the Class I Liquor License Application from the Blue River Arts Council, Inc. Unanimous Held Public Hearing on Blighted and Substandard Declaration of the downtown area. Unanimous Adopted Resolution 2024-10 Blighted area re-designation. Unanimous Approved the Tobacco License Application from Smokin' Liquor LLC. Unanimous Approved Pine Ridge 3rd Addition Preliminary Plat. Aye: Crisman, Fans, Newmyer, Strehle, Papik. Abstained: Fitzgerald Approved Pine Ridge 3rd Addition Final Plat. Aye: Crisman, Fans, Newmyer, Strehle, Papik. Abstained: Fitzgerald Approved the Crete Police Department applying for fiscal year 24/25 Special Traffic Enforcement Programs (STEP) grant. Unanimous Approved payment of claims to Crete Ace Hardware in the amount of $1,881.42. Aye: Crisman, Frans, Newmyer, Strehle, Fitzgerald. Abstained: Papik Approved the Old Main Bar and Grill LB840 Reimbursement. Unanimous Adopted Resolution 2024-11 Gap Paving Assessment Hearing for Tuesday, August 20th at 6:00 p.m. Unanimous Enacted Ordinance 2209 amending the sale of tobacco to 21. Unanimous Approved Consider CDBG grant for 2024-2025 gap and petition paving. Unanimous Approved the JEO gap paving engineering proposal. Unanimous Approved the Crete Isis Phase 2 COR# 07 in the amount of $565.00. Unanimous Approved the Crete Isis Phase 2 COR #08 in the amount of $879.00. Unanimous Approved the Crete Isis CO#09 in the amount of $406.00. Unanimous Enacted Ordinance 2210 amending to prohibit deposit returns for delinquent accounts. Unanimous Approved the Crete Carrier Room Grant for the Southern 7 Association meeting. Unanimous Approved the SE24-04 for the 4-H and Open Archery Contest. Unanimous Approved the Crete 20DTR002 Extension. Unanimous Officers’ Reports Chief of Police Gary Young stated the following: The Saline County Fair is in town this week. Some of the funding they are using for highway safety is adding an other officer to the concert at the fair on Friday night. Mayor Bauer asked Chief Young about permitted UTVs and prohibited recreational vehicle use in town. Chief Young stated they are finding mini bikes, four wheelers, three wheelers and it is a concern. Library Director Jessica Wilkinson stated the following: Provided a monthly program report to the council members. There are three new patron computers and the Friends of the Crete Public Library will be funding three staff computers. They replaced heads on the soft water system and they had no water for a brief period. Assistant Fire Chief James Yost stated the following: Introduced the six new members: Jordan Kwiatkowski, Dalton Steelman, Jeff Downs, who is a nurse practitioner, Ethan Henrichs, Elijah Clarke, and Matthew Bakker, who is coming back on after a break and has maintained his EMT certification There are 42 total members. 38 live in the fire district and there are 4 associate members. There are 6 paramedics. The department’s annual BBQ and raffle is this Saturday, July 20th 2024 at the Saline County Fair. They completed the pump testing of apparatus and then an outside company comes in to test specifications on five trucks at a cost of $250 per truck. The department responded to a fire on an attached garage on Doane Drive on Sunday, July 14th 2024. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion as a precaution and is doing well. They are getting the Gary Sinise Foundation grant ready which they hope to use to replace rescue air bags for a total of $8,900. Parks and Recreation Director Liz Cody stated the following: The City of Crete and Crete Public Schools applied for the inflation reduction act funding and were approved. There are 1,000 trees logged into the database. The deadline for Coed softball registration is July 19th, 2024 Interviewed a candidate for the groundskeeper position. The pool staff would like to look at keeping the pool open an extra week past August 4th, 2024. City Administrator Tom Ourada stated the following: The Public Works committee made a motion to not put the East 15th Street project back on the 1 and 6 year street improvement plan; the city sent two letters to property owners along the proposed route and 19 residents reached out opposed to a potential cost assessment plan. He suggested researching other ways to take on the needs of the street improvement. The next budget cycle should allow the Community Development Block Grant to be available and he will work with the committee to move forward. The City’s electric load has not peaked yet and water usage is stable and we are not near capacity yet. The west solar farm construction work is starting soon and the city’s new west water well should also start soon. Had a budget discussion with City department heads and presented the Finance Committee with current and projected budget data tonight. The water well repairs at 13th and Iris took about two weeks and it is back to capacity. They are looking for another date for the community event in September. Mayor Dave Bauer welcomed the six new firefighters. Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm JULY 2024 Claims Paid CRETE ACE HARDWARE TOOLS $13.48; NAPA AUTO PARTS REPAIR $66.94; UNION BANK & TRUST HSA FEES $2.00; WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA UTILITY $78.63; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITY $772.80; WINDSTREAM UTILITY $157.57; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $2,228.30; AIRPORT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $3,319.72; ARLEIDY LEYVA MARTINEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $36.45; CIERRA KAY SCHWARZKOPF CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $45.69; CITY REVENUE FUND CONSUMER DEPOSIT APPLIED $4,227.41; DARIN SCHNELL CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; DAVID SANTILLAN CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $27.77; ENRIQUE D LORENZO BERNABE CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $43.65; ERIK ORNELAS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $100.00; GARRET D DREWS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $39.86; GRAYSON D MEYER & DYLAN TRIDLE CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $56.20; JOANNE SMITH CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; JOSE GUIZA-SIERRA CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; KYLE SOTO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $3.96; LYNN MARIE HARVEY CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MA DE LOS ANGELES ORTIZ LOPEZ CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MARIA LUZ ORTIZ MURILLO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; MASHAYLA BURNETT CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $136.38; MICAELA & OSCAR LUCAS CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; PYO AUNG CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $2.59; SARA J CUIN CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $77.34; SERGIO BLANCO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; STEPHANIE PAOLA MILLAN PACHECO CONSUMER DEPOSIT REFUND $110.00; CONSUMER DEPOSIT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $5,787.30; BRIANNA JO VESELY UTILITY RECONNECT FEE RETURNED $40.00; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC CONTRACT $77.14; CASELLE, INC. CONTRACT $1,750.15; CRETE ACE HARDWARE SUPPLIES $109.72; DHHS UTILITY REFUND $298.40; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS SUPPLIES $66.63; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ASSOCIATES PH $259.10; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE SERVICE $47.40; JARED LIST UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $50.07; KIDWELL CONTRACT $7,000.00; LILIA ADAME FRANCO UTILITY OVERPAYMENT $98.51; LINCOLN WINWATER WORKS SUPPLIES $1,064.42; MAX I WALKER UNIFORM & APPAREL UNIFORMS $174.59; MIDWEST LABORATORIES INC LABS $2,110.02; NAPA AUTO PARTS MAINTENANCE $15.04; OLSSON CONSULTING $2,103.49; PHYSICIANS LABORATORY SERVICES INC DRUG SCREEN $52.00; RESCO PARTS $3,725.95; SCHUERMAN WELDING INC REPAIR $260.25; SPRING CREEK REPAIR & FARM SUPPLY PARTS $107.16; U.S. BANK SUPPLIES AND SERVICES $314.24; UNION BANK & TRUST HSA FEES $32.00; UPS POSTAGE $19.66; USABLUEBOOK SUPPLIES $427.95; WASTE CONNECTIONS UTILITY $43,577.02; WINDSTREAM UTILITY $494.97; DEPT OF ENERGY UTILITY $36,354.70; NE DEPT OF REVENUE SALES TAX $36,650.96; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITY $8,823.36; QUADIENT FINANCE USA INC POSTAGE $637.78; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $98,907.11; UTILITY FUNDS SUBTOTAL $243,782.50; AKRS EQUIPMENT PARTS $218.94; AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES SUPPLIES $2,836.47; AQUA-CHEM INC CHEMICALS $3,989.30; ART ON DISPLAY GRAPHIC FOR PARK & REC TRUCK $100.00; BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS $792.69; BEATRICE CONCRETE CO 47B ROCK $934.12; BOUND TREE MEDICAL LLC SUPPLIES $3,713.87; CAPITAL AUTOGLASS REPAIR $477.54; CAPITAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC CONTRACT $374.30; CARROT-TOP INDUSTRIES INC DISCOUNT $286.71; CASELLE, INC. CONTRACT $970.85; CDW GOVERNMENT INC COMPUTER EXPENSE $7,955.43; CENTRALSQUARE TECHNOLOGIES LLC QUOTE Q-153849 MOBIL PS PRO $6,914.54; CITY OF BEATRICE SERVICE FEE $73,759.07; CITY REVENUE FUND PARK&REC $5,048.52; CITY REVENUE FUND SALES TAX $1,818.86; CLINE WILLIAMS LLP CONSULTING $256.00; CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT COMPANY TRAINING $56.75; CRETE ACE HARDWARE SUPPLIES AND PARTS $1,363.96; CRETE FOODMART DONATIONS $21.54; CRETE VETERINARY CLINIC ANIMAL BOARDING $661.93; CRIST TOWING SERVICE TOWING $256.00; CULLIGAN WATER SERVICE CONTRACT $62.50; DEMCO SUPPLIES $401.46; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS SUPPLIES $319.75; ENVIRO-TECH PEST SERVICES SERVICE $50.00; EXECUTIVE ANSWERING SERVICE ANSWERING SERVICE $15.80; FERNO-WASHINGTON INC PARTS $756.90; FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA SUPPLIES AND SERVICES $90.00; HAMILTON EQUIPMENT CO PARTS $477.75; HANSMEYER, REBECCA LB840 WOOL & WHIMSY $5,611.95; INSPIRED 2 CREATE SUPPLIES $175.00; JEO CONSULTING GROUP INC. CONSULTING $1,115.00; KEN'S USAVE PHARMACY SUPPLIES $122.74; KIDWELL SERVICE $1,000.00; MANY MOCCASINS DANCE TROUPE SERVICE $1,200.00; MENAGH, CHAD SERVICE REIMBURSEMENT $13.69; NAPA AUTO PARTS SUPPLIES $66.45; NE DEPT OF REVENUE MOTOR FUEL TAX $94.00; NEBRASKALAND TIRE INC REPAIR $27.99; NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT UTILITIES $10.09; OCLC INC SUBSCRIPTION $2,377.10; ONE SOURCE THE BACKGROUND CHECK SERVICE $133.00; OVERDRIVE INC BOOKS $162.49; PHYSICIANS LABORATORY SERVICES INC DRUG SCREEN $47.00; RENKER, LAURA PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT $78.88; SACK LUMBER CO TRAINING $519.74; SAPP BROS, INC - LINCOLN FUEL $464.14; SEWARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT PUBLICATIONS $593.34; SID DILLON FORD MAINTENANCE $255.11; SPRING CREEK REPAIR & FARM SUPPLY PARTS $107.15; U.S. BANK SUPPLIES AND SERVICES $3,994.65; UNION BANK & TRUST HSA FEES $78.00; VERIZON WIRELESS UTILITY $280.95; VYHNALEK INSURANCE AGENCY LLC W C SUPPLEMENT PLAN $4,737.00; WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA UTILITY $686.89; WINDSTREAM UTILITY $1,441.62; ONE BILLING SOLUTIONS SERVICE $4,286.53; QUADIENT POSTAGE $1,001.20; SPECTRUM UTILITY $131.20; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $175,893.42 Tax Funds Subtotal $292,123.11 All Funds Total $545,012.63 CR — July 24, 2024 ZNEZ
