MINUTES-JUNE 4, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL 243 East 13th St., Crete, Nebraska 68333 June 4th, 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, Strehle, Papik, and Fitzgerald. Absent: Frans and Newmyer The following actions were taken at the meeting: Approved the Consent Agenda items: Unanimous Meeting Minutes City Council May 21, 2024 Public Works May 21, 2024 Legislative & Economic Development May 21, 2024 Park and Recreation May 21, 2024 Public Safety May 21, 2024 Treasurer’s Report Claims against the City $552,431.91 Mayor’s appointment of Dr. Tom King to the Historic Preservation Commission. Unanimous Approved the Co.#003 for the Crete Isis Theatre. Unanimous Approved the Crete Emergency Operations Plan. Unanimous Approved the East 22nd Pay estimate No. 9 from General Excavating in the amount of $51,662.02. Unanimous Approved the East 22nd St. Change Order No. 2. Unanimous Approved the Principal plans and rates. Unanimous Approved the BlueCross BlueShield renewal agreement. Unanimous Approved the Mutual of Omaha Critical Illness and Accident Insurance renewal agreement. Unanimous Approved the part-time and seasonal employee drug testing policy. Unanimous Approved the Access Agreement between the County of Seward and Crete Police Department. Unanimous Approved the payment of claims to Crete Ace Hardware in the amount of $98.76. Aye: Crisman, Strehle, Fitzgerald, Mayor Bauer voted for quorum purposes Abstained: Papik Approved the method of paving assessments and share costs specifically where sidewalks can only be built on one side of the street. Unanimous Approved the gap paving projects on the north side of Crete and to get the plans, specs and create the paving district. Unanimous Approved the petitioned alley paving project between Norman and Oak Ave to get the plans, specs and create the paving district. Unanimous Approved Anthony Fitzgerald as an alternate for the Seward/Saline County Solid Waste Management Agency. Unanimous Approved GoAPace (Region V) request for permission to construct on city property. Unanimous Approved the Welcoming Certification Agreement between Welcoming America and the City of Crete. Unanimous Approved amending the fee schedule. Unanimous Officer’s Reports: Chief of Police Gary Young stated the following: The other night there was a stabbing and the victim was not seriously injured. Thanked Officer Audrey Arbuckle and K9 Hunk for their help finding the suspect who was at the Crete Inn. They also found crack cocaine and the suspect’s female companion had some stolen credit cards. Thanked Community Assistance Director Marilyn Schacht for her help with her efforts to reduce hit and run accidents with the safe driving classes and for being a great host. There were 13 people in attendance and when the classes were done everyone wanted the classes to keep going. Thanked Officer’s Audrey Arbuckle and Melanie Martinez for their help with the classes. Library Director Jessica Wilkinson stated the following: Food Truck Thursdays are back at Crete Public Library. Thursday, June 6th 2024 Chi Style Kitchen will be there. This Fall they will be starting a new program called 100 books before kindergarten. Crete Reads book was picked last week. The book is No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister. They are going to try to bring the author in person or virtually. The Family Puzzle Race will be June 11th, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Parks & Recreation Director Liz Cody stated the following: The pool is open for the season. There has been strong interest in pool membership, passes, and programming. Infant and Toddler swim lesson registrations are now open. Next week on Monday, June 10th 2024 water aerobics will be starting. Strong performances at the first swim competition last Saturday. Ward I Council member Dan Papik thanked all the City of Crete employees that attend the committee and council meetings. City Administrator Tom Ourada stated the following: There was an interesting situation with a Doane University graduate who had been working for the City and wanted to continue working. He wanted to apply for any available position with the City. He will be starting soon with the Street Department. Chief of Police Gary Young and City Attorney Anna Burge have been knocking the nuisance properties out of the park. There have been some filed with the county. A great number of them have voluntarily complied and cleaned up. There have been about 4-6 nuisance cases scheduled for hearings a month. The pool house and filter house will be getting a new roof for a 1/3 of where the low bids had been. They will be doing that at the end of the pool season. They are under the bid limit and he can approve it. Sales tax are good again this month. There were no big refunds and 7 ½% ahead of last year. There will be a Public Safety committee meeting in the next week or two. Next week City Administrator Tom Ourada, City Attorney Anna Burge and Finance Director Wendy Thomas will be at the Finance Conference in Lincoln on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m. JUNE 2024 Claims Paid IES COMMERCIAL INC REPAIR $2,612.26; NAPA AUTO PARTS PARTS $16.47; ROEHR'S MACHINERY INC PARTS $1,153.72; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $2,350.12; AIRPORT FUNDS SUBTOTAL $6,132.57; BENSON, WILLIAM CORRECTION REISSUED CHECK -$170.20; CRETE POSTMASTER POSTAGE $1,216.60; ASCHOFF, EMERSON TRAINING $174.20; BEATRICE CONCRETE CO PARTS $161.25; BENSON, WILLIAM CORRECTION REISSUED CHECK TRAINING $107.20; BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITY $490.71; CITY HALL FUND RENT $1,225.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HRA $860.00; CITY REVENUE FUND SUPPLIES $163.44; CITY TAX FUND ELECTRIC SURPLUS & FRANCHISE $39,167.00; CORE & MAIN LP PARTS $1,091.13; CRETE LUMBER & FARM SUPPLY CO PARTS $50.50; CROWNE PLAZA KEARNEY TRAINING $259.90; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS SUPPLIES $278.31; ESRI INC MAINTENANCE $486.00; HEARTLAND NATURAL GAS UTILITY $47.81; JEO CONSULTING GROUP INC. R222218.00 SOLAR FARM ASSISTANCE $556.25; LINCOLN WINWATER WORKS PARTS $3,704.40; MAX I WALKER UNIFORM & APPAREL UNIFORMS $165.34; NAPA AUTO PARTS PARTS $9.13; NE WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION RENEWAL $105.00; OLSSON CONSULTING $1,155.58; U.S. BANK SERVICE $32.24; UNITE PRIVATE NETWORKS LLC UTILITY $308.00; UPS POSTAGE $21.28; USABLUEBOOK PARTS $404.92; XPRESS BILL PAY FEES $976.63; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $101,126.98; UTILITY FUNDS SUBTOTAL $154,174.60; NE TITLE COMPANY LB840 ROUND ABOUT ENERGY LLC $150,000.00; AKRS EQUIPMENT PARTS $118.00; ALLEN, TOD REPAIR $479.80; AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES SUPPLIES $771.34; AQUA-CHEM INC CHEMICALS $1,958.90; BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS $267.62; BAUER INSURANCE INC INSURANCE $120.00; BEATRICE CONCRETE CO 47B ROCK $3,337.40; BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITY $1,816.17; BRYAN HEALTH SERVICE $734.00; BSN SPORTS INC SUPPLIES $392.00; CENGAGE LEARNING BOOKS $29.59; CITY HALL FUND RENT $375.00; CITY HEALTH FUND HRA $1,140.00; CITY TAX FUND LIBRARY BOND PAYMENTS $21,000.00; CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT COMPANY TRAINING $155.35; CRETE ACE HARDWARE MAINTENANCE $98.76; CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER ALS SERVICE FEE $1,772.58; CRETE GLASS REPAIR $2,470.00; CRETE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN NAT'L REGISTRY OF EMERG MED $174.98; EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS SUPPLIES $557.88; EGAN SUPPLY CO SUPPLIES $1,084.84; ENVIRO-TECH PEST SERVICES SERVICE $50.00; ESRI INC MAINTENANCE $324.00; FERNO-WASHINGTON INC SUPPLIES $165.00; FIRST NATIONAL BANK SUPPLIES $95.97; HEARTLAND NATURAL GAS UTILITY $4.42; HEATH SPORTS T-BALL SHIRTS $928.87; HENSEL, STEVE EMERGENCY MGT $1,125.39; HQWNE INC MAINTENANCE $1,916.17; JEO CONSULTING GROUP INC. R231906.00 CRETE FIRE STATION $7,200.00; KEN'S USAVE PHARMACY SUPPLIES $139.75; KIDWELL SERVICE $26,855.00; LINCOLN CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEV DUES 6-1-24 TO 5-31-25 $2,500.00; LONG, MELISA SWIM TEAM REFUND $75.00; LYNN PEAVEY COMPANY DUI BLOOD SAMPLE KITS $60.48; MACQUEEN EQUIPMENT LLC SUPPLIES $1,812.75; MATHESON TRI-GAS INC OXYGEN $152.06; MENARDS - LINCOLN SOUTH TOOL $96.35; MIDWEST BREATHING AIR LLC SUPPLIES $870.95; NEBRASKALAND TIRE INC AIRLESS TIRE ASSEMBLY $834.00; PAPER TIGER SHREDDING SERVICE $35.00; PRESTO-X SERVICE $84.58; RAMADA MIDTOWN CONFERENCE CENTER TRAINING $635.80; SACK LUMBER CO SUPPLIES $98.47; SAPP BROS, INC - LINCOLN FUEL $222.37; SEWARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT PUBLICATIONS $136.82; SID DILLON FORD REPAIR $992.18; TRANSUNION RISK & ALTERNATIVE CHARGES $170.00; U.S. BANK SUPPLIES $610.13; UNION BANK & TRUST CO NE BAN SRS 2023 $624.00; UNITE PRIVATE NETWORKS LLC UTILITY $792.00; WINDSTREAM UTILITY $280.07; CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES SERVICE $255.00; PACE PAYMENT SYSTEMS SERVICE $5.00; CITY PAYROLL FUNDS WAGES $153,122.95 Tax Funds Subtotal - $392,124.74 All Funds Total - $552,431.91 CR — June 12, 2024 ZNEZ
