A meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Plainview, Nebraska, was held at the Council Chambers in said City on the 26th day of August at 5:15 o’clock P.M.
Roll call was held and present were: Council Members: Born, Janovec and Doty Absent: Mayor Smith and Sanne
The Pledge of Allegiance was then recited.
Council President Janovec opened the meeting at 5:25 PM and announced to individuals in attendance that a full copy of the new Nebraska Open Meetings Act was available on the table of the Council Chambers.
Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by Publication, a designated method for giving notice, as shown by the Affidavit of Publication attached to these minutes. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all Members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgment of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.
Courtney Retzlaff was present as City Clerk.
Jeremy Tarr was present as City Administrator.
City Administrator Tarr gave an overview of the FY 2026-2027 budget. Total income in the general account is currently projected at $905,199.24 with total revenue needed for all other accounts at $1,042.655, leaving a shortfall of $137,455.76. Council will need to discuss rate increases for water, sewer and trash. Continued discussion on budget numbers will be held at the next council meeting.
Born moved to adjourn the meeting. Doty seconded. Motion carried 3-0
TIME: 6:13 P.M.
Corrine Janovec, Council President
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
Courtney Retzlaff, City Clerk/Treasurer
I, the undersigned, City Clerk for the City of Plainview, Nebraska, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of proceedings had and done by the Mayor and Council on 8/26/2026; that all of the subjects included in the foregoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and readily available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk; that such subjects were contained in said agenda for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting; that at least one copy of all reproducible material discussed at the meeting was available at the meeting for examination and copying by members of the public; that the said minutes from which the foregoing proceedings have been extracted were in written form and available for public inspection within ten working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; that all news media requesting notification concerning meetings of said body were provided advance notification of the time and place of said meeting and the subjects
to be discussed at said meeting.
Courtney Retzlaff, City Clerk/Treasurer (SEAL)