REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

 

A meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Plainview, Nebraska, was held at the Council Chambers in said City on the 10^th day of September at 6:30 o’clock P.M. 

 

Roll call was held and present were: Mayor Smith; Council Members: Anderson, Born, Janovec and Sanne  Absent: None

 

The Pledge of Allegiance was then recited.

 

Mayor Smith opened the meeting and announced to individuals in attendance that a full copy of the new Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted on the east wall 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

Kyle Petersen was present as City Attorney.

 

Janovec moved to approve the regular meeting minutes from August 13^th and the budget workshop from August 26^th. Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Sanne moved to approve claims and payroll. Janovec seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Manor report was given by Juleen Johnson with updates on employee sick leave, proposed premium increase of 32% for health insurance and creation of an employee survey.

 

Police Chief Hallock reported on August calls including reported burglaries of storage units in town and surrounding areas. A few updates are needed for the dog kennels and the interlocal with the City of Pierce and City of Osmond for use of the kennel will be discussed in October.

 

City Administrator Tarr and City Clerk Retzlaff reported on updates to the IRP loan program and DTR grants.

 

City Administrator Tarr reported that the maintenance staff is working to complete the curb stops before October to submit information to the State of Nebraska to meet the EPA mandates.

 

City Attorney Petersen will work with City Clerk Retzlaff on finishing financing statements for recently completed IRP loans.

 

Updates to Manor Board term limit appointments were discussed. Born moved to update terms for Traci Ober- June 30, 2025 and Melissa Tarr- June 30, 2027. Janovec seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Born moved to approve the hire of Chad Schumacher and Rex Dummer for part time maintenance workers. Janovec seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Born moved to approve wages for Chad Schumacher of $17 per hour and Rex Dummer $16 per hour. Janovec seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Sanne moved to pay membership dues for NENEDD in the amount of $1,705.06. Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Anderson moved to approve the purchase of a snow blower attachment from Bobcat for $6,484.72. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

 

Council member Janovec introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption:

 

 

RESOLUTION #710

 

 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City of Plainview deem it necessary that Locust Avenue and Main Street are closed to thru traffic from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM on October 31, 2024 for Downtown Trick or Treating hosted by the Chamber of Commerce;

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, NEBRASKA, THAT:

 

1. Locust Avenue will be closed from King Street to Elm Street;

 

2. Main Street will be closed from Locust Avenue to Highway 20

 

 

Council member Born seconded the foregoing motion and on roll call on the passage and adoption of said resolution, the following voted Aye; Anderson, Born, Janovec and Sanne. Nay: None. Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion carried and Resolution #710 is passed and adopted.

 

 

Motion was made by Janovec and seconded by Sanne to approve Ordinance No. 1000. Upon roll call vote, the following members voted AYE: Anderson, Born, Janovec and Sanne. The following voted NAY: None. Motion carried 4-0. Whereupon the Mayor declared said Ordinance No. 1000 approved.

 

Motion was made by Sanne and seconded by Janovec to waive the second and third readings of Ordinance No. 1000. Upon roll call vote, the following members voted AYE: Anderson, Born, Janovec and Sanne. The following voted NAY: None. Motion carried 4-0. Whereupon the Mayor declared the second and third readings of said Ordinance No. 1000 waived.

 

 

ORDINANCE #1000

 

AN ORDINANCE TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS AND THE PLAINVIEW SWIMMING POOL BOARD AND CREATE AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR PARKS AND POOLS.

 

 

Council member Sanne introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption:

 

 

RESOLUTION #711

 

A RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE TAX SALE CERTIFICATES ISSUED FOR 707 W. HARPER AVENUE AND 414 W. LOCUST AVENUE IN PLAINVIEW

 

WHEREAS, real estate located at 707 W. Harper Avenue in the City of Plainview has delinquent taxes that have resulted in the issuance of a County Tax Sale Certificate by the Pierce County Treasurer, specifically County Certificate Number 1439 (hereinafter the “Harper Avenue Certificate”);

 

WHEREAS, the amount of the Harper Avenue Certificate when issued was $690.78;

 

WHEREAS, real estate located at 414 W. Locust Avenue in the City of Plainview has delinquent taxes that have resulted in the issuance of a County Tax Sale Certificate by the Pierce County Treasurer, specifically County Certificate Number 1468 (hereinafter the “Locust Avenue Certificate”); and

 

WHEREAS, the amount of the Locust Avenue Certificate when issued was $2,904.40.

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, NEBRASKA, AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The City of Plainview hereby authorizes and directs the City Treasurer to purchase the Harper Avenue Certificate and the Locust Avenue Certificate.

 

Section 2. The City Treasurer is also authorized and directed to pay all interest regarding the aforementioned certificates and subsequent taxes assessed against the real estate that is subject to the certificates, until the same are redeemed or foreclosed.

 

Section 3. The City Attorney shall foreclose the certificates when permitted by law.

 

Section 4.  That all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict be and are hereby repealed.

 

 

Council member Janovec seconded the foregoing motion and on roll call on the passage and adoption of said resolution, the following voted Aye; Anderson, Born, Janovec and Sanne. Nay: None. Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion carried and Resolution #711 is passed and adopted.

 

 

City Attorney Petersen gave updates on the foreclosure at 107 S 1^st Street. The occupancy agreement will expire in September and any documentation regarding this should be submitted to Petersen by September 14^th. Janovec moved to proceed with the foreclosure on 107 S 1^st Street pending compliance of the occupancy agreement. Sanne seconded the motion.   Motion carried 4-0.

 

Born moved to approve the Library Board recommendation of Abby Cross for the Interim Children’s Librarian. Janovec seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Born moved to approve the Library Board recommendation of wages for Abby Cross at $12 per hour. Janovec seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Sanne moved to approve the purchase of a Hyundai HL940A-XT Loader from Rueter’s in the amount of $132,000. Janovec seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Discussion on employee wages was held and council would like to review evaluations prior to approving wages. Approval will be tabled to the October meeting.

 

City Administrator Tarr gave a recap of the proposed budget. The joint public hearing with Pierce County will be September 17^th at 6:15 PM at the Plainview Library. A date to adopt the budget will be set following the joint hearing.

 

There were no council comments.

 

A citizen thanked the council for working with them on structures they are fixing up around town and stated they will be completing their current projects in the near future.

 

Sanne moved to adjourn the meeting. Janovec seconded. Motion carried 4-0

 

 

TIME:  7:34 P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________________

 

Robert Smith, Mayor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

(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 9/10/2024; 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)

 

 

 

GENERAL ACCOUNT

 

15740	Western Oil Inc	Fuel	751.34
15741	Pierce County Clerk	Su- Batteries	362.16
15742	Verizon Wireless	Cellphones	467.61
15743	Plainview Area Health Foundation	Donation Michael Foods	150.00
15744	City of Plainview	IRP Loan Pmt	381.07
15745	City of Plainview	RBDG Loan Pmt	346.43
15746	MASA	Emp Ins	126.00
15747	Postmaster	Postage	31.70
15748	City of Plainview	Pool Sales Tax	7,857.69
15749	City of Plainview	Library Sales Tax	5,238.45
15750	City of Plainview	Manor Sales Tax	5,238.45
15751	City of Plainview	Eco Dev Sales Tax	5,238.45
15752	Pierce County Register of Deeds	Filing Fee	10.00
15754	Five Rule LLC	Blight Study- Bal Due	687.42
15755	New York Life	Emp Ins	92.20
15756	Midwest Bank	Emp HSA Aug	890.00
15757	Midwest Bank	HSA Aug-Dec	1,250.00
15758	Plainview Ballbackers LLC	Donation Michael Foods	1,000.00
15763	Postmaster	Postage	31.70
25483
THRU
25498	City Employees	Payroll 8-15-2024	29,505.66
25499
THRU
25508	City Employees	Payroll 8-30-2024	20,527.22
25509	Aflac	Emp Ins	415.52
25510	Akrs Equipment Solutions Inc	Su	359.32
25511	Allison Hardisty	Reim- Lifeguard	90.00
25512	Altwine Hardware & Home LLC	Su	312.64
25513	American Water Works Association	Membership Dues	358.00
25514	Auto Value- Norfolk	Su	36.16
25515	Avery Hardisty	Reim- Lifeguard	180.00
25516	Barco	Su	2,458.88
25517	Bazile Aggregate Co LLC	Su	78.33
25518	Bob Smith	Reim- Mileage/Meals	251.02
25519	Bomgaars	Su	154.71
25520	Bud's Sanitary Service LLC	Svc	5,517.00
25521	Casey's Business MasterCard	Fuel	302.50
25522	Cintas	Su	171.35
25523	City of Plainview C&D Sinking Fund	Pmt	2,000.00
25524	City of Plainview Housing Authority	Housing Loan Pmt	100.00
25525	City of Plainview Plv/Osm Housing	Housing Loan Pmt	50.60
25526	Classic Rentals	Su	307.60
25527	Corbin Pfeil	Reim- Lifeguard	250.00
25528	Curt Hart	Reim- Meals	20.43
25529	Destiny Rickard	Meter Deposit Refund	54.15
25530	Eakes Office Solutions	Copier Contract	27.78
25531	Fairfield Inn & Suites	Hotel Rooms	259.90
25532	Gayle Sellin	Contract Labor- August	400.00
25533	Hannah Darnall	Reim- Lifeguard	90.00
25534	Heartland Fire Protection Inc	Svc- Fire Extinguishers	773.35
25535	Hollman Media	Svc	75.00
25536	Hometown Leasing	Copier Leases	324.95
25537	Ingram Library Services	Books/Audiobooks	576.07
25538	James Rau	Reim- Meals	21.50
25539	Jarecki Sharp & Petersen PC LLO	Legal Fees	800.00
25540	Jones Automotive	Svc	198.43
25541	LP Gill Inc	Svc	9,614.94
25542	MacQueen Equipment	Su	715.49
25543	Mahaska	Su	68.50
25544	Matheson Tri-Gas Inc	Su	76.64
25545	Mitch's Food Center	Su	1,336.33
25546	Morgan Nincehelser	Reim- Lifeguard	180.00
25547	Municipal Supply Inc of Omaha	Su	440.18
25548	NE Public Health Env Lab	Svc	30.00
25549	Nicole Jelinek	Meter Deposit Refund	73.39
25550	Pierce Broadband Networks	Svc	56.43
25551	Plainview Telephone Co Inc	Svc	926.60
25552	PowerManager	Su- Envelopes	179.44
25553	Roni Prewitt	Lifeguard Sub Pay	490.00
25554	Stan Houston Equipment Co Inc	Equip Rental	1,495.00
25555	Steinkraus Service	Fuel/Flat Repair	2,187.10
25556	USA Bluebook	Su	281.24
25557	Wesco Receivables Corp	Su	1,122.00
25558	West Hodson	Su	1,068.25
25559	Wragge Construction Inc	Svc- Manor	3,452.85
ACH	Aflac Inc	Emp Ins	243.32
ACH	Allied Benefit Services	Emp Health Ins	15,624.01
ACH	Black Hills Energy	Svc	234.95
ACH	Black Hills Energy	Svc	31.06
ACH	Clover Merchant BankCard	Credit Card Processing Fees	967.17
ACH	CrashPlan Pro	Svc	9.99
ACH	EFTPS	Fed W/H Tax	7,848.92
ACH	EFTPS	Fed W/H Tax	5,842.61
ACH	Empower Retirement	Pension	1,955.95
ACH	Empower Retirement	Pension	1,955.95
ACH	First Data Merchant Svcs	Credit Card Machine	26.75
ACH	Dearborn Life Ins Co	Emp Ins	78.00
ACH	Healthplan Svcs Inc	Emp Ins	75.90
ACH	Midwest Bank	Transfer to DTR Grant Fund	2,918.07
ACH	Midwest Bank	Merchant Capture Svc	50.00
ACH	Nebraska CLASS	Transfer General Acct Interest	3,894.79
ACH	NE Dept of Revenue	State W/H Tax	2,131.76
ACH	NE Dept of Revenue	Sales & Use Tax	1,638.78
ACH	Office Max	Su	261.78
ACH	Synchrony Bank/Amazon	Su	35.38
ACH	USPS	Postage	325.36
ACH	Zoom Video Comm Inc	Svc	15.99

 

MANOR SALES TAX

 

1017

Plainview Manor

Improvements

69,318.12

 

IRP FUND

 

1054	Steinkraus LLC	Grant	77,000.00
1055	Steinkraus LLC	Grant	23,000.00

 

STREET IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT

 

ACH

Wire Bond Interest Pmt

Bond Pmt

7,270.67

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX

 

ACH

Transfer to IRP

Loan Match

23,000.00

 

KENO ACCOUNT

 

1187

City of Plainview

Grant

40,986.00