REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 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 8^th day of October at 6:30 o’clock P.M. 

 

Roll call was held and present were: Mayor Smith; Council Members: Anderson, Born and Sanne  Absent: Janovec

 

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.

 

Sanne moved to approve the regular meeting minutes from September 10^th, the budget hearing from September 25^th and the special meeting from September 25^th. Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Sanne moved to approve claims and payroll. Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Manor Administrator Juleen Johnson updated on possible changes to the facility, including moving the laundry room upstairs and creating more private rooms. Updates on employee health insurance renewals and employee surveys were given.

 

Police Chief Hallock stated that nuisance letters have been sent with abatements to occur October 26^th.

 

City Administrator Tarr reported on the recent Peer to Peer visit with Knox County and that the final IRP loan applications are in the process of being completed. Approval by the council for these loans is projected for the November council meeting.

 

Tarr also reported that the lead and copper survey for water lines was finalized and submitted to the State of Nebraska.

 

City Attorney Petersen is working on the final DTR Deeds of Trust and Promissory Notes and a request was made to go into executive session at the end of the meeting to discuss the property at 107 S 1^st Street.

 

At 6:48 PM Born moved to go into executive session for discussion on proposed employee wages. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

At 7:12 PM Born moved to come out of executive session. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Born moved to table approval of employee wages for FY 2024-2025. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Born moved to table approval of Ordinance #1001- City Administrator salary. Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Born moved to table approval of contract for the City Administrator. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Sanne moved to approve the purchase of an 8200SG utility locator kit in the amount of $13,172.50. Born seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Discussion on the use of Manor reserve funds by the City of Plainview was held and no further action will be taken.

 

Discussion on the budgeted utility rate increases was held. Base rate increase of $5 for water, $3 for sewer and 3% for the electric lease are proposed. Further discussion will be held at the November council meeting.

 

Discussion on the interlocal agreement for dog boarding at the newly constructed kennels was held. There are a few changes that the council would like made and it will be brought back to the November meeting for approval.

 

No council comments.

 

No public comments.

 

At 7:44 PM Sanne moved to go into executive session for discussion on possible pending litigation involving the judicial foreclosure on the property at 107 S. 1^st Street. Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

At 7:49 PM Born moved to come out of executive session. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

 

Born moved to adjourn the meeting. Sanne seconded. Motion carried 3-0

 

 

TIME:  7:50 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 10/8/2024; 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

 

15759	Postmaster	Postage	31.70
15760	Rueter's	Repairs	1,372.61
15761	Schaefer Grain Co	Svc	474.00
15762	Midwest Bank	Qtrly Loan Pmt	4,293.76
15763	NCPPD	Svc	11,291.17
15764	Verizon Wireless	Cellphones	448.48
15765	Western Oil Inc	Fuel	635.70
15766	NDEE- Fiscal Services	Transfer/C&D Permits	1,250.00
15767	Plainview News	Ads/Legals/Su	612.44
15768	Precision IT	Svc	79.20
15769	Postmaster	Postage	74.65
15770	MASA	Emp Ins	140.00
15771	City of Plainview	IRP Loan Pmt	381.07
15772	City of Plainview	RBDG Loan Pmt	346.43
15773	Madison Co Bank	Qtrly Loan Pmt	7,426.09
15774	City of Plainview	Pool Sales Tax	5,469.73
15775	City of Plainview	Library Sales Tax	3,646.48
15776	City of Plainview	Manor Sales Tax	3,646.48
15777	City of Plainview	Eco Dev Sales Tax	3,646.48
15778	New York Life	Emp Ins	92.20
15779	Midwest Bank	Emp HSA	890.00
15780	NENEDD	Membership Dues	1,705.06
25560
THRU
25567	City Employees	Payroll 9-13-2024	22,680.69
25568
THRU
25571	City Employees	Payroll 9-30-2024	19,367.37
25572	AMGL	Budget Assistance FY 24-25	340.00
25573	Aflac	Emp Ins	286.94
25574	Akrs Equipment Solutions	Su	95.01
25575	Altwine Hardware & Home LLC	Su	1,063.71
25576	American Legal Publishing	Code Updates	715.15
25577	Bazile Aggregate Co LLC	Su	201.67
25578	Bomgaars	Su	342.62
25579	Bud's Sanitary Service LLC	Svc	5,517.00
25580	Casey's Business MasterCard	Fuel	471.74
25581	City of Norfolk	Svc	42.00
25582	City of Plv Housing Auth	Housing Loan Pmt	100.00
25583	City of Plv Osm/Plv Housing	Housing Loan Pmt	50.60
25584	Classic Rentals	Su	251.24
25585	Dennis Bobek	Meter Deposit Refund	73.39
25586	Donna Christiansen	Reim	58.95
25587	Eakes Office Solutions	Copier Contract	211.12
25588	Evelyn Eichberger	Meter Deposit Refund	114.11
25589	Farmers Pride	Su	1,915.64
25590	Floor Maintenance	Su	136.08
25591	Gayle Sellin	Contract Labor- September	400.00
25592	GPM Environmental Solutions LLC	Svc	448.00
25593	Hoffart Repair	Svc/Su	582.43
25594	Hometown Leasing	Copier Leases	324.95
25595	Hydrovac Supply	Su	510.68
25596	Independent Pest Management	Svc- Library	140.00
25597	Ingram Library Services	Books/Audiobooks	608.61
25598	Jarecki Sharp & Petersen PC LLO	Legal Fees	800.00
25599	Joe Ickler	Meter Deposit Refund	53.22
25600	Johnson Repair	Svc- HandiVan	90.00
25601	LP Gill Inc	Svc	9,607.55
25602	Love Signs Inc	Svc/Su- Library	2,262.50
25603	Matheson Tri-Gas Inc	Su	143.61
25604	Miller & Associates Consulting Engineers	Svc- Lagoon NOV	11,500.00
25605	Mitch's Food Center	Su	1,400.90
25606	Municipal Supply Inc of Omaha	Su	7,349.55
25607	NDEE- Fiscal Services	Wastewater Training	580.00
25608	NE Public Health Env Lab	Svc	45.00
25609	One Call Concepts Inc	Qtrly Locates	88.02
25610	Pierce Broadband Networks	Phone Svc	56.58
25611	Pierce County Clerk	Interlocal- Dispatch	6,000.00
25612	Plainview Public Schools	Liquor License Fees	600.00
25613	Plainview Rural Fire Protection Dist	Qtrly Interlocal	5,500.00
25614	Plainview Telephone Co	Phone Svc	943.57
25615	Rueter's	Svc/Su	1,826.65
25616	Schaefer Grain Co	Svc	378.00
25617	Stan Houston Equip Co Inc	Equip Rental	1,495.00
25618	Tamela Korth	Reim- Mileage	160.13
25619	Titan Machinery	Svc/Su	5,758.37
25620	ULine	Su	358.10
25621	West Hodson Lumber	Su	1,169.50
ACH	Aflac Inc	Emp Ins	243.32
ACH	Allied Benefit Services	Emp Ins	15,624.01
ACH	Big Iron Auctions	Su	876.87
ACH	Black Hills Energy	Svc	183.28
ACH	City of Plainview	Pool Sales Tax	0.01
ACH	Clover Merchant Bankcard	Credit Card Processing Fees	958.71
ACH	Crashplan Pro	Svc	9.99
ACH	EFTPS	Fed W/H Tax	6,161.40
ACH	EFTPS	Fed W/H Tax	5,538.85
ACH	Empower Retirement	Pension	1,955.95
ACH	Empower Retirement	Pension	1,955.95
ACH	First Data Merchant Services	Credit Card Machine	26.75
ACH	Dearborn Life Ins Co	Emp Ins	60.00
ACH	Healthplan Services	Emp Ins	75.90
ACH	Midwest Bank	Transaction Correction	76.30
ACH	Midwest Bank	Merch Capture Svc	50.00
ACH	Nebraska CLASS	Gen Acct Interest Transfer	3,530.56
ACH	NE Dept of Revenue	Waste Reduction/Recycling Fee	25.00
ACH	NE Dept of Revenue	State W/H Tax	2,124.62
ACH	NE Dept of Revenue	Sales & Use Tax	1,549.82
ACH	Oriental Trading	Su	202.83
ACH	Synchrony Bank/Amazon	Su	212.46
ACH	USPS	Postage	325.92
ACH	Zoom Video Comm Inc	Svc	15.99

 

LIBRARY SALES TAX

 

ACH	Transfer to General Account	Improvements	25,000.00
ACH	Wire Bond Pmt	Bond Pmt	32,265.00

 

 

STREET IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT

 

ACH

Wire Bond Pmt

Bond Pmt

40,188.75

 

 

                                                                       

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX

 

1299

Jarecki Sharp & Petersen PC LLO

DTR Filing Fees

46.00