SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Plainview, Nebraska, was held at the Council Chambers in said City on the 27th day of February at 6:45 o’clock P.M.
Roll call was held and present were: Mayor Smith; Council Members: Born, Janovec, and Doty Absent: Sanne
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 Posting, a designated method for giving notice, as shown by the Certificate of Posting 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.
A discussion on the general liability insurance effective 3/1/2025 was held. Dennis Johnson was present to talk about EMC Insurance and the changes they have gone through recently. Johnson has reviewed all of the policies that LARM offers and recommends that the City utilize LARM for their insurance. Clint Simmons of LARM was present to discuss the proposal for the City of Plainview and stated that Johnson would remain as the City’s local agent. The City’s total expense would be $98,853.
Council member Doty motioned to amend following resolution by deleting all options except for the three year commitment with a 5% discount and moved for its adoption:
RESOLUTION #716
WHEREAS, The City of Plainview is a member of the League Association of Risk Management (LARM);
WHEREAS, section 8.10 of the lnterlocal Agreement for the Establishment and Operation of the League Association of Risk Management provides that a member may voluntarily terminate its participation in LARM by written notice of termination given to LARM and the Nebraska Director of Insurance at least 90 days prior to the desired termination given to and that members may agree to extend the required termination notice beyond 90 days in order to realize reduced excess coverage costs, stability of contribution rates and efficiency in operation of LARM; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of LARM has adopted a plan to provide contribution credits in consideration of certain agreements by members of LARM as provided in the attached letter.
BE IT RESOLVED that the governing body of The City of Plainview, Nebraska, in consideration of the contribution credits provided under the LARM Board’s plan, agrees to:
⃝ Provide written notice of termination at least 180 days prior to the desired termination date, which date shall be no sooner than September 30, 2028. (180 day and 3 year commitment; 5% discount)
Council member Born seconded the foregoing motion and on roll call on the passage and adoption of said resolution, the following voted Aye; Doty, Born, Janovec Nay: None. Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion carried and Resolution #716 is passed and adopted.
Born moved to approve the Agreement for the Establishment and Operation of the League Association of Risk Management under the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act and the Interlocal Cooperation Act State of Nebraska. Doty seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Born moved to adjourn the meeting. Janovec seconded. Motion carried 3-0
TIME: 7:09 P.M.
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Robert Smith, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
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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 2/27/2025; 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.
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Courtney Retzlaff, City Clerk/Treasurer (SEAL)
