SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 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 4th day of September at 6:00 o’clock P.M.
Roll call was held and present were: Mayor Smith; Council Members: Born, Janovec, Sanne and Doty 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 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.
Jeremy Tarr was present as City Administrator and recorded the minutes for the meeting.
Kristy Hallock was present as Chief of Police
Donna Christiansen was present as Library Director
Tarr began the budget workshop by going over budgeted incomes from utilities, solid waste, and taxes. Discussion moved on to major expenses for the upcoming year and then payments of the City’s current debt. Raises for staff were presented. Three percent increase for all fulltime staff with multiple variations for parttime staff due to minimum wage and the duties they carry out. Health insurance will be budgeted to increase and retirement will be budgeted at 7% match for all fulltime staff. A review of the City’s income and expense report was held.
No budgeted items were asked to be changed or variations to be brought forward. Tarr will present the budgeted items at the next city council meeting and create the City’s budget as proposed.
Janovec moved to adjourn the meeting. Sanne seconded. Motion carried 4-0
TIME: 7:36 P.M.
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Robert Smith, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
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Courtney Retzlaff, City Clerk/Treasurer Jeremy Tarr, City Administrator
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 9/4/2025; 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)
