SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
A meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Plainview, Nebraska, was held at the Council Chambers in said City on the 14th day of September at 6:30 o’clock P.M.
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Roll call was held and present were: Council Members: Brookhouser, Yosten and Sanne. Absent: Mayor Schlote and Smith
The Pledge of Allegiance was then recited.
Acting Council President Sanne 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.
Jeremy Tarr was present as City Administrator
Courtney Retzlaff was present as City Clerk.
Brookhouser moved to open the public hearing for the FY 2020-2021 budget at 6:30 PM. Yosten seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
City Administrator Tarr explained the proposed budget. A few changes based on council suggestions from the budget workshop were explained. Questions from members of the public and media were addressed.
At 6:38 PM Brookhouser moved to close the public hearing. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Brookhouser moved to approve the FY 2020-2021 budget. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Brookhouser moved to approve the budgeted money transfers. Yosten seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Discussion on an increase in pay for Officer Jerry Neumann was held. Neumann has assumed the interim Police Chief position and would be paid at the current Police Chief wage of $23.81 per hour, retroactive to September 1, 2020. Brookhouser moved to approve the wage increase. Sanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Brookhouser moved to open the public hearing for property tax request at 6:45 PM. Yosten seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
The property tax is set based on the valuations from the county. A resolution must be passed to set the tax request.
At 6:46 PM Brookhouser moved to close the public hearing. Yosten seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Council member Brookhouser introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption:
RESOLUTION #614
WHEREAS, Nebraska Statures provide that the property tax request for the prior year shall be the property tax request for the current year for purposes of the levy set by the County Board of Equalization unless the Governing Body of the City of Plainview passes by a majority vote a resolution or ordinance setting the tax request at a different amount; and
WHEREAS, a special public hearing was held as required by law to hear and consider comments concerning the property tax request; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of Plainview that the property tax request for the current year be a different amount than the property tax request for the prior year.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, NEBRASKA, THAT:
1. The 2020-2021 property tax request be set at a total sum of $312,763.41
2. Of the total sum, the amount of $236,858.41 shall be designated as General Levy; and
3. Of the total sum, the amount of $75,905.00 will be used for bond repayments, to provide a sum sufficient to cover prior year’s bond requirements.
Council member Yosten seconded the foregoing motion and on roll call on the passage and adoption of said resolution, the following voted Aye; Brookhouser, Yosten and Sanne. Nay: None. Whereupon the Acting Council President declared said motion carried and Resolution #614 is passed and adopted.
Brookhouser moved to approve the increase of restricted funds authority by an additional 1%. Yosten seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
A discussion on wages for city personnel for the 2020-2021 year was tabled until full council members are present.
City Administrator Tarr stated that there had been 5 interviews for the City Maintenance worker position. Kris Mann of Plainview has been offered the position, with a starting wage of $17 per hour and full benefits. Mann will be required to obtain a CDL within 6 months and additional licenses within a year. Sanne moved to approve the hire of Mann. Brookhouser seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
It was moved by Brookhouser, seconded by Yosten to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 3-0.
TIME: 6:53 P.M.
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Tyler Sanne, Acting Council President
(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 9/14/2020; 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)
