City Council Meeting Sept 13 2021

 

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

 

A meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Plainview, Nebraska, was held at the Council Chambers in said City on the 13th day of September at 6:30 o’clock P.M. 

 

Roll call was held and present were Council Members: Alder, Smith, Yosten and Sanne. Absent: Mayor Schlote

 

President 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.

 

Jeremy Tarr was present as City Administrator

Courtney Retzlaff was present as City Clerk.

 

At 6:30 PM President Smith opened the Public Hearing for the FY 2021-2022 Budget. Sanne moved and Yosten seconded. Motion carried 4-0.

 

City Administrator Tarr gave a brief overview of the final budget.

 

At 6:40 PM Sanne moved to close the Public Hearing for the FY 2021-2022 Budget. Alder seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Sanne moved to approve the FY 2021-2022 Budget as presented. Smith seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Sanne moved to approve the money transfers for FY 2021-2022. Alder seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

At 6:45 PM President Smith opened the Public Hearing for Property Tax Request. Sanne moved and Yosten seconded. Motion carried 4-0.

 

At 6:46 PM Sanne moved to close the Public Hearing for Property Tax Request. Alder seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

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

 

RESOLUTION #641

 

 

WHEREAS, Nebraska Revised Statute 77-1601.02 provides that the Governing Body of the City of Plainview passes by a majority vote a resolution or ordinance setting the tax request; and

 

WHEREAS, a special public hearing was held as required by law to hear and consider comments concerning the property tax request; and

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, NEBRASKA, THAT:

 

 

  1. The 2021-2022 property tax request be set at:

General Fund: $257,480.00

Bond Fund:       $87,252.00

  1. The total assessed value of property differs from last year’s total assessed value by 8.71 percent
  2. The tax rate which would levy the same amount of property taxes as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of property would be .0607355 per $100 of assessed value.
  3. The City of Plainview proposes to adopt a property tax request that will cause its tax rate to be .0669435 per $100 of assessed value.
  4. Based on the proposed property tax request and changes in other revenue, the total operating budget of the City of Plainview will increase or decrease last year’s budget by 13.84 percent.
  5. A copy of this resolution will be certified and forwarded to the County Clerk on or before October 13, 2021.

 

Council member Alder seconded the foregoing motion and on roll call on the passage and adoption of said resolution, the following voted Aye; Alder, Smith, Yosten and Sanne. Nay: None. Whereupon the Council President declared said motion carried and Resolution #641 is passed and adopted

 

Yosten moved to increase the restricted funds authority by an additional 1% for FY 2021-2022. Alder seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.

 

It was moved by Sanne, seconded by Alder to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 4-0.

 

 

TIME: 6:47 P.M.

 

 

 

 

_______________________________

Robert Smith, Council President                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

(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 9/13/2021; 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)

 

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