February 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM - City Council Regular Meeting

1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ROLL CALL

2. PRAYER

3. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CONSENT AGENDA - The following items are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.A. Minutes of February 5, 2024, City Council meeting.

4.B. Minutes of February 12, 2024, Civil Service Commission meeting certifying firefighter candidates Ned Goertzen, Patricia Hawthorne, and Kolt Hickey; and selecting Thomas Ernst, Ethan Marrow, Dustin Saner, Ron Sparkman, Craig Warnick, and Dalton Witt as additional firefighter candidates for potential position in the future. 

4.C. Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging 2025 budget and application for funding of senior center.

4.D. Resolution No. R24-15 accepting Community Development Block Grant 23-DTR-003 from Nebraska Department of Economic Development in the amount of $435,000 for downtown revitalization.

4.E. Resolution No. R24-16 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.F. Finance Department report.

4.G. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 

6.A. Proclamation declaring week of February 18, 2024, as Engineers Week.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS 

7.A. Public hearing - Redevelopment Plan for the 8th Street Residential Subdivision Redevelopment Project (northwest of intersection of 8th Street and 3rd Avenue.) (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.A.1. Resolution No. R24-17 approving redevelopment plan.

7.B. Public hearing - Application of Meadow Ridge Properties, LLC for final plat and development agreement of Meadow Ridge Eleventh Addition (49th Avenue and 42nd Street). (Continued from January 15, 2024, meeting. Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.1. Public hearing - Determine whether Meadow Ridge Eleventh Addition should be included within corporate city limits. (Continued from January 15, 2024, meeting. Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.2. Resolution No. R24-18 approving final plat, development agreement, and bringing said addition into corporate city limits.

7.C. Public Hearing - Application of Zegar Investment Properties, LLC for final plat and development agreement of Cuzzin's Corner 4th Addition (north side of 8th Street at 10th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.C.1. Resolution No. R24-19 approving final plat and development agreement. 

7.D. Public hearing - Application of Loup Rentals, LLC to rezone 1822 2 Street from "R-2" (Two-Family Residential District) to "R-3" (Multi-Family Residential District) and to amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.D.1. Ordinance No. 24-05 approving rezoning.

7.E. Public hearing - Application of St. Bonaventure's Church of Columbus to rezone property located south of 15th Street between 15th Avenue and 16th Avenue from "R-2" (Two-Family Residential District) to "R-3" (Multi-Family Residential District) and to amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.E.1. Ordinance No. 24-06 approving rezoning.

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES 

9.A. Update on Nebraska Department of Transportation 23rd Street Reconstruction Project.

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES - None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION - None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Proposal from Security Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $29,560 for camera upgrades at water park. CIP#20-59

13.B. Quote from Danko Emergency Equipment in the amount of $81,045 for personal protective equipment for fire department. CIP #20-22

13.C. Quote from KnowBe4 in the amount of $14,973 for 3-year subscription renewal of email training software.

13.D. Comments from mayor and city council members.

14. RESOLUTIONS - None

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING - None

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING 

16.A. Ordinance No. 24-02 amending city code to authorize selling or distribution of food, drink, and other refreshments in any park through a special event permit.

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING 

17.A. Ordinance No. 24-01 adopting the recodified Columbus City Code. (The city code is on file in the city clerk's office.)

18. CONSIDERATION OF PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE - Included in Consent Agenda.

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

20. ADJOURNMENT