October 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM - Beatrice Regular City Council Meeting

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

3. CONSENT AGENDA

3.a. Approve agenda as submitted.

3.b. Receive and place on file all notices pertaining to this meeting.

3.c. Receive and place on file all materials having any bearing on this meeting.

3.d. Approval of minutes of regular meeting on September 16, 2024, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

3.e. Approval of minutes of special meeting on September 30, 2024, as on file in the City Clerk’s Office.

3.f. Approval of the funding request from the Beatrice Sertoma Club in the amount of $10,000.00 for ADA-compliant playground equipment and park improvements at Sertoma Astro Park, as recommended by the Beatrice Plus Advisory Board.

3.g. Approval of the funding request from the Leadership Beatrice Class #18, in the amount of $7,000.00 for an Outdoor Shuffleboard Court in Downtown Beatrice, as recommended by the Beatrice Plus Advisory Board.

3.h. Resolution Number 7408 entering into a Hangar Lease with Wyatt Lindstrom, for the purpose of leasing the Hangar E-4, located at the Beatrice Municipal Airport.

3.i. Resolution Number 7409 entering into a Hangar Lease with John Niemeyer, for the purpose of leasing the Hangar C-2, located at the Beatrice Municipal Airport.

3.j. Resolution Number 7410 entering into a Hangar Lease with Kim Jordening, for the purpose of leasing the Hangar C-1, located at the Beatrice Municipal Airport.

3.k. Resolution Number 7411 adopting the revised Continuing Educational Assistance Policy. 

3.l. Resolution Number 7412 entering into a lease with Gage County for office space in the Beatrice Police Station used by the Gage County Probation Office.

3.m. Resolution Number 7413 entering into a Ground Lease with Exmark Manufacturing Company, Inc., for the purpose of leasing a portion of City-owned property to be used as a Parking Lot for Exmark’s business.

3.n. Resolution Number 7414 entering into a Ground Lease with Exmark Manufacturing Company, Inc., for the purpose of leasing a portion of City-owned property to be used as a Test Area for Exmark’s business.

3.o. Resolution Number 7415 entering into an Agreement between the City and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) providing the City access to CISA’s Protective Domain Name (DNS) Resolver (Protective DNS).

3.p. Resolution Number 7416 entering into a Master Agreement Work Order #3 with Olsson, Inc., for Post-Construction Support services related to the Water Transmission Main, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.q. Resolution Number 7417 executing the Construction Management Contract with Southeast Nebraska Development District (SENDD) for services associated with Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) compliance for the construction phase of the CDBG Downtown Revitalization Grant Project 23-DTR-002.

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS

4.a. Public Hearing on the acquisition of real property from School District 34-0015, a/k/a Beatrice Public School District and f/k/a the School District of the City of Beatrice, commonly known as Lincoln School Elementary, Paddock Lane Elementary School, Cedar Elementary School, and Stoddard Elementary School.

4.b. Public Hearing on the acquisition of real property from Dinah Ethington legally described as:  The West Half (1/2) of Lot Twenty-Five (25), Green’s Subdivision, an Addition to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, Parcel ID No: 012057000, commonly known as 1515 Grant Street, Beatrice, Nebraska.

4.c. Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the proposed One- and Six-Year Road and Street Plan for 2025.

5. RESOLUTIONS

5.a. Resolution Number 7418 executing a Contract for Donation of Real Estate and all necessary documents to acquire real estate from Dinah Ethington.

5.b. Resolution Number 7419 adopting the One- and Six-Year Road and Street Plan for 2025, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

5.c. Resolution Number 7420 declaring the City’s official intent under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to reimburse certain capital expenditures from the proceeds of tax-exempt or tax-favored debt obligations, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

5.d. Resolution Number 7421 adopting the Plan-in-Hand Report for the work required to construct the proposed trail from Riverside Park to the Homestead National Historical Park, Project TAP-FLTP-34(44), Beatrice Homestead Trail, CN 13488.

5.e. Resolution Number 7422 executing the Project Program Agreement between the City and Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) for the Court Street Access and Safety Transformation (“CAST”) Initiative, Project DPS-34(46), CN 13608.

5.f. Resolution Number 7423 executing the Purchase Agreement to transfer the house located at 1902 Lincoln Street to Randy Essink.

5.g. Resolution Number 7424 entering into a Lease with Randy Essink for the purpose of accessing the house located at 1902 Lincoln Street to prepare said house for removal.

5.h. Resolution Number 7425 executing the Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, Personal Guaranty, and Deed of Trust, and any other necessary documents between the City and MDDS, LLC, for a direct loan in the amount of Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($8,400.00), as part of the Downtown Revitalization Program and CDBG Grant 23-DTR-002.

5.i. Resolution Number 7426 executing the General Release, Request for Reconveyance, and the Deed of Reconveyance, along with all other necessary documents to release and discharge Michael S. and Shelley R. Shaefer regarding their LB840 Loan Agreement.

5.j. Resolution Number 7427 executing the Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, Personal Guaranty, and Deed of Trust, and any other necessary documents between the City and Michael S. and Shelley R. Shaefer, for a direct loan in the amount of Twenty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars ($29,880.00), as part of the Downtown Revitalization Program and CDBG Grant 23-DTR-002.

6. ORDINANCES

6.a. Ordinance establishing salaries and compensation for various City and Board of Public Works non-union employees.

6.b. Ordinance establishing salaries and compensation for various City and Board of Public Works union employees.

7. PUBLIC FORUM

8. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS - None

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.a. The next regular City Council meeting is October 21, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.  There will be a work session on October 21, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.