January 6, 2025 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 December 16, 2024, as on file in the City Clerk’s Office.

3.e. Approval of Treasurer's Report of Claims in the amount of $1,212,156.83.

3.f. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $150,899.01.

3.g. Resolution Number 7478 executing the Agreement Renewal to Maintenance Agreement No. 4 with the Nebraska Department of Transportation for the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.h. Resolution Number 7479 appointing Mike McLain as the Beatrice City Council representative on the NGage Board of Directors.

3.i. Resolution Number 7480 executing the Agreement with Creative Empire, LLC, d/b/a Mango Languages, for Mango Languages to provide digital language-learning services platform for foreign languages, English as a Second Language (ESL), and American Sign Language (ASL) to the Beatrice Public Library.

3.j. Resolution Number 7481 executing the Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise Agreement between the City and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., (ESRI) to provide ArcGIS services.

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS - None

5. RESOLUTIONS

5.a. Resolution Number 7482 executing an Agreement with Radiant Tech, LLC, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

5.b. Resolution Number 7483 executing any and all documents necessary to place restrictive covenants upon portions of Froberry Park, Chautauqua Park, the Lincoln Elementary School Site, and the Stoddard Elementary School Site, for the purposes of carrying out the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (NDED) Rural Community Recovery Program (RCRP) Grant 23-RCRP-039.

5.c. Resolution Number 7484 executing the Agreement for Professional Services retaining JEO to develop a grading plan for the detention cell near Ashland Avenue and Sargent Street.

5.d. Resolution Number 7485 executing the General Release, Request for Reconveyance, and the Deed of Reconveyance, along with any and all necessary documents to release and discharge Jason J. Hartig and Jessica L. Hartig, as part of the Downtown Revitalization Program and CDBG Grant 23-DTR-002.

5.e. Resolution Number 7486 executing the Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, Personal Guaranty, and Deed of Trust between the City of Beatrice and Jason J. Hartig and Jessica L. Hartig, for a direct loan in the amount of Seventy-Two Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars ($72,198.00) from the City’s CDBG Downtown Revitalization Grant 23-DTR-002.

5.f. Resolution Number 7487 executing the Service Agreement and any and all other documents necessary to retain Modern HR Collaborative, LLC, for strategic planning services for the Mayor and City Council.

5.g. Resolution Number 7488 executing the Agreement for Professional Services retaining Mid-State Engineering and Testing conduct two (2) borings each at the Paddock Lane and Lincoln School sites.

6. ORDINANCES - None

7. PUBLIC FORUM

8. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

8.a. End of Year Review.

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.a. The next regular City Council meeting is January 20, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.  There will be a work session on January 20, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room