January 20, 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 January 6, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

3.e. Approval of Treasurer's Report of Claims in the amount of $897,461.53.

3.f. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $108,156.07.

3.g. Approval of Change Order #3 decrease in the amount of $8,841.38 and Final Pay Request #5 in the amount of $213,189.93 to Constructors, Inc., for the 33rd and Lincoln Street reconstruction project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.h. Award of bid for the Armor Coating Various Locations – 2025 project to Sta-Bilt Construction, in the amount of $64,040.24, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.i. Award of bid for the Asphalt Sealing Various Locations - 2025 project to Hall Brothers, in the amount of $86,370.40, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.j. Resolution Number 7489 executing the Master Professional Services Agreement, Work Order to Master Professional Services Agreement, and all necessary documents between the City and Speece Lewis, a Bowman Company, for engineering services related to conducting bridge inspections for the bridges located within the City, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.k. Resolution Number 7490 entering into a Master Agreement Work Order #4 with Olsson, Inc., for the Water Transmission Main Post-Construction Support, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.l. Resolution Number 7491 authorizing Kerri McGrury to be an authorized signatory for the BPW Customer Utility Deposit Account on behalf of the Beatrice Board of Public Works.

3.m. Resolution Number 7492 authorizing the City Administrator/General Manager for the City to write off any and all bad debts, including but not limited to ambulance bad debts, Board of Public Works bad debts, and MARS bad debts.

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS

4.a. Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment concerning the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) #21-HO-36035 Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation project awarded to the City.

4.b. Public Hearing for the purpose of considering adoption of Plan Modification 25-1 to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Area No. 2. (Stoddard Redevelopment Project)

5. RESOLUTIONS

5.a. Resolution Number 7493 adopting Plan Modification 25-1 to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Area No. 2. (Stoddard Redevelopment Project)

5.b. Resolution Number 7494 executing the Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, Personal Guaranty, and Deed of Trust between the City of Beatrice and Blackburn Rentals, LLC, for a direct loan in the amount of Thirty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars ($38,880.00) from the City’s CDBG Downtown Revitalization Grant 23-DTR-002.

5.c. Resolution Number 7495 executing any and all documents necessary to release and discharge Nebraska Bank and Beatrice Hospitality, LLC, regarding the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Agreement.

5.d. Resolution Number 7496 executing any and all documents necessary to release and discharge Pinnacle Bank and Beatrice Hospitality 2, LLC, regarding the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Agreement.

5.e. Resolution Number 7497 appointing Jay Murphy as Interim Chief of Police.

6. ORDINANCES

6.a. Ordinance amending Section 24-87 of the Beatrice City Code regarding occupation taxes imposed on telecommunications companies.

7. PUBLIC FORUM

8. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

8.a. Main Street Quarterly Report.

8.b. City Administrator's Monthly Report.

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.a. The next regular City Council meeting is February 3, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.  There will be a Work Session on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.