October 6, 2025 at 6:00 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 15, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk’s Office.

3.e. Approval of minutes of special meeting on September 30, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk’s Office.

3.f. Approval of Change Order #1 increase in the amount of $2,629.00 to Judds Brothers Construction for the West Court Street Water Main Crossing project, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.g. Resolution Number 7631 executing the amended Exhibit “B” of the Contract for Firm Electric Service, Contract No. 13-UGPR-1073, between WAPA and the City, as recommended by the Board of Public Works.

3.h. Resolution Number 7632 executing any and all documents necessary for the implementation and administration of the amended and restated City of Beatrice Police Officers Retirement Plan and to appoint Tobias J. Tempelmeyer, Hannah Bell, and Erin Saathoff, as trustees of the Trust Agreement for said retirement plan.

3.i. Resolution Number 7633 entering into a Lease Agreement between the City and Eakes Office Solutions, for the leasing of printers and other office equipment.

3.j. Resolution Number 7634 entering into an Agreement between the City and Premier Cloud, Inc., for software services related to the City’s email system.

3.k. Resolution Number 7635 entering into an Agreement between the City and Global Payments Direct, Inc., for credit card processing services for payments made at the City landfill.

4. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS

4.a. Federal Funding Updates – Merchant McIntyre Associates

4.b. Presentation of ADA Transition Plan – JEO Consulting, Inc.

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS

5.a. Public Hearing for the purpose considering the proposed issuance of revenue bonds for a student housing facility located in Lincoln, Nebraska, as allowed under Section 147 of the Internal Revenue Code.

5.b. Ordinance authorizing the issuance of up to $38,000,000 for the benefit of P3 Foundation Inc., a nonprofit corporation and a tax-exempt organization, for the purpose of refinancing the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping a student housing facility located in Lincoln, Nebraska.

5.c. Public Hearing for the purpose of the acquisition of real property from Gary D. Rupprecht, Trustee of the Gary D. Rupprecht Revocable Trust dated July 23, 2008, and Sharon K. Rupprecht, Trustee of the Sharon K. Rupprecht Revocable Trust, dated July 23, 2008, legally described as follows:  The North 173 feet of Lots 1-4, Wagner’s First Addition to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, Parcel ID No: 014745100.

6. RESOLUTIONS

6.a. Resolution Number 7636 executing the Contract for Sale of Real Estate and any and all documents necessary to acquire real estate from Gary D. Rupprecht, Trustee of the Gary D. Rupprecht Revocable Trust dated July 23, 2008, and Sharon K. Rupprecht, Trustee of the Sharon K. Rupprecht Revocable Trust, dated July 23, 2008.

6.b. Resolution Number 7637 rejecting Vogts Parga Construction, LLC’s bid and readvertise for bids to construct a new T-Hangar, upgrade Taxilanes, and reconstruct a hangar approach at the Beatrice Municipal Airport.

7. ORDINANCES

7.a. Ordinance vacating Lots Eight (8) and Nine (9), Block Two (2), Nicholas LePoidevin’s First Subdivision to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.

7.b. Ordinance approving the plat of Henhouse Addition, City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.

8. PUBLIC FORUM

9. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Contract Negotiations & Potential Litigation

10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.a. The next regular City Council meeting is October 20, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.