January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Beatrice Regular City Council Meeting

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

3. MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD – Jeff Creek and Charles Elliott

4. CONSENT AGENDA

4.a. Approve agenda as submitted.

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

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

4.d. Approval of minutes of regular meeting on December 15, 2025, as on file in the City Clerk's Office.

4.e. Approval of Treasurer’s Report of Claims in the amount of $2,558,562.49.

4.f. Approval of BASWA Report of Claims in the amount of $105,255.92.

4.g. Approval of BPW Report of Claims in the amount of $1,599,022.39.

4.h. Approval of Pay Request #5 in the amount of $109,864.70 to Van Kirk Brothers Contracting for the 2025 Corral Crossing Addition project.

4.i. Approval of Pay Request #4 in the amount of $46,525.65 to Van Kirk Brothers Contracting for the 2025 Heritage Heights Addition project.

4.j. Approval of a new keno sales satellite application for The Manes Way, LLC, 2223 Court Street, Beatrice, Nebraska.

4.k. Approval of public funding request from Rotary Club of Beatrice in the amount of $6,000.00 for the Patriotic Beatrice 4th of July Fireworks event.

4.l. Resolution Number 7692 appointing Craig Zarybnicky to the Beatrice Housing Authority Board.

4.m. Resolution Number 7693 appointing Julie Feist to the Citizens Advisory Review Committee.

4.n. Resolution Number 7694 executing the Donation Agreement between the City and the Beatrice Pickleball Association (Association), regarding the donation from the Association to be used for the construction of a shade structure over the seating area of the pickleball courts located at Chautauqua Park.

4.o. Resolution Number 7695 executing the Donation Agreement between the City and the Beatrice Public Library Foundation, Inc. (Foundation), regarding the donation from the Foundation to be used to reimburse the City for the City’s eighty percent (80%) of tuition and book costs for classes and training for Morgan Fox at Emporia State University.

4.p. Resolution Number 7696 executing the Donation Agreement between the City and the Beatrice Girls Softball Association for the expansion of the concession stand at Hannibal Park.

4.q. Resolution Number 7697 executing the Agreement for Professional Services retaining JEO to perform MS4 Compliance Assistance Services during FY26.

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BIDS

5.a. Public Hearing for the purpose of considering adoption of a Workforce Housing Tax Increment Financing Incentive Plan pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2142.05.

5.b. Public Hearing for the purpose of discussing the draft EPA Brownfields grant application for the clean-up and remediation of the Dempsters Site.

6. RESOLUTIONS

6.a. Resolution Number 7698 adopting the Workforce Housing Tax Increment Financing Incentive Plan for the City of Beatrice.

6.b. Resolution Number 7699 executing any and all documents necessary to apply for the 2026 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfield Grant Program for site cleanup at the Dempster’s Site.

6.c. Resolution Number 7700 executing Supplement #1 of the Agreement for Professional Services dated March 3, 2025 to retain JEO to inventory additional trees for the City’s tree inventory.

6.d. Resolution Number 7701 executing the Letter Agreement for Professional Services with Olsson, Inc., to retain Olsson, Inc., for Wellhead Protection Area Amendment support services.

6.e. Resolution Number 7702 entering into a State Grant Agreement with the Nebraska Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division for Project No. 3-31-0009-024-2025 for the purpose of obtaining state financial aid in the development of the Beatrice Municipal Airport.

6.f. Resolution Number 7703 dedicating All of Lots Twenty-Three (23) and Twenty-Four (24), South Beatrice, an Addition to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska as a public park to be known as A.J. Stoddard Park.

6.g. Resolution Number 7704 approving the Declarations of Restrictive Covenants for Corral Crossing Addition and Heritage Heights Addition, both Additions to the City of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.

7. ORDINANCES - None

8. PUBLIC FORUM

9. DISCUSSIONS/REPORTS - None

10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.a. The next regular City Council meeting is January 19, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the BPS Administration Building Board Room.