February 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM - City of Blair Regular Council Meeting

1. Meeting was called to order by Mayor Rump at 7:00 p.m.

2. Roll Call.

3. Pledge of Allegiance.

4. Approval of Consent Agenda - The following items are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.a. Approval of Minutes of the February 11, 2025 meeting.

4.b. Clerk report of Mayoral Action of the February 11, 2025 meeting.

4.c. Claims as approved by the Finance Committee.

4.d. Consider Resolution No. 2025-25 for approval of the purchase of the Archive Social module for the City of Blair Website.

5. Mayor Rump opens a public hearing to consider a Conditional Use Permit application submitted by Megan Carlson, 2068 Park Street, Blair, Nebraska for use of a licensed daycare, with no more than eight (8) children, on Lot 6 in Larsen’s Fourth Addition to the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, together with the part of vacated Park Street adjacent thereto (2068 Park Street) for 5 years. 
 

6. Mayor Rump opens a public hearing to consider amending Blair’s 2015 Comprehensive Plan, Section 4.2, Future Land Use, by combining the Future Land Use Categories of “Residential – Multifamily” and “Residential – Single Family” into one category:  “Residential”. And, adopting an updated Future Land Use Map after replacing all future uses of “Agricultural (or vacant)”, “Residential – Multifamily” and “Residential – Single Family” with the future use “Residential”.  

7. Presentation by Blair Fire Department Senior Cadet Program and Introduction of Senior Cadets

8. Consider an Ordinance to amend the Blair Municipal Code, Chapter 10, Article 18, Section 18-1802, adding a publication fee for new and renewal liquor licenses as required by state statute. 

9. Consider Resolution 2025-23 to approve for the Blair Police Department a quote from Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the purchase, setup, and configuration of their FLEX RMS/Mobile records management system and four (4) year quote for hardware & software maintenance. 

10. Consider Resolution No. 2025-24 approving Amendment 7 to the engineering agreement with HDR Engineering for final redesign, rebidding, and some construction inspections and administration for the Industrial Water Main project.

11. City Administrator Report.

12. Motion and second by Council members to adjourn the meeting.