October 5, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Crete City Council Regular Meeting
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1. Open Meeting
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2. Roll Call
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3. Consent Agenda
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3.A. Approve Meeting Minutes
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3.A.1. September 21, 2021 City Council meeting
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3.A.2. September 21, 2021 Legislative Development Committee meeting
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3.A.3. September 21, 2021 Public Safety Committee meeting
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3.B. Accept the City Treasurer's Report
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3.C. Approve the Payment of Claims Against the City
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3.D. Approve the Mayor's appointment of Greg Hier to the Airport Authority for the term ending 12/01/2024.
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4. Items of Business
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4.A. Consider renewing the City's membership with Southeast Nebraska Development District.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada made the council aware that this membership is sometimes a useful tool and other times it is not. However, Ourada recommends renewing it at this time. The Legislative & Economic Development Committee met on this and agreed that it would be useful to renew the city's SENDD membership.
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4.B. Consider entering into an agreement with gWorks to develop a redistricting map for the City's election wards.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada informed the council about the need to redistrict the city's wards due to the census missing a good number of people due to Doane not being on campus because of Covid. Both the Mayor Dave Bauer and City Administrator Ourada recommend doing the redistricting through a third party, gWorks, which the Legislative & Economic Development Committee agreed with.
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4.C. Consider enacting Ordinance 2141: An ordinance relating to accessory buildings in the A-1 Agricultural District.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada reported that properties in the A-1 Agricultural District are limited to their accessory buildings being no larger than their home. Farming properties need bigger buildings to store their large equipment or keep their animals, and the limitations do not allow for that. The Legislative & Economic Development Committee met on this and recommended enacting Ordinance 2141 to change the size limitations.
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4.D. Consider approving Black Hills Energy's new tariff rate and Small Volume Interruptable contract.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada indicated that there isn't really any choice but to accept the new terms from Black Hills. The Public Works Committee met on this and recommended approving the new rate and contract.
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4.E. Consider enacting Ordinance 2140: An ordinance relating to the management and operations of the electric department.
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City Administrator Tom Ourada relayed to the council that this ordinance is to give us more flexibility in looking for a Public Works Director. It changes the management requirements for the electric department to be able hire someone who has public works experience but can be trained on the electric department side of the position. The Public Works Committee met on this and recommended adopting the ordinance.
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5. Petitions - Communications - Citizen Concerns
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6. Officers' Reports
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7. Adjournment
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