A
regular meeting of the Mayor and the City Council of O'Neill was held at the
City Hall in said City on the 3rd day of May, 2010 at
Present:
Mayor Bill Price, City Attorney Boyd Strope, City
Clerk/Treasurer Nikki Johnston, Council President Kevin Shelhamer
and Council members; Susie Kramer, Tim Schneider, Terri Krysl,
Scott Menish, Tim Gleason, Vicki Cork and Don Baker. Absent: None.
Notice of this meeting was given in advance
thereof according to Section 84-1408 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska. Notice of the meeting was given to the Mayor
and all members of the Council and a copy of the acknowledgement of receipt of
notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated
in the advance notice.
All
proceedings hereafter shown were taken while convened meeting was open to the
attendance of the public.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor
Price.
Mayor
Price informed the public of the location of the Open Meetings Act poster.
Moved by Menish,
second by Schneider to waive the reading of the minutes of the April 5th meeting
and approve them as if read. Roll call
vote as follows: All Ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Schneider,
second by
City Clerk Johnston reported that the City
has received a request for re-use loan dollars for a business located at 517 W.
The Re-use Application Committee met
and approved this application for $13,500 for a period of five years.
No public comment was made.
Moved by Baker, second by
Moved by Schneider,
second by
Moved by Gleason, second by Menish to
open the Stacey Vandersnick conditional use permit
for a daycare/preschool center public hearing. Roll
call vote as follows: All Ayes. Motion carried.
Stacey Vandersnick
is requesting approval for a conditional use permit to open a day
care/preschool center in a residential zoning district. The applicant has a conditional use permit
for her daycare currently at
No public comment was made.
Moved by Schneider, second by Gleason to close the Conditional Use
Permit public hearing. Roll call vote as follows: All Ayes.
Motion carried.
Moved by Gleason, second by Schneider to approve the Conditional
Use Permit for Stacey Vandersnick’s day
care/preschool center. Roll call vote as follows: All Ayes.
Motion carried.
Mayor Price called for all of the Paving
Improvement bids.
Moved by Baker, second by
City Attorney Strope
read the following bids aloud:
A&R
Const.
Paving Const. Const.
Bid Bond Yes Yes Yes Yes
Division I -
Concrete
Base Bid $307,940.50 $240,867.21 $286,092.78 $281,759.36
Alternate Project $271,214.90 $250,826.48 $263,547.24 $268,221.90
Add Bid Item-Base $226,908.00 $202,979.52 $191,530.98 $207,517.68
Add Bid
Item-Alternate $198,000.00 $206,955.00 $167,130.00 $187,875.00
Division II –
Asphalt
Project No. 1
Base Bid $
56,675.00
Alternate Project $106,502.85
Add Bid Item-Base $ 39,600.00
Add Bid
Item-Alternate $
83,025.00
Project No. 2
Base Bid $
25,060.00
Alternate Project $ 45,319.35
Add Bid Item-Base $ 15,840.00
Add Bid
Item-Alternate $
33,570.00
The Council sent the bids to the City
Engineer for review and the bids will be placed on a special meeting agenda
scheduled for May 17th at
Moved by Krysl,
second by Shelhamer to approve down payment
assistance application O’NEILL-02 in the amount of $3,265.64.
Roll call vote as follows: All Ayes. Motion carried.
The Council discussed making changes to the
dog license ordinance due to the change in LB 910 in which the city must
collect an additional $1 and submit a sum of that to the State Treasurer. The city collecting the $1 fee retains 3
percent to cover the administrative costs.
Moved by Krysl, second by Gleason to table the dog license ordinance
agenda item until the May 17th special meeting for further review. Roll
call vote as follows: All Ayes. Motion carried.
Moved by Baker, second by
Shelhamer to approve Jesse Munoz for the Fire
Department. Roll call vote as follows: All Ayes.
Motion carried.
The water/sewer rate review was tabled by
Mayor Price in the absence of the Water/Sewer Commissioner from the
meeting. This item as well as the solid
waste rate schedule will be discussed in an ad hoc council committee meeting at
Moved by Baker, second by
Menish to appoint Steve Lind to the Airport Authority
to fill the vacancy left by a board member moving out of town. Roll
call vote as follows: All Ayes. Motion carried.
Council
member Menish introduced and moved to adopt
Resolution No. 10-16, which is on file with the City Clerk.
RESOLUTION NO. 10-16
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF O’NEILL,
Sec. 1. Al
Musson was a long time resident of the City of
O’Neill who dedicated his life to teaching several generations of children and
participated in and supported numerous local projects, activities and causes.
Sec. 2. In
recognition of Al Musson’s contributions to the City
of
PASSED AND
APPROVED this 3rd day of May, 2010.
WILLIAM T. PRICE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
____________________________________________________________
NIKKI
JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK/TREASURER
Second by Krysl to adopt Resolution No.
10-16. Roll call vote as follows: All Ayes.
Motion carried.
Moved by
Baker, second by Gleason to advertise for hay bids. Roll
call vote as follows: All Ayes. Motion carried.
Mayor Price announced that the city
would be accepting Hall of Fame nominations until May 28th at
Moved by Baker, second by
ALL FUNDS
Payroll, salary 83,696.95 Fed & FICA, tax 18,067.58
American Family, ins 323.38 Appeara,
su 737.46
Benefit Plans, fees 612.50 Bomgaars, su 814.56
Carhart, su 476.18 Farm Plan, su 437.38
GasRite, fuel 5,861.63 Metlife, dental ins 1,479.48
Nationwide, pension 4,403.76
NPPD, util 12,531.59 NT&T, phone 1,824.93
Pitney Bowes, postage 1,000.00 Regional Care Ins, ins *
SourceGas, util 1,654.04 Verizon, phone *
Western Office, su 145.67
GENERAL FUND
A & J Tire, ser 92.00 Above the Garage Studios, ser 500.00
Alco, su 25.24 American Chamber of Commerce, su 170.00
American Red Cross, ser 174.00 Bullseye Fire
Sprinkler, ser 302.70
Contingent Fund, misc 480.25 Doty’s Plumbing, ser 42.50
Island Sprinkler Supply, su 84.38 Island
Supply, su 113.67
KBRX, ad 87.00 LaRue Dist., su 38.16
McCormick Tree Trimming, ser 15.50 Memphis Net & Twine, su 77.44
Scott Menish, clean 85.00 Municipal Code
Services, ser 75.00
NE Dept. of Labor, unempl 2,076.00 NE
Irrigation, su 49.61
Ogden Hardware, su 67.12 Qwest, phone 41.69
Schmitz Electric, re 176.74 Sarah Sidak, clean 175.00
TEAM Laboratory, su 39.00
POLICE FUND
A & J Tire, ser 638.00 Afternooner’s,
training 108.05
Alco, su 16.58 Jackolyn Collier,
clean 148.00
Contingent Fund, misc 8.51 Great
Jack’s Uniform, su 172.38 KBRX, ad 45.00
Patsy Kremer, ser 71.40 Norfolk Daily News, ser 52.78
O’Neill Car
Photo One, su 4.19 Prairie Hills Ford, re 1,130.87
Quill Corp., su 101.07 Tony Quintana,
ser 56.25
Qwest, phone 52.39 Ron’s Mobil, su 225.00
STREET FUND
Asphalt & Concrete, su 2,911.70 Blain
Plumbing, su 419.56
Contingent Fund, misc 49.30 Emme
Sand & Gravel, su 1,824.00
Gilmore & Assoc., fees 24,360.00 K & K Welding, su 49.95
Midwest Service & Sales, su 2,625.60 O’Neill
Auto, su 72.99
Rose Equipment, su 669.04 TEAM Laboratory, su 254.35
SEWER FUND
Barco Municipal, su 483.72 City of
Colonial Research, su 1,390.00 Galls, su 317.21
Hutcheson
Engineering, su 1,198.63 Johnson Service, su 3,674.60
K & K Welding, su 189.04 Lab Safety
Supply, su 167.12
LaRue Dist., su 13.02 MC2, Inc., su 2,100.51
Midwest Lab, tests 35.60 Municipal Automation, su 491.70
NE Child Support, garn 46.16
Netcom, su 159.50 Tax Commissioner, tax 1,844.51
Ogden Hardware, su 318.36 O’Neill Auto, su 22.67
O’Neill Electric, su 203.62 O’Neill Lumber, su 111.04
Pamida, su 104.94 Radio Shack, su 24.22
Seven Springs, su 15.00
WATER FUND
Dakota
Supply, su 941.20 Galls, su 105.73
Gaughenbaugh
Flooring, re 378.37 Gilmore & Assoc., fees 923.06
LaRue Dist., su 13.02 Lincoln
Nat’l Life, ins 21.05
Municipal Automation, su 491.70 NE
Public Health, tests 95.00
NE
Rural Water, school 175.00
Ogden Hardware, su 11.00 Tax
Commissioner, tax 1,533.83
USA
Blue Book, su 42.66
SOLID WASTE
FUND
Butler Co. Landf, fees 24,720.28 Central Valley Ag,
fuel 809.06
City of
Fremont Nat’l Bank, int 28,342.50 Holt
County Tire, re 1,086.13
Holtz
Industries, su 727.40 K & K
Welding, su 55.00
KBRX, ad 110.00 Linweld, su 16.90
David Menish, re 225.99 Northeast NE
Fire, tests 445.00
O’Neill Heating & Air, re 252.80
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT FUND
Cultural Resources, study 1,776.95
**THESE BILLS ARE NOT IN YET.**
AUDITING COMMITTEE:
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DON BAKER, WARD I
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VICKI
City Clerk Johnston announced that the
city has received a dividend check in the amount of $12,155.51 from EMC Insurance.
There will be a special meeting on May
17th at
Moved by Schneider, second
by Kramer to adjourn. Roll call vote as follows: All Ayes.
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at
WILLIAM T. PRICE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
____________________________________________________________
NIKKI
JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK/TREASURER
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