City of Blair Regular Council Meeting August 23, 2022 The Mayor and City Council met in regular session in the City Council Chambers on August 23, 2022, at 7:00 PM. The following were present: Holly Hafer, Kevin Hall, Mindy Rump, Andrew Schank, Marty Shepard, Jon Stewart, Frank Wolff. Absent: Kevin Willis. Also present were City Administrator Storm, Assistant City Administrator Barrow, Director of Public Works Schoemaker, City Attorney Solomon, Library Director Zarco and Chief Lager. Mayor Hansen called the meeting to order and made introductions at 7:00 p.m. followed by a statement of compliance with the open meetings act and the Pledge of Allegiance. Consent agenda approved the following: 3a) Approval of Minutes of the Budget Workshop on August 8 and the regular Council meeting on August 9, 2022, 3b) Clerk report of Mayoral Action of meeting, and 3c) Claims as approved by the Finance Committee. Roy Rogers appeared before the Mayor and Council to discuss traffic concerns in Blair. Mr. Rogers expressed concerns regarding establishing one way traffic around the library, vehicles running stop lights which includes semi traffic on Highway 30 through Blair and installing no parking signs on the south side of LaQuinta Apartments during drop off and pick up at Arbor Park School. Council referred to the Transportation Committee for further review. Library Director Brooke Zarco appeared before the Mayor and Council by Library Director Brooke Zarco to discuss the summer reading program. Resolution No. 2022-31 approving amendment No. 5 to the Cargill Water Agreement was adopted. Council awarded the bid to Henton Trenching in the amount of $137,275 for the Washington County Water Main Project; approved the transfer two (2) city-owned AEDs to Blair Community Schools and approved the preliminary budget for FY 2022/2023 authorizing the publication of Budget Hearing set for September 13, 2022. Resolution No. 2022-32 setting the date for the Board of Equalization to levy special assessments against Tax Lot 169 in Section 7, Township 18, Range 12, Blair City, Washington County, NE was adopted. City Administrator Storm stated with the adoption of the proposed budget in September, the city will be less than the 2% increase of property tax so the city will not be participating in the joint public hearing of other entities that have to meet because they are above the 2%. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. The following claims were approved: BAIRD HOLM SVC 1500, BAKER & TAYLOR INV 160.89, BI-STATE MOTOR INV 235.32, COUNSEL INV 15051.65, CARQUEST INV 39.77, COUNTRY TIRE SVC 158.62, CUMMINS SVC 974.18, DPC INDUST INV 90, DICK'S ELECT SVC 3186.38, DITCH WITCH INV 28.84, ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING SVC 365, FASTENAL INV 63.52, GERHOLD INV 2510.71, GRAINGER INV 368.64, WOOD DEB SVC 400, HGM ASSOC SVC 6297.29, HACH INV 927.97, HENTON TRENCHNG SVC 800, INDUSTRIAL SALES CO SVC 257.22, INGRAM INV 138.64, NE-IA INDUST FASTENER INV 315.84, INTOXIMETERS SVC 203, MUNCPL SUPPLY INV 5265.73, AQUACHEM INV 141.75, DTN SVC 615, MDWST LAB SVC 245.05, MS LIME INV 25055.66, CORE MAIN INV 1470.45, MARTIN MARIETTA MTRL INV 2886.98, NE DEPT OF ENVIRON SVC 9.83, TK ELEVATOR SVC 401.58, O'REILLY INV 49.97, OLSON STEWART CONST SVC 1367, SID DILLON SVC 71.16, ULTRA CAR WASH SVC 100, USPS INV 1933.87, UNIVAR INC INV 23962.01, SHOTWELL GLASS SVC 314.36, WA CO BANK EMPLYR HSA 8382.3, KELLY RYAN EQUIP SVC 686.36, AMERICAN UNDERGROUND INV 6872.44, AMER LIBRARY ASSOC SVC 399, SAPP BROS INV 1661, NE CHILD SUPPORT 214.62, TITAN MACHINE INV 932.34, CONSOLIDATED MGMNT SVC 193, AFLAC SVC 1454.08, OCLC SVC 650.96, CORRPRO INC SVC 86129 595, UNION PACIFIC RR 1510, EAKES INV 836.42, GREAT PLAINS UNIFORMS LLC INV 157.63, SECURITY EQUIP INC SVC 4576.5, MDWST TURF IRRIGTION SVC 590.31, POULSEN CALVIN SVC 1635, J-TECH CONSTRUCT SVC 50, MDWST FIREWORKS INV 7500, LIBRARY IDEAS INV 496.45, CREATIVE SITES SVC 371, BOSTWICK SVC 88.5, IDEXX DISTRB INC INV 566.73, JACKSON SERVICES SVC 457.51, AIR PRODUCTS CHEMICALS INV 6323.06, HAWKINS INV 6377.2, THOMPSON INV 5698.08, WOODHOUSE TIF3 SVC 25000,FICA TAX 38045.8, STATE WTHHLDNG ST TAX 5904.23, PRINCIPAL FINAN PEN 414 PD 24090.36, HDR ENGINEER INC SVC 33539.43, MACQUEEN EQUIPMNT INV 2450.38, SWANA SVC 245, DR OXYGEN SCIENCE SVC 210, FREMONT ELECTRC SVC 235.19, D3 CONSTRUCT SVC 500, POTTS TIMOTHY J SVC 500, ODELL ENTRP SVC 500, APWA IA SVC 200, DONE RIGHT FENCE SVC 50, GINGERICH STRUCTURES SVC 500, HARSIN BUILT CONSTRUCT SVC 100, THERMAL SVC 638.59, JP FENCING SVC 90, DREAMSCAPE HOME SVC 500, MIDAMER BNFITS SVC 875, TEAM BLUE DRAIN CLEAN SVC 50, UTLTY DIVING SVC 7465, SAMS INV 1884.72, HERDA BEVRLY SVC 604, JENSON DREW SVC 200, ARTISAN MADE DESIGN LLC SVC 275, EMILY'S PAPERCRAFT SVC 100, ST OF NE DEPT AERO INVEST 2809.33, PAYROLL 116637.52. RICHARD HANSEN, MAYOR ATTEST: BRENDA WHEELER, CITY CLERK A complete text of the minutes, Resolutions, Ordinances are on file in the office of the City Clerk, 218 S. 16th Street, and are available for public inspection during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. ZNEZ’ ENT 9-23-22
