City of Blair Regular Council Meeting June 13, 2023 The Mayor and City Council met in regular session in the City Council Chambers on June 13, 2023, at 7:00 PM. The following were present: Katelyn Ferrari, Holly Hafer, Rick Paulsen, Jim Sandvold, Andrew Schank, Kevin Willis, and Frank Wolff. Absent: Kirk Highfill. Also present were City Administrator Green, Assistant City Administrator Barrow, Director of Public Works Schoemaker, City Attorney Solomon, Library Director Zarco and Chief Lager. Mayor Rump called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. followed by the roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance. Consent agenda approved the following: 4a) Approval of Minutes of the May 23, 2023, meeting, 4b) Clerk report of Mayoral Action of May 23, 2023, meeting, 4c) City Department reports for May 2023 and 4d) Claims as recommended by the Finance Committee. Council approved a Conditional Use Permit renewal submitted by 17 Front Real Estate, LLC, dba Fairway Oil Company, Eric Watts, 1715 Front Street, Blair, Nebraska, on Tax Lots 454 and 519 in Section 11, Township 18 North, Range 11 East of the 6th PM, in the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska (17th Avenue & Front Street), to continue to operate a propane cylinder refilling dispenser used for refilling propane cylinders, RVs & school bus tanks for 15 years; a Conditional Use Permit renewal submitted by Logos Plus, Tari Browder, 1541 Nebraska Street, Blair, Nebraska, on Lots 8, 9 and the East Half of Lot 10, Block 16, City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, LESS that part of Lot 8, Block 16, described as follows: The East Six Feet (6.00’) of Lot 8, block 16, Original Townsite of the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska (1541 Nebraska Street), to continue to run a screen-printing business, for 15 years and a Conditional Use Permit submitted by South 160, LLC, dba as Country Auto, Thomas Joseph Russell, 19826 Chicago Street, Elkhorn, Nebraska, on Lot 1, Gibbs Subdivision, In the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska (2750 S. 23rd Avenue) for an 80-foot flagpole for 15 years. with the stipulation that stamped engineer plans for installation are presented prior to a building permit issuance. Jake Loftis, 2129 Park St, Blair appeared before the Mayor and Council to discuss the possibility of more multi-use trails throughout the city to improve pedestrian safety and connectivity. Council approved Resolution No. 2023-19 approving an Interlocal Agreement with Papio-Missouri River NRD and the City of Blair a Rural Water System Study; Resolution No. 2023-20 approving an Engineering Agreement with HDR Engineering for Supplemental Polymer Study at the Water Treatment Plant; Resolution No. 2023-21 awarding a contract to the low bidder MC Wells Contracting, LLC for the 30-Inch Industrial Water Main Project; Resolution No. 2023-22 approving an agreement with Olsson for special inspections and material testing for the 30-Inch Industrial Water Main Project; Resolution No. 2023-23 approving an agreement with JEO Engineering for construction staking for the 30-Inch Industrial Water Main Project; and Resolution No. 2023-24 approving the Mayoral appointments of city officials to include Aaron Barrow-Assistant City Administrator, Brenda Wheeler-City Clerk, Lindsay Burton-City Treasurer, Al Schoemaker-Director of Public Works and City Engineer and Desirae Solomon-City Attorney. City Administrator Green reported on an action plan for the Park Department to work on the recent concerns expressed to him by the Council and public. State statute requires cities less than 20,000 in population to have to put together an affordable housing action plan before 2024. Staff will be working on this plan through LB840. The budget process has begun and will continue over the next two to three months. He also stated he would be sitting down with each Council member before any budget decisions are made. Meeting adjourned at 8:19 p.m. The following claims were approved: Abe's Portables, Svc, 352.89; Air Products & Chemicals, Inv, 9744.01; Amazon, Inv, 3430.78; American Fence Co Inc, 1682.11; American Underground, Inv, 838.03; Ang Refrigeration, Heat, Svc, 460.00; Aqua-Chem Inc, Inv, 6839.39; Arps Red-E-Mix Inc, Inv, 10175.02; Automatic Systems Co, Svc, 9076.00; Av Legacy Holdings Llc, Svc, 50.00; Baird Holm Llp, Svc, 4500.00; Bennett Construction, 52.50; Bk Painting, Svc, 1200.00; Black Hills Energy, Svc, 1354.45; Blair Ace Hardware, Inv, 1248.12; Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Svc, 75992.11; Bomgaar Supply Inc, Inv, 1015.87; Boughton Nellie, Svc, 50.00; Bound Tree Medical Llc, Inv, 4569.45; Boyd Jesse, Svc, 50.00; Buds Auto Repair, Svc, 281.13; Carquest Auto Parts, Inv, 56.19; Cather And Sons Construct, Svc, 397858.81; Cdw Government Inc, Inv, 3553.31; City Wide Facility Sol, Svc, 5750.00; Consolidated Management, Svc, 49.00; Country Tire Inc, Svc, 29.68; Crown Trophy & Awards Of, Inv, 120.50; Cubby's Inc, Inv, 6858.80; Danko Emergency Equipment, Inv, 3372.09; Demco Inc, Inv, 1643.42; Dick's Electric Co, Svc, 1829.18; Douglas County Treasurer, Svc, 51.69; Dtn Llc, Svc, 558.00; Eakes Office Solutions, Inv, 1139.63; Ed M Feld Eq Co., Inv, 2559.95; Electronic Contracting Co, Svc, 456.70; Enterprise Publishing Co, Svc, 2111.47; Eriksen Constr Co Inc, Svc, 1298915.10; Ferrari Chad, Svc, 211.76; Fire Catt Llc, Svc, 4710.10; Gerhold Concrete, Inv, 6272.61; Getzschman Heating Llc, Svc, 300.00; Grainger, Inv, 222.28; Great Plains Communic, Svc, 2955.80; Hach Co, Inv, 1454.66; Hatheway Josh, Svc, 359.30; Hawkins Inc, Inv, 9565.80; Hdr Engineering Inc, Svc, 366195.05; Henton Trenching Inc, Svc, 2340.00; Hoffschneider Const, Svc, 50.00; Home Depot Credit Svc, Inv, 93.74; Home Pride Contractors, Svc, 50.00; Horizon Rehabilitation, Svc, 420.00; Idexx Distribution Inc, Inv, 625.95; Ingram Library Services, Inv, 3618.26; Jackson Services, Svc, 712.79; Jeo Consulting Group Inc, Svc, 4932.70; Jetter's Plumbing Inc, Svc, 159.65; John Day Co, Inv, 2346.73; Jonesy's Towing, Svc, 1200.00; Kempcke Nicholas, Svc, 200.00; Kissick Construction Co, Svc, 284252.04; Lager Joseph, Svc, 334.44; League Of Ne Municipaliti, Svc, 1130.00; Logan Contractors Supply, Inv, 6061.84; Lyon Travis, Svc, 226.13; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc, Inv, 227.56; Mcdermott Cheri, Svc, 500.00; Mckinnis Roofing & Sheet, Svc, 100.00; Mellen & Associates Inc, Inv, 1200.00; Menards, Inv, 246.95; Michael Frederick, Svc, 96.00; Mid-American Benefits Llc, Svc, 2507.83; Midwest Laboratories, Svc, 983.67; Midwest Service Co. Llc, Svc, 550.00; Mississippi Lime Co, Inv, 47822.60; Municipal Supply Inc, Inv, 2889.00; Mutual Of Omaha Insurance, Svc, 7998.18; Napa, Inv, 83.94; Ndeq - Fiscal Services, Invest, 141091.91; Nebraska Iowa Supply Co, Inv, 57.57; Nebraska Law Enforcement, Svc, 360.00; Nebraska Public Health, Svc, 504.00; Nebraska State Patrol, 5915.63; Nebraska Statewide Arbor, Dues, 500.00; Nwra, 105.00; Odeys Inc, Inv, 12835.45; Olson & Stewart Const, Svc, 50.00; Olson Scott, Svc, 50.00; Olsson Associates, Svc, 18521.83; One Call Concepts Inc, Svc, 426.04; One Source, Svc, 18.00; Oppd (Utilities), Svc, 90453.92; Orchard Valley Inc, Svc, 1000.00; O'reilly Auto Parts, Inv, 40.78; Orkin Llc, Inv, 149.99; Overdrive Inc, 1800.00; Pioneer Cleaning Llc, Svc, 600.00; Pioneer Telephone, Svc, 23.22; Pitney Bowes - Supplies, Inv, 614.10; Platzer Glori, Svc, 50.00; Quick Med Claims Llc, Svc, 6557.71; River City Barricade, Inv, 341.80; Robert Half, Svc, 5563.16; S & S Pumping Service, Svc, 7295.00; S.E. Smith & Sons, Inv, 455.50; Sapp Bros Petroleum, Inv, 1413.41; Schoemaker Allen, Svc, 690.83; Scholastic Book Fairs, Inv, 454.51; Security Equipment Inc, Svc, 4461.60; Sherwin-Williams Co, Inv, 4141.80; Shredding Solutions, Svc, 80.03; Sid Dillon, Svc, 180.62; Smith Sterling, Svc, 50.00; Smj International, Svc, 50.00; Solomon Desirae, Svc, 5098.00; Spartan Stores Llc, Inv, 83.62; Stalp Gravel, Inv, 2190.44; Standard & Poor's, Serv, 18500.00; Stryker Sales Corp, Inv, 2753.44; Superior Fence & Rail, Svc, 50.00; Superior Green, Svc, 20511.95; Symbolarts, 140.00; Thrasher Inc, Svc, 50.00; Total Truck & Machine, Svc, 1960.70; Ultra Car Wash, Svc, 104.00; Unmanned Vehicle Tech, Inv, 2512.00; Us Postal Service (Blair), Svc, 1200.00; Verizon, Svc, 869.09; Vessco Inc, Inv, 1878.67; Von Seggern Debbie, Svc, 1200.00; Wakefield Towing And Reco, Svc, 400.00; Washington Co Reg Deeds, Svc, 48.00; Wood Deborah, Svc, 400.00; Woodhouse Ford, Svc, 173.93. Melinda K. Rump, 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 7-7-23
