City of Blair Regular Council Meeting June 22, 2021 The Mayor and City Council met in regular session in the City Council Chambers on June 22, 2021, at 7:00 PM. The following were present: Absent: …

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City of Blair Regular Council Meeting June 22, 2021 The Mayor and City Council met in regular session in the City Council Chambers on June 22, 2021, at 7:00 PM. The following were present: Absent: Chris Jensen, Andrew Schank, Present: Kevin Hall, Mindy Rump, Marty Shepard, Jon Stewart, Kevin Willis, Frank Wolff. Also present were City Administrator Storm, Assistant City Administrator Barrow, City Attorney Solomon, and Chief Lager. Mayor Hansen called the meeting to order and made introductions at 7:00 p.m. followed by statement of compliance with open meetings act and Pledge of Allegiance. Consent agenda approved the following: 3a) Approval of Minutes of the June 8, 2021, meeting, 3b) Clerk report of Mayoral Action of June 8, 2021, meeting, 3c) City Department reports for the Blair Police Department for May 2021 and 3d) Approve Manager Application for Lance Kramer with U Save Foods, Inc. dba Family Fare #792, 238 S. 8th St., Blair, NE 68008. Chief Joe Lager introduced to the council the new officers Antonio Leslie and Cody Peters that recently joined the Blair Police Department. Blair Police chaplains Mark Begner and Amy Krejcarek presented the officers with challenge coins and expressed their support for the department. Council approved the request by Jordan Rishel, Washington County Chamber of Commerce for a special designated liquor license for Friday, August 27, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for the 2nd Annual Business & Brews event held in the St. Francis Catholic Church parking lot. Request to appear before the Mayor and Council by Fernandos, 1600 Washington St., for three parking stalls to be reserved along the west side of 16th St. starting at Washington St. for curbside to go pickup parking was postponed until the next regular council meeting. Ordinance 2443 rezoning the general area west of the new 10th Street extended south of Wilbur Street owned by the City of Blair and generally described as a tract of land located in Tax Lots 249, 250 and 158 in Section 13, Township 18 North, Range 11 East of the 6th P.M., Washington County, Nebraska, from Office Park District (OPD) to Agricultural/Industrial and Manufacturing (A/ML) was passed on second reading. Resolution 2021-19 adopting the 2021 Papio Missouri River Natural Resources District Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update in its entirety was signed and adopted. Bid was awarded for the retaining wall in the Harry Ohrt Lions Club Shelter Renovation Project to Advantage Lawn Care in the amount of $9,984.00 and awarded the bid for the electrical in the Harry Ohrt Shelter Lions Club Shelter Renovation Project to Dick’s Electric in the amount of $10,459.00. Council authorized City Staff to seek negotiated proposal for masonry work in the Harry Ohrt Lions Club Shelter Renovation due to not receiving any bids from previously mailed bid requests and present back to the City Council for approval. City Administrator Storm stated Staff will submit for the city's funds in the American Rescue Act in the amount of 1.4 million. Approximately $698,394.00 will be distributed to the city within the next thirty days and then the same amount again around this same time next year. Meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m. 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 PT 7-20-21