City of Blair Regular Council Meeting September 12, 2023 The Mayor and City Council met in regular session in the City Council Chambers on September 12, 2023. The following were present: Katelyn Ferrari, Holly Hafer, Kirk Highfill, Rick Paulsen, Jim Sandvold, Andrew Schank, Kevin Willis, and Frank Wolff. Also present were City Administrator Green, Assistant City Administrator Barrow, City Attorney Solomon, Finance Director Burton, Library Director Zarco, HR Manager Guhl and Chief Lager. Mayor Rump called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. followed by the Roll Call and Pledge of Allegiance. Consent agenda approved the following: 4a) Approval of Minutes of the August 22, 2023, meeting, 4b) Clerk report of Mayoral Action of August 22, 2023, meeting, 4c) City Department reports for August 2023 and 4d) Claims as approved by the Finance Committee. Mayor Rump read a Proclamation acknowledging and supporting September 2023 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month presented by Memorial Community Hospital & Health System. Council approved Ordinance 2509 to adopt the Budget Statement for FY 2023-2024 and to be termed the "Annual Appropriation Bill" appropriating such sums of money necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of the City of Blair, Nebraska for FY 2023-2024; Resolution No. 2023-39 to allow for the Fiscal Year Budget 2024 to increase the budget lid limit by an additional one percent (1%) from 2.5% to 3.5%; and Resolution 2023-40 setting the levy for the City of Blair and Blair Airport Authority for FY 2023-2024, Council rejected the bids received for the construction of Generations Park and approved Resolution No. 2023-41 approving the Mayoral appointment of Aaron Wattenbach as a Blair Part-time Police Officer. City Clerk Wheeler administrator the Police Officer Oath for part time Blair Police Officer Aaron Wattenbach. Mayor Rump presented a plaque to Council member Andrew Schank-Ward 2 for his service and dedication as a City Council member. City Administrator Green stated the budget process is almost complete. There will be a ribbon cutting for the new police garage this week on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. and all Council members are invited to attend. The salary increase ordinance will be presented at the September 26, 2023, council meeting. He thanked Council member Schank for his public service. Meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m. The following claims were approved: Abe’s Trash Service, Inc, Svc, 1483.70; Abe’s Portables, Svc, 390, Aflac, Svc, 904.42; Air Products & Chemicals, Inv, 8630.08; Ajee Woods Llc, Svc, 500.00; Ali Rosenbaum, Svc, 75.00; All Makes Office Equip, Svc, 109.95; Amazon, Inv, 4080.87; American Underground, Inv, 4340.86; A-Plus Tree Service, Inc, Svc, 7300.00; Aqua-Chem Inc, Inv, 450.00; Arps Red-E-Mix Inc, Inv, 8609.50; Baird Holm Llp, Svc, 1095.50; Barrow Aaron, Svc, 306.05; Beiermann Jeff, Svc, 51.75; Black Hills Energy, Svc, 525.77; Blair Garden Center, Inv, 5194.92; Blair Rent-It Center, Svc, 78.48; Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Svc, 94128.70; Bolton Steve & Nicole, Svc, 500.00; Bomgaar Supply Inc, Inv, 1001.43; Bound Tree Medical Llc, Inv, 1020.57; Brodart Co, Svc, 1776.80; Burton Plumbing, Svc, 50.00; Ccp Industries Inc, Inv, 141.53; Cds Enterprises, Svc, 48922.20; Cdw Government Inc, Inv, 2097.66; City Of Blair, Svc, 150.76; City Wide Facility Sol, Svc, 2875.00; Clark Pest & Termite, Svc, 75.00; Clayco Inc, Svc, 500.00; Colibri System, Inv, 668.84; Comfort Inn Grand Island, Svc, 336.70; Consolidated Management, Svc, 82.50; Country Tire Inc, Svc, 949.03; Crown Trophy & Awards Of, Inv, 120.50; Cubby's Inc, Inv, 7770.51; Custom Colors And Remodel, Svc, 500.00; Demco Inc, Inv, 1110.73; Deposit Refunds, Refund Date 08/31/2023, 280.00; Dick's Electric Co, Inv, 60561.68; Douglas Co Sheriff, 60.00; Dtn Llc, Svc, 558.00; Eakes Office Solutions, Inv, 1567.94; Eischeid Construction, Svc, 500.00; Electronic Engineering, Inv, 3343.00; Emblem Enterprises Inc, Inv, 343.38; Enterprise Publishing Co, Svc, 1058.26; Eriksen Constr Co Inc, Svc, 5505.62; Firstnet At&T Mobility, Svc, 78.32; Frazier Industrial Co, Svc, 500.00; Fremont Electric, Svc, 161.97; Gerhold Concrete, Inv, 922.81; Great Plains Communic, Svc, 2956.18; Great Plains Uniforms Llc, Inv, 982.48; Hampton Inn Kearney, Trv, 189.00; Hawkins Inc, Inv, 14124.00; Hdr Engineering Inc, Svc, 1065.30; Henton Trenching Inc, Svc, 600.00; Hmj Services Llc, Svc, 200.00; Horizon Rehabilitation, Svc, 140.00; Huber Builders, Svc, 500.00; Ingram Library Services, Inv, 6548.86; Iowa Child Support, Svc, 237.69; J Nielsen Construction, Svc, 500.00; Jackson Services, Svc, 444.34; Jeo Consulting Group Inc, Svc, 2241.22; Jetter's Plumbing Inc, Svc, 736.47; Jones Automotive Inc, Svc, 15551.69; Jonesy's Towing, Svc, 400.00; Kelly Ryan Equipment Co, Svc, 87.78; Ken's Sewing Center, Svc, 698.00; Kissick Construction Co, Svc, 498118.39; League Of Ne Municipaliti, Svc, 4955.00; Library Ideas, Inv, 279.82; Library Store Inc, Bks, 1892.83; Long's Ok Tire Stores, Svc, 17.50; Malloy Electric, Svc, 25773.26; Martin Marietta Material, Inv, 1878.56; Mathiesen Grain Co, Supplies, 823.59; Menards - Omaha, Inv, 215.88; Michael Todd & Co, Inv, 121.86; Mississippi Lime Co, Inv, 24089.28; Mutual Of Omaha Insurance, Svc, 4268.16; Nebraska Child Support, Svc, 643.86; Nebraska Public Health, Svc, 120.00; Nebraska Rural Water, Svc, 550.00; Ne-Ia Industrial Fastener, Inv, 343.21; Odell Enterprises, Svc, 500.00; Olson Grading, Svc, 2467.89; Olsson Associates, Svc, 23027.52; Omaha Neon Sign Co, Svc, 50.00; One Source, Svc, 38.00; Oppd (Utilities), Svc, 103876.18; Orchard Valley Inc, Svc, 1500.00; O'reilly Auto Parts, Inv, 246.32; Orkin Llc, Inv, 149.99; Pioneer Cleaning Llc, Svc, 600.00; Poulsen Calvin, Svc, 4338.75; Pounds Printing Inc, Inv, 155.00; River City Barricade, Inv, 17523.00; Robert Half, Svc, 2808.72; S.E. Smith & Sons, Inv, 426.03; Sapp Bros Petroleum, Inv, 159.17; Sayler Screenprinting Llc, Inv, 153.00; Schoemaker Allen, Svc, 277.25; Solomon Desirae, Svc, 5231.00; Spartan Stores Llc, Inv, 113.37; Superior Green, Svc, 27485.24; Thallas Mary Beth, Svc, 50.00; The Garage Company, Svc, 500.00; Thermal Heating Air And, Svc, 6408.24; Total Truck & Machine, Svc, 2598.50; Ultra Car Wash, Svc, 208.00; Us Postal Service, Inv, 3880.99; Us Postal Service (Blair), Svc, 1350.00; Veenstra & Kimm Inc, Serv, 300.00; Verizon, Svc, 869.14; Vessco Inc, Inv, 1901.40; Visual Edge It, Svc, 451.24; Wakefield Towing And Reco, Svc, 1000.00; Washington Co Reg Deeds, Svc, 80.00; Wood Deborah, Svc, 400.00; Woodhouse Ford, Svc, 113.91. 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 09-29-23
