VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING APRIL 17, 2023, 6:30 p.m. The Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Arlington, Nebraska, was held at the Arlington Village Hall at 245 N 2nd Street, Arlington, NE. Board Chairman, Paul Krause, called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Roll call was taken as follows: Travis Kraemer, Present; Scott Pokorny, Present; Jeremy Hansen, Present; Jason Wiese, Present; Paul Krause, Present. Notice of the meeting was given in advance by publication in the Arlington Citizen, a designated method for giving notice as shown by the Affidavit of Publication attached to these minutes. Notice of this meeting was given to the Village Board members and a copy of their acknowledgment of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. The availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Board of Trustees of this meeting. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public. Chairman Krause noted the posting of the Open Meetings Act as posted on the wall at the entrance to the Conference Room. Scott Pokorny moved to approve the consent agenda. Travis Kraemer seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Consent agenda items approved included: monthly claims for payment—12 Points Technology, IT services, $800.00; Arlington Public Schools, fuel, $232.41; Fastwyre, internet, telephone, $400.73; Black Hills Energy, gas, $1,731.66; Bomgaars, street maintenance, $96.14; City of Fremont, sewer, $7,051.55; Core & Main, annual service fee, $2,600.00; Econo Signs, street/crosswalk/towaway zone signs, $1,499.13; EFTPS, FED/FICA tax, $3,356.77; Enterprise Media Group, public notices, job listings, $266.88; Fuelman, fuel, $323.57; Holiday Inn Kearney, NMCI lodging, $574.75; Ingram Library Services, books, $179.36; JEO Consulting Group, Street Improvement Project final design, $56,024.90; John Deere Financial, vehicle maintenance, $251.28; Kate Robertson, NMCI meal stipend reimbursement, $40.57; Knudsen Oil & Feed, fuel, $336.12; Menards, parks/streets/shop supplies, $347.90; National Financial Services, retirement, $674.08; NE Dept of Revenue, sales tax, $1,641.68; O’Reilly First Call, street/parks maintenance, $694.39; OMNI Engineering, cold patch, $3,512.81; One Call Concepts, locates, $22.36; Opfer Nursery & Tree Services, park trees, $3,150.00; OPPD, electricity, $7,861.47; PeopleService Inc., water/sewer service, $10,774.00; Railroad Management Co., annual fee, $708.79; S2 Repair and Maintenance, street sweeper repair, $2,293.75; Sharon Hammarlund CPA, audit, $7,500.00; US Postal Service, permit #4, $1,000.00; Verizon Wireless, cell phones, $211.15; Visa, postage, IIMC membership, library books, office supplies, $420.39; Washington County Sheriff, police, $6,493.76; Waste Connections of Nebraska, trash service, $457.17; Payroll, $14,169.92 = $137,699.44. Jeremy Hansen made a motion to approve the minutes from the March 20, 2023, Regular Board Meeting. Scott Pokorny seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Jeremy Hansen made a motion to approve the minutes from the April 11, 2023, Planning Commission Meeting. Scott Pokorny seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Discussion was had with Austin Partridge from First National Capital Markets regarding possible funding options for the Street Improvement project. Jason Wiese made a motion to approve Resolution 4172023A, security & event sponsor policy. Travis Kraemer seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Jason Wiese made a motion to approve Resolution 4172023B, damage deposit policy. Scott Pokorny seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Jason Wiese made a motion to approve the quote from Display Sales for 14 highway veteran banners in the amount of $1,789.00. The Village charged customers $120.00/banner; the difference will be paid for using sales tax. Travis Kraemer seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Jeremy Hansen made a motion to approve the 2023 swimming pool season rate changes as presented: no group rate; private lesson rate increase to $80.00/week. Travis Kraemer seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Discussion was had regarding the next steps of the Comprehensive Plan. The Board agreed there is enough data from the survey to justify moving ahead with the Goals, Objectives, and Action Plan section. The Board would like to see education goals, as well as benchmark comparisons to other communities regarding water. Travis Kraemer made a motion to approve the resignation of Ben Nissen from the Planning Commission. Jeremy Hansen seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. Scott Pokorny made a motion to adjourn. Jeremy Hansen seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 5-0. The meeting was adjourned at 7:48 pm. Kate Robertson Village Clerk/Treasurer ZNEZ AC 4-28-23
