Meeting Minutes
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF GRANT, NEBRASKA
July 29, 2008
Mayor Adam Uehling convened a meeting of the Council of the City of Grant, Nebraska in open and public session on July 29, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Notice of this meeting was given in advance by publication in the Grant Tribune Sentinel, the City’s designated method for giving notice, July 24, 2008, and members of the City Council and a copy of their Acknowledgment of Receipt and the Agenda are attached to these minutes. Availability of the Agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereafter shown were recorded while said meeting was open to the attendance of the public.
Mayor Uehling announced the posting of the Open Meetings Act and its location.
Roll call: Present Council members: Pick, Pierce, Wyatt and Mayor Uehling. Absent: Brueggeman
Others present: City Administrator Tyson McGreer, City Clerk/Treasurer Jessie Faber, City Attorney Phil Pierce, et al.
The motion was made by Wyatt and seconded by Pick to approve the agenda as presented.
Roll call vote: Yeas – all present. Nays – none. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Pierce to approve the minutes of the July 8, 2008 meeting and waive the reading and seconded by Wyatt.
Roll call vote: Yeas – all present Nays – none. Motion carried.
COMMUNICATIONS: City Manager, Tyson McGreer, informed the council that we will be having a CD maturing at the end of the month and it will be given to the highest bidder. He informed the council that he will be attending a hometown competitiveness meeting the next day in Ogallala. The swimming pool has put into place a new storm emergency plan and if they must take shelter they will relocate the children in the pool to the band shelter. The well house on Logan has just been reshingled and new siding is being put on the well house on Logan & Hancock the materials on this project were not much and we are doing the work ourselves. Tyson asked the council what they would like to do with the wheat harvested on the new ground purchased and they agreed that the wheat should be sold immediately. The council had asked if a date has been set for the armor coating to be started and no exact date had been set yet. Council member, Wyatt asked if renting out the airport hanger was still an option and if we need to get back to them by a certain time. Tyson is going to make sure that it was okay to wait until the next airport advisory committee meeting to get back with the party that is looking at renting the hanger. Council member, Wyatt asked Tyson if he had looked into the newspaper clippings brought into the office about the nuisance property agreements that some of the area towns are making agreements with West Central Nebraska Development District to get cleaned up. Phil Pierce explained to the council what he knew about this agreement with other communities and also how some of the communities were trying to budget for this expense.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Council member, Wyatt – gave an update on the economic development committee. Council member, Brueggeman – none. Council member, Pick – none. Council member, Pierce – none.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Ordinance 08-07-01 Truck Parking – Council member Wyatt read the first reading of Ordinance 08-07-01 “An Ordinance of the City of Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska, Amending the Grant City Code(Ordinance 02-03) by Revoking and Replacing Section 72.09, Providing Definition of Trucks, and Restrictions on Truck Parking in city limits; To Repeal All Other Ordinances and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof in Conflict; To Provide that the Provisions of This Ordinance Shall be Made a Part of the Code of the City of Grant; And to Provide When This Ordinance Shall be in Full Force and Effect.
NEW BUSINESS:
Action on Code Book Maintenance – The council discussed the different possibilities to get the code books up to date. The council asked Phil Pierce to prepare a proposal and present it to the council on the code book update. No action was taken.
Action on Appropriation of Compensation Ordinance 08-07-02 – The council reviewed and discussed the ordinance as presented. A motion was made by Pierce to waive all of the readings of ordinance 08-07-02 and seconded by Wyatt.
Roll call vote: Yeas – all present. Nays – none. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Pierce to approve ordinance 08-07-02 and seconded by Wyatt.
Roll call vote: Yeas – all present. Nays – none. Motion carried.
The Ordinance will be published in pamphlet form.
Action on Natural Gas Lease with PBR Energy Inc – A motion was made by Wyatt to approve the renewal of Natural Gas Lease with PBR thru July 20, 2013 and seconded by Pick.
Roll call vote: Yeas – all present. Nays – none. Motion carried.
Action on Resolution 08-07-01 Fluoride Bill – A motion was made by Wyatt to approve Resolution 08-07-01 to allow the public to vote on fluoridation and seconded by Pick.
Resolution 08-07-01
WHEREAS, Section 71-3305 of the Nebraska Statutes requires any City with a population of one thousand or more to add fluoride to the City’s water system; and
WHEREAS, Section 71-3305 allows the voters of a City to vote to adopt an ordinance before June 1, 2010, to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City water system; and
WHEREAS, Section 71-3305 authorizes the governing body to place the ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City water system on the ballot; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and members of the Council of the City of Grant, Nebraska, have determined that there is public interest in determining whether fluoride should be added to the City’s water system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRANT, NEBRASKA:
Section 1. That at the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, the issue of whether the City of Grant, Nebraska, should adopt or reject an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City water system shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City and to be presented in the following form:
Shall the City of Grant, Nebraska, enact an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City’s water system?
___For (Will prohibit fluoride added to the City’s water system)
___Against (Will require fluoride to be added to the City’s water system)
Section 2. That the City Clerk is authorized and directed to certify a copy of this resolution to the
Perkins County Clerk by September 2, 2008. The City agrees to reimburse the Perkins County Clerk for the expenses of conducting the election, as required by law.
Passed and approved this 29th day of July, 2008.
Roll call vote: Yeas – all present. Nays – none. Motion carried.
Public Comment – Sylvia Dudo
Action on Bills and Claims – Action Accents, parks & rec supplies – 40.00; AFLAC, employee benefits – 394.49; Don Ahlquist, utilities reimbursement – 10.55; B&D Office City, supplies – 109.12; Brendon Barry, parks & rec contract labor – 40.00; William Besarick, airport contract – 583.33; Blue Cross Blue Shield of NE, employee benefits – 3,837.20; Caleb Breazeale, parks & rec contract labor – 21.25; Elliot Carlson, parks & rec contract labor – 45.00; Vince Carrig, parks & rec contract labor – 50.00; Clarence, Cheek, utilities reimbursement – 74.69; City of Grant , petty cash – 41.68; Clarke Mosquito Control Products Inc, repairs – 33.02; Colonial Processing Center, employee benefits – 44.00; County Supply, supplies & repairs – 139.40; Grant Packing, parks & rec concessions – 89.38; Great Plains Communications, utilities – 631.30; Great Plains one call service, general telephone – 14.79; Johnsen Corrosion Engineering Inc, maintenance agreement – 722.68; Ben Jones, parks & rec contract labor – 15.00; Lafayette Life Ins Co, employee benefits – 109.50; M.E.A.N., transmission charges – 61,888.90; Midwest Electric – utilities, materials & O&M charge – 15,388.47; Chase Miyamoto, parks & rec contract labor – 27.50; Christian Miyamoto, parks & rec contract labor – 30.00; Angela Morris, utilities reimbursement – 39.55; John Morris, utilities reimbursement – 39.56; Nebraska Dept of Aeronautics, qtrly NDB maintenance – 375.00; Nebraska Power Review Board, power assessment – 115.49; Nebraska Public Health Environmental, lab & well tests – 32.00; Blake Poppe, parks & rec contract labor – 101.25; Jacob Sexson, parks & rec contract labor – 32.50; Josh Sexson, parks & rec contract labor – 125.00; Source Gas, utilities – 3,410.63; Michael Stabnow, utilities reimbursement – 71.25; Austin Thelander, parks & rec contract labor – 53.75; Brennen Toner, parks & rec contract labor – 21.25; Garrett Toner, parks & rec contract labor – 40.00; Twomey Tree Service, maintenance – 40.00; Uehling Well Service Inc, repairs – 45.00; Van Diest Supply Co, chemicals – 3,105.00; Visa, conference rooms – 391.28; Waddell & Reed, retirement – 448.01; Matt Waitley, parks & rec contract labor – 15.00; Water Products Inc, supplies – 71.30; Clint White, parks & rec contract labor – 180.00; Cathy Willhite, expense reimbursements – 48.23; Nebraska Department of Revenue, sales tax – 4,413.82; United States Treasury, federal income tax withholding – 3,089.08; Overtime Wages 7/1 to 7/15, 528.78. Total Bills and Claims $101,213.98.
The motion was made by Wyatt and seconded by Pick to approve the Bills and Claims in the amount of $101,213.98.
Roll call vote: Yeas – all present. Nays – none. Motion carried.
Pick & Wyatt reviewed the bills and claims prior to the meeting.
Mayor Uehling read his letter of resignation which will take effect immediately following the July 29, 2008, meeting.
Mayor Uehling adjourned this meeting of the Grant City Council at 8:00 P.M.
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Adam Uehling, Mayor
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Jessie Faber, City Clerk
