Meeting Minutes

 

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF GRANT, NEBRASKA
March 24, 2009

            Council President Darrell Pierce convened a meeting of the Council of the City of Grant, Nebraska in open and public session on March 24, 2009 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, March 19, 2009, 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.
Council President Pierce announced the posting of the Open Meetings Act and its location.
Roll call:  Present Council members: Hansen, Pick, Pierce, and Pofahl. Absent: Mayor Wyatt.
Others present:  City Clerk/Treasurer Jessie Faber, City Attorney Phil Pierce, et al.
The motion was made by Pick and seconded by Pofahl to approve the agenda as presented.
Roll call vote:  Yeas – all present. Nays – none.  Motion carried.
A motion was made by Pick to approve the minutes of the March 10, 2009 meeting as corrected and waive the reading seconded by Hansen.
Roll call vote:  Yeas – all present.  Nays – none. Motion carried.

COMMUNICATIONS:  City Clerk, Jessie Faber, informed the council of an upcoming tree board meeting, planning and zoning meeting, library meeting and cemetery meeting.  The $75,000.00 Certificate of deposit that came due March 16th was renewed to the highest bidder which was Valley Bank for 1.98%.

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS: 
Council member, Hansen – none.  Council member, Pofahl – none.  Council member, Pick – reported on the airport meeting. Council member, Pierce – reported on the library meeting.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Action on Styskal Replat – A motion was made by Hansen to approve the styskal replat and seconded by Pick.
Roll call vote:  Yeas – all present.  Nays – none. Motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:
Action on Armor Coating Bids – A motion was made by Pofahl to accept the bid from B & H Paving for $50,000.00 as recommended by the engineer and seconded by Hansen.
Roll call vote:  Yeas – all present.  Nays – none. Motion carried.

Action on Resolution 09-03-01 Red Flag Identity Theft – A motion was made by Pick to approve Resolution 09-03-01 Red Flag Identity Theft and seconded by Hansen.

RESOLUTION 09-03-01

RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MIDWEST ELECTRIC IDENTITY THEFT RED FLAG PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF GRANT, NEBRASKA

            WHEREAS, the City of Grant (CITY), contracts electrical services form Midwest Electric for its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Midwest Electric currently has in place an Identity Theft Red Flag Prevention Program, designed to identify, detect, and prevent theft of its members’ personal information-commonly known as Identity Theft.

            NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the governing body of the City of Grant, Nebraska, that effective March 24, 2009, the City of Grant adopts the Midwest Electric Identity Theft Red Flag Prevention Program, and authorizes Midwest Electric as its Administrator of said program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law.
BE IT RESOLVED that the provisions of the Resolution are separable, and the invalidity of any phrase, clause, or part of the Resolution shall not affect the validity of effectiveness of the remainder of the Resolution.

Passed, Approved and Adopted this 24th Day of March 2009.

Roll call vote:  Yeas – all present.  Nays – none. Motion carried. – Toney Krajewski

Action on Bills and Claims –  Ag Sales and Services, Inc, maintenance – 35.00; American Red Cross, dues & training – 495.34; B & D Office City, Office Supplies – 61.13; William Besarick, airport contract – 583.33; Blue Cross Blue Shield of NE, employee benefits – 4,424.08; Jessie Faber, mileage – 77.00; Great Plains Communications, utilities – 385.94; Locker Room, supplies – 233.00; Nebraska Environmental Products, supplies – 1,376.63; Nebraska Public Health Environmental, lab & well tests – 1,270.00; Perkins County Health Services, dues – 30.00; Source Gas, utilities – 824.47; Uehling Total Turf, maintenance contract & services – 11,000.00; Valley Bank & Trust, water loan payment – 7,874.41; Visa, postage – 26.70; Waddell & Reed, retirement – 651.31; Nebraska Department of Revenue, sales tax – 5,563.38; United States Treasury, federal income tax withholding – 2,296.68; Overtime Wages 3/1 to 3/13, 187.35. Total Bills and Claims $37,395.75.

The motion was made by Pick and seconded by Hansen to approve the Bills and Claims in the amount of $37,395.75.
Roll call vote:  Yeas – all present.  Nays – none.  Motion carried.

Hansen, Pick, Pierce and Pofahl reviewed the bills and claims prior to the meeting.

Council President Pierce adjourned this meeting of the Grant City Council at 7:33 P.M.

 

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Darrell Pierce, Council President

 

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Jessie Faber, City Clerk

 

 

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