REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

JULY 26, 2005

A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Ogallala, Nebraska, was held at City Hall Council Chambers in said City on the 26^th day of July 2005 at 7:30 o’clock P.M.  Present were:  President of the Council: Absent; Council Members: Donna Sharman, Tanya Gieschen, Jim Rezac and Mark Knudsen.  Absent:  None. City Manager: Steve Krajewski; City Clerk: Jane M. Skinner; City Attorney:  Michael McQuillan.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publishing one time in the Keith County News and posting at the City Hall Administration Building as shown by the Certificate of Publication and Posting Notice attached to these Minutes.  Notice of this meeting was simultaneously given to the President and to all members of the Council on July 22, 2005 and a copy of their Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notice and the Agenda is attached to these minutes.  Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the Notice to the President and Council of this meeting.  All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Vice-President Gieschen called the attention of the Council to the Consent Agenda for the meeting which was prepared and distributed to members of the Council on July 22, 2005.  Vice-President Gieschen noted the Consent Agenda consisted of seven items and asked if any member of the Council would prefer that any item on the Consent Agenda be removed and placed on the Regular Agenda for discussion.  No Council Member asked for any item to be removed.  Councilwoman Sharman moved to approve the Consent Agenda.  Seconded by Councilman Knudsen.  All present Council Members voted “Yes”.  Absent: Paul Foy.  Motion declared carried and the Consent Agenda was approved as follows:

A.                 Claims.

B.                 Minutes of regular meeting held July 12, 2005.

C.                 O.V.F.D. – Resignation of Russell Loetscher.

D.                 O.V.F.D. – Brenda Schmer as a full member.

E.                  Application of Robert Ditsch for discharge of firearms permit, event to be held September 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2005, during the Ogallala Indian Summer Rendezvous.

F.                  Application for a Special Designated liquor license for the Ogallala / Keith County Chamber of Commerce, event to be held September 15, 16 & 17, 2005 during Indian Summer Rendezvous.

G.                 Application of Norman Clouse for Corporate Manager of the Ogallala Elks Lodge #1760 Class C liquor license #33592.

CLAIMS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL AND PAYMENT:

GENERAL FUND:

General Fund-Post $750.00, Air BP Aviation Services-Fuel $8,576.49, Pinnacle Bank-Dir Dep $25.00, Thalken Title Co-Land Acquis $272,486.25, State of Ne Dept of Rev-SIT $3,554.05, 125 Plan-Pretx $687.17, American Family Insurance-Aflac $830.18, EFTPS-FIT $12,661.23, Hospital & Medical-Ins $11,057.50, ICMA-Pension $226.56, Kansas City Life Ins Co-Ins $439.22, Manulife Financial-Pension $2,444.85, Manulife Financial-Pension $570.02, Manulife Financial-Pension $1,248.00, NE Child Support Center-Sup $338.78, Pinnacle Bank-PP#14 $46,260.74, Thalken Title Co-Property Purchase $29,479.75, 125 Plan-Pretx $641.17, EFTPS-FIT $13,074.16, Hospital & Medical-Ins $11,057.50, ICMA-Pension $226.56, Manulife Financial-Pension $2,462.27, Manulife Financial-Pension $336.65, Manulife Financial-Pension $1,248.00, NE Child Support Center-Sup $255.24, Pinnacle Bank-PP #15 $46,731.14, Alco-Su $99.55, Alltel-Se $37.83, Alltel-Se  $595.15, John Alves-Su $638.70, American Library Assoc-SU $38.50, A One Supply-Su $500.59, Arnold Pool Co-Su $263.15, Associated Supply Company-Su $87.08, Baltzell Vet Clinic-Se $30.00, B & D Office Supply-Su $29.99, Better Homes & Gardens-Sub $27.91, Bound Tree Medical-Su $326.47, Mike Bruckner-PP 14 & 15 $842.32, Brunke Body Shop-Re $638.54, Business Telecom Systems-Lab & Mi $159.50, Cash Wa Distributing-Se $597.10, Caterpillar Financial-Pay #51 $1,630.37, Charter Communications-Se $219.80, True Value Homecenter-Su $146.81, CL Coffman-Se $45.00, Collegiate Pacific-Su $50.00, Comm Internet Systems-Se $12.00, Cornhusker Glass-Re $2,215.35, Cox Chevrolet & Buick-Re $199.77, CQ Press-Pub $35.50, Culligan-Se $44.34, Eichner Sales & Service-Se $273.35, EMS Billing Services Inc-Contract $363.07, Entenmann Rovin Co-Su $228.00, Farmers Coop Association-Fuel $3,676.04, Farm Plan-Su $279.27, Front Street Inc-Meals $21.80, Fyr Tek-Se $1,473.85, Grand Island Independent-Ad $414.00, Cheryl Hamilton-Refund $16.00, Hansens Plbg & Heating-Re $961.45, Hinton’s Lock & Alarm-Se $501.00, Adrian Hirst-Bk $16.50, Holiday Inn Downtown-Mtg Exp $132.00, Holiday Inn Express-Mtg Exp $702.00, Home PC Sales & Service-Su $21.00, Thomas Hudiburgh-Uni $88.00, Humphreys Auto Supply-Su $225.08, Ideal Linen Supply Inc-Su $268.04, Ingram-Bks $125.52, Int Assn Plum & Mech Off-Du $19.90, Waste Connections-Se $673.95, Johnson Publications-Ad $358.00, Kansas City Life Ins Co-Ins $397.20, Keith Co Area Development-Contract & Keno funds $35,550.87, Keith County Clerk-Se $22.00, KC Hospital Authority-Sa Tx $25,674.44, Keith County News-Pub $727.60, Keith Co Senior Center-Se $40.00, Keith County Treasurer-EOC Chgs $10,352.00, Kearney Hub-Ad $162.16, Kenfield Gallery-Du $3,000.00, Kildare Lumber-Su $98.95, KN Energy-Se $3,334.75, Diane E Kolsrud-Se $45.00, Lab Safety Supply Inc-Su $354.54, Lawson Products Inc-Su $64.21, Lifeguard Store Inc-Su $270.20, Linweld-Su $130.50, Lund Industries Inc-Equip $530.15, L & W Trophies-SU $33.05, Carol Maxson-Mi $101.25, McQuillan & McQuillan-Se $1,081.50, MC Schaff & Assoc-Se $4,015.20, Menards Front End Manager-Su $87.67, Midwest Turf & Irr-Re $1,029.76, Midwest Tape-Su $14.99, Mid States Radar-Se $125.00, Miller & Associates-Se $7,500.00, Muellers Greenhouse-Su $55.00, National Geographic Soc-Bk $16.90, Nebraska Print Works-Su $37.50, NE Dept of Aeronautics-Maint & Loan 1819 $3,930.00, Neb Dept of Agriculture-Su $25.62, NPPD-Se $12,013.71, NE Dept of Revenue-Tx Remit $656.02, NE Workforce Development-Unemploy $2,304.00, Office Service-Su $1,144.48, Ogallala Feed & Seed-Su $154.31, Ogallala Medical Group-Se $180.00, Ogallala Water Dept-Se $5,586.95, Oga Volun Fire Dept-Mtg Exp $1,075.000, Ogallala Backhoe Service-Se $840.00, Olsson Associates-Se $7,111.05, Omaha World Herald-Ad $212.22, Oshkosh Cleaners-Se $157.60, Pamida Inc-Se $36.81, Perkins Restaurant-Meals $19.77, Pioneer Aviation-Contract $2,080.80, Pioneer Randustrial-Su $85.00, Platte Valley Agency Inc-Ins $1,103.25, Quill Corporation-Su $321.09, Qwest-Se $1,814.03, Rankin Sales & Service-Se $42.00, RBP Construction LLC-Alley Imp $32,656.10, Recorded Books-Su $5.95, Ron’s Backflow-Se $33.00, Safeway Inc-Su $35.02, Servicemaster Cleaning-Se $1,000.74, Siegel’s-Uni $260.92, Sunmart-Su $23.92, Jane Skinner-Su $181.91, Snell Services-Re $3,754.55, Southwest Auto Tech-Re $906.93, Star Herald-Ad $1,051.94, St Fire Marshal Train Div-Certification $210.00, Steve’s Body & Paint-Sod $1,706.50, Virginia Steinke-Su $9.47, Telegraph-Ad $483.13, The Old 101 Press-Bks $35.90, Toshiba America Info Sys-Lease $344.67, Town & Country Srv-Re $601.59, Twin Valley Comm Inc-Se $335.38, U S Postal Service-Post $84.62, Van Diest Supply Company-Su $3,598.09, VISA-Su & Mtg Exp $398.73, VISA-Meals & Gas $43.96, Western Path Consultants-Se $130.00, Wheatland Fire Equipment-Hose $4,958.33.

125 PLAN:

Regional Care Inc-Claims $247.00, Regional Care Inc-Claims $37.00, Regional Care Inc-Claims $333.98, Regional Care Inc-Claims $735.95.

WATER FUND:

Adams Bank & Trust-Auto Pay $25.00, General Fund-Pay Tran $12,349.88, U S Postal Service-Post $450.26, General Fund-Post $250.00, Alco Discount Store-Su $19.20, Alltel Accts Receivable-Se $10.48, Alltel-Se $112.57, American Marking Corp-Flags $141.60, American Water Works-Due $275.00, A One Supply-Su $230.24, True Value Homecenter-Su $46.75, EH Wachs Company-Se $184.87, Electric Fixture & Supply-Su $30.00, Farmers Coop Association-Fuel $333.44, General Fund-Adm Exp $5,625.00, Great Plains One Call Ser-Se $50.49, Humphreys Auto Supply-Su $34.11, Ideal Linen Supply Inc-Su $42.27, Jacobson Helgoth Inc-Se $2,984.54, Kildare Lumber-Su $103.87, KN Energy-Se $6.58, McMillan Plumbing-Lab & Mat $121.17, McQuillan & McQuillan-Se $75.00, Midwest Electric-Se $2,300.83, Municipal Supply Inc-Su $3,446.40, Nebraska Machinery Co-Su $416.47, NPPD-Se $2,986.22, NE Dept of Rev-Sa & Use Tx $6,864.29, Office Service-Su $30.33, Ogallala Feed & Seed-Su $7.48, Ogallala Ready Mix-Gravel $60.35, Ogallala Water Dept-Meal $5.71, Quick Electric-Se $35.00, Qwest-Se $109.77, RBP Construction LLC-Concrete & Re $2,405.02, R & D Welding & Supply-Su $162.65, Sunmart-Su $24.17, St of Neb Dept Health-Se $135.00, VISA-Gas $30.00, Zee Medical Services-Su $40.61, Stan Becker-Refund $38.29, Doug Davis-Refund $44.14, Brooke Demilt-Refund $38.29, Lyle Leetch-Refund $9.29, Dorothy Malota-Refund $14.91, TJ McMillan-Refund $21.91, Studio 30-Refund $19.21.

SEWER FUND:

Adams Bank & Trust-Auto Pay $25.00, General Fund-Pay Tran $7,479.52, General Fund-Post $250.00, Alltel-Se $34.19, A One Supply-Su $8.97, Axis Capital-Post $99.00, True Value Homecenter-Su $30.07, Comm Internet Systems-Se $19.95, Dickinson Land Surveyors-Se $835.28, Farmers Coop Association-Fuel $75.33, Farm Plan-Su $57.98, General Fund-Admin Exp $4,375.00, Humphreys Auto Supply-Su $163.15, Ideal Linen Supply-Su $45.13, Jacobson Helgoth-Se $1,904.57, Waste Connections-Se $70.04, KN Energy-Se $1,446.94, Midwest Laboratories-Se $696.35, NDEQ Fiscal Services-Se $325.00, NE Public Power District-Se $3,901.64, NSI Solutions-Se $206.50, Office Service-Su $62.61, Ogallala Ready Mix-Su $45.86, Ogallala Water Dept-Se $90.30, Ogallala Backhoe Service-Se $2,006.40, Qwest-Se $68.26, RBP Construction-Concrete $2,691.18, Ron’s Backflow-Se $33.00, Sapp Brothers Petroleum-Su $81.32, Town & Country Srv-Re $9.00.

HOSPITAL & MEDICAL:

Regional Care-Claims $4,962.94, Regional Care-Claims $2,878.05, Regional Care-Claims $6,993.34, Regional Care-Claims $16,245.49, Valley Bank & Trust-CD $25,000.00.

Mike Mell, Street Superintendent, appeared before the Council regarding the shop maintenance building.

Councilman Rezac moved to approve the lease financing proposal on the Street Department maintenance building in a principal amount not to exceed $500,000 for fifteen years at 4.84% from Wells Fargo Public Finance.  Seconded by Councilwoman Sharman.  All present Council Members voted “Yes”.  Absent:  Paul Foy.  Motion declared carried.

Councilman Rezac introduced Resolution No. 1174 approving and authorizing the execution of a lease agreement, ground lease, escrow agreement and related documents and certificates. President Foy read the Resolution and Councilwoman Sharman moved that this Resolution be adopted.  Seconded by Councilman Rezac. Upon roll call vote, the following Council Members voted “Yes”:  Donna Sharman, Tanya Gieschen, Jim Rezac and Mark Knudsen.  The following Council Members voted “No”:  None.  Absent:  Paul Foy.  Motion declared unanimously carried and Resolution No. 1174 adopted, a copy of said Resolution being attached hereto and, by this express reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

City Manager Krajewski presented the three proposals received for the shop maintenance building.

Councilwoman Sharman moved to accept the low bid and approve the contract with Moul’s Modern Builders for the construction of a 12,000 square foot shop maintenance building in the amount of $393,460.  Seconded by Councilman Knudsen.  All present Council Members voted “Yes”.  Absent:  Paul Foy.  Motion declared carried.

Councilman Rezac moved to approve Change Order No. 3 on well houses No. 8 & 9, in an amount of $6,022.20.  Seconded by Councilwoman Sharman.  All present Council Members voted “Yes”.  Absent:  Paul Foy.  Motion declared carried.

Councilman Rezac moved to approve the certificate of substantial completion on well houses No. 8 & 9.  Seconded by Councilman Knudsen.  All present Council Members voted “Yes”.  Absent:  Paul Foy.  Motion declared carried.

Councilman Rezac introduced Resolution No. 1175 providing for a handicapped parking stall and restricted parking for busses transporting athletic teams, on the south side of East Sixth Street, West of East B Street and repeal Resolutions 691, 817 and 1143.  President Foy read the Resolution and Councilman Rezac moved that this Resolution be adopted.  Seconded by Councilwoman Sharman.  Upon roll call vote, the following Council Members voted “Yes”:  Donna Sharman, Tanya Gieschen, Jim Rezac and Mark Knudsen.  The following Council Members voted “No”:  None.  Absent:  Paul Foy.  Motion declared unanimously carried and Resolution No. 1175 adopted, a copy of said Resolution being attached hereto and, by this express reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

There being no further business to come before the meeting, Councilwoman Sharman moved to adjourn.  Seconded by Councilman Knudsen.  All present Council Member voted “Yes”:   Absent:  Paul Foy.  Motion declared carried and the meeting adjourned at 7:50 P.M.

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                                                                                    Jane M. Skinner                                               City Clerk                                                                                           

Approved:

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Paul Foy

Council  President

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COUNTY OF KEITH        ) SS.

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CITY OF OGALLALA      )

I, the undersigned, City Clerk for the City of Ogallala, Nebraska, hereby certify that all of the subjects included in the attached proceedings were contained in the Agenda for the meeting of  July 26, 2005 kept continuously current and available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk; that such subjects were contained in said Agenda for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting; that at least one copy of all reproducible material discussed at the meeting was available at the meeting for examination and copying by members of the public; that the Minutes of the President and Council of the City of Ogallala, Nebraska, were in written form and available for public inspection within ten working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; that all news media requesting notification concerning meeting of said body were provided advance notification of the time and place of said meeting and the subjects to be discussed at said meeting.

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                                                                                    Jane M. Skinner

                                                                                    City Clerk

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