SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

JUNE 30, 2011

A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Ogallala, Nebraska, was held at the Golden Spur Steakhouse, 203 Stagecoach Trail in said City on the 30th day of June 2011 at 6:25 o’clock P.M.  Present were:  President of the Council:  Darrell Bassett; Council Members:  Stacey Bauer and Kevin Block.  Absent:  Mark Knudsen and Harold Peterson; Interim City Manager/City Clerk-Treasurer:  Jane M. Skinner.

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 June 24, 2011 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.  The President of the Council stated this meeting is being convened in accordance with the Open Meetings Act and acknowledged a copy of the Open Meetings Act being duly posted in the southeast Corner of Council Chambers.

The City Councilman participated in dinner at the Golden Spur Steakhouse with City Manager Candidates Bruce Smith and Al Vacanti.

Council President Bassett, Councilmen Block and Bauer left the meeting at 8:41 P.M.

Meeting adjourned at 8:41 P.M. due to lack of quorum.

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            Jane M. Skinner

            City Clerk                                     

Approved:

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Darrell G. Bassett

Council President

STATE OF NEBRASKA  )

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COUNTY OF KEITH       ) SS.

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CITY OF OGALLALA     )

I, Jane M. Skinner, 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 June 30, 2011 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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